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April 8,
2003
Investigate Richard
Perle
Conyers Heeds
the Call
By ANTHONY GANCARSKI
"I would submit that it is a conflict
of interest for a high-ranking government official to be proffering
advice on how to profit from the war."
-- Rep. John Conyers [D - MI]
On March 31, CounterPunch ran an article I wrote
entitled "Has
Richard Perle Committed Treason?". My piece urged readers
to contact their Representatives and Senators in Washington to
demand that Richard Perle be investigated for what amounts to
a career of profiteering off of his conflicts of interest. In
the days after this piece a succession of emails came in, in
which the writers indicated that they thought a Congressional
investigation of Mr. Perle's foreign entanglements was a fine
idea indeed.
Over the last week, the notion that Richard
Perle's actions merit closer scrutiny has gained momentum. So
much momentum that Reuters reports that Michigan's "Rep.
John Conyers, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee, asked the Pentagon's inspector general to
probe Perle's work as a paid adviser to bankrupt telecommunications
company Global Crossing Ltd. and his guidance on investment opportunities
resulting from the Iraq conflict." Among Conyers' concerns
are "reports that Perle participated in a conference call
sponsored by Goldman Sachs to discuss investment opportunities
emerging from the war in Iraq", Perle's receipt of "stock
options from a company doing business with the U.S. military",
and Perle's recent actions on behalf of Global Crossing, which
were discussed at some length in my 3/31 piece.
One should not underestimate the importance
of this action by Representative Conyers. Until recently, Richard
Perle has not been a figure to be trifled with by Washington
insiders. His appearances on cable talk shows were infused with
all the drama and suspense of a Catholic mass, as it was a given
that the Chairman of the Defense Policy Board held the admissible,
correct view on everything he discussed.
Perle has been close to power since before
the Berlin Wall fell, but he has never been so vulnerable as
he is now. This vulnerability is bad news for those in our government
who have embraced what now appears to be his terminally compromised
counsel. Bad news for the war planners who bankrupt us and tell
us what fine conservatives and Christians they are. Damned fine
news for those of us who want to take our country back. To loosen
the grip of the vipers who have spent America's treasure on the
destruction of nations around the globe, and to finally allow
America to fulfill its promise.
I implore you, again, to contact your
Congressmen and Senators, to urge them to join Representative
Conyers in demanding that Richard Perle's actions and business
ties receive a thorough examination. Both the present and the
future of our nation may depend upon it.
Anthony Gancarski is a regular columnist for CounterPunch. He
would appreciate any emails from those planning to or who have
contacted Congress regarding this matter; these can be sent to
Anthony.Gancarski@attbi.com
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Federman
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Prashad
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Tristam
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Guthrie
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