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 READ AHEAD FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD
TELECONFERENCE WITH RETIRED MILITARY ANALYSTS
D a t e f h w ll~ursday,July 28.2005 1030 a.m. to l l:OOa.m.

S m l q of Defense Ofice (3E880)

Confirmed are:
Colonel Ken Allard (USA, Retired)
Mr. Jed Babbin (USAF, JAG)
Lieutenant General Frank (Ted) Campbell (USAF, Retired)
Dr. Jamcs Jav Carafano (LTC. USA. Retired)
Lieutcnam &lonel Bill Cowan (USMC, Relink)
Lieutenant Colonel GordonCucullu <USA.Retiredl
Major Dana R. Dillon (USA,~ e t i r e d j
Command Seraeant Maior Steven Grecr (USA, Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel ~ o b e rL.
t Maginnis (USA,Retired)
Major General Michael 1. Nardoiti, Jr. (USA, Retired)
captain Chuck Nash (USN.Retired!
General William L. Nosh (USA; ~ctired)
Lieutenant General Ew Rokke (USAF, Retired)
Major General Donald W.Shepperd (USAF, ~etired)
Major General Paul E. Vallely (USA, Retired)
General Tom Wilkerson (USMC, Retired)

You last met with roughly this same group June 16,2005.

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1031 a.m. SecDefcomments on recent trip, Iraq Transition, Afghanistan Progress, update
on Detainee Related Activities

10:45 a.m. Open for Q&A

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It is- the~ -. ~.-of

oravftist mistaltft to think of lrao
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ignorant to ask when Iraqis will be able todefeat the insurgency, when Americans will withdraw, or
when ihc violence JH Iraq will abate. Would you measure the safety ofone family's home without
examining the neighborhood it's in?The secunty of every nation depends on the actionsof its
meig+bors,and Iraq sits inone of the world's worst uighborhoods. It can't be stableand democratic
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unless and until i u neighbors Syria. Saudi Arabia and Iran .-end their mtctference. Unless we
abandon Iraq, Americans will wntinue to die as adirect result ofthese nations' actions until they are
compelled 10 behave

On that terrible morning of September 11,2001, there was m way to get out of Washington.Sitting
in my office about two blocks from the White House and seeing nothing more constructiveto do
such as run through a subway tunnel, I sat down at my computer and,wote about how we should
respond 10 the most deadly attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. The article was published in the
Washmpn Times the following day.

The article made two points. First, (hat we wuldntallow ourselvesto be weakened by empty rhetoric
urging a "proportionalresponse." Our responseto the 9-1 1 attacks had to be decisive, and to be so
our coumeraiack had to be in proportion to our strength and not the enemy'sreiative size or
weakness.Second, that no matter who the enemy -, and no matter where he chose to seek refuge.
we could allow him no sanctuary. We would have had to attack the a1 Qaedastronghold wherever it
was. Had it not been Kabul but Damascus, Tehran,Beijing, Pyongyang or Moscow our action would
have had to be the same. Ifwe had learned anything frorn~iemamit was that to allow sanctuaryis to
hand the means of victory to the enemy.

President Bush took much this same position in histough speech to Congressa week later. Nations
had to choose, be said then, to be with us or with the terrorists. Since then something has been lost.
Syria haschosen to be with the terrorists. and we have done nothing decisive about the regime of
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B a s h Assad. We are paying too high a price in the lives of our soldiers -for this to continueone
moment longer.

Commencing weeks before American forces slashed into Iraq in March 2003. our reconnaissance
forces saw a steady flow of cars and trucks going irto Syria along the Baghdad-Damascushighway.
About ten days into the fighting, there was an intense fight near the border city of al-Qaim where our

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special forces tookon a sizeable Iraqi force moving through al-Qaim into Syria. The fiercenessof the
fight there as intense as any-other before Baghdad fell -told us thal the Iraqis were moving
something they thought was of tremendous value. Was it money, weapons or people the Iraqis

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moved then? It matters not. What matters is that Syria chose to provide first a sanctuary for members
of Saddam's regime and its assets and then comprehensivesupport for the Sunni insurgents who fight
only to prevent Iraq from becoming stableand free, and kill as many Americans as they can in the
process.

We know that the majority of the suicide bombers killing people in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia to
Syria where they are helped to cross into Iraq. We know that money and weapons flow from Syria to
the insurgentsin Iraq. We know sufficientdetails about where the insurgents meet and train in Syria
to target thoseplaces f o r c k . "OperationMatador," the week-long fight along the Syrian border
thal ended on May 14, dismpied 1he insurgents'ability to cross into Iraq. At the cost of at least nine
Marine lives, we stopped them but only for a while.

The President
~ ~ ..... has
.- too
.~ much
-~ on his mind and his
~ - ~ The
- are divided.
- advisers ~ -and the State
.- . CIA
Department point to ihe small amount of cooperationwe have been getting fmm~yria,i d insist that
we can compel them to do more without taking firmaciion. The Defense Depamcnl is less lolcrant.
1 wants to act. but apparertly hasn't even oeen allowed to ask the Iraqis for permission to m o m an
alack ."to Syria Our failure to take decsive action costs 100 much The time has come to act.
First, either Vice President Cheney or ihe President himselfneedsto knock heads together, because
no one else can. CIA, State, and Defense have tobe brought into line and resolved to action. Then
State should deliver a final ultimatum to Assad. If he fails to end his regime's suppml for icnorism
fonhwith - and that meansnot only the Iraqi insurgents, but Hezbollah and all the others that have
operated from Damascus for decades - he must be told we will end it for him. The Iraqi government
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should be consulted, but its reluctance -if it has any to a cross-borderattack mast be dispelled or
polilelv ignored. As soon as it is. soecial o m t i o n s forces should cross into Syria covertly, to lead a
k m b i e d a i r and ground attack against the terrorists and whatever Syrian assets are supporting them,
from Qaim to Damascus.Whatever it takes, that is what we must do.

Syria is the immediate problem regarding Iraq. (Iran is no less immediate; but because of its nuclear
program,not its present involvement in Iraq.) Saudi Arabia is a different kind of problem.

The Saudis have, perhaps too late to save themselves,come to realize the dangers of terrorism. But
because the Saudis are Wahabis, and because the Wahabi version of Islam is insecure, violent, and
hostile, they still don't take sufficient steps to slop the cxprtof terrorists and terrorism. We can't
disregard the power Saudi oil gives them over our economy.But we can't be afraid of it either. Their
insecurity is our handiest weapon.

Our cadre of evil geniuses can think of many waysm motivate Saudi behavior, and we should be
sing them all. For example, cautious people (hat we are, the Pentagon should conunissim a secret
study of how we might intervene to restore order in the former Saudi Arabia after some massive
terrorist attack annihilates the Saudi royals, taking some of the oil infrastructureup with them. When
that study is leaked (to Bob Novak, of course, not &New York Times)how much more uneasy will
rest the heads on which the Saudi crowns lie? Enough, perhaps, to make some greater effort against
those Saudis whose bushess it is to exhort and export terrorism?

The Saudis are crude in their manipulationof us. We should compel them to conclude that
Machiavelli was a wimp.

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any talkers?
aim,, lots of b"=z a* Fox .bout ho" NO iraqi.
participated in khe mask recent Opz*tion along the
s y r i m h r d a r , If true, a n you give me examplea of
other recent 0per.tLOne where iraqis played an
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FYI below.
This is a very i q x r t m t POLICY ISSOT.
Port-tely, Lwt with v i r t u a l l y rn â ‚ ¬ 0 1 1 ~from t h e Pdministration or from academia or
t h e media, t h e a n t i - a 1 Qaedm fatwa issued on Nard 11, 2005 by ntmerms m d i m c l = = i c s i n
s p a i n contains s i m i l a r l y t r u t h f u l and appropriate Islamic r=ligioum woxde. I t r e f e m to
0-ma bin Laden as an .apostate" and an "inE1delm and as g u i l t y of . i s t i h 1 a l m Ithe s i n f u l
arroyance OE concocting one's o m e e l â ‚ ¬ - s e w veralon of Islamic L a w , s h a r i d -- rather
than condemning h i m i n western ~ e c u l a r-r& only. Submewent €atw noat c e r t a i n l y should
do at 1mamt as "mch. a d hope€"l more.

cl i f t h e i r suicide d e a t h s *re not called * m y r & m w kt simply deaths, I m t e a d ;

el i f t h e i r w i e i d e mas murder, hatred, crimes d eina -1d Im meen not as c a i n q from

'Soldiers of Allah" and f r m . t h e -Wi A m y h t f- u n g d l y s e r v a n t s of Satan W d u l
Shaicwl. imtead.

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Hoping t h a t *re might be a b l e t o confer ~ o o nagain about t h i s truth-in-language and t r u t h -
in-xelam i n i t i a t i v e and t h a t i n t h e interim you w i l l â ‚ ¬ e free t o ahare t h i s t h e s i s with
y o n y r 1 â i n f l u e n c e who might benefit Erom i t s recOBimendAtimB, 1 remain,
Sincerely yours,

osamafs pseudo-Islamic Scam -- TKE RL QAEDA BLRSPHEHY lor APOSTASY)

Front I t * inception I n t h e f o r a of unauthorized and UB-Ialanic f a t w a I r ~ l i g l o i rd i c t s l i n

1996 and 1996, O a m x b i n Ladent- -0-açlle "Jihad Agninç hmariM and t h e Heat. i s nothing
b u t a pseudo-1slami.c scam. I t is no more "holy" than t h e genocidal k i l l e r s who concocted
and are foinenting i t .
= t o mere appropriate name i a he A1 mad- Blasphemy --
a perversion of a u t h e n t i c Islam
which l i n t h e name of Allah, of course1 chrçaten t o t u r n thac r e l i g i o n i n t o nothino b u t
perpetual k i l l i n g machine. Beneath i t s f a l s e l a b e l a i t Ifl a S a t a n i c , c u l t i c v i o l a t i o n of
a n y of t h e fundamental precepts of w r ' a n i c Islam
BB:
--
i n c l u d i n g such s i n f u l tranogremsioii~

o Wanton k i l l i n g of innocent0 and noncomb*t.antÈ including many peaceful Mumliia

o Decapitating t h e l i v e and desecrating t h e dead bodies of perceived enemies
o conmitting and e n t i c i n g o t h e r a ce commit m i c i d e for reasons of i n t t i m i d t t i c i
0 fomenting hatred among communicie~, nations, r e l i g i o n s and c i v i l i z a t i m a

o Forcing excremiac and abeolutimt versions land parveroi-1 of l s l a n on m ~ l i m s ,when

he w t à § c l e a r l y says chat t h e r e s h a l l be "no compultion i n r e l i g i o n .

well --
o Distorting the word " i n f i d e l a m =to include a l l Chriçtiçna l l Jew and many m à § l i à §Â¥
when t h e Qur'an c a l l s them (ill "childran of the Book" ( t h e Old Te~tarnantI and
"Sons Of Abraham," and c a l l s Jeaun one of Islam's f i v e main Prophets
o Deliberate miçreçdinignoring and perverting of p ~ a x g e sof the Our'an and t h e lelamic
Jurisprudence lche Fiqhl
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Prophet in his f a m a book, "The Satanic Verses,"
But, wonder of wonders. Osaffia'e multiole perversions of Islam -- which are a thousand
times worse than Rushdie's alleged offens& --
are ~hielded from a death warrant by the
halo of so-called -Jihad: while chat halo is a patently false one, it is made to seen
true by the fact that so çaa of us (its intended victi~gl mindlessly parrot bin Laden in
calling it holy -Jihad."
Surely, if it were something else, its harshest critics (particularly our P e p and public
diplotrey experts on t h ~aubjecbl would be calling a,t by ¥on other more tnithril %.lami=
term -- particularly if that much needed name were the exact opposite of the eo-called
"holy* and "godly" war it i s alleged to be.
Mow, more than three years after the suicide mse murders of Septerixr 11, 2001, it is
h g h time that we discover the correct ~slamicword for such sinful atrocities and
proactively begin using that name --
rather than continuing to lip-eync with Omam* bin
Laden, at the risk of our lives and those of our children and grandchildren.

The Word la "Hirabah" -- Forbidden W a r Against Society

of c-se, there is a ward for the kind of warfare which violates all of the Our'aJic
prohibitions listed above, despite our aoph-ric inability to have found it by now. It is
the ancient word Hirabah (pronounced he=-RAH-bahl, which the Islamic Jurisprudence (the
i q h l defines as a forbidden "war against society* --
or what in modern parlance would be
called "genocidal terrorism" or "crimes against humanity.'
in hie seminal article on xirabah in the Fall 2001 issue of Huslii world, the renowned
University of Michigan scholar of Islam. Prof. Atdul Hakim la.k.a., Sherman Jackson),
confirms this interpretation as follows:
"In the end, however, Riraixh aeouroea its place aa an effective super-category hovering
above the entire criminal law as à pofloible renedy to be pressed into service for the more
i t i o n a l , heinous or terrifying manifestations of these and other crimes. In thii
capacity, ~iraba.happears, again, to parallel the function of terrorism as an nmericm
legal category. 1ts function is not so much to define epecific crimes but to provide a
mechanism for heightening the scrutiny andlor level of pursuit and prosecution in certain
a of actual or potential public violence.
1 n sum, we may conclude that it is terror, or the spreading of fear and helpleaençaa
that lies at the heart of Nil-abah. From this perspective, "if&h speaks to the same
baaic i f m e as does cerrorisi in American law. Aa mentioned earlier, however, Hirabah
actually goes beyond the FBI definition of terrorism. inasmuch as Hirahah covers both
directed and coincidental spreading of fear-. Hirabah, as it turn# out, lonee m e and
should be seen again as] the most severely punished crime in Islam, carrying mandatory
criminal sanctions."
But. looking hack in history. we find that the widespread killing and pillaging of entire
conrunitifts and tribes by ruthless barbarians and brigands gradually subsided in the
fiddle ~ g e s . m d the powerful ~slamicword which had been used since the 10th and 11th
c u r i e s to condemn such atrocities gradually faded from w e , as well.
Obviously, it m a t now be rediscovered and resuacicated. ~t muat beeme the keyatone of
both truth-in-language and truth-in-Islam In the war against a1 Oaeda-style suicide mass
murder and related forma of hatred and violence.
Indeed, it in wily by the aamcrttive and inaisteiu: use of this truthful term, along with
four others which follow from it, that the false find blasphemous language of ao-called
*Jihadi.martyrdom" l a bunch of holy guys destined for Paradise as a reward for murdering
people like us1 can eventually be defeated. These other essential words &re as follows;
mufaidoon (evildoera1 --
the'lfllamie word for those *ho are fomenting and waging unholy
Hirabah and who, therefore, tfaanot be either the ttujahaddin (holy warriors) or the
"martyrs" they claim to be.
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Jahannam (~ternalHellfire) --
which is authentic Ielaa'e destiny for unrelenting and
irepentant mufsidoon who will not cease their evildoing and who till, therefore, not be
destined for Paradise but for Shaitan'a eternal Hellfire.

tajdetf lblaapheiyl --which is what these Jahannxm-bound mufaid- are engaged in when
they ruthlessly kill innocents and noncombatants, fociene hatred, commit and entice others
to commit suicide. condemn everyone but: themselves as "infidels: etc,
ahalcaniyah (satanic) --
which is the fundamental character of the willful and mortally
sinful Oaaraan Blasphemy described at the beginning of this esaay.
Logically, now that our scholarly experts, our public diplomacy spokespersons and our
t i i a l leaders know the word Hirabah and the n a m e oiufaiiloon for those who are focienting
and waging this forbidden 'war against, society: we should be using these words
aggreaeive1y and Without fail.

Cold War Parallels

To continue a mindleas repetition of 0- bin Luden'e preferred labels of "Jihad by

mjaheddin on their way to Paradise' and to 9 0 about condemning "Jihadist~" (holy warrior-
t s l is as naive and as self-deetmctive as it was when we mindlessly parroted such
prepoeterouc Soviet, m o i s t and Castroice labels an 'people's democracies" and
"progressive fronts" and so-call& ware of national liberation."
Truth be known. Chare were no such .wars of national liberation.' becauae no liberty ça
ever involved. ~ n today,
d there is no so-called vihad,. because there is neither
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holiness nor any 'peaceful, conipaaainnate, merciful and just" Hill of Allah of the Qur-an
~nvolved but only the O s u u n Blasphemy, Qur'anic Islam's puni~hment for which is death
i t life and ~ahannam (eternal d ell fir el in the i t .
Aà outlined above, ~ h i aià reminleceot of the çubtl but deadly Cold NT problem
identifled in the 1970s and 80s by Dr. Fred Charles Ikle and Senator Daniel Patrick
Moynihan as "semantic infiltration" -- winch the late Senator defined as follow!:

-Simolv w c . semantic infiltntion ic the tsraccsc wherebv we collie to a d o ~ tthe lailouaae of

iiiradveisaries in describing political reality. The moat totalitarian riginea in ihe-
world would call themselves 'liberation movements.' It is perfectly predictable the they
should misuse words to conceal their real nature. m t must we aid chain in that effort by
repeating those words? Horse, do we begin to influence our own ~erceptionaby w i w thmaf
Of course, MB dot The problem is as real and as deadly dangerous today as it warn then.
Bin Laden and his murderous ilk say "Jihad and Holy Mar," and we repeat these words
thousands of times over --
thus endorsing and confirming their claim to a holy and godly
purpose. =hey say "mujaheddin" (holy warriors) acid "shuiwia- or "aiiahiddni" (martyrs) on
their way to Paradise and we dutifully copy-cat those words, aa well. Back in cold War
days, that sort o f naivetf usa called 'useful idiocy" and should still be.
Racall. p1ea.e. how the perfidlous Soviets and thçl .urro?çt=à ide el Cftn x n
particular, successfully co-opted the powerfully positive '-ocd ¥llberacloo and turned it
0 1 lovely but patently falo* 1-1 --
for adding coloftle* eupherlatically h a w n aÂ
.".telllte..- of course . -to the e v i l Empire
Truth be known, tho- bloody wars of Soviet colonial conquest (properly defined) had
absolutely nothing to do with either natioml independence or personal liberty --
no more
than today's Bo-called "holy wATB" of ¥ Qaeda. Hame, Hlzbollah, tslwiic Jihad aod their
pee"&-Islamic ilk have anything to do with godliness or holiness.
In addition to the worda of wisdom f- Prof. *dul H a k i m of the Dniversitv of Hichiaan
cited above, here axe quotations from three note (of about twenty-five) diitinguishad
scholars of Ialam and Middle'Eastern affairs who are now embracing this truthful ~irabah
(unholy war. "mv against society") frame of reference, and sharply rejecting the false
d i~-ra1ania1-age of so-called "Jihadi martyrdom:'

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o PROF. A m A H m (Chair of Islamic Studies, ~xericanUniversity) "Properly understood,

this is a war of ideas within Islam - - flora= of them faithful to authentic Islam, but acme
of them clearly un-~slamicand even bla~ph-~c coward the peaceful and cowpaasionate
Allah of the Qur'aii-.. As a matcar of truth-in-Islm. both the ideas and the actions they
produce must be called w h a t they actually are, beginning with the face chat. a1 wed&'*
brand of suicide maae murder and its fomenting of hatred among races, religions and
cultures do not constitute godly or holy "Jihad" --
hut, in fact, constitute the heinous.
r e and sin of unholy virabah*-.. rn Its worst excesses, particularly in the wanton
killing a innocwits --
both non-walia and ~uslimalike --
as a method of terrorizing the
i r e conniunity, such ungodly "war against societym should be condemned as bla~phenious

o DR. KItHTAR EMOH (President, Arabic Language Institute Foundation) "Hirabah represents
an Unholy War against innocent civilians. The truth stands c h a r froà f~laehood. Hirahah
can never be confused as 'Jihad* Woly wax), as much as al-Qaeda would like to label their
the teachings of Qur'ari, but also by the Bible and Torah --
heinous acts against humanity as Jihad-. Hirabah is torbidden and ¥auctione not only hv
all three Abrahamic faiths
l ~ s l a m ,~udaism,and christianity) agree on this, and ao also other major faiths such as
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhs, zoroastriano, Bahai's. and the ~ e wAge religions addreasin9
m n d . body and soul".... m e s p e a k efforts are highly commendable in educating the world
citizenry with truth-in-language and expanding the lexicon, e.g., to distinguish a good
guy with a bad guy (mufsidoonl, a good act with an act of blasphemy (caideefl, e t c . "
0 DR. ROBERT D. CRAHE (Chairman, Center Eor Dnderstanding Islam. and a convert to SuCi
Islaml:."Today there are many alienated extremists who rely on their own resort to
violence in protest against perceived injustice, f t h w e l m relying on the jihads of
axbar. saghra-r and kabir with the help of Allah and ecumenical cooperation in peacefully
h i d i n g a better world. ~n effect, t h e m e extremists rely on and worship themselves. They
are exhibiting the most serious crime condemed in the ourman. which i n the root of almost
all t h e other crimes-- namely, arrogance. his leads cuem to commit cue crime of hirah=h
and to justify it in the name of slam. =here can be no greater evil and no greater am.
If h e i o be a clash of civilizations, a malor cause will be the nuharihun la synonym
for â ‚ ¬ i those who commit inter-civilizationalhirabah."
A Ticket to Hellfire. Hot to Paradise
No latter how much tine and money the Public ~iplomacypeople in the White House, the .
Voice of America, the sfta ~epartmentand the ~epartmant of Defence -d in the effort
to -make heFiea look qocd'in ehe I4"Sl~* world- 4e1se"here d r - d , w e "ill be =.sing
the proverbial bc-t if we do not also focus equal attention on the need to make the
"mufsidoon saddam- (saddam's evildoerel and the .çufsidoo oaana- (osana's evildoers1 look
GAD in the eyes of authentic, Our'anic Islam - - namely, like the sinful blaaphemere
g i n : the "peaceful, conipa~sionatc,nerciful and ,,,St" Allah of the Qura.n who they
actually are.
of curse, this antidote t o the Osaman ~laaphenyis beat delivered in Islamic religious
words -- just like the seductive a1 we& mantra i ~ .As explained above, the latter
>r(Soo'rB to iniDfe*siOnable and relinlouslv motivated VOUIIQ Kuslima that the" "Join the
Jihad, become kjaheddin and martyrs, enter into ~ a r a d i s e -
But inagine, pleaae. bow much more difficult it will be for a1 Oaeda and their ilk to
=spire and to sustain che suicidal zealotry of young Huslims --
or the approval of any
truly devout "authentic" Humlims whatever -- once they begin t o view ChemmClvea i s
nufaidoon (evildoeral engaged in Hinbah (unholy war1 ça in tajdeef (blasphemy1 against
Allah and, therefore, on their way to ~ a b a n n a m lete-1 ellf fir el, ~nstcad.

As one can see E m the growing number of distinguished scholars of Islamic and Middle
Eastern affairs who are pr&actively endorsing this initiative, it represents a new
vocabulary and the Start of & new anti-terrorism mentalicy in the #moderate Muslim" .
~om",,i~y,

A t long laet, these good people -- and the rest of us, too -- can begin using the correct

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eemaocic tools with which to draw a truly sharp distinction between the good-guy Hualims
çn the satanic blasphemers who are attempting to trairEom authentic r l a m into nothing
but a perpetual killing machine of all Christians, all Jews and all (tualiniswho happen to
disagree.
That is what ungodly wirakahm (Unholy war, sinful c r i e s against humanity) is all about.

Jim O u i i ~ m i - d -- Truespeak Institute 703-768-0957 JirtcauJeÑÑo1.c

Jim Ouirard is a Washington, DC-area lawyer, witer and national security consultant. Me
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I think we are the same place w e were I& week -- p r e t t y much a stad-off.
 Russla's 8 t I h o m pro-Saddam atam In thd UN ScufNy Councii brought Vaohlr W n ' 8
pa* and pol Ica macnine enonnous financhl reviama In the form of bdbc m m y m m m g
from me UN 0 11for Food Program, awrding to hvo detailed reports being m l m d d a y
by the Senate Permment Subwmmlttee on lwestigaiions (PSI). Those brlbas have fueid
Pu7Inssdrive to restoE authoritariangovernmnt In Russia. It Is mom than just corwptlon.
Senate investigators say Saddam's penetrarwn of t k Russlan polltical system was so deep
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that it could and dld cause the passage of pro-Iraq! measums in the Russlan Duma.

Senators N o m Coleman (R-MN) and Carl Lewn ( D M ) sent meir InwstQamrs to Iraq
w b r e they lntetviewed 16 former top officials of Saddam's mgime, The staffem a d t k l r
Senate b o w s have bean digging through thausands of documem In Iraq and hem,
including the cofporate rewrds of Texas 011 trader Bayoil, And they h v e struck
lnvestigatlve goid.

Fmm me spead with which the Sonata inveoUgabmhit payd~rtit%emy to aeevhy the
Voicker team hasn't even attempted to chaw tlw bad8 that were staring them in the -0. If
Volcker's crew had been mdous, they muld have pursued me blg s m l l emans+lngtrun the
Russian slde d t h e 011 tmnsactlons Saddam had been making. T k Senate inmtlgatom
detected the strong odor of rottmg fish when they reahed the obvious wnciusion that ,
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Russta --an oil exwrier had somehow been the reapient of about 30% of the oil
allocalmns he., 011cnnlmcts awarded) under the Oil for Food scam w!thout a dmD of t b
OFF prowam oil k l n deliveredto
~ ~ussla.The Senate investiQattonto date haicmdudul
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that o m i f the RUSSI~?~government's most caphie nxers" o k Viadlmir Zhimowky -
was only the most visibiy wrrupted Russianoficial. Digging a b)t deeper, the PSI folks
fourd that the Russ~anPresldent~alCouncll, Puttn's Univ Party (latterly n a m d the''UniI&
Russia Paw?, the Congress Party an0 Russia's mlnister of foreign affam all reowed
massive oil allmations from the U N p m p m .

Cut back tothe Iraq1side of the ledger. According to the PSI repom, the large dl
t r m s ~ t i o n swere d o M out to those dolng Snddam's blddlng and t b e he wanted to

were intendeiaim&me&tici f o ~ s ~ u i & r t " i n ~ i hsic&k&ili

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Secunly Councilto end the sancbons r&$mewlhoutfordng llm complehon ofthe W D
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inspecttm ) I
W e n %&alm got a bit gmedw the mlo&ona abo reauNed In 'surcharges" mid back to
Saodam's regme Thew '"surcharges' (In the Bronx, we alled them-k~ckbacks")of up to

hnn a repneve he dddnl daserde (PS, plans more repom on now tne funds were used to
pay for lerronsm and arms purchases )

TO BE FAIR TO PUTIN. It's l l b l y thal the dl allmatiem to ensure h l loyally

~ to SMdam
only began aeifr he began, In the summer of2000,to pressure the UN for an end to h I
sandions against Saddam. But once Poin and his cronies began receivingthis
"compmsallon for support; they were bath to see i end, And they pitheir pay to gocd I
use, The Ruwian PresidentialCouncil the PSI repon names is, awarding to Senate
invesCgators, the mechanism Putin has us& to ccnsolidalep w w over lwat govemenb I
in his drive to rehm Russaa to autocracy. (PSI says that the RPC has been r e f e d to by
other names bv other sources. It (samarentbf the PresidentialState Council established bv 1
Put~nebout a ;ear a h he was electkd ln 19D9 1 Funded bv Ira01bribe monev. Putm has .
used ti^ c o u k i l to brmg pressure on regional &iclals to sbrreider power to ihe Kremlln.
This is part and parcel of Putin's anti-demwracy campaign that saw ballot akeratlons and
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pressure on med~ain the 2003 Duma electlw, Increased Putm's conlrol ofthe judiciafy, afd
may yet end the direct eieclion of regional gwemmenls,

1 The RPC apparently began receiving 081allocetions at the behest of AlakaaMr Slalevkch
Vobsh!n. who Is credited wlth a lame role in Put~n'snse to Dower. Voioshin ran Putinasfimt
1 presidential mmpaign, helped u&e the "UdtyP a w and 1as the PSI reporl says has -
been desuibed as '"aguide for those who neededthings 'Rxe& at the KremIin."Acwfding m
*' I m e source PSI auotes, ?he Puiin-Voloshinlink IS the strongest link in the lRussbn1political
game ',vo~ost~in.himsetfa recipient of011ailocattons, sent a frmM. ~erg&lsaakov~to Iraq
I to sign many offhe of1 ailocation contracts for the Russlan Presidential Counc~l.

h r d i n g to me PSI report on me Russian Presidential Cwncil, the RPC rewived oil

allmC0ns amounting to 90 million barrels. These elhatiins were passed mrough Ruaslan
government lrdenneotarms(strawmar compnbs appomled and appaentv cOnImile0 by
I me RPC) and sold thfodgn b e Texas 01 traoer Bayo, Bayoll, In t u n p a d mmmfssonsto
the Russ~angoveinmenl maalemen whch amodnteo tom 81 ons of oolars In pst me pen00
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m e Senate PSI wlll hoid hearings on thew reporb tomorrow, and m m and m m dotalk of
I how Saddam's bougtn Russians sewed him In hUN wUI wme out PSI%lnvestigahonwilt
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contlnue and because Coleman and Levm wm'l ktthls go wlll penetrate deeper and
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deeper *e swamp of Ollfor Food And Mik they do, W UN remains adamant on ds
cwemp ofthe scanad. l r ~
st1I bus- as t m a l In T u r n Bay. Even on me most haortent
we face today
iss~e

W I L E OIL FOR FOOD GRABS +he headlines. !he lmn nuckar p b b m f e s k r s TheEU3
are abou to be lomad io admit Mm m u demlibm of t h r aiplmacy by the Iranian
mullans The nead a?ons nave come to nauahl. and the iramans are tnreatmina to mume
me ennchment2 m n u m (whch they prob&y m r s l o p ~ d rfthe ) Eunuchs &'t cave
In Thankfully, Bntaln B on the brmk of agreecg wth us to demand that lran b br%M
before the UN SecurQCounc~tfor mM10ns Bnhh realmm, albet a i~ffleiak, IS welcom
Bul shail we trust the UN w~thi h w most urgent threat lo our secuniy, knowlng me Security
Cwnc~i'smembers are for sale?

S m say imnIW I I be able to manufacture n ~ u w n r b d in a six months. Men say hva

years. In short, we have no dammd ideawhan the mullahs wlll be armed with n u b , but
we do k m t h a t a nuclear lran is a risk the d r i l i i world mn'tiake. We knowthe on4
thina me UN will do is debate and delav, It is incamble ofdecision or action, There will be
deniands for inspedions. and argumks a b m h& they shall be done. Iran WII go back
and forth, cqerating and refusing, standirg on h " * h w " as a sovereign nation, a UN
memkr in m d siandina. The debate will erd when lran announces ib nuciear arseml,
'Ahy shoulithe UN debite further, mon am7 The game, she is over, yes?
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The attachment includes an examination of media coverage from the top 10 news outlets by
i r c u l a e i o n and national t e l e v i s i o n broadcast ncatioti~following the BRAC announcement.
Early online coverage consisted primarily of a reprinted AP story announcing the number of
closures and cost savings. Later updates included more original c-ntary and reaction
from state o f f i c i a l s and l e g i s l a t o r s . National television had aiini1.r coverage and
included commentary by military analysts.

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The attachmentincludes an exminaiion o f media coveragefrom the top 10 news outlets by circulation
and national television broadcaststations following the BRAC announcement. Early online coverage
consisted primarily of a reprinteo AP story announcingthe number of closures and cost sa'.ings Later
updates included more oi.g'nal commentary and reaction from state officials and legislators National
~ o nsimilar coverage and mc.udcdcnmrncntaiy by military analvw.
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 The following includes an examination of media coverage from the top 10 news outlets
by circulation and national television broadcast stations following the BRAC
announcement. Early online coverage consisted primarily of a repnuled AP Story
announcinc the number of closures and cost svinm. Later ucdatts included mom
mofiinal commentary and reaction from stale officials and legislators National television
haJ sirnilat coverage and included commcnian bi mililary ana-yqs.

ONLINE HIGHUGHTS

Immediate coverage of the announcement;

> TheNYT, WP, USA Today, NY Daly News and WSJ reprinted an AP story,
without adding original reporting.
b Denver Post, Houston Chronicle tailored the AP piece for a local slant
b The L.A. Times,Chicago Tribune and Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran original
stories.

Updated stories included:

b A WP piece on the proposal to shut down Walla Reed
> A NYT piece by Eric Schmill and David Stout on "intense reaction" acrossthe
country to the announcement.

Commentary included:
> Reprinted A? stories highlighted overall cost mines, a "massive shift of US
forces," employment numbers in affected communities, and pan ofa written
Statementby the Secretary: "Our current arrangements, designed for the Cold
War. must give way to the new demandsofthe war against exkernism and other
evolving 21st Century challenges."
o Also included several quotes from state legislators who were disappointed
in their state's closings. For example. New Jersey'sFort Monraouth was
on the list, to which Democratic Rep. Rush Holt vowed to: "Fight like hdl
to change it" and "the Pentagon's error."
> "Atlanta was a major loser..." but the rest of GA fared well and the state will gain
jobs.
b The news that Illinois will Jose jobsdue to closures, but such major installations
as Scott Air Force Base will stay open was greeted with "loud applause."
> That CO has no closures and will gain jobs was called good news for lbe state by
Wayne Allad, R-Colo.

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 > "California has done very well in this round" of closures. Rep. Duncan Humer (R-
Alpine), the chairman of the House Armed ServicesCommitteesaid today

b The a m lo promote pinmess"-'Tie Pentagon also proposed eliminatingscores

of Reserve and National Ouard bases, pan of Rumsfcids enbn to promote
"joinmess' h e n the active-duty and reserve units." (MY Daily News, via an
AP article).
9 The updated NYT piece on immediate reaction to the closures:
0 Quoted Loren Thompson ofthe Lcxinmn Institute: "savingsare
generated more by &rganization thanclosures"
o Quoted Gen. Richard Myers: "The degree with which the service
coordinate, integrate and opoate together will be increased, and it will
include how we manage some of ow bases and posts."
o The Secretary"sought to ease fears" about unemployment caused by
closed bases.

TELEVISIONHIGHLIGHTS

9 "Bottom Line- the DoD needs the money. hey want to make better use oftax
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payers money" (CNN)
9 People in congress are saying "the battle starts today" -(Headfine News)
> "There is life after closurebut it isdifficult"- Audience interview(Fox News
Dayside with Linda Vester)
> We are going to fight this decision and we have plenty of ways to fight it-
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(MSNBC Ren. Rob Simmonsi
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> Emphasis on which b&s havehadjob gains (ratherthan losses) (Fox News)
> BRAC sets-up a national competitionbetween communities...that is what this
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process is about (Fox News Daysidc with Linda Vestcr)
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9 Historically, less than 10% of bases were able to get offihelist (Fox News
Dayaide with Linda V e a N
9 Analyst: General Montgomery Mags comments:
o Efficiencyis the core principle ofthis BRAC closure
o Enhancement of"joint consolidation"
o More open minded military culture
o Biggest challenges: communities that losejobs
o BRAC is probably a combinationof the transfannallon initiativeand the
wars overseas

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 ONLINE EXCEKPTS

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION

ORIGINAL: Four GeorciA bases an chxnire fist

Ron Martz, Bob Kempcr
$24 AM
After surviving;four previousroundsof base closingsunscathed,mem Atlanta took a
major hit on Friday in the latest announcementof facilitiesthepentapn wants to shut
down.
The Pentagon announced it plans toclose three bases inthe Atlanta area - Fort
McPherson insomhwest Atlanta. Fort GillaninForest Parfc and dieNaval Air Stationin
Marietta. That will mean a loss of neariy 6.500militflly awl civilianjobs and about $560
million in annual payroll.
While Atlanta was a major loser, die rest ofGeorgia fared well and t k state will actually
gain about 7,500 military and civilian positions,..
State officials had no immediate word on the list but Gov. Sonny Perduewas holding a
news conference and will visit each of the targetedfacilitieslater today.
"We're disappointed. We think the community action group did a great job. ...We're
prepared to challenge the recommendation," said Fred Bryant. deputy director. Georgia
Military Affairs Coodimline Committee. "We don't know vet whal were the key factors
in the decision."

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

0RIGINAL:Jllmob takes iob hit ~BIMMIIU milor bass domrel

R e b a Canoll. AP
8.56 AM CDT
Illinois would lose nearly 2.700 military and civilian jobs under base closures
recommendedFnday by Defense Secretary Donald Rmmfcld,but the sale's map,
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i c o n Air Force Rase, located about 20 miles east of St. Louis, near Believille, merged
as the big winner, gaining 797 m i d q andcivilianjobs. G m Lakes Naval Training
...
Center in North Chicago is slated to lose 2,022 jobs
The announcement that Scon would not close was greeted with loud applause and a
standing ovation at MidAmerica Airpan in Mascoutah, 111. where Illinois US. Sen. Dick
Durtin and Reps.Jerry Cosieiloand John Shimkus held a newsconferenceto announce
its fate
DENVER POST
ORIGINAL: Color.do s W i n w In BçleClwtrFlint
Mike Soragha Denver Post SftT Writer and The Assocjflted Press
09:11 52 AM. uixlaled at 11:00 AM
. N o t only was Colorado spared any baseclosures, thestale stands to gain nearly 5,000
...
military pbs Members of Colorado's congressional delegation expressed pleasure over
the plan's impact on the state.
"I think it's good news for Colorado and ifs great news for the Colorado Springs area,:
said US.Sen.Wayne Allard. R-Colo.. whoserved on thc SenateA d Services
Committeeuntil recently.

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
UPDATED: U8 U S. niilihw h a hn'eted forcfonre br Pauzom
AP .10 0 8 A k w e d at 10 19
The 147th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard will remain at Houslon's Ellington
Field under the plan. Sen Ka\ Bai ev Hulchison sud the WK'S mission will be shifting
from national defense to homeland security

LA TIMES
ORIGINAL:Cdlfornh Lamely Sirred in LçlesR o m d of Bne C l o i i r a
Ton~POTTY,n.",StaffWriter
. T h e Los Angeks Air Force Base,the language facility at MontereyamJ Wr Navy
and Marine Corps bases in San Diego werespared in the Pentagon's list of bases
proposed for closure, which was unveiled this morning.
"California has done very well in this round" of closures. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-
Alpine), the chairman of the House Armed Servim Committeesaid today ...
California's biggest job toss appears 10 be the Naval Surface Warfare CCnterin Corona,
which employs 9DO workersand i s listed for cl mure...
Although die Pcniagon's list is meant to be oriy the beginningof the process,85% of
bases targeted by the Pentagon in the past have beenclosed

NEW VORKDAILY NEWS

ORIGINAL: Penhion P I m tà Clow 33 Mtior Boo-A?
Liz S i d e
m44 P M r n

NEWVORKTIMES

ORIGINAL:PftMir Pm-i to I d & SbuHki33 Malor US. BUM - AP

11:Ol AM

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UPDATED..
Eric Schmin and David Stout - 1:I 1 PM
The bases proposed for closing include some familiarnames in military history: the
Navy's submarinebase in New London, Conn.,Fort McPherson in Georgia, Fort
 . Monmuth in New Jersey and the PascagodaNaval Station in Mississippi. Scores of
smaller installationswould also be closed, and others would be consolidated...
While the list of recommended closingswas smaller than expected, the reaction from
those affected was intense.
Senator Joseph I. Liebeman, Democrat of Connecticut, called the recommendation to
close the New London base, which would cost several thousantLijobs, "irrational and
irresponsible."
"It insults our history and endangersour fliture," he told The Associated Press...
"The savings projected by this round seem lo be generated more by reorganization than
outright closures," said Loren Thompson, amiiitary analyst with the Lexington Institute,
a consulting (inn. "At present, the military is very inefficiently located and organized.
Many facilitiesare sited in places thai made sense a century ago but not now."
After more than two years of exhaustivestudy, this round of base closings is an integral
pan of Mr. Rumsfeld's strategy to revamp the military into a leaner. more agile force.
'"Thedegree with which the services coordinate, integrate and operate together will be
increased, and it will include how we manage some of our bases and posts," Gen. Richard
B. Myers. the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
Mr. Rumsfdd sought to ease fears in many commmlties that closingscould leave
thousands of local employeesout of work. He cited examples of closed bases thai had
been converted into commercial airports and economic centers. And he pledged that the
Defense Department would providemining for workers and economic aid to help
offset the immediate economic impact in communities where bases close.

USA TODAY
UPDATED - Battle over Buses Peeins: Pentocon nmnoseà elwineof33 malor bases
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- AP
Updated 1.230 PM
. O n e major closure Rumsfeld seeks is ~ll~worth Air Force Base in South Dakota,home
to 29 B-1B bombers, halfthe nation's fleet of the aircraft,and the slate's second largest
employer.
Republican freshman Sen. John T h w on Friday called the Pentagon "flat wrong" about
Ellsworth. and he vowed TO help lead the fight in the Senate to delay the entire round of
closures. "We will continue to keep Ellswonh open," Thune said...
Rumsfeld also recommended closingthe Naval Station in P-goula,Miss., which
barely survived previous base closure rounds. The decision was a blow to Sen,Trent
Lon, R-Miss., who had foueht the 1995 round of closures. At stake are 844 m i l i j.o b s
and 112 civilian jobs ...
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New England look a major hit, and Connecticutsuffered the biggest loss intemu ofjobs
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with the proposed closure of the U.S. Naval SubmarineBasein Groton, Corn. Shuttering
the installation would result in the loss of 7.096 military iobs and 952 civilian jobs.
Calling the recommendation "irrational and irresponsible," Sea Joe Ljebcnnh (0-
Corn.) said, "11 insults OUT history and endangers our future.".,,

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WALL STREET JOURNAL

QRIGINAL: Pentagon to Propose Closure AP -

UPDATED. Pentamn P m w w Closure Of Abut 180 Insmll*tims AP -
1055am
Later updated with AP piece

WASHINGTONPOST

ORIGINAL: Penmeon P r o m i n e to Shut 33 Maior BUN AP -

LizSidoti ,
ll!OI AM

UPDATED:Penufon Pmtlmes Shuttinr Walter Reid

William Bnmigin and Ann Scott Tyson
1254 PM
The Pentagon today proposed eliminating about 180 military installations across the
country in a new round of base closures and realignments aimed at saving nearly $49
billion over 20 years. One major proposal calls for essentially moving Waiter Reed Amy
Medical Cenw 6om Washington, D.C., to a ncw state-of-thean, jointly staffed facility
in suburban Maryland ...
Housing and some research facilities at the Walter Reed site in Washington would stay
open, but the facility as it exists today would practically be shutdown, and it would lose
5,630military. civilianand contractorjobs ...
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Among the luckiest states on the list is Maryland, which gains 9,293 jobs more than
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any other stale. The District loses 6,496 jobs under the proposal mainly from the lossof
Walter Reed - while Virginia loses 1,574.
The hardest-hit states include Connecticut, which loses 8,586 jobs;Maine, with a loss of
6,938 jobs; and Alaska, which stands to lose4,619.Overseas, a total of 13,503jobs
would be cm in the closure or realignment of U S , milimy installations in Germany.
South Korea and elsewhere. Many of thosejobs would move to the United States.

TELEVISIONEXCERPTS

5/13/21)05 2:19:22 PM
Newscaster: Joining us to talk a little bit moreabout the strategic implications of today's
announcement is MSNBC analyst Montgomery Meigs. Thank you so much for taking the
time today. Meigs: Good to he on the show. Newscaster: It's unusual when you think
about closures and the loss ofjobs as something that might be helpful and might nuke a
unit or a situation better. But can you explain to us why this realignment will make the
military suower? Meigs: Sure. There are three things that I see. First of all as general
efficiency, a lot of these face that's are being closed can be consolidated with other
functions. And can you gel more things done for the equivalent DoD dollar. Efficiency .

BY TIMES 4224
that is the first principle. Secondly,there is somejoint consolidation going on. So, for
instance, the third Army headquarters,which is now in Atlanta, is being movedto Shaw
Air Force Base where it will consolidate wilh the Air Force headquarters that also works
for US.central command. So that will nuke planning easier, coordination, etc. and
enhancejointmess- Finally within the Amy, Chief of the Staffof the Army is breaking
down some of the tribal barriers. He's consolidatingthe infantry and armor schools. a
number of the logistics schools. That way you'll get much more open minded culture in
the office corps ofthe army. Newscaster. Knowing Secretary Rumsfeld's vision of a
more compact Army, do you think this was somethingthat, perhaps, was always in the
planning or is it aresult of fighting two wars? Mcigs Well, I think irs a combination.
For instance, foreman was up for election last time. This time they're going to close it and
move the headquarters a little further north in the state of Virginia. And there are some
thingsthat havechanged as a result of what we've seen in the last 10 years. Now the army
is going to have more brigades than it has in the past. You have to have a place to put
them. Some of that is deflected in the BRAC numbers. Newscaster: We talk about all
h e positive things that will come out ofthis. What is the difficult thing? What is the
challenging thing? The not so -at news Today? Me@: Well, you got to have some
communities that arc going to lose jobs. That's a painful transition process.

Fox News Channel

5/13/2005 1:17:35 PM
Interviews wilh Tom Markham (Associationof Defense Communhiai and Jim Sfflrton
N e w Jersey. Conmssmcnl
Those that & lo&g will be tryingto reversethesignaturesofthe Pentagon. That's what
this process is about. Linda Vester Tom,you have been through this.You know what
the fieht is like when vou trv to save vow base. How often is it a w i d n fieht? Tom
~ a r k h m :Those hit durine the first four roundsof closures said less than 10% ofthe
wmmuiunes were able to kt offthe list We don't know about this round but that was
the cafic in the last round Linda' This i s democram in ~ ~ 1 u -hilt
m vnu
, how
communmes who are supportiveofthe mliw arc being forced to compete witheach
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other to stay dtbe Rep. Saxmn That's true While, lest tho" 10% ofthe bases may hÈv
gnnen off before *is is not a mission impossible lash to get a baseoffthe list. I would
point outm 1989md 1991 both those round of BRAC,Fon Dm was on thc listand it ç
ONIn 1993 McGuirc Air 1orcc base was on the isi and it got off So, we've got a good
rccordofknowmg how- todo this in New Jersey, well spare no effort to try to nuke our
case Linda 1 want to bring amember of theaudience Turn out this, fellow isa reurea
Marine I would have thought you wuld say not to close the base. RIM instead, you said
no, close them down. Audience Member: I'm assuming fill the work that's being done
there can be done elsewhere. The reason they are closing them is they arc obsolete or not
need. If they are not needed they should close. Linda; How well do the communities get
handled after the fad in terms ofretraining and stufflike thai?Tern Markham: There is
some retraining that aocs on. However, the main challenge after these bases do close is
the economic recovery.As an example, in Denver we have been closed for 10 years. We
lost 700jobs and $290 million a year spent on the local economy. Today we have 20,000
people living there, new houses, and aS4 billion economic impact. The message is that
there is life after dosure but it's difficult
 Hodline News
5/13/2005 11:31:50
Newscaster: Tensof thousandsof military and civilian personnel could lose theirjobs.
Jamie Mcintyre joins us live from die Pentagon with details. Hi, Jaime. Mcintyre: Hi
Kathleen. It started as a major m ~ l l ~operation
ry itus morning tone capitol hill as several-
inch-thick base closure recommendation report was delivered to capitol hill where
lawmakers are very interested to hear whether their particular bases arc being closed or
scaled back or in some cases actually gaining, according to this Realignment plan
released by the pentagon. Lets look at someof the major closures. Thirty-three major
bases. Here are some of the top onesaround the country. New England would lose the
submarine base at New London and also the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard targeted k.
The naval station in Mississioni is on the taraeted lisL Camion air force base in Texas as
ncll os Cllswonh air force base nhere they have the b-2 bomners The PenMgon p ' m 10
keep the planes.psi move them 10 other f a 0 lies Insome cases someof the bases are
gaining in some personnel and responsibility. Again, twenty-nine of thirty-three major
closures, twenty-nine bases where they are going 10 have major reductions. Then another
forty-nine bases will be gaining either in personnel or missions under this Pentagon plan,
which now goes to the base closure commisvm overthe next couple of months. That
begins its work on Monday when the Pentagon will formally present this plan and
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld will testify favor of it. One of die arguments they arc going
to make is that this plan has been carefully worked out, the pieces arc interdependent and
to chance one base could affect the whole dan.The commission is " -
eninn to have to look
at the wnole thing in entimy whether it sends reconiincndanon to the president and
ilumaieli. 10Capitol 11 11 NmçcçsieIs'nerethc possibility that the wmnnssion
could chance n v mind aoout some of [hew closures or is this reallv a done &&Iq
McintÈr well in the pas, the baseclosurecommiMion has made wmechanpes. but the
prospect for any particular hase i s going to be kmo of toiign The pentagon has spent a
long lime working up the rationale for eachone ofthese Thq say it is based on military
necMsit\ The) say toe) need lhc savingsthat hate come from the bait closings. Thc
whole reason, there is an independent commission to do this is that if it were left up to
congress, no hase would ever be closed because members of Congress would simply
stall

CNN
5/13/2005 1:05:03 PM
Newscaster: There's a lot ofpeople cryingfoul already lanue.We've received so many
e-mails and viewers wanting to know, son of asking the direct question, during atime of
""operation Iraqi freedom"" and other ongoing wars. why base closures? What's the
strategy,militarily for safety here at home, homeland security and. of-, fighting
wars overseas? Jamie Mcintyw its a very simple answer is, they need the money. That
savings that I talked about, the Pentagon needs that money for betier weapons, better
materials, to better use the forces. Right now they're spending a lot of money on facilities
they don't really need. They haven7 been able to close them since 1995 becauseof the
politics and the very sensitive nature ofthese kinds of closings. Because in particular, in
1995, there were accusations of people playmgpolitics with the list because of the
 presidential election It made it almost impossible for the Congress toagree to around.
They want to get as much savings as they cin to make better use of the taxpayeis'money.
When it comes down to the base in your backyard people don't want to see that go.

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Attachment*: 05.10-05 BRAC Grow, Hunzeker.do0

FYl for interestedparties:

Attached b a transcriptof the phone caN to the military analysts and tervice groupsftb aftenwon with Mr. Grow and MG
Hunzeker.

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Note please do not forward, dbMtale, etc The call was on background. IIBtonerçwar~çskBd
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senior DefenseDepartmentofficial
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10 May 2005
1430
RO-(OSD Public Affairs)
BRAC: Mr. Phil Crone. MG Ken Hunzeker
BACKGROUND- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION

Mr Lawrence: (in progress) The undersecretary of defense for installations and

environment,Mr. Phil Grone, and MG Hunzeker, the vice director of the J-8 on the Joint
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Staff. For those not familiar with the Pentanon . soup that's force amctw.
resources and assessment.
For our purposes nere on the cali, this information is on beckground Any infomalion to
be quoted or referenced outside of this call should be referenced coming from asenior
defense department official Again, the cali is on background

I am going to go ahead mid turn it over to Mr. Grone. who's going to open up with kind
of a brief overview. Again, this discussion lson the base realignment and closure process.
As the invitation stressed. there will be no specificsas to the recommendationsdiscussed
at this meeting. This will lay out the process that's brought u s to where we are today,
leading to the impending release of the recommendations in the coming weeks.

So, Mr.Grone?
Mr. Grow. Thank you, Dallas. Good afternoon everybody, how are you today? I just
wanted to emphasize a couple of key pointson both background and process. Many of
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vou are crobablv
, , aware of some of iL and I know General Hunzeker will wish to make a
couple ofpoims, and then franki) we'll Icaw as much umc for questionsas we can,
because that's certainly always the moat valuable pomt of these cxercmcs

As you all are very much aware, the secretary will shortly present his recommendations
1 the IndependentCommission on Base Closure and Realignment, chaired by Secretary
Principi. And the secretary (Rumsfeld) take this process,and the senior leadership take
this process quiteseriously. It's a matter of @eat importanceto the department.

As you know, we've had four prior base realignhem and closure roundn, and the result of
thai has been the closure of 97 major installationsin the United States; 55 major
realignments; and another 235 or so minor actionsofone kind or another.

Based on the budgetjustification documents that (we?) provide to Congress; our net
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savings for all of those actions through the impiemeniaiion period basically through
fiscalyear 2001 -was about $18 billion, and annually recurring .savines
. that accme to the
depmuncnt every year after that of about $7 billion.

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One of the key points about this round mainly, dthough savingsare impnnflnt and we'll
taka link bit more about thislater on, istha military valu was m ammer nfpolicy in
prior rounds md was mandated by statute for this round to be the highe'n consideration
for the secretary's judgment in terms of what to recommend to the independent

But as we've approached this process pretty consistently over the last two and a half
years,we've had a handful of key imperatives that we've tried to guide ourselvesby in
this process. One, of course, is to further transformation, and a key pan of that to
rationalize our infrastwture to our force structure and our mission (sets? Sense?) to
ensure have our footprint,our physical footprint where we can maximize capability and
military efficiencyand effectiveness.

A second key imperative for thedepartmenthas been 10 find ways to maximizejoint

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m:lidrtim ofour assets. And reall) what we're nytng to do here in many ways is look at
these assets these key military installations, not simply as the asset that belonged to the
Army, theNavy, the Air Force or the Marine Corps, but they are key national assetsand
bow can we best position them to support the mission and to support the joint warfighter^

Certainlya third element in this will speak to some degree of savings is certainly we're
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vcrv much interested in -as we are in all ofour TOoerams inconvertinn waste to
&ghting. That's a bumper sticker, but really what we mean here is totheextent that
we have frankly resources that we are expending either in terms of dollars or in terms of
people from a force protection, for example, perspective; addressingor taking care ofor
supporting assets that we no longer require- those are assets that are not being put on the
pointy end ofthc spearto suppon the warfighter. So that is an important part of
rationalizing our infrastructure.

The basicproccs5is from a - after the 16' of May remains very much the same it was in
the past. It's an independent commission. The president ultimatelywill approve or
disapprove the work of that commission in whole, but not in pan Congress has an
opportunity to reject those recommendationsin whole, but not in part. The commission
can make some changes. The bar's a little bit higher this time.

The commission has to find not only that the secretory deviated substantially from either
the force structure plan that we provided tocongress earlier this year, or our selection
criteria. But they can only add an installation as a closure candidate and then actually
vote to close it if sewn ofthe nine commissioners agree and at least two of them have
visited the installation.

But as we sonofhave approached this process, you know, we have the joint process
we've established- die Service unique litnctions, and I'll largely call them the
operational functions, have been handled by the military Services and analyzedby them
separately in reporting those imo thc leadership. And then our common business oriented
support functions have been handled by these Joint Cross Service Groupsthat we
established.
And 1think that this is really quite a key point. A fundamental lcsson that we learned
from prior rounds of base closure and realignmentwas that thejoint process - thc joint
cross service group process to be specific - in (19)95 didn't yield much. So what the
secretary and the leadership detmined was that we would have Joint Cross Service
Groups this time, but rather than have themnarrowly constructed- in(19)95 wehad a
group on depot maintenance, so instead ofhaving a group on depot maintenance,we had
a group looking fit the entire industrial activities of the department. Similarly for the
medical world - instead of lookinn merelv at medical - military medical treatment
facilities, we're looking at the entirety ofthe medical asset base, rather than just looking
at laboralories, looking at technical, as a business mission area, as well as adding things
we have never done before, frankly, on a joint basis. Headquarters and support, our
supply and storage activities, our education and training, to look at them in a
comprehensive way

And those groups had real authority to make real recommendations to the leadership, and
that, we ended up with a process that resulted in not guaranteeing that every
da a result of
answer would be joint, but in guaranteeing for thecommon support structure of the
department to support the warfighter, that these functions would gel ajoint look
throughout the process.

Mr, Lawrence:If I could iust ask whoever has their nhone- if vou could iust set vour
phones on mutt. we're hearing that you can'lquilc here Mr. ~ k n oen t h ~ l i n eSo if YOU
could all put )our phones on mule. while he continues. And whoever's outside, if you
could please put your phoneon mute. thu'd be great

Mr. Orone: And so that's the entirety ofthelist. (Laughter.)No.just kidding. But 1 hope
you can *I. capture that, because ¥gain(lie real son of point here was on the joint process
11that we have tried to put an enormous empham on the Joint and the joint process in Uin
round. I know General Hunzricer has a mupi? poinu he'd like 10 make in that regard.

MO Hunzeker: Well, clearly, and I know you missed some of what Mr. Grone said so I'll
reinforce a little bit of it. but JB we looked acrossall the recommendations and the
process that we embarked on this year, military value was really theprimflty
consideration in assessing all the military bases.

And if you look at military value, I lookat there basically being four pillais that 1 use to
describe that support this process. Mr. Gmne talked through those. But as we saw it from
the Joint Cross Service Groups, and, you know, I worked with the vice chairman and the
membcn of the infrastructure steering group. which is Ac ISG, included the service vice
chiefs. So basically the same guys that are sitting at the (J-rock?) came over worked the
ISG, so they were very familiar with what the requirements going into for the future force
needed lo be. so it realty became a g r a i sounding board for a lot ofdecisions that were
being made.
But the four pillars,realiy -enabling transformation, which iscritical. And wereally
lwked a doing tha by accommodatingtheredeploying forces both for IDPBS (?) and
what's taking place with OIF and OEF, for anticipating and resourcinesurge capabilities,
because surge is a big issue coming up, andlooking at that across operations training and
logistics.

The second pillar is realty enhancing wmbateffectiveness. And this is really examining
and implementing opportunities for greaterjoint activity. In many cases this is
accomplished by collocatingand combining things like training, technology, depot
maintenance, and things along those lines.

The third pillar we looked at was clearly cost. It's a huge issue We looked at recurring
annual savings, and convened,and how they could be convened to wmighiers' resource
savings in the om yean. or even in me near years.

And then finally, I think what was really great about this process, is that we tried to work
hard lo ensure impartiality. It's a balance between what I talked about as far as military
value, transformation,joininess, and how you maximize combat effectiveness,

I will tell you that the BRAC DoD organization, and Mr. Gronetalked about this earlier,
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was key to success. They established it was establishedearly, It was clearly a unity of
effort and a common focus. And from themeetings I was at and we supported and
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worked throuch. them was clftarlv an c n e -, -
m and a willimness to look at different wavs
ofdoing thing:>And the Joint Cross ScrvixOroups I think were the real basis for
success here They allowed the Services to think out of the box, and take so unom thai
they might not have derived on their ow

And finally, from the joint perspective, we represent the combatant commanders
involvement in thia process,we went out and saw them on the road. we waked areadtng
room where they were familiar with every scenario that was being worked. And ihcy
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were paramount to recommending to making sure that we maximize combat
effectivenesswhile preserving surge capability allowed us to continue to help protect the
homeland.

I think I am ready for any questions you may have, and I think Mr. Omne is, as well.
Mr. Lawrence: If folks when they ask their questionsif they could state their name and
who they're representingon the call, lbat'd be great. With that, we'll open it up to
questions.

Question: This is [CoH Jeff McCauslmd working with CBS News.Great overview.
Quick question and (oneother? Longer?) question, Quick question is I saw whereMr.
Princiui had commented about whether or not the novernorshave to be involved if vou
decide lo close, let's say a National Guard's by like an airfield adjacent to a major airport,
whore there's a lot of you, we got fighter wings and all that kind of stuff. "A," can you
 talk about that, and the longer question, canyou talkabout the coordination of this eflort
with the global restationing plan?

Mr. Gmne:To the first question, I'll just reiterale what Mr. Wynne said in his lencrto a
number of members of Congress is that thisdepartment will follow all applicable slntuies
in dcvcloninc ootions and rccommendatiom to the leadershin and ultimately for the
secretarytoconsider for forwarding to the independent commission, and I wouldn't want
tocharacterize it beyond that,

i Your second question - I want to be precisein theanswer. Could yourepeat forme,

PICBK?

Col. McCausland; Yes, could you talk about this process, and how il was coordinated
with the global restationing plan, we (balance? Bounce?) out that effort with this effort

Mr. Orone: Yes. We'll there are a number ofmispereepliore that have been out there
with regard to some ofthe suggestions that have been made or characterization ofthe
OverseasBasine Commission's work. And I know a lot of folks have had both before and

I subsequent to the release of their report questions about this

One of the things bear mentioning is that the roots ofthe global posture review, the
integrated global presence and basing strategy that General Hunzeker referred to both
ways. bas usmon in QDR one. And so we've been al this for some time. And subsequent
to QOR one, the secretary providec directions 10 the corabaiam commanders to k8.n to
1 , developoptions for the repositioning, resetting the force globally. And we began to work
on that process inearnest.

Frankly, that process as it evolved, came together in a way and thedecisions were
rendered in a way that made them available lo inform the BRAC process. And that's
important, because to the extent that we were contemplating the return of forces from
abroad to the United States, the BRAC process gives us a key opportunity to look at all of
our installations and realign our mission sets in order to accommodate murning forces.
Yes, that's true, but it gives us an oppommlly to ask and answer the question where can
returning forces best be positioned? As opposed to the question we'd have to ask and
answerwithout BRAC which is largely wherecould we fit them?

And the t h i n g ofthis, the length of time ofconsideration, the full involvement of the
combatant commanders, the State Department, our interagency partners, our
consultations with the Congress over the course of some period of time resulted in a
fairly comprehensive report to the Congresslast year- last September, I believe - that
laid out our broad straiegy for and decisions for how we would reposition the force
alobally.

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Now certainly a lot of that will on the things that are overseas related will continue to
lake the form ofnegotiations with intorifd pTtm dhost governments, but those
pieces that involve the returnof forces 10 the United Smtes, particularly from 6urope.m
strongly supported by the combatantcommander. General Jones, and cenainly hi many
ways he initiated a good deal ofthat. And we believe we're well positioned to implement
this effectively.

MG Hunzeker And Jeff, just to pileon, two pointsthat Mr. Gmue nude that are critical
here is that we had to build a program thisfail that really supported what we wantedto do
from a positioningour forces from overseas,and so we had to basically set the table for
where BRAC could so. And in line with that. we worked with the Services to makesure
that they'd build a force stnicture -put a for& slniciuic plan that we've already delivered
to Congress that hid out cxacnywbt weihougbt forcestructure would look like in the
program review that vie build simuhaneouslywith the (? P O W )

Question: This isKen Beaks from BENS (Business Executives for National Saauily).

Mr. Grone: Ken,how are you?

Mr. Beaks: Great, thanks. When we look at the list on Friday, because I know youdon't
want to say anythingnow about which onesareon there obviously, but 'when we look at
the imperativesof furthering transformationand maximizingjoinmess, should we be
looking for asignificant number of active, operational joint bases or joint trainii bases?
Is that somethingthat we should expect? And as a second part oflhai. the secretary's
backed off on the 20 to 25 percent excess capacitycumberto a number that's more like
10 to 12 1think he said the other day. But, we all know that some of the categorieshad a
lot more than that going in. So, should we expect to see more significantcuts m things
like dew@am3 m e of the labs and P&E facilities? 'hoks.

Mr. Grone: Ken, to the first part of your quesiion, I really wouldn't wuit to characterize
what would be in the secretary's recommcndatiooa beforethe secretaryroakes his
recommendations. And I don't think that would be prudent thing to do, even on
background.

But once h< comes to a final detenninaion and makes hisrecommendations to the
commission,we can talk about that and fully explain it in more detail.

I do want to spend amoment on this 20 to 25 percent excess capacity number because it

hashs roots in two studies that Congressrequested be done over the course of a six-year
period, first in 1998and then in- for 2004, the latter part being part of the svcwtary's
justification for additional round of-proceeding 1 should say with anadditional round of
base closure.

Those were perimetric (s@ estimates,basedon base-loading constructs,and they uere

son ofcomparative. relational wavs of loohiiff a number of m n l e to acertain wav of
looking at an ww in a +cry linear, almost a n k t w i ~way lt'was NOT a BRAG anhysis:
it was not a miliixry value analvsn, 11 wass mply a force-loadingconstruct hat if you
had so many people at one point in time 10 so m a n y acre*, uid those oimibcre changed
over time, what's the difference between the two? And assuming that you were optimally
organized in the first instance, do you have excess capacity or under capacity?

All those studies were able to show us was that a gross order of magnidtudc that we had
excess capacity throughout die department,in some cases ova, in some casesunder
capacity. but in a lot of cases we had some excess capacity, and that only a true militflly
value oriented analysis would show us how to rationalizethat infrastructurein a way that
made sense.

The secretary in his recent comments has commented on a couple of things in relation to
the effect on the analysis of mumine forces from abroad. as well as the reouimncnt
which would have b&, again, a matter of policy but congress included inxhe statute
that we have to accommodatefor reasonable expectationof surge. And so, when we sort
of do all of thai, I mean it was his judgment in looking at it that it wouldn't be 20 to 25
percent. And cmtiinly one of the things about that number over lime that got
misinterpreted was that that somehow got translated into that that means the secretary
believes that one in four bases should close. Capacity is not the same as a base. And so,
through this process we will have, I hope - pending the secretary's decision, a robust, ,

transformational BRAC. that we will do some things that are very, very important for the
future of the armed forces and for the futureof the department and for the future of the
country

But I wouldn't want to sort ofcharacterize numberaortiy to gin weights,or try to

characterizewhat you should more look for in the report. Ithink that would be a more
fruitful discussionfrankly on Friday.

MG Hunzeka: And as you took at the combat effectivenessacross all the different
Services.
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talking about, and the combimng oftraining, technology, laboratories.depot

maintenance,supply chain management opemuon, things along thou tines, thai's where
the Joint Cross Service Group's realiy came in and made their impact So basically. thw
were empowrea 10 go and look at different ways ofdomg 11,either from a businesi
practice or what made sense basically for example, how you might want to do something
in education and training. So they were able to look, you know, not only across the
department,but at each Service to see what made sense there. And I think when what
comes out on Friday that you*i! basically see - that will be the fruits of that product.

Question: David Rodriqucz, the nallonal commander of the American (017) Forum (?).
Basically what you're saying, we're setting up the military to be a brigade-sized unit, or
first strike, and limit our division size, so this way we can kind of down-size the Service,
and still be able to do ihe same kind ofjob. lsthat what you're saying?

MG Hunzeka: I think what you're alludingto is basically where the A m y is going with
mdulaiization. And there are somediscussions and decisions that take place not only in
the force structure for what the Amy's putting In that mil impact what could be
 submitted in a BRAC submission. Bin that is germane to where we're headed but that's
not really oneof the things we're lookingaias far as the BRAC process.

Question: Don Sheppard, CNN.Whai provisions have you made in this list for the
homeland security mission?

Mr. Grone: Well the homeland defense mission ofthe department is covered -is
governed by the selection criteriaand if l can pull the selection critmaup here it's
specificallymentioned here in criterion two, where we have to considerthe availability
and condition of land facilities and associated air space including, you know,the
(Pinaudible) number of missions, but 10 also include the homeland defense missions of
the armed forces. So we have to take homeland defense into account, and we have.

1 . .
Mr. Lawrence:Next m&on nlease. Are there anv additional mestionsfor the m u d - .
I Thank you very much. Just to reiterate, this was on background,any quotes to be used
should be quoted as senior defense depanment officials.And we look forward 10 talking
to you folks, in the near future.

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yes. plan to a t t e n d t h e m e r i n g , also. can i gee the rod-ahead? thnnka.

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*peed. But t o make sure everyon* i f comfortable we w i n do a read ahead for t h e conf c a l l
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QEA session or do you expect nr. ~ r o n eto open with remarks o r northing elme' we should
not be nhooting f r o m the h i p a t t h i s point. I need t o know so that I can mes t o Hr.
Wynne's s t a f f t o sea i f he w i l l p a r t i c i p a t e . without the planlvenue M r . Crone may not do
It..

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e x p t r t s . I believe M r . Orone w i l l take issue with that with DiRika.

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here i a the l i s t of kheee who have ravp-d to c a l l i n tomorrow. i expect thare w i l l bà more
added a s the time gets c l o s e r . a s alirfayt, t h i s l i s t i s close held. thanks. t j
"if. Jed Babbi" lUSAF, JAG)
Colonel Cordon Cucullu IUSA, Retired)
Coamand Sezqemt M i n o r Steven Qraer (USA, Retired)
colonel ~ e f f~ccwusland, <USA, Retired)
Captain chuck ~ a a h IUSN, Retired)
M a ~ rGeneral ~ - 1 d w . sbapperd USAF. Retired1
e r a 1 Charley wilhelm (USMC Ret-iredl

Ken Beaka 1 . Execa. for n a t i o n a l s e c u r i t y )

Taite Bergen (The Cohen Group)
J i m Soone ( ~ h washington
t aroupl
Susan Naill. Past N a t i o n a l ~ r e s i d e n t B l u e Star Hothers of America, Inc.1
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 Rick wcidman (Vietnam V e t e r i i a of America)
Brigadier General 1Bet.I Stephen Kopcr (Pi-eeident.HGADs)

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colonel (Bet) Paula ~ougeac (Legislative direcccr. MGAUS)
Deirdre Park- Holleaan, Esq. (National Legielative Dir.. Retired Enlisted
asaoc~
Pctcr~n [ M A Executive Director)
Dan ~ a r z - a [ M A BmpuCy Executive Editor)
Napoleon Wars [ M A Director of Policy and Co~wiunicatioil
Ken GOBS [AFA Director of Government Relations)
sob money (AFA ~ o i c o rin cbier tor air ~ o r c eMagazine)

Reapeecfully,

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Sçn Monday. May TO. 2005 6-40 AM 1

Subject: Today's Spectator

I'm Volckering along nicely, thank you. How's by you?

BB A m a i ~ t ~ S ~ a à ‡ t C
Jed Babbh
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, 1 group t h a t m t and d i a c u ~ i e dt h i a ¥ubkecf r i d t y

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We'll be regrouping a m t i m a menday i f you can be t h e r e . Tux
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From: Henry, Wan, HON. OSD-POLICY eRya~.Henr
To: Di Rica, Larry. CIV. OSD-OASD-PA tlarry.dIri.ta
sane; Sun May 08 14:16:59 2005.
Subject: Re: Reponae co the OBC Report
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Larry -
AII weak, except priday. ~ u if t t h e r e * * acmething c r i t i c a l t o do 1'11 change ç Friday
Â¥peakin engagement o n ' i n LA.

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Rym--we're a t the point vhçr w probtibly will need dod o t f i c h l * , on the record. Wa'rÃ
c o n ~ i d e r i n gnext steps re you i n t h i a week?
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heçd regarding OBC Report -

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importance: High

I'd prefer not todo this, purely from a time problem,

Frank
Frank Thorp
captain, USN
Special Assistantfor Public Affairs
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the Joint Chiefs of Staff

I just got off the phone with him and gave him what I could on Abu FopqJ AI-Ubi. He mentioned
that he would like TO have Pace or Myers in the Friday show, so I will p s s that request off to
Frank Thorp.

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weunefOw,May <H, 2005 S-16 PM
To:
saih
Ruff, Erie, SES, OASD-PA
cc HefmiX Frank,ffi, OSD- Whitman. Wan. SES, -PA; Dl FUti, Liny,CIV,OS0-OASO-PA
Subject: RE IM QabUNiauraincrinrn
E*, Ijust wcke wm ~ e am a Mh ~ w t "ab
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Cc: Helmick,Frink, BG. OSD, Whhan, Biyan, SES, OASD-PA; Dl Rita. Lany, CIV, OSD-OASD.

okay. thanks.
 From! Hdmick. Frank. BG. 0.50
Sent: Wednesday, May 04.2005 2-4
To: R&, Eric, SES, O P . S O . F ' & ~ - $ V OSD
cc: Whltman, Blym,SES. OASD-PA 1 Rm. ly, CN. OSD-OASD-PA;

Thoughts?

, ~ . t a " td y ~ ~ k I " m ~ ~
FRANK HELMICK
BG USA
SEMORHIUTARVASSSTAHTTO THE
DEPUTY SECRETARY OFDEFENSE

led is ouert hosting on bun's nauonalysyndicated ratfo progiamtonionowandIrKlay. can ttw dsd wfddo a live
interview with jed for 15 mmutes tomorrow (he's out of town may. right?). we can select any time between 10and
Jlis
ttw war, a look-back on the dsd'~experience here, etc wide open to
can you please take this on and be in touch with ed,yea or nay
thanks
 WMtman. Biyan, SES, 0ASD-W
WatÑday May M.2005 1255 PM
Ruff, Eric. SES, OASD-PA
Dl Rita- Lam.CIV OSD-OASWA

We are @hering info now

you may hferfrom my earlier emai1,jed hascatled. he'dltketoto)tcçtfiom6oneabout1hecaptureofttieç3gha1

ZB
queda on fnday- what it mean*, etc. - white he is 9uçs hosting the laurn ingrah show. jed says he'lltalk wtth me
person anytimebetween 9 and noon. can your shop pleaseworkthis? ptease havewhomever you tag ec me so I know
what the statusof this is i'm outof the middle butwant to be keptapprised, which fm sure you can appreciate. thanks,
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From: McQraw. Richard. CIV. OSD
Sent: Tuesday. May 03.2005 4:45 PM
To: Oi Rita, Hrry. CIV. OSCtOASD-PA; DUB&, Ray, Mr. OSD-0 CN. OSD;
Grone, Philip, Mr, OSD-ATL, GuzowaM, Joseph F SES OCLL;^)^)______[QASWA;
McGraw, Richard, CIV, OSD: Roggero Frederick Bng Gen SAFIPA: Ruff, Em, SES. OASD-
PA, Stanley. Darnel, CIV, OSD.lA Thorp, Frank, CAPT, OCJCSPA; Wh'irnm. Wan SES,
OASD-PA' Chafin Claude Mr OSD. &Frank J m e s C
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, Peter. Mr, OSD-ATL$%%ILC
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Lt Col. OS0,KWt ILt Col SAFI

Subject: Steenng Group Reeling Today. 513

Nbchmmb: Roll out llmehne for May 12 and 13.doc

Notes/TasksfrornSteering Groupmeeting5/3
1. Revisetimelineto reflectpossible SECDEFIOCJCS top Ane BRAC press brief on 5/12 with details to be In Wynne,
Service SecretariesandService Chiefs press bnefon 5113 and to reflect notificationto Congress and base
m i n d e m on morningof 5113ÑMcGra (suggestion attached)
2. Schedule regionaleditorial boards via telephoneconference caH this week-Whitman
3. Prepare dummy state-by-state 1-page document that can te emarted along with press release to slate Congressional
Detegations-McGrawlGrone
4. Arrange for distributionof amail to Members of Congress-Stanley
5. FinalizeHill delivery plan mechanics-Stanley
6. Schedule aditonaiboards the week after the announcement-Whitman
7. Schedule Roundtable discusetonerSeminarewith Think Tanks, MlHIaryAnatyete. MSOe, VSOs
8. Schedule Hill briefs for Members and Staff-two for eachsidedtheCongress-weekof W-Stantey
9. Revise master matrix 10 reflect schedule changes~McGraw
10. Reconsider Town Hall meeting-scope and participants-OASWA

Itemsfar considerationfor the next meeting. Thursday, May 5.1230 in room 318%
1. SECDEF and U C S lunchftawith formars ofeach
2. Town Hall rneetina-scow and oartici~ants
3. Phone Cali Lists
4. Notificationof TAGSand Governors

Dick McGn>w

This may contain informationexemptfrom mandatcxy disclosure under the Freedom of InformationAct (FOIA).

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 ROLLOUT

MAJOR ACTIVITIES

Prior to 5/13
RoundtabkPresentationsandlor Discussions focusing on Rationale, Goals and Process

PentagonPress Corps
Editorial Boards
Congressional Staff
Military Analysts
Veterans Support Organizations
Military Support Organizations
Hergovernmental Affairs Group
Pentagon Channel Interview with SECDEF and CJCS
SECDEFICJCSPress Brief

Alter 5/13

Communily OutreachÑspeeches(NATOe.g.)
Editorial Boards
Town Hail Meeting
Follow-up interviews
 Congress and drop
hard copy on the Hill
and to Governors. Set
up briefing room for
expanded briefing.
're Brief Pre Brief Pre Brief for Press Email to Sewices and
or P for Press Brief Bases (same email that
Inef Brief t o o to M O O
'ress Brief Press Brief PressBrief
1130
*hone Phone
former SFCDEF' :ails Calls
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Telephone mnfemnce
roundtable with
MSOs, VSOs.
*me conference
roundtable with
MSOs, VSOs,
Analysts,
 From: Ruff, Eric. SES, OASD-PA
Sçnt Monday. May 02,2005 351 PM
To: 01 RÈa Larry. CIV, 0SD.OASD.PA; McGiaw. RkhnO, CW, OSD; Stlnlq.Danld, CIV, OSD.
LA. G e m ,Pete. CIV,OSD
SW.ia: Re- Roll out

I'm trying to be m p a t h e t i c but am not there yet: If people don't know how the process
waa €evelop and what the context ia, the reasons for our decisions and the heavy
in¥~lvement/coordinatiobtw nilittry çn civilians will never get heard. Than-,

We'll have to a i s m e s x t . It's not a very klpful psitien, and I understand his mmcem
11 chink).
myway, we can diacuaa it at cilia IEC today I ~uppoae? ~t laact at the Secretary's next
BQAC meeting.

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prom: maraw, ~ i c h a r d , CIV, 030
Sent- Monday, m y 02, 2005 3 :43 w
To: Di Rita, Larry. Civ, OSD-OASD-PA; Eric. Stanley, Daniel, CIV,
OSD-LA; Geren, Pete, CIV, OSD
Subject: Roll out

Ifynne has m i d he will not participate in any roundtablam before the rollout on 5/13 and
he has Bkid he doe# not want Orone to do so either. He had planned on roundttblec with
mill Members, pentagon Press corps, Military ~ n a l y f , m i n k ~ a n k a ,~ilitaryservice
Organizations and veterans service organizations.
We either kill them ox- use someone else IduBoia, Potochneyl. How do you w n t to handle?
Dick

~ h i amay contain information exempt frm mandatory diacloaure under the Freedom of
Information ACE IFOIA).

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The American Spectator

Pooty-Poot's Middle East

By Jed Babbin
Published 5/212005 12:08:45AM

In what will certainly be her ast masterwork, the 2002 Statecraft, Margaret Thatchet
insists the West can help Russia become "a rea free-enterprise economy basea on
sound money, low taxes, limited government and above all a rule of law." Thatcher
says that, "above all, perhaps, we have to be patlent.Which is good counsel
-
regarding Russian internal change. But In its external affairs - Vladimir Putin's
Russia is in a hurry. It is working fast and hard to undermine everything we are trying
to do to reshape the Middle East. We can have no patience with Putin's efforts to
thwart what we must do.

The most painful moment in the President's news conference last Thursday night
wasn't when the networks cut him off to cnase the May ratings sweeps. It came much
ear ler when he was describing hls re ationship wÈ Putin. Tne President said. "I nad a
ion0 talk with Vladimir there in Slovakia about democracv and about the im~ortanceof
democracy.And as you remember at the press conference...he stood up and said he
strongly supports democracy. I take him for his word." For a man who supports
democracy, far less strongly, the former KGB capo has a funny way of demonstrating
it

One night about two years ago an Israeli alarm dock -- in the form of a pair of F-16s
-
that snapped a sonic-boom over his nouse at about 0300 wo<e Syrian Pmsdent
Bashar Assao with sufficient suddenness to ustify a change in bed inens. Tnat wake-
up canthrew enough fear into him to slow nis terrorist surrogates' operations against
Israel for a short wh ie Since tnen. Assaa nas come to feel protecteo First, by
-
President Bush who declinino to take action aoainst Svrian su~oortfor the Iraa
insurgency - has effectively granted the insurgeits a sanctuary 'in Syria. second, by
Putin who is helping Assad help the terrorists.

Havina placated the U.N. bv withdrawina about 14.000 Svrian trooos from Lebanon.
and leaving their inteliigen& structure ben nd to wntin&supporti& Hezbollah and
their 11% Putin is selling Syria igia-8 snoulder-fire0 anti-arcraft miss les to deter Israeli
or American air attacks. ~ r Bkh's
: reaction was all too tepid. We're protestingthe sale
of the vehicle-mounted lglas, not the man-portableones. The man-portable version is
less capable, but not much. And these missilesare a danger to us as well as the
Israelis.

The Pentagon knows where at least some of the terrorist camps in Syria are, from
which the insurgents in Iraq are operating. The new Iraqi government hasn't yet given
us permission to operate from Iraq against these camps. As tolerant as we are of the
Iraqis' struggle to organize their new government, we can no longer allow their
indecisionto protect the Syrian sanctuary the terrorists now enjoy. If we can't launch
our special ops people against these camps from Iraq, we can hit them from the air
with cruise missiles and manned aircraft. The Russiansale of the lgla-8 to Syria puts
American lives at risk. This missile, relatively new. is capable of Denetratina most of
the defenses our aircraft have against heat-&eking missiles such as thes; There is
no other wav to out it: Russian sale of these missiles to Svria is meant to deter
American and lsraeli air strikes.

At the same time Putin is defending democracy by arming Syria, he Is also doing
evervthina he can to suooort Iran's nuclear oroaram. Russia. of course, was the
primary builder of the lranian nucear program and continuesto be its prindpa.
suooder Wh e the EU-3 /Britain. France an0 Gerrnanvl were twina to neaotiate Iran
04of its uranium enrichment again last week,'~utinoffered to supply Iran
with nuclear fuel for its reactor and then collect the spent fuel so that Iran couldn't
further enrich it into weapons-grade uranium. Mr. Bush said he appreciated Putin's
gesture, and that Putin understandsthe dangers of an Iran with a nuclear weapon. He
does. indeed. And we would be absurdly naive to trust Putin to prevent the Iranians
from making fissionable material.

CAN ANYONE BELIEVE IT a coincidencethat while Putin is allying Russia with both
Iran and Syria, those two nations are more or less formalizing the Axis of Evil? Last
February, Iranian veep Mohamrnad Reza Aref said Iran and Syria were forming a . ,
"common front." He said, "We are ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront
threats." Syria's principal threats are Israel and America, and so they will remain as
long as Syria is a state sponsor of terrorism. That the two terrorist states are allying
more formally, with Russia playing the third-party co-conspirator, should send chills up
every spine in western Europe. The last time this happened, Stalin was signing up to
play second violin to Hitler.

While this is going on, Pulin is also offering to train "security services" among the
Palestiniansand sellina them heliconters and communicationseauioment.
i ~lsraellast week were tne armorea pe'rsonnel carriers he
bnmentioned in ~ u t i n ' c t rto
was also offenng the Palestinians It seems Mr. Bush's oaf is eager v seeking to
restore ~ussianInfluencein the Middle East, but not in the interestsof countering
terrorism: only countenng America.

In Statecraft, Lady Thatcher also wrote that. T h e worst error, as always in dealing with
Russia, is naivete." We need to be engaged with Russia, not to it. And whatever
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 passes between Iran and Syria, Russia must not aid or abet Uncle Joe, as FOR and
Churchill called Stalin, was taught an expensive lesson when Hitler invaded Russia in
1941. Putin would do well to remember that when the Germans retreated, millions of
Russians already lay dead. And that as easy as it would be for terrorists to smuggle a
-
nuclearweapon into the United States, it would be just as easy and far less a
distance -for them to smuggle one into Russia.

. TAS contributing editor Jed Babbin is the author of Insidethe Asylum: Why the UN
and Old EuropeAre Worse Than You Think (Regnery, 2004)

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Sent: Friday. April 29,2005 8 37 AM

To: IMltnur, BOB. CIV, OASD-PA
c: n C N , OASD-PA: Ruff. Eric, SES, OASD-PA
SwMt: RE Felth Radio i n m i e w

Ok, we go live at l X 4 hm wtlh USDP Fd8h a n d led B a b h on w n w p r l of lh* DF m t h l newmrk. TIw

Produm, %h U n p . $sat@M8j B&, m i d yo, call h m ? It's : a h me I w o day, lo set this p y m t h e
phone and 1don't w the i m p r w i o n they wovctiy orpntted. HÃsaid he'd touch base with you but I'd fwl
beHerU you called him. Really appreciateIt! See youabout 1320to getset up,

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Cc: Ruff. Eric.SES, OASD-PA: Keck. Gary, Col, OASD-PA; Bob Whltmer (E-mail); man Whlhifn (E-mail); Rode
T. Memu (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Fdth lbdto interview

Wedo have ISDN and canreserve the SmallStudio for you Have the producer and technical p*mcalf Bob
Whitrrwattb)(3>tocoordinate the ISDN.

All 11ie best,

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T X6) v CIV,OASD4'A
Cc Ruff. Ent SES, OA50-PA; KçckGary, Col., OND-PA
Subject: Felth Radio interview

Hey, Mr Ruff set uplive radio Interview tomorrow with Jed Bobbinand Felth If the smallitudio is free
can weset XIu p for 1315-1350. Their producer liked i f we had an "ISDN."

Producer's number V
 Sent Monday,April25,2005 3% PM

T ~ W OSO-POLICY
L

C~TILTC OASD-PA

Subject Feith rtdto

Jcdissitting in for the talk show host on wmet, partof the idf nationalnetwork Dougis willingprovided
there arenoquestionsfromthe radio listeners, ttiere are not.

4/4/2008

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From: Rufl. Eric, SES, OASD-PA
Sent @ TM 2005 3:- PM
To: LTC. OOSD-PA
Cc: Kuck. GOT. CM, OASD-PA: W n m . Bmn, SES, OASD-PA; Mentt. RoxleT. CAPT. OASD-PA

Sent: Thursday, Wl28,2005 3*1 PM

TO: Ruff, Eric, 5 5 , OASD-PA
Cc: Keck. Gary, Cd,OASD-PA; Whitman, Bryan, SES, OASO-PA; Mem Rente T. CAPT,OASD-PA
Subject: RE: FeIth Radb Inter/few

y e and yes-will beat both; Maggie say we'mcalhg5:lS-5:45.

4 r h i n a l Messaoe-
From: Ruff, Eric, S ~ S OASD-PA
,

, 1 . C OASD-PA; Whitman m,SES, --PA; Merritt, RaseT. WPT, OASD-P<

Subject: RE- FeIthRadio interview

for the pre-call tonight with babtxn am krth,areyou ttihktng about eithermonitoring or silting m? Fm
presuming you're doing the show with do- in the small studio so it might be helpful for you to hear the
conversation tonight, either via a conference call or in person. thanks.

S e ~ ATZE;:?~ ~ PU~ ~ .

te Ruff, Eric, SES, OASO-PA, Keck. Gary, Col, OASO-PA; Bob Winner (E-roHI); Brytn W h b n [E-
mail), Roxie T. ~errttt mil)
Subject. RE- Feltti Radio interview

We do have ISDN and can reserve the Small Studio for you. Have the producerand
technical person call Bob W h i t m e r a t f W ^ l to coordinate the ISDN.

All the best,

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,
CC Ruff, Eric, SES, OASD-PA; Keck, Gary, Col, OASD-PA
Subject: Fetth Radb Interview

Hey,Mr Ruff setup liveradio interview tomorrow with JedBobbinandFrith. If the small
ahidio is freecan weset it up for 1315-1350. Their producerasked if we had an "ISDN."

Producer's number-

--OriatitlM--

led lasitting in for the talk show bout onwmet, part of the id1national network. Dougis
willing provided there arenoquestionshorn theradio listeners.there are not.

4/4/2008

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 I I
From: I c a p l .USMC, 0ASD-M
Sent: urs ay. April 28,2005 327 PM
To: Ruff, Eric, SES, OASD-PA
Subject: called. He will not be hosting for Laura Ingraham: does not need DSD
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Sent: Thursday, April 28,2005 3 18 PM
To: m C l V . OASDeA
/ .,
Cc: Ruff. Ertc. SES.OASD-PA, Kick, Btly, Col. OASD-PA

Hey,MrRuff setupliveradio intervitw tomorrow withled Babbin tnd Fcilh. If thesmall studiois freecan we
set it up for 1315-1350. 'nieh producer esked ifwe had an "ISDM."

From: luff, Me, SES, OASO-PA

&ti Nondn, April IS, 201)s S:3B PW

kd issittingin for the talkshow host onwmel,part of theidfnational network. Doug in willing provided there
are noque~tlom1- theradio listmew, there am mu,

4/4/2008

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 JedL Babbin
Jed Babbm is the best-selling author of. "Inside the Asylum IVh)- the UNandOld
Europe me Worse than You Think" (Rcgncry 2004) He IS a former Air Force officer
whoserved as a deputy undersecretary in the fird Bush adminifmation (1990-1991)

Mr. Babbin writes regularly for National Review Online and for the American Spectaror
Magazine. His weekly column, "Loose Canons", appears in The American Spectator
Online. Mr. Babbin's expertise is in national security and foreign affairs. However, he
also writes about legal m k r s and for The ~meric&~pecraror's"Saloon" series on
subjects such as single barrel bourbon and finecigars. He also wrote the military
adventure novel. Legacy of Valor. (Pentland Press, 2000).

Mr Babbin is a military analyst and appears frequently on the Fox News Channel and
MSNBC, on shows such as "The O'Rcilly Factor""Hdball withChrisManhcm",
"Scarborough Country" and many oihtts

For about four years. Babbin served as designatedguest host of Oliver North's "Common
Sense Radio" when Col. North was unavailable During the Iraq nu i i q campaign in
2003, Babbin subbed for North for nine weeks stiainhl. Since then, Baboin has also
subbed for Laura Ingraham and Greg Garrison,

Mr. Babbin is a graduate of Stevens Institme ofTechnology (B.E.1970). Cumberland

School of Law (J.D. 1973) and the GeorgetownUniverslly Law School (LL.M. 1978).

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Subject R E Jcd Btbbh Bi3

yes it is

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To:
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Ruff,
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Erie. SES. OASD-PA
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LTC, OASD-PA
SubjMt: Re Faith radio

faith would l i k e to talkwfjcd be5ore the i n t e r v i e w , prefcxrably the dç before. I

meant to t e l l you chis first thing today. Meantime I ' l l c a l l l e d . Has doug been
(scheduled? Th*i,,kB.
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Subject: RE: f a i t h ~ d i o
What i s r e d ' s email or phone? since F e i t h can't t a l k China but w i l l talk him normal GHOT
a t a t to 1 sure t h i s i e good wich ~ e d

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From: fluff,ErtC,SfS,OASD-PA
Mi Wednetdn,W 27.20059'52 AM
To Wnlhm, Wan, SES, OASO-PA
subj~b RE led tabtmii g rmngsofi saffi?ie;,6 at
agree on both assessments can someone call akxanderandliaise wflh him and bbbln? thanks

Unfortunately Church is never going to happen -- maybe Alexander?

From; Ruff,&ç
SES, O A S M A
S u n k W c d n e à ‡ i w April 27.2005 9:17AM
To: Miltnw, Bryin, SES, OASO-PA
subjw: led babt~n/l.a. rmiw on s a n ~ e i 1
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Sent; Wednesday. April 27.2D05 B 53AM
To. Ruff, EBc SES, OASD-PA
Subject; RE Feith radio

Not specifically, but given we have not military operations in China and that we don't make the
China Policy for the US6 i t is a little out of our lane,

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What IsJcd'semaIl orphone? Since Felth can't talkChinabutwilt talk his normal GWOTstrategy, want tomakesure this
la good with fed

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m e t pan of the df national network doug a willing provided there are no queetjons from the radio listeners there ¥r
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Maj Gen. Bill Haiti -Councilon Foreon R e l a m
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Col. Ken ANarxJ MSNBC
Col Gordon Cuculu FoxNews
CSM Steve Greer- Fox News
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CAPTChuck Nash Fox News
CAP1Martin Strong Fox News
Ma,. Gen Paul Vaflely Fox News

Ms. ABison Barber. (in progress) Reminder thisison background and we also have Lam Di Rita
with us this morning so he'll open up, and then we'll turn it over to General Ham. Thanks for
joining us this morning

Mr Dl Rita: Good moining. l-led. the re- Iwanted to join you -we're vçgrateful that
General Ham is able to give us an update on kind of current oosin Iraq. General Ham just
rammed from me meater. He was rommaintinaa task force un in Mosuland is nowon the Joint
Staff, and SO he's got somevery good insight9,and hlriyfresh 1nslghts.a~m what sgotngon
over there

nut Iwanted tospendJusta rrfnuteortunwiftyou-Idon'tknowiianybody had the opportunity

to see the announcement that the prestdentjust made regardingthe selection of the next
chairmanana vicechairman. 1 wanted to just see If there were any Questions,but also to the
I extant that some of you might be out and get asked about it, the ~rasldenfscommentskind of
speak lor themselves

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These are two lust of General Myers has done a tenltejob. and he's 0-1 was kind of struck fay
the prwKtents descnptionofh m having held fourtom as a tour star, but he is wmoutquestion
one of the most seasone4 and exoenencedgeneral officers anybody has ever comeacrossjust
1 terms d thejobs h e s had

He's done a terrificlob and we're aoim to misstKmoreaHv.but Pace and Giambasltan) are two
wry well-qualifiedofficers and have had a - my observationofthem is that they may be the most
-these may be the posterchildrenof the GoldwaterUicholsAct. In other words, when the
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Goldwater-NicholsAct was 1 mean. we all resisted ti Idid; Iwrote articles about !t and probabfv
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most of you did, and itwas but it turned lo be- have a lot of wisdom in it. And one or the things
that ti forced was ajoinl perception about everything we do And these two guys bring morel.int
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iisgtuinto everything going on then perhaps any otierlourstar officers that we have you
know, maybe putbng aside Tommy Franks or John A t m i d who are out there on a ptnt
wamghung environmentasa four star

They are hiohfv transformational They have botti wakedwilhinthe Joint Staff transformation
environment so they understand all the hardware things thm people Uke to get exerted about. but
more mportantfy ail the process reforms and all thecontingency planning reforms and an me
ways mat were trying to fix and improve processesto make the place a lot more capable at the
(pointy?) end on the J m t level

So its twotemflc choices They'mveryirKtepenttent^nlnriedguys, boftof them They'reabfem

make theirindependencewell understoodwmm an mvnonmentwhera- d m is difficm
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to come by in other words, its a m'ltofyenvtronnientand you have to express independencem
a very careful wayand they're very good aboutit Both of those guys are extremelygood at It

r h q a vary good at hind of c ~ i t x ~ tthmkm

iq vound here to mat when an KIÃ pops up they
can put it into the proper context m a get U on the ngm tracK Inave seen them ooln very doseiy-
oaroc~iariv~d ~ ~ i a m b a s ~
t whom
a n t v ~iorxaawtmnow tour wv ciotçi out ~ ~ i e a ;
Pace as A l l And
they're two terrificofficerswho Imlnk are going to be just wonderful selections

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H there%any tpocftc question om?Know now mum - m i l ion0 d eachç out a Itile over tie
last two or mrw oays .rs kmd d o u t there. but the pw(lanr~announcç- today n ~ a y
generate a Inle more press interen if any of you a n out and nave any ins ghis mat yo- a like
to
Ken Allan): Hw Lary. Ken A I M
Mr Di Rita: Hey Ken.

Ken Allard; Iwas m the other sideat that time. Iremernbçyour articles, and yes, Iamglad you
wen wrong.

Mr Dl Rita: 1 was. And it was- you knw. inyfiiTOltetf~'1mjotilbill 1dam inhale' Biil now
I'mbreathino deeply, so...

But these are two terrific officers whow be forceful m (heir vtews. You know. Ed In particular7'0s
done an i m p r ~ a m o u n t o f w o r kabout the lessons h a t i from Iraq and Afghanistandown at
the Joint Forces Command, and has becomejust prodigiouslyknowledgeableabout what
worked what didn'l-everything from battlefieldintelligenceuptoC31 atthecommand level. He's
done atewfic job And the Joint Staff and the Services are gleaning a lot of knowledgeout of
that He is one smart cracker And Pace Of come is rust a oreat
wonderfulteam and everybody's pretty excited a ~ o u i ~ t
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If (here's no any lmughts or questions about the selectionand the announcement,I'd IHw to
ask General Ham if he wants to get into Iraq a Htte bit and talkabou what's going on over there.

BG Ham: Well, thanks Mr Oi R i i I appreaatettw opportunityffii (wmlngtodiscussthlswfh

you. Just a little Mtof background.I'm Caner Ham. I've been on (he Jolm Staff now3 IMIa bit tes3

Ithink as we swapped out ma General R&$uoz got thebetterend of this deal. But Ido
appreciateyou takng time this morning. Someof you I've met before, and others Itook forward to
what I hope will be a producbw and useful pnneratup.

For today's teleconference. I'd likeioghà youjust afew commentsabout operationslnIraq. then
welcome your questions.1 thmk we nave about30 mtnutes, so I'd rather talk aboutwtiayouwant
t i talk about,ramw than me giving you a hun*y lls(ofm1ngs. And Isuspect there's some things
you'll ask me that I don't know the answers to, and In those cases we'll get you an answer later
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A few pointsonIraq Thisweek,we-1 betow 140,000 US. In Iraq. Themafofdepbymerrtand
redeploymentoperatima, that realty began in earnestin Decemberlor mas current rotationare
now nearly complete, both 89 percentmptete-over 99 percent comptoteonboth deploymente
ana redeployments And in Kuwait, because thb tranmnal period is now nearly complete. U,S
personnelin Kuwait are also down now to about 14,000
 mvxig m d that. ç11 ioon start to see the beginningof me nextcycle of unite into ana out of
Iraq And of cotme oufing them Iranitional periods tne numtw* of troops ificrnses in botn
K~WR and m rç JVti. à m o m ngIoi,~oingun ts are hot^ on me p u r o condiicting m l d n pace
ooeraions
Multl-National Forces-Iraq now reports over 15S.WO trained and q u t o n d lmqi SecurityForow
Certainly the capability varies from unit to unit But the trend is clearly positive in the development
of the Iraqi Security Forces.

Insurgentactivity, as Ithink most of you know, has Increasedsomewhat over the past few weeks.
And that's not particularly significantin and of itself, Ãthe weeklynumbersof attacks tend to
fluctuate somewhat-And wedon't bellave this k vat indicative of what s a m ~ .
are rewrtinn as-
increased levels of planning, coordinationand sophistication of attack.

~ignificantchangeMost normally we have seen the number of suicide atlack* lose than 30
~ercentHaving said that don't know vet *at that means butthat is a wrtwlarnote that we're
watching with great interest

Baghdadagalnsta Shilte masqua, and otherstesattacked thisweek bear out the l n l ~ w t ' m ttw
insurgents creating ethnic shfe- Shiite versus Sunnl, Arab versus Kurd and funinmHifllbkl,This
is cleirly going lobe a challenge for the IraqiTransitional Government and clearly forihft Iraqi
Security Forces in the weeks and months10 come
And finally yesterday's loss of the 11 persons aboard the SkyHnk MÈ- (hellwptsr) to very
regrettabte Many of you have been Iraq, and you know there's a good relationship between mort
of the private security firms operating there and U S and other Coalitionforces

We've all mnthevideo that's now on the web. Frankly, we're not certain of ttia veracity of that
m a0
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c l n Was it the same incident you know. wasthçthe hetim~mrthat w~ shotdown? Was that
#as apparent v snol was v a t n mat pancuiar inc.oent'?We re (-51 h m k q iw c m n
of a t t n e e s an n m t i ~ t o nmoerwa; to oeiarm ne tnow fçc ano m n< w ~ these n
we -u thmÃ41 be made evmtebk An0 w tn :nai lowerconw YOJ qmstons Or none

ited nabbin- General. Jed Babbin, Andcan Spectator. Quick question, I know you said you didnl
know anything yet about the slgnffleanceof the inerame in VBlEDs being suidders. Just as an
educated guess. doe5 that show you a change in sortof the ethnic makeup or source of ttio
nciders themselves? Are we seeng more. you know, something out of Muqiadaai Sadr, a
somethingfromthe other side-IheSunnis 1mean these guys flpparenlly have some sort of
doctrinal (nocturnal?) change What do you attribute that to?

BG Ham Well it idvnrvdifflciiltm discern. Of course. inasulclde VBIEDaUack in mostcnSfis.

there's not much left ofme attacker to -so the forensic business of toying to determine, you
hrow who was the actual attacker is pretty difficult Andunless you know that. then It's difficultto
come to some of the conclusionsthat you're asking for.

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Iwould psi "eo i,Ã kave t a t meway l sald il -want yatknow what lomikeofiL
It is of concern because < s a far y siqniftcant oew a w n from wnat weve ioen in the vast And.
mnrt mats a l w can ça We're v p g m f t g m n o - t çluu oon t nave me answer*yet

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 Kç Allard: General,Ken A I M . Youmay haveseen a piece m yesterday'sNew Yortc'Timesby a
Marine coloneltalking about the need for patience in fighting an insurgency.And he was
apparentlytrying to warn both against, you know, people who were too pessimUOc as well as
people who were overly optimistic

Can you basically tell us a Nlk bftaboutwhetfwor notweare continuingto dig in for the long
haul here or are we simply trying losee how quickly we can cut and run?

BG Ham Well nobody's Interested incuttingandrunning. The nature of the insurgencies,

particularly 20"century Insurgencies, a r such
~ that they are l o ~ m r m
affatre I think ~t8aW
generally understoodthat the military Is one, but not THE, way to defeat an insurgency So this Ie
a very so this has to be a muti facetedapproach

Ithinkclearly from the US. military, the focus is increasingly on helping theIraqis defeat Bits
i n s m c v themselves And thai is becomina maeasinnhthe focus nt our efforts- And con ti nu all^
the c&mindere on the scene General ~ a a i y a n d certainly GeneralA m i d from a theater
perspective are constantly evaluating the forces that are presant, the operationalconcepts the
tactics that areemployed to defeatthe insurgency

So I Immk Inere 6- cieçn everybody wanstodefeat me msxgmcy as quickly as cç

y oe a ton-rm
possioly be aone But mere is a rea ity Deleatno an . n s u ~ c can affair
There 9 noumeine rrs h u o tnà tram defeat t m insurgents

Ken AWa Wherethe rubber h la tneroad iswhen w b e m r o t a f troopsh of courro- Now is

the percentage of Rese*istt to Actire troops about the same in lhs next rotation as R ha8 oeen
1 me C d m i -
one abiut40 WCMI or so?

60 Ham It acNaUy is done a I n e b n In 'he cyctai natureof (rungs t m pit rotation this
currentrotat on is fairy nign in-.31 n next rotation wNe not an
component ~ ~ r m m i oTrie
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me oecisws have been made is "heby to be a litlie D# wà bijt not so much less lhal 81à 11be
0vefVuneim ngl" no,OCabIe

The key, again, is not so much is It-Active, Ãit Reserve, but is it right? And is it the right nix of
forces to meet the commandere' requwftmentsin theatw?

mere and people feel

process.
- generally speaking '- supportive of the oovemmefitand supportiveof t t e

But theonly place where h e insurgents can claim any solidaritywithgeneral public perceptionis
on the desire- entirely understandabbe-mat coalition forces leave Iraq. ~ n so d the balancing
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act that our guys that our commander!have B to not have so many Coalitionforces to havetoo
huh a presence, but keep It at asufficlentievel to be able to help make sure these Iraqi Security
Forcescan actually succeed

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 So. It's a muoh balancina act. But it's something verv much on thecommanders' mind Is that -
&don't-they're &taskiigf6&w forcesoitheibaiis, becauseit's inpan they know thai
there's very little credibility that this insurgency hasother than the widespreadfeel that it would be
at some point for Coalition forces to leave that country

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ChuckNash: General. Chuck Nosh, Fox News. Gota questionabout you mentionedthe forces
gotng over, and m l n g suretheyre The rigm forces The Issuecomes down m what we see a lot
in the mediawhich is. a recent article that said thai we've lost. either total lout or bad enwm that

on the road to the airport

Would youjustgiveme yourIhoughte on whefathsallgow, and are the lessons thatwe're

learning about armor in Iraq real world? Arethose lessons getting picked up and used In the
Pentagon? Or are westill sort of keeping the power point sides that we're (were?) m the process
still moving?

BG Ham: Well Ithink rfs clearlythe case that thelont Services, and certainly all the individual
Swlces are adaptive and learningorganizations. Thwe't baen considarable effort trying to team
everythingthat we can from tha ongoing operations. Irsalso fairto say thatthe enemy is learning
and adapting And ctoarfy they adapt their tactics, lectmlqws and proceduresas well. So this
remains a very, very dangerous, a dangerous a^a

MYpertonai 6xperçncin the n o r t ~i~ mat Im r x w n

~ don*.
v ~ pretty good,% of learning
twr the past two yearsoloperations ins* iraq and are taimq me necesswy precautions I
t sons m counter th s r n w Bin
m.nk me Swices are makina me aooa manna d B v e l o ~ maec

Again, none of that will ever eliminatethensk entirely,it remains a dangerous ptaoe

Chuck N& monk you.

proper numbers to firthe security stals~oolhtbparamilitaryand the active duty military 6 the
iraqiside?

BG.RecfiJrtingdoes remain strong for both Ihepoliceforceswithin the iraqihllnistryof intanor

and for the army within the Ministry of Defense.And Ithink that's a very posiHvesign. Ithink
you're seen in recent weeks a specific outreach to the Smnl Arab population of Iraq by the Iraqi
TransitionalGovernment as irs startingto form, and Ithink mat's a great, a great indicator as
well

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a n interesting phenooiena, to watch the as Iraqi Security Forces have been attackedh tha
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past again I'll speak from my personal experience having seen that was wy worried about the
potentialnegativeeffect that would have. and it never materialized Amazing. inittally amazingly to
me after one of those atecka. the nexi dav there would be. aaam. many more vouna Iraais shew
up at the recruitingstations than there were positions to accokinodate tnem So I think mat
bode0 wellfor mecountry and bodes wed forth^ security forces

Gordon x Yes 1think thats good news Thank you

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BG Ham: OK. I g u m Mr. 01 Rfta. I'llturn t back to you,sir.

Mr. Oi Rita: Idon't haw anything more. I appndate youguys carvingout a iUle time for us.

Mi. Barter;Thanks for your (me. andçnBentouch.

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Sent: Tuesday. April 26.2005 8.28AM
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Not sure what you (in.

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i spoke t o dew on friday * h u t doin9 a l i v e intemiew with j e d h b b h while jed is

s i t t i n g in for the t a l k show host on m e t , part of the idf national network. doug i s
willing provided there arc no questions frm the radio l i s t e n e r s . there are not. i belive
tracy has contacted you on t h i s , led only has three days l e f t , wed, t h u r and f r i d , f x c
-n to 2 p . m . so time a-s a l i t t l e t i g h t - - nhich is why i s m weighing i.n. thanks.

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. you'reright about sensitivities,and i think as longas feltti stays where (he sd has been, wtiich is generalobservations, no
spacifics,we'reokay and w e a n certainlylet dos knowfeim may be talking about mi*. we can alsoadvise mat he
contact tvs counterpart at dos

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We should not be doing China -- before we put Feith out on China we should be conferring
with DOS. This is what ruffles feathers.

that's some good stuff. ia. this part of that master Pton that rncarmr has pulled toqchrwfth @a's led'

Tnanks...fyi, Grone is schedufad to doCBS Radw Bob Fuss) re BRAG tomorrow at 3-30..
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justexchangedemailswith jed he's not too keenon brae but is on chhaand qdr feim is willing to do this
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provided lhere are no quesnons from callers, wlilcn is the ease withied he's theonly questioner. thanks.

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Let's check their availability
notpartof plan, requestcame b nw drect Grone has doneseveralother interviews re BRAG process overfrie pastBlx
monthsor so

friars somegood stuff. is tNÃ pan of thatmaster ptonftatipcgraw has Wed togetherwKftp/e's lead?

Thanks fyi. Grwe is scheduled todo CBS Radio( Bob Fuss) re BRAC tomoroarat 3 30

just exchanged emails wrthw. bos not too keenon brae but ison china and Mr. forth is wiling todo l
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provided there are no questions fromcallers, whch Isthe case wm fed he's the onlyquestimer thanks

Let's check their availability

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AMERICAN SPECTATOR

Gilligan's Ghost
By Jed Babbin
Published 4/25/2005 12 06 02 AM

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No, our Little Buddy is, at last reports, still In good health. But the other Gllligan
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Andrew. formerlv of the BBC, the taxpaver-funded Brit network is being honored in
praa.ce ,f not inname His bias and fabulism nave been the founoatm upon wh ch
the laos and adies of tne Beeb have built me r newest an0 most oirect participation in
politics.

You remember Andrew. It was he who broadcast Baghdad BOD'S line that American
troops haon'l been able to capture "Sadoam International' whilst the airoort bar was
being inventoried enthusiastically by our guys. Gilligan later made up the charge that
Tonv Blair "sexed un" the Intel on Iraa. and was eventually allowed to restan. Now,
campaigning against Tory Leader ~ i c h a eHoward,
l the ~higan-mindedBeeb has
managed to outdo CBS.

Gunga Dan and his crew of miscreants used forged documents to campaign against
Dubya, out didn't go so far as to plant hecklers at campaign stops. That they left to
Mchael Moore. About a week ago concerned tnal the campaign wasn't gomg badly
enouah for the Conservatives. the BBC crew coverino a TON event nave wireless
mcro-phonesto hecklers in tne auoience who o ~ , . ~ e d sn&ting,
b~ "kichael Howard is
a ar "'You can't t r ~ sthe
t Tones. ano such wtrle the Beeb crew recorded t all for
later broadcast. Everyone in the UK who owns a television pays the BBC tax. CBS and
the New York Times are horrifically biased, butat least we aren't forced to pay for their
upkeep.

Freedom cannot be said to exist where people are forced to pay to support media that
are engaged in partisan pol'tics (You can TOKO the same case against NPR, but not
to the degree of clarity that now pertains to the B3C.) If the BBC isn't forced to f.re tne
reporters and prod~carsinvolved in tnis episode tneir conduct wi t encourage more
oolitical activism at the Beeb. and widen the cracks in British democracv. ~ h the v
Tories don't put an end to the BBC tax on their agenda is quite a mystery. our .
democracy is in better shape, but not by much. Just ask John Bolton.

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1 RETRACTTHEAPOLOGY I made to Sen. Chuck Haael last week. Heael turned coat
so fast last week it left Dick Lugafs head spinning ~agel'scover was blown when
Sen Georae Voinovich (RINO-OhiolblindsidedForeion Relations Commrttee
chairman h g a r and the White House by saying during last Tuesday's committee
meeting on the nominationthat he couldn't vote for Bolton As soon as Voinovich
headed to the tall grass Hagel quickly pined him, as did hopelesslyliberal Lincoln
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Chafee. and later the previously invisible Lisa Murkowski (Daddy's daughter Alaska)
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Neither Hagel nor Chafee had the cojones to be the lone or first Repub to go
south on Bolton, but once Voinovich broke the ice, both were eager to jump in the
hole May it politically re-freeze over both their heads

Bolton's nomination is in real trouble, enough that it may die in committee or be

withdrawn. In this crisis. former Secretary of State Colin Powell is ioinina in the
whispenng campaign to sink him ~oweliisreportedly "responding to questions from
the Reoublican defectors. fuelino the fires of Boiton's unreasonablenessand harsh
treatment of staffers. YO" have to wonder: if Bolton was such a problem when he
worked for Powell, why didn't Powell fire him? Maybe because those who were more
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on board with their president's agenda such as former Secretary of State Lawrence
Eagleburger, who spent ten years working with Bolton -- have a much less skewed
view of the man.

Eagleburger made two important points in the Sunday Washington Post. First, that in
maiy years working with Bolton he'd never seen or heard of Bolton abusing staff, and
second that Bolton's blunt manner of speaking is just what we need now at the UN.
Powell's involvement in the whispenng campaign against Bolton is beneath him, 01
was. I'd thought better of him. I was wrong. But the Prez Is right about a couple of
other appointments he made last week.

It was more than iust a little smart to aowint the first Marine Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Stay l i t h e Friday ceremony announcing the appointment of Gen Pete!
Pace, the Prez said that all we needed to know about Pace is tnat he's a Marine. Yes,
b ~we ! snoblo take the trouble to know more Line the fact that Pace is a combat vet. a
real tough guy with a very large brain. and we1 respecteo in all the services. After
announcing the Pace appointment, Dubya tried and failed twice to say the name of the
man who is to be Pace's deputy. The prez (intentionally?)misunderestimatedthe
difficulty he'd have in pronouncingAdm. Edmund Giambastiani's name, but he had no
problem telling the world that the new team wouldn't stray from the path he and Donald
Rumsfeld have set for fighting the war and transforming the sometimes-recalcitrant
Pentagon. (That, by the way, is an unnoticed but huge vote of confidence in
Rumsfeld.) Henceforth, by presidential order, the newly nominateddeputy chairman of
the Joint Chiefs will be known as "Admiral G:

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BUT BACK TO EUROPE FOR more bad news. The EU-3 Germany, France, and
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Britain are readying themielves for another session of negotiationswith Iran, slated
for later this week. They continue to delude themselves, and anyone else who will
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 listen, that Iran can be talked out of its desire to build nuclear weapons. The Eunuchs
want Iran to give up its uranium enrichment program (which the lranians supposedly
put on hold while the talks go on -yeah, sure). Iran, in a message designed to turn the
heat up on the EU-3, said that if there wasn't progress on the last "compromise" Iran
offered --which, natch, lets them continue enriching some uranium for "waceful"
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purposes they'd call the talks off. France wants to accept the Iranian promise, while
the Brits are holding out for a tougher stance. Not that it means anything other than
de aymg the covertand overt a c t k we are going to have to take to force cessation of
tne iranian program. Its eitner act or accept the fact of a nuclear-armedIran France.
meanwhiie,is more concerned with the EU constitutionthan the prospect of being
incinerated by a terrorist nuke.

The week ended, as it had to, with yet another example of French churlishness. It was
left to Nicholas Sarkozy, Mr. Bean look-alikeand contender for the French presidency,
to give the best reason to vote for the EU constitution. He said. "I am 50 years old. and
it isthe first time in French history that a person my age has n& been asked to go to
war for his country. That is for one simple reason: Europe." It had nothing to do with
six decades of American defense of France. Nope, nothing at all.

TAS contributing editor Jed Babbin 1s the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN
and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think (Regnery, 2004)

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Tongsun Redux
By Jed Babbin
Published 411812005 12:07: 13 AM

For news junkies, this will be a hectic week. By its end, Catholics may have a new
pope, we may have a new UN ambassador, and both Kofi and his bestest buddy
Jacques may suffer nervous breakdowns. Things are looking up because, while
Volcker fiddles, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York are
burning bad guys. Now all we need to find out are the names of Cooperating
Witnesses One and Two, and the high-ranking UN officials whom they bribed for
Saddam.

CW1 and CW2 may be the first people who have earned the PresidentialMedal of
Freedom as a result ofplea bargains keeping them out of jail. (CWI has already pled
guilty to being an unregisteredagent of the Saddam government and is cooperating
with US. investigators.)They are unindicted co-conspirators -credited with helping
Saddam bribe the UN into setting up the Oil-for-Food-for-Bribes-for-Weapons scam -
in the indictment of one of our all-time faves, Tongsun Park of Koreagate infamy.

For those joining us since 1976, Mr. Parkwas indicted back then on 36 counts of
bribery, influence peddling, and other usual business on Capitol Hill. The charges were
eventually dropped after he testified in Congressional hearings about his involvement
with dozens of Congressmen, only three of whom were later reprimanded by the
House. (Think of this the next time you hearthe caterwauling about Tom DeLay.)

Just because Saddam is evil doesn't mean he's a dummy. He did what any good
manager would do if he wanted to pay bribes: he hired an expert. According to the
March 21 indictment of Mr. Park unsealed last week, and the affidavit stating it signed
by FBI special agent Nicholas Panagakos, Saddam paid bribes to and through Park to
Coo~eratinaWitnesses One and Two and to at least two hioh-rankino UN officials in
order to getthe JN to create the 011-for-~ood
program by security council in 1996.
Just who were thev? Not Benon Sevan wno wasnt vet chosen to run the Oil-for-Food
scam There would have been no reason to bribe him before he was chosen to run the
scam Was Annan himself bribed? How about lqbal Riza, his chief of staff who later
ordered the shredding of UN documents torthe 1996-1999 period, when the program

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The bribes apparently continued until 2003 (when Tommy Franks had something to
sav about Saddam's future clans) to make s ~ r thate the program was extended
beyond its original expirationdate. The indictment says that-park "invested in a
company owned by an immediatefamily member of a high-ranking UN official money
paid to him from the Government of Iraq in connection" with the bribe agreement.
Park, having agreed to bribe the UN officials for Saddam, got at least $2 million for
himself and distributed millions in bribes, both in cash and in oil vouchers entitling the
UN officialsto collect more millions from the sale of the vouchers. So how does Kofi
respond to the new revelations? By trying to pass the blame to President Bush and
Prime Minister Blair, of course.

Last week the saaoina Annan said. "The bulk of the monev that Saddam made came
out of smuggling outside the oil-for-food program, and it was on the American and
British watch." Annan added. "Possiblv thev were the ones who knew exactly what was
going on. and that the countries themselv& decided to close their eyes to smuggling
to Turkey and Jordan becausethey were allies." Of course, nothing the UN did was
wrong.

If Kof's week weren't sour enough. Secretary of State Condi Rice added to his agony
bv saving. "It is no secret to anyone that the Uniteo Nations cannot survive as a vital
forcein international politics if it doesn't reform." Note to Kofi: reform or die. It's a great
disappointment that we didn't see the appropriate headline in the New York Daily
News. in 64-point type, saying: "Condi to UN: Drop Dead." Something to look forward
to. Almost as much as the Bolton confirmation, which may come later this week.

THE LEFTIES HAVE MANAGED to delay, but not stop, the nominationof John Bolton
to the UN ambassador's w s t Thankfully. and my apologies to Sen. Hagel, even ne
and Sen. Lincoln ~hafee'seemto be standing with ~olt&n.If the Dems cant get either
of them to vote against Bolton, or at least abstain, Bolton's nominationshould be
reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee early this week. On the floor.
it will pass easily. For Kofi and the rest of the Turtle Bay crime family, it will be as much
fun as passing a kidney stone. Meanwhile back at Ie domaine, Jacques is apparently
sinking in the congenital contrannessof his own countrymen.

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Ah, how Ie ver turns. Just a year ago. it was a sure bet that France one of the chief
Proponentsof the European Union -would easilv pass a referendumon the EU
constitdtion Now. as the May 29 referendum api&acnes. polls show the French ready
to reject it That led Presioent Chirac to the most desperate measure. Calculating
correct y that the worst thing a Frenchman c o ~ l dtnink to do was to help Uncle Sam.
Chirac saio that a "no" vote would weaken the EU and benefit the United Stales
Chirac, in a carefully scripted "town hall" session with young French voters, issuedthat
dire warning last Thursday, with little or no effect. The French may be content with the
status quo which, as the Gipper once said, is Latin for "the mess we're in."
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Whether the French vote the EU constitution down remains to be seen. It's unlikely
that they will reject it because without the EU agriculture subsidy, much of French
farmingwill end. As John Hulsman of the ~eritageFoundationonce told me, the EU
aaricultural subsidy is "reallv a SOD from Germanv to oav French farmers to sit around.'
boule. and donothing."he French may just be revolting against ten years of
Chiracism or lust emotina for the cress. Once thev aet enouah attention from the rest
of Europe, they may pa& the constitution to keep their subsidies. You see, that's
what it's all about. Like Oil-for-Food, the EU is an economic scam. The French have
too much to lose i f thev reject it. And monev is what they're all about. Not everyone in
the wora is concerned so ely with money From U S Edropean Command ana tne
Joint Staff comes word of new strides in building the Iraq Coalition

From a kinda sorta reliable Navy source comes this bulletin from the Joint Staff
auotna one of its lieutenant colonels 'Thinas are boklna uo for us here Paoua-New
Guinea is thinking of offering two platoons: one of infanhy (headhunters) and one of
engineers (hut builders).They want to eat any bad Iraqis they kill. We've got no issues
with that, but State is being anal about it." Dr. Rice reportedlywants to transform the
State Department as Mr. Rumsfeld is doing with the Pentagon. She apparently has a
long, hard road ahead.

TAS contributing editor Jed Babbin is the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN
and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think (Regnery, 2004).

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Delay Lunches With OOP Senators, Trying To Gain Their

Backing. House Majority Leader Tom Delay, under lira for
alleged ethical improprieties, "crossed the Capitol on Tuesday to
snore up Senate supoort." appear ng at the '"weekly dosed-doa
h c h for GOP senators." the pa, a.s-'dom!nafc-ews reports. After
the luncn. GOP Sen Linasev Graham said 'He's a ouv under
siege. And he just wanted topersonally say, 'I appreciite people
hanging in there with me. This is an orchestratedeffort; just let
lime and the process work Its way and its will.' I think that's fair."
The ~ashig&on.Post reports that as DeLay left the meeting, he
"told reporters that his basic message was 'Be patient: we'll be
fine' Giving a preview of the approach he is likely to take when
he appears before reporters this afternoon, DeLay dismissed
questions about his travel and his relationshipswith lobbyists as
'the Democraticagenda "'
However, as the H.o>m-Chpgi~k repms, Sen. Lincoln
Chafee, "a moderate who has been targeted for defeat by
Democrats next year, said Delay's troubles could play into
charges that Republicans are abusing power." Chafee said, "It
tends to cast a shadow over the party. That's just the way it Is."
Still. CNN's Inside Politics reported there 'was not a single
Senate Republican coming out of that lunch" calling on DeLay to
step down.
DeLay Has Assembled "FormalStnictore" To Qhf Back
Against Allegations. The Capitol Hill newspaper N 1-

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reports DeLay has assembled a "fonnai structure' to counter

news stories about his perceived ethical improprieties and ensure the Support of
Republican lawmakers" The team includes his Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of
Staff. Communications Director, general counsel, and a policy adviser. Each day,
they coordinate wilh aides from Speaker Dennis Hastert's office, as well as the
National Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican National
Committee.
Gingnch Says Burden Of Proof Is On DeL8y. In an interview with the CBS
Even ng hews former House Speamr Newt Gngrich said of DeLay ' I think tne
buroen is or h m to prove it at this stage " RegardingDeLay'a cnbcism of the mod a
Gmg'icn said "Tnars the famous Hilary Clnton defense Thais tne "vast left wng
conspiracy When you're oe ng attacked me first thing you nan-raliy do is you
describe your attackers. In this case, that wont work. Delay's problem isnt with
the Democrats. Delay's problem is with the country."
Republicans Lash Out A t Shays. Republicans are taking aim at GOP Rep.
Chris Shays, a Connecticut moderate who barely won re-electron in 2004 and faces
another close race in 2006. Shays sharply criticized DeLay as "an absolute
embarrassmentto me and to the Republican Party" last week. One "senior House
Republican Member" told the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll CaU, "Chris Shays is loyal.
all right His loyalty just happens to lie with George Soros and the New York Times
editorial board, instead of the Republican Party." Buithe GOP fuiy is "not enough to
jeopardize Shays' financial support from the party for what 1s likely to be a tough re-
election baltle ne* year," W C a wrties in another article.

Senate Republicans Differ On Fate Of Bush Social Security Plan. Senate

Repuolicans are offering differing assessments on the chances of President Bush's
Socal Seci-niy p a t to oecome law. according to the Washingion..Times . Sen
Goraon Smith (WA)said of tne Bush plan,' i's not oeac, but it's on I f e support.' But
Sen. Rick Santorum (PA) "wasn't so grim. We're making progress,' he said. We're
early in the game.'"
Meanwhile. Sen. Lindsey Graham, also a Republican, said yesterday the
President "needs to offer more specifics to have any chance to win passage this
year" of Social Security reform, Reuters reports. Graham said Bush "must offer
more details about how to best fix the program'sfinancial problems and insist on a
vote in coming months." And Senate Finance Chairman Charles Grassley said that
white right now, he could not get a bill through his committee that includes private
accounts. "i expect to put a process in place so that we can."
Bush Takes Social Security Campaign To Ohio Friday. President Bush will
travel to KirUand. Ohio. Friday, to discuss h s Social Security plan at Lakeland
i
Community College. WSYX-TV in Columbus reported that the "round-table
discussion with an invitation-only crowd" is "part of a 60-day, 60-city tour to promote
his plan "

Formu OHfcial Sip Boiton A "Smnal AbuççOf His Subordinab. The

Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday heard tne testimony of Can Ford. a
former inteilinence ofinia at lhe State Dpoanirwfrt Ford crnir*i7ed UN Amomefvlor
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nomoee ~ o h nBoston,saying ne demean& and vemally a b ~ S e dsibordinates who
disagreed with h s mtel igence ana yses and cal ng mrn a "serial abuser" Ford's
testimony notwrtnsTandinc the media consensus was that Bolton's nomination
would be approved by the committee
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beratedatower level intelligence analhi for holding up a speech in which he

planned to say Cuba had a biological weapons program " The analyst "kept his job
and Bolton's speech was reworked to comply with the intelligence on Cuba" but
Ford "said the incident had 'a chilling effect on State Department analysts
USAJooay reports Fom descrioed Bolton as "a au niessential kiss-up ~ I C K -
down sort of guy, whi e tne 103 AnLe e 5 T m says Ford cal ed Bolton a "ser~ai
abuser' of unoermas but "it aooeared ns test monv 'had not cnanaed a w votes
on Bolton's nomination," n he washinoton Times rewrts. "Ail 16 ~ e ~ b l i c a n s
appear ready to vote to approve John R ~ o t t o n ' snomination later this week. setting
up a floor confimatton vote by the whole Senate' The San Luis Ob9oLLf!!um
runs a Knight Ridderstory that reports Sen Lincoln Chafee, 'seen as the most likely
GOP defector, remained inclined to vote for Bolton "

Ben Nelson Seeks Compromise On Judicial Nomination*. The Capitol Hill

newspaper mHill reports this morning Sen, Ben Nelson (D-NE), "who Is working
on a bipartisan compromise to end Ihe filibuster of judicial nominees, said he
believes that his party's practice of blocking confirmation votes on controversial
nominees has put him and fellow Democratic centrists in politically difficurt
Dositions " Nelson "suaoested that a few Democrats in so-called red states mioht be
re ieved shou d tne pro&! of fi ioJster nq the presiaenfs nom nees be el m i n k "
Push To End Filibusters Could Hanmn Within Next Two Weeks. The New
)k&'Rm~ reports Senate Republicans "iaid Tuesday that they might quicken t h z
oush to orevent Democratic filibusters of Judicial nominees. Senior lawmakers and
parry o*fcia s sa a tna: wm~eRepuo can ieaoers nad been expecm to put on any
confrontaton over Senate rules unt nexl month at me earl est they might now force
a confrontationvn th n the next two weens '
Pro-Life, Pro-Gun Groups Oppose Nuclear Option. The A P reports, "Two
groups normally allied with Republicans have bolted from the party's effort to ban
judicial filibusters --the first major defections from a conservative push to prevent
Senate Democratsfrom blocking President Bush's judicial nominees." The National
Right to Work Committee, "a 2 2 million-member group critical of unbns," and the
Gun Owners of America, "with 300,000 members, say they fear eliminating Judicial
filibusters could eventually lead to doing away with filibusters altogether."

Bush Celebrates Second Anniversary Of Baghdad's Fall With Fort Hood

Soldhm. President Bush marked the second anniversary of the fall of Baghdad
with a visit to Fort Hood, Texas, joining soldiers who will soon ship out to Iraq "for
s o w collared greens and mac'-and-cheese," CNN's Inside Polltics reprted. Tiw
CBSEvenina News said Bush thanked them for their service, "and said the rote of
the US military is changing as Iraqis shoulder more and more of the security
burden." Reflecting on Baghdad's liberation, Bush said the "fall of Saddam's statue
in Baghdad ranks with the fail of the BerlinWail as 'one of the great moments in the
history of Iib&,y," NBC Niahtlv repo~ed,
In this morning's newspapers, coverage of Bush's remarks appeared rather
skeptical of Bush's assessment of the Iraq mission. 'Many of the stories noted that
the President did not address that fact that no WMD have been found in Iraq, The
Palla? ,Morning News (4113, Jackson), for example, reports that "some Iraqis
celebrated the second anniversary" of Saddam's downfall "in a different way, taking
to the streets over the Weekend to protest the continuingAmerican presence in Iraq.
But Iraqi leaders said American troops need to stay for the foreseeable future."

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Bush "did not cite his major initial justification for the Iraq invasion, weapons of
mass destwction that have not been found:" The L w & e i ~ T m a , meanwhlie,
saw Bush's remarks "showed how he h o d history would view his decision to ao to
war and reflected Iraq's position as the centerpiece of his agenda to reshape the
Middle East" The Washmgton.post, however, said the President "delivered what
has become a fairtv standard soeech about what the military . is accomoiishinc in Ira0
and why, he says, the effort will go down in history,"
On the other hand, Bush's visit to Fort Hood received widespread, largely
~ o s i t ilocal
i N coverage across the countw. Manv reports used footage of Bush
telling the troops their success in Iraq will "make America safer for us and for future
generations." Typlcai of the coverage was K m of Philadelphia, which reported,
"Bush thanked trooos at Fort Hood. Texas for their valiant service in Iraa." Bush
was shown saying, "YOUhave fought the battles of the war on terror and you have
served the cause of freedom, and you should be proud of all that you have
achieved "

White Home Drops Plan* To Cut Aid T6 Firmer*. The AP reports the Bush
Administration "threw in the towel on the president's proposal to slash farm
payments in the face of oppositionfrom lawmakers in both parties "

POLITICAL NEWS

EnsIan Unlikmlv To Have Fir& Tter h i w r a t l e Oananmnt Tha CanHol Hill

newspaper ~he'fill repirls. ' ~ e a ng
d 6 v a o a ~ e m o & k say i m y will gv
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Sen
John Ensign (R-Nev) a pass when he seeks reeection next year oecauy of
Ensions cose reiattonshio with Senate Minontv Leader H a m Rein 10-Nev \ As
many Republicans notedlast year Ensign did little, if anything, to find a candidate
to run against Reid in 2004.''

Hoyer Concludes Recruitment Trip. The..H!J reports House Minority Whip Steny
Hoyer "returned from Chicago last night after his second candidate-recruitmenttrip
of the year." Over the Easter recess, Hoyer "was in New York, where he met with
state p a w leaoers ano iegisators to diswss the possbility o' mid-aecade
red striding in the state to c5ip away at the GOP majority m Washington While in
CÈ cago hoyer aiso ra sea money for ms eadersnip PAC. AmeiiPAC '

Mainstream Democrats Increasingly Ciosà To MoveOn.org. The Capitol Hill

newspaper R.QJ& reporls, "Once regarded warily by much of the Democratic
establishment, the liberal grass-roots group MoveOn.org is being increasingly
courted by Democratic officeholders for its 3 million members - and their deep
pockets." MoveOn is described by Roil Cali as "by far the left's most potent
fundraising operation outside of the Democratic Party itself." Republicans have
"pounced on the increased cooperation, seeking to paint Democrats as beholden to
their parly's liberal wing,"

Soma Dmrnocnts Am Urging Clark To Run For P Ã ‘ i d e n I n 2008.

in!a!Wond.Repor: reported .n its "WasniWon Whispers" column on te Weosite tnat
*.ends of Wesley Clark 'are st ti after h m to rm' for president. Dunng tne
Association of State Democratic Chairs' meeting "last week in Lmie ~ock,Ark.,
Clark hosted a group from the Alabama Democratic Party for dinner." The group

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"included the state director of the Alabama party and about 15 grass-roots folks who
traveled from Alabama to meet Clark. The group believes Clark is the only hope the
party has to win southern states."

reports, "The Philadelphialnauirer,citing unidentified sources, reported Monday that

the FBI in New York had begun investigating Sharpton's fundraising as a spinoff of
an unrelated criminal probe involving city officialsand businessmen in Philadelphia."

Challenger Holds Eighteen Point Lead Over Hahn In Los Angeles Mayoral
Poll. n e bAn&es Dmes repoa, "Antonio Villaraigosa has o p e d an 18-
point lead over incumbent James K, Hahn in the Los Angeies mayoral race, with
nearly every large voting bloc supporting his effort to bounce Hahn from City Hall,
accordingto a new Times poll."

The Latest From Lim Night Comedian*. The late night comics last night Joked
about the arrest of a recent immigrant at the Capitol, Tom DeLay. and the papal
election, amonu other tooics.
Jay ~ m o"Well, . avery scary moment in Washington yesterday. ... Ca~rtolH'll
police tack& - taculed and dragged away a desperate man with two suitcases
See that guy? He s'aged himself in from of the Capitol building. siooo there for an
hour and demanded to get into the White House. You know, I think John Kerry's
starting to lose it."
Jay Leno: "Today. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfehi warned Iraqis' new
leaders against hirrng their friends and farmy members for government job: An0
The Maor ty Leader Tom DeLay gave the rebuttal He said. 'Its not lhat bad
Jay Leno: -Well. as you know, voting will soon take place for a new pope. I
understand a number of Cardinals already placed calls to Jeb Bush to see K he
could pull a few strings."
David Letterman: 'Trouble down in Washington. Yesterday police arrested a
man acting strangely. He was carrying two giant suitcases. Security got him and
arrested him He is In jail. President Bush claims that we're winning the war on
luggage."

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used to r ~ theS'third
e rail" of Americanpolitm. No onedared to touch it because to do so was tocommit
political suicide Non, the same can be said of thequestion of women in combat.

Because politiciansand toomany military leaden arc afraid to talk about it,the question is being
decided by default in the incrementalism of the buaucracy. Anny burcaucrau are dcciding the issue in
small chunks, moving women into wmbat units by makingsma.1changes in obscure policies These
bureaucratic actions must be subjected to the light and heat of politics.

The h i d e n t has said, "No women in combat " US law. Defense Department policy and everything else
the Army is supposed 10 obey says thai women should not serve in infantry umts. in special operations,
and in the other ground wmbat forces whose business is killing people and breaking things. Small, slow
changes have - for years -allowed women to fly Air Force and Navy combat aircraft, fly Army belos in
combat, and s e N C on most Navy combat ships. Every Anny unit - infantry, armor,support,
reconnaissance, etc - has a ' ~endercede" number The gender codes are supposed to se¥panrt those
non-combamt units that women can k assigned to from the cornhat anns No*. the Amy is changmg
us operatingdoctrine TO include women in more cornhat units by manipulating the gender codes.
According to the Center for Military Readiness, and confirmed by aDefense Department source,the

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Army is juggling unit gender codes to allow worn& to serve in combat arms such as multiple-launch
roeket systems, reconnaissance,and Stryker Brigade Combat Teams. The Army apparently plans to
assign women to these units to raise the unit manning numbers to the requisite levels, but plans to
withdraw the women ifthc units arc engaging in combat. There are only two results that can obtain, and
neither is good for the fighting strength of the army.

First, if this is merely the accounting came it appears,the Anny is more in step with the UN than the
President It's trying to increase the number of troops it needsby including troops that won't be thereto
fight. It's a fraud on the rest of the soldiers who 'will have to fight short-handed when the women leave.
Second, if the Army is violating the ban on women in wmbat arms, it's more than just an accounting
scam. It's a knowing reduction in the Army's combat capability.
Feminists argue that it's discriminationagainst women to keep them out of wmbat units because they
aren't as likely to be promoted without combat experience. The feminists' argument is premised on fact:
there is favoritism in the military promotion system toward those who have served in combat. And there
must be because the "glass ceiling" they complain about is smeared with blood. Lessons learned on the
battlefield are paid for withsoldiers' lives, and as many millennia of war have taught us. those lessons
are best applied by military commanders who have learned them first-hand.

The commanders' job is to apply those lessons to win the war in the shortest amount oftime by
inflictingthe greatest damage on the enemy in the shortest period of time. Their principal tool is the
people who serve in combat arms. To win battles, the wmbat arms must be peopled only by those who
can perform as well as every other under the stressesof combat. And very few women can qualify under
the standardsfor combat.

For those who still doubt that, the 2002 British Ministry of Defence study, "Women in the Armed
Forces,"should settle the matter. It begins with a foundational truth' "Combat effectiveness is the ability
ofa un it... to c a m out its mission ..,Thecohesion ofa unit is avital factor in itscombat effectiveness."
The study finds that only 1% of women can meet the physical standards men do, that they are less
aggressive and more prone to injiiiy than men, and that - in the only example where the wmbat
effectivenessof women is measurable, the Israeli army in 1947-48 -"Israeli morale suffered
disproportionatelywhen a female soldier was killed or wounded." In short, unit cohesion is reduced
significantly by including women in combat arms because the vast majority can't meet the standards
men do, and because of theeffect on the unit when a woman becomes a casualty. Just what will the
effect ofthe Army's bureaucratic maneuvering be?

A very wise man, the late Capt. H.H. Babbin, USMCR, had words of wisdom for me as my
commissioning date approached more than three decades ago. He said that I'd soon be a well-educated
and highly-trained junior officer. Which, he said, meant I'd he essentially useless. His advice was to find
someone with a lot of stripes on his sleeve and do what he said if I wanted to do my job well live 10 tell
about it. What was good advice for me then is good advice for the Army now. Retired Marine Corps
Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Duff was one of those hestriped persons. Having served more than 20 years in
the Marines, Duff has some strong opinions about women in combat.

Dufftold me that it's not question of physical fitness Thst women have to m m different physical
fitness tests in the military is. to Duff. of no relevance to their litness for combat service. Combat fitness
i s about the 0
t h tests and standards (whtch include physical capabilities) that have to be met to qualify
for comhat duty

I asked Duff about the Brit findings that 1%or so ofwomen who can meet the standards for ground
combat. Duff said ifs too few, and imposing such a small minority of women will create a lot of internal

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friction. W m m comprise a b u l 6 % of the M a r i m d,
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a lmof h t e m i friction, Behg a woman e very mmctiveone at thal -Duffis a pretty g o d judge ofit.

DWsaid that if she wtre @king wilh the Prcsidenl privately, she'd urge him to m y Ihe c n m md rmt
allow m m - a m those who can meet the standards for g r a d combat- into combat units. "For the
womm who can m e t the standads. I'm not going to say 'go for it' becawe... it's going to be such a
maii nunher...[k m s e it's] going to cause disruplim and morale and cohesion issues. We're ndve if
we lhink ~lilelw,se:~

To G u m Dull. the smdards set for comb* wvlce arc inviolable. If the Annv is allowinn w m m M o

would k htghly dwuptwe 10 umt cohmon and morale h f f l o l d me, " i f k Amy's gong to dothts
~ e to 80 mlto combat UNIS] j u t to haw h s e q u a b o , they're forgenmg what lhar
md a r o pmp
missionis, Their mission is to win a stinking war...''

We know- h m history, from the Brit study. and f i o m G m y DuWs advice - that wmmshoddn't be
in c n m h m s . Why, lhm, 1s the Amy playing ga-s with unit gender codes and Iherety livcakning
w t c o k s m ? Is tt mom impanant to win b n i m arm mw women 8 grater chance at pmmotion7Aii
it's abut, like G m y Duffsaib is winning the stinking war.

Family Secwlly Mollers mnfrlbutfngedimrJcdBobb1~Is also a confrlbnlingediforfor The Amm'm

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 10 FebnJaly 2005

US.Policy Options for Iran

Preprsd by:
Iran Policy Committee @PC)

A m b d o r James Akim, (EL)

Lt. Col, Bill Cowm USMC ( m ) , W,

w c 3 , inc.

Peul Lcvcnthal, Fonndm and President !heritns, Nuclear Control Imtitulc

Dr. Neii Livingnone, CEO, G l d d Options, Inc.
Bfflce McColm, Pmidenl, IMihrte forDcmocr~3lcS W g i e and
F m e r President, Internationd Repubiicm Institute
Lt. G a d (*I.) Thomas McInancy
Former A$$imnt Vice Chief of StalToflhe Air F a c e
Captain Chuck Nash (rct.) '
P m i d a t , Emerging Technolqies International
Lt. General Edward R m y (rct.)
Former Ambassador Smegic Arms Redualon Tdks
Pmfesaor Raymond TanW
Former Stuff Member, N a t k d Secnrily Council
Major General (m)Paul Vallely,
Military Commiuee Chnimm, Center for Securily Policy
FxecutivcDirector: C l m Lopez
Swateglc Policy d lnlelli~enceAmiyn
 U.S. Policy Options for Iran: Executive Summary
Iran wses six t b l s I o h u i c a n imatSl.3d i m s :

..
DisruptNemle in Iraq
Expmsimist radical i d - 1 ~
Denhl of basic human "&Is lo im o m ppuWLn

With respect to these I b c a h m hi,Washinan circles largely d ~ i &

between t wa l m t i v h ~ favor engagement with and those who
support military strikes agaimt the regime. Few favor regime change m em
end in iself

While the Bush M i i s u a I i o n &w no^ ya explicitly call fm changing the

regnne, 11 advoca~eswo*ing wth h e 1m1m p q k as opposed lo the
unelccled h e m c y in T e h , which k m implieit poky ofregimechange.

By calling for change in T e b based on lhe Iranian opposition insicad of

tha US. militam. the I m Policv Cammitie 11PC) hldiehls a third

IPC joins the debate m Washington over h policy mitiated by think tank
repam on hn-Cotmcil on Foragn Relations (CFR). 'The Committee on
the P e n t Dmzer fCPDL and The Washinmon Institute for N m Eest
Policy (TW). 1 ~ ~ n & a s the
I ' rthml
~ of m& r q m , P C suggests that
I m i m opposition gmups ought to play a cenUal mle in US. policymaking
regding Itan.

support the Iranian p q l e in p m i t of U S . national intemts. But wntinued

desienation since 1997 of the main han~anornosition mow. Muiahcdm e-
maYq (MEK), as a foreign temo"st organi&m by k e S& ~ e p m e n t
assures Tehan that regime change is off the table. Removing the MEKSs
mwii desigmtion would k a tangible s i p 1 to T e h and to the Iranian
people lhat a ~ n option
w is implicitl~on the-ubk-mgim change.

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 U.S. Policy Options for Iran

...
"...liberty in our land depends on the success of liberty in other lands So it
is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of
democratic movementsand institutions in every nation and culture.

'As you stand for liberty. America stands with you!'

Using the theme of liberty in general from his Inaugural AdAess, President
Bush refers directly to the Iranian people in his State of the Union Address.
In so doing, he tacitly "targets" the regime in Tehran.

The question is what means should the President use to decrease threats
posed by Iran:

Continued negotiations, includingpositive and negative Incentives

. Future military action

Support for the Iranian opposition.

These options are neither mutually exclusive nor logically exhaustive; but
they do reflect courses of action being considered in Washington.

Because the Iranian regime's policies pose direct threats to national security
interests and ldeals of the United States Government (USG) and those of its
allies and friends, Iran is on the front burner of American foreign policy.

Consider these six Iranian threats to U.S. interests and Ideals:

.. Drive to acquire nuclear weapons

. Continuing support for and involvement with terrorist networks

publicly-sitedipposition w the Arab-Israel peace process
Disruptive role in Iraq
Expansionist radical ideology
Denial of basic human rights to its own population

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 The Iran Policy Committee (IPC) analyzes these dangers and makes
recommendationsto meet them. It is not the intention of the IPC to duplicate
analysis already receiving consideration in policymaking circles; rather, this
policy paper offers a distinct perspective and recommends a course of action
that is different in key aspects from what has been proposed to date. IPC
seeks to build upon the President's disposition to work with the Iranian
people by broadening options for American policymakers regarding Iran.

For too long, Washington has been divided between those who favor
eneaeement with and those who suonort militarv strikes aeainsi the Iranian
re%. The Committee stresses t h ~ ~ o t e n t i for
a l a third ~lternative:Keeo
open diplomatic and military options, while providing a central role for the
Iranian opposition to facilitate regime change

President Bush's 2005 State of the Union Address ignores the leaders hi^ in
Iran in order to converse directly wfth Iranian people. And it is not his first
time oomg so: indeed, the President's raoio address of December 2002
began the process of having a conversation with the people instead of
diplomatic discourse with the regime.

The IPC urges the administration to acknowledge the threat posed to

American national security interesis by the totalitarian theocracy in Tehran
and to adopt a policy that pmactiveiy steps forward to defend those interests.

Furthermore, t h e . 1 ~believes
~ that Washington should support the Iranian
people in their efforts to participate meaningfully in a representative
government that is responsive to their concerns: implicit in such support is
the recognition that the Iranian people have the right to choose and change
their own government, as they see fit.

IPC joins the debate in Washington over Iran policy initialed by think tank
reports on IranÑCounei on Foreign Relations (CFR), The Committee on
the Present Danger (CPD), and The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy (TWI), In contrast to the thrust of such reports, [PC suggests that
Iranian opposition groups ought to play a central role in U.S. policymaking
regarding Iran.

Themes running through these think lank repom include the following
reasons for dissatisfaction with American polit) toward Iran. Critics hold
that US. policy is not well articulated oecause of bureaucratic differencts;
there are too many or too few CWT05 in relation lo slicks; and American
policy is not linked enough with Europe's approach to Iran. The reportsview
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 the threat of sanctions and force as well as the promise of diplomacy as
complementary tools in the Western arsenal. At issue is the mix between
negative and positive incentives, a formula for which there is little accord
among transatlantic partners.

While some place the burden on Washington to resolve Iran's nuclear

proliferation activities and its state sponsored international terrorism, few
place that responsibility directly on the Iranian people. Whh the possible
exception of the CPD, there is loo little acknowledgment of 9 role for
Iranians in general and groups opposed to the regime in particular.

As a result, there is a niche for the Iran Policy Committee to address Iranian
threats from the perspective of encouragingthe people to be principal agents
chance. Without the active ~articwation of Iranians, moreover.. recime -
change from the outside is unlikely 10 succeed.

En mute to her first overseas mission to Europe on Febniary 3, 2905,

Secretary ofState Condoleezza Rice held that the Iranian people should have
a chance to "chance their own future." a statement IPC considers as a
euphemism for regime change.

Summing up the U.S. govment'sprincipal concerns with respccl to Iran.

Rice furtherstated that. "The goal of the administration is 10 have a regime
in Iran that is responsive to concerns that we have about Iran's policies,
which are about 180 degrees antithetical to our own interestsat this point."

While the debate in Washineton concerns whether to make emlicit its tacit
policy of regime change for Iran, the debate in the region is theracebetween
two clocksÑ diplomatic and a nuclear timepiece.

On one hand, at issue is whether negotiations can slow down Tehran's

march toward nuclear weapons static before Iran acquires such status. The
Committee holds that the diplomacy is moving too slowly in relation to
nuclear weapons progress.

On the other hand, unless working with the Iranian people rapidly leads to
regime change in Tehran, the pace of nuclear weapons development might
leave Washington with what the Committee believes is the least desirable
option ofwaging military strikes against Iran.

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 Iran's Nudcar Weapons Progrmn

Regarding impact in the region, die nature of the regime in Tehran is of

. . .
greater imoort than its nuclear weapons cambiliw: An Iran with
representative inslnulionswith a nuclear weapons capability would not be as
destabilizing as nuclear weapons in The hands of the unelectcd. expansionist
theocracy. The best outcome is a freely-elected, representative government
without nuclear weapons; only with such a government would such an
outcome be possible.

The nightmare scenario is that a nitdear weapons capability in the hands of

an aggressive and repressive regime in Tehran raises the possibility that it
could and would collaborate with transnationalnetworks to carry out nuclear
terrorism. In any event, of the six critical threats posed by Iran, its drive to
acquire nuclear weapons is the first and most urgent

According to June 2004 testimony by Undersecretary of State for Anas

Control and International Securily, John Bolton, defense experts in the
United States strongly believe that Iran has aclandestine program to produce
nuclear weapons. Speaking in January 2005, moreover, Bolton told reporters
that Iran's repeated support for terrorism makes it particularly dangerous if
Tehran were to acquire nuclear weapons.

There have been new revelations about the rapid pace of Iran's nuclear
weapons progress since 2002. It is known that Iran is developing its
indigenous uranium mines; has built a uranium conversion facility at Isfahan
in central Iran; is building a massive uranium enrichment facility ai Namz,
which is designed to house tens of thousands of centrifuges plus numerous
centrifuge production workshops, a heavy water production plant at Arak
and a laser enrichment facility.

Revelations by diplomatic sources on Felrfuary 3, 2005 suggest that Iran is

testing components of its centrifuge rotors, despite a November 2004 pledge
to freeze all such activities related to enrichment That pledge led to
agreement among Iran's European interlocutors and the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to put a hold on US. attempts to report Iran
to the UN Security Council for violations of the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPn. The new revelations deal a serious
blow to any hopes that Iran intends lo forego uranium enrichment en route to
a nuclear weapons capability.

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 In separate developments on February 3, a spokesman for the main Iranian
opposition group charged that Iran has obtained materials and expertise to
make neutron initiators ("[riggers") for an atomic bomb. A senior official of
the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), speaking in Paris, cited
secret sources inside Iran's nuclear development programs. This person
.-
accused Tehran of conductins a. secret nromam to develon a nuclear
triggering mechanism using smuggled materials. lie claimed that Iran has
produced or purchased from abroad quantities of polonium-210 and
beryllium, two elements required for building 3 "neutron inmator." which is
an integral part of a nuclear bomb,

The facility where this work allegedly is taking place is a militaly

installationon the outskirts ofTehran, known as L a v i m 11. Remarkably, the
IAEA has not inspected Lavizan I1 yet, nor does it appear to be pressing for
inspections there, despite the site first being identified by the NCRI in
November 2004.

The NCR1 has been instrumental in exposing Iran's secret nuclear facilities
in the past. By relying on its network inside Iran of a member organization,
the Mujahedccn c-Khalq (MEK), the NCRI revealed a number of significant
nuclear sites including Natanz, A& Ab-Ali, and Lavizan.

Despite the fact that Iran is a signatw to the NPT, Tehran hm repeatedly
violated its provisions and continues to play fast and loose with IAEA
efforts to monitor compliance. The regime appears to be counting on the
apparently inexhaustible patience of the IAEA and (he Europeans,who have
agreed to compromise after compromisewith Iran, 10 avoid having the issue
brought before the United Nations (UN) Securily Council, as pursued by the
United States. The longer this negotiation takes, the more time Iran has to
engage in covert activities, enabling it to acquire fissile materials to build
and test nuclear weapons.

In other words, time is on Iran's side. The world cannot wait for proof
"beyond a reasonable doubt" of an Iranian bomb. The risks of delay are too
high. The international community should be prepared to act on the recent
discoveries of evidence of weapons-related nuclear activities. Discoveries
over the ~ a s two
t vears. alone with the revelations bv Iranian ov~osition
groups that Iran is developing a nuclear trigger, constitute "clear and present
evidence" of illicit activities thai, unless ha'ted. m a y lead to bomb-making

The general view among the experts is that, if left undeterred,Iran is only
one to three years away from producing a nuclear bomb. Indeed, there are
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 reports from a secret meeting That Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
has ordered technicians to accelerate Iran's nuclear program in order to
achieve nuclear weapons status by the end of 2005.

There is a notion in certain policy circles that, if Iran feels threatened, the
hard-line clerics will be fur& induced to go nuclear. They propose offering
additional security assurances to [ran as an incenuve to convince it to give
up its nuclear weapons program. Given the nature and behavior of the
regime, the more plausible argument is that unless they feel threatened, the
Iranian clerical rulers will continue their nuclear weapons program on the
assumption they can get away with it. Only the prospect of severe
consequences threatening the very existence of the regime could induce
them to forego nuclear weapons out of fear of the consequences.

Nuclear Delivery Systems: the InsIan Missile P r o g n n

ban possesses one of the largest missile inventories in the Middle East.It
has acquired complete missile systems and developed an infrastructure to
build missiles indigenously. During military exercises held in September
2004, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards successfully lest-fired a "strategic
missile." likely the Shahab-3 rocket, which reoonedly has a ranee of up to
2,000 kilometers and is capable ofcarrying a 760-1.000 kilogr& warhead.
TheRevolutionary Guards i s 0fTicial.y armed with the Shahab-3 tniss:ks

Taken in combination with Iran's drive to achieve a nuclear weapons

capability, its continuing support for radical Islamist terrorist groups and
avowed opposition to the existence of Israel, Iran's demonstrated capability
to field an intercontinental ballistic missile raises much concern among
defense officials of many countries.

In December 2004, Iran's main opposition coalition, the National Council

of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),uncovered a new missile program secretly
pursued by Iran, as well as a program to develop a nuclear warhead. The
new secret missile, produced at the H e m m Missile Industries Complex in
northeast Tehran, Is named Ghadar, NCRI reoorted. North Korean exnerts
'
are believed to be assisting the Iranian pro& at this complex.

The Ohadar missile may have a ranee of 2,500 to 3.000 kilometers (1,550 to
1,860 miles). NCRI also reponed thm Iran has improved the guidance and
control system of its Shahab-4 missiles, based on a system acquired from

È TIMES 4312
 In late January 2005, a Ukrainian legislator alleged that Kiev sold nuclear-
capable cruise missiles to Iran and China during the period from 1999-2001.
The Kh-55cruise missile has a ranee of 3,000 kilometers and is capable of
carrying a 200-kiloton nuclear warhead.

In addition lo Iran's nuclear weapons program and its advanced delivery

system, a second threat posed by the regime is its support for and
involvementwith international terrorist networks.

Regime Support for Intenftioul Terrorh

The Islamic Republic of Iran is the world's number one slate-sponsor of

terror. It created Hizballah, supports al Qaeda, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in
Iraq, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).Tehran orwrafcs a1 the heart
a
of netwoik of terrorist organizations engaged in murder, kidnapping,
bombing, and other atrocities calculated to sap the will of the United States
and the West to resist.

Iran's logistical, financial and operational assistance takes the form of

providing terrorists safehaven, navel documate such as passports, weapons,
training and technical expertise.

Information reveals a pattern of operational contacts between the Irxiian

government and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda organization. These contacts
include: joint planning of terrorist operations, military training of bin Laden
operatives inside Iran and by Iranian IRGC and MOIS officers in Syria and
Lebanon, financial assistance to clandestine terrorist and surveillance cells,
false passports, and communications.

The 911 1 Commission report documented in great detail the logistical,

operational, and material support provided by Iran and Hiiballah to al
Qaeda. This report, released in July 2004, echoes the earlier federal grand
jury findings about links between Iran and al Qaeda The Commission's
report stated that Iran's support of al Qaeda dates back to 1991, when
operatives from boih sides met in Sudan; by 1993, "al Qaedareceivedadvice
and training from Hezbollah" in intelligence, security, and explosives,
especially in how to use truck bombs. TTie training took place in the Beka'a
Valley, Huballah's stronghold in Lebanon.

According to the 9111 commission report, there is strong evidence that I r a

facilitated the transit of al Qacda members into and out of Afghanistan

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before 911 1, and that some of these were fclme 911 1 hijackers. Inn's support
for ai Qaeda has continued.

Iran's Opposition to the Arab-Israel Peace Process

Tehran was instrumental in the creation of Lebanese Hizballah. which

Conned in 1982 under the sponsorship of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC), who armed in Lebanon as the vanguard of Khomeini's Islamic
revolution

Iran continues to provide Huballah with money, equipment, training

locations, and refuge from extradition. Its overall financial support to
Hizbaliah and Hamas totals tens of millions of dollar; in direct subsidies
each year.

IrçnlaDesigns in Iraq

Demography and geography facilitate the impact of Iran's expansionist

ideology. With a population three times Iraq's and a contiguous territory
four times Iraq's, Iran exerts a naturally powerful influence on its western
neighbor. Iraq's longest border is with Iran (over 900 miles), and the vast
majority of the Iraqi population lives within a 100-mile distance from the
Iranian border, placing it well within the sphere of Tehran's expansionist
ideology.

Shiite pilgrims began flowing once again alter 2003 between the holy places
in Iran and those in Iraq, especially the holy shrines in Najaf and ffirbala.
Iranian Intelligence agents also flooded the country. They quietly and
effectively set up a network of agents across Iraq, recruiting and training
local village people, former Iraqi military officers, politicians, and young
men to collect intelligence on Coalition forces and facilities.

A long period of secular Ba'athii domination in Iraq punctuated by a savage

eight-year war between Iran and Iraq countered Iranian political influence in
the region. During this time, westward expansion of Iran's theocratic
ideology declined. With the April 2003 collapse of Saddam Hussein's
reeime and ensuing breakun of existine securiw and border oatrol forces.
I& seized the chance to shead i1s influence &d launched a'multifaceted
military, intelligence, and political campaign in Iraq.

Along with Intelligence agents, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps

(IRGC)and the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) also sent suicide bombers,
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money, and weapons to support insiocentd fighting against Coalition forces
in Iraq. Testimony and documentary evidence show that officials at the
highest level of the Iranian regime have been involved with planning and
providing support for terrorists and suicide bombers affiliated not only with
the upstart Shiite cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, but with the forces of wanted
Jordanian terrorist and al Qaeda associate, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and
Ba'athist loyalists as well.

In late January 2004, an Iraqi terrorist leader captured in Falluja and accused
of carrying out beheadings and deadly attacks, claimed that his group was
linked to Tehran. In footaae aired January 8.2005 on the US.-nm television
channel, Al-Hurra, ~ h & d Yassin, aleader of the Jaish Muhammed
Wuhammcd's Army) and a former colonel in Saddam Hussein's army, said
two members of his group went to Iran in April or May, where they met a
number of Iranian intelligence officials and Iran's Supreme Leader
Khamenei. Iranian officials provided money, weapons, and even "car
bombs." Diirins December 2004. the Naiaf nolice chief said that the
commander of three terrorists arrested m &nn&ion with a car bomb that
exploded in the holy city on December 26, had extensive connections to
Iran's Ministry of Intelligence.

Tehran also recruited over four thousand volunteers for suicide operations m
Iraq in public ceremonies in Iran attended by prominent Revolutionary
Guards commanders.

Iranian intelligence services have pumped millions of dollars and hundreds

of operatives into Iraq. In a press conference in October 2004, Iraq's
nationd intelligence chief, Mohammed Al Shahwani, accused Iran's
Baghdad embassy of recruiting elements for sabotage operations and
assassinationsof his intelligence agents. He said that documents showed Iran
had a S45-million b u d m for sowine chaos in Irao. At least 27 wonk
working in the Iranian embassy in dad were coordinating inteli&enk
gathering operations and assassinations,the spy chief added.

Iranian meddling is aimed at frustrating the emergence of a stable and

representative government in Iraq and also at keeping the United States so
occupied in dealing with the insurgency (hat it would have neither the will
nor the resources to orcssure Iran on the nuclear issue. In the months and
weeks leading up to national elections in January 2005, both Iraqi President
G h u al-Yawar and Jordan's King Abdullah charged that Iran was neavily
involved in attempling to influence the outcome to produce a Shiite-
dominated government similar to Iran's. In an interview with the Kuwaiti

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 daily, Al-Qabm on Jannary 6, 2005, Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan
accused the Iranian regime of "interfering [in Iraq] with money, guns, and
intelligence."

With the apparent success of the Iraqi elections, Iraq has now entered a new
phase. Only a day after the January 2005 elections. Iranian media and web
. -
.. comoarine the Shiites' eain in the elections with the
sites claimed vickrv.
Iranian revolution that brought an Islamic system lo power or with the rise of
Hizbailah in the Lebanese political scene in the Middle Fast

The first and most pressing post-election challenge is to ensure the selection
of a representative National Assembly that would draft a modem, broad-
~.
minded constitution for Iran. The aim would be to reflect Iran's Islamic soul
but avoid a narrow formula for governance based solely on Snaria law. It is
10 be expected that Iran will seek to influence the members of the National
Assembly and their drafting of this constitution.

. . .
The makeun of the ftiture interim eovemment Is eouallv imwrtant and miehl
succeed to avoid Iranian dominance by seeking as diverse participation a
possible from all sectors of Iraqi society. In the transitional period before the
constitution comes up for a vow and a permanent government and military
and security structure is in place, it will be critical to monitor Iranian efforts
to influence the process

Expanslonlsl Radiml Ideology

Iran's "Velayat e-Faqih" system poses both an immediate end continuing

threat to neighbors because of its aggressivepolicy of expansion. This policy
is evident in Iranian actions in Lebanon and Iraq, where calculated
cultivation of terrorism is an inseparable characteristic of the theocratic
system.

Export of terrorism and extremism is an intrinsic attribute of ban's

theocratic system. Tehran's rulers believe their power lies in awakening the
Islamic world to their Islamist ideology. Iran's leadership clearly believes
the Islamic Republic's survival depends on the support of such a global
force.

DmliI of B u i e Humin Righla to ill own citizens:

The human rights situation in Iran has deteriorated severely over the past
year. Ironically, the European Union's "hiimmn rights dialogue" has had the

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opposite effect from that intended because the regime has continued its
suppression of the Iranian citizenry.

In December 2004, the United Nations in a resolution criticized Iran for

public executions, arbitraw sentencing, flogging, stoning, and systematic
discrimination against women. The measure also condemned "the execution
of minors below eighteen years of age, and the use of torture and other forms
of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment." It also rebuked Iran for
discrimination against minorities, including Christians, Jews, Sunnis, and the
Baha'is.

Gender discrimination and violence against women in Iran continue to give

cause for grave concern. The parliament has called for placing more
restrictions on women's attire and on their social freedoms. Deputies have
also called for segregating men and women at universities and for other
limits on women's activities. The number ofpublications closed down and of
people arrested, prosecuted and sentenced for the peaceful expression of
their opinion has increased.

While the human rights situation deteriorated in Iran, the public discontent
has b a n on the rise.

Polltical Dllicnt In I n n

Over the past year, hundreds of anti-government demonstrations were held

in Iran, further destabilizing the regime. Originating with complaints over
municipal issues, a series of mi-regime demonstrations that empted in 2004
in many provincial cities, such as Feraydoun Kenar, Bwkan, and the
earthquake-stricken city of Barn,reportedly targeted government buildings,
vehicles, and security forces.

In December 2004, students at T e h University gave President Khauuni an

angry and humiiming reception when he admitted to the role he played in
preserving the regime. They shouted. "Shame, d r m e ' ' while calling him a
liar and demanding his resignation.

The anti-regime movement, partly derailed by the false expectations aroused

as a result of the election of Khatami as resident in 1997. has now gained a
new momentum. The disillusionment of the popu.ation with Kha&i look
place in July 1999, when he failed to support a student demonstration that
turned into a six-day popular uprising, spreading to 19 cities and shaking the
foundations of the regime. In the midst of a bloody crackdown on the
 students. Khatami oped to stand by the esiabliihment: many believe he may
have ordered 9ome of the crackdown himself.

The opposition movement meanwhile continued its expansion, and since

1999, many student demonstrations and popular protests have rocked Tehran
and other cities.

In Search of a New Approach toward Iran: Options

. .
Some American nolicv advisors uree the administration to refrain from
taking a hard line with Tehran mause they interpret reccn3evelopments
inside Iran as pointing to an impending collapse of the system, much like the
Soviet implosion that led 10 the end of the communist regime in the USSR.
Other policymakers advocate engagement with the ruling clerics in Tehran
in order to solve controversial issues outstandingbetween the two countries.

In a difficult atmosphere of diplomatic gridlock, internal and international

ideological divisions, and faced with an unappealing slate of military
options, the United States needs a broad set of options. This paper outlines a
full spectrum of approaches toward Iran, beginning with diplomacy and
moving through increasingly more coercive measures, culminating with an
outright commitment to regime change.

Diplomacy

Proponents of the diplomatic approach hold that the United States has not
offered enough carrots to Iran to address its security concerns. In addition, it
is n e c e s w to convince Tehran that it is in its own interests to abandon
outlaw behavior. they contend.

There are several carrots that might be offered to the Iranian regime in the
hope that a good-faith demonstration by the West to an approach of
engagement would elicit desired compliance with international nonns of
behavior. Most of these incentives have already been placed on the table.

This diplomatic approach requires that Washington cooperate with

Euroocans 10 oresent a united front to the redme. With the examole 0fU.S.
resolve in ~fghanisunand Iraq before them,-the Iranian leadership might be
persuaded 10 reach the appropriate conclusions, if the principal European
interlocutorswere to emphasize the limits oftheir ability 10 influence, much
less control, American foreign policy decisions. In a version of "good cop -

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 bad cop." the message would be conveyed that there are consequences for
noncompliancethat are beyond European ability to control.

An effort to acknowledge the legitimacy of Iranian national desires for a

civilian nuclear power program might provide Iran an opportunity to
demonstrate its peaceful intentions, accordingto diplomatic approach.

To enhance the acknowledged benefit of exchange programs that bring

foreign students and business leaders to the United States for study and
4*.
travel opportunities, Washington should look for ways to expand such
..- exchange programs, consistent with the requirementsof homeland security.
....
Coercive Diplomacy

A frank evaluation of the track record so far on attempts at diolomatic

engagement with the ruling regime in Tehran must wnciude thatsuch an
approach is not working and probably will not ever succeed, if not stiffened
with more stringent measures. Such measures would begin exacting
penalties from Iran if it docs not comply.

At the top of the list of penalties are economic sanctions, which will not
succeed unless applied in concerted and cooperative fashion by all of Iran's
major Western trading partners. Such sanctions would include oil; ban on
airline travel; prohibition of financial transaction, bilateral or multilateral
economic assistance, and general trade.

Increased funding and strong congressional backing for radio and satellite
television broadcasts into Iran would send the message that Washington
wants to reach out to the Iranian people. Public statements of support from
American officials in favor of imprisoned and exiled Iranian political leaders
would be an encouraging sign of support for the people.

The US. State Department can send a strong message of disapproval to the
regime in Tehran by refusing to issue visas to its United Nations
representatives that would permit them to travel beyond the immediate
radius surrounding New York City (as occasionallyhas been done).

In the lame vein, the activities of Iran's diplomatic representation at the

regime's interest section in the Embassy of Pakistan in Washmgton, as well
as at the regime's UN mission in New. York. shou d continue to be closely
observed by the appropriate domestic intelligence and other agencies for

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 possible unlawful activities that may include espionage, threat,intimidation.
or unlawful lobbying with MembersofCongress.

Also relevant is a threat of action by an international tribunal for Iranian

leadership crimes. It might charge the leaders with support for transnational
-
terrorism and human richts abuses. This threat mieht be made taneible bv .
bringing a legal case against SupremeLeader ~ham&ei.

Most important of all, the United States must stay the course in Iraq to
ensure that a moderate syaem tikes hold, which is representative,
committed to fairness for all Iraqis, and intolerant only of terrorism and
violence. Helninc the voices of moderate Irani Muslims to be heard and
protecting them from intimidation by agents of Iranian terror should go a
long way to encourage emergence of like-mindedmoderates within Iran.

As efforts on the dinlomatic front are under wav. the United States should
accelerate its outreach to the Iranian people, as part of the process to help
them change their future.

Application of the diplomatic measures may not alter the regime's behavior
on those issues of naramnunt concern to the intermtifinal cnmmunitv. such
as suppon for tenor, pursuit of WMD programs, meddling inside I&, and
violation of iu citizens' i m m ngnls. If not, then Washington should be
prepared to embrace a new option, snon of direct m i l i q action, but uihich
might have the best chance for success

The middle option would open a c a m p i p of destabilization, whose aim

would be to weaken the grip of the ruling regime over the Iranian people
,. - .
sufficientlv that Iranian onnosition erouns inside the country and abroad are
empowered to change the regime. To the extent that any or all of the
foregoing diplomatic measures, coercive or not, are deemed useful, their
application should be sustained during a destabilizationphase

However implausible or unlikely to be taken seriously, an American call for

Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei and his cohorts "to return to the mosque"
miaht set the slaae and be used as a mint of dmarture -, ~
for further
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negotiations. Such a call might give the international community a
foundation upon which to build a case against the regime.

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The next sage of an American-led campaign to compel conformity to
international norms of behavior would be to encourage Iranian opposition
groups. This is an option that has never actually been on the table and has
not been explored sufficiently; this option relies on the Iranian opposition to
take the lead role in coordinating a campaign for regime change and
establishing representative institutions.

Secretaiy of State Condoleem Rice told repom on her February 2005

European trip, "The Iranian people should be no different from the
Palestinians or Iraqis or other peoples m u n d the world." That is, the people
of Iran are not immune to the wave of democracy in the Middle East.

In January 2005, six prominent members of the U.S.Congress, led by House

International Relations subcommittee chair for Middle East and Central
Asia, lleana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), as well as Tom Lantos (D-CA), Eric
Cantor (R-VA), Howard Beman (D-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), and Gaiy
Ackerman (D-NY), introduced the Iran Freedom Support Act (H.R. 282),
with more- than 50 co-sponsors. It would provide US. assistance to
independent broadcasts into Iran and to pro-democracy groups.

The best-known of the Iranian oppositiongroups is the Mujahidecn-e Khalq

(MEK).Founded in the 1960s by college students, the MEK participated in
the 1979 revolution asainsi the Shah. but auicklv fell out with Avaioliah
Khomcini, who executed thousands of its members and leaders. c oil owing
the start of mass executions in June 1981, tne group went underground, and
many of its leaders fled to France from 1981 lo 1986, after which the MEK
took refuge in Iraq.

While in Iraq, the group formed an army equipped with tanks, armored
personnel carriers, and field guns, implementing cross-border attacks against
the Iranian rerime. The MEK network in Iran also carried out military
operations against the Revolutionary Guards and other government targets.
The MEK has represented a significant security threat to the Iranian regime
ever since the end of the Iran-Iraq War and could continue to do so, were it
released from its circumscribed status in Iraq.

United States policy toward the MEK has been ambivalent and controversial
over the v e m and reached a nadir m 1997. when the Deoarlment of State
placed the MEK on its Foreign Terrorist Organizations lisi. This inclusion
was priimarily a goodwill gcsiurc to Mohammad Khaiarni, the newly-elected
Iranian president, whose administration was looked to with much hope for
its reformist promise. Despite the State Department's accusations that the
MEK murdered Americans in mid 1970s and su~oortedthe US. embassv
takeover in Tehran in 1980Ñcharge the ofganizmik denies-the MEK has
not attacked or targeted US. intcresu since the 1979 Iranian revolution.

Nevertheless, the State Department added the major political wing of the
Iranian opposition, NCIU, to the Department's terrorist designation;
previously, NCRI had operated in the United States as a legitimate,
registered organization.

Before surrenderinghundreds of tunks and annored personnel carrier? to the

U S . militarv, the MEK had notable mechanized and infantry ca~abilities.
The fledgling Iraqi Army uses some of this equipment, since 2004.'

The MEK seems to have an impressive network in Iran, where it has been
gathering icielligence on Iran's nuclear weapons program as well as its
activities in Iraa. The MEK published a book detailing [he particulars and
pictures of neariy 22 thousand peopie-mostly associated with the MEK-
executed for political charges by the Iranian government.

There Is sizable support among the exile Iranian community for the MEK,
which often draws large crowds to its rallies and demonstrations in western
capitals.

The MEK's Relationship with theU.S. Military in Iraq

Months before the start of the 2003 War in Iraq, the United States' major
concern was Iraq's eastern neighbor, and its perceived involvement in the
conflict that might have complicatedthe situation in the region. Washington,
therefore, offered to alleviate Iran's concerns by bombing and destroying the
MEK,hoping to reach an accommodation with Iran in a post-Saddam Iraq.
Davs after the start of U.S.bombiitt of Saddam's forces in late March and
early April of 2003, Coalition plan& heavily bombed nearly a dozen bases
belonging to the MEK, killingdozensof fighters and wounding many more

US. Special Forces worked out a ceasefire agreement with the MEK in
April 15, 2003, once the MEK consolidated its forces in a few camps north
of Baghdad. The United Slates decided in May 2003 to disarm the group,
and confiscated 2,139 tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery pieces, air
defense artillery pieces, and miscellaneous vehicles formerly in the M E K s
possession.
 In August 2003. in what appeared to be a response to Iranian demands, the
Stale Depanmem acted to close down the offices of MEK associate groups
1 Washington.

Tehran has been particularly sensitive to the MEK activities inside Iran and
abroad, signaling that it takes the dissident group most seriously. European
governments and some US. administrationshave used the MEK as bait to
improve relations with Tehran. In a similar vein, the November 2004
European Union nuclear agreement with Iran includes an EU promise to
treat the MEK as a terrorist group, which addressed Iran's security concerns.
Although it is difficult if not imposslbie to gauge the level of support MEK
. . in Iran. this omanizalion is indisnutablv
eniws . . the larewt and most
organized Iranian opposition group. There are nearly 3,800 of its members in
Camp Ashraf, 60 miles north of Baghdad. Females constitute nearly a third
of its rank and file.

As of February 2005, the State Department still listed the MEK.as a foreign
terrorist organization, despite calls for its removal from the list by many
members ofthe U.S. ~ o n & e s sand others.

The MEK and other Opposition Groups Support of U.S. Interests

The lack of viable Intelligence about Iran continues toplague analysts and
nianners. As stated earlier. the MEK and NCRI revealed much of the
Information that has been verified about Tehran's nuclear weapons
programs. In this respect, Washington might consider using intelligence
made available from opposition groups as lead information, l.e., to be
verified using independent means,

A 16-month investigation by the State Department and other government

agencies of the MEK members in Iraq culminated in the 2004 judgment that
they were "protected persons under the Fourth Geneva Convention," and
that there was no basis to charge any of them with terrorist actions.

At this juncture in 2005, therefore, a review of U.S. policy concerning the

MEK and the overall Iranian opposition is in order. The designation of the
MEK as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department has served,
since 1997, as an assurance to the Iranian regime that the United States has
removed the regime chanee notion from the table. Removine the terrorist
designation from the MEK could serve as ihe most tangiblesignal to the
Iranian regime, as well as \o the Iranian people, thai a new option is now on
the table. Removal might a.so nave the effect of supponing Przsidem Bush's

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assertion that America stands with the people of Iran in their struggle to
liberate themselves.

In the same way that the United States was receptive to South African anti-
apartheid leaders and the Soviet Union's anti-communist activists,
Washington should invite prominent opposition figures both in Iran and in
exile to the United States. They might meet with U.S. officials. Members of
Congress, academics, think tanks, and the media. The European Parliament
offered such an example in December 2004, when it invited Maryam Rajavi,
the president of the NCRI to its headquarters in Strasburg, where she offered
an alternative view to that of the Iranian regime, Tehran's angry reaction to
this invitation served to highlight the effectivenessof such measures.

As an additional step, the United States might encourage the new Iraqi
government to extend forrod recognition to the MEK,based in Ashraf, as a
leeitimate ooiitical ormiz-fltion. Such recoenition would send vet another
signal from neighbor& Iraq that the n&e is tightening around Iran's
unelected rulers.

In light of the MEK's status as protected persons under the Fourth Geneva
Convention and the continued protection that the U.S. military provides the
" . . ..
0ouo in Iran. Washineton has an o~~orruniw .to decide whether to return to
the MEK its weapons, which would relieve responsibility from the American
military for the protection of its camps and personnel. Such a move also
would send an unambiguous signal to the Iranian regime that it faces an
enabled and determined opposition on its borders.

Iranian groups, whether domestic or internationally-based, which seek to

broadcast or publish pro-democracy messages inside the country might be
..
nrovided with enuinmena. facilities. fundine. and sunnnrt. Relativelv modest
expenditures on such purposes can spell the difference Dcrween a capability
for such groups to get their message oul to international public; and in Iran.

The United States should make it official policy to protest publicly cases of
human rights violations, crackdown on Iranian student demonstrators, and
application of inhumane and degrading punishments, such as stoning to
death.. floeeine. . -
-. eve aoueine.-. and amoutation. Washineton should be
particularly vigilante in providing politics an0 moral support 10 student
demonstrators in Iran and hold Tehran accountable for the arrest and killing
of students during anti-governmentdemonstrations.
 Should the Unites States reach a decision to support an explicit policy of
regime change in Iran, a PresidentialFinding would be a necessary first step,
enabling many activitiesby U.S. entities that cannot take place without such
1finding.

The United States should ensure that Iran understands thai neither it nor the
Iranian opposition will take any option off the table, if Iran remains
unwilling to address adequately intemalional concerns about its nuclear
programs in particular. The goal is to ensure that democracy, tolerance, and
the rule of law arc established in an Iran that abiures use of WMD. terrorism.
and threats against its neighbors. Bringing ~eh&'s flagrant non-compliance
with the NPT before the UN Security Council would be an important first
step.

Im Search of a New Approach: The MIUtiry Opijoi

"We do not want American armies marching on Tehran,"then-Secretary of
Siale Colin Powell said in November 2004 Despite the official position of
the administration, there are some who suggest that given the failure of the
engagement option over the past quarter century and the urgency to counter
the Iranian threat, Washington should adopt a military option. Despite its
risks and imolications. thev are willine TO absorb the costs and
consoaucnccs. boomu of strikes believethat United States i m m m arc
better served by taking preventive millmy action in the present than facing
the future nightmare of a nuclear Iran with extensive regional dominance
armed with the ideology of hate.

Conventional force military options have a broad spectrum upon which to

draw, which individually or collectively might evoke different results and/or
responses from the Iranian regime.

Air options include low-end, minimal-risk overflights of unmanned aerial

vehicles into Iranian airspace for pwposes of reconnaissance, psychological
impact, testing of Iranian response and capabilities. In addition, maximum
options consist of airstn.kes by manned aircraft and drones as well as cruise
missile attacks against targeted facilities, installations, bases, and command
or researchcenters.
Naval options range from low end overt open waters surveillance and
b e n t of Iranian shipping to maximum options such as introduction of
major forces into theater and a fall blockade of Iranian pons and waters.

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On one hand, ground forces options include a low-end approach of
pressuring Iran through the buildup of conventional ground forces and
supportinglogisticscapability along borders and at strategic locations within
the region. On the other hand, there arc high-end options, such as a well-
planned, fully-coordinated and -executed ground assault into Iran.

On one hand. Special Operations Forces options include low-end clandestine

ground operations supported by air insenion.extraction to acquire target
information,emplace sensors or precision guidance beacons, or preposition
armdequiprnent for local insurgents. On the other hand, high-end options
consist of direct action missions against pre-selected targets, link-up with
indigenous forces to engage and attack government facilities, bases, and
personnel. In total context, combinations of the various minimal to
maximum options provide a wide array of choices that can exert significant
impact on Tehran and influence the regime economically, diplomatically,
and politically.

Given the above capabilities, potential military options include:

Limited Actions: Clandestine insertions of Special Operations Forces to

acquire precision target information, anplace remote sensors, and
preposition armslequipment. Such actions offer the ability to gather
unobtrusively more reliable information than currently available through
other military means; these actions also might establish sustainability for
future operations. But, such actions do not cause the regime to react as long
as such actions remain clandestine and the regime unaware. There is the
possibility of extremely negative reaction from various entities
internationally and in Iran if such activity were compromised or uncovered

Moderate Actions: Limited naval blockade that ovenly conducts

surveillance and harasses Iranian flagged shipping; overt overflights of
Iranian airspace by U.S. surveillance aircraft and unmanned platforms;
limited buildup of US. forces,supplies, and equipment in friendly countries
adjacent to Iran; stationingof US. Marine amphibious forces off the coast,
oven equipping of Iranian dissident groups; limited precision strikes or
special operations activities against known WMD targeu or munitions
factories.

As such measures become increasingly visible to the international public, a

negative reaction might occur (rom many quarters, including, of course,
Iran. which would seek diolomatic suouort in world forums to ODDOSC U.S.
activities. Assuming the effectiveness of any actual military strikes that

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 cause damage to Iran's WMD or other indigenous military capabilities, such
offensive measures would degrade Iran's ability to employ/deploy its
I weapons against United States or other friendly interests.

Outrase from some corners of the elobe is to be exnected:

, .
.the oossibilitv
. of
loss or capture ofsome U.S. service personnel might create a new dimension
to the problem; outright military action also might toughen the resolve of the
Iranian regime andeven turn some of the Iranian people against the
attacking forces. Serious consideration must be given to the likelihood that
under the extreme stress of being attacked, Iran might unleash Hizballah and
other terrorist organizations around the world to launch terrorist attacks
.against United States andlor other friendly interests. The ultimate potential
for pulling the Washington into a full-scale military confrontation with Iran
must be weighed before any military action however limited, is considered.

Maximum actions: Full-scale naval blockade, the landing of U.S. Marine

Corps amphibious forces at strategic locations, introduction of airborne,
Ranger, Green Beret, or SEAL forces to seize key objectives, and cross-
border invasion by land forces. All these actions would be fully supported by
preparatory airstrikes intended to disable and destroy command and control
centers, anti-aircraft capabilities, as well as key military and logistics
centers.

Full-scale r n i l i i invasion on the scale ofIraq or Afghanistan would be a

very serious step, embarked upon with only one ultimate objective in mind:
the overthrow of the regime in Tehran and the forcible ocdpation of the
country. In addition to the destruction of regular army, I R E , and MOIS
military units toeether with their armaments. such an invasion would also
number among its objectives the elimination of Iran's WMD programs. and
thereby, the ending of WMD threats from Iran.

Full-scale military invasion of Iran, even if supported by an international

coalition, would be likely to elicit outrage from many comers of the globe.
An invasion would be likely to incur higher casualties and a much longer
period of intense, widespread conflict than that experienced in Iraq. Given
..
the size and nonulation of Iran. a full-scale invasion would muire a force
several times the size of the force in Iraq; continued strain on die overall
U.S. m1l:iary sirucmre and its available resources would affect long.ienn
susiainability of any such operation and the overall ability of U S armed
forces to respond to crises elsewhere.

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 Conclusion:

Recall the nuclear time clock that is ticking down as Iran drives to reach
nuclear weapons capability. If the regime continues to prove Intransigent
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with resnect to fulfilline its obiidons under the NPT. the international
community may no1 have the l u x q of pursuing only a regime change
policy. The theocrauc leadership in Tehran must know that they will not be
permitted to achieve a nuclear bomb status. A military option, which could
include limited strikes against Iran's nuclear program infrastructure, clearly
would be a last option but must clearly be understood to remainon the table.

Given the realities in the region and the fact that the United States continues
> be engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq, a full-scale m i l k invasion is the
least appealing of all the options on the table for dealing with Iran.
Nevertheless, as the ultimate means of ensuring U S . national security
interests, such military action must remain unambiguously among the
options at US. disposal.

The moderate action option that includes limited military strikes would at
best buy time while leaving intact or evenenhancingthe overall threat of The
regime in areas like terrorism, opposition to the Arab-Israel peace process,
and involvement in Iraq. Nevertheless, limited, precision military strikes,
executed according to high quality targeting Information with minimal
collateral damage and casualties might not only set back Iran's nuclear
program to a significant degree but likely would also help destabilize the
regime.

In addition di~lomacvnursued bv the Eurooeans and several U.S.

administraks has produced little tangible result over the past quarter
century. And unless the poientd for UN Security Council sacctions is on
the table, diplomacy is likely 10 yield few resulto in the fuTure.

While keeping open diplomatic and military options, Washington should

consider a third alternative, one that provides a central role for the Iranian
opposition to facilitate regime change.

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 Appendix
r a n Policy Committee (IPC)
Co-Chair B'iographici

J a m a Akin*. Ambisudor (ret.): James Akins was US. ambassador to

Saudi Arabia during the Nixon administration. An internationally respected
expert on Middle East and energy issues, Akins has been an act~veand
outspoken proponent for a just resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict and a
prescient analyst of the Middle East peace process and Arab politics in
general. Author Jean-Jacques Sewan Schreibcr has called Aklns "the
westerner who knows the most about the Middle East.and has the closest
. relationship of trust with its leaders."

LI. C o l Bill Cowan, USMC (ret), co-founder of wvc3, inc.: Bill Cowan
is an internationally acknowledged expert in areas of terrorism, homeland
security, intelligence, and military special operations. A retired Marine
Corps officer, Cowan spent he-and-a-half years on combat assignments in
Vietnam. From 1989 through 1994, Cowan was involved in numerous
operations in the Middle East in response to terrorist incident? and the
holding of Western hostages in Beirut and Kuwait. He was directly involved
in every facet of the Beirut hostages drama, including international
negotiations leading to their release in 1991.

In 1990, on behalf of a major New York law finn and working with former
CIA Director Bill Colby, he organized and successfully conducted a series
of operations resulting in the repatriation of a number of Western hostages
from Iraqi-occupied Kuwait Cowan is a FOX News Channel contributor
and a co-founder of the WVC3 Group, a company providing homeland
security services, support and technologies to government and commercial
clients.

Paul Leventhri, Founder and PrMidenl, Nuclear Control Imtllute: Paul

Lcvcnthal founded the Nuclear Conuol Institute (NCI) in 1981 and sewed as
its President for 22 years prior to becoming Senior Advisor and Founding
President in June 2002. He prepared four books for the Institute and lectured
in a number of countries on nuclear issues. includinz as Distineuishcd
Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University's Global Security Programme
Prior to t*tthlishing NCI. Le%cnthalheld senior staffpositions in the Unned
States Senate on nuclear power and proliferation issues.
 Lwentbal was Special Counsel to the Senate Government Operations
Committee and Staff Director of the Senate Nuclear Regulation
Subcommittee; Levendial was responsible for the investigations and
leeislation that resulted in enactment of two landmark nuclear laws-the
tnerey Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
of 1978 He also served as codirector of the Senate Special linestigation of
the Three Mi e Island Nuclear Accident and Assistant Administrator for
Policy and Planning at die U.S, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration WOAA1. Leventhal holds a bachelor's decree from Franklin
and Marshall ~ h l e g eand a master's degree from the ~olumbiaUniversity
Graduate School of Joumaiism.

Dr. Nell Livlngstone, CEO, Global Option#, Inc., an international risk

management and business solutions company, headquartered in Washington,
Livinestone is author of nine books on terrorism and national security tonics
i d more man 200 articles that nme appeared in such publicationsas The
Washington Post. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. He
serves on numerous corporate and other advisory boards. an0 has appeared
on more than 1100 television programs. He holds an A.B. from the College
of William ana Man. three master's deerecs. and a Ph.D. from the Fletcher
School of Law and ~ i ~ l o m a c y .

R Brace McColm. Presldem Institute for Democntle Strateiflei and

Former President, International Republican Institute: McCoim is the
President of Democratic Strategies, a "on-profit organization committed to
strengthening democratic processes abroad. For the past 25 years, he has
been actively involved in the global movement toward democracy and has
written extensively on political wansitions in Latin America, Africa, and
Central Europe. He has served on numerous boards of directors and acts as a
trustee for various private foundations and advocacy groups. McColm
served as president of the International Republican Institute, where he
extended the organization's capacity to provide technical assistance on
economic and political reform around the world, introducing the use of
information technologies to democracy programs. Previously, McColrn
worked in a variety of capacities at Freedom House, a New York-based
human riehts oreanization and also was elected a member of the Inter-
~ m e r i c a n ~ o m ~ s s of
i o Hunan
n Rights by ihe General Assembly of the
Organ~zauonof American States WAS) VcColm w8s educated at Wt ham
College. Harvard University, and the University of Chicago

Lt. General Thomas Mdnerney USAF, (Ret.): General Mclnemey

established hi8 own consulting firm,GRTT (Government Reform Through

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 Technology) in January 2000. Working with high-tech companies that do
business with federal, stale, city, and local governments, GRRT helps them
introduce advanced technology into the private sector. From 1996-1999,
Gen. Mclnemey was Chief Executive Officer and President of Business
Executives for National Security (BENS), a national, nonpartisan
organization of business and professional leaders, with headquarters in
Washington. Prior to joining BENS, Gen. Mclnemey was Vice President of
Command and Control for Lord Defense Systems-Eagan. He joined Loral
(then Unisys Electronic Systems Division) in 1994, following 35 years as a
d o t - commander. and Joint Force Commander in the United States Air
Force. Gen. ~ c i n & e y retired from military service as Assistant Vice Chief
of SiaNof the A= Force and as Director of the Defense Performance Review
(DPR),rcponing to the Secretary of Defense In that capacity, he led the
Pentagon's "reinventing govcmmeni" effort, visiting more than 100 leading-
edge commercial companies to assimilate their ideas about business re-
engineering.

Gen. Mclncmey earned a Bachelor of Science degree at the U.S. Military

Academy in 1959 and a master's degree in international relations from
George Washington University in 1972. He completed Armed Forces St&
College in 1970 and the National War College in 1973. Gen. Mclnerney is a
member of several Boards of Directors.

Captain Chutes T. "Chuck" Nwb, USN (rtl.) is the founder and

President of Emerging Technologies Intunmional, Inc. (ETII). The
company's focus is to understand militaiy requirements and then actively
search out and identify high leverage, emerging technologies that can be
inserted quickly and inexpensively into took for the U.S. military. Clients
include government laboratories and commercial technology companies.
Previously. Cap. Nash served as Vice President, Emerging Technologies
Group, Santa Barbara Applied Research, Inc. For 25 years before that, Cap.
Nash served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, accumulating over 4,300 hours
of flight time and 965 carrier landings on nine different aircraft carriers as a
Naval Aviator. He served in a variety of command positions with Naval
Operations at the Pentagon and US. Naval Forces Europe and has filled
billets with US. and foreign special operations forces in Turkey, Northern
Iraq and elsewhere. Capt. Nash previously served on the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency (DTRA) and on the Naval Air Systems Command
(NAVAIR) Expert Pane! for the Supersonic Cruise Missile Advanced
Concept Technology Demonstration.He was a sponsor and co-chairman of
the OPNAV High Speed Strike Information Day. Johns Hopk'i Applied
Physics Laboratory (JHAPL).Currently, he serves on a number of Boards of

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Directors and is an advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Isothermal
Systems Research, Inc. and to the President and CEO of Vision
Technologies International, Inc. Cant. Nash earned his B.S. in Aeronautics
from Parks College of Aeronautical Technology, St. Louis University and
attended the National War College at Fort L. 1. McNair in Washington.
Currently a Fox News Channel Mlitary Analyst, Capt. Nash frequently
appears on the network to discuss military, terrorism and aviation issues.

Lt General Edward R m y , USA (ret.): General R o w began his

military career following graduation from the Johns Hopkins University and
the US. Military Academy, two Masters degrees from Yale University and a
Ph.D. from American University. He fought in WW 11, Korea,and Vietnam,
commanding units from platoon to Gnps size. Later,he served in the 1970s
and 1980s as an advisor TO the SALT I1 talks and as the chief negotiator of
the START negotiations, with the rank of ambassador. From 1985 to 1990,
he was Special Advisor for Arms Control to Presidents Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush. In 1989, Resident Reagan awarded him the Presidential
Citizens Medal. The citation reads that Gen. Rowny is "one of the principal
architects of America's policy of peace through strength. As an arms
negotiator and as a presidential advisor, he has served mightily,
courageously. and nobly in the cause of peace and freedom." In 1991,
Ambassador Rowny retired from government and currently consults on
internationalaffairs.

Professor Rxymond Tauter. Former Senior Staff' Member. National

Security Council: Raymond Tanta is Visiting Professor at Georgetown
University, where he teaches courses on International Relations and
Terrorism. Tanter is adjunct scholar at The Washington Institute for Near
east Policy and was scholar-ln-residence at the Middle East Institute in
Washington He researched U.S. policy options regarding Iran at both think
tanks. After receiving a Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1964, Prof, Tantcr
taught at Northwestern, Stanford, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Tanter was a fellow at the Hoover Inslitution at Stanford and the Woodrow
Wilson International Center in Washington and a Fulbright scholar,
University of Amsterdam. In 1975, Tanter spent a month as scholar-in-
residence at the American Embassy, Tokyo, lecturing on petroleum
interruvtion scenarios, with soecial reference to the Middle East. In 1967.
.
~anter'wasdeoutv ,director
- ~ -.- sciences
ofbehavioral - at- the ~Research
- Advanced
~ -

Pro eels Agency of the U S Department of Defense and a member of ihc

~ . . ~ . .

C.i\i ian Executive Panel. Chief of Naval Operations He served at the While
House on the National Security Council aaff, 1981-1982. in 1983.1984, he
was personal representative of the Secretary of Defense to amis control talks

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 in Madrid, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Vienna. He is a member of the Coukil
on Foreign Relations. Among Tamer's publications is Rogue Regimes:
Terrorism andProliferation, New York; S t Martin's Press,1997. Tamer is
a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the
Present Danger.

Major General Paul E. Vallely, USA (Ret.): General Vallely retired In

1991 from the U.S. Army as Deputy Commanding General, US. Army
Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. Gen.Vallely graduated from the U S . Military
Acadcmv at West Point and was commissionedin the Annv in 1961. serving
a di*itin&ished career of 32 years in the Armv. He servedin man" averse-
theaters, including turope and the Pacific Run countries, as well as two
combat t o m in Vietnam He has served on US security assistance missions
on civilian-military relations in locales around the world. Gen. Vallely is a
graduate of the Infantry School, Ranger and Airborne Schools, Jumpmaster
School, the Command and General Staff School, The Industrial College of
the Armed Forces and the Army War College. His combat service in
Vietnam included positions as infantry company commander, intelligence
officer, operations officer, military advisor and aide-de-camp. He has over
15 years experience in Special Operations,Psychological and Civil-Militaiy
Operations. Gen. Vallely was one of the first nominees for Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations under President Reagan and
commanded the 351" Civil Affairs Command durinz the 1980s. He has
served as a consultant to the Commanding General of the Special Operations
Command as well as lhe Department 01 Defense Ann-Drug ana Counter-
Terrorist Task Forces Gen Valleh i s a military analyst for Fox News
Channel and is a guest on many nationally-syndicatedradio talk shows. He
also is a guest lecturer on the War on Terror and has just co-authored a book
entitled The Endgame. Winning the War on T e r m

Clare M. Lopez, Executive Director, IPC is a strategic policy and

intelligenceanalyst with a focus on Middle East,homeland security, national
defense, and counterterrorism issues. Based for the last five years in the
private sector environment ofthe Washington metro area, Lopez began her
career as an operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
serving domestically and abroad for 20 years in a variety of assignments,
Lone? served as a Senior lntellieence Analvst- Snbiect Matter E x o e n and
ram Manager for the ~loiaidria.VA firm, ~ i w k E y e~ystems.LLC.
Lopez preMously produced Techicai Threat Assessments fur US
Embassies at the Department ofStale, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, where
she worked as a Senior Intelligence Analyst for Chugach Systems
Integration. During Lopcz'a CIA career, she served under diplomatic cover
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 in various postings around the world, acquiring extensiveregional expertise
with a career focus on the fonner Soviet Union,Central and Eastern Europe
and the Balkans. She has served in or visited over two dozen nations
worldwide and speaks several languages, including Spanish, Bulgarian,
French, German,and Russian. Lopez began a study of Arabic in 2003 at the
Department of Agriculture Graduate School before transferring to the
Middle East Institute (MEI) in downtown Washington.

Lopez received a B.A. in Communications and French from NoUe Dame

College of Ohio and an MA. in International Relations from the Maxwell
School of Syracuse University. She completed Marine Corps Officer
Candidate School (OCS) in Quantico, Virginia before declining a
commission in order to join the CIA. Lopez is a Visiting Researcher and a
occasional guest lecturer on counterterrorism, national defense, and
international relations at Georgetown University. Lopez is a member of the
International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals
(IACSP). Women in Int-tiod Security (WUS) and the Middle East
Institute(MEI).

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From: Rhynedance, George. COL. OASOPA
Sent- Wednesday March 30.2005 5.15 PM
To: Ruff. Eric. SES, OASO-PA
Subjesi: Phone Message
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hi folks, hers is the most recent list of (he military analysts c a m in the mcming for our conferencecall thanks

Confirmed Retired Military Analysts:

Colonel Carl Kenneth Allard (USA,Retired)
Mr. Jed Babbin (USAF,JAG) --
Lieutenant Cnlonel Rick Fmoona (USAF. Retired)
Colonel John Garretl (USMC, Retired)
Colonel Jack Jacobs (USA, Reared)
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Maginnis (USA, Retired)
Colonel JeNMcCtllsland, (USA, h i r e d )
General Montgomery Meig; (USA, Retired)
Captain Chuck Nash ( U S , Retired)
General William L. Nash (USA, Retired)
Major General Paul E.Vallely (USA. Retired)

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