Comments on: Kerry and BCCI

By: self

self — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 17:19:12 +0000

Not so fast, those hearings never reached a prosecutorial conclusion. Rep. Henry Gonzalez was on record saying that he believed there was resistance on the Senate side. Maybe this is not fair to lay at Kerry’s feet but it was Gonzalez who initiated the investigation that died in the Senate.

By: bull

bull — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 13:41:41 +0000

Wow! 20 years in the Senate and he actually had one bright and shining moment. And it was only 16 years ago! You’re right—that’s all I need to know.

By: Tom - Daai Tou Laam

Tom - Daai Tou Laam — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:29:07 +0000

The Bank of Crooks and Criminals International does sound like a conspiracy theory. The Kerry report does its best to avoid the tinfoil hat realm of the bank, but even the sanitised version is pretty amazing in who gets named. Read Kerry's Report on BCCI or if you're impatient just the Executive Brief. My excerpts from the Executive Brief and a few links to more resources on "the fringe" of the web about the story.

By: Martin Bento

Martin Bento — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:08:56 +0000

The problem is the huge bias against “conspiracy theory” in the media and among most of the intelligencia. Most of the public still thinks the Webb stories were paranoid fantasies because they were so loudly ridiculted in the media, constantly conflated with UFO, the Illuminati, the Elders of Zion, etc. BCCI and Iran/Contra were conspiracy theries that panned out. The investigations began with suspicions of covert machinations behind the scenes. Most such theories do not pan out, but that is true of theories of any type. The person who primarily exposed Iran/Contra, Robert Parry, is now villified and ignored as a conspiracy theorist.

By: Joseph Briggs

Joseph Briggs — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:06:06 +0000

I agree that more should be made of this. Here is an article about him from over a year ago that goes over the same things. Bringing Iran-Contra and BCCI under scrutiny are definite selling points to me, though Iran-Contra may be a little touchy for the swing military vote.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Fri, 20 Aug 2004 00:22:24 +0000

Yeah, the BCCI investigation and the normalization of US relations with Vietnam were the two high points of Kerry’s Senate career. I’m a little mystified that more isn’t made of BCCI in the campaign, actually.

By: praktike

praktike — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:58:43 +0000

Wow. Hello “contrasting” campaign ad? If things get truly nasty, Kerry can go all “digby” on Bush and this will help. But even so, this one seems like a way of invoking 911 against Bush without explicitly doing so.

By: will

will — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:49:49 +0000

Apropos of nothing, the article uses the wording “Panamanian strongman,” which is the title of an arcade game played by Bart Simpson.