Armitage
Confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State
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RICHARD
ARMITAGE QUIETLY CONFIRMED
FTW - On March 23, after being recommended in a unanimous 18-0 vote
by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, former Vietnam-era covert
operative and Contra-era figure Richard Armitage was confirmed as Deputy
Secretary of State in a voice vote on the Senate Floor. The unchallenged
confirmation of a figure who had previously been investigated by President
Reagan's Commission on Organized Crime (1984) for alleged links to gambling
and prostitution was totally ignored by the major American media. Armitage
has already begun work at the State Department and is deeply involved
in negotiations over a US spy plane recently captured by the Chinese
government.
The total lack of opposition to Armitage's appointment indicates an
apparent inability of the US Congress to muster any critical examination
of appointments or policy at a time when an imperiled US economy and
an almost combative Bush Administration is dealing with mounting economic
and political challenges around the globe.
Armitage, who was denied a 1989 appointment as Assistant Secretary
of State because of links to Iran-Contra and other scandals, served
as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
in the Reagan years. U.S. Government stipulations in the Oliver North
trial specifically named Armitage as one of the DoD officials responsible
for illegal transfers of weapons to Iran and the Contras. But Armitage's
dirty past goes much deeper.
A Vietnam veteran and graduate of Annapolis, Armitage's roots have
been thoroughly intertwined with the likes of CIA veteran Ted Shackley,
Richard Secord, Heine Aderholt, Elliot Abrams, Dewey Clarridge, Edwin
Wilson and Tom Clines. All of these men have been directly linked to
CIA covert operations, the drug trade, the abandonment of U.S. prisoners
of War after Vietnam and/or Iran-Contra. Armitage has also been routinely
discussed in FTW as a Bush-era covert functionary who has been linked
to covert operations, drug smuggling and the expansion of organized
crime operations in Russia, Central Asia and the Far East.
In 1986 a private dispute between POW activist Ross Perot and Armitage
went public as photos of Armitage with a topless Vietnamese nightclub
owner Nguyen O'Rourke brought allegations of gambling and prostitution
close to Armitage's doorstep. The stories went public when TIME and
"The Boston Globe" wrote lengthy stories on the feud in 1986
and 1987. That scandal arose as a result of 1984 investigations by President
Reagan's Commission on Organized Crime in which the photo and documentation
of gambling charges and prostitution led to direct Armitage's close
association with O'Rourke. Then LAPD Assistant Chief Jesse Brewer, a
former Commanding Officer of this writer, served on the Reagan Commission.
The 1992 best-seller "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" by former "60
MINUTES" producer Monika Jensen-Stevenson details Armitage's role
as Reagan point man on Vietnam POW-MIA issues and describes why Armitage
has earned the enmity of many POW activists. However, in a 1995 interview
with "The Washington Post", Colin Powell referred to Armitage
as his "white son." This, notwithstanding the fact that the
6 foot, balding, power-lifter, now 56, can still bench press 300 or
more pounds and reportedly "enjoys killing."
William Tyree, Special Forces Veteran who has provided much reliable
information and documentation to FTW in the past said, "Armitage
used to 'sit ambush' on the trails in Laos and Cambodia. He liked it.
Now when Powell, 'the dove,' sits down at a table with Armitage 'the
killer' beside him the message will be that Armitage can reach across
the table and deal with the other party on the spot." That message
will not go unheard.
Mike Ruppert
Publisher/Editor
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