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ANSWERS TO QUIZ -  DOWNLOADABLE/printable pdf version, click here here.
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SCORE YOURSELF: How Informed Are You?
(Five points for every correct connection)
- 175 - 210 EXTREMELY WELL INFORMED-You visit TVNL every day
- 150 - 174 VERY WELL INFORMED - You keep up with TVNL newslinks
- 125 - 149 WELL INFORMED - You read TVNL headlines most of the time
- 100 - 124 SOMEWHAT INFORMED - You don’t visit TVNL often enough
- 75 - 99 NOT TOO INFORMED - Have you lost our URL?
- 50 - 74 POORLY INFORMED - You think there really were WMD’s
- 25 - 49 UNINFORMED - You get your info from FOX News
- 0 - 24 BUSH SUPPORTER - There’s a bridge in Brooklyn for sale….
EXPLANATIONS:
a. Dick Cheney: Vice President Cheney is a founding member of the Project for a New American Century; PNAC plans for US military control of the Gulf region were clearly defined in 2000, in a treatise titled, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century;” The paper concluded that, “The process of transformation is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.” Cheney continues to refuses to disclose information about his 2001 Energy Task Force meetings; a former employee of Halliburton, Cheney still receives “deferred compensation” from the company to the tune of $600 thousand to $1 million a year.
b. George W. Bush: President Bush attended a June, ’03 negotiating session between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and faction leaders from Hamas and other militant groups. Transcripts of the meeting, released by the Israeli daily newspaper Ha’aretz, quote Bush as saying that God "instructed me to strike at Saddam."
c. Paul Wolfowitz: The Deputy Secretary of Defense is a founding member of PNAC; PNAC plans for US military control of the Gulf region were clearly defined in 2000, in a treatise titled, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century;” The paper concluded that, “The process of transformation is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”
d. George H.W. Bush: The father of President Bush is Senior Adviser to the Carlyle Group, a private-equity powerhouse involved in buying and selling everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies; the Carlyle Group is the 11th largest defense contractor in the US; among its high profile clientele are Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, and Osama bin Laden's estranged family.
e. Richard Perle: Perles is a founding member of PNAC, whose plan for US military control of the Gulf region was explained in a treatise published in 2000, titled, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century.” The paper concluded that, “The process of transformation is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.” Perle is a former chairman, and a present member of the Defense Policy Board, a key advisory arm for Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
f. Sen. Pat Roberts: Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate committee investigating 9/11 and ranking Democrat, Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, announced on Sept.12, 2003 that they would not release the 28 missing pages of the report.
g. John Ashcroft: The US Attorney General is promoting the successor to the Patriot Act, known as the Victory, or Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act of 2003. Ashcroft has been touring the country, trying to sell the act in which some drug offenses can be classified as “terrorism;” His earlier Patriot Act permits public library records to be seized by the Justice Department.
h. Halliburton: Dick Cheney’s former employer was awarded lucrative no-bid contracts for construction projects in “post-war” Iraq valued in excess of 1.7 billion dollars.
i. Iraq Oil Pipeline Maps: Court orders in July, 2003 forced the release of several documents used at the Cheney secret energy meetings. Among the documents were "… a map of Iraqi oilfields, pipelines, refineries and terminals, as well as 2 charts detailing Iraqi oil and gas projects, and ‘Foreign Suitors for Iraqi Oilfield Contracts.’ ”
j. Judicial Watch: In early 2002, Larry Klayman’s Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit against the Bush administration seeking information about Vice President Cheney’s energy policy; overruling appeals by the administration, a court order in 2003 revealed documents used at the meetings that included maps of Iraq oilfields and pipelines.
k. Sierra Club: In early 2002, the Sierra Club environmental group filed a lawsuit against the Bush administration seeking information about Vice President Cheney’s energy policy; overruling appeals by the administration, a court order in 2003 revealed documents used at the meetings that included maps of Iraq oilfields and pipelines.
l. General Accounting Office (GAO): In early 2002, the General Accounting Office filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Vice President Cheney to release information about his secret meetings with energy executives; a court order in 2003 revealed documents used at the meetings that included maps of Iraq oilfields and pipelines; in February of 2003, the GAO dropped its court fight, ending a potentially historic showdown between the congressional watchdog agency and the executive branch.
m. Patriot Act: USA Patriot Act gives the government the right to issue warrants providing access to an individual’s public library records. Persons or institutions, including librarians, are barred from disclosing to the individual being investigated that a search warrant has been served.
n. Ahmed Chalabi: The leader of the pro-U.S. Iraqi National Council is wanted in Jordan for stealing about $300 million from the Petra Bank; Chalabi, who last was in Iraq in the 1950’s, was brought to Iraq with an entourage of about 700 armed men, and quickly installed as a member of Baghdad’s Governing Council; Chalabi is a long time friend of Paul Wolfowitz.
o. PNAC: The Project for a New American Century was formed in 1997. Its plan for US military control of the Gulf region was explained in a treatise published in 2000, titled “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century;” The paper concluded that, “The process of transformation is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”
p. Victory Act: One provision of the proposed Vital Interdiction of Criminal Terrorist Organizations Act of 2003 seeks to treat drug possession as a “terrorist offense” and drug dealers as 'narco-terrorist kingpins.
q. Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group, among its many varied and secretive business ventures, also is the 11th largest defense contractor in the US; This private-equity powerhouse is involved in buying and selling everything from defense contractors to telecommunications and aerospace companies; among its high profile clientele are Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, and Osama bin Laden's estranged family.
r. Donald H. Rumsfeld: The Secretary of Defense is a long standing member of PNAC; the 2000 PNAC plan for US military control of the Gulf region was explained in a treatise titled, “Rebuilding America’s Defenses: Strategies, Forces and Resources for a New Century;” The paper concluded that, “The process of transformation is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pearl Harbor.”
s. Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Ranking Democrat, Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate committee investigating 9/11, announced on Sept. 12, 2003 that they would not release the 28 missing pages of the report.
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