person:r. james woolsey

  • U.S. to drop Iranian MEK group from terrorist list : officials
    http://news.yahoo.com/u-drop-iranian-mek-dissident-group-terror-list-160543646.html

    The United States has decided to remove the Iranian dissident group Mujahadin-e Khalq (MEK) from its list of terrorist organizations, U.S. officials said on Friday, handing a political victory to a group once sheltered by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein that claims to have abandoned its violent past.

    The officials said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had made the decision to remove MEK from the list, and that it was expected to be formally announced in coming days.

    Ça paie, ça paie : autant soutenir ouvertement certains « terroristes » aux États-Unis te vaudra de sérieux ennuis, autant dans le cas de ceux de l’OMPI est carrément rentable :
    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/22/world/middleeast/iranian-opposition-group-mek-wins-removal-from-us-terrorist-list.html

    Presumably it did not hurt the group’s case that among the dozens of prominent American supporters were R. James Woolsey and Porter J. Goss, former C.I.A. directors; Louis J. Freeh, the former F.B.I. director; President George W. Bush’s homeland security secretary, Tom Ridge, and attorney general, Michael B. Mukasey; and President Obama’s first national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones.

    It even enlisted journalists as speakers, including Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame, and Clarence Page, a columnist for The Chicago Tribune.

    Many of the American supporters, though not all, accepted fees of $15,000 to $30,000 to give speeches to the group, as well as travel expenses to attend M.E.K. rallies in Paris. Edward G. Rendell, the former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, said in March that he had been paid a total of $150,000 to $160,000.

    D’où une question idiote : si l’OMPI sort de la liste des organisations terroristes, que vont devenir tous ces désintéressés lobbyistes ?

    (Autre question totalement farfelue : mais d’où vient tout ce poignon ? Je te rappelle que si tu récoltes de l’argent aux États-Unis pour reconstruire un hôpital du Sud du Liban, tu finiras en prison.)