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| 'Israel gives US unreliable intel' |
| 2007-09-05 |
| Israeli intelligence about Palestinian groups that a US-based Muslim charity aided was often unreliable, a former senior US diplomat testified at the organization's trial on terrorism-support charges. Edward Abingdon, who served as US consul-general in Jerusalem during the 1990s, said the Israelis had an "agenda" and provided "selective information to try to influence US thinking." Abingdon's testimony Tuesday took dead aim at prosecutors' claims that the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development was knowingly funding terrorists instead of providing humanitarian aid. Now that Bolton left, are there any senior US diplomats not owned by the Saudis? |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #6 The only way to do that is with a massive change in government at the grass-roots level. One or two more of those "immigration" bills and that just may happen. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-09-05 23:38 |
| #5 As I've said many, many times, our State Department is part of the problem with the Muddled East, and needs a thorough housecleaning. I'm beginning to doubt that can be done without firing everyone and starting over from scratch. The only way to do that is with a massive change in government at the grass-roots level. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-09-05 17:15 |
| #4 the Israelis had an "agenda" and provided "selective information to try to influence US thinking." So what if they did? If it is true, then I'm sure they weren't trying to get somebody taken out who didn't deserve it. This concern isn't worth a second look in my mind, except as political hay. I would trust the Israelis' judgment here. Along those lines, Israel has been telling the US flat out for years and years that Iran was the problem, not Iraq. Any comments about that, Al-Abingdon? |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-09-05 15:44 |
| #3 Abingdon spent 30 years in the State Department. He resigned in 1999 and spent seven years at a Washington lobbying firm that represented the Palestinian Authority for as much as $750,000 a year. He said he never worked for Hamas. And I feel that he probably did. Seriously, if there is one thing that we can rely on it is that our State Department will act like an arm of the U.N. or Saudi Arabia within our government. We have dozens of George Galloways running around there. |
| Posted by: Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-09-05 13:17 |
| #2 His comments about how clean a Hamas run hospital was in comparison to an Israeli military hospital left me doubting his credibility and/or intelligence. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2007-09-05 13:10 |
| #1 I see nothing particularly questionable about Abingdon's statement. Of COURSE the Israelis had and agenda; of COURSE they tried to influence US thinking through 'selective' information. Doesn't everybody? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2007-09-05 07:26 |