Laura Rozen prints an email National Intelligence Committee Non-Chairman Chas Freeman sent out in response to his resignation:
The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding of trends and events in the Middle East. The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth. The aim of this Lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a veto over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our government other than those that it favors.
Why, doesn’t he know that all Steve Rosen cares about is human rights in China?
Crossposted to The Streak.



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The whole thing is an excellent read!
Freeman pulls no punches as he exits, and though The Villagers won’t deign to notice (it’s not kosher, doncha know?), I applaud Freeman’s statement for speaking “truth to power” even when power refuses to listen.
So I guess the score is now 647 kazillion to Zero.
I wonder when, if ever again, the United States Foreign Policy interests will by decided by those who have the United States’ interests foremost at heart?
Guess none of us are holding our breath.
It was a great fuck-off letter, for sure. Not sure i get why he played into their hands by using the “I.L.” terminology explicitly, but more power to him.