By Larry Johnson
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Name: Larry Johnson
Email: larry_johnson@earthlink.net
Site: http://NoQuarterUSA.net
About: Larry C. Johnson is CEO and co-founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm with expertise combating terrorism and investigating money laundering. Mr. Johnson works with US military commands in scripting terrorism exercises, briefs on terrorist trends, and conducts undercover investigations on counterfeiting, smuggling and money laundering.
Mr. Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, is a recognized expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, crisis and risk management.
Mr. Johnson has analyzed terrorist incidents for a variety of media including the Jim Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, ABC's Nightline, NBC's Today Show, the New York Times, CNN, Fox News, and the BBC. Mr. Johnson has authored several articles for publications, including Security Management Magazine, the New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times. He has lectured on terrorism and aviation security around the world, including the Center for Research and Strategic Studies at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, France. He represented the U.S. Government at the July 1996 OSCE Terrorism Conference in Vienna, Austria.
From 1989 until October 1993, Larry Johnson served as a Deputy Director in the U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. He managed crisis response operations for terrorist incidents throughout the world and he helped organize and direct the US Government’s debriefing of US citizens held in Kuwait and Iraq, which provided vital intelligence on Iraqi operations following the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Mr. Johnson also participated in the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am 103. Under Mr. Johnson’s leadership the U.S. airlines and pilots agreed to match the US Government’s two million-dollar reward.
From 1985 through September 1989 Mr. Johnson worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. During his distinguished career, he received training in paramilitary operations, worked in the Directorate of Operations, served in the CIA’s Operation’s Center, and established himself as a prolific analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence. In his final year with the CIA he received two Exceptional Performance Awards.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He taught at The American University’s School of International Service (1979-1983) while working on a Ph.D. in political science. He has a M.S. degree in Community Development from the University of Missouri (1978), where he also received his B.S. degree in Sociology, graduating Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1976.See Authors Posts (824) on May 17, 2008 at 5:07 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Michelle Obama, Stokely Carmichael
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Here’s the news short and sweet–if you have a copy of the Michelle Obama video, in which she is lambasting white people (four different sources say she uses “whitey” as an epithet) at Jeremiah Wright’s church, then there is an ultra conservative Republican billionaire who wants to pay your $1 million dollars for the tape. Why? He hates John McCain. Conservative Republicans refer to John McCain as a Marxist and a sell out (and those are the nice comments). The billionaire in question believes Barack is a very weak candidate and, if he gets the Democratic nod, then McCain will surely be President. Especially after the October “surprise” of Michelle Obama railing against whitey. The billionaire wants to preempt McCain and Rove and has put the word out thru conservative networks that there is a $1 million dollar bounty for the person or persons who produce the tape.
I got this info courtesy of a major Republican operative. I am told that Karl Rove and his political allies control the tape where Michelle Obama has a Stokely Carmichael moment of sorts. Rove and company reportedly are showing the tape to big money Republicans to loosen up their wallets and get new money to fund independent expenditure groups. That’s why news of this is starting to leak out. The money is being raised for 527 groups that will target the Democrats in the fall.
A retired CIA buddy is friends with a lawyer who saw the tape. This lawyer, who has a stellar reputation for being very low-key, described the video clip of Michelle’s anti-white rant as, “stunning.” My guess is that the billionaire who detests John McCain is probably going to find someone who will comes up with the tape. So there you have it, someone is looking for “Whitey.” If they find it they get a pay day. If not, you will have to wait till October to watch it.
UPDATED: One prime candidate for the billionaire in question is the intrepid Sheldon Adelson, “the right’s answer to George Soros,” according to Mother Jones.
The trolls are going to go nuts on us now. Thanks Larry!
AND THEN THERE ARE THE ‘BARACK THE CATAMITE’ TAPES!
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A MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL!
OBAMA NEEDS TO QUIT AND SOON!!!
Whatever. It is very clear what is going on here in this little echo chamber. Consider you are being given a set of “facts” from a bunch of unnamed sources to support ideas you already have…from a former intelligence officer, no less. Think about it.
I was a Hillary supporter and was recommended this site by a friend. This is obvious bullshit, however. I want MY candidate to win fair and square, and failing that, I want a Democrat to win. A quick glance around this cesspool tells me this is the site of a practiced propagandist and would-be mind controller.
Larry is trying to start a whisper campaign–lacking any facts or verifiable proof other than his readers’ biases–in an attempt to make spurious rumors stick in weak-minded brains.
Larry, you should put up or shut up and quit manipulating poor, disappointed people.
Hey “truth”,
Yesterday your first comment about this story is that you had heard the rumor, also.
So why are you upset today, and badmouthing Larry?
This must be a fake truthteller; typical troll trick; take one of the names and play games.
To the fake-truthteller above:
If you are going to get paid by Obama at least use your own user-name. We all know the real Truthteller very well and it ain’t you.
Play again; what a predictable troll you are…
TRUTHTELLER,
if we want to be saved, we’ll go join the ‘HOPIUM’ cult at RANCH OBIDIAN…
we like it here, go preach somewhere else.
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hey robbins ..you are absolutely disgusting..i really hope someone removes your post..it is a disgrace and i find it out of bounds and out of line!
go back to your porn sites…we don’t need the likes of creeps like you here!
and you are a creep.
you are not in a mens locker room..
fly
…….Michelle, That was gross.
“AND HIS TROLL ARMY”…YES…
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Seven for the DWARF-LORDS in their halls of
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In the LAND OF LIBERALS where the shadows lie,
ONE DREAM TO RULE THEM ALL, ONE HOPE TO FIND THEM,
ONE DREAM TO BRING THEM ALL AND IN THE DARKNESS BIND THEM,
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This the last part, will tell oF the opposing strategies of ‘HILLDALF’ the Wise, and ‘SAUROBAMA’ and his ‘Troll’ army, and also ‘MI-SHELOB’ the vicious spider…
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Clinton sucks!!!! Bill, I mean. Hillary never sucks, she licks.
Huh? Rover is shopping the tape around, but how does this bring down McCain?? If the video comes out now, Hillary will be the nom and defeat McCain?
So the rich dude and Rove are working at cross purposes, correct? Rove wants to raise money and bring Obama down in October, while rich dude wants him brought down now?
Read the article again. Larry is stating they are shopping the video around now as an enticement in order to raise funds for the 527 groups who will use the money in October. And they will also use the video in October.
Simple. Billionaire republican (BR) thinks that if the race in November is McCain vs. Obama, then McCain will win. But, if the race is McCain vs., say, Clinton, then McCain will lose. More than a few people here agree.
And what is a million dollars anyway when that amount is spent daily on the election.
Mr Johnson…a mil buys a whole lot o’ Orville Redenbacher
This is the plot:
If the RNC uses the Obama video in September and October (public has a six week attention span) it will be a Barack-killer.
If Daddy Warbucks takes the video off the market, Obama will win against McCain in this dude’s universe.
All hypothetical but great in chumming for trolls.
Johnson was too fast to print on the million dollar angle. That is chump change that far up the food chain.
How can buying one copy take it off the market? As long as there are others, Rove’s plan goes forward.
jwrjr has it right.:
Comment by jwrjr | 2008-05-17 17:30:52
Simple. Billionaire republican (BR) thinks that if the race in November is McCain vs. Obama, then McCain will win. But, if the race is McCain vs., say, Clinton, then McCain will lose. More than a few people here agree.
BR wants to release the video sooner, so Clinton will beat McCain.
Hmm, will we now have a bidding war between billionaires of both parties?
The plot thckens…
*****A
Wakey wakey
This isn’t Blockbuster.
You always think you’re so clever. The POINT is to make HILLARY the nominee by exposing the video now.
A FedEx of milk and cookies for your inner child is on the way.
I suppose this means we don’t go to the Prom this year either.
So, ultra-conservative billionaire wants Hillary Clinton to be President? That doesn’t make sense. Her policies are anathema to those folks.
Well, maybe not so much now, because she has some the GOP’s vote.
That wasn’t expected, at all. They expected the bashing of Hillary would knock her out of the race. Then to beat up the junior senator with a background that would make 527s wet their pants over.
That plan didn’t work either, and now the GOP has a bigger headache: a MLK, Jr type that actually can get the Black block vote, and worse, he’s all into the Black Liberation theory.
With a weak candidate; a divided party; and a sitting president with very low popular appeal, the Republicans may now w-a-n-t Hillary instead as a foe, especially since her demographics crosses right into the Republican demographics.
Remember McInsane wasn’t expected to be the ideological frontrunner?
Knocking Obama out, and Hillary getting the nomination, could also help on some IOUs I was talking about, too.
Play it with future across the party lines deals; undercut a candidate that the GOP doesn’t really like; win appeal back from the GOP demographics they ignored for business interests — it’s possible.
It’s just depends on how much they want SCOTUS nominees, and not willing to take chances.
If said Republican billionaire hates McCain then he doesn’t care if HRC is President. Sounds like its personal and the best way to make sure that McCain does not win is to have a Dem nominee who can win, ipso facto — Hillary.
BO is already a seriously damaged candidate. He’s still standing because there is no one going after him on his church, Ayres, Rezko 24/7; there is no reason for the Rethugs to do it until AFTER BO is the nominee. Then they will run ads and attack him non-stop, until then they wait.
If this is true, then billionaire guy wants to unleash it soon, so McCain can’t do so in the fall.
one shouldnt underestimate the hatred of some on the ultra-right for mccain
Why else to vote for Hillary if you can’t agree on half her platform? }:>
Susan, don’t get me wrong, I want the video - if it exists - out now! I support Hillary and want her to win. However, I’m having a hard time believing that only republicans have their hands on this. There have to be some dems that have it as well, why aren’t they showing it. If Hillary knows about it, why isn’t she releasing it to someone?
The $$ is not for the billionaire but for some low operative whose whistle-blowing can be bought and can sneak a copy out.
Wouldn’t you consider it? Your name wouldn’t be made public and after taxes you probably still get 600K clean.
If you are someone who make really decent money off the Bush gravy train, say Rove or Gonzales, you would pass.
One of the greatest lines of contemporary theater is from Guare’s Six Degrees Of Separation in which the rich are said to be living a hand-to-mouth existence, only on a higher plane.
If you were lower on the food chain, maybe you’d reach out and touch Daddy Warbucks. Of course if McCain wins anyway, the Republicans will have your tax records.
It’s like when the fuzzy blue blob slips off the face during the TV interview of the guy in witness protection.
That’s a low down threat.
Is this how the Obamatics play the superdelegates? Installing fear of reprisals more than losing just votes??
No.. the Rove connection is not related to the billionaire. The billionaire wants the tape to be sure that Clitnon runs against McCain, thereby kicking his ass in November. If OBama manages to crown himself nominee, then McCain will soundly beat him in November.
Got it? The guy with the bux doesn’t want McCain to win, and if he’s up against Obama, he’ll win.
Of course I wish he could have used that $$$ to help Hillary instead — like Zbig, Soros, Huffington, Exelon, Joe Andrews’ law firm, etc. etc. etc. have bankrolled Obama.
Trolls and obama supporters are nuts to begin with but this tape will make them ViCIOUS…Bring it on…….
Here’s what they will be doing …
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r5uaB5MDe_8
That’s good beebop
Did someone steal it recently?
If this clip really exists and if it was found in any publicly available video, then more than likely there are Dems who have it as well. Obviously, a Democrat couldn’t use the video, but a Democrat could sell the video to a Republican who seems pretty willing to let it be known that he wants McCain to lose. Here’s to hoping.
So. You are opposed to any of HRC’s people voting for McCain, but have no issue with a Democrat selling this tape to Republicans? What kind of a DEMOCRAT are you?
A rich one.
That Democrat would then be able to buy his own mansion without needing the services of Rezko nor requite a complicated land transaction involving their spouses.
Ouch!
wow don’t take everything so seriously…
The kind that wants to win in November. The kind that recognizes that simply will not happen if Barry is the candidate. The pragmatic kind. The hopeful kind.
If this is nothing the trolls need not worry. But they do seem very worried despite their pronouncements otherwise.
Yeah. Yesterday it didn’t exist, right? Now it exists, but it isn’t anything … what is it tomorrow, it exists, its awful but they aren’t legally married and he didn’t know?
hahahahahahaha
It is funny watching them squirm over “nothing.”
Hmmm…who does this really benefit?
Barack Obama!
No tape = one less scandal.
The Obama campaign is looking to buy it. After all, they have been buying Supers and everybody else.
It’s obvious.
BO doesn’t need to buy it, Axe already HAS a copy.
If Rev Wright took the time to call BO just another politician…he paid off his credit line with it and won’t look back. I made me one, I can break me one.
One BO should have been careful to know what pocket lint people are in possesion of when he throws them under the bus with. But he can’t, he’s a Toon…
If you look at Hopefund, which O’bitter established, you will see a lot of $4,300 to $9,000 donations to campaigns of these same supers who have endorsed him.
But that would be “playing the same old game of Washington politics”. And the “new kind” would never stoop to that game.
See Obama insert foot into mouth here.
We need better quality trolls. Where can I file a compliant?
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
LOL! This stuff’s better than sitcoms, isn’t it? Sure miss’ em. Hehehe…
Can you tell I haven’t watched TeeBee in years? American Idol just never cut it.
“We need better quality trolls. Where can I file a complaint?”
LMAO! I’d like to file a complaint, too.
Where’s the EVIDENCE? You know, it’s articles like this that are very distasteful. I am an HRC supporter, but I DO NOT support unfounded accusations and smarmy attacks without some kind of hard evidence. This site and faithful HRC supporters should know better than to try and SwiftBoat a fellow Democrat. This is just the kind of thing that Bush did to McCain in 2000 with his whisper campaign that McCain had a black baby with a prositute. Shame on us all for entertaining this!
What do you mean, where’s the evidence? If it was already out there, a Republican who doesn’t like McCain wouldn’t be making this offer. I hope this offer is as productive as Larry Flynt’s was back when he was finding evidence on all the hypocritical sex police.
And since when is finding evidence of the truth swiftboating, except in Obamanation?
Are you serious? Swiftboating is a standard part of the political lexicon after what the GOP did to John Kerry. Why are you so quick to believe that it’s true? I want Hillary as our nominee as badly as you do, but I won’t believe it until I see it. And that’s what EVIDENCE means.
“Fantasyland”: what an apt moniker!
And in some ways he deserved it, too.
Someone that Left would’ve been toast anyway in the GE.
won’t believe it until I see it.
Fair enough. Proof of “The End” is not to much to request.
Lets us say for the sake of “playin’ an angle in the room” that BO stands all alone up on the tight rope….and in the general there are no safety nets…
What then?
How stupid do you think we are, Fantasyland?
Yeah, you want Hillary to win. Sure you do.
Gee, thanks for telling us. No one here was previously aware of the definition of evidence.
Once more, and I’ll break down the words with more than one syllable for you so you can read more slowly: the Re-pub-li-can is of-fer-ing mon-ey for ev-i-dence. He does not have it yet.
And the swiftboating of Kerry was done with lies. If it’s true, it ain’t swiftboating. And I suspect (merely my opinion) this is true about Michelle; but considering what else she’s said, done and written, finding tape of her attacking whitey is like finding tape of my dog lifting his leg and peeing on something. So it might really be earthshattering if so many trolls feel the need to come here and dispute its existence or downplay its importance.
If this Republican is a fiscal hawk, he wouldn’t be giving the money away for nothing. Believe he knows someone, somewhere has a copy. It was taped before (and Larry gave a clue that 4 people heard her use the word, “whitey”), so apparently he’s looking for a different one that hasn’t edited out the “whitey” remark.
In the political game anything from Obama’s past is worth money. So this is upping the ante. Tape has to exist, even on a cassette recorder, as there’s witnesses.
Money’s up, get a looking!
MM:
The one thing that is so interesting….
No one has questioned whether Michelle is CAPABLE of doing this … just whether she got caught, right?
Correctamundo.
And if the video surfaces the trolls won’t be able to do anything to stop the damage since they linked the racist smear against Bill Clinton to his spouse. Karma again. And Bill isn’t even a racist.
Good point, beebop.
This sounds exactly like something michelle would say, so it never occured to me to even question it. It’s her style, it’s her attitude, it just seems completely in character.
Can’t change the stripes on a Zebra, afterall.
She’s left too much stuff about her mindset. That mindset doesn’t change overnight, much like Irving Kristol couldn’t turn off his Commie past, despite switching from far left to middle right.
I think it’s called “rat boating,” when you’re referring to BO.
Don’t worry about “swiftboating” this year. Obama has never been wind-surfing although the whole “20 year church thing” should be of concern.
Make some calls to Oregon voters today for Hillary and stop snarking us with your Sister Mary Theresa act.
I guess there’s no room for reasonable and INDEPENDENT-MINDED Hillary supporters in this forum. I’m truly shocked and appalled!
Oh, are you one of the “make nice” trolls?
Gee, I’m not feeling the love …
“truly shocked and appalled”
Too funny!
I just keep thinking - the plane — the plane.
Oh, the humanity!
If you are looking for “independent” they already have a candidate and I am certain Nader has is own website. Get a fresher on the kool-aid and plead your lost Obama cause over there.
and it is okay for all the late night talk show hosts and msnbc to make fun of hillary all the time? and yet we discuss an urban legend to have some fun and all of a sudden it is not okay? obama is not untouchable. he is not a golden boy. he hasn’t earned our vote or even my trust or respect. if there is no tape oh well, if there is then okay. but obviously some people are taking this a little too seriously. besides hillary is going to win without a tape anyway on her own legitimately by winning the popular vote. the dem voters would not vote for their sd’s if they fall in line with obama over delegates if hillary wins more actual votes from people and in states that matter the most in the electoral college….
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I am an HRC supporter living overseas. A friend recommended this site, but I am shocked by the content. I really think Hillary would be appalled at the level of hate and vitriol on this site. She is a good Democrat and you all shame her.
I certainly hope there is a good bit of GOP mischief going on here.
To the fake-truthteller above:
If you are going to get paid by Obama at least use your own user-name. We all know the real Truthteller very well and it ain’t you.
Play again; what a predictable troll you are…
Geez Faux-Truthteller… you’re like a stupid infommercial! Give it a rest. We don’t want to buy what you’re selling, and no.. no.. we DON’T want the Ginzu knives, either.
That is just too funny Catriley !!
You’re not an HRC supporter.
Why, because I’m not hateful like you?
eh ur… nope; but try again.
Amazing–I have never experienced such a bizarre political season! But ti does make one realize that anything can happen.
Tom Eagleton.
Santayana died for your sins.
I’m dying here!
I bet someone from the church will turn that baby in for a million!
Wright could use another million.
He probably has his eye on some new furniture, dontcha think?
Yes, maybe it is the church secretary who lives in one of Rezco’s housing projects and she is pissed off lol. Seriously though, Michele Obama has spoke a lot of places and she isn’t exactly careful with her words. Who’s to say it is from Trinty. Maybe she said it at some black forum or some other church. Who knows.
Also, There are AA who don’t happen to be Democrats. People forget that part.
You mean Alan Keyes has the tape????
Now that would be hysterical
You’ll be surprised how Black Dems even make deals with white Republicans, too. All it takes is have the pastors pass the word, and we get a white Republican mayor with a popular vote.
It’s just over social issues they won’t budge. Which means it’s not going to be a good time for GLBT like issues.
If Obama disses them, you can guarantee there will be more than a tape about his past out. That’s the critical damage tape(s) that really needs to be found. Turn his Black block vote against him by his own mouth. Sink city.
I wish somebody will dig it out now and get the money. good for them good for democratic party good for obama (if it is nothing as pronounced by Obamabots here) If it is really very bad, Hillary will be the next President, which is good for the country
Anyone on the Right-Right dislikes McInsane, no party needed! He’s an Empire builder, and that’s not what the Founders envisioned, especially getting into messy Old World wars.
But I wished I had that video, I’d donate it for country. Payment would be watching Obamatics, with all their race baiting ways, go down the toilet where they belong.
Payment for me would be watching Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, David Schuster, Jack Cafferty, Andrea Mitchell, Mika Brzenski, Campbell Brown…and the likes of them choke on their spittle as they watch Hillary take the nomination.