July 12, 2006
Is it just me, or is everybody missing the big story in this
Hoekstra debate about even more secret, un-named Bush administration
programs?
Everybody is focussing on who Hoekstra's source is,
while ignoring the quite amazing snippets of information he has already
revealed about Bush's still-secret operations. It sounds to me like the
secret program (or one of them) involves the DoD using the US Air Force
to move WMDs around the globe.
If so, where are they moving the WMDs, and why? And why can't they tell Congress?
From the TPM archives: "Gaubatz
told me that the program Hoekstra referenced Sunday, the "major"
activity the Intelligence Committee wasn't briefed on, is a Defense Department program run out of the Air Force Research Lab.
Gaubatz said that there were "several programs" there that the
Congressman wasn't aware of, but "one major program" in particular. He
wouldn't give too many details about the program, but said that "it pertains to WMD and ways to move the WMD."
...
On February 16th this year, Gaubatz says he briefed Hoekstra's staff,
and then the Congressman himself on May 4th, two weeks before Hoekstra
wrote his letter. He told them about the location of the four WMD sites and also the existence of the Air Force's WMD program.
Gaubatz said he "was really stunned they weren't aware" of the program, and then put them in touch with the official at Kirtland Air Force Base who could confirm the program's existence, a two star general. He said they then confirmed it. " Has anyone contacted officials (specifically two star generals) at Kirtland AF Base Research Lab?
Here's a snip from the Kirtland Air Force Base Wikipedia entry:
"The
installation is home to the 377th Air Base Wing, Kirtland AFB's host
organization. The mission of the wing is to provide world-class
munitions maintenance, readiness and training, and base operating
support to approximately 76 Federal government and 384 private sector
tenants and associate units. Among these is the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency's Defense Nuclear Weapons School, the mission of which
is to provide nuclear weapons core
competencies and chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high
explosive (CBRNE) response training to DoD, other Federal and State Agencies, and National Laboratory personnel. "
And here is another: "In 1992, the Kirtland Underground Munitions Storage Complex (KUMSC) was activated at Kirtland AFB. KUMSC is the largest storage facility for nuclear weapons in the world...
Total capacity of warheads stored there is over 3,000, and includes the
B-83 and B-61 gravity bombs, and W-80, W-88, and W-87 warheads for the
Minuteman III and Peacekeeper ICBM's. " Is this part of an
effort to miraculously "find" WMDs in Iraq, maybe? Just before November
elections, maybe? (I know experts say you could not plant WMDs without
"footprints" revealing their origin, but by the time that story
got out the elections could well be over). Don't scoff, such timely
lies have worked - twice - for the Howard government here in Australia.
Karl "The Genius" Rove is under pressure to do something big...
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