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President Obama stands under George Washington Portrait. Photo: AP
On April 23, at a White House meeting with Congressional leaders, President Obama rejected the idea of a Truth Commission to investigate abuses by the Bush administration. White House press Secretary Robert Gibbs stated that “the president determined the concept didn’t seem altogether workable in this case.” This differed from Obama’s position only a day earlier when he said he was open to investigating possible abuses. He stated that investigating Bush policies “was going to be more a decision for the attorney general within the parameters of various laws, and I don’t want to prejudge that.” He also publicly stated the desirability of an independent commission that would not be subject to partisan politics. Obama’s shifting positions reflected intense political pressures placed upon him by those opposed or supportive of such an inquiry. Those desiring to maintain secrecy concerning various kinds of abuses that occured during the Bush administration appeared to have succeeded. Obama would not support a Truth Commission to investigate policies that sanctioned torture and could open the door to additional abuses. One of these include claims that Richard Cheney used an assassination unit to eliminate “terrorist opponents.” In 1991, while Secretary of Defense, Cheney allegedly blocked an initiative by President George H.W. Bush, Snr. to disclose the truth of UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Has Cheney been involved in highly classified efforts over several decades to maintain secrecy concerning UFOs which has involved the deadly use of force? If so, that may explain why President Obama backed out of supporting an independent truth commission.
Senator Patrick Leahy first proposed the idea of a Truth Commission to investigate abuses sanctioned by the Bush administration on February 9, 2009 at Georgetown University. A petition launched soon after, with currently over 100,000 signatures, recommended investigation of abuses that “include the use of torture, warrantless wiretapping, extraordinary rendition, and executive override of laws.” An important supporter of Leahy’s Truth Commission is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who reaffirmed her support on April 23, by commenting that she has “always been for a truth commision.”
Leahy’s proposed Truth Commission would have the power to investigate Cheney’s alleged assassination unit. This emerged from a conference held in Minneapolis on March 10 where respected journalist Seymour Hersh said that Vice President Cheney ran an assassination unit out of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Hershey said that the JSOC unit reported directly to Cheney and operated without any kind of Congressional oversight. Even the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense were out of the loop on JSOC operations according to Hersh.. Hersh concluded: “It’s an executive assassination ring essentially, and it’s been going on and on and on.”
A Truth Commission with a broad mandate to investigate “executive override of laws” could look into Cheney’s alleged assassination unit and its possible connection to maintaining UFO secrecy. Many witnesses have come forward to disclose that they have been aware of extreme threats being used to silence whistleblowers and others with information on UFOs and extraterrestrial life. Most importantly, many witnesses and researchers have allegedly been assassinated in order to maintain secrecy. President Bush Jnr, has publicly stated that Cheney has knowledge of the UFO issue gained from his time as Secretary of Defense. In answer to a question about whether he would release UFO information during the 2008 Presidential campaign, Bush referred to Cheney and said:“Sure, I will. This man knows. He was Secretary of Defense and was a great one.” Combined with recent revelations from reliable sources that Cheney blocked a 1991 initiative to disclosure the truth about UFOs, and him more recently heading an assassination unit, it appears that there is a prima facie case that Cheney did use assassination teams to prevent UFO disclosure.
President Obama’s rationale for rejecting a Truth Commission is that it would “open the door to a protracted backward-looking discussion.” It is hard to understand how achieving open and transparent government, Obama’s stated political ideals, can be achieved without exposing past abuses by the Bush administration. It is by exposing past abuses that the various interest groups and actors ultimately responsible for these can be prevented from undue influence over the Obama administration. Rejecting Bush administration policies is not enough, since the same actors responsible for past abuses will be free to continue to exert a behind the scenes influence. This hidden influence is reflected in Obama’s rapidly changing positions on the desirability of a Truth Commission. Was Cheney or his supporters directly involved in changing Obama’s position in order to prevent abuses involving Cheney coming to light? Did one of these alleged abuses involve the authorization of political assassination to prevent UFO disclosure? Such allegations need serious investigation and should not be swept away due to partisan political pressure.
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