Columnist Glenn
Greenwald Somehow Blames Israel for Ferguson Riots
by Warner Todd Huston 15 Aug 2014
Glenn Greenwald, the
columnist famed for coming to the support of NSA leaker
Edward Snowden, has chimed in on the unrest
in Ferguson, Missouri, by hinting that Israel is
to blame for influencing the police there.
Greenwald cited an Iranian activist named Trita Parsi who
claimed that "excessive police violence" in Ferguson can be blamed on
the fact that the county police chief took a fact-finding trip to Israel in
2011.
Parsi tweeted that St. Louis County Chief Timothy Fitch studied
counter-terrorism techniques in Israel in March of 2011.
Greenwald capitalized on Parsi's tweet by retweeting the linkage to Israel and noting, "St. Louis County Police Chief, in 2011, on visiting Israel to learn about police tactics from the Israelis."
Of course, the police chief did not learn "police
tactics from the Israelis," but instead studied counter-terrorism. The two
aren't necessarily one and the same thing.
Further, the St. Louis County police chief in question,
Chief Timothy Fitch, retired from the department
in February of last year, so he is long gone and has played no part in the
current unrest in Ferguson.
Meanwhile, who is this Iranian activist that Glenn Greenwald
so favorably cited?
Trita Parsi, 40, founded the National
Iranian American Council (NIAC) in 2002, and some have linked his group
directly to the Iranian government. It is said the NIAC and Parsi have served
as lobbyists for the
Mullah-led government there.
In 2007 a journalist asserted the above linkage, prompting
Parsi to sue for "defamation." However, U.S. federal judge John D.
Bates tossed the lawsuit, noting in his decision that the journalist made his
assertions in good faith and there was nothing malicious in the publishing of
the story. Parsi dropped his pursuit of the case afterward.
Regardless, tying Israel to what is going on in Ferguson is
so tangential that it borders on anti-Semitic paranoia.
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald
was contacted by Edward Snowden about
the NSA programs, was a columnist
for Salon, and is a co-author of
2013-2014 coverage of the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Note:
Edward Snowden
contacted Glenn Greenwald about the NSA programs, leaked information about
the National Security Agency (NSA), and
an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Robert S. Osborne
is the EVP & general counsel for Booz
Allen Hamilton, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. was a managing
director at Booz Allen Hamilton, is
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and the Committee for
Economic Development.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Rahm I. Emanuel
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
was the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration, and a civilian volunteer for the Israel Defense Forces.
Jonathan Broder
was an adviser for the Israel Defense
Forces, and a reporter for Salon.
Saban
Family Foundation was a funder for the Friends
of the Israel Defense Forces, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Haim Saban is the
treasurer for the Saban Family
Foundation, a board member for Friends
of the Israel Defense Forces, the a friend of Shimon Peres, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and a benefactor for the Saban
Center for Middle East Policy.
Shimon Peres is a
friend of Haim Saban, and the
president of Israel.
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee
at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was a managing director at Booz Allen Hamilton.
R. James Woolsey
was a VP for Booz Allen Hamilton,
and an advisory board member for United
Against Nuclear Iran.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Boeing Company
is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
W. James
McNerney Jr. is the chairman & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
William M. Daley
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Boeing Company.
Edward M. Liddy is
a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a director at the Boeing
Company.
James A. Bell is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and was an EVP & CFO for the Boeing
Company.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
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Institution (think tank), a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.
John F. McDonnell
was a director at the Boeing Company,
the chairman for the Federal Reserve
Bank of St. Louis, and is the vice chairman for the Washington University in St. Louis.
Dennis A.
Muilenburg is a trustee at the Washington
University in St. Louis, and the vice chairman & president & COO
for the Boeing Company.
Murray L.
Weidenbaum is a professor at the Washington
University in St. Louis, and was a corporate economist for the Boeing Company.
John H. Biggs was a
trustee at the Washington University in
St. Louis, and a director at the Boeing
Company.
Thomas R.
Pickering was the SVP for the Boeing
Company, a U.S. ambassador for Israel,
and is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Kenneth M.
Duberstein is a director at the Boeing
Company, a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was a VP at the Committee for
Economic Development.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think
tank), and the Committee for
Economic Development.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Donna S. Morea
was a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, and an EVP at the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was
the contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site for Obamacare, and is a contractor
for Obamacare.
Barbara G. Fast
was a VP at the CGI Group Inc., a VP
for the Boeing Company, and is a
friend of Keith B. Alexander.
Keith B.
Alexander is a friend of Barbara G.
Fast, and was a director at the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Boeing Company
is a contractor for the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Madelyn Payne
Dunham was an aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company, and Barack
Obama’s maternal grandmother.
Barack Obama’s
maternal grandmother was Madelyn Payne
Dunham, is the president for the Barack
Obama administration, and Obamacare
is his signature policy initiative.
Booz Allen
Hamilton is a contractor for Obamacare,
and the National Security Agency (NSA).
Edward Snowden was
an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton, leaked
information about the National Security
Agency (NSA), and contacted Glenn
Greenwald about the NSA programs.
Glenn Greenwald
was contacted by Edward Snowden about
the NSA programs, was a columnist
for Salon, and is a co-author of
2013-2014 coverage of the National
Security Agency (NSA).
Jonathan Broder
was a reporter for Salon, and an
adviser for the Israel Defense Forces.
Rahm I. Emanuel was
a civilian volunteer for the Israel
Defense Forces, the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the Chicago (IL) mayor.
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