Will the Prince of Darkness (Richard Perle) Go Down?

[norml]

Will the Prince of Darkness Go Down?
Kurt Nimmo, Another day in the empire



October 21, 2005

Jane Hamsher, writing for the Huffington Post, details the possible take down of the arch-neocon and disgusting human specimen, Richard "Prince of Darkness" Perle. "In his day job as US Attorney in Chicago, Fitzgerald is also looking into Perle’s activities on the board of Hollinger International, one of the country’s largest media empires," writes Hamsher. "His investigation focuses on how exactly big NeoCon chiseler Lord Conrad Black allegedly looted the company of some $540 million." As we know, Perle was a co-conspirator in Black’s looting, and was thus was "one of the beneficiaries of Black’s largesse." Last March, the SEC issued a Wells notice, "a formal warning that the agency’s enforcement staff has determined that evidence of wrongdoing is sufficient to bring a civil lawsuit," Bloomberg reported at the time. "Hollinger International officials, shareholders and the SEC allege that Black and former Hollinger President David Radler wrongfully diverted proceeds from the sale of some of the chain’s newspapers for their personal use. Perle was a member of Hollinger International’s three-member executive committee, with Black and Radler, from 1996 to 2003."

As Hamsher points out, "in his dogged climb to the top of the crap heap upon which Black himself is perched, Fitzgerald managed to flip Chicago Sun-Times publisher David Radler, who has agreed to serve 29 months and turn state’s evidence." Of course, if Radler turns state’s evidence, this will spell big trouble for Perle. Moreover, "Hollinger’s board just censured Perle in an internal company report, and they are reportedly suing him. Fellow board member Henry Kissinger and others settled a $50 million lawsuit with Hollinger shareholders in May, which also delightfully teases that there may criminal charges waiting for that old warmonger, too. But it is Perle who really has his neck in the noose."

For those of us who have fumed over the fact the Bushcons have run free for years, snubbing their noses at the law and arrogantly striding about, demanding wholesale invasions and bombing campaigns, thus elevating them to near-Nazi status in the war crimes hall of shame, Fitzgerald’s investigations and possible prosecutions come as partial vindication—I say partial because the neocons are still lurking about the Pentagon and White house like the vampires they are and there is scant chance they will be arrested en masse and carted off to The Hague, although a small town courthouse here in America will do (as for incarceration, a recommend a restoration of Île du Diable, or Devil’s Island, just to make sure these psychopaths never escape and endanger another life).

In the meantime, we will have to settle for Fitzgerald’s investigation. "Fitzgerald’s investigation has already inflicted a severe case of dyspepsia to the BushCo. apparatus who have definitely been off their game since Matt Cooper testified last summer, and it looks like he’s also having an effect on the international front since many of the bad guys are running for cover," Hamsher continues. "But the good news in all of this is that Fitzgerald gets it. He sees into the ugly, greedy, oozing heart of the NeoCon kleptocracy, its mafia-like structure and the all-too-cozy overlap between the war party and the profiteers, and it pisses him off… Let’s hope Mr. Fitzgerald can put a few more NeoCons in the 'posthumous’ category before this is all over."


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[Maraya1969]

1. I love Patrick Fitzgerald

:bounce:

[asjr]

2. So do I. But it is an indication of what is

wrong that there seems to be only one decent man in this country to begin to hold people accountable. Fitz has a heavy burden on his shoulders, but he can do it. I had thought a person of his caliber had long been erased from our democratic ideals.

[Southsideirish]

5. I worry that he IS a republican. Why would a first generation person

from a blue collar family ever choose that rotten party?
He and I have the exact same background (except my folks weren't from Clare)and the reason why some of my kin have "flipped" to the dark side is that they are against affirmative action, the civil rights act, and all the cultural changes in society. Also, they don't want their taxes going to fund welfare, etc.
I hope Fitz isn't like them - if he is I wouldn't expect anything to great coming from his investigation.

Just what part of the thug party does he find attractive?

[peacetalksforall]

3. If we don't take the 'follow the money' lesson of Watergate and get

serious, we're not going to end this. There are fervent underlings who will rise to the top if they continue to steal and launder funding.

[donsu]

4. I sure hope they snare Perle - long overdue

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