Studies show that US coverage is Israeli-centric. The main bureaus for CNN, Associated Press, Time, etc. are located in Israel and often staffed by Israelis. The son of the NY Times bureau chief is in the Israeli army;"pundit" Jeffrey Goldberg served in the IDF; Wolf Blitzer worked for AIPAC. Because the U.S. gives Israel over $8 million/day - more than to any other nation - we feel it is essential that we be fully informed on this region. Below are news reports to augment mainstream coverage.
Following what ABC News reported were "high-level negotiations between
Israeli and U.S. government officials", a settlement was reached in the
case of the five Urban Moving Systems suspects. Intense political
pressure apparently had been brought to bear. The reputable Israeli
daily Ha'aretz reported that by the last week of October 2001, some six weeks after the men had been detained, Deputy
Secretary of State Richard Armitage and two unidentified "prominent New
York congressmen" were lobbying heavily for their release. According to a source at ABC News close to the 20/20 report, high-profile criminal lawyer Alan Dershowitzalso
stepped in as a negotiator on behalf of the men to smooth out
differences with the U.S. government. (Dershowitz declined to comment
for this article.) And so, at the end of November 2001, for
reasons that only noted they had been working in the country illegally
as movers, in violation of their visas, the men were flown home to Israel. (pdf version)
...One of the primary advocates for the use of body
scanners or the more politically correct 'advanced imaging technology'
(AIT), is former DHS head Michael Chertoff. Secretary Chertoff's
advocacy of body scanners dates back to at least 2005. After leaving
DHS, Chertoff founded the Chertoff Group, a consultancy firm whose
corporate logo is an iron spiked closing portcullis.
The Chertoff Group represents the primary
manufacturer of body scanners, Rapiscan, which is set to make billions
of dollars off the sale and maintenance of the body scanners. In the
days after the attempted underwear bombing, Chertoff made the rounds on
the cable news talk shows where he stressed the necessity of deploying
body scanners. Of course Chertoff failed to disclose the fact that his company represented Rapiscan. Chertoff is not alone in having
conflicting interests: a competing manufacturer of body scan systems,
American Science and Technology, has retained the services of two former
TSA administrators who are now acting as lobbyists. Read more
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Commentary, Analysis, U.S. news related to the Issue
Most American news media rely on the Associated Press as their primary (and sometimes only) source of international news. Sadly, its reporting is consistently Israeli-centric and fails to adhere to normal standards of journalism. Therefore, we are providing occasional analyses of its reports discussing what it included and omitted, its word choices, etc.
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