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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 11 Num. 48
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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THE FOSTER DEATH: U.S. JOURNALISTS OPERATING UNDER A "D-NOTICE?"
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In *Above Top Secret* (ISBN: 0-688-09202-0), author Timothy Good
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describes a British government mechanism known as a "D-Notice":
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A D-Notice is a formal letter of request circulated
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confidentially to newspaper editors, warning them that an
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item of news, which may be protected under the [British]
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Official Secrets Act, is regarded by the defense
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authorities as a secret affecting national security. It
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has no legal authority and can only be regarded as a letter
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of advice or request, but it warns that "whether or not any
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legal sanction would attach to the act of publication,
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publication is considered to be contrary to the national
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interest."
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...since a D-Notice warns an editor that publication of a
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given news item may violate the [Official Secrets] Act, the
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effect is similar to censorship.
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Does the United States have some sort of similar mechanism? Has
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the U.S. government ever contacted prominent news outlets,
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suggesting that pursuit of a particular story could adversely
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affect national security? At least one instance comes to mind:
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ABC News had reportedly been set to air a story on how the U.S.
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government seems to have had prior knowledge that the Murrah
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Building in Oklahoma City was about to be bombed. The story was
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pulled at the last minute, however, reportedly due to concerns
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that its airing might greatly weaken and even topple the U.S.
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government.
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In "The Secret Report and the Death Warrant" (CN 9.02), Sherman
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H. Skolnick describes how the late Vincent Foster was employed
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for years by the National Security Agency (NSA), and may have
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been doing some "freelance" work on the side:
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The report goes on to show that since the early 1980s,
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Foster held the equivalent rank of Military General with
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the super-secret satellite spying and code-cracking
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operation of the U.S., the National Security Agency [NSA].
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Foster continued this work for the few months before his
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death in the Clinton White House. Travelling for NSA,
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hundreds of thousands of miles, Foster was the master-mind
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of an NSA Project that tracked wire transfers between banks
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worldwide -- trillions of dollars per day, of banks both
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friend and foe. Because of being on top of this
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enterprise, Foster never believed that project might
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someday find his purported foreign secret coded accounts
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that could finger him as having violated various American
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espionage laws.
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Skolnick's allegations are corroborated in a classic series of
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reports by J. Orlin Grabbe, "Allegations Regarding Vince Foster,
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the NSA, and Banking Transactions Spying." [1] Further support
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for claims that Vince Foster was a high-ranking NSA official
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appear in a story in the May 15, 1996 Washington Times newspaper
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("Spy Agency Holds Large File On Foster," by Bill Gertz.)
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Referring to revelations contained in the April 24, 1996 issue of
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Strategic Investment newsletter, the Washington Times article
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reports that "secret documents held by the electronic spying
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agency [NSA] indicate Mr. Foster's death was a matter of 'highly
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sensitive national security.'"
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There's that word: "national security." Was Foster's death a
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"national security" matter and, for that reason, were prominent
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news outlets in the U.S. given some version of the "D-Notice?"
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That would explain why most mainstream journalists here have been
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so remarkably blind regarding inconsistencies surrounding
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Foster's supposed "suicide." Furthermore, given that Foster was
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a high-ranking NSA employee and had apparently violated his trust
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by engaging in espionage, it ought to be considered whether
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Foster had been secretly sentenced to death by some sort of
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secret tribunal. A clue to this possibility is found in Dr.
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Stanton Friedman's book, *Top Secret/Majic* (ISBN:
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1-56924-741-2). Friedman writes about mere =civilians= and
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the possible extreme penalty they can be subject to for
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violations of "national security":
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Civilians unfortunate enough to be caught up in the
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security web were made to sign silence agreements ending
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with the phrase "upon penalty of death" according to a
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witness who very quietly spoke to me about it after a
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lecture.
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If a civilian can potentially be secretly found "guilty" and
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sentenced to death, then the same fate could definitely await
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high-ranking NSA officials who violate their trust and engage in
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espionage.
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But why, if Foster had been secretly sentenced to death, was the
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sentence executed so sloppily? Surely NSA could have done a
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neater job of terminating the errant Foster. Widely reported as
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a deep-level cohort of Foster was Hillary Rodham Clinton. If Ms.
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Clinton had been involved in Foster's alleged espionage, then a
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poorly executed termination of Foster might have been designed to
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embarrass the First Lady, weaken her influence, and thereby
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incidentally punish her as well.
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--------------------------<< Notes >>----------------------------
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[1] Grabbe's reports are archived at
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http://www.aci.net/kalliste/
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http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html
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For related stories, visit:
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http://www.shout.net/~bigred/cn.html
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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