Richard Perle - Revision history

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	[[Richard Perle]] is a former neoconservative Pentagon policy advisor who was chairman of the [[Defense Policy Board]] for 17 years<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle served as assistant secretary for defence under [[Ronald Reagan]], during this time he was known as "The Prince of Darkness", for his hardline views<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. [[Seymour Hersh]] described Perle as "one of the most outspoken and influential supporters of the war in Iraq"<ref>Seymour M. Hersh,[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/17/030317fa_fact Lunch With the Chairman], ''The New Yorker'', 17-March-2003, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle has also attended events hosted by the [[Bilderberg Group]]<ref>ALAN COWELL and DAVID M. HALBFINGER, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/weekinreview/nation-conspiracy-theorists-unite-secret-conference-thought-rule-world.html?scp=1&sq=richard%20perle%20bilderberg&st=cse The Nation: Conspiracy Theorists Unite; A Secret Conference Thought to Rule the World], The New York Times, 11-July-2004, Accessed 24-June-2009</ref>.		[[Richard Perle]] is a former neoconservative Pentagon policy advisor who was chairman of the [[Defense Policy Board]] for 17 years<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle served as assistant secretary for defence under [[Ronald Reagan]], during this time he was known as "The Prince of Darkness", for his hardline views<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. [[Seymour Hersh]] described Perle as "one of the most outspoken and influential supporters of the war in Iraq"<ref>Seymour M. Hersh,[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/17/030317fa_fact Lunch With the Chairman], ''The New Yorker'', 17-March-2003, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle has also attended events hosted by the [[Bilderberg Group]]<ref>ALAN COWELL and DAVID M. HALBFINGER, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/weekinreview/nation-conspiracy-theorists-unite-secret-conference-thought-rule-world.html?scp=1&sq=richard%20perle%20bilderberg&st=cse The Nation: Conspiracy Theorists Unite; A Secret Conference Thought to Rule the World], The New York Times, 11-July-2004, Accessed 24-June-2009</ref>.

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 For these lobbying efforts, at the end of 2007, the US Department of Defence paid the Policy Forum around $80,000 which was paid to Devon Cross<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.ips.org/blog/jimlobe/?p=118#more-118 Is the Pentagon Policy Shop Funding Likudist Fronts?], ''IPS'', 18-March-2008, Accessed 08-April-2009</ref>.
-While [[Devon Cross]] was successfully selling the war in Iraq to [[The Telegraph]] in the U.K., Richard Perle was on the board of [[Hollinger International]] who owned the newspaper. At this time [[The Telegraph]] also accused prominent anti-war MP [[George Galloway]] of being in the pay of [[Saddam Hussein]],profiting from the oil-for-food programme and using the Mariam Appeal for personal enrichment. Galloway successfully sued the paper for defamation and received £150,000 in damages. <ref>Chris Tryhorn, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/dec/02/Iraqandthemedia.politicsandthemedia Galloway wins libel case against Telegraph], ''The Guardian'', 02-December-2004, Accessed 14-May-2004</ref> Richard Perle was also serving as an advisor to the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] at this time, it was (FDD) journalist [[Claudia Rosett]] who originally broke the oil-for-food scandal<ref>Daniel McCarthy, [http://www.amconmag.com/article/2003/nov/17/00017/ The American Conservative], 17-November-2003</ref>.
+While [[Devon Cross]] was successfully selling the war in Iraq to [[The Telegraph]] in the U.K., Richard Perle was on the board of [[Hollinger International]] who owned the newspaper. At this time [[The Telegraph]] also accused prominent anti-war MP [[George Galloway]] of being in the pay of [[Saddam Hussein]], profiting from the oil-for-food programme and using the Mariam Appeal for personal enrichment. Galloway successfully sued the paper for defamation and received £150,000 in damages. <ref>Chris Tryhorn, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/dec/02/Iraqandthemedia.politicsandthemedia Galloway wins libel case against Telegraph], ''The Guardian'', 02-December-2004, Accessed 14-May-2004</ref> Richard Perle was also serving as an advisor to the [[Foundation for Defense of Democracies]] at this time, it was (FDD) journalist [[Claudia Rosett]] who originally broke the oil-for-food scandal<ref>Daniel McCarthy, [http://www.amconmag.com/article/2003/nov/17/00017/ The American Conservative], 17-November-2003</ref>.
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-Richard Perle was a director of [[Hollinger International]] where he was criticised by a report by the former chairman of the [[Securities and Exchange Commision]]. The report claimed that Richard Perle served as the enabler for [[Conrad Black]] to "improperly take hundreds of millions of dollars", Perle was singled out in the report for having conflicts of interest <ref>Stephen Labaton, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/06/business/media/06perle.html Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him], ''The New York Times'', 06-September-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Richard Perle denies these allegations and asserts that he was misled by [[Conrad Black]]<ref>Stephen Labaton, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/06/business/media/06perle.html Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him], ''The New York Times'', 06-September-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>.
+Richard Perle was a director of [[Hollinger International]] where he was criticised by a report by the former chairman of the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]]. The report claimed that Richard Perle served as the enabler for [[Conrad Black]] to "improperly take hundreds of millions of dollars", Perle was singled out in the report for having conflicts of interest <ref>Stephen Labaton, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/06/business/media/06perle.html Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him], ''The New York Times'', 06-September-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Richard Perle denies these allegations and asserts that he was misled by [[Conrad Black]]<ref>Stephen Labaton, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/06/business/media/06perle.html Perle Asserts Hollinger's Conrad Black Misled Him], ''The New York Times'', 06-September-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>.
 Perle was named in an internal investigation into [[Hollinger International]], Perle was investigated for receiving $3m in bonuses from Hollinger some of which went to Perle's own company [[Trireme]]. [[Boeing]] invested £20m in [[Trireme]] shortly before Perle advocated a Pentagon scheme for leasing Boeing tankers to support the Iraq war, Perle denied any conflict of interest<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>.

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−	[[Richard Perle]] is a former neoconservative ~~pentagon~~ policy advisor who was chairman of the [[Defense Policy Board]] for 17 years<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle served as assistant secretary for defence under [[Ronald Reagan]], during this time he was known as "The Prince of Darkness", for his hardline views<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. [[Seymour Hersh]] described Perle as "one of the most outspoken and influential supporters of the war in Iraq"<ref>Seymour M. Hersh,[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/17/030317fa_fact Lunch With the Chairman], ''The New Yorker'', 17-March-2003, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle has also attended events hosted by the [[Bilderberg Group]]<ref>ALAN COWELL and DAVID M. HALBFINGER, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/weekinreview/nation-conspiracy-theorists-unite-secret-conference-thought-rule-world.html?scp=1&sq=richard%20perle%20bilderberg&st=cse The Nation: Conspiracy Theorists Unite; A Secret Conference Thought to Rule the World], The New York Times, 11-July-2004, Accessed 24-June-2009</ref>.	+	[[Richard Perle]] is a former neoconservative Pentagon policy advisor who was chairman of the [[Defense Policy Board]] for 17 years<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle served as assistant secretary for defence under [[Ronald Reagan]], during this time he was known as "The Prince of Darkness", for his hardline views<ref>Julian Borger, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/feb/27/iraq.usa Pentagon Hardliner resigns from post], 27-February-2004, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. [[Seymour Hersh]] described Perle as "one of the most outspoken and influential supporters of the war in Iraq"<ref>Seymour M. Hersh,[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2003/03/17/030317fa_fact Lunch With the Chairman], ''The New Yorker'', 17-March-2003, Accessed 15-May-2009</ref>. Perle has also attended events hosted by the [[Bilderberg Group]]<ref>ALAN COWELL and DAVID M. HALBFINGER, [http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/11/weekinreview/nation-conspiracy-theorists-unite-secret-conference-thought-rule-world.html?scp=1&sq=richard%20perle%20bilderberg&st=cse The Nation: Conspiracy Theorists Unite; A Secret Conference Thought to Rule the World], The New York Times, 11-July-2004, Accessed 24-June-2009</ref>.

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 The following month Perle testified to Congress that the administration had given a verbal commitment to train and arm the Bosnians:
 ::You won't find these assurances in the Dayton accord. Despite Bosnian pleas to do so, the administration refused to put in writing its sotto voce promise to supply Bosnia with the arms and training that will determine whether the Dayton accord is a path to peace and reconstruction or a year-long interval before the final destruction of Bosnia.<ref>PREPARED STATEMENT OF RICHARD PERLE, FELLOW, AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Federal News Service, 6 December 1995.</ref>
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 ::Most of all, the administration needs to clarify the potentially contradictory relationship between peacekeepers and the more effective underpinnings of a stable agreement: the ability of the Bosnians to defend themselves, backed up perhaps with the threat of NATO air power. After more than 2 1/2 years of claiming to deplore the embargo against Bosnia -- while enforcing it all the same -- vague hints that it will be lifted with a peace agreement are neither adequate nor convincing.<ref>Richard Perle; Paul Wolfowitz, Bosnia: Before We Send in Peacemakers, ''Washington Post'', 24 October 1995.</ref>
-Perle was encouraged by chief US negotiator [[Richard Holbrooke]] to act as an unofficial advisor to the Bosnian delegation at the Dayton talks in November 1995.<ref>Michael Dobbs, A Peace of the Action; On Either Side of the Balkan Negotiations Is an American With Advice Aplenty, ''Washington Post'', 17 November 1995.</ref>
+Perle was encouraged by chief US negotiator [[Richard Holbrooke]] to act as an unofficial advisor to the Bosnian delegation at the Dayton talks in November 1995.<ref>Michael Dobbs, A Peace of the Action; On Either Side of the Balkan Negotiations Is an American With Advice Aplenty, ''Washington Post'', 17 November 1995.</ref> Perle, who reportedly offered his services free, had known Bosnian Foreign Minister [[Muhamed Sacirbey]] for several years.<ref>Elaine Sciolino, At the Talks, Raging Bull Meets Bulldog, Cordially, ''New York Times'', 18 November 1995.</ref>
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	In December 1994, Perle joined a call by the [[Action Council for Peace in the Balkans]] for the United States to lead and organize action to disrupt the Serbian attack on Bihac in northwestern Bosnia by the use, if necessary, of U.S. air power.<ref>Martin Sieff, Calls for action fail to sway White House, ''Washington Times'', 2 December 1994.</ref>		In December 1994, Perle joined a call by the [[Action Council for Peace in the Balkans]] for the United States to lead and organize action to disrupt the Serbian attack on Bihac in northwestern Bosnia by the use, if necessary, of U.S. air power.<ref>Martin Sieff, Calls for action fail to sway White House, ''Washington Times'', 2 December 1994.</ref>
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		+	In a July 1995 ''Washington Post'' op ed, Perle supported a legislative proposal by [[Robert Dole]], and [[Joe Lieberman]] to require President Clinton to end U.S. participation in the U.N. embargo barring the supply of arms to the government of Bosnia.<ref>Richard Perle, Will We Finally Recognize The Right to Self-Defense?, ''Washington Post'', 19 July 1995.</ref>
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		+	Later that month he reportedly warned that the US had an important geopolitical interest in protecting Muslims from attack:
		+	::''Of all the ways that this post-Cold War world could turn very sour, and one of the most worrisome is if you get a kind of holy feud between the world of Islam and the non-Islamic world.
		+	::''And at the moment, Muslims look at what's going on and believe that they're being victimized because they're Muslims,'' he said. ''I think that's very dangerous.''<ref>Michael E. Ruane, U.S. has reason to care about Bosnia, experts say; Bosnia, though incomprehensible, weighs on American conscience, ''Austin American-Statesman'', 29 July 1995.</ref>
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		+	In a joint ''Washington Post'' op ed in October 1995, Perle and [[Paul Wolfowitz]] criticized Clinton administration proposals to send 20,000 peacekeepers to Bosnia:
		+	::Most of all, the administration needs to clarify the potentially contradictory relationship between peacekeepers and the more effective underpinnings of a stable agreement: the ability of the Bosnians to defend themselves, backed up perhaps with the threat of NATO air power. After more than 2 1/2 years of claiming to deplore the embargo against Bosnia -- while enforcing it all the same -- vague hints that it will be lifted with a peace agreement are neither adequate nor convincing.<ref>Richard Perle; Paul Wolfowitz, Bosnia: Before We Send in Peacemakers, ''Washington Post'', 24 October 1995.</ref>

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-When 33 neoconservatives endorsed [[Bill Clinton]] for President in August 1992, Perle was not among the signatories, although [[Joshua Muravchik]] claimed to be reaching out to him through the Democratic chair of one of the Congressional intelligence committees, Rep. [[David McCurdy]], a former contra backer.<ref>Jim Lobe, UNITED STATES: NEO-CONSERVATIVES DESERT BUSH ON FOREIGN POLICY, Inter Press Service, 17 August 1992.</ref> In December 1992, Perle told the McNeil/Lehrer Newshour that the "President-elect was elected with broad support from Carter Democrats but also from Reagan Democrats, and the team, as we see it, seems heavily weighted toward the Carter Democrats." He nevertheless praised the appointments of [[Les Aspin]] and [[James Woolsey]].<ref>Stalemate; Who's Who; Somalia Diary, 22 December 1992.</ref>
+When 33 neoconservatives endorsed [[Bill Clinton]] for President in August 1992, Perle was not among the signatories, although [[Joshua Muravchik]] claimed to be reaching out to him through the Democratic chair of one of the Congressional intelligence committees, Rep. [[David McCurdy]], a former contra backer.<ref>Jim Lobe, UNITED STATES: NEO-CONSERVATIVES DESERT BUSH ON FOREIGN POLICY, Inter Press Service, 17 August 1992.</ref> In December 1992, Perle told the McNeil/Lehrer Newshour that the "President-elect was elected with broad support from Carter Democrats but also from Reagan Democrats, and the team, as we see it, seems heavily weighted toward the Carter Democrats." He nevertheless praised the appointments of Defense Secretary [[Les Aspin]] and CIA Director [[James Woolsey]].<ref>Stalemate; Who's Who; Somalia Diary, 22 December 1992.</ref>
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-On CNN's ''Crossfire'' in August 1992, Perle said he favoured a no-fly xone in Bosnia.<ref>Crossfire, CNN, 28 August 1992.</ref> In December 1992, he told CNN, the arms embargo was making the situation worse.<ref>Ralph Begleiter, Options Grow Narrower for the Situation in Bosnia, CNN, 21 December 1992.</ref>
+On CNN's ''Crossfire'' in August 1992, Perle said he favoured a no-fly zone in Bosnia.<ref>Crossfire, CNN, 28 August 1992.</ref> In December 1992, he told CNN, the arms embargo was making the situation worse.<ref>Ralph Begleiter, Options Grow Narrower for the Situation in Bosnia, CNN, 21 December 1992.</ref>
 Perle was one of 100 conservative figures led by [[Margaret Thatcher]] and [[George Shultz]] who signed an open letter to President [[Bill Clinton]] on 1 September 1993, calling for air strike and military aid to the Bosnians.<ref>Thatcher, Schultz press Clinton for more aggressive Bosnia policy, Agence France Presse, 1 September 1993.</ref>
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