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September 26 2001 - Maher Ara, a Canadian citizen, is detained at JFK airport and eventually ends up being tortured at a Syrian prison.

October 8, 2002 - Maher Ara delivered to Jordan via CIA transport. Delivery of Ara is with the full expectation that he would be moved to Syria.


October 5 2003 - Maher Ara released from Syrian prison.


October 5 2003 - Israel bombs Syria in retaliation for suicide bombing.


October 15 2003 - Congress suddenly passes the "Syrian Accountability Act". The bill had been stalled by the administration for a "year".


July 12, 2006 - 2006 "Lebanon War" begins.

August 14, 2006 - 2006 "Lebanon War" ends. More or less. The fact that there is even a serious debate over who "won" decides the issue.

August 29-30, 2007 - Nukes mistakenly loaded aboard USAF planes at Minot Air Force Base.


September 6, 2007 - Israel bombs location in Northeast Syrian.

September 8, 2007 - Turkey requests information from Israel regarding disgarded fuel tanks found on its territory.

October 3, 2007 - The Spectator reports that according to a 'senior ministerial source': "If people had known how close we came to world war three that day there’d have been mass panic."

November 2, 2007 - Jerusalem Post (citing Al Jazeera?!?) reports USAF planes armed with nukes bombed the Syria location.

They missed it in part, I believe, because the Saudi regime as been extraordinarily skillful – a skill much assisted by large quantities of money. In fact, if the money is sufficient, you probably don’t have to be all that skillful. It has skillfully created an image and impression of Saudi Arabia in part by buying or at least renting virtually every U.S. government specialist on the subject of the nature of the Saudi regime as they have left government service. And not only that, they’ve made it perfectly apparent to the people in government service, who deal with Saudi Arabia and indeed often with the rich – they have made it apparent to them that when they leave government service, there will be opportunities for them. It’s corrupt. It’s a suborning of American officialdom. And I think if we were to compile a list of the several hundred Americans who have served in Saudi Arabia in various capacities, have been employed by the U.S. government to advise us on how we should think about the Saudis, how we should understand the nature of the relationship between us, I believe you would find that a very high percentage of them earn their living from a continuing relationship with Saudi institutions after they have left government. This needs to be investigated and investigated thoroughly. I wish Patrick Fitzgerald, if he goes on to another intensive investigation, will focus on something like that, which is of immense importance.

ATTORNEY LOWELL: If they pass it on, when the government says they should have known it was national defense, whether they got it from Larry Franklin or U.S. Government Official 1, U.S. Government Official 2, James Risen of the New York Times, Walter Pincus of the Washington Post, if they get that and they pass it on --

THE COURT: Are these people whose names I should know?

ATTORNEY LOWELL: Well, one of them got the Pulitzer Prize this week for doing what my client has been indicted for. And the other one is in the audience, so I thought I would use his name.

THE COURT: I've never heard of either of them, and they've never heard of me, and I hope it continues that way.

"(Because it is far easier for
the parties and the court to deal with declassified materials than to deal with classified information, we will be seeking a classification review wherever appropriate, though those reviews can be cumbersome.)"

We also note that it is our understanding that Mr. Libby testified that he was authorized to disclose information about the NIE to the press by his superiors.