Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran

Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran

http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/30/hersh_congress_agreed_to_bush_request

Congressional leaders agreed to a request from President Bush last year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing Iran’s leadership, according to a new article by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker magazine. The operations were set out in a highly classified Presidential Finding signed by Bush which, by law, must be made known to Democratic and Republican leaders. The plan allowed up to $400 million in covert spending for activities ranging from supporting dissident groups to spying on Iran’s nuclear program. Hersh joins us from Washington DC.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh?printable=true

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_hersh

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/29/seymour-hersh-exposes-new_n_109818.html

Seymour Hersh Exposes New US Covert Operations In Iran (VIDEO)

http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/2008/06/30/544/preparing-to-battle-iran-or-overthrow-it/

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/17/060417fa_fact