cnn, march 9, 2003
LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER
Showdown: Iraq
BLITZER:Let me read a quote from the New Yorker article, the March 17th issue, just out now. "There is no question that Perle believes that removing Saddam from power is the right thing to do. At the same time, he has set up a company that may gain from a war."
PERLE: I don't believe that a company would gain from a war. On the contrary, I believe that the successful removal of Saddam Hussein, and I've said this over and over again, will diminish the threat of terrorism. And what he's talking about is investments in homeland defense, which I think are vital and are necessary.
Look, Sy Hersh is the closest thing American journalism has to a terrorist, frankly.
BLITZER: Well, on the basis of -- why do you say that? A terrorist?
PERLE: Because he's widely irresponsible...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1994.htm
this, from a person who later had to give up the chairmanship on the defense policy board advisory committee because of accusations of bribery regarding a defense contractor's sale of assets to a chinese company
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