McCain Featured In Iran-Contra Group's Newsletter

A newsletter from 1984 provides more embarrassing evidence of John McCain's relationship with the U.S. Council on World Freedom, a group that was involved in funding militant anti-communists and espoused some anti-Semitic views.

McCain's face graces the front page of the group's "World Freedom Report," published on Dec. 15, 1984, a copy of which was obtained from the research library at the University of Kansas. The front page also features a reprint of an article McCain penned that same month for Reader's Digest.

In the early 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board of the Council on World Freedom, which funded and provided arms to what the Associated Press described as "ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America." The group also "aided rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua," which landed it "in the middle of the Iran-Contra affair and in legal trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, which revoked the charitable organization's tax exemption."

When McCain's connection to the council received its first blast of press attention earlier this month, his campaign told Politico that McCain "disassociated himself" from the group in 1984 "when questions were raised about its activities."

But the group's tax filing in 1985, covering the previous year, lists McCain as a member of the advisory board. And in October 1985, a States News Service report placed McCain "at a Washington awards ceremony staged by the council."

Moreover, in 1986, McCain himself told the Phoenix New Times that his reason for leaving the group merely had to do with a lack of time.

Asked by the AP this year about McCain's alleged efforts to distance himself from the council in both 1984 and 1986 (when McCain had to ask to have his name removed from the group's stationary), founder John Singlaub said: "That's a surprise to me. ... I don't ever remember hearing about his resigning."

Though the group's founder also said it was possible that McCain had asked to resign and he hadn't heard about the "housekeeping" details, the Council's unearthed newsletter from late 1984 would seem to support Singlaub's -- and not McCain's -- memory of the events.

Comments

[getoffthecross]

the Iran Contra "group" has a newsletter???

G. Gorden Liddy must feel pretty lazy, what with there being no "plumber's sentinel" or something...

http://www.jokerzinternetradio.com/phpmotion/play.php?vid=108

[bob8788]

John mccain is simply a loser

http://www.barackobamacans.blogspot.com/

[robbie44]

You guys sure do bust McCain a lot.

[jake666]

He will be a hero to the wacho right after this.

[Revolt916]

I guess we need to vet Mc Cain some more.

[1differentdrummer]

Good old John. What a sordid past and sorry present.

[dizmo4]

Lets hope the MSM covers this. I doubt this will make a huge impact but it could stall any gains mcCain tries to make for a day..

[syllepsis]

So McCain supported a group that was a front for Reagan Admin terrorist activity, and that subverted the express will of Congress.
We have another Contra supporter subverting the will of Congress in a prominent public office right now: His name is Dick Cheney.

[westcoastsc]

Don't forget the importation of bad white stuff for sale in America, hundreds of tons and they sold them in African American neighborhoods.

[sherbug]

McCain will buy up all the copies and send them out as Christmas cards. His sins are never punished. Nobody pays any attention to Keating or his meeting with the Chilean dictator or any of his past sins and nobody will pay attention to this. The liberal media is the only outlet that will talk about this and the right will spin it as liberal mischief. The choice of Palin was McCain's down fall. He seems to be made of teflon, but Palin isn't. Pretty much everything sticks to her.

[westcoastsc]

When you have people preventing investigations and controlling of the media Teflon, you're buying into their smoke and mirrors game, the image they have put out as untouchable. If we had prosecuted the Nixon and all of his cohorts, G. Gordon Liddy to the fullest extent of the law, do you think we would be in this mess today? You have even bought into calling things right or left. Avoid polemic thinking. Let us talk about truth. So called liberals seem a lot more fiscally conservative than people who call themselves conservative. They sit there and demand equal time to tell blatant lies, labeling people who speak the truth liberal with derision, saying it enough times as if it is some bad word. Don't let them dominate discussion with their labels. What is liberal? What is conservative? What is progressive? Let us talk about what these words really mean and how some have been corrupted in politics. What is more of the same? What is change?

[songoftherushes]

This isn't a great angle to hit mc on. He didn't write the story FOR the mag, it was "a reprint of an article McCain penned that same month for Reader's Digest."
And the rest of it is too fuzzy, ie when he disassociated himself from the group. Unless there is more evidence of active involvement, this is a non-runner.

[westcoastsc]

Please, look a little more and find out how tight he is with Singlaub.

[songoftherushes]

But it is too late in the day for this. There was 'reform' and Ronald Reagan approval etc... the average punter isn't going to be swayed by any of this, certainly not as it would be portrayed in the msm. It would be a distraction.

[toddag]

One consistant technique the McCaine camp has tried to use is projection. Anything they say about Obama, turns out to be true in spades about McCain.

[lola85]

Absolutely true. I think it is SO STRANGE that McCain doesn't realize we can look all this stuff up. McCain and Palin are total hypocrites.

Obama/Biden '08
Keep HOPE alive

[mesuki]

Why is it that it's always the folks that live in glass houses that always throws the first stone. McCain better thank his lucky stars that Obama is a decent and honest man......I'm sure Obama knows about these things,but chooses to take the high road instead of the gutter. I give Obama lots of credit cause I don't think I would be able to hold back from slaming Mccain with the same stuff that he's dishing out....Mccain is such a hypocrite!

[westcoastsc]

They need to be revealed. They need to go to see how they withstand the full extent of the law and investigation. Nancy Pelosi needs to take action in order to protect Obama.

[chosenson]

This group armed the Taliban and Osama.

[HST]

McSame pals around with people who fund terrorists! There's just too much about McSame we don't know.

[Daw8it]

Iran Contra, Dictator Pinochet, Keating 5, Abortion Clinic Bomber

His whole career he surrounded himself with the worsts people. What makes you think that he won't do the same if elected president

[jlarue]

Dont forget Cindy!

[LALC]

What about Liddy, Timmons, Lindner &......??

[westcoastsc]

Really, the mustachioed one from the Teutonic land would be proud. Singlaub is out and out just like that. He launched his career.

[westcoastsc]

Don't forget Singlaub who helped launch his career.

[Halter]

This group also provided support to Osama Bin Laden

[ANewAmerica]

someone needs to send this to elizabeth hasselback on the view... her precious and innocent candidate pals around with terrorists...

[stateretiree]

She wouldn't believe it or she would have some half brained neocon explanation for it.

[RoaringMoose]

I have family like that; "Don't confuss me with Facts my mind is made up" Dah

[westcoastsc]

She bet her "highlights" that Obama was worse than McCain. Nuff said.