16 yrs ago, Chas Freeman was smeared out of a job at DNI, too | Responsible Statecraft

16 yrs ago, Chas Freeman was smeared out of a job at DNI, too | Responsible Statecraft Excellent recounting of the painful three weeks that Chas endured in 2009 when the Israel lobby, led by AIPAC's Steve Rosen, activated the neocon blogosphere, powerful establishmentarian editors Jeffrey Goldberg and Martin Peretz, as well as their Hill shills, to smear and tank him. As Jim Lobe writes here for RS: Indeed, the campaign against Freeman was waged as much on Capitol Hill as on the web. Although the position to which Blair had appointed Freeman was not subject to Senate confirmation, various key lawmakers, notably New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, and then-Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk — all three among the top ten recipients of campaign funding by pro-Israel PACs between 1990 and 2024 — denounced Freeman’s appointment. Unlike Gabbard, DNI Blair stuck by his appointee throughout the assault, even testifying before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee to rebut the various charges that had been leveled against Freeman just hours before Freeman announced he was withdrawing.... Please read more of this sad historical account, which was mirrored in the demise of Daniel Davis's short lived appointment to be deputy to DNI Tulsi Gabbard, last week: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/daniel-davis-tulsi-dni/