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『亜空間通信』234号(2002/04/19)
【シンシアは米大手メディアの防壁を破り電網氾濫911謀略説へと読者を導いた】
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転送、転載、引用、訳出、大歓迎！
前回に紹介した問題の『ワシントン・ポスト』記事の全文を取り込んだ。「勇気ある黒人女性議員」こと、シンシア・マケニイの物語である。ところが、日付を見ると、何と、4月12日の記事である。すでに7日前のこととなる。ああ、やんぬるかな。
私自身も、『ワシントン・ポスト』を電網宝庫住所録に入れているのに、毎日訪問するどころか、このところ、何ヶ月も訪ねていなかった。いわば受け身で数多い提供情報を入手し続けていたので、ついつい忙しさに紛れて、怠け癖が付いていた。特に、最近のパレスチナの状況が酷いので、そちらに気を取られていた面がある。私に情報提供してくれる各国の友人たちも、おそらく似たような状況だったのだろう。
しかし、ともかく、ついにアメリカの大手メディアに、国会議員による「政府の謀略説」が登場したのだ。その議員が、民主党の47歳の黒人女性であることも、実に象徴的である。っ彼女の電網宝庫訪問の印象については、先に述べた。
次に興味深いのは、以下、部分的に先行して引くが、この『ワシントン・ポスト』記事には、シンシア自身に関する推測という形式で始まり、読者を電網に氾濫する謀略説へと導くような記述が登場していることである。
最後に、Staff writer David Von Drehle contributed to this reportとあるから、その「貢献」をしたデヴィッド記者自身が、電網情報に関する予備知識を持っていたに違いないのである。日本でもそうだが、電網から入手した情報を発表できずに、うじうじしている記者は数多いのである。
そのうじうじ状況、アメリカではmedia blockadeという、メディアによる情報封鎖の防壁を、独りの「勇気ある」黒人女性議員の発言が打ち破ったのである。増水中の大河の堤防に穴が開いたようなことである。これを絶好の切っ掛けとして、この半年、電網に氾濫していた疑惑情報が、どっと溢れ出て、アメリカ大陸の乾き切った情報平原を、急速に潤すことになるであろう。
でも、でも、日本のメディアに穴を開けそうな女性議員は、いるのかな、いないのかな。男性はもっと駄目だろうな。某辻元議員の内縁の夫、第三書館の社長、北川明に関しては、間違いのない耳情報が入った。当然、情報源は秘すが、旧友を訪ねては借金をしまくっているそうである。仕方なしに貸した一人は、「返ってはこない」と最初から諦めている。
ああ、ああ、その程度の「新左翼」の操り人形が、社民党の星だったとは。オタカさんとやらには、シンシアの爪の垢を煎じて飲ませてみても、もう駄目だろう。
以下、全文。
With her comments concerning Sept. 11, McKinney, 47, seems to have tapped into a web of conspiracy theories circulating during the past six months among people who believe that the government is partially -- or entirely -- to blame for last year's attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people.
None of McKinney's colleagues has embraced her allegations, but a few said they are familiar with the theories.
"I've heard a number of people say it," said Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), who quickly added, "I can't say that it would be a widely held view" among lawmakers.
以下が問題の『ワシントン・ポスト』記事の全文である。
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34565-2002Apr11.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34565-2002Apr11?language=printerwashingtonpost.com
Democrat Implies Sept. 11 Administration Plot
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 12, 2002; Page A16Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is calling for an investigation into whether President Bush and other government officials had advance notice of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 but did nothing to prevent them. She added that "persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war."
In a recent interview with a Berkeley, Calif., radio station, McKinney said: "We know there were numerous warnings of the events to come on September 11th. . . . What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th? Who else knew, and why did they not warn the innocent people of New York who were needlessly murdered? . . . What do they have to hide?"
McKinney declined to be interviewed yesterday, but she issued a statement saying: "I am not aware of any evidence showing that President Bush or members of his administration have personally profited from the attacks of 9-11. A complete investigation might reveal that to be the case."
Bush spokesman Scott McLellan dismissed McKinney's comments.
"The American people know the facts, and they dismiss such ludicrous, baseless views," he said. "The fact that she questions the president's legitimacy shows a partisan mind-set beyond all reason."
In the radio conversation, McKinney delivered a stinging attack on the administration. In 2000, she charged, Bush forces "stole from America our most precious right of all, the right to free and fair elections." With the September attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, McKinney said, "an administration of questionable legitimacy has been given unprecedented power."
She suggested that the administration was serving the interests of a Washington-based investment firm, the Carlyle Group, which employs a number of high-ranking former government officials from both parties. Former president George H.W. Bush -- the current president's father -- is an adviser to the firm. McKinney said the war on terrorism has enriched Carlyle Group investors by enhancing the value of a military contractor partly owned by the firm.
Carlyle Group spokesman Chris Ullman asked: "Did she say these things while standing on a grassy knoll in Roswell, New Mexico?"
During her five terms in office, McKinney has often given voice to radical critiques of U.S. policy, especially in the Middle East. She defied the State Department to investigate assertions that international sanctions are brutalizing innocent Iraqis.
With her comments concerning Sept. 11, McKinney, 47, seems to have tapped into a web of conspiracy theories circulating during the past six months among people who believe that the government is partially -- or entirely -- to blame for last year's attacks, which killed more than 3,000 people.
"What is undeniable is that corporations close to the administration have directly benefited from the increased defense spending arising from the aftermath of September 11th," McKinney charged. "America's credibility, both with the world and with her own people, rests upon securing credible answers to these questions."
None of McKinney's colleagues has embraced her allegations, but a few said they are familiar with the theories.
"I've heard a number of people say it," said Rep. Melvin Watt (D-N.C.), who quickly added, "I can't say that it would be a widely held view" among lawmakers.
Some lawmakers have a less charitable view of McKinney's penchant for publicity. Rep. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said McKinney is simply trying to impress her constituents.
"She's demonstrated at home an ability to win," he said, "and she's demonstrated in Washington a total lack of responsibility in her statements."
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), a friend of McKinney's, said the Georgia Democrat is adept at seizing on "red-meat" issues that resonate with her political base and have helped her fend off a series of GOP challengers.
"She's not as random as people think," Kingston said. "People always want to hear a political conspiracy theory."
Staff writer David Von Drehle contributed to this report.
? 2002 The Washington Post Company
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