In the months leading up to the Chertoff article in PM, a brutal take-over occurred at the magazine. In September 2004, Joe Oldham, the magazines former editor-in-chief was replaced by James B. Meigs, who came to PM with a deputy, Jerry Beilinson, from National Geographic Adventure. In October, a new creative director replaced PMs 21-year veteran who was given ninety minutes to clear out of his office.
A former senior editor at PM, who is forbidden from openly discussing the coup at PM, told AFP that the former creative director was abruptly told to leave and given severance pay of two weeks wages for every year spent at PM. Three or four people have been similarly dismissed every month since, he said. He said he was astounded that the coup at PM had not been reported in the mainstream media.
The article was written by Michael Chertoff's nephew.
PM's editorial and creative staff were purged in the months before the article, and replaced abruptly
Cathleen P. Black (head of the magazine) is on the CFR
Her husband, who is not mentioned in her corporate biography, has a long history with the CIA and Defense Dept, including officially working for the government's external propaganda arm:
In the 1980s, Harvey served as General Counsel and Congressional Liaison of the U.S. Information Agency, the former external propaganda arm of the U.S. government. Harvey also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Army and Navy. In 1992, Harvey was personnel director for the Bush-Quayle 92 Campaign.
President Jimmy Carter made Harvey a White House Fellow in May 1977. "In that capacity," Harvey's biography reads, he "served as special assistant to the Director of the C.I.A. Following that he held senior appointed positions within the Department of Defense."
Prior to serving the CIA, Harvey worked at the New York law office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. The international law firm, co-founded by Morris Hadley, a 1916 member of Yale University's secret society Skull & Bones, has ties to the CIA and lists William H. Webster, DCI from 1987-1991, as a senior partner. Webster also serves on the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
The Popular Mechanics article is one of the de facto "proofs" that people use to claim that the official story is true for some reason, meanwhile slandering the character of people who posit otherwise.
I just wanted to put this on record. The next time somebody tries to throw this PM article up as some kind of shining reason why no other theories can be true, they will be in the same crowd as people quoting Bill O'Reilly or Ann Cunter.
This article is thoroughly trounced as any kind of unbiased review of the facts - not only because of the distortions and misrepresentations in it, but also because the conflicts of interest that the creators never disclosed.
In the months leading up to the Chertoff article in PM, a brutal take-over occurred at the magazine. In September 2004, Joe Oldham, the magazines former editor-in-chief was replaced by James B. Meigs, who came to PM with a deputy, Jerry Beilinson, from National Geographic Adventure. In October, a new creative director replaced PMs 21-year veteran who was given ninety minutes to clear out of his office.
A former senior editor at PM, who is forbidden from openly discussing the coup at PM, told AFP that the former creative director was abruptly told to leave and given severance pay of two weeks wages for every year spent at PM. Three or four people have been similarly dismissed every month since, he said. He said he was astounded that the coup at PM had not been reported in the mainstream media.
The article was written by Michael Chertoff's nephew.
PM's editorial and creative staff were purged in the months before the article, and replaced abruptly
Cathleen P. Black (head of the magazine) is on the CFR
Her husband, who is not mentioned in her corporate biography, has a long history with the CIA and Defense Dept, including officially working for the government's external propaganda arm:
In the 1980s, Harvey served as General Counsel and Congressional Liaison of the U.S. Information Agency, the former external propaganda arm of the U.S. government. Harvey also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Army and Navy. In 1992, Harvey was personnel director for the Bush-Quayle 92 Campaign.
President Jimmy Carter made Harvey a White House Fellow in May 1977. "In that capacity," Harvey's biography reads, he "served as special assistant to the Director of the C.I.A. Following that he held senior appointed positions within the Department of Defense."
Prior to serving the CIA, Harvey worked at the New York law office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. The international law firm, co-founded by Morris Hadley, a 1916 member of Yale University's secret society Skull & Bones, has ties to the CIA and lists William H. Webster, DCI from 1987-1991, as a senior partner. Webster also serves on the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
is there new info on this story? cuz its like years old moron....
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
I thought you were having a little sarcastic fun at my expense.