Pure Perle! Ok, so I've

Pure Perle!

Ok, so I've run out of expletives. Perle's been exposed by the best lately, and yet I've seen nothing from the Democrats of an official inquiry. Ah well - this stuff gets complicated, but Arianna Huffington, proves once again she is the queen of skewering pigs who are still feeding at the trough. In her latest column she says:

"As chairman of the Pentagon's influential Defense Policy Board -- a position that is unpaid but still subject to government ethics rules -- Perle has been the frothing pit bull of the Bush administration's dogs of war. At the same time, he is the managing partner of Trireme Partners, a firm that specializes in homeland security and defense, and serves on the Board of Directors of Autonomy, a software company whose clients include the Defense and Homeland Security Departments.

"Perle's latest deal finds him on the payroll of Global Crossing. The bankrupt telecommunications company is struggling to win government approval for its proposed sale to Asian investors. The Defense Department and the FBI are both opposed to the $250 million deal since it would place Global's fiber optic network -- which is used by the U.S. government -- under the control of Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong firm with close ties to those freedom loving folks in Beijing."

For more of this column - and future ones - I suggest you rush right out and sign up for a fee email subscription. I did some weeks ago. She's not only fun to read, but she does do a better job of explaining this type of garbage than most. Did I mentin that she used to be a top aid to arch conservative Newt Gingrich? She seems to know where a lot of the bodies are buried. Posted by Greg Stone at March 26, 2003 01:48 PM