"B’nai Brith cannot risk engaging in rational argument. Therefore it resorts to disreputable tactics like ad hominem insults, begging the question, scaremongering and Israel-as-victim propaganda."

"Overall, the matter of Washington’s spying at the United Nations has been off the American media map until February. Whether the major U.S. news outlets will do a better job on the subject this spring remains to be seen."

"Two of the most powerful institutions to support Israel are the two most influential papers in America that more than any other give guidance to our foreign policy establishment."

"...while Israelis plan effectively, Arabs react ineffectually and the United States enables. That's the sad story, still playing out today."

"The fact that the legality of the Wall is even being debated raises the possibility that coercion and propaganda could pervert the ICJ’s opinion. Already more than 33 servile governments have filed statements in support of Israel’s preposterous position."

"For a very long time, Ralph Nader has exemplified the spirit of a key observation from George Orwell: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” Now, many longtime allies are trying to tell Nader what he doesn’t want to hear about his planned 2004 presidential race. Without trying to impinge on his liberty, they are making good use of their own."

"This issue, winning in November, is what this primary contest is about. While the Democrats may attack each other, they know that this intramural fight is but a warm-up for what will be a brutal November election. And Democrats want a nominee who will withstand the assault and show that he has “what it takes to win.”

"After 27 years as a CIA analyst, Ray McGovern knows a few things about propaganda. He notes that “the ‘investigation’ is slated to go past the election. Members will be picked by the president, and the scope is unconscionably wider than is necessary.” McGovern contends that “the key question for 2004 is whether the administration’s stranglehold on the media can be loosened to the point where the electorate can wake up, take away the president’s driver’s license and put an end to the reckless endangerment.”