Another weekend, another scramble to bring your attention to the last round of great Watchers Council posts before the next one goes live. Kennedy’s death was obviously the most topical subject, with sentiments running about the way you’d expect…….

Something about aid and comfort to our enemies?

How about violations of the Logan Act, one of the oldest laws on the books?

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I got a million of ‘em folks! I’m here all week!

Dig him up and use a firing squad to shoot the sonofabitch!

Still I am shocked he did this as a United States Senator. As a elected representative of the American people this man actually had the gall to invite a foreign power, our mortal enemy, to meddle in the Republic’s internal affairs? I shouldn’t be surprised, he was a Kennedy after all, but still. Thank the Lord he did not succeed, and Reagan brought about the collapse of the Soviet Union. The fall of the evil empire was long overdue.

Doesn’t mean a thing nowadays does it?

Editorials/Op-Ed
Cold War contacts
TODAY’S COLUMNIST
By John Smith
John Smith
February 8, 2007
In 1983, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy offered to help the Soviets mount a public-relations offensive in the
United States. This propaganda attack would target President Reagan and his policies. These are the
same policies that eventually ended the Cold War and reduced the possibility of nuclear annihilation.
This charge was made by Paul Kengor in his book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of
Communism.”
This new book adds to research done by Herb Romerstein, Yevgenia Albats, Vladimir Bukovsky,
Pavel Stroilov and others. They all indicate that Mr. Kennedy felt that any bad relations between the
United States and the Soviet Union were the sole fault of Mr. Reagan and that talk of a Soviet military
threat was nonsense. These articles seem to validate reports that were first published by Vasili Mitrokhin
— the former KGB historian who secretly copied sensitive KGB files and released them after the fall of
the Soviet Union.
According to this research and released KGB papers, Mr. Kennedy felt that the booming economy
during Mr. Reagan’s presidency made him popular — and thus a difficult target for Democratic
criticism. Because of this, Mr. Kennedy reportedly felt that Mr. Reagan’s only weakness was in foreign
policy. Here, the articles say Mr. Kennedy felt the Soviets might be of assistance, if Mr. Kennedy and
the Democrats could get the ear of the general-secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Numerous articles also saidthatthisanti-Reagan/anti-U.S. conspiracy was not a one-man operation by
Mr. Kennedy. They indicate that former Sen. John V. Tunney, a California Democrat, went to Moscow
and met with officials of the KGB on Mr. Kennedy’s behalf. Additionally, in their book “The Sword
And The Shield,” Christopher Andrew and Vasili Metrokhin said that as early as 1975 the KGB began
operations to penetrate the inner circles of a number of leading Democrats, including the likes of Mr.
Kennedy and Ramsey Clark. They also mentioned that a Democratic Party activist had been recruited by
the KGB and had supplied the Soviets with information from a variety of Democratic leaders, including
President Carter.
Speaking of Jimmy Carter, according to John Burtis of the Canada Free Press, Mr. Kennedy also
worked against Mr. Carter in 1979. Mr. Burtis reported that Mr. Kennedy offered to help Moscow when
Mr. Carter harshly criticized the Soviets for their invasion of Afghanistan. According to Charles Dunn,
the dean of the Robertson School of Government at Regent University, these types of subversive
activities were in “clear violation of the U.S. Constitution and at the expense of presidential authority.”
Here the question arises, are these accusations true? Would a U.S. senator, the brother of a beloved
U.S. president, conspire with the Soviets against his own country? The works by Messrs. Metrokhin,
Kengor and Romerstein, and others seem to lend credence to the charges if they don’t actually confirm
them.
In considering all this information, it is necessary to understand how the USSR and the KGB
operated during the Cold War. The Soviet KGB (i.e. the Secret Police) was nothing if not thorough.
Visitors to Moscow, especially important visitors, could count on total and constant surveillance, both
audio and video. Total surveillance would include meetings, private conversations, bedrooms and even
bathrooms. The Soviets were also masters in using any information that was acquired to manipulate or
even blackmail the victim. So, like perversion of the Miranda rights statement, anything anyone said or
did in Moscow could be and often was used against them — but not in a court of law.
Cold War contacts – Editorials/Op-Ed – The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper Page 1 of 2
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20070207-090506-1276r.htm 2/8/2007
Reportedly, after Mr. Reagan left office, Mr. Tunney said that he had indeed contacted the Soviets on
behalf of several U.S. senators — not just Mr. Kennedy. So, the question is, did some of the Democratic
Party leadership offer to work with the Soviet KGB against Mr. Reagan? If so, were they later
blackmailed into working for the KGB and against the United States on other fronts? How many
Democratic politicians were compromised and later blackmailed? Lastly, if they were controlled by the
Soviets, are they now “influenced” by the Russians? Inquiring minds want to know.
Any foreign influence over U.S. politicians could have drastic consequences in the politically charged
atmosphere seen in today’s Washington.
The bottom line is that if there is any shred of truth in these documented stories, the senator from
Massachusetts, as well as any other compromised politicians, should resign or be kicked out of the
Senate or Congress.

Inzax on August 31, 2009 at 6:38 PM

If the document were planted by the KGB and/or was not accurate, I would expect Kennedy to have disputed its contents when it was first published by Paul Kengor in his book The Crusader, in 2006. Instead, when the document was published, “Senator Kennedy’s office didn’t dispute its authenticity, instead ambiguously (and briefly) arguing with its “interpretation.” Based on that, I think the document is exactly what it appears to be.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/kgb_kennedy_the_ted_kennedy_i.html

….but the fact that he relayed his ambitions to a foreign potentate and begged for his assistance should be enough to blacken Kennedy’s political reputation for good, or at least everywhere outside of Massachusetts.

But…….he wanted healthcare for all! He told the Pope, ya know.

As much as I think Kennedy would do something like this you still have to consider other possibilities.

Speaking of Kerry, he held clandestine talks with the Vietcong, didn’t he, in 1978? While he was still in uniform?

YehuditTX on August 31, 2009 at 5:07 PM

Earlier than 1978-the war ended in 1975. But you’re correct, he did hold talks with the enemy.

His reward? His party named him their standard-bearer in 2004, then happily gave him a pass when he refused to release all of his military records to the public.

BTW, did you know he served in Vietnam?

If, as it has been repeatedly said, he was a truly religious person he must have been dreading his impending conversation with St. Peter.

Abortion, Sara Jane, and several violations of the 10 Commandments all came down on the negative side of the ledger. The few things that would show up on the positive side were mainly secular and of little interest to the Holy Host.

What’s purgatory like Sen. Kennedy?

Walters continues to do so, and she serves as Grande Dame on “The View,” the indoctrination entertainment of empty-headed women in America.

onlineanalyst on August 31, 2009 at 5:24 PM

You best check with Oprah about that.

Back then you had the potentates at ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc. deciding what was – and what was NOT – news.

manofaiki on August 31, 2009 at 3:39 PM
When is back then, yesterday? Your post insinuates that is not true today, whereas the news is still filtered through these State run news networks.

Wade on August 31, 2009 at 4:37 PM

Are you sure you meant “State” run?

If that were the case, Kennedy wouldn’t have been able to even consider making “certain the networks gave Andropov air time–and that they rigged the arrangement to look like honest journalism.”

No, that’s more like Liberal run.

Esthier on August 31, 2009 at 3:25 PM

Teddy’s “accident” happened too close on the heels of JFK’s assassination–I know, six years–but the nation was fed the narrative of the Kennedy curse. In self-protection over the multiple shocks and the building anti-war furor/riots, people were hiding from hard truths out of self-protection from further assaults.

Why the surprise Master chief? Kennedy’s ideology was always openly hostile to the service. That they ran a shadow foreign policy hostile to the nation is not that big a leap.

elduende on August 31, 2009 at 3:03 PM

Well … I’m not really surprised. But I am pretty pissed off about this. As I stated, I was underway a lot back then and missed a lot that was happening. In fact – I’m still catching up on all the stuff that happened that I missed then.

I missed this … I didn’t know about this.

And the press and Democrats allowed this bastards to serve after finding out about this?

Nixon covered up a freaking botched break-in for crying out loud. He never did anything remotely close to this treasonous stuff.

My 18-year-old daughter asked me over the weekend how Teddy boy could’ve stayed in Congress for 50 years with all of the crap he’s done.

I asked a slightly-less-lefty-than-usual Massachusetts liberal that question. He said Kennedy and Kerry accrued more and more seniority and were able to bring home better and better pork. Same story with Murtha, who even blatantly insulted his constituents by calling them racists, and they voted him back in anyway,

4Freedom on August 31, 2009 at 4:09 PM

Nice try, but no cigar. You are correct about the overwhelming elite snotty academic attitude. However, it bleeds over into business community and treatment of others. It is a very cold, unfriendly, me 1st attitude in every aspect of live in Taxachusetts. RI and Ct are no better.