DECLASSIFIED: Israeli False Flag Attack Motivated Senate Investigation

Fears of false flag and foreign funded covert operations designed to influence US policy drove the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to launch exhaustive investigations and call for warranted enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).   A newly declassified March 17, 1961 memo unsealed and released by the National Archives and Records Administration on October 21, 2010 outlined the Senate's rational for investigating Israel lobbying groups and other foreign agents active across the United States:   "...In recent years there has been an increasing number of incidents involving attempts by foreign governments, or their agents, to influence the conduct of American foreign policy by techniques outside normal diplomatic channels..there have been occasions when representatives of other governments have been privately accused of engaging in covert activities within the United States and elsewhere, for the purpose of influencing United States Policy (the Lavon Affair)." The Lavon Affair refers to a false flag Israeli terrorist bombing plot code named "Operation Susannah" against US targets in Egypt.  It was designed to reverse US policy pressuring British withdrawals and reverting control of the Suez Canal to Egypt.  Israeli agents infiltrating as Arabs were discovered, arrested and criminally prosecuted in Egypt when their explosives malfunctioned, leading to a crisis in the Israeli government. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which mentioned Lavon twice in the three page memo, expressed concerns about investigating such sensitive matters.  "There would undoubtedly (even with care) be instances which would lead to foreign governmental protests, to violent attacks by special groups in the United States..."  The declassified files are now available at: http://www.irmep.org/ila/forrel  Press Release: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/157595 Israel Lobby Archive:      http://www.IRmep.org/ila/forrel/ *****************NEW: Jeffrey Blankfort interviewed by Kathleen Wells********************** http://www.race-talk.org/?p=5833 Kathleen Wells, J.D., a political correspondent for Race-Talk with degrees in political science and law (from UCLA and UC Berkeley) interviews Middle East analyst and journalist Jeffrey Blankfort about the Israel lobby. Excerpt: Kathleen Wells: "So essentially, your position is that Israel is not a 'cop on the beat,' is not a strategic asset or interest for the United States. Is that the position you're taking?" Jeffrey Blankfort: "It is not only that. It has been more of a liability. And that every President since President Nixon has made an effort, some more than others, to actually get Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories -- first, Egypt, Syria and as well as the West Bank and Gaza -- not for the benefit of the Palestinians, but because it was in U.S. interest, and there are a number of scholars who have said that over the years ...." Transcripts (PDF) at: http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/JBPART1.pdf http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/JBPART2.pdf http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/JBPart3.pdf Audio files (MP3) available at: http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/BlankfortPT1.mp3 http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blackfortpt2.mp3 http://www.race-talk.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blankfortpt3.mp3