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Perle Resigns : Controversial Figure Quits Advisory Panel
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by Brian Hartman, Martha Raddatz and Chris Vlasto © 2004 ABC
News Internet Ventures
Washington, DC -- Wednesday, February 25, 2004 -- A controversial
associate of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has resigned from
his seat on a key Pentagon advisory panel, ABC News has
learned.
Richard Perle, a lightning-rod for critics of the Bush
administration's national security policies, informed Rumsfeld more
than two weeks ago he was quitting the Defense Policy Board. He
confirmed the decision in a letter to the defense chief last
Wednesday.
Activist Claims Victory in Perle Resignation
© 2004 CERJ -- Permission to Freely Reprint is Granted by the
Publisher
A relatively-unknown Vermont activist has claimed responsibility
for the recent resignation of neo-con Richard Perle from the
Pentagon's Defense Policy Board (DPB).
John Wilmerding, 55, of Brattleboro, VT, founder of an obscure,
below-the-radar internet activist group known as the Coalition
for Equity-Restorative Justice (CERJ), says that his groups
efforts are responsible for making Perle's continuation on the
Board untenable.
"It started last year when we learned that Perle had been
conducting secret meetings with international arms merchant Adnan
Khashoggi," said Wilmerding. "We then began to publish a series of
parodies and satires intended to pressure Perle to step down."
One of the secret meetings held by Perle was brought to light by
veteran commentator Seymour Hersh of The New Yorker magazine. Hersh
was able to produce records indicating that Perle had met in secret
with Khashoggi in Marseilles, France a few months before.
"We were able to prove to the public that Perle was abusing the
authority of his office at the Pentagon," Wilmerding continued. "In
addition to the secret deals cut with Khashoggi, we uncovered
information indicating that Perle was selling his influence with
government to various other commercial concerns."
Perle was recently accused in various media outlets of offering his
services in procuring government influence for a fee. Wilmerding
and CERJ capitalized on this by christening him the "Perle of Cheap
Price", a reference to a Biblical quote, and further lampooned
Khashoggi with the use of the monicker "Cash-hoggie".
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