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Neoconservative Influences on US Policies

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  1. 1999: Neoconservative Philosopher: Intelligence Provides a Means to Policy Ends, by Necessity Steeped in Deception
  2. Late 1930s - 1950s: Neoconservative Philosophy Grows from Communist Intellectuals’ Disenchantment with Soviet Ideology
  3. 1990-1991: Chalabi Furthers Ties with US Neoconservatives
  4. December 1998 - Fall 1999: ’Vulcans’ Tutor Bush on Foreign Affairs
  5. Autumn 1992: Influential Neoconservative Academic Advocates Breaking Up Middle Eastern Countries, Including Iraq
  6. Early 2002: Pentagon Neoconservatives Push Iraq-Niger Uranium Claims
  7. Early 2002: Administration Neoconservatives ‘Will Not Win the Policy’ toward Iraq, Former National Security Adviser Privately Says
  8. Early 1998: Neoconservatives Uneasy about Bush Run for White House, but Candidate Is ‘Tabula Rasa’ on Foreign Affairs
  9. Early 1970s: Neoconservatives Coalesce around Conservative Democratic Senator
  10. Early 1976: Neoconservative ‘Team B’ of Outside Intelligence Analysts Created
  11. Late March 1989 and After: Defense Secretary Cheney Advocates Enforced Regime Change in Soviet Union
  12. Late November 1976: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Embraces ‘Team B’ Findings
  13. Late November, 1976: Team B Breaches Security to Successfully Whip up Fears of Soviet Threat
  14. Late December 2000: Sexual Liaisons Cost Wolfowitz Post as Director of CIA
  15. Late December 2000 and Early January 2001: Bush Transition Teams Install Neoconservatives in Key Offices
  16. Late 1969: Neoconservatives Escape Punishment for Leaking Classified Information
  17. Late 2000: Book Favored by Prominent Neoconservatives Argues that Hussein Was Behind 1993 WTC Bombing
  18. Late 1984: Neoconservative Lands Position at NSC, Suggests Israel Might Help Free US Hostages
  19. Late Summer 1996: Neoconservatives Push for War with Iraq, Reshaping of Middle East to Favor Israel
  20. Late Summer 1996: Neoconservative Author Wants US to Redraw Map of Middle East
  21. Mid-September-October 2001: Neoconservatives Attempt to Link Iraqi Government to 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks
  22. Mid-1982: Neoconservative Names Colleague as Deputy in Defense Department
  23. Mid-1970s: Hawks, Neoconservatives Join Forces to Oppose Detente, Arms Control Talks
  24. Summer 1972 and After: Neoconservatives Work to Toughen US Policy towards Soviet Union
  25. March, 2001: Perle Says Hussein Has Weapons of Mass Destruction
  26. 2000: Former CIA Director Woolsey Works With Chalabi’s INC
  27. February 2003: New Neoconservative Blueprint for Post-Saddam Iraq Completed
  28. February 1999: David Wurmser Urges US to Support Insurgency in Iraq
  29. Late July or Early August 2001: US Authorities Look into Theory that Iraq Had Role in 1993 WTC Bombing
  30. July 2002: Michael Ledeen Attempts to Deal with Iranians, Despite Previous White House Instructions Not To
  31. 2000: Michael Ledeen: Leaders May Have to ‘Enter into Evil’ under Certain Circumstances
  32. After November 2000: Neoconservative Michael Ledeen Regularly Provides Karl Rove with Advice, which Sometimes Becomes Official Policy
  33. April 2002: Neoconservatives Say War against Iraq Is about Redrawing ‘Geopolitical Map of the Middle East’
  34. 1960s: Ahmed Chalabi Studies at University of Chicago; Meets Albert Wohlstetter
  35. Spring 2004: Neoconservative Calls Chalabi a ‘Treacherous, Spineless Turncoat’
  36. 1997-1998: Ahmed Chalabi Befriends Neoconservatives, Advocates Overthrow of Iraqi Government
  37. July 1998: Prominent Neoconservative Says INC Control of Northern Iraq Would Increase Israeli Security
  38. September 2002: Woolsey: Use Iraqi Oil to Entice Cooperation from France, Russia
  39. December 2002: Abrams Appointed to Senior NSC Position
  40. November 2002-December 2002: Abrams Leads Secretive Neocon Planning Group for Iraq Occupation
  41. Early January 2002: Neoconservatives Purge Defense Department of Opponents to Iraq War
  42. Mid-September 2001: Neoconservatives Look to Tie Iraq to 1993 WTC Bombing, but Evidence Contradicts Their Theory
  43. August 2002: Neocons Give Unconvincing Presentation on Iraq Ties to Al-Qaeda; Information Used by Bush, Tenet, Right-Wing Supporters
  44. Summer 2002: Wolfowitz Disseminates Opinion on Tubes from Non-Expert to his Friends in Government
  45. September 2002: ’Office of Special Plans’ Created; ‘Stovepipes’ Questionable Intelligence Reports to Office of Vice President
  46. June 2002: Defense Official Secretly Attends Secret Meeting in Paris without White House Approval
  47. Late 2002-2003: Pentagon Neoconservatives Receptive to Israeli Intelligence Dismissed by CIA
  48. March 2007: Journalist Calls Neocon Policy Paper ‘A Playbook for US-Israel Foreign Policy During Bush-Cheney Era’
  49. March 2007: Neoconservative Says War in Iraq is ‘Senseless’ without a ‘Regional Context’
  50. January 2007: ’Surge’ Plan Created by Neoconservative Think Tank