Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld
Born	Donald Henry Rumsfeld 1932-07-09 Evanston, Illinois, US
Alma mater	Princeton University, Georgetown University
Religion	Protestant
Children	• Valerie Marcy • Donald Nicholas
Spouse	Joyce Pierson
Member of	Balkan Action Committee, Committee for the Free World, Gilead Sciences, Hoover Institution/Fellows, Le Cercle, Project for the New American Century, US/Deep state
Party	Republican
United States Secretary of Defense In office January 20, 2001 - December 18, 2006 Preceded by William Cohen Succeeded by Robert Gates  Chairman In office 1996 - 1995 Employer RAND Corporation Succeeded by Michel Bon, Charles Powell  Chairman In office 1981 - 1986 Employer RAND Corporation Succeeded by Richard Snyder  United States Secretary of Defense In office November 20, 1975 - January 20, 1977 Preceded by James Schlesinger Succeeded by Harold Brown  White House Chief of Staff  In office September 21, 1974 - November 20, 1975 Preceded by Alexander Haig Succeeded by Dick Cheney  United States Ambassador to NATO In office February 2, 1973 - December 5, 1974 Preceded by David Kennedy  and 21st United States Secretary of Defense In office January 20, 2001 - December 18, 2006  and 21st United States Secretary of Defense In office November 20, 1975 - January 20, 1977  Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity In office May 27, 1969 - December 11, 1970  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th district In office January 3, 1963 - March 20, 1969

Rumsfeld was a roommate of Frank Carlucci at Princeton University where he graduated in 1954 with a degree in political science. He was listed as #4 on a list of top 43 Appointees Who Helped Make Bush The Worst President Ever.

Torture

Donald Rumsfeld was an enthusiastic supporter of "enhanced interrogation", and his tenure as US Defense Secretary was marked by torture and the events of Abu Ghraib. He has never been brought to justice for these crimes. In June 2013 the US Supreme Court confirmed a federal appeals court ruling by ruling that Rumsfeld cannot be held liable for any illegal actions of his subordinates. He was being sued for personally authorising "enhanced interrogation" techniques, the court ruled that US military officials are immune to civil lawsuits over torture.

WTC 7 Denial

When asked about the demolition of WTC 7, Donald Rumsfeld audaciously claimed that he had never heard of it.

Defense secretary

Retired 4-star general Wesley Clark (former supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe 1997-2001) stated the US military had already formed plans to invade 7 countries in and around the Middle East:

In 2001, in the Pentagon, a general told me : ‘I just received a classified memo from the Secretary of Defense [Rumsfeld]: we will take seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and finally, Iran.’

"War on Terror"

May Ayres' piece, 'A master teller of feary tales'

 

Appointments by Donald Rumsfeld

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
Arthur Hull Hayes	FDA/Commissioner	13 April 1981	11 September 1983	De facto appointment by selection for Ronald Reagan
William Schneider	Defense Science Board/Chairman	2002	2009	Continued to advocate use of nuclear weapons in some limited first-strike situations.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1975	25 April 1975	27 April 1975	Turkey Golden Dolphin Hotel Cesme	The 24th Bilderberg Meeting, 98 guests
Bilderberg/2002	30 May 2002	2 June 2002	US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott	The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia.

 

Related Documents

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Bush Cheney Rumsfeld and 9/11	webpage	1 December 2005	Matt Everett
Document:Donald Rumsfeld and the demolition of WTC 7	article	22 May 2014	Kevin Ryan	Further evidence of Donald Rumsfeld's complicity in the events of 9/11, with particular reference to his substantial connection to WTC7 and his lying about it and its destruction..
Document:Sanitising the Iraq War	article	6 July 2016	Jonathon Shafi	The full horror of what Blair unleashed will never be truly understood in the West. And, internationally the full consequences of this war are still to be felt. As the sister of a soldier killed in Iraq said: “There is one terrorist in this world and his name is Tony Blair.”
Document:We are the war criminals now	Article	29 November 2001	Robert Fisk	George W. Bush says that "you are either for us or against us" in the war for civilisation against evil. Well, I'm sure not for bin Laden. But I'm not for Bush. I'm actively against the brutal, cynical, lying "war of civilisation" that he has begun so mendaciously in our name and which has now cost as many lives as the World Trade Center mass murder.

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