2 additions to the berg story just if you wanna keep on the front foot on this one...

further to the spookiness of the berg/moore thingy - this article says: " The sister of Nick Berg says she's dumbfounded by reports that liberal icon Michael Moore had filmed an interview with her late brother for his new anti-war film. "I'm very skeptical of this," and "she said there was no way to confirm that Moore had sent a tape of the reported 20-minute interview to their parents' home in West Chester, as the filmmaker suggested in a statement Thursday, because the couple has been away."
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/8788000.htm
(its a KR story)

theres a very odd and apparently unlikely possibility developing - that moore didnt interview berg at all which would open up an entire pandora - box and all. itll be interesting to see if the tape gets released, and if the date can be verified. praps its the footage from the abuG interviews, well edited after 3 weeks?

i think i mentioned the other day that the family said moore was being really good about it - if they were all in contact with each other, why was the tape sent to the house when they are away for two weeks? and why not fedex a copy to the sister. and why dont the grieving parents come home to see the last footage of their dead son?

i mentioned at the start of the beheading story that maybe mr berg is on his own beach somewhere- and i mentioned in passing (with disclaimers) that his dad didnt seem too upset when nick died... i wonder if the beach thing is an increasingly likely scenario.

none of this explains moores role *if* he is making the entire thing up (im not suggesting he is - im just trying to follow the facts). why would they ask him to do it? what are they trying to 'prove'? and why would he do it? im completely guessing/floundering here - speculative hypothesis on speculative hypothesis and all that. dadberg is anti-bush , moore is antibush, kidberg was apparently pro. praps the cia is getting nervous about the fact that the beheading video story is unravelling, and so they need a cover story - "kidberg was a treasonous spy" or some such and was desevedly/accidentally tortured to death. but surely they dont need moore to do that? in this fanciful scenario, it'd be fun to see how they explain the video part of the story tho - blame it on russian jewish oil interests somehow??? dog only knows - the whole story has got my head going loop-de-luke.

why would moore do it? an island in the sun maybe? or did they threaten to kill him? praps theres a side deal re f911 distribution - perhaps he'll get distribution but have to make some minor edits. or praps no distribution and instant retirement and a billion bux or something... praps we'll see him keep quiet for a bit 'out of respect for the family' (out of all the others to whom he doesnt totally extend that same courtesy). again, this is all total speculation, i havent got a clue.

and in case you are wondering what the more extreme conspiracy theorists are saying - heres a very dodgy one - http://www.godlikeproductions.com/bbs/message.php?message=326340&mpage=4&topic=3&showdate=5/26/04&replies=112 which indicts kerry thru skull&bones, and says that berg dropped atta's passport at wtc on 911.

the rant is all very conspira-spooky and i dont make anything of it at all - although it seems kinda clear that any attempt to pull all the facts together is necessarily gonna sound spooky - and one of them has to be correct...

one things for sure - we havent heard the end of this story and there are tentacles everywhere. theres a growing sense that this berg thingy could be the thing that brings down the house of cards. with or without moore, it seemed like a pretty desperate thing to do, from which perhaps we can infer that the times are also desperate - perhaps we'll see some increasing escalation as tends to happen in these matters...

the 64 million squid question of course, is how graceful an exit will we see if someone pulls out a card or two from the bottom? kerplunk. military coup or martial law? both? the election looks a long way away.

lemme know if this berg thing is boring.