Larry Johnson
- : Larry C. Johnson is the Managing Partner and founder of BERG Associates, LLC, an international business-consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. BERG that specializes in counter terrorism and money laundering investigations. Prior to forming BERG, Mr. Johnson worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (1985-1989) and the Department of State's Office of the Coordinator for Counter Terrorsim (1989-1993). Since 1994 Mr. Johnson has helped script terrorism exercises for the U.S. military forces that have the counter terrorism mission. Mr. Johnson also has served as an instructor for the U.S. State Department's Anti-Terrorism Training Program, where he has lectured on Current Terrorist Threats and Trends and on International Accords for Combating Terrorism to officials from more than 45 countries. Mr. Johnson has directed or participated in the forensic audits of banks and casinos Latin America, tested procedures and systems for detecting and preventing money laundering, and directed the forensic audit of a multi-million dollar business suspected of money laundering in the Colon Free Zone of Panama. Mr. Johnson manages and directs BERG Associates investigations of international fraud and product counterfeiting, which has resulted in the confiscation of products worth one million dollars, fines totaling $500,000, and criminal penalties for the offenders.
Obama's Foreign Policy Follies
The American people are getting a chance to see how unprepared Barack Obama’s team of advisors are to help lead this country through the minefield of foreign policy problems that await the next President. Thank God Barack’s advisors are not...more »
Posted on March 7, 2008 5:54 PM
Obama and His Advisors Not Ready for Prime Time
Thanks to Alegre for an insightful video clip that summarizes succinctly the inept incompetence of the Obama foreign policy team. Susan Rice, a senior Obama foreign policy advisor, who served on the National Security Council and later as the Assistant...more »
Posted on March 6, 2008 1:52 PM
Is Barack Learning Foreign Policy?
Can we finally dispense with the nonsense that Barack Obama represents a “new” and “different” type of political candidate? The dust up over the Canadian TV report that an advisor of Barack Obama’s did the old Monty Python, “wink,...more »
Posted on March 3, 2008 7:22 PM
Obama’s Judgment on the Eve of Judgment Day
It is no secret that I have serious reservations about Barack Obama’s lack of experience and questionable judgment. And, until recently, the media avoided doing hard hitting pieces on the good Senator. Well, it appears that the main steam media...more »
Posted on March 1, 2008 9:55 PM
Why Can't Obama Get His Facts Right on Iraq?
I am familiar with the tired litany that Barack Obama represents "new" politics and a break with the past. Well, count me unconvinced, particularly in light of his preposterous claim that he was showing courage in 2002 because he spoke...more »
Posted on February 29, 2008 6:18 PM
Senator McCain, Meet General Casey
Want further proof that John McCain is living in an alternate universe when it comes to Iraq? Check out this exchange on Iraq in tonight’s debate: (Here's the video link) Did you catch McCain’s key quip? “I know of no...more »
Posted on January 24, 2008 11:15 PM
Didn’t Obama Watch the Firm?
I guess Senator Obama was just too busy working for the poor and homeless in Chicago to take time to watch the Tom Cruise movie, The Firm. Because if he had the Tony Rezko case would not be biting...more »
Posted on January 22, 2008 7:57 PM
Do the Math
The Washington Post is out Monday with an article pushing the nonsense that most of the violence in Iraq, particularly suicide bombers, was caused by foreign fighters. Karen DeYoung writes: Based on the Sinjar records, U.S. military officials in Iraq...more »
Posted on January 21, 2008 12:45 PM
A Letter to Jay Solomon and Siobhan Gorman
Dear Jay: Did you readily agree to the title heading your article in today’s Wall Street Journal, In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed Over Cheney Team? Because the article, at least as I read it, is a smear of Tom...more »
Posted on January 14, 2008 5:37 PM
More on Charlie Wilson's War
COMMENT BY LARRY JOHNSON. I have received some back channel emails from several friends–retired military and intelligence officers–who knew Charlie Wilson or worked on the Afghan Task Force in some form or fashion. Folks have different views and thoughts. ...more »
Posted on January 10, 2008 7:50 PM
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Reed,
where to begin? for starters, the charge that McCain fathered a black child was just plain false. however, the comments by Jeremiah Wright (a guy Barack calls uncle) were not throwaways from one Sunday when the old guy was hitting the sauce. Accusing whites of being the cause of HIV is a little more than "harshly speaking". Harshly speaking? How much koolaid you been drinking dude?And dismissing Ayers actions of 40 years ago as no big deal. Hmm? Should we tell Elie Weisel to STFU because the holocaust happened 63 years ago?
You need to work on your arguments. Pretty weak stuff.
Posted at April 25, 2008 12:27 AM in response to The Swiftboating Begins
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Read Josh's frontpage:
After being asked whether Canadian officials asked for — or received — any briefings from a Clinton campaign representative outlining her plans on NAFTA, a spokeswoman for the prime minister offered a response Friday.
"The answer is no, they did not," said Harper spokeswoman Sandra Buckler.
That response will come as a relief to the Clinton campaign, which has angrily denied that it has engaged in the kind of double-talking hypocrisy of which it accuses Mr. Obama.
Posted at March 7, 2008 8:05 PM in response to Obama's Foreign Policy Follies
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I have no problem with them speaking candidly. The problem is that Obama is not speaking candidly. I would respect him if he admitted these issues were complex and not easily solved. But he doesn't. He simply promises "HOPE".
Posted at March 7, 2008 6:44 PM in response to Obama's Foreign Policy Follies
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Yep, typical Obamatrons. When you can't deal with substance go for ad hominem. Classy
Posted at March 6, 2008 2:52 PM in response to Obama and His Advisors Not Ready for Prime Time
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Fascinating. Instead of dealing with the substance of the post you raise an extraneous issue. Answer the Obama question first. Equating a missed vote with a failure to hold hearings on something your candidate claims is important is not even in the same ball park.
Posted at March 1, 2008 10:28 PM in response to Obama’s Judgment on the Eve of Judgment Day
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So words don't matter? Hmm. That's not what Obama says. But please explain how you can be in the "midst of a U.S. Senate campaign" when you have not announced for said campaign or filed papers to run. That ain't semantics.
Posted at February 29, 2008 7:15 PM in response to Why Can't Obama Get His Facts Right on Iraq?
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If you took time to pay attention, I do not link to nor advertise my own blog. While I cross post at my blog and here, I have never tried to drive traffic to my blog. In fact, I have not even mentioned its address. Get the fucking point?
I don't make a dime off of TPM. I like Josh and the gang. I respect Josh's opinions. We occasionally have differences. Are you looking for some sort of pure, ideologically tested site? At least Josh tolerates differences of opinion. And if you find my comments and writing asinine, don't read it. Who put a gun to your head or duct taped your hands to the keyboard and forced you to read and comment. Geez!
Posted at January 23, 2008 8:06 PM in response to Didn’t Obama Watch the Firm?
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Apparently so. He may have worked at the Joint Staff for a period while on active duty. He's now out of the Reserve and was working as a contractor of some sort.
Posted at January 9, 2008 7:07 PM in response to Islamofascist Nonsense
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I share your sentiment. A muslim bent on proving the imperialist objective of Christianity could do so by citing a few choice passages from the New Testament.
Posted at January 9, 2008 3:09 PM in response to Islamofascist Nonsense
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I first came across this while working on a US military base last year. One of my colleagues flagged it to me because he believed it validated some of the things he thought we should be doing in Iraq. I was horrified and pointed out to him that this was base propaganda.
Unfortunately, this is viewed by many is some of our most highly skilled, highly classified units as an "accurate" summary of the threat.
Posted at January 9, 2008 3:07 PM in response to Islamofascist Nonsense
