<html> i'm not sure it's quite this simple, michael.    from what i gather about levine, he wants to get what he considers "the word" out and doesn't care how he does it, who publishes it, etc.     a read of his essay in Kristina Borjesson's (sp?) book Into the Buzz Saw makes his motives regarding his publicity problem a bit clearer, i believe.    not saying i agree with levine; but his approach makes sense.   he's one of several whistle blowers the great mass media completely turns its back on.   in his place, i'd probably do the same thing. as i understand it, the main thrust of his message is that the CIA, FBI, et al are so corrupt at the top that there's no hope of them providing any effective antiTerrorism to protect us citizens of the US as these agencies are currently constituted.    the CIA has been interfering with DEA drug busts for years to protect "assets" like noriega, for example.   also, levine is very clear and accurate regarding CIA drug smuggling into the US.   if you know anyone with a drug problem (present or past), which most of us do, i'll lay you 10000 to one his/her drugs were smuggled into the US by the CIA, going way back to the vietnam era. it's refreshing to hear an experience DEA agent, and legal expert, call the CIA the Cocaine Importing Agency, the Criminally Inept Agency, etc.    the american public are paying the freight for this criminal enterprise and deserve an accounting. R At 07:11 AM 7/1/2002 -0700, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>   Levine plays both sides of the street, from the John Birch Society on the far right to Flashpints on KPFA. <a href="http://thenewamerican.com/tna/1997/vo13no22/vo13no22_battle.htm" eudora="autourl">http://thenewamerican.com/tna/1997/vo13no22/vo13no22_battle.htm</a> Michael Pugliese</blockquote></html>