Tag Archives: Chas Freeman

Chas Freeman’s Saudi fable

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Martin Kramer

The other day, I brought this January 2004 quote from Chas Freeman, just named to head of the National Intelligence Council (NIC): The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi Arabia, I was told … Continue reading →

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Chas Freeman’s crystal ball

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Martin Kramer

It is May 2000. You are Bill Clinton, contemplating what you still might achieve in the Middle East in your last eight months in the White House. You call in one of your intelligence chiefs, and ask a bottom-line question. … Continue reading →

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Chas Freeman and preemptive cringe

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Martin Kramer

Charles “Chas” Freeman, the former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia who is slated to become chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), is being praised by his supporters as a brilliantly “contrarian” analyst. But has anyone gone back to examine the … Continue reading →

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Chas Freeman and 9/11

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Martin Kramer

How important has resentment of Israel been to Al Qaeda’s terrorism? Here is one side of the argument, by an American who knows Saudi Arabia well: The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi … Continue reading →

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