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1. Jordan Given War Date
2. Mrs. Thatcher on Blair
3. Greenspan Defends His Knighthood
4. Jesse Jackson, Ted Turner -- Too Close to the Soviets?

1. Jordan Given War Date

NewsMax hears from a source close to Jordanian royal and military circles that Jordan believes the U.S. war against Iraq will begin anytime between Nov. 30 and Jan. 1.

The Israeli military has been told to prepare for hostilities as early as November. But some insiders think Israel pushed up the date to have its civilian population prepare weeks ahead of time.

Perhaps.

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2. Mrs. Thatcher on Blair

A source who has spoken to Margaret Thatcher says she applauds what Tony Blair has done in supporting U.S. efforts to force Saddam Hussein into U.N. compliance. But she also complained that it has caused enormous problems for the Conservative Party. Blair has not allowed the Loyal Opposition to gain any traction on significant issues. The Labour Party's traditional position against a strong British military and U.S. alliance had cost them in successive elections – until Tony Blair came along.

3. Greenspan Defends His Knighthood

Alan Greenspan recently received his knighthood, and he's keeping it, thank you.

And that comes from the chairman of the Federal Reserve himself, in correspondence NewsMax recently obtained.

When word first broke in August that Queen Elizabeth II was about to bestow a knighthood on Greenspan for "his outstanding contribution to global economic stability" (what was the Queen smoking when she said that?), the indefatigable Conservative Caucus Chairman Howard Phillips fired off a letter to Greenspan, saying such a move violated the Constitution prohibition against officials holding "titles." America, is, after all, a republic.

Greenspan fired back a letter to Phillips, saying his lawyer says he has every right, under federal law, to accept and keep his knighthood.

We thought we'd share the correspondence between Phillips and Greenspan.

Here is the letter from Howard Phillips:

Dear Mr. Chairman:

I noted in this morning's Washington Post that you expect to be awarded a knighthood by her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom.

In order to help spare you embarrassment, I call to your attention the provision of Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of the United States which asserts that "No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State". I would urge you to either secure advance Congressional approval for your receipt of this title, or that you respectfully decline.

Thank you for your consideration.

With Personal Best Wishes, I am

Sincerely,

Howard Phillips

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Greenspan's Response to Phillips:

Dear Mr. Phillips:

Thank you for your interest in my pending award of a knighthood by her Majesty's government in the United Kingdom.

I also believed that specific congressional approval was required. My general counsel, however, informed me to the contrary. His memo is enclosed. I trust this responds adequately to your concerns.

My best regards.

Sincerely,

Alan Greenspan

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Greenspan attached the following letter:

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

August 21, 2002

Office Correspondence

To: Chairman Greenspan

Subject: Foreign Decorations

From: Virgil Mattingly and Cary Williams

Mr. Phillips has asked whether the proposed honorary knighthood for you would violate the Emoluments Clause of the U. S. Constitution. This clause provides that:

[N]o person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them [the United States], shall without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or title, of any kind whatsoever, from any King, Prince or foreign state. (Emphasis added.)

Congress gave its consent to the acceptance of certain gifts and decorations in the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act (originally enacted in 1966). The Act provides as follows:

The Congress consents to the accepting, retaining, and wearing by an employee of a decoration tendered in recognition of active field service in time of combat operations or awarded for other outstanding or unusually meritorious performance, subject to the approval of the employing agency of such employee.

The Act defines "decoration" to include "an order, device, medal, badge, insignia, emblem or award." The Department of Justice has ruled that an honorary knighthood is an "order" as permitted by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act.

Recent examples of U. S. citizens who have been knighted by the Queen of England while they held public office include General Wesley Clark and General Norman Schwarzkopf (who was presented with his medal by the Queen at his Florida army base). U. S. citizens who are knighted may not use the title "Sir", but may use the initials representing the order of the knighthood they receive, such as "KBE" -- "Knight of the British Empire" -- after their name.

4. Jesse Jackson, Ted Turner – Too Close to the Soviets?

Peter Schweizer's newly released book, "Reagan's War: The Epic Story of His Forty-Year Struggle and Final Triumph Over Communism," is getting the typical liberal press attention.

We thought that might be due to the media's inbred hatred of Ronald Reagan.

But we realize the real problem with Schweizer's book: Using actual KGB, Stasi and other secret communist party archives, he reveals that the U.S. media served as the lackeys for the Soviets -- and that major Democrats worked behind the scenes to help the Russians.

Schweizer doesn't just allege this, he names names and has documents to prove it.

NewsMax has already reported that Jimmy Carter sought twice, in 1980 and 1984, to have the Russians intervene and attempt to influence the outcome of the presidential elections.

But it gets worse.

Schweizer reveals that the KGB had a source who was a Democratic Party insider.

He provided valuable inside information on Jimmy Carter and his policies. He was so senior that on one occasion the agent was part of a three-hour private meeting with only Carter, Gov. Brown of California and Sen. Alan Cranston.

According to the KGB report sent to the Politburo, the agent had "direct and prolonged conversations" with Jimmy Carter.

Schweizer also revealed that the East German Stasi had a source who worked for Jesse Jackson.

According to Stasi files, this source provided information on politics and Washington and what he believed would be Washington's next step.

"Indications are intensifying regarding a possible U.S. military engagement in Nicaragua," read a secret Stasi memorandum in 1984.

"It has been learned from leading circles close to J. [Jesse] Jackson that the Reagan Administration is preparing for a direct armed intervention in Nicaragua."

Schweizer reports that the Soviets and East Germans were heavily funding the peace movement and enjoyed considerable access in Washington.

Two Soviet Bloc agents, Romesh Chandra and Gert Bastain, spoke before Congress and were guests at receptions held by Congressmen Charles Rangel, Ron Dellums, Gus Savage and Don Edwards.

Chandra was a KGB agent; Bastain was on the Stasi payroll.

Soviet penetration of the peace movement was so successful that one KGB agent, Georgi Arbatov, was appointed by Ted Turner to the board of directors of the Better World Society.

The Better World Society soon after produced documentaries titled "Are We Winning, Mommy? America and the Cold War" and "A Step Away from War," which aired on Turner's TBS station. "A Step Away" was called "baldly propagandistic" by the Washington Post.

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