{"id":1152,"date":"2008-12-01T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/2008\/12\/01\/washington-times\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T21:00:31","slug":"washington-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omniversity.us\/exopolitics\/washington-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Times: &#8220;Obama, phone home&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia;\">\n<h1>Inside Politics<\/h1>\n<h3><a class=\"bylinelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/staff\/jennifer-harper\/\">Jennifer Harper<\/a> (<a class=\"contactlink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/staff\/jennifer-harper\/contact\">Contact<\/a>)<br \/>\nMonday, December 1, 2008<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 19px; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia;\"><strong>Obama, phone home<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd now for something completely different.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Extraterrestrial Phenomenon Political Action Committee has called on <strong>President-Elect <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/themes\/?Theme=Barack+Obama\" title=\"Barack Obama\">Barack Obama<\/a><\/strong> to &quot;end the six-decade truth embargo regarding an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race.&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Maryland group wants the incoming president to insist on a &quot;full<br \/>\nbriefing from military services and intelligence agencies regarding<br \/>\nwhat they know&quot; and to open congressional hearings &quot;to take testimony<br \/>\nfrom scores of government witnesses who have already come forward with<br \/>\nextraordinary evidence and are prepared to testify under oath.&quot;\n<\/p>\n<p>The campaigners think Mr. Obama could lend a sympathetic ear to<br \/>\ntheir plea for other-worldly transparency because of two people: <strong>John Podesta<\/strong> and New Mexico <strong>Gov. Bill Richardson<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMr. Podesta &#8211; former chief of staff in the Clinton White House and now<br \/>\nchief of Mr. Obama&#39;s transition team &#8211; once led a project to declassify<br \/>\n800 million pages of intelligence documents. Mr. Richardson, who has<br \/>\ncontributed to a book on UFO sightings within his state, might also<br \/>\nprovide some sway.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Stephen Bassett<\/strong>, director of &quot;X-PPAC,&quot; hopes to have 40,000 signatures from supporters ready for Mr. Obama by Inauguration Day.\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The truth embargo is now at the end of the line. The release of<br \/>\ndocuments in Britain and France has put huge pressure on the U.S. It<br \/>\nmakes the government here look pretty stupid,&quot; he told the Sunday Daily<br \/>\nTelegraph.\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think we are seeing the Democrats moving towards disclosure. John<br \/>\nPodesta has outed himself as an enthusiast. He thinks the American<br \/>\npublic can handle the truth. Bill Richardson thinks there was a<br \/>\ncover-up.&quot; <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/dec\/01\/inside-politics-48017626\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/dec\/01\/inside-politics-48017626\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\">Million<br \/>\nFax on Washington MSM Coverage<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><em>Washington<br \/>\nTimes<\/em><br \/><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/server1.streamsend.com\/streamsend\/clicktracker.php?cd=5569&amp;ld=12&amp;md=318&amp;ud=986eadfcecfb9b314175460941f6c508&amp;url=http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2008\/dec\/01\/inside-politics-48017626\/\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"2\"><\/font><font color=\"#3b5998\"><span>www.washingtontimes<\/span><span><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><span>.com\/news\/<wbr \/>2008\/dec\/01\/insi<\/span><span><\/span>de-politics-<wbr \/>48017626\/<\/font><\/a><br \/><em><font size=\"2\">UK Daily Mail<br \/><\/font><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/server1.streamsend.com\/streamsend\/clicktracker.php?cd=5569&amp;ld=12&amp;md=318&amp;ud=986eadfcecfb9b314175460941f6c508&amp;url=http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/article-1090611\/UFO-enthusiasts-urge-Obama-release-X-Files-alien-sightings.html\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"2\"><span>www.dailymail.co.uk<\/span><span><\/span><span>\/news\/<wbr \/>worldnews\/article-10<\/span><span><\/span><span>90611\/UFO-<wbr \/>enthusiasts-urge<\/span><span><\/span><span>-Obama-<wbr \/>release-X-Files-ali<\/span><span><\/span>en-<wbr \/>sightings.html<\/font><\/a><br \/><font size=\"2\"><em>UK Telegraph<\/em><br \/><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/server1.streamsend.com\/streamsend\/clicktracker.php?cd=5569&amp;ld=12&amp;md=318&amp;ud=986eadfcecfb9b314175460941f6c508&amp;url=http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/howaboutthat\/3536229\/UFO-enthusiasts-call-on-Obama-to-release-X-Files.html\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"2\"><span>www.telegraph.co.uk<\/span><span><\/span><span>\/news\/<wbr \/>newstopics\/howaboutt<\/span><span><\/span><span>hat\/<wbr \/>3536229\/UFO-enthusiast<\/span><span><\/span><span>s-call-<wbr \/>on-Obama-to-release<\/span><span><\/span>-X-Files.<wbr \/>html<\/font><\/a><br \/><font size=\"2\"><em>Wired Magazine<\/em> blog:<br \/><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/server1.streamsend.com\/streamsend\/clicktracker.php?cd=5569&amp;ld=12&amp;md=318&amp;ud=986eadfcecfb9b314175460941f6c508&amp;url=http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/cars\/2008\/10\/next-president.html\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"2\"><span>http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/cars<\/span><span><\/span><span>\/<wbr \/>2008\/10\/next-president.ht<\/span><span><\/span>ml<\/font><\/a><br \/><font size=\"2\"><em>Sarasota<br \/>\nHerald-Tribune<\/em> blog:<br \/><\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/server1.streamsend.com\/streamsend\/clicktracker.php?cd=5569&amp;ld=12&amp;md=318&amp;ud=986eadfcecfb9b314175460941f6c508&amp;url=http:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/article\/20081010\/BLOG32\/810100254%3FTitle=Once_again__with_gusto\" onclick=\"return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"2\"><span>www.heraldtribune.c<\/span><span><\/span><span>om\/article\/<wbr \/>20081010\/BLOG32<\/span><span><\/span><span>\/810100254?<wbr \/>Title=Once_agai<\/span><span><\/span>n__with_gusto<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/license.icopyright.net\/3.7280?icx_id=\/news\/2008\/dec\/01\/inside-politics-48017626\/\" onclick=\"popup=window.open(this.href, &#39;contentservices&#39;, &#39;width=508,height=550,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes&#39;); 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