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"Dr" Steve Pieczenik

As someone who speaks Russian, I seriously doubt he does, either that or he doesn't even bother to read his own "books". To quote from my Amazon review of Mirror Image, from 1998:

http://www.amazon.com/review/R7VFRGSGK98AF/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
The first thing you notice in this book is that it was not written by Tom Clancy. Maybe someone who has no familiarity with Russia or the military would enjoy this novel, but I spent more time laughing at the idiocies. First of all why does a Special Forces team that infiltrates Russia consist mostly of inexperienced Privates who don't speak Russian. It doesn't just end there unfortunately, the wooden writing and even more wooden characters make this a painful read.
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^^Hey thanks for all the effort guys.

I won't be able to contribute much until early this evening. Off out on real-life duty.

Keep up the great work.

Compus
 
And he claims to have been told by a general that 9-11 was an inside job?

Let me guess, General Stubblebine?
 
I emailed the Office of the Historian for the SoS, and this is what I received.

My original email said:
Greetings Sir or Ma/am,

My name is Triforcharity, and I am looking for information on a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Stephen R. Pieczenik. I cannot find any information about him, or his time with the Department of State.


If you happen to know of any information, I would love to see what you might find.


Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.



Kind Regards,

"Triforcharity"
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Historian said:
Dear Mr. Triforcharity,



Thanks for your query. Department records indicate that Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management in the period 1978-1979, although we do not have the precise start and end dates of this service. We do not have additional information about his portfolio or tenure, but I hope you find this information useful.



Regards,

PA History Mailbox Staff
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(I have obviously masked my name)

ETA: So, that means he was NOT what he claimed to be, number 1.

Number 2, that means he worked under S.o.S. Cyrus Vance.
 
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triforcharity said:
I emailed the Office of the Historian for the SoS, and this is what I received.

ETA: So, that means he was NOT what he claimed to be, number 1.

Number 2, that means he worked under S.o.S. Cyrus Vance.
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Cool.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Department a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management would be the Deputy to an Assistant Secretary for Management (a head of a bureau), who in turn is subordinated to an Under Secratary of State for Management, who is an advisor to the SoS and Deputy SoS on matters relating to Management issues. (Obviously, the 1970s structure differs from today's, but that is the picture that emerges. So Pieczenik was a 4th level bureaucrat at the State Department, no big shot.

ETA: here is a current orga chart of the State Department:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/99588.pdf
 
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Oystein said:
Cool.
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Department a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management would be the Deputy to an Assistant Secretary for Management (a head of a bureau), who in turn is subordinated to an Under Secratary of State for Management, who is an advisor to the SoS and Deputy SoS on matters relating to Management issues. (Obviously, the 1970s structure differs from today's, but that is the picture that emerges. So Pieczenik was a 4th level bureaucrat at the State Department, no big shot.

ETA: here is a current orga chart of the State Department:
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/99588.pdf
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Yeah, certainly not the stature that "Deputy Assistant Secretary of State" implies.

I also asked for an orginizational chart from that administration, to see where he fit in at the time.
 
timhau said:
I'm pretty sure Washington Post has also stated that Al Qaida was behind 9/11. In fact, I bet they've said that a number of times. Is that also good enough for you?
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Osama Bin Laden's son, Omar, believes his father did it:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4168151&page=1
"My father is very kind man," he told me. "And he very sorry when he do something like 11th September."

If he's sorry, then why does Osama bin Laden order such atrocities?

"Because he believe if he put two buildings down, maybe some people, little will die," explained Omar. "But millions other will (be) save(d). He believe that."
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As a teenager, Omar was trained by his father in Afghanistan to become an al Qaeda fighter. He was there more than six years. He shared a house with Ayman al-Zawahiri, his father's right-hand man.
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(Interview done in january 2008)
 
I'm trying to build a timeline of his "accomplishments" to see if they can even fit into everything he claims. I can't find a number of things, so I'm guessing in some places...not having a clue in others.

I'd like this to be accurate as possible, so let me know if I'm missing and/or misrepresenting anything here:

Year | Age | Note
1943|0|Birth in Cuba
?|?|Lived in war-torn France
1950|7|Moved to America
1951|8|Wrote full length musical(?)
1960|17|Starts College?
1964|21|Earliest Completion of 4 year degree
1968|25|Earliest Completion of M.D.
1972|29|Earliest Completion of Ph.D.
1975 | 32 | Claims O-6 Rank 1978 | 35 | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management
1979|36|Claims resigned as D.A.S.o.S. over handling of Iranian hostages
?|?|Learned 5 Languages?
1981 | 38 | Ph.D. Thesis MIT - The analysis of hostage negotiation through a novel
?|?|Advisor to Several Presidents?
?|?|Expert on National Security?
?|?|International Crisis Manager?
?|?|Hostage Negotiator?
?|?|Real Estate Manager?
?|?|Investment Banker?
?|?|Joined CFR (need year)
?|?|Offered O-7 Rank (but declined)
1987|44|Book - The Mind Palace (1987)
1989|46|Book - Blood Heat (1989)
1990|47|Book - My Life is Great (1990)
1991|48|Book - Hidden Passions (1991)
1992 | 49 | Ethics charge in APA; then quit
1994|51|Book - Maximum Vigilance (1994)
1995|52|Book - Pax Pacifica (1995)
1995|52|Book - Mirror Image (1995)
1997|54|Book - Op-Center: Acts of War (1997)
1998|55|Book - State of Emergency (1998)
1999|56|Book - Op-Center: State of Siege (1999)
1999|56|Book - Net Force (1999)
2000|57|Book - Night Moves (2000)
2000|57|Book - Breaking Point (2000)
2001|58|Book - Line of Control (2001)
2001|58|Book - Shadow of Honor (2001)
2001|58|Book - Cyberspy (2001)
2002 | 59 | Claims OBL died in 2001 on AJ show
2002|59|Book - End Game (2002)
2002|59|Book - One is the Loneliest Number (2002)
2002|59|Book - Safe Force (2002)
2002|59|Book - Op-Center: Games of State (2002)
2003|60|Book - Changing of the Guard (2003)
2003|60|Book - Sea of Fire (2003)
2003|60|Book - Death Match (2003)
2004 | 61 | AIJ Article - A Mandate for Intelligence 2005 | 62 | AIJ Article - Putin: KGB Forever
2008|65|Book - Gameprey (2008)
2009|66|Book - Point of Impact (2009)
2011 | 68 | Currently an Advisor to the Dept of Defense
 
timhau said:
I'm pretty sure Washington Post has also stated that Al Qaida was behind 9/11. In fact, I bet they've said that a number of times. Is that also good enough for you?
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I was talking about the specific case. I told you how I verified his claims, which are more important than his credentials. He knows what he's talking about. The reason why you guys are so hell-bend on finding flaws with his credentials, while i'm not and am safisfied with the WP article, is that his claims are extraordinary to you but not to me. Nothing wrong with that, go ahead.

In general, the WP is the second most important propaganda outlet in the US and should be always taken with a huge grain of salt. It's so important because it's directed at the Intelligentsia. You lot.
 
5 languages presumably-

Polish - father
Russian - mother
French - childhood
English - US
?Spanish
 
Childlike Empress said:
I was talking about the specific case. I told you how I verified his claims, which are more important than his credentials. He knows what he's talking about. The reason why you guys are so hell-bend on finding flaws with his credentials, while i'm not and am safisfied with the WP article, is that his claims are extraordinary to you but not to me. Nothing wrong with that, go ahead.
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As someone else has pointed out, he is being touted as a key witness primarily because of his credentials. He was presented to the Alex Jones audience as someone who can't be written off because of his credentials. I think people are merely trying to verify his story based on Alex's not-so-good track record when it comes to telling the truth.

Not sure how much I can add here, but Dr. Steve also runs a company called NBI Testing & Consulting with naturopath Dr. John Neustadt.

Curiously enough, if you look at the editing history for Pieczenik's Wikipedia, a user named Drneustadt was responsible for several initial edits done on May 4th (the same day the Infowars article was published). Dr. Neustadt's final edit reads too much like a brochure for me to think there's not something funny going on with these two. Considering this is Dr. Steve's business partner and his edits were clearly meant to serve as the original "definitive" source to the Infowars article, perhaps we could use some of Dr. Neustadt's info to piece together Pieczenik's story?

Of course, most of what Dr. Neustadt wrote is gone because he included no sources, but his May 4th edits were archived and you fine folks shouldn't have any problem looking that up. I'd include a link myself, but can't until I have fifteen posts. Phooey.
 
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Brainster said:
And he claims to have been told by a general that 9-11 was an inside job?

Let me guess, General Stubblebine?
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This was my exact thought when I heard about his interview with AJ on May 2nd. The great General Stubblebine who can cross the cosmo's through astral projection.... :cool:
 
freud said:
Dr. John Neustadt
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Sounds on surface like some Wikipedia SPA (Single Purpose Account) has found a remotely clever way to cast doubt on Pieczenik, but who knows.

I can tell you that Pieczenik admitted two freudian slips in the interview i've listened to (both confusing Osama with Obama) and the second time he added that he "doesn't believe in Freud". ;)
 
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Childlike Empress said:
Sounds on surface like some Wikipedia SPA (Single Purpose Account) has found a remotely clever way to cast doubt on Pieczenik, but who knows.
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The Infowars article cites Wikipedia as it's primary source that "Pieczenik cannot be dismissed as a 'conspiracy theorist'." However, prior to Dr. Neustadt's edits, all his Wikipedia said was this:

Dr. Steve's Wiki said:
Steve Pieczenik is a trained psychiatrist and author of suspense novels.

Born in Cuba, he worked as a hostage negotiator and crisis manager for the State Department under Henry Kissinger and Cyrus Vance. In the 1990s, he became co-creator of the best-selling Tom Clancy's Op-Center and Tom Clancy's Net Force series.
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It should be noted there were no sources listed on this article, either, other than Piczenik's personal website and IMDB. This is how it looked for six months, right up until the day Infowars ran their story. If you look at the May 4th archives, the information added by the Drneustadt user on May 4th indicates that he was attempting to verify and expand upon Pieczenik's expertise rather than discredit him.

This doesn't necessarily prove or disprove anything - I just found it interesting that Dr. Pieczenik's business partner was (seemingly) the first one editing his Wikipedia after the Infowars article went up. I also thought maybe some of his information could be used in further piecing together who exactly Pieczenik is supposed to be.

Childlike Empress said:
I can tell you that Pieczenik admitted two freudian slips in the interview i've listened to (both confusing Osama with Obama) and the second time he added that he "doesn't believe in Freud". ;)
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Ah, but here I am, and he certainly can't prove that I don't exist. :p
 
freud said:
The Infowars article cites Wikipedia as it's primary source that "Pieczenik cannot be dismissed as a 'conspiracy theorist'." However, prior to Dr. Neustadt's edits, all his Wikipedia said was this:
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Do I understand you correctly that after "Drneustadt"'s edit, shortly after the AJ interview, the wikipedia article said that "Pieczenik cannot be dismissed as a 'conspiracy theorist'.", like the Infowars article? If that's the case, someone certainly tried to play a practical joke on Pieczenik and Infowars. A little bit too obvious for a real partner of him, don't you think, Siggi?
 
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Ok, I think I misunderstood you. Here is a comparision between before Drneustadt's first edit and after his last edit (several little corrections to his first edit, all took about 40min). He added a lot of info. A few hours later, an IP added the line "He is an outspoken conspiracy theorist concerning the war on terror." and apparently the edit wars ensued since then (without Drneustadt but with Ericsnowman).
 
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