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They Dare to Speak Out

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The Washington Post said in a review that the book's "message is straightforward and valid: Israeli influence in the United States, including in the inner sanctums of government, is very strong." The New York Times , in a review by Adam Clymer , noted that Findley had been defeated by "a combination of an able opponent, the recession, redistricting and a heavy infusion of money from pro-Israel political action committees " and described the book as "an angry, one-sided book that seems often to be little more than a stringing together of stray incidents". The Christian Science Monitor ' s review stated that "Findley examines the history of America's lopsided official attitude toward the Middle East, a score of the most egregious examples of AIPAC's behavior, and the effect of all of this on public debate and policy. Because of his access to highly placed government officials, Findley's book contains a wealth of original statements and observations from William Fulbright , Spiro Agnew , Philip Klutznick , George Ball , Zbigniew Brzezinski , and the Rev. Jesse Jackson and many other prominent figures, speaking on the record and off." A Strange Kind of Freedom , Robert Fisk , The Independent , July 9, 2002 reprinted in Woman's World , accessed August 18, 2009 Grose, Peter (June 23, 1985).1

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