January 27, 2015
Letters Editor
WALL STREET JOURNAL
1211Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Dear Editor:
Ms. O’Grady correctly
casts doubt on the circumstances surrounding the death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor in the investigation of the
1994 bombing of a Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires killing 85 Jews. He
identified Iranian-sponsored Hezbollah suspects
and recently accused the Argentinian
government of secretly letting Iran off
the hook with an oil and food deal. Equally correct is her solution for learning
the truth about Nisman’s death: a.
releasing his entire legal complaint
against President Kirchner; and b. appointing and supporting an independent prosecutor to investigate his
death.
Her suspicions are buttressed by the long history of Iranian deception and extra-judicial killings. In order to undermine Ms. O’Grady’s reasonable suggestions, President Kirchner need only look to Britain, a
nation with a much longer history of murder and deceit. Britain
has covered up its murder of one of Her Majesty’s Subjects, a “meddlesome” attorney named Patrick Finucane, by anointing
a “respected” lawyer to review files in secret and publish a report which held
no one accountable. How could America
or Israel complain about such a solution for President
Kirchner? Not a word is recorded from
either objecting to the report on Finucane’s
murder.
Of course, it’s easier for the
U. S. to accept this British ‘solution’
to the Nisman murder. The U. S. found no fault with Lord de Silva’s
report because the victim was an innocent Irish Catholic. When
is the last time you ever heard of a complaint about the killing of a Catholic by our State Department in general never mind an Irish one? The killing of 1000 Catholics in N. I. remain
uninvestigated because our good and dear
friends in the British government, like Argentina with Iran, are always bartering justice and truth away for
better deals.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Cummings
12 Marion Ave
Albany, New York
12203-1814
518-650-6049
Michael J. Cummings, a
native of Springfield, Mass., is a graduate of St. Anselm’s College (B. A.,
1968) and New York University (M. P. A., 1970). A member of the National Boards of the Irish
American Unity Conference (1996-2013),
the Ancient Order Hibernians
(2001-2008), and the National
Executive of the Irish Northern Aid Committee (1988-1996), he served six National AOH Presidents , 5 IAUC
National Presidents and two National
Chairman of INA primarily in public
relations capacities. He is the only
person to serve on the national policymaking bodies of all three
major Irish American organizations.
He also served on the Commission on Peace and Justice of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany.
Cummings has appeared on
American, English and Irish television and radio and his commentary and letters
and those of the Presidents have appeared in major American, Irish-American,
and Catholic print media. He is a frequent columnist for the weekly IRISH ECHO
newspaper.
