Who killed Alberto Nisman?

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.