Page - August 4, 2005
These are notes from John Passacantando, executive director of Greenpeace USA, regarding his phone converation with Tucker Carlson (August 3, 2005, approximately 4:00 p.m. EST).
TC: Your letter is wrong. It was vandalism, not terrorism…Your
point that I support terrorism is wrong. I don't support
terrorism. It was not an act of terrorism, that is an important
distinction. Since you are the head of Greenpeace you should do
your research. The French government did not intend to kill
anyone, therefore it is not terrorism. This is an important
distinction. Vandalizing the ship was impressive on France's
part. I don't support terror.
JP: Bombing a ship is terrorism. Killing a man is murder.
TC: You should know about vandalism, you guys engage in it all
the time.
JP: We are a peaceful organization that does not engage in
violence to people or property.
TC: Spraying paint on seals is the same kind of vandalism,
blocking entrances with your bodies…
JP: So would you call Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi
vandals?
TC: I don't want to make a generalization.
JP: Just answer two questions for me: are you proud of what you
said and would you say it again?
TC: I have answered all your questions. Unlike you, I am a busy
man and have things to do but I know if I hang up you are going to
send out a fundraising letter saying that I hung up on you…
JP: Just answer my two questions.
TC: I am not hanging up. I am returning the handset to the
cradle…