"[Rev. Joseph] said that his talks with Iraqis convinced him that Saddam is "a monster the likes of which the world had not seen since Stalin and Hitler. . . Their tales of slow torture and killing made me ill, such as people put in a huge shredder for plastic products, feet first so [the torture masters] could hear the screams as bodies got chewed up from foot to head."[11]
Similar stories, juxtaposing tales of Saddam's torture with an indictment of peace activists, spread like wildfire. Other conservative columnists, such as William F. Buckley's National Review, ran the story, which suddenly appeared in right wing media throughout the globe. [12]
[...]A glaring ommission from these articles is how Kenneth Joseph obtained State Department clearance, which he seems to have circumvented as a result of his "invitation as a religious person and family connections'", and which spared having a government "minder" tail him 24 hours a day. [14]
None of the peace organizations or human shield groups whom I contacted had ever heard of Kenneth Joseph, nor is his name found on any human shield-related websites. [15]
Wag the Kennel? The Kenneth Joseph Story (hint: it only gets more incriminating from there.)