Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
“Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack”
December 15th, 2016Oh sure. And in other news: A Wikileaks envoy today claims he personally received Clinton campaign emails in Washington D.C. after they were leaked by ‘disgusted’ whisteblowers – and not hacked by Russia. Craig Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan and a close associate of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, told Dailymail.com that he flew to […]
Fake News: ‘Russia Intervened to Help Trump Win Election: Intelligence Officials’
December 10th, 2016Update: Top U.S. Spy Agency: No Evidence Russia Involved Via: Reuters: The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyber attacks were aimed at helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election, three American officials said on Monday. While the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]
Pentagon Suppressed Study That Revealed $125 Billion in ‘Waste’
December 6th, 2016Via: The Hill: The Department of Defense suppressed one of its own studies that revealed $125 billion in wasteful spending, according to an investigation published by the The Washington Post. The newspaper found that the study, commissioned by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work, was hidden because of fears Congress would cut defense spending. The […]
Election Recounts
November 26th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: Hillary Clinton’s campaign will participate in vote recounts of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan if they take place, drawing a rebuke from Donald Trump’s team that the Democrat is being a “sore loser” and part of a “ridiculous” effort. If Green Party candidate Jill Stein initiates recounts in those states as she intends, the […]
Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Education Is Sister of Blackwater Founder
November 25th, 2016Wikipedia: Betsy DeVos: DeVos’ brother, Erik Prince, founded Blackwater USA, a private security firm which had operations in Iraq.
Trump’s Picks For AG & CIA Happy To Undermine Civil Liberties, Increase Surveillance
November 20th, 2016Via: TechDirt: This is (unfortunately) not a huge surprise, but it appears that a Trump administration is going to be much worse for civil liberties and surveillance. Earlier today, Donald Trump named his choices to head the CIA — Rep. Mike Pompeo — and to be the next Attorney General — Senator Jeff Sessions — […]
‘Extreme Surveillance’ Becomes UK Law with Barely a Whimper
November 19th, 2016Via: Guardian: A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed into law with barely a whimper, meeting only token resistance over the past 12 months from inside parliament and barely any from outside. The Investigatory Powers Act, given royal assent on Thursday, legalises […]
Titanpointe: The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight
November 17th, 2016Via: The Intercept: Documents obtained by The Intercept from the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden do not explicitly name 33 Thomas Street as a surveillance facility. However — taken together with architectural plans, public records, and interviews with former AT&T employees conducted for this article — they provide compelling evidence that 33 Thomas Street has served […]
Clinton’s Charity Confirms Qatar’s $1 Million Gift While She Was at State Department
November 5th, 2016Clinton & ISIS Funded by Same Money: Via: Reuters: The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments. Qatari officials […]
Clinton & ISIS Funded by Same Money
November 4th, 2016Via: Russia Today:
