Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
The Secret Retrofit of the Citibank Tower in 1978
November 5th, 2014I occasionally look to see if any new information has come out about the crew that rigged the World Trade Center towers before 9/11. This old video about the Citibank Tower was new to me, and very interesting considering what happened before 9/11. Via: YouTube:
40KG of Cocaine Found on Ship Owned by Mitch McConnell’s Inlaws
November 3rd, 2014Via: The Nation: Before the Ping May, a rusty cargo vessel, could disembark from the port of Santa Marta en route to the Netherlands in late August, Colombian inspectors boarded the boat and made a discovery. Hidden in the ship’s chain locker, amidst its load of coal bound for Europe, were approximately 40 kilograms, or […]
Verizon Launching Tech News Site that Bans Stories on U.S. Spying
October 29th, 2014Via: The Daily Dot: Verizon is getting into the news business. What could go wrong? The most-valuable, second-richest telecommunications company in the world is bankrolling a technology news site called SugarString.com. The publication, which is now hiring its first full-time editors and reporters, is meant to rival major tech websites like Wired and the Verge […]
British Spies Allowed to Access U.S. Data Without a Warrant
October 28th, 2014Via: National Journal: British authorities are capable of tapping into bulk communications data collected by other countries’ intelligence services—including the National Security Agency—without a warrant, according to secret government documents released Tuesday. The agreement between the NSA and Britain’s spy agency, known as Government Communications Headquarters or GCHQ, potentially puts the Internet and phone data […]
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems
October 28th, 2014Via: Newsweek: It was also in 1999 that Schmidt joined the board of a Washington, D.C.–based group: the New America Foundation, a merger of well-connected centrist forces (in D.C. terms). The foundation and its 100 staff serve as an influence mill, using its network of approved national security, foreign policy and technology pundits to place […]
Extensive U.S. Mail Monitoring Revealed
October 28th, 2014Via: Dallas Morning News: The U.S. Postal Service reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law enforcement agencies and its own internal inspection unit to secretly monitor the mail of ordinary Americans for use in criminal and national security investigations. The findings serve as a rare public accounting of the Postal Service’s […]
Was Ebola Accidentally Released from a Bioweapons Lab In West Africa?
October 24th, 2014Whatever you want to believe or not believe about ebola, this piece contains a lot of information about biowarfare (some of which you’ve seen previously on Cryptogon). Looking for hair on fire insane activities undertaken by governments? You’ve come to the right place. So, was ebola accidentally released from a bioweapons lab in West Africa? […]
U.S. Drops Weapons to ISIS
October 21st, 2014Via: BBC: The US defence department has said it is examining an Islamic State video appearing to show militants in control of US weapons intended for Syrian Kurdish fighters. Some 27 bundles containing small arms, ammunition and other weaponry were dropped on Monday for militias defending the town of Kobane from IS. A Pentagon spokesman […]
China Hires As Many As 300,000 Internet Trolls To Make The Communist Party Look Good
October 20th, 2014In other news, German Journalist Udo Ulfkotte Admits Spreading CIA and BND Propaganda for Decades. Via: Business Insider: The Chinese government doesn’t just censor its internet. It actually pays people to leave fake comments that make the country – and its communist regime – look good. After reading “Blocked on Weibo” by Chinese researcher Jason […]
U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS
October 20th, 2014Via: Daily Beast: While U.S. warplanes strike at the militants of the so-called Islamic State in both Syria and Iraq, truckloads of U.S. and Western aid has been flowing into territory controlled by the jihadists, assisting them to build their terror-inspiring “Caliphate.” The aid—mainly food and medical equipment—is meant for Syrians displaced from their hometowns, […]
