Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
After U.S. Troops Leave, Armed Drones Will Patrol Afghanistan’s Opium Poppy Farms Skies
April 23rd, 2013
Via: Wired: One of the major elements of Afghanistan’s air war will remain after most U.S. troops have headed home, the U.S. military command confirmed today. Armed drones, operated by the U.S., will remain over Afghanistan after 2014. “I come back to the remotely piloted aircraft,” Air Force Maj. Gen. H.D. Polumbo, the commander of […]
Filmmaker Claims CIA Kept Innocent Man Jailed to Cover Up Drug Trafficking
April 23rd, 2013Via: Wired: “This is a story about an extreme miscarriage of justice. It involves the CIA, the US Army and a shitload of cocaine.” … In 1980 the courts alleged that Elaine Tyree’s murder was financially motivated — Tyree, stationed at Fort Devens, had taken out life insurance policies in the months preceding his wife’s […]
CIA Obtains False IDs From Washington Dept. Of Licensing
April 17th, 2013Via: Oregon Public Broadcasting: In recent years, the state of Washington has issued nearly 300 fictitious driver licenses to the CIA. That’s according to public records initially disclosed, but now withheld, by state officials. The state’s cooperation with the nation’s premier spy agency has been a secret for years — unknown to lawmakers and even […]
Boston Marathon Bombing
April 16th, 2013Was Boston Bombers’ ‘Uncle Ruslan’ with the CIA? Via: Mad Cow Productions: The uncle of the two men who set off bombs at the Boston Marathon, who struck the only grace note in an otherwise horrific week, worked as a “consultant” for the Agency for International Development (USAID) a U.S. Government Agency often used for […]
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
April 15th, 2013Via: Wired: Here’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror. The Pentagon is preparing to spend millions to create a privatized flying taxi service to fly its commandos everywhere from Libya to Congo. That’s according to details in a recent solicitation notice for a Defense Department contract worth up to $50 […]
20,000 U.S. M-16s Stolen from Unguarded Warehouse in Kuwait
April 11th, 2013And Now: America’s Uncleared War: Nearly 20,000 Foreign Mercenaries Fight In Syria Thanks to alvinroasting for sending this in. Via: Global Research: The civil war in Syria has opened opportunities for foreign mercenaries and about 20,000, financed by Afghan drug trafficking, have been fighting in that Middle East country, according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control […]
How the Pentagon Used Video Games to Spy on Users Worldwide
April 11th, 2013Full interview. Via: Democracy Now: Research Credit: ottilie
U.S. Killer Robot Operators ‘Weren’t Always Certain Who They Were Killing’
April 11th, 2013Via: McClatchy: Contrary to assurances it has deployed U.S. drones only against known senior leaders of al Qaida and allied groups, the Obama administration has targeted and killed hundreds of suspected lower-level Afghan, Pakistani and unidentified “other” militants in scores of strikes in Pakistan’s rugged tribal area, classified U.S. intelligence reports show. The administration has […]
The Nonsense About iMessage Supposedly Frustrating DEA
April 8th, 2013I think I’m making progress. Readers who submitted this DEA / iMessage nonsense knew it was bullshit. Congratulations. You guys get it. Via: TechDirt: In reading over this, however, a number of people quickly called bullshit. While Apple boasts of “end-to-end encryption” it’s pretty clear that Apple itself holds the key — because if you […]
Canadian Scientists Charged with Smuggling Dangerous and Highly Contagious Pathogens from China
April 5th, 2013Via: AFP: Canadian federal police on Wednesday charged two former government scientists with allegedly trafficking in dangerous and highly contagious germs. Klaus Nielsen and Wei Ling Yu, former researchers at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), are accused of attempting to export harmful pathogens that could infect humans and livestock to China. Nielsen was apprehended […]
