Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Google Admits Handing over European User Data to U.S. Intelligence Agencies
August 11th, 2011Via: Softpedia: Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws. Gordon Frazer, Microsoft UK’s managing director, made news headlines some weeks ago when he admitted that Microsoft can be compelled to share data with the […]
‘More Than 20 Navy SEALS From the Unit that Killed Osama bin Laden’ Die in Helicopter Crash
August 6th, 2011Via: MSNBC: A NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday killing 31 U.S. special-forces troops, including more than 20 Navy SEALS from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, and 7 Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single combat incident for American troops in 10 years of war, according to an American official. The operators […]
Did Crashed Lockheed Martin HALE-D Airship Have EEStor Systems On Board?
August 5th, 2011If you’re not familiar with the EEStor story, I’ve done several posts on it over the years. With regard to this HALE-D airship crash, let’s first note Lockheed Martin’s links to EEStor. This is from 2008: Lockheed Martin to Use EEstor’s Ultracapacitors for Military and Homeland Security Applications: Lockheed Martin has signed an exclusive international […]
U.S. Special Forces Will Be Deployed in 120 Countries by End of 2011
August 4th, 2011Via: Counterpunch: Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done… for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon power elite is […]
Feds Allowed Sinaloa Cartel to Move Cocaine Into U.S.
August 4th, 2011Via: El Paso Times: U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court. The allegations are part of the defense of Vicente Zambada-Niebla, who was extradited to the […]
A Little House Of Secrets On The Great Plains
August 3rd, 2011Via: Reuters: The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming. At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn’t a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It’s a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a […]
Goldman Sachs Manipulating Aluminum Prices with Warehouse Scam
July 31st, 2011If the left hand isn’t sharing information with the right hand, with hundreds of millions of dollars in potential trading profits hanging in the balance, I’m Santa Claus. —Usual Suspects Now Heavily Involved with Commodity Warehousing Via: Reuters: In a rundown patch of Detroit, enclosed by a cyclone fence and barbed wire, stands an unremarkable […]
Guns from ‘Operation Fast and Furious’ Found at Mexican Crime Scenes
July 27th, 2011Via: Reuters: At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to drug cartels there, a Republican congressional report issued on Tuesday said. Mexican authorities found AK-47 assault rifles, powerful .50 caliber rifles and other weapons as early as November 2009 that […]
U.S. Taxpayer Money Funneled to the Taliban
July 25th, 2011Flashback: NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan Via: Washington Post: A year-long military-led investigation has concluded that U.S. taxpayer money has been indirectly funneled to the Taliban under a $2.16 billion transportation contract that the United States has funded in part to promote Afghan businesses. The unreleased investigation […]
‘The Knights Templar’: Mexico’s Newest Drug Cartel [???]
July 25th, 2011Don’t miss the one about La Santa Muerte. Via: Al Jazeera: Pictures of the latest objects seized by the police in the Mexican state of Michoacan, revealed that the mysterious ‘Knights Templar” drug cartel is more bizarre than most people imagine. There were four hooded tunics, with a red cross, a metal helmet, and a […]
