Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
U.S. Invokes National Security Over Magic 8 Ball Terrorist Finder
February 21st, 2011I’m seriously considering Boondoggles as a category. I would have to use it very selectively, since it could apply to much of what’s posted on Cryptogon. Via: Washington Post: For eight years, government officials turned to Dennis Montgomery, a California computer programmer, for eye-popping technology that he said could catch terrorists. Now, federal officials want […]
Curveball’s Nonsense Led U.S. to War in Iraq?
February 16th, 2011We’re to believe that al-Janabi made it all happen. It’s fascinating how Project for the New American Century, with its vigorous agitating for regime change in Iraq, wasn’t mentioned in this piece at all. The U.S. was going to whack Iraq, al-Janabi or no al-Janabi. Via: Guardian: In a small flat in the German town […]
DOE to Spend $27 Million on ‘Sun Shot’
February 15th, 2011‘Sun Shot’, eh? Ok, let’s look at what was spent on the Apollo program: The final cost of project Apollo was reported to Congress as $25.4 billion in 1973. $25.4 billion in 1973 dollars would equal $123 billion in 2009 dollars (source). So, by allocating $27 million of today’s dollars to this ‘Sun Shot’ project, […]
Argentina Seized Undeclared Weapons and Drugs on U.S. Military Aircraft Last Week
February 15th, 2011Via: AFP: Argentina and the United States are engaged in a diplomatic spat after Buenos Aires authorities seized what they say are undeclared weapons and drugs on a US military aircraft last week. The Argentine government on Monday said it planned to lodge a formal protest with Washington, while the US State Department said it […]
The Afghan Bank Heist
February 14th, 2011Via: The New Yorker: A secret investigation may implicate dozens of high-ranking government officials. … The Threat Finance Cell also has almost single-handedly demonstrated the degree to which the American-led war in Afghanistan is compromised by connections among the Taliban, drug traffickers, and Afghan officials. The group was set up, in 2008, to sever the […]
Protests in Iran
February 14th, 2011The U.S. State Department is openly stirring the pot: The US State Department has begun sending Twitter messages to Iranians in Farsi, alluding to the “historic role” social media have played in mass protests against Iran’s 2009 disputed presidential polls. The Twitter feeds in the Iranian language began Sunday as US officials accused Iran of […]
The Two Men Gunned Down by U.S. National Raymond Davis Were Working for ISI
February 14th, 2011Via: Times of India: The two men gunned down by US national Raymond Davis in Lahore last month were working for ISI which was tailing the American because he was spying and “encroaching on their turf”, according to a media report. The two men were sent to track Davis by the ISI, which believed that […]
Jihadi Who Helped Train 7/7 Bomber ‘May’ Have Worked for U.S. Intelligence Before His Arrest, Freed After Serving Only Four and a Half Years in Prison
February 14th, 2011‘May’ have worked for U.S. Intelligence… British Intelligence Had 7/7 Ringleader Under Surveillance Since 2003 Terror Exercise Held on the Same Morning as the London 7/7 Bomb Attack Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning Italian Intelligence Questions Claim of Responsibility London Bombers Claim Responsibility; On Bush Connected Server in Houston?! Kingstar Company Van Near London […]
Egypt: Mubarak May Step Down Today
February 10th, 2011Update: Mubarak Refuses to Step Down Al Jazeera Reuters: Unrest in Egypt —End Update— Update: Military Coup Via: CNN: President Hosni Mubarak is expected to announce Thursday night that he is yielding power to the nation’s military, a senior Egyptian government official told CNN. He said the process — which included dialogue between the government […]
The Octopus Conspiracy: One Woman’s Search for Her Father’s Killer
February 9th, 2011Via: Wired: On the morning of July 1, 1981, three bodies were discovered behind a shabby, concrete ranch house on Bob Hope Drive, a main drag in a sand-swept stretch of California’s scorching Coachella Valley. The corpses were sprawled in a semicircle, on chairs and beds that had been dragged into the backyard. Each of […]
