Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
NSA’s Newest Recruiters: Cartoon-Leopard Twins
October 20th, 2010Via: Wired: Dudes and dudettes: You know what’s totally radical? Reading your neighbors’ e-mail! So don’t you wanna be a junior National Security Agency deputy? If so, the surveillance and cryptology crew at NSA has the right online companions for you: Cy and Cyndi, a pair of anthropomorphic snow leopards now kickin’ it with the […]
Psychologist Who Developed U.S. Torture Program Receives $31 Million No-Bid Contract
October 17th, 2010Here’s another one for your bulging Hope and Change file folder. Via: Salon: The Army earlier this year steered a $31 million contract to a psychologist whose work formed the psychological underpinnings of the Bush administration’s torture program. The Army awarded the “sole source” contract in February to the University of Pennsylvania for resilience training, […]
The Disappearance of Gary Devore
October 17th, 2010Via: Fortean Times: As he drove through the small hours of the Californian night, Gary Devore insisted to his wife Wendy: “I’m pumping pure adrenaline.” “This was not a normal phone call… I felt he was warning me,” Wendy later recalled. “I love you,” she had said, expectantly. “See you later,” Gary mumbled. It was […]
Opium Fields Surround Main Australian Base in Afghanistan
October 11th, 2010Via: The Age: MORE than half the fields surrounding the main Australian base in Afghanistan are being used to grow opium poppies, as coalition forces struggle to ween locals off the lucrative crop. Locals question why troops and police have failed to crack down on the semi-open sale of the poppies, according to the report […]
Surprise — The Very Dark Side of U.S. History
October 11th, 2010Via: Alternet: There is a dark — seldom acknowledged — thread that runs through U.S. military doctrine, dating back to the early days of the Republic. This military tradition has explicitly defended the selective use of terror, whether in suppressing Native American resistance on the frontiers in the 19th Century or in protecting U.S. interests […]
Tom Donilon: Obama’s New National Security Adviser and Fannie Mae Fraud
October 10th, 2010Via: Politico: To many in the foreign policy community, Tom Donilon’s selection Friday as national security adviser to President Barack Obama was a deserving reward for a consummate professional, a corporate lawyer who worked his way up through the foreign policy ranks over the years and is credited with holding the National Security Council together […]
Nato Contractors Attacking Own Vehicles in Pakistan
October 9th, 2010Via: BBC: Nato supply convoys travelling through Pakistan to Afghanistan have regularly come under attack in the past, but following Pakistan’s decision to block their route through the Khyber Pass, they now face an even bigger security threat. Hundreds of tankers and trucks have been left stranded on highways and depots across Pakistan, with little […]
9/11: Firemen Explosion Testimony
October 7th, 2010The video below is from the NIST data dump that the International Center for 9/11 Studies obtained through FOIA. The files are now available as a torrent. (Since I’m in New Zealand, there’s no way for me to download an 86GB torrent, but most of you aren’t dealing with small-remote-island Internet issues like me.) There […]
U.S. Arrests 130 Puerto Ricans, Including 90 Police Officers, on Charges Related to Drug Trafficking
October 7th, 2010Clear out the upstarts. Eliminate the competition. Keep prices high. Via: AP: Hundreds of FBI agents flew into Puerto Rico to round up dozens of police officers accused of aiding drug traffickers Wednesday — one of the darkest days yet for a force tarnished by recent allegations of brutality, discrimination and incompetence. In pre-dawn raids, […]
Killing Each Taliban Soldier Costs $50 Million?
October 6th, 2010There are, however, a few metrics by which “victory” for the U.S. in Afghanistan may be measured. First of all, the fact that mayhem continues is a victory for the corporations that profit from the absurd war-related contracts. There’s the unknown billions of heroin related dollars that are generated from covert operations in Afghanistan. The […]
