Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Trillions in Resources & Funding Our Enemies
June 16th, 2010Via: David Degraw: Wherever there is a war, look for CIA/IMF/private military war profiteers covertly funding and supporting BOTH sides in order to keep the wars raging and the profits rolling in. As former CIA Station Chief John Stockwell explained: “Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the US military machine to turn.”
GCHQ by Richard Aldrich
June 16th, 2010GCHQ by Richard Aldrich on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Via: Register: If information indeed is power, then GCHQ is undoubtedly the closest thing the British government has to the Death Star. As the historian Richard J Aldrich notes in the introduction to his excellent new history of the Cheltenham-based agency it represents by far our largest, […]
The U.S. Wins the Right to Abduct Innocent People with Impunity
June 15th, 2010Via: Salon: The Supreme Court today denied a petition of review from Maher Arar, the Canadian and Syrian citizen who was abducted by the U.S. Government at a stopover at JFK Airport when returning to Canada in 2002, held incommunicado for two weeks, and then rendered to Syria, where he spent the next 10 months […]
U.S. Identifies Vast Mineral Deposits Worth $1 Trillion in Afghanistan; “The Saudi Arabia of Lithium”; Eventually “One of The Most Important Mining Centers in The World”; Pentagon “Helping” Afghan Government to Prepare to Seek Bids on Mineral Rights
June 14th, 2010I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise. —Fight Club Update: Afghan Mineral Deposits Actually Worth $3 Trillion, Not $1 Trillion —End Update— The Soviets knew about it! They did geological surveys during their occupation of Afghanistan. Which makes you wonder… Did the U.S. actually know about it all this time? This piece says otherwise, but […]
$1 Billion Cocaine Bust in Gambia
June 12th, 2010So, we have Blackwater/Xe increasing “aviation support” activities in two of the hottest narcotics trafficking hubs in the world. Coincidences, of course. —Blackwater Worldwide Changes Its Name to Xe; Same Mercenaries, but Now with More “Aviation Support” Via: AFP: Gambian and British police seized more than two tonnes of cocaine worth about one billion dollars […]
Daniel Ellsberg: WikiLeaks Founder’s Life Is In Danger
June 12th, 2010All states use their embassies and consulates to run intelligence operations. The U.S. Government is likely concerned that some of these activities, that are happening under official cover, could be compromised. Public exposure would represent a gigantic pain in the ass for the U.S. because of the Kabuki theater act that’s mandated to follow such […]
Musical Chairs with Peter Sutherland
June 11th, 2010Goldman Sachs Sold $250 Million of BP Stock Before Spill: The brokerage firm that’s faced the most scrutiny from regulators in the past year over the shorting of mortgage related securities seems to have had good timing when it came to something else: the stock of British oil giant BP. According to regulatory filings, RawStory.com […]
U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
June 7th, 2010I have a bit of trouble believing what Wired is reporting here. One just can’t go “rummaging through” compartmented files. Each person with access to a particular compartment would have to be individually cleared for that compartment. Say the compartmented thing is a new spy plane that is designated with the codeword AAA. Bob works […]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Deployed in 75 Countries
June 4th, 2010Via: Washington Post: Beneath its commitment to soft-spoken diplomacy and beyond the combat zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, the Obama administration has significantly expanded a largely secret U.S. war against al-Qaeda and other radical groups, according to senior military and administration officials. Special Operations forces have grown both in number and budget, and are deployed […]
France: Possible Link Between Arms Sales and Political Campaign Funds; Sarkozy Allegedly Involved
June 4th, 2010Via: BBC: French opposition MPs have called on President Nicolas Sarkozy to give details of any links to suspected commissions on arms deals allegedly used to fund political campaigns. The calls follow a report from Luxembourg police alleging Mr Sarkozy approved the creation of firms which received money from the commissions. They allegedly financed then […]
