Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Cable Ties Kissinger to Pinochet Assassinations
April 12th, 2010Via: AP: As secretary of state, Henry Kissinger canceled a U.S. warning against carrying out international political assassinations that was to have gone to Chile and two neighboring nations just days before a former ambassador was killed by Chilean agents on Washington’s Embassy Row in 1976, a newly released State Department cable shows. Whether Kissinger […]
Hostages Say Chiquita Funded Death Squads
April 10th, 2010Flashback: Lawyer for Chiquita in Colombia Death Squad Case May be Next U.S. Attorney General Via: Courthouse News Service: Three U.S. citizens were held hostage by a Colombian death squad for 5 years, and one was murdered, while Chiquita Brands International gave the terrorists weapons and millions of dollars in “protection payments,” the former hostages […]
The Secret History of Silicon Valley
April 6th, 2010Via: Google Tech Talks / YouTube:
President Ford Approved Warrantless Domestic Surveillance in 1974
April 6th, 2010Via: Wired: While the country was embroiled in a national debate over excessive government surveillance in 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance, according to a classified memo recently obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. The memo, signed Dec. 19, 1974, was issued just one month […]
No Criminal Charges Likely in AIG Collapse
April 6th, 2010Don’t crack the seal on the AIG mess. Oh no. The smell alone would be too much to handle. Via: CBS News: CBS NEWS has learned that former AIG executive Joseph Cassano – the prime focus of the investigation into its collapse – will meet with Department of Justice attorneys next week in what will […]
Unknown Budget, Unknown Purpose: U.S. Air Force Plans to Launch X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
April 4th, 2010Blank Spots on the Map: And then there was Dan Vanderhorst, who “has been the lead pilot on seven classified aircraft to date.” In fact, according to his biography, “Vanderhorst has made his career in the cockpit of so many classified aircraft, there is not much that we can say about him, on the record,” […]
Brian Lehrer Live: Wikileaks and Whistle-Blowers
April 3rd, 2010Interview with John Young and Glenn Greenwald. Wikileaks and Whistle-blowers from Brian Lehrer Live on Vimeo.
Mike McConnell and the American Corporate State
March 30th, 2010I’ve included just a few choice excerpts from this great article. If you only click through on one story today, make this the one. Via: Salon: In a political culture drowning in hidden conflicts of interests, exploitation of political office for profit, and a rapidly eroding wall separating the public and private spheres, Michael McConnell […]
Mumbai: American Terror Suspect Traveled Unimpeded for Years
March 29th, 2010Ah yes, the American terrorist / one time DEA informant. Via: New York Times: An American charged with helping plan the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, moved effortlessly between the United States, Pakistan and India for nearly seven years, training at a militant camp in Pakistan on five occasions, according to a plea agreement […]
WikiLeaks Statement on Recent Events
March 26th, 2010Via: WikiLeaks: EDITORIAL:U.S. must stop spying on WikiLeaks Fri Mar 26 08:44:46 UTC 2010 Over the last few years, WikiLeaks has been the subject of hostile acts by security organizations. In the developing world, these range from the appalling assassination of two related human rights lawyers in Nairobi last March (an armed attack on my […]
