Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Airstrip Built at Zimbabwe Diamond Field
February 1st, 2010Via: Telegraph: A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments. Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the […]
U.S. Citizens Targeted for Assassination by the Joint Special Operations Command
January 29th, 2010Via: Washington Post: U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate, according to senior administration officials. The operations, approved by President Obama and begun […]
Four Charged in Phone Scheme at Senator Landrieu’s Office
January 27th, 2010Via: USA Today: The four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office phones share a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. Federal authorities said two of the men posed as telephone workers wearing hard hats, tool belts and flourescent vests when they walked into the senator’s office […]
U.S. Navy Veteran Arrested With Heavy Arsenal; Also Found Was “Middle Eastern Red and White Traditional Headdress”
January 26th, 2010Via: Star-Ledger: Somerset County investigators seized a cache of weapons including a grenade launcher and hundreds of rounds of ammunition today from the Branchburg motel room of a Virginia man, who also had maps of a U.S. military facility and an out-of-state civilian community. Lloyd Woodson, 43, whose last known address was Reston, Va., today […]
From Spas to Banks, Mexico Economy Rides on Drugs
January 26th, 2010In other news: SEC Mulled National Security Status for AIG Details Via: Reuters: Mexico probably made more money in 2009 moving drugs than it did exporting oil, its single biggest legitimate foreign currency earner. From the white Caribbean beaches of Cancun to violent towns on the U.S. border and the beauty parlors of Mexico City’s […]
SEC Mulled National Security Status for AIG Details
January 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve’s bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of national security, according to emails obtained by Reuters. The request to keep the details secret were made by the New York Federal […]
David Kelly Post Mortem to be Kept Secret for 70 Years
January 24th, 2010Apologies for the Daily Mail link, but it seems to be an exclusive at the moment. Via: Daily Mail: Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years. In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, […]
Court Rules That Mass Surveillance of Americans is Immune From Judicial Review
January 24th, 2010Via: EFF: A federal judge has dismissed Jewel v. NSA, a case from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of AT&T customers challenging the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans’ phone calls and emails. “We’re deeply disappointed in the judge’s ruling,” said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. “This ruling robs […]
Radicalized Americans in Yemen and Somalia May Pose Threat to United States
January 23rd, 2010Oh sure. Via: Security Management: Approximately 72 American citizens, some ex-convicts, have disappeared into the ungoverned spaces of Somalia and Yemen and may pose a jihadist threat to the United States, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Chairman Sen. John F. Kerry warns in the report that Al […]
Military Outsources Rescue Operations
January 21st, 2010How much of the military can the CIA spin off into its cutouts? Via: Wired: In the American military, few missions are considered more important than rescuing missing or kidnapped troops. So it’s more than a little odd that U.S. forces in Iraq have decided to outsource that operation to a private company. The military’s […]
