Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Russia Finds Missing Cargo Ship
August 17th, 2009Queue Twilight Zone music. Via: BBC: Russia says it has found a missing cargo vessel near the Cape Verde islands and retrieved its Russian crew. Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said that the 15-member crew had been taken on board a Russian navy vessel. They were in good condition, he said. The Finnish-owned Arctic Sea went […]
Secret Cargo on Hijacked Russian Ship?
August 14th, 2009UPDATE: Ship Found, Russian Navy En Route Via: Telegraph: Russian warships are closing in on the missing cargo ship the Arctic Sea after it was spotted off the Cape Verde islands in west Africa by coastguards. Cape Verde coastguards reported that the Russian owned and crewed merchant vessel, which is thought to have been hijacked, […]
Torture Inc.
August 13th, 2009Via: New York Times: Jim Mitchell and Bruce Jessen were military retirees and psychologists, on the lookout for business opportunities. They found an excellent customer in the Central Intelligence Agency, where in 2002 they became the architects of the most important interrogation program in the history of American counterterrorism. They had never carried out a […]
Pentagon Puts Afghan Drug-Traffickers on Hitlist
August 10th, 2009I wonder how many of the people on the hit list were present at the MI6 meetings with the Taliban? Also, remember the opium bridge that the U.S. built at great expense? Has that been blown up yet? Where’s the 4,200 tons stockpile of opium (or has that been converted into 600 tons of heroin […]
Karzai Family’s Wealth ‘Fuelling Insurgency’
August 10th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Persistent allegations of corruption aimed at Hamid Karzai’s family are undermining Western efforts in Afghanistan and feeding the Taliban-led insurgency, Washington policy-makers have warned. The president’s brothers, Mahmoud and Ahmed Wali, are accused of having amassed millions of pounds since Mr Karzai took office even as most of Afghanistan remains poverty stricken. The […]
Criminal Investigation Into CIA Treatment of Detainees Expected
August 9th, 2009Unless Cheney and Bush are prosecuted, this is just another bullshit distraction. Via: Los Angeles Times: U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. is poised to appoint a criminal prosecutor to investigate alleged CIA abuses committed during the interrogation of terrorism suspects, current and former U.S. government officials said. A senior Justice Department official said […]
Barracks and Burger King: U.S. Builds a Supersized Base in Afghanistan
August 9th, 2009Via: Politics Today: Anyone who thinks the Afghanistan troop “surge” is a temporary, one-time deal should watch the construction here of a vast new $17 million barracks building. It’s not temporary. It’s three stories of concrete. Eight years after American forces scattered the Taliban and effectively conquered Afghanistan, the United States is embarked on a […]
Google Pulls Sibel Edmonds’ Access to Her Blog
August 9th, 2009I don’t know what it’s going to take to make people understand that Google (and its associated brands, Blogger, YouTube, Google Video, Gmail) are NOT to be trusted for communicating controversial information. The fact that dissidents don’t understand this basic information is just more evidence of how screwed we are. Via: Justacitizen: My Blog Site […]
Blackwater Mercenaries Had Child Prostitutes on Base in Iraq
August 8th, 2009Video Backup: RawStory Research Credit: ltcolonelnemo
FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Subpoenaed, Set to ‘Break’ Gag Order Unless DoJ Intercedes
August 7th, 2009Via: Brad Blog: Unless the Dept. of Justice re-invokes their twice-invoked “state secrets privilege” claim in order to once again gag former FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, her attorneys have notified the department by hand-delivered, sworn letter of declaration [PDF] this week, that she intends to give a deposition, open to the media [Updated: see bottom […]
