Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of CIA Project
July 12th, 2009Yeah, yeah, add it to the list. Via: New York Times: The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge […]
Mexico Accused of Torture in Drug War
July 9th, 2009Via: MSNBC: The Mexican army has carried out forced disappearances, acts of torture and illegal raids in pursuit of drug traffickers, according to documents and interviews with victims, their families, political leaders and human rights monitors. From the violent border cities where drugs are brought into the United States to the remote highland regions where […]
New Colonel Sabow Website
July 8th, 2009Thanks to Dr. John David Sabow (Col. Sabow’s brother) for letting me know about this. Colonel James E. Sabow Website On January 22, 1991, in the backyard of his base house at MCAS, El Toro, CA. Colonel Sabow was found by his wife, dead from a gunshot wound to his head. The NCIS and Base […]
Dr. David Kelly Was Writing a Book
July 7th, 2009See: David Kelly: Secret Knife Evidence Points to Murder and David Kelly’s Closest Female Confidante on Why He Couldn’t Have Killed Himself Via: Daily Express: WEAPONS inspector David Kelly was writing a book exposing highly damaging government secrets before his mysterious death. He was intending to reveal that he warned Prime Minister Tony Blair there […]
U.S. Special Forces Briefing to Congressman Exposes Involvement in 19 Latin American Countries During 2009 Including Honduras
July 6th, 2009Via: Wikileaks: This confidential US Special Forces (7th, US Southern Command), briefing dated 17 May 2009 was created for Florida Congressman Miller. Although unclassified, it specifies a For Official Use Only (FOUO) distribution restriction. On page 7 of the document, it is proudly proclaimed that the 7h Special Forces Group has conducted missions in every […]
Programmer Steals Software That Runs Goldman Sachs’ Automated Trading Systems
July 6th, 2009Update: Programmer Out on Bail Via: Reuters: A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc computer programer accused of stealing secret trading codes from the financial firm has been released from federal custody after posting bail, authorities said on Monday. Sergey Aleynikov, 39, was arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with “theft of trade secrets.” […]
Afghan Drug Trade: “Most of the government officials are involved.”
July 5th, 2009Via: McClatchy: When it’s harvest time in the poppy fields of Kandahar, dust-covered Taliban fighters pull up on their motorbikes to collect a 10 percent tax on the crop. Afghan police arrive in Ford Ranger pickups — bought with U.S. aid money — and demand their cut of the cash in exchange for promises to […]
Flood of Afghan Heroin Fuels Drug Plague in Russia
July 5th, 2009Via: McClatchy: The drugs usually reach Russia from Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in trucks or, in smaller amounts, tucked away in train compartments or nervous travelers’ stomachs. The trade is nothing new in Russia, but after the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, it exploded. Afghan opium production climbed from 3,400 metric tons in 2002 to […]
U.S.-Built Bridge is Windfall for Illegal Afghan Drug Trade
July 5th, 2009Via: McClatchy: In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia’s poorest countries. Dressed in a gray suit with an American flag pin in his lapel, […]
Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan
July 4th, 2009There could be several factors at work here. Maybe the mobsters who run Russia were offered a cut of the drug money from the American mobsters. If might be that Russian strategists like the idea of giving the U.S. more rope to hang itself. Of course, there’s potential to make billions of dollars from arms […]
