Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
British Man Details Torture Claim
June 26th, 2009Via: BBC: A British man who has accused the government of collusion in his alleged torture in Bangladesh has spoken for the first time. Jamil Rahman, who is suing the Home office, says he believes MI5 were responsible for his arrest in 2005. He claims Bangladeshi officers beat him and threatened to rape his wife […]
Emails Between Mark Sanford and His Mistress Were Turned Over to Newspaper Back in December
June 25th, 2009UPDATE: The Mistress’ Other Boyfriend (Not Sanford, but Some Other Punter) Sent the Emails to The State Ok, I guess we can put this one to bed. (Sorry, I could resist.) Via: New York Times: The mystery of who revealed Gov. Mark Sanford’s e-mail messages may finally be solved. A business associate of Mr. Sanford’s […]
Whistleblower Who Linked “Taliban” Leader to U.S. Intelligence is Assassinated
June 24th, 2009Via: Prison Planet: A whistleblower who defected from the Pakistani Taliban has been assassinated just days after he claimed that the group was working with US intelligence to destabilize the country. Qari Zainuddin, a tribal leader of the South Waziristan region in Pakistan was shot dead on Tuesday by a gunman said to be loyal […]
And Now… Mark Sanford Found in Argentina; Needed a Recharge
June 24th, 2009The bullshit meter just exploded and now I must crawl to safety. In the meantime, fill in the blank with what this is actually about: __________________ Via: Reuters: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford returned to the United States on Wednesday from a secret private trip to Argentina, ending days of speculation over his whereabouts and […]
Allen Stanford Surrenders to FBI
June 19th, 2009Via: Washington Post: R. Allen Stanford, under investigation in an alleged $8 billion fraud involving sales of certificates of deposit through his Antiguan bank, surrendered to federal agents yesterday, his attorney said. The case is one of the largest alleged financial frauds in U.S. history and comes just months after New York financier Bernard L. […]
NSA Intercepts of the Private Telephone Calls and E-Mail Messages of Americans Are Broader Than Previously Acknowledged
June 17th, 2009In the New York Times piece below, we learn that an email database used by the NSA is called PINWALE. Back in 2006, William M Arkin, a Washington Post blogger, published a list of hundreds of terms that were allegedly associated with NSA projects. Along with the list, he wrote: I could write volumes about […]
BBC Video from Iran
June 15th, 2009I’m not coming down on any side here. While my gut feeling is that CIA/Mossad/MI6 are throwing gasoline on the fire, I can’t point to any evidence of that. The past doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the present, but being familiar with how the U.S. has screwed with Iran in the past, it’s […]
TWO JAPANESE CITIZENS CARRYING $134 BILLION WORTH OF UNDECLARED, POSSIBLY COUNTERFEIT U.S. BONDS DETAINED IN ITALY WHILE TRYING TO ENTER SWITZERLAND; ITALIAN AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF THE BONDS ARE AUTHENTIC
June 11th, 2009UPDATE: 11: New York Times Finally Reports That the Japanese Men Were Released This article contradicts itself. “…Although the Guardia di Finanza suspected the bonds were false…” STOP. The Japanese men should then be in custody. Let’s continue: Italian law does not call for the criminal arrest of persons found to be taking funds without […]
GM’s New Chairman: “I Don’t Know Anything About Cars”
June 10th, 2009That’s ok, because when the spooks say to jump he asks, “How high?” Via: Bloomberg: Edward E. Whitacre Jr. built AT&T Inc. into the biggest U.S. provider of telephone service over a 43-year-career. By his own admission, he becomes chairman of General Motors Corp. knowing nothing about the auto industry. The 6-foot-4-inch Texan nicknamed “Big […]
The Ascendancy of Black World Participants Continues at GM
June 9th, 2009First Kent Kresa, and now Edward Whitacre. What’s the big deal? Edward Whitacre looks like every other old, pink faced fat bastard that slithers from board room to board room, but let’s take a quick walk down memory lane. From 2006, in NSA Collected Phone Records in U.S., we learn: The U.S. National Security Agency […]
