Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Blackwater Now in the Private Intelligence Business
August 1st, 2008Via: Raw Story: Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, is worried about the giant mercenary firm’s latest foray into private intelligence. “They’re marketing their services to not only foreign governments, but to Fortune 500 corporations,” he recently told an interviewer. The forthcoming paperback edition of Scahill’s book […]
Over 400 Forms Used by the NSA
July 31st, 2008Via: The Memory Hole: Via a Freedom of Information Act request (which involved paying $700 and waiting almost 4 years), The Memory Hole has obtained blank copies of most forms used by the National Security Agency). … In response to a prior request, the NSA had sent a supposedly complete listing of forms that they […]
Key Benazir Bhutto Assassination Witness Shot Dead
July 24th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister’s security chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by shooting as he left his house in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said. Mr Shahenshah, 45, was riding in Mrs Bhutto’s bullet-proof car when she was killed […]
Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power
July 23rd, 2008Please see my heavily referenced post on MAIN CORE for more “current history” on this matter. The full text of this Salon piece follows. Via: Salon: Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could […]
WACHOVIA BANK IN FLORIDA DISTRIBUTING COUNTERFEIT $100 BILLS
July 23rd, 2008We already knew that Wachovia was/is in deep trouble. And there is no way that this is a coincidence. Ten counterfeit $100 bills in one transaction, from a struggling bank, in the middle of a banking crisis!? No way. I know. I know. People will say, “If this was a conspiracy to keep a large, […]
MI5 Officers ‘Outsourced the Torture of British Nationals to Pakistani Agencies’
July 16th, 2008Via: Telegraph: MPs have called for an investigation into allegations that MI5 officers “outsourced” the torture of British citizens to Pakistani security agencies. John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, and Andrew Tyrie, Conservative member for Chichester, have said that the reports of abuse must be examined by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), […]
U.S. Faces Global Funding Crisis, Warns Merrill Lynch
July 16th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. In a recent comment, I wrote: It’s pretty clear that the Fed is more interested in selling out the dollar over time than letting the whole thing come crashing down all at once. They could have just let Freddie and Fannie […]
Leading British Intelligence Official, Alex Allan, Found with “Blood Everwhere,” Now In a Coma, Nothing to See Here, Move Along
July 7th, 2008Slipped on a banana peel, obviously. Accidents happen. Via: Telegraph: Britain’s leading spymaster, who is in a coma after apparently being struck down by a mystery illness, was found covered in blood, according to a tenant. Alex Allan has been described as “very, very seriously ill” and is under police guard in the intensive care […]
CIA Operative Fired for Refusing to Suppress or Falsify Reports That Iran Had Suspended Work on Nuclear Weapon
July 3rd, 2008Via: Washington Post: A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb. The onetime undercover agent, who has been barred by the CIA from using his real name, […]
State-Sponsored Terror: British and American Black Ops in Iraq
July 1st, 2008This is an excellent review of P2OG over the years. Many of the story references will be familiar to Cryptogon readers. Via: Global Research: In 2002, the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board (DSB) conducted a “Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of Countering Terrorism,” portions of which were leaked to the Federation […]
