Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Hersh: Congress Approved Major Escalation of Covert Operations Against Iran; Funding Groups That May Be Described as Al Qaeda
June 29th, 2008Via: New Yorker: Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by […]
Telecom Amnesty Flip-Floppers Got More Telecom Dollars
June 27th, 2008People wonder, “What’s a good investment?” Corporations buy off elected representatives for bum change. It’s not quite something for nothing, but owning an elected representative for a few grand seems pretty close to it. Via: Wired: Democrats who switched from opposing to supporting legal amnesty to telecoms that aided the government’s warrantless wiretapping program received […]
Israeli Police Suicide Causes Panic at Sarkozy Farewell
June 24th, 2008This rates a WTF +10? Via: Telegraph: An Israeli border policeman prompted scenes of panic at a Tel Aviv airport this afternoon by committing suicide at a farewell ceremony for President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and his wife, Carla Bruni. All protocol was dropped as the man’s body fell from a high vantage point and […]
Wayne Madsen Report: Another 9/11 Waiting to Happen
June 18th, 2008This makes for interesting reading, if you don’t mind not being able to verify anything that’s being said about Carnaby. The usual caveats apply to this one, double plus. Via: Rumor Mill News: Roland “Tony” Carnaby, the one-time CIA station chief for the Southeast Region slain by Houston police on April 29, was an advocate […]
British Mercenary to Stand Trial for Attempted Coup in Equatorial Guinea
June 13th, 2008Via: Reuters: British mercenary Simon Mann will go on trial on Tuesday for leading a failed 2004 coup in Equatorial Guinea, the West African state’s public prosecutor said on Friday. Jose Olo Obono said that Mann, arrested in 2004 in Zimbabwe with 70 mercenaries en route for oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, will face three main charges: […]
Two Miami Police Officers Protected Shipments of Cocaine
June 2nd, 2008Via: WSVN: Two veteran Miami police officers were charged Friday with providing protection for purported shipments of cocaine and stolen goods in an eight-month undercover FBI operation. Officer Geovani Nunez and Detective Jorge Hernandez, both 13-year veterans of the Miami Police Department, were paid a combined $39,500 by a man they thought was involved in […]
Venezuela Arrests U.S. “DEA Agent”
May 30th, 2008Uh, when DEA isn’t operating in Venezuela? And “the DEA agent” was carrying Canadian and French passports… Via: Reuters: Venezuela said on Thursday it arrested a man who identified himself as a U.S. anti-drugs agent, which if confirmed could inflame tensions between the United States and one of its biggest oil suppliers. President Hugo Chavez […]
Chilean Judge Orders Arrest of Pinochet-Era Soldiers and Secret Police
May 27th, 2008See: The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability by Peter Kornbluh Via: Guardian: A Chilean judge has ordered the detention of almost 100 former soldiers and secret police officers from General Augusto Pinochet’s regime as part of investigations into human rights abuses, according to reports. Among the 98 held are former employees […]
Indictment for Former #3 Spook Over Hookers, Bribery
May 22nd, 2008You know, the usual. Via: AP: A new indictment of a former top CIA official alleges that he received bribes in the form of “sexual companionship” in exchange for helping a friend get an edge in landing multimillion-dollar contracts from the agency. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday obtained a superseding indictment against Kyle […]
MI5 Linked to Max Mosley Sex Scandal
May 19th, 2008Oh my my my. What a shocking Coincidence! Full text follows. Via: Times Online: An MI5 officer has been forced to resign after admitting that his wife was a prostitute who took part in a notorious “Nazi-style orgy” with Max Mosley, the Formula One racing chief. The intelligence officer, who cannot be named for security […]
