Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
‘Retired’ Goldman Sachs Executive to Head Trading for Merrill Lynch
April 28th, 2008What we have here isn’t some, “unseen hand of the market.” It’s more like a bunch of tentacles. Henry Paulson is the United States Treasury Secretary. He’s also a former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Joshua Bolten is the current White House Chief of Staff. He served as Goldman’s executive director for legal and government affairs […]
Wachovia Facing Drug Money Laundering Investigation
April 28th, 2008Assisting upstarts with taking their ill gotten gains out? Oh no no no. That’s a no no. Via: TheStreet: Wachovia is being investigated by federal prosecutors as part of a larger probe of alleged laundering of drug money, according to a published media report. The report, in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, cited people familiar with […]
U.S. Department of Justice: International Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars Through U.S. Financial Institutions, and Invest Profits in Publicly Traded Companies
April 25th, 2008I had always assumed the entire business of the markets to be a massive criminal enterprise that allowed public participation simply because it made a few people extremely wealthy… Assume maximum criminal behavior… —Insider Crimes, Funny Money and Options Rackets I told you that trying to trade this crap, as a retailer, is the equivalent […]
Al-CIAda No. 2 Says 9/11 Theory Propagated by Iran
April 23rd, 2008HAHA! I really need to add a Humor category. Via: AP: Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror network by spreading the conspiracy theory that Israel was behind the Sept. 11 attacks. The comments reflected al-Qaida’s No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri’s increasing […]
Activist Under FBI Investigation Found Dead in Lake, Hands and Legs Bound, Eyes Covered with Duct Tape; Police Leaning Toward Suicide Ruling
April 22nd, 2008Via: American Statesman: Austin police said Thursday that they are leaning toward a ruling of suicide in the death of a middle school teacher and activist whose body was found Wednesday in Lady Bird Lake with his hands and legs bound and tape over his eyes. Police identified Riad Hamad, 55, at a news conference […]
British Dealers Supply Arms to Iran
April 20th, 2008NATO carried out aerial resupply of arms, food and water for the Taliban, and now… Via: Guardian: Investigators have identified a number of British arms dealers trading with Tehran, triggering alarm among government officials who fear Iran’s nuclear programme may be receiving significant support from UK sources. The probe by customs officers suggests that at […]
NATO Forces Supplied Food, Water and Arms to Taliban Forces in Southern Afghanistan
April 19th, 2008Britain in Secret Talks with the Taliban Afghanistan: Planned British Covert Operation Included Training in “Farming and Irrigation Techniques” for Taliban Fighters Narco Aggression: Russia Accuses the U.S. Military of Involvement in Drug Trafficking Out of Afghanistan But this was a mistake. Trust us. Via: Guardian: Nato forces mistakenly supplied food, water and arms to […]
Polygamist Sect Gets Millions from U.S. Government
April 17th, 2008Via: McClatchy: American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts. The ability of the Fundamentalist Church of […]
Google Supplying Search and Collaboration Systems to U.S. Intelligence Agencies
March 31st, 2008Via: Telegraph: Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects. Agencies such as the National Security Agency have bought servers on which Google-supplied search technology is used to process information gathered by networks of spies around the world. Google is also providing the […]
Federal Reserve Seeks Broad Authority to Oversee “Financial Market Stability”
March 29th, 2008“Some changes could actually reduce the power of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is charged with maintaining orderly stock and bond markets and protecting investors.” Check out some of the background stories that have been leading up to this: Goldman Sachs Creates Private Stock Exchange for Unregistered Securities, Clients with $100 Million Minimum NASDAQ […]
