Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Former Republican Congressman Charged in al-Qaida and Taliban Fundraising Case
January 17th, 2008Via: Yahoo / AP: A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Mark Deli Siljander, a Michigan Republican when he was in the […]
Naval Incident Involving the U.S. and Iran Almost Certainly a Covert Attempt to Start War
January 14th, 2008You may have noticed that I refused to touch that incident. I knew it was total bullshit, but I had nothing to point at whatsoever to back up my “gut” feeling. It’s a few days later… So, with U.S. and Iranian warships in close proximity in the Strait of Hormuz, threatening radio traffic was transmitted, […]
Mysterious $100 ‘Supernote’ Counterfeit Bills Appear Across World
January 13th, 2008I’ve seen vague stories in the media about these “supernotes” for years, but this article goes much further than anything I’ve read before. Highly recommended. Via: Kansas City Star: Whatever the origin of the bills, “it’s by far the most sophisticated counterfeiting operation in the world,” said James Kolbe, a former congressman from Arizona who […]
Washington’s $8 Billion Shadow
January 11th, 2008SAIC is hind titty (in money terms) compared to the top armaments contractors, but it represents the glue that holds the technocracy together. With regard to the hundreds of millions of dollars worth of apparently botched projects: * pfft * There’s always next year’s budget! Americans pay their taxes, Washington brings the matches. Via: Vanity […]
Sibel Edmonds Spills a Bit More
January 7th, 2008It’s tough to know where to even shake the stick on this one. My guess is that there’s two piñatas dangling before us. Covert operations, on the one hand, and plain, old treason on the other. Via: Sunday Times: Edmonds described how foreign intelligence agents had enlisted the support of US officials to acquire a […]
Britain in Secret Talks with the Taliban
December 28th, 2007What percentage of the world’s heroin results from Afghan opium production? 90% How many times does the article below mention opium? It doesn’t mention opium at all. So, in summary: The British Army provided security cordons around meetings between two senior British intelligence officers and leading members of the group responsible for producing the opium […]
Schneier: Microsoft Vista SP1 Includes Random Number Generator that Could Contain NSA Backdoor
December 18th, 2007But since most people don’t know which operating system that they’re using… Via: Bruce Schneier: Dual_EC_DRBG Added to Windows Vista Microsoft has added the random-number generator Dual_EC-DRBG to Windows Vista, as part of SP1. Yes, this is the same RNG that could have an NSA backdoor. It’s not enabled by default, and my advice is […]
U.S. Paid $32 Million for Iraqi Base that Wasn’t Built
December 15th, 2007I wouldn’t automatically assume corruption. This could easily be a black ops shell game. The cutout didn’t build the base, but maybe it did something else… See Daniel Hopsicker’s ongoing investigations into CIA cutouts. Via: USA Today: The U.S. military paid a Florida company nearly $32 million to build barracks and offices for Iraqi army […]
CIA Destroyed Videotapes of Torture Sessions
December 7th, 2007Here’s one for your no-shit-Sherlock file folder. But don’t expect the Associated Press to mention that these tapes would have been prima facie evidence of atrocities, for which the perpetrators might have faced trial under international law. Via: AP: The CIA videotaped its interrogations of two top terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes […]
U.S. Says it has Right to Kidnap British Citizens
December 3rd, 2007Via: Times: AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap†British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States. A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it. The […]
