Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Citing Four-Day Old Surveillance Law, Bush Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging NSA Spying
August 11th, 2007Via: Wired: Four days after President Bush signed controversial legislation legalizing some warrantless surveillance of Americans, the administration is citing the law in a surprise motion today urging a federal judge to dismisss a lawsuit challenging the NSA spy program. The lawsuit was brought by lawyers defending Guantanamo Bay prisoners. The lawyers and others alleged […]
DailyKos and the CIA
August 11th, 2007In 2005, “I was content to say, ‘F*ck DailyKOS’ and move on.” As it turns out, there’s a bit more to it. Make sure you listen to him speak for yourself. Some of the weaselly prick effect is lost when you just read the transcript. Via: My Left Wing: You know . . . coughs […]
Surge: Afghanistan Now Responsible for 95% of Global Opium Production
August 5th, 2007The people behind this represent the real Plunge Protection Team. Via: Yahoo / AP: Afghanistan will produce another record poppy harvest this year that cements its status as the world’s near-sole supplier of the heroin source, yet a furious debate over how to reverse the trend is stalling proposals to cut the crop, U.S. officials […]
U.S. ‘Loses’ 190,000 Weapons in Iraq
August 3rd, 2007Wait a minute, remember Pentagon arms its enemy’s enemies in Iraq: The US military has embarked on a new and risky strategy in Iraq by arming Sunni insurgents in the hope that they will tackle al-Qaida operatives in Iraq. The US high command this month gave permission to its officers on the ground to negotiate […]
Zeitgeist
July 30th, 2007Zeitgeist is an extremely impressive film that delivers a vast amount of fascinating information in a coherent way. It’s definitely worth setting aside a couple of hours of interruption free time to watch this. If you know any people who don’t quite “get it” yet, this will rattle their cages. Who produced this??? They’ve made […]
Stolen U.S. Vehicles End Up as Bombs in Iraq, FBI Says
July 19th, 2007The insurgents are getting a hold of stolen SUVs that just happen to be the same as those used by American mercenaries who are operating in Iraq. Sure. I don’t know WTF is going on in Iraq, but the CIA has a long history of using stolen aircraft to carry guns and drugs. Hmm. Via: […]
Saudi Flights on Mob, CIA Linked Charters
July 15th, 2007Via: Mad Cow Productions: The owner of one of the air charter companies involved in the airlift of Saudi Royals and bin Laden family members out of the U.S. after the 9/11 attack has been identified in numerous published reports as a business partner and “close associate†of New England Mob Boss Raymond J. (Junior) […]
Guards Steal $282 Million from a Bank in Baghdad
July 12th, 2007Oh sure. Via: International Herald Tribune: In an astonishing heist, guards at a bank here made off with more than a quarter-billion dollars on Wednesday, according to an official at the Interior Ministry. The robbery, of $282 million from the Dar Es Salaam bank, a private financial institution, raised more questions than it answered, and […]
Special Operations Prepared for Domestic Missions
June 24th, 2007Full throttle fascism. Via: Washington Post: The U.S. Northern Command, the military command responsible for “homeland defense,” has asked the Pentagon if it can establish its own special operations command for domestic missions. The request, reported in the Washington Examiner, would establish a permanent sub-command for responses to incidents of domestic terrorism as well as […]
Hamas Acted on a Very Real Fear of a U.S.-Sponsored Coup
June 22nd, 2007Via: Guardian: Washington’s fingerprints are all over the chaos that has hit Palestinians. The last thing they now need is an envoy called Blair. Did they jump or were they pushed? Was Hamas’s seizure of Fatah security offices in Gaza unprovoked, or a pre-emptive strike to forestall a coup by Fatah? After last week’s turmoil, […]
