Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran
May 23rd, 2007Via: abcnews: The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject, say President Bush has signed […]
Wally Hilliard Lent Jerry Falwell $1 Million
May 20th, 2007Via: Mad Cow Productions: At the same time the Rev. Jerry Falwell was accusing pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays, lesbians, the ACLU and People For the American Way of sharing responsibility for the 9/11 attack the televangelist owed over one million dollars in unpaid loans to the owner of the terror flight school in Florida which […]
Russian Authorities Sue Bank of New York for $22.5 Billion
May 18th, 2007How many corpses will be hitting the deck over this? Via: International Herald Tribune: The Russian Federal Customs Service is seeking $22.5 billion in damages from the Bank of New York, which it accuses of money laundering in the 1990s. The bank “committed violations of Russian law that resulted in damages of $22.5 billion to […]
Hookers, Spies, Cases Full of Dollars…How BP Spent £45m to Win ‘Wild East’ Oil Rights
May 14th, 2007This article has been pulled from dailymail.co.uk (Google Cache) and thisislondon.co.uk. Prisonplanet.com is mirroring the entire article since the British Government appears to have issued a D-Notice over this. I’ll mirror it here as well: Hookers, Spies, Cases Full of Dollars…How BP Spent £45m to Win ‘Wild East’ Oil Rights GLEN OWEN UK Daily Mail […]
Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq
May 13th, 2007If the “newspaper of record” in the U.S. can parrot the GAO theory that the insurgents might have stolen it *chuckle: that’s a good one, har har*, can I make absurd and ridiculous statements too? Piles of corpses, billions of dollars worth of dodgy deals, mercenaries by the thousands and 100,000 to 300,000 barrels of […]
Verizon Says Phone Record Disclosure is Protected Free Speech
May 8th, 2007Via: Arstechnica: Verizon is one of the phone companies currently being sued over its alleged disclosure of customer phone records to the NSA. In a response to the court last week, the company asked for the entire consolidated case against it to be thrown out—on free speech grounds. The response also alleges that the case […]
Venezuela Criticizes DEA as ‘New Cartel’
May 8th, 2007I don’t know about new… Via: Yahoo / AP: Venezuela on Monday said it will not allow U.S. agents to carry out counter-drug operations in the country, accusing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of being a “new cartel” that aids traffickers. Justice Minister Pedro Carreno said the South American nation suspended cooperation with the agency […]
The War in Afghanistan is Simply a Big Money Heroin Racket
May 1st, 2007Via: Global Research: The United Nations has announced that opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has soared. There was a 59% increase in areas under opium cultivation in 2006. Production of opium is estimated to have increased by 49% in relation to 2005. The Western media in chorus blame the Taliban and the warlords. Western officials […]
Wal-Mart Seeks Former Intelligence Officers for Security
April 29th, 2007Via: AP / Houston Chronicle: Wal-Mart Stores has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world’s largest retailer, including from “suspect individuals and groups.” Wal-Mart’s interest in intelligence operatives comes at a time when the retailer is defending itself against […]
Virginia Tech Shooting: I’ve Already Seen Enough
April 18th, 2007I thought that I should designate a single post to all of the Virginia Tech related analysis, to parse out some of the key signals from the noise. Within 30 minutes of actually sitting down to read about the incident, I had already seen enough. At first, I was looking for—and found—indications of trauma induced […]
