Tag: cia
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former cia operative robert baer: ‘of course bin laden is dead’
from steve watson: An important news item that flew under the radar for the most part last week was the assertion from former CIA operative turned whistleblower Robert Baer that Osama Bin Laden is long dead. The hugely respected intelligence & foreign policy expert told Terry Gross, host of National Public Radio show Fresh Air,…
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baer: iran strike would cause ‘serious depression’
from raw story: A former CIA agent and expert on Iran offered a grim assessment on Tuesday of American options in dealing with that nation, saying that “sanctions have failed,” surgical strikes will lead to unacceptable retaliation against US interests, but a conventional war and invasion would “look like World War III.” Robert Baer is…
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our political mis-leaders latest bad moves
video: congress ends 9/11 workers’ health care billfrom ny1: Congress has abandoned legislation to provide billions of dollars in health care for September 11th recovery workers. The program would have provided long term care for workers who were at the World Trade Center on or shortly after September 11, 2001 at an estimated cost of…
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9/11: debates, project censored, tribunals & truth videos
video: excerpt from ‘zero’ follow-up debate in russia part1 (part2) 9/11 makes the top 25 censored stories for 2009from 9/11 blogger: #24-Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror: Testimony in the Japanese parliament, broadcast live on Japanese television in January 2008, challenged the premise and validity of the Global War on Terror. Parliament…
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gwot: wv natl guard, nuke discipline, provocation & suicide
west virginia national guard mobilizedfrom ap: An Army National Guard squadron based in West Virginia is being deployed. But Captain James Bowen says the specific destination for the 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron is yet to be determined. Some of the unit’s 570 soldiers are from Ohio. Bowen says around December 1st, the squadron based in…
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9/11: russian tv, italian truth, ventura, mckinney & osama
US citizens demand truth on 9/11from russia today: Seven years after the 9/11 tragedy in New York, there are many people who say they don’t trust the official version of events. The U.S. government denies all conspiracy theories but skeptics say there are still more questions than answers. russian poll: 84% say truth about 9/11…
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eavesdropping on henry the k
from danger room: A batch of Henry Kissinger’s phone conversations about Chile in 1970 and 1973 has just today been declassified and released. They offer new tantalizing information about one of the Cold War’s most enduring mysteries: How deeply involved were Nixon and Kissinger in the Chilean coup that brought Pinochet to power? In one…
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video: horrifying cia recruitment commercials
from youtube: As the economy shifts to a focus on national security, where else could you find gainful employment… but to spy on your neighbor – just join the CIA, or become a Homeland Security goon, or at worst a TSA screening goon. The future is you! and here’s another one for cia’s clandestine service…
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Drugwars: CIA, Mexico, Coke, Torture Planes & Mena
mexico drug plane used for US ‘rendition’ flightsfrom afp: A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA “rendition” flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament. The plane was carrying Colombian…
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anthrax updates: ivins, labs & hatfill’s predictive programming
frederick news post column proclaims ivins’ innocencefrom 9/11 blogger: Terrific column in the Frederick News-Post today about the flimsiness of the govt case against Ivins. Please email Katherine Heerbrandt thanking her for naming the “elephant on the grassy knoll.” Note that contractor Battelle, who received this contract for $750 million, is a tax-exempt organization. No…
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geopolitiks: georgia, israel, thailand, india, pakistan, mexico & more
darth cheney visits georgia in show of solidarityfrom guardian: The US vice-president arrived in Tbilisi today, in a show of political backing for the nation and its pro-Western Georgian president. Dick Cheney’s visit comes a day after the White House announced a $1bn (£500m) economic aid package for the country, which was ravaged by last…
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9/11: ksm, new clues, steel cross, nist & wtc7
financial times & ‘self-confessed mastermind of 9/11’from people’s voice: The Financial Times (FT), once the liberal, enlightened voice of the financial elite (in contrast to the aggressively neo-conservative Wall Street Journal) has yielded to the totalitarian-militarist temptation. The feature article of the weekend supplement of August 16/17, 2008 – “The Face of 9/11” – embraces…
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olbermann: bush creating ‘embryonic police state’
from raw replay: The Justice Department wants to revise the federal government’s rules for intelligence-gathering by state and local police making it easier to share anything they find about U.S. citizens with the federal government and then letting them retain that information for a decade. This video is from MSNBC’s Countdown, broadcast August 18, 2008.…
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bay of pigs ‘hero’ meets his maker
from miami herald: Grayston L. Lynch, a hero of the anti-Castro movement for his leadership in the Bay of Pigs invasion, where fired the first shot of the battle, died at 85 on Aug. 10… In his 1998 book, Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs, Lynch detailed his role as CIA case…
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julia child was an oss spy
from ap: Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War…