Celebrating 10 Years of Unearthing the Truth 2000-2010
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Top Stories:
Eight years after lying to Congress, the Brits, the U.S. Military, the CIA and Gitmo are all outed in one simple action, as a British Judge forces the release of a 7-page memo of a classified document detailing torture, from water-boarding to sleep deprivation, which they claimed they knew nothing of, regarding detainee Binyam Mohamed (below)
Expect discord between MI5/6 and NSA/CIA as that which was kept closely guarded by U.S. torturers was outed without notice ("Britain Discloses Secret Data on Detainee Abuse " (Associated Press via Yahoo)
Speaking of lack of notice, Google introduces "Buzz" Social Networking, implanted to the Gmail service without telling users who logged in to find that they are being "followed." This will prove to be their "Coca-Cola Formula moment." A quick check of complaints serves instructive as writers & bloggers claim they will cancel their account. Watch as Google Ads and revenue and stock prices to take a heavy hit, until they cancel the service and remove it from the email browser. This, coming on the tail of the China censorship debacle shed light on the other side of Google's Jekyll and Hyde personality. (PC World via Yahoo)
What of "Useless Bomb Detectors" as revealed by BBC's 'News Night', last night? They have been banned for export to Iraq and Afghanistan Watch Here
Lithuanian Parliament concludes report on CIA Secret Prisons, one was room for eight, another single suite. State politics are upside down as previous President, Rolandas Paksas, claims he was ousted for refusing secret USA requests to establish sites. Read & Watch
Italy concludes trial of CIA, finding station chief guilty and sentenced to 8 years. One problem, nobody showed up. 36 prosecuted, 23 found guilty in first ever case against agents the CIA for years of rogue activity. George Tenet & Condi named directly, and Egypt fingered for holding Sheik 4 years engaging in torture. (How pathetic is it when you must rely on Al Jazeera or BBC or DW or FR24 or RT for real news?)
Russian TV on Italian case against U.S. CIA
FBI versus John Winston Lennon: We have posted the files of the FBI's attempt to frame and scam John Lennon, from claiming he had "paid $75,000 to disrupt the Republican National Convention" to undermining the moral values of America's youth. If this was not the National Police of the USA, the bumbling Keystone Cops attempts would be laughable. Directives from top FBI spooks included keeping inter-office memos from foreign offices, photographing lists they could have gotten by fax, securing four to five snitches and rats to make scandalous claims against him (was it McCartney, Jerry Rubin, Yoko's Ex..?) including claims he took LSD to consuming the "Narcotic", Marijuana. They hoped to use a 1969 UK Bust for Pot against him in a U.S. Immigration request for Citizenship, instructing INS which tactics to employ....Read it here
Is this a 80 year anomaly or is it Capitalism, driven by greed, narrow self-interest, rotten to the core? Michael Moore's answer?
Afghanistan in Turmoil-After the German Commander in Kunduz called in an air strike, NATO allies are quick to stab each other in the back. The Germans claim that 2 fuel trucks hijacked could have been intended for use in an attack against their base. McChrystal reminds them his new mandate was to protect civilians and not to attack Taliban, especially when civilians may be caught in the middle. Read the German version (in English) and Read comments on the potential effect on NATO's Alliance
CIA Torture Reports: Gross perversion of International Law-11 days Sleep Deprivation & Drowning (not allowed on US Troops in training since 2002) Read Here
The torture pictures they hope you don't see, are here, (first exposed by the Australian Broadcast Corp., then Prison Planet over here). Cheney interview with Fox Faux News defending torture, chastising Holder, avoiding war crimes charges, notes "approval by the executive", fingering George Orwell Bush. Click Here (prepare your stomach) 3 of 9 now loaded.
Austrian Public TV-"Zero, an investigation into 9/11". Produced by Italians, promoted by Brits, making the case for a new & fair inquiry into the circumstances behind 2 planes sinking 2 buildings, built to withstand plane crashes (with fuel, planes need fuel to fly!) National Geographic just sacrificed their credibility staging a stooge version of events, while CNN made preposterous claims about building 7, you know, the one that fell 8 hours later. National Geographic sacrificed its credibility to discredit Loose Change.
Senator Edward Kennedy-"Gladiator for the People" (Ed Shultz) Advocate for Children, Working Poor & Public Healthcare, dead, age 77. Obama owes him his Presidency. Let us see, aside from a droll announcement, what Barack does on the Public Option, a true sign of respect for Kennedy's legacy. Greedy insurance companies remain the problem, they have no trouble denying care, getting between you and your Doctor (as wrong-wingers claim Medicare does).
Settle this Beebee-Friday's Press Briefing by Robert (too mellow for the job) Gibbs, includes lashing out at Beebe No-Nothing for "continued settlement expansion" Read
Obama on Healthcare-A weasel once.... Last week started with a frontal assault by renegade Republicans, not satisfied with the Appeaser, Dick Grassley and attempts to reconcile Healthcare Reform with Fox Mongering-from "Grandma's Rationed Healthcare" to "Euthanasia by Committee", all of which, none of which, was true. The bill included compensation for Doctors who do in fact give "End of Life" counseling, where they had heretofore been uncompensated. Then there was the Great Waffle Iron as Obama and Sebelius caved on a Public Option, then re-emphasized it after Dean, Krugman and Pelosi lit a fire under their collective Asses. Listen to Boston's NPR with Tom Ashbrook speaking to Dr. Dean
Hillary's Not-So-Excellent Adventure-in Africa she was counseled poorly by her advance team, weighing in on Liberia's War Crimes, Lecturing South Africa on AIDS. On Liberia, the current President was accused of being complicit and financing Charles Taylor, the instigator sitting in the Dock in the Hague War Crimes Court (Netherlands) while Hilary defended her. First Civil War & Second Civil War & The Liberian Civil War (Mark Huberd). In South Africa, on the cusp of a drastic economic decline (6.4% 1st Quarter 2009, reduced to 3% 2nd & 3rd Quarter), Hillary ignored the Entrepreneur Class and lectured instead, on the need to remain vigilant on AIDS prevention.
Joe Biden-Still vilified after all these years, by an elitist Press who can not be trusted themselves, from THE Washington Post to NYT. Now we are told he is center to a core advisory group on Afghanistan warning against increased troop levels and quagmire. That crazy Joe, if only he had the insight of Holbrooke, McChrystal, Gates, Clinton & crew, those geniuses of military strategy, he would see that adding 12,000-45,000 more young boys would quell the even Crazier Taliban's resurgence. We took our eye off the ball (balls of Bin Laden, that is), outsourcing war to Ghurka, Brits and Northern Alliance. Hey, you fail 'with the Army you've got', ask Rummy.
Boeing & Grumman-War crimes in the name of corporate profits, Drones violate Geneva Conventions...Of 702 killed in 2009, 19 were actual enemies we were aiming for. At a 2% kill rate, this constitutes a WAR CRIME under Geneva Protocols whereby any method of war which primarily(knowingly) kills civilians is thus defined. Look at the recent hits in Somalia, by helicopter-someone got the memo. They cam in low, killed their target, landed, grabbed the bodies and ran off. No "Blackhawk Down" this time. Going after The Shabab, a coalition of un-repentant, un-recalcitrant Muslims (their view), whom we'd rather kill than co-operate with, leaves the African Union to take the retaliatory hit.
KBR's Killer Electricity-"Don't blame us, we told you our work was shoddy, you made no demands to fix the mess" was essentially the pathetic excuse as the Pentagon gives them a pass after killing 17 soldiers, just trying to take a shower, washing off the stench of war. Turns out the Water Pumps were not grounded. Go figure.
Pentagon out of Control-Philippines, Colombia, Somalia, Djibouti, Pakistan. The NYT reported that Republican Gates travelled to the Philippines to nix a withdrawal of Special Forces, saying Abu Sayef may be down, but they will rush in on the heels of an American withdrawal. The old premature withdrawal argument? Smell like Iraq?
Iraq Bombings-Who had to gain by killing 100 and injuring 500? Using fertilizer bombs well-known to Special Ops and Insurgents alike, someone blew up the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. Nori Al-Maliki was blamed for "Bravado" as he withdrew concrete blast barriers, now returned. Truth is, the violence in general is up because we stopped bribing the Baath opposition $300 a month to stop shooting at us, We turned that function over to the Iraqi Military, they refused to pay the enemy. OOPS.
Waziristan, Pakistan-One Talib chief rises where another failed, avoiding Predator Drones. Mehsud by any other name. Friday morning, they hijacked two Tanker Trucks and the BBC reports NATO blew them up, 02:30, killing 90, perhaps 30 civilians amongst them. The BBC reporter in London reminded listeners that they could have been used as suicide bombs, justifying (kissing up to) the attack, then questioning "what people were doing awake then?", clearly lacking ANY knowledge of Ramadan hours.
Blackwater rears its ugly head-Kicked out of Iraq, new funds from corrupt benefactors-Pentagon and CIA-outsources Drone attack management to this fully discredited firm. The NYT disclosed a target list of 367 "Terrorists, Insurgents, Dead-Enders (Rummy's words)" and now added, Fifty (50) Opium Growers & Exporters (who refuse to cooperate), another War Crime.
Don't Cry for Me NYT-Article titled "Rise of Super-Rich hits a Sobering Wall" tells us there is trouble in high places when pissing on the Middle Class fails to raise their fortunes. Michael Moore has his answer.
Afghanistan in Turmoil-Election marred by Taliban threats to cut off the finger which voted. Southern region showed marked reduction in turnout, which should have hurt Karzai, a Pashtun, though it appears it did not. Abdullah & Karzai each claimed victory, Abdullah suggested irregularities, among them a truck with ballots attacked and burned. Vote tallies now put Karzai at 54% including tainted ballots. (Sound like Bush 43?) Gareth Porter of The Asia Times now disclosed that "Iranian" IED's actually Italian TC-6, were USA gifts to Mujahedeen fighting against Soviets, now back to bite our ass. Read it here
FAA & Airlines-Profits before Swine-Boeing 767 and Thales Speed sensors (replaced in secret), Goodrich saves the day. At first given 2 years to change over, public disclosure has shrunk that window to months.
The Strange Case of Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib (Johannesburg University)-Denied entry to the USA, with 42 other Professors whose opinion we do not like, though invited as keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Sociologists, his profession. His mistake? He spoke out against the war in Iraq during a 2002 Durban, South Africa protest. Free Speech? In the USA? You drinking Cool-Aid? Even if "Yes", for Americans, not for them bloody tourists & visitors...
"Extraordinary Rendition" is like a newly minted version of My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line or No No Nanette, not the kidnapping of German, Khaled Al-Masri. (see the 10 Min. video at end of "Rendition", the movie). Read the EU case investigating kidnapping by U.S. CIA, from Italy to Montenegro and secret prisons from Balkans to Syria. Khalid's case against the USA (nixed by Bush and Merkel) Read here
False Flag Report: CIA and NSA Fake cases for continuing "War in Error": #1 The Pizza Men Cometh, 7 arrested in Lackawannah, NY Pizzeria, playing at being a Paki Western Union, not killing anyone; #2 "Liberty City 7" plans organized, coordinated and paid for by FBI (Walter Pincus, Wash.Post 2006) & (Mistrial Declared, CBS News Denver); #3 Frame Job 580, where FBI agents & a convicted drug dealer set the trap (Chris Christie's 1st Stand); #4 New York parolee's on mission to bomb a Synagogue and Air National Guard base. FBI undercover offered $10,000 each to follow their plan-while one guy planned to pay for his brother's surgery.
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