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Earlier this month, the House of Representatives quietly passed a bill that critics insist guarantees unlimited military aid to the government of Israel. HR 4133, dubbed the “United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012,” makes it “the policy of the United States to help Israel preserve its qualitative military edge” and “to provide Israel the military capabilities necessary to deter and defend itself by itself against any threats.”
The bill passed by a vote of 411-2 with nine members voting “present.” The two “no” votes were cast by Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul and Congressman John Dingell (D-Mich.), former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the longest currently serving member of Congress.
Paul assailed the bill for being “one-sided” and “counter-productive” and argued that it weakened the America’s claims of being an honest broker seeking peace in the Middle East. He also took issue with the bill’s statement that U.S. policy should be to defend “the security of Israel as a Jewish state.”
“According to our Constitution,” argued Paul, “the policy of the United States government should be to protect the security of the United States, not to guarantee the religious, ethnic, or cultural composition of a foreign country.”
Full Story: http://www.policymic.com/articles/8919/ron-paul-dissents-on-house-bill-for-unlimited-military-aid-for-israel-shows-why-he-s-a-true-leader#Earlier this month, the House of Representatives quietly passed a bill that critics... more
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I just attended a lecture at the University of Oregon where Researcher Robert Hastings discussed the recent declassification of CIA documents with regard to the numerous UFO sitings for which they have records of. Apparently there is a noticeable pattern. The UFOs most highest frequency of appearances are related to nuclear weapons installations and research facilities, and in many, many cases, the appearance of the UFOs has resulted in the disruption of tests, planned exercises and communications with nuclear missiles. This has been documented in both the USA and Russia.
The lecture was quite interesting as we were given a tour of some of the key documents that Mr. Hastings has collected over his years of research, including excerpts from accounts of UFO incidents from the over 130 personal interviews that Mr. Hastings has conducted with retired military personnel.
Since 1981, Hastings has presented his research findings at more than 500 colleges and universities nationwide, and possesses hundreds of highly favorable letters of recommendation from sponsors. "I am not condemning any government agency for its policy of secrecy regarding UFOs", says Hastings, "but I believe that the public should be given the facts."
Hastings believes that UFOs are piloted by visitors from elsewhere in the universe who, for whatever reason, have taken an interest in our long-term survival. He contends that these beings are occasionally disrupting our nukes to send a message to the American and Soviet/Russian governments that their possession and potential large-scale use of nuclear weapons threatens the future of humanity and the environmental integrity of the planet. In short, Washington and Moscow are being warned that they are "playing with fire."
To suggest that this scenario is the only explanation for widespread UFO sightings during the modern era would be presumptuous, simplistic, and undoubtedly inaccurate. Nevertheless, Hastings believes that the now well-documented nuclear weapons-related incidents are integral to an understanding of the mystery that confronts us.
Sometimes reality is indeed stranger than fiction.I just attended a lecture at the University of Oregon where Researcher Robert Hastings... more
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Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Episode 14: The Missing Secrets of Nikola Tesla
A documentary series that takes an in-depth look at the topics found in recently de-classified government documents. It explores well-known issues with new information that has been sequestered from the public for over sixty years.Phenomenon - The Lost Archives - Episode 14: The Missing Secrets of Nikola Tesla
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Same as Iran 1979, same Libya 2011, same as it ever was
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Ben Fenton
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Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:49 CDT
Nearly 50 years before the war in Iraq, Britain and America sought a secretive "regime change" in another Arab country they accused of spreading terror and threatening the west's oil supplies, by planning the invasion of Syria and the assassination of leading figures.
Newly discovered documents show how in 1957 Harold Macmillan and President Dwight Eisenhower approved a CIA-MI6 plan to stage fake border incidents as an excuse for an invasion by Syria's pro-western neighbours, and then to "eliminate" the most influential triumvirate in Damascus.
The plans, frighteningly frank in their discussion, were discovered in the private papers of Duncan Sandys, Mr Macmillan's defence secretary, by Matthew Jones, a reader in international history at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Although historians know that intelligence services had sought to topple the Syrian regime in the autumn of 1957, this is the first time any document has been found showing that the assassination of three leading figures was at the heart of the scheme. In the document drawn up by a top secret and high-level working group that met in Washington in September 1957, Mr Macmillan and President Eisenhower were left in no doubt about the need to assassinate the top men in Damascus.Same as Iran 1979, same Libya 2011, same as it ever was
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Newly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown
"Fusion Centers, a post-9-11 creation, are a federally-funded joint project of the DHS and the US Justice Department which are designed to share intelligence information among such federal agencies as the DHS, the FBI, the CIA and the US Military, as well as state and local police agencies. By their nature they are designed to circumvent legal constraints on various agencies, for example the ban on CIA domestic spying, or the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars active military activity within the borders of the US. There are currently 72 Fusion Centers around the US."
Read the rest of the article at october2011.org.
This ought to get your blood pressure up.
http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese/newly-discovered-homeland-security-files-show-feds-central-occupy-crackdownNewly Discovered Homeland Security Files Show Feds Central to Occupy Crackdown... more
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In 1999 Crumpton was the guy who had Osama bin Laden in his sights and was not allowed to pull the trigger. He was high up on the inside during the Clinton administration and early Bush years.
I don’t think I will be buying his book. During the interview, it seemed he was selling a hell of a lot more than his experiences. I think he sold out a ton of Americans civilians overseas.
http://veracitystew.com/?p=35437In 1999 Crumpton was the guy who had Osama bin Laden in his sights and was not allowed... more
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Published on Apr 16, 2012 by Sibel Edmonds
In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded. Having lived under Middle East dictatorships, Edmonds knows firsthand what can happen when government is allowed to operate in secret. Hers is a sobering perspective that combines painful experience with a rallying cry for the public's right to know and to hold the lawbreakers accountable. With U.S. citizens increasingly stripped of their rights in a calibrated media blackout, Edmonds' story is a wake-up call for all Americans who, willingly or unwillingly, traded liberty for illusive security in the wake of 9/11.
To purchase this book visit http://classifiedwoman.com
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Sorry losers, high level people have spoken out about 9/11. Sibel Edmonds is one of them. You're just too busy watching reality TV to care about actual reality.Published on Apr 16, 2012 by Sibel Edmonds
In this startling new memoir, Sibel... more
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U.S. officials have acknowledged the latest militant bomb plot targeting a U.S.-bound airliner was in fact thwarted by a double agent working for the CIA. The White House initially claimed it had arrested the would-be bomber in Yemen last week after finding him with a new type of "underwear bomb" designed to pass through airport security. But on Tuesday, U.S. officials acknowledged the suspect was in fact a Saudi double agent who managed to infiltrate al-Qaeda in Yemen and volunteered to carry out the mission. After receiving the bomb in Yemen, the agent traveled abroad and delivered it to U.S. and Saudi agents. He also reportedly provided critical intelligence used to carry out a U.S. drone strike in Yemen that killed a senior al-Qaeda figure on Sunday.
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So once again we prove we're the only threat we have. Good job us. Caught another double agent doing their job. Pat yourselves on the back.
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/5/9/headlines#593U.S. officials have acknowledged the latest militant bomb plot targeting a U.S.-bound... more
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U.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida airliner plot was actually an informant working for the CIA.
The revelation, first reported by The Los Angeles Times, shows how the CIA was able to get its hands on a sophisticated underwear bomb well before an attack was set in motion.
Officials say the informant was working for the CIA and Saudi Arabian intelligence when he was given the bomb. He then turned the device over to authorities. Officials say the informant is safely out of Yemen.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive intelligence matter.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/al-qaeda-bomb-plot-bomber-cia-informant_n_1501340.htmlU.S. and Yemeni officials say the supposed would-be bomber at the heart of an al-Qaida... more
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Every military and intelligence operation has a “cover and deception” aspect. Most have several, backup stories to use if one fails, like the inflatable tanks that Patton’s “empty army” used in Britain in 1944 to fool the Germans. 9/11 was no different, the cover and deception there was to prove that a group of FBI informants, some “cloned persons,” some Israeli agents, were actually hijackers planning 9/11.
The “hijackers” and those briefed about them, those who met them at strip clubs owned by Jack Abramoff, those told of them by “spies” were all conned, just like Hitler was, the “hijackers” were just more of Patton’s “rubber inflatable tanks.”
Informants of all kinds, some CIA “whistleblowers,” some Army, some honest decent people who were lied to were “set up” to sell this story, this fabrication about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, not one word of truth in all of it.
Behind this stood CGI videos, phony wreckage, a 9/11 Commission made of political hacks and cowards, and behind them stood a press like the BBC reporter who told of the destruction of Building 7 while it stood virtually undamaged behind her. Every aspect of 9/11 was scripted, all movies, all photographs, key phony testimony, the phony hijackers, the phony informants, the phony news stories, all to cover the biggest insurance fraud in history, to orchestrate one of the biggest war crimes in history, the illegal invasion of two countries, and to serve key Israeli interests.
This is enough to prove it all false, all by itself, no rational person need look one inch further than this: - go to link for video
Then there is the story about the Pentagon. The Air Force disproves this story alone through the history of their attempts to modify the B 52, strongest plane in the world, to fly 300 feet off the ground at half the speed of the supposed “hijacker” plane. This article should be enough.
Then the a similar plane was tested in New Zealand. It would not fly under 150 feet at 240 mph. The plane, as many pilots and engineers described, would fly apart. The plane said to have hit the Pentagon is unable to fly 560 mph under 25,000 feet because of drag. The Pentagon is 84 feet tall. The Pentagon was hit at 5 feet off the ground at 560 mph. The “platform” had a wingspread of less than 10 feet. This single video alone disproves all testimony: - go to link for video
Then the NORAD satellite photo of the missile attack on the Pentagon was released, proof on proof on proof, no hijackers, no magic planes: - go to link for video
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The proof goes on and on and on and on, but you cowards just won't listen.Every military and intelligence operation has a “cover and deception”... more
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THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years — or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his way to the Capitol; a scheme to bomb synagogues and shoot Stinger missiles at military aircraft was developed by men in Newburgh, N.Y.; and a fanciful idea to fly explosive-laden model planes into the Pentagon and the Capitol was hatched in Massachusetts.
ut all these dramas were facilitated by the F.B.I., whose undercover agents and informers posed as terrorists offering a dummy missile, fake C-4 explosives, a disarmed suicide vest and rudimentary training. Suspects naïvely played their parts until they were arrested.
When an Oregon college student, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, thought of using a car bomb to attack a festive Christmas-tree lighting ceremony in Portland, the F.B.I. provided a van loaded with six 55-gallon drums of “inert material,” harmless blasting caps, a detonator cord and a gallon of diesel fuel to make the van smell flammable. An undercover F.B.I. agent even did the driving, with Mr. Mohamud in the passenger seat. To trigger the bomb the student punched a number into a cellphone and got no boom, only a bust.
This is legal, but is it legitimate? Without the F.B.I., would the culprits commit violence on their own? Is cultivating potential terrorists the best use of the manpower designed to find the real ones? Judging by their official answers, the F.B.I. and the Justice Department are sure of themselves — too sure, perhaps.
Carefully orchestrated sting operations usually hold up in court. Defendants invariably claim entrapment and almost always lose, because the law requires that they show no predisposition to commit the crime, even when induced by government agents. To underscore their predisposition, many suspects are “warned about the seriousness of their plots and given opportunities to back out,” said Dean Boyd, a Justice Department spokesman. But not always, recorded conversations show. Sometimes they are coaxed to continue.
Undercover operations, long practiced by the F.B.I., have become a mainstay of counterterrorism, and they have changed in response to the post-9/11 focus on prevention. “Prior to 9/11 it would be very unusual for the F.B.I. to present a crime opportunity that wasn’t in the scope of the activities that a person was already involved in,” said Mike German of the American Civil Liberties Union, a lawyer and former F.B.I. agent who infiltrated white supremacist groups. An alleged drug dealer would be set up to sell drugs to an undercover agent, an arms trafficker to sell weapons. That still happens routinely, but less so in counterterrorism, and for good reason.
“There isn’t a business of terrorism in the United States, thank God,” a former federal prosecutor, David Raskin, explained.
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Yea right...terrorism is big business in the US. We got all the naked body scanners after the so-called "underwear bomber." Then you find out Michael Chertoff, former Homeland Security director's private firm invested in them and were already ordered prior to the event. The list goes on and on: 7/7 London, Mumbai, Oklahoma City and the coup de grace of false flags, 9/11. Research OPERATION GLADIO...this sh!t's been going on for 60 years.THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years... more
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Watch the second link on the page! I can't choose the correct one due to shitty IPAd!Watch the second link on the page! I can't choose the correct one due to shitty... more
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Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer John Kiriakou — the sixth whistleblower the Obama administration has indicted under the Espionage Act for alleged mishandling of classified information — was arraigned this morning in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. As expected, Kiriakou pleaded “not guilty” to all the charges. No-nonsense U.S District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema set a pre-trial motions hearing for July 20, 2012 and trial for November 26, 2012.
The arraignment was more notable for who was not present than for who was there. Conspicuously absent was the esteemed Patrick Fitzgerald — well-known as the federal prosecutor in charge of the investigation of theValerie Plame CIA leak case, which led to the prosecution and conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff for perjury—whose name graces the Indictment. Instead the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent four junior-level attorneys, making it a distinct possibility that DOJ knows its case if full of gaping holes. Judge Brinkema even pointed out that one of the DOJ attorneys “had not practiced before this court much” (paraphrased), which was just one of her choice one-liners during the proceedings.
The green DOJ attorneys seem an uneven match for Kiriakou’s formidable defense team, which included legal Titan Plato Cacheris and his partner Bob Trout, were it not for the fact that the DOJ attorneys have the full resources of the entire Executive Branch, including it’s not-so-secret weapon — secrecy — which was no more evident than when Judge Brinkema forced DOJ to reveal that it still had “lots” of classified discovery to hand over to the defense even though Kiriakou had been charged nearly three months ago (something she also noted).
Judge Brinkema’s No-Nonsense Approach
Judge Brinkema is no stranger to national security cases. She presided over the case against 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui and is currently presiding over the Espionage Act case against another former CIA whistleblower, Jeffery Sterling. In the Sterling case, Judge Brinkema rebuffed the government’s third attempt to subpoena New York Times reporter James Risen to testify about his source, writing in July 2011 that “A criminal trial subpoena is not a free pass for the government to rifle through a reporter’s notebook.” DOJ appealed her ruling to the 4th Circuit.
As might be expected from the judge currently dealing with the government’s shenanigans in the Sterling case, Judge Brinkema “strongly recommend[ed]” that the government turn over discovery sooner rather than later to Kiriakou’s defense team. Tellingly, she cautioned that the government’s production of discovery had been “a problem in other cases.”
It does not take too much reading between the lines to know Brinkema is referring to other Espionage Act cases. In the spectacularly failed case against National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Thomas Drake, whom I represent, DOJ kept potentially exculpatory evidence from Drake’s defense team for months after the Indictment was handed down. For over six months, DOJ failed to produce the obviously exculpatory evidence that one of the allegedly classified documents that formed the basis of an Espionage Act charge was declassified two months after the indictment. DOJ waited ten months to turn over evidence that another document (which formed the basis of a different Espionage Act charge against Drake) had been “. . . published as ‘unclassified’ and had never been deemed ‘classified’ until after it was recovered from Mr. Drake’s home.”
In the Kiriakou arraignment, after pushing the DOJ to specify that it still had “boxes” of classified discovery to turn over, Judge Brinkema then sua sponte edited the proposed discovery order to force DOJ to hand over all potentially-exculpatory material (a.k.a. Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act) earlier than DOJ requested (only 5 calendar days before trial.) Does the government really think that it’s fair or reasonable to do a discovery document dump on Thanksgiving and make the defense spend the holiday weekend plowing through it while simultaneously preparing for trial?
Considering DOJ’s shady approach to the Espionage Act prosecutions, and that the Kiriakou case is already facing legal (and moral) obstacles, which I discussed today on NPR, Judge Brinkema’s tough, candid approach is a welcome addition to the case.
Kiriakou’s Whistleblowing
As I touched on earlier this week, Kiriakou blew the whistle on waterboarding and exposed torture as policy rather than the actions a few rogue agents. But waterboarding was not Kiriakou’s last disclosure. In his book, “The Reluctant Spy: My Secret Life in the CIA’s War on Terror”, he writes critically of the CIA’s torture program, the deception leading into the war in Iraq, and the FBI’s failure to pursue potential leads in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. For those wondering why Kiriakou’s disclosures in his book did more than ruffle a few feathers in the intelligence community, here are a few key quotes:
On Iraq: “The answer to why we’re still in Iraq to this day has almost everything to do with the failures of leadership in 2003 and 2004 and, in some cases, the ascendance of rank deception—deliberate distortions of the facts on the ground.”
On FBI waste: After raiding a Taliban “embassy” in Pakistan in early 2002, Kiriakou’s colleague “found something interesting and provocative. A file of telephone bills from the Taliban embassy revealed dozens of calls to the United States . . . For ten days leading up to September 11, 2001, the Taliban made 168 calls to America. Then the calls stopped. The file, amazingly, was in English . . . The calls ended on September 10, 2001, and started up again six days later, on September 16.” Years after sending the phone records to the FBI, Kiriakou followed-up and his FBI contact “replied that it was like a scene out of that Indiana Jones movie. The files were still in those [original] boxes, in an FBI storage facility in Maryland . . . What a waste.”
On CIA’s deception about waterboarding: “Now we know that Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded eighty-three times in a single month, raising questions about how much useful information he actually supplied. . . it was a valuable lesson in how the CIA uses the arts of deception even among its own.” (Previously, the CIA told Kiriakou that Zubaydah was waterboarded only once and cracked, which fiction Kiriakou repeated in a television interview because his own agency lied to him.)
On Torture: “But even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated – not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy becomes the measure of abhorrent acts, all sorts of unspeakable crimes somehow become acceptable. . . . There are things we should not do, even in the name of national security.”
Remember, these are the words of the only person to be criminally prosecuted in connection with the CIA’s torture program. These are the words of the glaring exception to Obama’s mantra of “looking forward, not backward” when Americans demand accountability for torture, extraordinary rendition and illegal domestic spying. These are the words of an Espionage Act defendant—of someone facing 50 years in prison, who the Obama administration will argue in court “intended to harm the United States or assist a foreign nation.” All things considered, perhaps it is no surprise Patrick Fitzgerald avoided tarnishing his impeccable reputation by making an appearance at the arraignment this morning.
Continued at: http://www.salon.com/2012/04/13/feds_prep_whistleblower_trial/Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer John Kiriakou — the sixth... more
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The identities of journalists who allegedly received illegal leaks from former CIA officer John Kiriakou are spilling into the public domain in the wake of his indictment last week on charges that he disclosed the names of CIA personnel involved in interrogations of terror suspects.
Two New York-based reporters, Matthew Cole and Richard Esposito, are among the journalists the government has alleged as being on the receiving end of leaks from Kiriakou, sources familiar with the case told POLITICO.
Cole, described in court papers as “Journalist A,” worked until earlier this year as a producer for ABC News’s investigative unit, but the alleged leaks to him took place before he joined ABC.
Esposito, described in court papers as “Journalist C,” is the senior investigative reporter for ABC’s I-team, headed up by Brian Ross. A complaint filed in the case earlier this year indicates that Esposito and Kiriakou “collaborated on a preliminary book proposal” and in the course of that effort Kiriakou “apparently” gave Esposito classified information.
Cole’s alleged role is closer to the core of the case against Kiriakou and also raises questions about whether Cole, whose website indicates he was working on a book at the time, was straddling the line between traditional journalism and information gathering for lawyers representing Guantanamo detainees.
The indictment says Kiriakou gave Cole the last name of a CIA officer after Cole presented Kiriakou with a first name and other information. “Approximately two hours after” Kiriakou emailed Cole the last name, Cole sent it to a defense investigator working with attorneys for terror suspects held at Guantanamo, the complaint filed in the case says. “My guy came through with his memory,” Cole wrote to the defense investigator later that day, according to the complaint.
Public court papers don’t offer much in the way of context for Cole’s interaction with the defense investigator, who was not named.
Cole did not respond to several Twitter messages seeking comment for this story, but in late February he used one of his Twitter accounts to unleash a barrage of harsh criticism of the Obama administration over a series of prosecutions of individuals accused of leaking classified information to journalists.
“How can journalists protect their communications with sources leaking details to how (sic) the US government accountable? #stopthesuppression” Cole wrote in one message. Other of his Tweets included hashtags such as “#Obamaonlylikesleaksthatmakehimlookdecisiveorheroic” and “#Obamaswaragainstjournalists.”
Cole’s last story on the ABC website appears to be from Jan. 9, about two weeks before Kiriakou was arrested. A reporter who called ABC and asked for Cole last week was told he was no longer with the company, but as of when this post first appeared Monday night, Cole remained on a list of staffers on the ABC investigative team’s web page. Cole appears to have opened a new Twitter account that describes him as “a journalist covering national security...most recently, an investigative producer for ABC News.” Before joining ABC as a staffer, Cole had written a variety of stories for outlets like New York Magazine, ESPN the Magazine and GQ.
An ABC spokesman declined to be interviewed for this post, as did Esposito. Kiriakou's alleged disclosure to him is not mentioned in the indictment filed last week.
Kiriakou’s lead defense attorney, Plato Cacheris, had no immediate response to a message seeking comment for this report.
Another ABC journalist, White House Correspondent Jake Tapper, recently drew attention for publicly challenging the Obama administration for criticizing press repression in other countries while trying to jail journalists’ sources in the U.S. In his Feb. 22 exchange with White House Press Secretary Jay Carney in the White House Briefing Room, Tapper cited Kiriakou’s prosecution, but did not mention that two of the journalists who allegedly received illegal leaks had ABC ties.
“The administration is taking this person [Kiriakou] to court. There just seems to be a disconnect here. You want aggressive journalism abroad; you just don’t want it in the United States,” Tapper said, in comments highlighted a few days later by The New York Times.
Through a spokesman, Tapper declined to comment for this post. However, a colleague of Tapper said he had "zero" knowledge at the time he asked the question that ABC journalists had any links to the case.
Court documents filed in Kiriakou’s case don’t identify any journalists by name, but soon after his arrest in January it became evident that New York Times reporter Scott Shane was one of the reporters who allegedly got illegal leaks from the former CIA officer. The complaint and the indictment refer to Shane as “Journalist B” and cite a specific story he wrote in June 2008 that described the involvement of CIA officer Deuce Martinez in the capture and interrogation of Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubyadah in Pakistan in 2002.
The Times issued a statement in January saying the newspaper and its reporters had not been contacted by investigators or provided any information to the government in connection with the case. The Times statement appeared to try to distinguish Shane’s alleged role in the case from that of “Journalist A,” now identified as Cole.
A knowledgeable source who asked not to be named said Friday that he did not believe any ABC journalists had been approached by the government or cooperated with the investigation.
None of the journalists referred to in court papers has been charged with any crime. Under the Espionage Act, even private citizens who obtain classified information outside of official channels can be charged with disclosing it. The government has never filed such a case against a journalist. Prosecutors did file such charges in 2005 against two ex- lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, but the prosecution was abandoned in 2009.
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I was but a young girl of ten when I watched this broadcast with my parents the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was so senselessly and violently slain. I cried as did my mom who had told me that he was a man we should all strive to be like. A man of peace who did not see color of skin but the content of character and the human spirit that when joined together in peace could move mountains.
I truly doubt were he still alive today that he would condone this country as we see it today. The same hatred, intolerance and lack of compassion for all that he so strongly spoke out against still pervades the landscape of this country and it has eaten away the heart of her. I keep hoping today as I did when I was ten years old that one day we would spend more time looking at our similarities than our differences and finding a way to live as he had hoped we someday would.
However, we have failed our children on this score. So today as I remember the death of a great man who understood the higher consciousness of the power of non violence and peace, I am sad and outraged at the level of hatred and rancor we see still today, especially perpetuated by a hateful RW contingent that places more importance on self than the whole. Our propensity for material gain at the expense of that whole as well has blinded us to the true wealth of life. May we still find the strength to understand this before we condemn another generation to its senseless and cruel follies.I was but a young girl of ten when I watched this broadcast with my parents the day... more
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– Ten years ago biometrics, robotic spies and state surveillance were the makings of a sci-fi film starring Tom Cruise.
Today many scenes from the Hollywood blockbusters have become an American reality.– Ten years ago biometrics, robotic spies and state surveillance were the... more
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400 women held in Afghanistan for ‘moral crimes’ such as fleeing domestic abuse,Poland’s ex-intelligence chief charged over alleged links to secret C.I.A. ‘black site’ prison,Teenager rescued after 28 days adrift at sea in small boat400 women held in Afghanistan for ‘moral crimes’ such as fleeing domestic... more
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Patriot Act, Extraordinary Rendition (Disappearance), Summary Execution, Indefinite Detention, Torture, Warrant-less Wiretapping, Spying on American Citizens, Counter Insurgency (Counter Occupy Movement), Homegrown Terrorist Act, Protesting Made Illegal...the list goes on and on. The United States has turned its back on the lessons from the Nuremberg trials and the Geneva conventions. It has rejected true liberty and true democracy for oligarchy and fascism. The world is a more dangerous and terrifying place, not because of Islam or Communism or Socialism....NO SIR...it's the way it is because of American Exceptionalism, Neo-Liberal Economic Policies, Empire Building and Global Domination. What Hawks call terrorism, is in actuality freedom-fighting and liberation, it's desperation in the face of huge gargantuan monster of fascist capitalism and the terrible machine of war it wields.
http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer103.html Instead of hailing Bradley Manning as a national hero, he is being portrayed as a traitor, a whistleblower of the the worst kind who betrayed the oligarchy war hungry ravenous fascist hawks....his defense is portraying him as a troubled homosexual, instead of the noble intelligent and true patriot that he is...for exposing the war crimes of the people in our government and the traitorous diplomats and CIA agents who do their bidding.
From William Blum's website "The killing of hope":
Here are Manning's own words from an online chat: "If you had free reign over classified networks ... and you saw incredible things, awful things ... things that belonged in the public domain, and not on some server stored in a dark room in Washington DC ... what would you do? ... God knows what happens now. Hopefully worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms. ... I want people to see the truth ... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public."
Is the world to believe that these are the words of a disturbed and irrational person? Do not the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Geneva Conventions speak of a higher duty than blind loyalty to one's government, a duty to report the war crimes of that government?
At the link you will read many, many of the startling revelations from what WikiLeaks has revealed. There is much, much more to come, more serious things. That is why there is such a concerted effort being directed at Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. The old timers with their tried and true propaganda are using double speak to push the buttons of their brainwashed millions in the United States to blindly follow their leaders in their churches and in their caucuses. Truly America has forgotten the lessons from the Nuremberg Trials, they have forgotten how fascism wielded its power in Europe and that is why they fail to see fascism rearing its ugly head with its fangs and claws here in the United States. Truly a tragedy to behold.
Do you believe that there is higher duty than your own church or your own country? Do you feel that crimes should be reported and truth revealed, even though it may lead to the failure of entire institutions? Should these institutions be allowed to continue if the foundations upon which they are built are lies and insubordination of the constitution of the United States?Patriot Act, Extraordinary Rendition (Disappearance), Summary Execution, Indefinite... more
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Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD
Newly unclassified information blows wide the U.S. government’s covert operation to dose hundreds of unwitting Americans with LSD in the 1950s and ’60s.Operation Midnight Climax: How the CIA Dosed S.F. Citizens with LSD
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