CIA Contractor Flying Spy Drone Over Haiti
source: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/cia-contractor-now-flying-spy-drone-over-haiti/
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A controversial CIA contractor has found new work in Haiti, flying drones on disaster recovery duty.
When last we heard from Evergreen International Aviation, the Oregon-based firm was offering to post sentries at local voting centers during the 2008 election, ”detaining troublemakers” and making sure voters “do not get out of control.”
Now, company vice president Sam White tells Aviation Week that the firm is flying at least one ScanEagle surveillance drone over Haiti. ”The company has a fleet of 747s and a fleet of large and small choppers, and has begun ferrying in supplies to Port au Prince,” the magazine’s Paul McLeary notes. “White wouldn’t say who the company is moving cargo for, saying only that ‘we’re working with different agencies, and we have one plane coming in tomorrow full of humanitarian supplies.’”
Haiti wouldn’t be Evergreen’s first disaster-response mission, however. In September, the State of California chartered Evergreen’s 747 supertanker, to help put out forest fires there.
Over the years, Evergreen has had all sorts of interesting clients over its five-plus decades in operation. Back in the late ’80s, the company “acknowledged one agreement under which his companies provide occasional jobs and cover to foreign nationals the CIA wants taken out of other countries or brought into the United States.” In 2006, Evergreen’s parent company flew Bill O’Reilly into Kuwait in 2006, according toSourceWatch. Last April, the company won a $158 million contract to supply the Air Force with helicopters in Afghanistan.
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So far, I told you they were in Yemen, Somalia, USA and now Haiti...in addition to the the almost daily attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
When last we heard from Evergreen International Aviation, the Oregon-based firm was offering to post sentries at local voting centers during the 2008 election, ”detaining troublemakers” and making sure voters “do not get out of control.”
Now, company vice president Sam White tells Aviation Week that the firm is flying at least one ScanEagle surveillance drone over Haiti. ”The company has a fleet of 747s and a fleet of large and small choppers, and has begun ferrying in supplies to Port au Prince,” the magazine’s Paul McLeary notes. “White wouldn’t say who the company is moving cargo for, saying only that ‘we’re working with different agencies, and we have one plane coming in tomorrow full of humanitarian supplies.’”
Haiti wouldn’t be Evergreen’s first disaster-response mission, however. In September, the State of California chartered Evergreen’s 747 supertanker, to help put out forest fires there.
Over the years, Evergreen has had all sorts of interesting clients over its five-plus decades in operation. Back in the late ’80s, the company “acknowledged one agreement under which his companies provide occasional jobs and cover to foreign nationals the CIA wants taken out of other countries or brought into the United States.” In 2006, Evergreen’s parent company flew Bill O’Reilly into Kuwait in 2006, according toSourceWatch. Last April, the company won a $158 million contract to supply the Air Force with helicopters in Afghanistan.
Read More http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/cia-contractor-now-flying-spy-drone-over...
So far, I told you they were in Yemen, Somalia, USA and now Haiti...in addition to the the almost daily attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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sankofa416
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Hey, great idea! I'm all for turning swords into plowshares. Now, if they would share that video feed with ALL the rescue workers...
- 2 years ago
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sankofa416
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Incredulous
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I'd sure like to see the definition of 'humanitarian' they are working with.
- 2 years ago
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Incredulous
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EmperorThan
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I think they were already shock and awed, what else can we do to them at this point? Bombing the city would be and UPGRADE! in Haiti.
HIYOOOOOOO
- 2 years ago
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EmperorThan
