[cia-drugs] Fwd: [IPCUSA] Sphinx Radio Interview: Paul Krassner
Begin forwarded message:From: William Kennedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 10, 2006 5:10:41 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [IPCUSA] Sphinx Radio Interview: Paul KrassnerReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Writer and comic Paul Krassner joins Sphinx Radio to discuss Timothy Leary and the counter-culter. Listen at www.sphinxradio.com -Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]Yahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPCUSA/<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ =
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] Rove finally outed for CIA agent leak
Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 12, 2006 8:26:31 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] Rove finally outed for CIA agent leakReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19772262-2703,00.htmlRove finally outed for CIA agent leakJuly 13, 2006WASHINGTON: US newspaper columnist Robert Novak has said publicly for the first time that White House political adviser Karl Rove was a source for his story outing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.In a column, Novak also said his recollection of his conversation with Mr Rove differs from what the Rove camp has said."I have revealed Rove's name because his attorney has divulged the substance of our conversation, though in a form different from my recollection," Novak wrote.He did not elaborate.Novak said he was talking now because chief investigator Patrick Fitzgerald told the columnist's lawyer that after 2 1/2 years his probe into the CIA leak case concerning matters related to Novak had been concluded.Triggering the criminal investigation, Novak revealed Ms Plame's CIA employment on July 14, 2003, eight days after her husband, White House critic and former US ambassador Joseph Wilson, accused the Bush administration of manipulating prewar intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat from weapons of mass destruction.Novak's secret co-operation with prosecutors while maintaining a public silence about his role kept him out of legal danger and had the effect of providing protection for the Bush White House during the 2004 presidential campaign.The White House denied Mr Rove played any role in the leak of Ms Plame's CIA identity and Novak, with his decision to talk to prosecutors, steered clear of potentially being held in contempt of court and jailed. Novak said he had declined to go public at Mr Fitzgerald's request.In a syndicated column, Novak said he told Mr Fitzgerald in early 2004 that Mr Rove and then-CIA spokesman Bill Harlow had confirmed information about Ms Plame.Contacted yesterday, Mr Harlow declined to comment. But a US intelligence official familiar with the matter denied that Mr Harlow had been a confirming source for Novak on the story.The official said Mr Harlow repeatedly tried to talk Novak out of running the information about Ms Plame and that Mr Harlow's efforts did not in any way constitute confirming Ms Plame's CIA identity.Mr Harlow may end up being a witness in a separate part of Mr Fitzgerald's investigation, the upcoming criminal trial of Vice-President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of perjury, obstruction and lying to the FBI.In his column, Novak said he also told Mr Fitzgerald about another senior administration official who originally provided him with information about Ms Plame. Novak said he could not publicly reveal the identity of that source even now."I have co-operated in the investigation while trying to protect journalistic privileges under the First Amendment and shield sources who have not revealed themselves," Novak said."I have been subpoenaed by and testified to a federal grand jury. Published reports that I took the Fifth Amendment, made a plea bargain with the prosecutors or was a prosecutorial target were all untrue."Mr Rove's role in the scandal was not revealed until last year when Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper disclosed that Mr Rove had leaked to him the CIA identity of Mr Wilson's wife.Cooper co-operated with prosecutors only after all his legal appeals were exhausted and he faced jail.AP Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design.http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM~-> -__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /-_|-0-\-V-/-\|-|-__|-|-|-/-_| \_-\--_/\-/|-\\-|-_||-V-V-\_-\ |__/_|--//-|_|\_|___|\_A_/|__/ SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station - The Global Intelligence News Portal Since you are receiving and reading documents, news stories,comments and opinions not only from so called (or self-proclaimed) "reliable sources", but also a lot of possible misinformation collectedby Spy News moderator and subscribers and posted to Spy Newsfor OSINT purposes - it should be a serious reason (particularly tojournalists and web publishers) to think twice before using it for theirstory writing, further publishing or forwarding throughout Cyberspace.To unsubscribe:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]*** FAIR USE NOTICE: This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Spy News is making it available without profit to SPY NEWS members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activitie
[cia-drugs] Enron witness found dead in park
Enron witness found dead in park Police said the body was found on the ground by a walker A body found in north-east London has been identified as that of a banker who was questioned by the FBI about the Enron fraud case. Police said they were treating the death in Chingford of Neil Coulbeck, who worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland until 2004, as "unexplained". He had been interviewed by the FBI as a potential witness. Three ex-workers of RBS subsidiary NatWest are being extradited to the US on Thursday to face fraud charges. The extradition has sparked a political row, with opposition parties and human rights groups claiming the treaty under which they are being sent to the US is one-sided as the Americans are yet to ratify it. 'Highly regarded' Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected calls to renegotiate the extradition terms. Mr Coulbeck's body was found in a park near Newgate Street, Chingford, on Tuesday. Mr Coulbeck's wife had reported him missing last Thursday. Police have yet to formally identify the body, which was removed from the parkland on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Coulbeck had worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland until 2004, most recently as head of group treasury, the bank confirmed. "Neil was highly regarded by his colleagues here in RBS and was a respected, capable and hard working member of our senior management team." The fraud case centres on a NatWest transaction under which it sold off part of its Enron unit. RBS said: "There is no evidence that Mr Coulbeck was involved in the approval of the transaction under investigation. "RBS has co-operated fully with all the appropriate authorities and made them fully aware of all the relevant facts in our possession." The FBI said it would not comment while the case was ongoing. 'Appalling' One of the so-called NatWest three, David Bermingham, said he had been "knocked sideways by the news" of Mr Coulbeck's death. "It is awful, appalling. One day when this is all over I'm going to be coming home to my wife and children and some poor guy is not and my heart goes out to his wife and family," he said. He described Mr Coulbeck as "a superstar, a thoroughly decent, honest professional guy and a very experienced banker". The former NatWest executives deny any wrongdoing Mr Coulbeck was among NatWest staff who made witness statements about the extradition, Mr Bermingham, of Goring, Berkshire, said. "Neil's statement was no more than a page and a half saying who he was and his role," he said. Fellow accused Giles Darby, speaking from his home in Lower Wraxall, Somerset, said he was "absolutely shocked" by the death. "It's an utter tragedy. I'm struggling to take it in, really. "Of course, my thoughts are now with Neil's family and friends." In 2002, US prosecutors issued arrest warrants for the three men, accusing them of conspiring to defraud their employers and investors in energy giant Enron, which had collapsed a year earlier. It is alleged that the three British bankers - Mr Bermingham, Gary Mulgrew and Mr Darby - advised their employer Greenwich NatWest to sell off its stake in an Enron unit at well below its market value. MPs' protest They then left the bank and purchased a $250,000 (£135,000) stake in the unit - which they sold on at a much higher price, making a profit of $7.3m (£3.9m). They deny any wrongdoing. Their extradition was debated by MPs in an emergency session of Commons on Wednesday. After a three-hour debate they voted by a majority of 242 to adjourn the Commons early in symbolic protest at the government's extradition arrangements. On Tuesday, peers had voted in favour of suspending extradition agreements with the US until the UK-US treated had been ratified there. One day when this is all over I'm going to be coming home to my wife and children and some poor guy is not David BerminghamFormer NatWest banker MPs protest at extradition Q&A: Extradition http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5173228.stm __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Author of Iran insignia lie invited to White House as 'expert'
http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060712-105331-2002r Commentary: Author of Iran insignia lie invited to White House as 'expert'Sherwood RossMiddle East TimesJuly 12, 2006CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, USA -- Canada's National Post has apologized for running a fabricated story that Iran passed a new law requiring Jews to wear a yellow insignia. Oddly enough, or maybe not so odd at that, the author of this deceit, Iranian exile journalist Amir Taheri, was invited to the White House on May 30 as one of a group of "Iraq experts" to consult with US President George W. Bush. We learn of the peculiar background of those Bush calls upon for counsel from Larry Cohler-Esses, whose article on Taheri appeared in the July 3rd issue of The Nation, a liberal American weekly. Taheri concocted the story for Benador Associates, an American PR firm operating out of D.C. that suckered National Post into running it. Once NP's account hit the streets, the deceit was spread by the New York Post, wire services, and Rush Limbaugh, America's king of bombastic talk radio. Limbaugh, if you haven't heard him, can hardly utter a sentence without indicting "the drive-by media" - newspapers he claims falsely attack Mr. Bush. The phrase "drive-by" derives from "drive-by shooting," a cowardly act by motorists who fire from their cars at innocent victims, as sometimes happens in America. Only it turns out, Tahiri is the "drive-by" shooter here and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the victim of his media bullets. Some papers that repeated Tahiri's tale puffed it up with photographs of European Nazi Era Jews forced by Hitler to wear yellow Stars of David under the shrieking headline: "IRAN." Nation writer Cohler-Esses believes Tahiri and Benador are cogs in "a media machine intent on priming the [American] public for war with Iran," a reprise of their previous successful rendition of the First and Second Media Preludes to Invading Iraq, conducted by the presidents Bush. As it turns out, Tahiri has a rap sheet longer than his tongue. In 1988 he published "Nest of Spies," a book exposed by Persian studies expert Shaul Bakhash, a former fellow at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. Bakhash discovered Taheri's footnotes contained references to nonexistent sources, including books that simply did not exist. And in a New York Post column last year, it was Taheri who falsely identified Iran's UN ambassador Javad Zarif as one of the students who seized the US Embassy in Tehran in 1979. Dwight Simpson, an American professor wrote the Post Taheri's allegation was false as Zarif was his teaching assistant at San Francisco State University on November 4, 1979, the day of the takeover. Simpson said the Post never published his letter. When The Nation's Cohler-Esses contacted Eleana Benador, president of the PR firm that disseminated Tahiri's "insignia" story, she told him accuracy concerning Iran is "a luxury." She asked, "Is Taheri writing one or two details that are not accurate?" Why, she declared, "This is a guy who is putting his life at stake. The Iranian government has killed its opponents." Details? That the insignia law does not exist? That's a detail? So there you have it: a PR firm that makes a hero of a discredited journalist who concocts falsehoods to spread war fever against Iran. And gullible media like Canada's NP, the New York Post, and Rush Limbaugh, heard on New York City's WABC, which claims the largest listening audience in America, plus hundreds of other outlets nation-wide. The best that can be said for Limbaugh and the NP and Post editors is they are the unwitting dupes of Benador Associates. Honest publications wouldn't touch Tahiri's articles with the proverbial 10-foot pole. Yet the president invites him to the White House as an "Iraq expert." If he chose, Mr. Bush could fill the White House Rose Garden with quite a crowd if he threw a party for all the Tahiris and Benadors hired to spread lies about the Middle East. We could expect to see Pentagon-contractors Lincoln Group, of Washington, D.C., infamous for their payoffs of Iraqi journalists. Eleana Benador herself might show, perhaps to explain how she has flown so high in the PR industry on the wings of barely literate handouts. Jimmy Guckert, the male prostitute who posed as a reporter at White House news briefings, might attend to hand out business cards. We might also catch a glimpse of TV show host Armstrong Williams, paid $241,000 to plug Mr. Bush's education policies. Attendees might also include government press hacks who posed as TV news reporters during the presidential election and Hill & Knowlton execs, who floated the infamous Kuwait incubato
[cia-drugs] Venezuela's Oil Sales to U.S. Drop as Chavez Sends More to Asia
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a_H7VhJXt_6I&refer=latin_america Venezuela's Oil Sales to U.S. Drop as Chavez Sends More to Asia July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan oil shipments to the U.S. fell 6 percent in the first four months of the year as President Hugo Chavez followed through on his plan to find new markets for his crude, according to data from the U.S. Energy Department. State-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA has been sending more tankers of oil and fuel to India and China, markets that are up to seven times more distant than the U.S. customers that traditionally take most of the country's exports. Venezuela was the third-biggest OPEC producer last month, with output of about 2.6 million barrels. ``Two things are clear,'' said Roger Tissot, an oil analyst with PFC Energy, a consulting firm in Washington. ``Venezuela wants to reduce its dependence on the U.S., and it wants to position itself in the world's fastest growing markets, such as India and China.'' Chavez, 51, is shouldering higher transportation costs that reduce the country's proceeds by up to $3 a barrel. Record global oil prices help make up for lost revenue. The Venezuelan strategy may make short-term supply disruptions more likely in the U.S. and provide fodder for critics of the Chavez government who say he is an unreliable oil provider. The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee met last month to discuss Venezuela's reliability as an oil supplier. A report by the General Accountability Office, the non-profit research arm of Congress, said a six-month loss of Venezuelan crude would raise oil prices by $11 a barrel and reduce U.S. gross domestic product by $23 billion. Unreliable Partner Senator John McCain, who ran against President George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, said earlier this year that the U.S. needs to develop alternate energy suppliers to avoid being held hostage by Chavez and other foreign leaders who control oil supplies. ``We better understand the vulnerabilities that our economy and our very lives have when we're dependent on Iranian mullahs, and whackos in Venezuela,'' McCain said in a Jan. 22 interview on Fox News Sunday. Venezuela sent 178.2 million barrels of crude and petroleum products to the U.S. for the first four months of 2006, down from 190.1 million barrels for the same period in 2005. Venezuela is usually one of the top four suppliers of crude oil and fuel to the U.S., according to Energy Department figures. In some months the country sends more to the U.S. than Saudi Arabia. The top four suppliers include Mexico and Canada, and the order of the rankings change month by month. Venezuela has signed new supply agreements with China, India, Jamaica, Haiti, Paraguay, and Bolivia. The country's output is not growing because of a lack of investment in new production, so supplies to those countries come at the expense of the exports to the U.S. Oil to China ``In the past, all of our oil went north,'' Chavez said during a June 23 press conference in Panama. ``We didn't send oil to Argentina or Uruguay or Paraguay. Now, our oil is arriving at the Rio de la Plata,'' which separates Argentina and Uruguay. Venezuela is particularly targeting Asia. Petroleos de Venezuela signed a long-term sales agreement with India in April for 2 million barrels a month. The company is also in talks with Reliance Industries Ltd., India's largest non-state oil refiner, for additional shipments. Sales to China have steadily risen. They totaled 14,000 barrels a day in 2004, and 80,000 barrels a day last year. ``By the end of this year, we should be sending 300,000 barrels a day of oil to China,'' Chavez said. China, which exported crude oil as recently as the early 1990s, has become the world's third-largest oil importer. Petroleos de Venezuela said in May that it planned to buy 18 oil tankers from Chinese shipyards at a cost of $1.3 billion to allow for increased shipments to Asia. Worsening Relations Since taking office in 1999, Chavez has repeatedly said the U.S. is seeking to overthrow his government. U.S. leaders including Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice have called Chavez a destabilizing force. The U.S. cut off arms sales to the South American country earlier this year. The U.S. ``depends on us, not we on them,'' Chavez said in a May 16 interview with the U.K.'s Channel 4. Chavez warned that oil prices would soar to $100 a barrel if Venezuela chose to send its oil to China, Europe and other countries instead of the U.S. ``It looks like Chavez is laying the groundwork for cutting off oil to the U.S.,'' said James Williams, an analyst with WTRG Energy Economics in London, Arkansas. ``And the only people who will benefit from this are tanker owners.'' So far, Chavez doesn't have the ability to abruptly suspend sales to the U.S. without damaging his own economy. Petroleos de Venezuela would be unable
[cia-drugs] An OPEC With Nukes?
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/423hzskj.asp An OPEC With Nukes? The Shanghai Cooperation Organization may join some of the world's leading energy and military powers. by Richard Weitz 07/12/2006 12:00:00 AM THE RECENT SUMMIT of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization--a group consisting of China, Russia, and four Central Asian countries--has evoked alarm about a potent anti-American bloc emerging in the heart of Eurasia. The presence in Shanghai of fiery Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the prospects for exclusive ties among some of the world's leading energy and military powers, has generated fears about a renewed Cold War between a democratic West and an authoritarian East. But these concerns are, at present, exaggerated. The SCO lacks the internal cohesion and capabilities of strong multilateral security institutions like NATO. Its members disagree over the desirability of a Western military presence in Central Asia. They also differ over the SCO's role in traditional defense matters and whether member governments should collectively suppress domestic unrest. Furthermore, granting full membership to Iran, Pakistan, or other SCO observers could just as easily weaken the organization as strengthen it. The SCO has a strikingly broad agenda. Cooperation against terrorism--broadly defined to include "separatists" and "extremists"--has become a core activity, with members conducting increasingly large joint "anti-terrorist" exercises. Other initiatives encompass combating organized crime, managing natural disasters, and promoting economic and energy collaboration. Not surprisingly, many of the SCO's weaknesses stem from this expansive agenda and diverse membership. Agreements adopted under its auspices often consist primarily of bilateral deals, with the organization merely providing a convenient negotiating venue. While some current and aspiring members seem most interested in the SCO's economic potential, others mainly value its regional security role. Also, serious rivalries and disputes exist among its Central Asian members--especially between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, perennial competitors for regional primacy. Russia has repeatedly opposed Chinese efforts to establish a SCO free-trade zone, acquire control over Eurasian energy resources, or give the body a military dimension. As a result, the SCO remains primarily a security organization, focused on countering transnational threats from non-state actors, rather than implementing a collective defense structure like NATO. The SCO does not have its own military forces, an integrated command structure, or even a combined planning staff. Russia favors the status quo because it can veto SCO actions. Conversely, China lacks equivalent influence over the decisions of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a genuine multinational military alliance that includes all SCO members except China and Uzbekistan. Member governments also diverge regarding whether the SCO should protect one another against further "colored" revolutions. They accept that the organization should defend incumbent regimes against terrorist threats, which they characterize as foreign-inspired, but remain divided over whether to respond collectively to major but nonviolent domestic challenges. During the March 2005 government crisis in Kyrgyzstan, SCO members could not agree on joint action, with military intervention reportedly favored by China and opposed by Russia. Despite the July 2005 Astana summit declaration calling on Western militaries to establish a timetable for their withdrawal from Central Asia, the SCO governments remain divided over the desirability of a continued NATO role in Eurasia. Uzbekistan clearly wanted to eliminate an unwelcome Western military presence, but Kyrgyzstan has artfully used the declaration to extract greater rents from NATO countries for continued use of its military bases. Although Russia and China desire a much reduced Western military footprint in the region, they recognize that an immediate NATO withdrawal would create a security vacuum that the SCO could not soon fill. Expanding the organization further looks to be problematic as well. If India and Pakistan became full members, the SCO would encompass more than half the world's population. If Iran joined, the SCO's share of the world's oil and gas resources would sharply increase. However, granting India or Pakistan full membership could intensify differences within the SCO regarding the desirability of a long-term W
[cia-drugs] The US Military Descends on Paraguay
The US Embassy in Asunción rejects all claims that the US military is linked to the increased repression against campesino and protest groups, either through exercises or instruction. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060717/dangl The US Military Descends on Paraguay Benjamin Dangl While hitchhiking across Paraguay a few years ago, I met welcoming farmers who let me camp in their backyards. I eventually arrived in Ciudad del Este, known for its black markets and loose borders. Now the city and farmers I met are caught in the crossfire of the US military's "war on terror." On May 26, 2005, the Paraguayan Senate allowed US troops to train their Paraguayan counterparts until December 2006, when the Paraguayan Senate can vote to extend the troops' stay. The United States had threatened to cut off millions in aid to the country if Paraguay did not grant the troops entry. In July 2005 hundreds of US soldiers arrived with planes, weapons and ammunition. Washington's funding for counterterrorism efforts in Paraguay soon doubled, and protests against the military presence hit the streets. Some activists, military analysts and politicians in the region believe the operations could be part of a plan to overthrow the left-leaning government of Evo Morales in neighboring Bolivia and take control of the area's vast gas and water reserves. Human rights reports from Paraguay suggest the US military presence is, at the very least, heightening tensions in the country. Soy and Landless Farmers Paraguay is the fourth-largest producer of soy in the world. As this industry has expanded, an estimated 90,000 poor families have been forced off their land. Campesinos have organized protests, road blockades and land occupations against displacement and have faced subsequent repression from military and paramilitary forces. According to Grupo de Reflexion Rural (GRR), an Argentina-based organization that documents violence against farmers, on June 24, 2005, in Tekojoja, Paraguay, hired policemen and soy producers kicked 270 people off their land, burned down fifty-four homes, arrested 130 people and killed two. The most recent case of this violence is the death of Serapio Villasboa Cabrera, a member of the Paraguayan Campesino Movement, whose body was found full of knife wounds May 8. Cabrera was the brother of Petrona Villasboa, who was spearheading an investigation into the death of her son, who died from exposure to toxic chemicals used by transgenic soy producers. According to Servicio, Paz y Justicia (Serpaj), an international human rights group that has a chapter in Paraguay, one method used to force farmers off their land is to spray toxic pesticides around communities until sickness forces residents to leave. GRR said Cabrera was killed by paramilitaries connected to large landowners and soy producers, who are expanding their holdings. The paramilitaries pursue farm leaders who are organizing against the occupation of their land. Investigations by Serpaj demonstrate that the worst cases of repression against farmers have taken place in areas with the highest concentration of US troops. Serpaj reported that in the department of San Pedro, where five US military exercises took place, there have been eighteen farmer deaths from repression, in an area with many farmer organizations. In the department of Concepción there have been eleven deaths and three US military exercises. Near the Triple Border, where Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet, there were twelve deaths and three exercises. "The US military is advising the Paraguayan police and military about how to deal with these farmer groups They are teaching theory as well as technical skills to Paraguayan police and military. These new forms of combat have been used internally," Orlando Castillo of Serpaj told me over the phone. "The US troops talk with the farmers and get to know their leaders and which groups, organizations, are working there, then establish the plans and actions to control the farmer movement and advise the Paraguayan military and police on how to proceed The numbers from our study show what this US presence is doing. US troops form part of a security plan to repress the social movement in Paraguay. A lot of repression has happened in the name of security and against 'terrorism.' " Tomas Palau, a Paraguayan sociologist at BASE-IS, a Paraguayan social research institute, and the editor of a recent book on the militarization of Latin America, said, "The US conducts training and classes for the Paraguayan troops. These classes are led by North Americans, who answer to Southern Command, the branch of the US military for South America." Like Castillo, Palau said there is an association between the US military presence and the increased violence against campesinos. "They are teaching counterinsurgency classes, preparing the Paraguayan troops
[cia-drugs] Russia To Build 2 Kalashnikov Plants In Venezuela -Agency
http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=19144&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2 Russia To Build 2 Kalashnikov Plants In Venezuela -Agency MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport plans to sign a contract to build two Kalashnikov rifle plants in Venezuela, Interfax news agency reported Wednesday. "They will not be joint ventures. Venezuela will acquire a license to make Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition in the next few years," the head of Rosoboronexport's exports and imports department Igor Sevastyanov said at an arms show, Interfax reported. Venezuela agreed earlier to buy 15 Russian military helicopters for $200 million and is also looking to close a deal for 24 Sukhoi fighter jets. Agency Web site: http://www.interfax.ru -By Moscow Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +7 495 974 8055 __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Promoting Russian "Democracy" - By Financing Fascists
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2006/07/11/promoting-russian-democracy-by-financing-fascists/ Promoting Russian Democracy By Financing Fascists Tuesday, July 11th, 2006 in News by Justin Raimondo| In an update to my Wednesday column on the Other Russia conference of anti-Putin Russian activists being held in St. Petersburg in the run-up to the G-8 summit, I note that the issue of U.S. government funding and the presence of the neo-fascist National Bolsheviks has already come up. The Washington Post reports: The conference was partly underwritten by the National Endowment for Democracy, a private, federally funded organization that promotes democracy world-wide. âOur main hope is that it will help promote Russian civil society,â said Carl Gershman, the endowments president. Asked about the controversial presence of National Bolsheviks leader Eduard Limonov, Gershman said, âThe overwhelming majority of people here are people with long-standing democratic credentials and if they can be here, thats the best guideline I can follow.â The guidelines followed by Gershman and the NED have nothing to do with democratic credentials, and everything to do with who can be manipulated to serve the purposes of U.S. foreign policy. Limonov and the National Bolsheviks join a long list of similar sock puppets, including Ahmed Chalabiâs Iraqi National Congress and the Nicaraguan contras, who enlisted as servants of the Empire. U.S. tax dollars funding a platform for Russian neo-fascists â and all in the name of democracy promotion! In the Bizarro World of the Bush administration, all things are possible â¦.    __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Why West is nervous about Putin's finest hour
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=96931&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 Why West is nervous about Putins finest hour Published: Wednesday, 12 July, 2006, 11:42 AM Doha Time By Mary Dejevsky THIS time last year leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised countries had just completed their Africa-themed summit at Gleneagles. As the months went by, however, two quite different thoughts increasingly preyed on the minds of seven of them. The first was: how on earth had it come to pass that President Putin of Russia would host the 2006 summit at St Petersburg. The second was: what in heavens name would they all find to talk about. This summit is now upon us. The seven leaders arrive in St Petersburg at the end of this week, and the second question now has two quite specific and urgent answers. Africa (the follow-up), education, Aids and drugs will be there as safe stand-bys, but energy supplies and nuclear proliferation are what this summit will be about. As it happens, Russia holds the key to both. With its vast and under-exploited reserves, it has the potential to become the chief supplier of oil and gas, not just to Europe, but to much of the Far East as well. The visiting leaders also hope that Russia will join a scheme to solidify the nuclear non-proliferation regime and rein in Iran and North Korea. We shall probably have to wait for the final communiques from St Petersburg to discover the extent of agreement. But Putin has been preparing assiduously for what he undoubtedly sees as his finest hour. Last week he met representatives of Western non-government organisations for three hours. He spent another three hours answering e-mailed questions from around the world on everything from high politics to kissing children. As an appetiser for the St Petersburg feast, Russia also lifted all remaining controls on the rouble, making it to all intents and purposes convertible. Add the likely successful flotation of the state-owned Russian oil company Rosneft in London and Mondays announcement that Russian special forces had tracked down and killed the Chechen enemy No One, Shamil Basayev (as big a catch as Osama bin Laden would be for the US), and it is clear that Putin goes to St Petersburg riding high. Yet the question of Russias right to chair the rich countries club still nags. Its per capita GDP is, after all, still below that of Portugal. The technical reason why Russia was granted the chairmanship is that the other seven could find no reason to deny it. The USSR in its dying days had been admitted as an associate in an abortive effort to give Mikhail Gorbachev the international kudos that some Western politicians misguidedly believed might save him. To have ejected Boris Yeltsins Russia would have conveyed quite the wrong message about the Wests support for the post-Communist government. Once a member, it was only a matter of time before Russia qualified for the chairmanship. This mechanical entitlement, however, has not prevented the eruption of a ferocious debate outside Russia about Putins suitability to take the chair on Saturday. Politicians, academics, retired diplomats and activists of every hue have all had their say. The result is a plethora of pamphlets, books and press articles that cite much the same evidence to reach opposite conclusions about Vladimir Putin and the Russia he leads. One view regards Putin as an incorrigible authoritarian who yearns for the days of Soviet power and is successfully bending a reluctant Russia to his dictatorial will. Adherents dwell on Putins KGB career and connections; the closure of independent (i.e. oligarch-owned) television stations and the reversion to the appointment, rather than election, of regional governors. They add the barbaric war in Chechnya; last years imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the erstwhile owner of Russias largest private oil company, Yukos, and Gazproms decision to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine. The other view sees Putin as a President of and for his time, who has brought stability and more sound economic management and democracy than could be expected, given Russias recent history. Adherents cite the prudent stewardship of the budget surplus high oil prices have produced; continuing reform of the courts, the codification of laws to bring them into line with Western practice, and the commercial considerations that should guide Ru
[cia-drugs] Re: [CPOP] US AK: Judge Alters Marijuana Law
This is obviously NOT what the voters in Alaska want, nor what the Alaska Supreme Court decided in Ravin. It's silly to make possessing more than one ounce criminal: how can anyone obtain cannabis in quantities of one ounce or less? You get much more than that off one home-grown plant, and its obviously not commercially feasible to deal in quantities of one ounce or less. Therefore the new law must be attacked at amounts that are commeasurate with the old law. I'd personally like to see what the Alaska Dept. of Law presented as evidence concerning THC content in 1975 and today. I'm sure it was not measured back then, and people who bought then know that THC content varied widely from one deal to the next. So I'm sure the "Dept. of Law" is fabricating this evidence, no doubt with the help of the DEA. And isn't the Dept. of Law supposed to be ENFORCING the law, i.e. not challenging Ravin, which says that consumers can have large amounts at home? This shows you that this government agency feels that they have an organizational vested interest in not only challenging the law, but not enforcing it at all: their interest is in JAILING THEIR OWN LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS!!Richard Lake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Newshawk: REVISED: How to Newshawk http://www.mapinc.org/hawk.htm Pubdate: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 Source: Anchorage Daily News (AK) Copyright: 2006 The Associated Press Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]com Website: http://www.adn.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/18 Author: Matt Volz, The Associated Press Referenced: The Alaska Supreme Court ruling - Ravin v. State http://druglibrary.net/schaffer/legal/l1970/Ravin.htm Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/states/ak/ (Alaska) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Marijuana) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)JUDGE ALTERS MARIJUANA LAWNot Criminal: Ruling Limits Impact of New Law on Possession of Small Amounts.JUNEAU -- A judge Monday struck down part of a new Alaska law criminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying it conflicts with past constitutional decisions made by the Alaska Supreme Court.That means the police won't be able charge people with a misdemeanor under the new law for possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana in their homes.The state Department of Law was expected to quickly file an appeal with the high court.Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins said a lower court can't reverse the state Supreme Court's 1975 decision in Ravin v. State. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled the right to privacy in one's home included the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use."Unless and until the Supreme Court directs otherwise, Ravin is the law in this state and this court is duty bound to follow that law," Collins wrote in her decision.Collins granted a summary judgment to the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, which sued the state when the law took effect in June.Collins limited her decision to possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana, even though the new law increases penalties for possession of more than that amount. Before the law took effect in June, it had been legal in Alaska to possess up to 4 ounces of the drug.Collins said she limited her decision because the ACLU argued that the only issue in this case is the Legislature's power to regulate possession of small amounts of marijuana."No specific argument has been advanced in this case that possession of more than 1 ounce of marijuana, even within the privacy of the home, is constitutionally protected conduct under Ravin or that any plaintiff or ACLU of Alaska member actually possesses more than 1 ounce of marijuana in their homes," Collins wrote.The new law makes possession of 4 ounces or more a felony. Possession of 1 to 4 ounces is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. The part the court ruled against was that less than 1 ounce would be a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail.The state Department of Law argued that new findings of marijuana's increased potency since the 1975 decision justify reconsidering the issue. End the oppression of cannabis and its consumers. Self defense is always correct, and it is never illegal. b_jb2001 Why keep checking for Mail? The all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta shows you when there are new messages. __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state bankruptcy court western district of texas United state life insurance United state patent United sta
[cia-drugs] Assembly Point was called Cape God! - Limbaugh in CIA rendition plane?
Assembly Point was called Cape God! Published on Sunday, March 20, 2005 by the Knight-Ridder Tribune Newspapers Jet's Travels Cloaked in Mystery by John Crewdson and Tom Hundley (KRT) - Last June, the Boston Red Sox chartered an executive jet to help their manager make a quick visit home in the midst of the team's championship season. But what was the very same Gulfstream - owned by one of the Red Sox's partners, but presumably without the team's logo on its fuselage - doing in Cairo on Feb. 18, 2003? Perhaps by coincidence, Feb. 18, 2003, was the day an Islamic preacher known as Abu Omar, who had been abducted in Italy the previous day and forced aboard a small plane, also arrived at the Cairo airport. Omar, whose given name is Osama Nasr Mostafa Hassan, was imprisoned by the Egyptians and, he claims, brutally tortured. The public prosecutor in Milan, Armando Spataro, who is investigating Omar's apparent kidnapping, expects to file charges within a few days, according to an Italian official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Spataro made headlines last month when, attempting to identify the plane that transported Omar from Italy to Egypt, he served a warrant on the Italian commander of the air base at Aviano, Italy, which is home to the U.S. Air Force's 31st Fighter Wing. Spataro declines to say whether the Gulfstream that landed in Cairo, which bore the tail number N85VM, departed from Aviano around the time of Omar's disappearance. But Federal Aviation Administration records obtained by the Chicago Tribune show that Gulfstream N85VM has been many places around the world that the Red Sox have almost certainly never gone. Between June 2002 and January of this year, the Gulfstream made 51 visits to Guantanamo, Cuba, site of the U.S. naval base where more than 500 terrorism suspects are behind bars. During the same period, the plane recorded 82 visits to Washington's Dulles International Airport as well as landings at Andrews Air Force Base outside the capital and the U.S. air bases at Ramstein and Rhein-Main in Germany. The plane's flight log also shows visits to Afghanistan, Morocco, Dubai, Jordan, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Azerbaijan and the Czech Republic. Egypt, Afghanistan, Jordan and Morocco are among the countries to which the United States is known to have "rendered" terrorism suspects. Under the increasingly controversial practice of "rendition," terrorism suspects arrested abroad have been forcibly returned to their native countries for interrogation, sometimes with methods that are precluded by U.S. law. The New York Times reported last month that, days after Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush authorized the CIA to transfer suspects to third countries without obtaining separate presidential approval in each instance. Reacting to media disclosures of some renditions in which the suspects later were found to have no terrorist connections, the House of Representatives last week voted 420-2 to prohibit the use of federal money for sending detainees to countries that practice torture. Whether or not Gulfstream N85VM was involved in the rendition of Abu Omar or others, its itinerary has bordered at times on schizophrenic. Less than two weeks after returning from Frankfurt, Germany, the plane was pressed into service after a Friday night game to fly Red Sox manager Terry Francona home to Yardley, Pa., in time for his son's graduation, according to the Worcester Sunday Telegram. A week later the Gulfstream was back in Washington, D.C., headed for Shannon, Ireland. In addition to its FAA flight history, the Gulfstream has been tracked, and sometimes photographed, by the worldwide cadre of aviation aficionados who call themselves "planespotters" - not because of its possible connection with the U.S. government, but because planespotters pride themselves on keeping meticulous records of every aircraft that comes and goes at their chosen airports. The Red Sox logo was visible, for example, in photos taken at an air show in Schenectady, N.Y., on Aug. 23, 2003, eight days after the Gulfstream returned to Washington from an around-the-world flight that included Anchorage; Osaka, Japan; Dubai; and Shannon. The logo was not visible when the Gulfstream was photographed during a fuel stop in Shannon on June 12, 2004. But when the plane turned up at Denver's Centennial Airport in February of this year, a photo showed it was sporting not only the Sox logo but a new registration number, N227SV. Mahlon Richards, a co-owner of Richmor Aviation in Hudson, N.Y., and the Gulfstream's charter agent, confirmed that N85VM and N227SV, which share the same manufacturer's serial number, 1172, were in fact the same aircraft. According to FAA records, the Gulfstream's owner is not Richmor but Assembly Point Aviation, a company with an address in Albany, N.Y., but no telephone number. Dun & Bradstreet describes Assembly Point as a "religious organization" that is somehow involved with "churches, temples a
[cia-drugs] Fwd: dissidnet cia
Begin forwarded message:From: tiger1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 11, 2006 5:49:28 PM PDTTo: trine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: dissidnet cia Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: ‘Dissident’ CIA factionexposed by lawmaker ‘Dissident’ CIA faction exposed by lawmakerPublished: Tuesday, 11 July, 2006, 11:07 AM Doha TimeWASHINGTON: A high-ranking Republican lawmaker, in a letter made public onSunday, exposed what he sees as a dissident faction within the CIA that hesays “intentionally undermined” the policies of President George W Bush.Rumours about the existence of such a group have circulated in the UScapital for a long time, but the comments by Representative Peter Hoekstra,chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, mark the first time they wereconfirmed by an official with intimate knowledge of the intelligencecommunity. “In fact, I have been long concerned that a strong and well-positioned groupwithin the agency intentionally undermined the administration and itspolicies,” Hoekstra wrote in a letter to Bush dated May 18.The CIA declined to comment on the charge when queried by AFP.The document has been obtained by The New York Times and posted on itswebsite in its entirety. Hoekstra confirmed its authenticity in a televisioninterview on Sunday, but did not elaborate on his concerns..He was quoted as saying the CIA was engaged in a “perverted war” overthe war in Iraq and resorted to “selective leaking” of information in orderto drive its point home.He also insisted that Wilson had been sent to Niger by people within the CIAwithout the knowledge of George Tenet, the then-director of centralintelligence, or the White House.Hoekstra, whose letter was never intended for publication, said his argumentabout the faction was supported by the Plame affair “as well as by thestring of unauthorised disclosures from an organisation that prides itselfwith being able to keep secrets.”In another first, the chairman went on to name some names.They included Stephen Kappes, a former CIA director of operations, who isnow slated to become deputy director of the whole agency.Hoekstra expressed concern that Kappes, who quit the agency in 2004 afterPorter Goss became its director, “may have been part of this group,” notingthat it was suspicious that Democrats on his committees “now publiclysupport Mr Kappes’s return.”A close associate of Kappes, Michael Sulick, was named in the letter asanother dissident suspect.“Every day we suffer from the consequences of individuals promoting theirpersonal agendas,” Hoekstra complained about the situation at the CIA. “Thisis clearly a place at which we do not want or need to be.”Hoekstra publicly opposed the appointment of the current agency director,General Michael Hayden, calling him “the wrong man at the wrong place at thewrong time.” – AFP http://tinyurl.com/gj6np_ IndiaField Op Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: Insider tips for the new director:http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4033701check it out!_ __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS United state bankruptcy court western district of texas United state life insurance United state patent United state patent search United states patent office United state flag YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ =
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] Bush is blasted over secrecy
Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 10, 2006 6:40:01 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] Bush is blasted over secrecyReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/10/MNGQ6JSFL11.DTL&feed=rss.newsBush is blasted over secrecyRanking GOP lawmaker says White House keeps intelligence panels in the darkJim Puzzanghera, T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles TimesMonday, July 10, 2006(07-10) 04:00 PDT Washington -- A high-ranking Republican lashed out at President Bush on Sunday, suggesting the White House may have broken the law by failing to inform Congress of a "major" intelligence program and other undercover activities.Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, complained that he had received a briefing from the Bush administration on several intelligence programs only after learning of them from a whistle-blower."It is not optional for this president, or any president or people in the executive community, not to keep the intelligence committees fully informed of what they are doing," said Hoekstra, who revealed no details of the intelligence efforts during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday."Alex Conant, a White House spokesman, declined to comment on the programs, but said the administration would "continue to work closely with the chairman and other congressional leaders on important national-security issues."Hoekstra's charges follow months of controversy over the public disclosure of key administration intelligence efforts in suspected terrorism cases, such as the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping of people in the United States and the monitoring of international bank transfers.Although Hoekstra had been informed of those initiatives, he wrote a letter to Bush in May in which he complained of being kept in the dark on several undisclosed programs.A close White House ally, Hoekstra told Bush that the failure to disclose the information "may represent a breach of responsibility by the administration, a violation of law and, just as importantly, a direct affront to me and the members of this committee.""The U.S. Congress simply should not have to play 'Twenty Questions' to get the information that it deserves under the Constitution," Hoekstra wrote in the letter, which was first disclosed by the New York Times.Hoekstra also used the letter to complain about the selection of the new No. 2 official at the CIA, Stephen Kappes and about the growing size of the office of the director of national intelligence, which is supposed to coordinate U.S. intelligence-gathering activities."I am concerned that the current implementation is creating a large, bureaucratic and hierarchical structure that will be less flexible and agile than our adversaries," Hoekstra wrote.Hoekstra said Sunday that a whistle-blower had stepped forward to alert the committee about the intelligence efforts. He said he then asked for the briefing by referring to the programs' code names."There are lots of programs going on in the intelligence community. You know, we can't be briefed on every little thing that they are doing," Hoekstra said. "But in this case, there was at least one major -- what I consider significant -- activity that we had not been briefed on."Rep. Jane Harman, D-Venice (Los Angeles County), the ranking minority member of the intelligence panel, said that Republicans had not shared their concerns with Democrats, and she criticized Bush for not disclosing the existence of the programs sooner."Vigorous congressional oversight is impossible unless the administration shares critical information with the appropriate committees of Congress," she said in a written statement. "No one is above the law, and the law requires that the intelligence committees be fully and currently briefed on all intelligence programs of our government."Page A - 3-__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /-_|-0-\-V-/-\|-|-__|-|-|-/-_| \_-\--_/\-/|-\\-|-_||-V-V-\_-\ |__/_|--//-|_|\_|___|\_A_/|__/ SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station - The Global Intelligence News Portal Since you are receiving and reading documents, news stories,comments and opinions not only from so called (or self-proclaimed) "reliable sources", but also a lot of possible misinformation collectedby Spy News moderator and subscribers and posted to Spy Newsfor OSINT purposes - it should be a serious reason (particularly tojournalists and web publishers) to think twice before using it for theirstory writing, further publishing or forwarding throughout Cyberspace.To unsubscribe:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]*** FAIR USE NOTICE: This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Spy News is making it available without profit to SPY NEWS members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advan
[cia-drugs] Fwd: cia slc
Begin forwarded message:From: tiger1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 11, 2006 5:52:49 PM PDTTo: trine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: cia slc Some insider tips for the new CIA directorBy Garrett JonesSpecial to the Los Angeles Times(Because this is the season for gratuitous and unsolicited advice, I thoughtI would offer some thoughts for former Air Force Gen. Michael V. Hayden, whorecently took over as CIA director. I am sure many people are sharing theirwisdom on the "big picture," so I will confine myself to advice on the careand feeding of the denizens of the building where I once worked.) They are an odd bunch at the Central Intelligence Agency, and yourpredecessor, Porter Goss, did not adapt well. He seemed unable to make itout of the lobby each morning without starting a fistfight. You can dobetter. For starters, resist any impulse to "demonstrate who is in charge." Thepeople at the agency have never had any problem understanding who is incharge; they have on occasion had trouble believing that the person incharge knew what he was doing. As CIA director, Goss said he did not "do" personnel, and inside theagency, it was easily the most resented remark he ever made. You havetalented people working for you. Use them, and do not go to the retireeslooking for the "perfect" person. They don't make them like they used to,and that's probably a good thing. Do not try to undo all the personnel changes made by Goss. Some peopleneeded to be pushed out. You're trying to hire back Stephen Kappes, theformer field operations boss, as your deputy, and this is good and bad. Manyofficers respect his operational judgment, and many are angry about hisalleged leaks to the media. On your team, he should keep his mouth shut. Goss let his entourage alienate the entire building before he ever gotthere. Get your assistants under control. It's better to make your ownenemies. You probably brought some military aides with you. Remind them thathalf the agency does not know the difference between a full colonel and amilkshake; those who do know don't care. Don't ask anyone to dumb down their work for you. The CIA has a jargonthat you need to learn. Before you change anything about agency culture,first you need to understand it. The executive dining room is a bad idea. You and your staff should be inthe cafeteria meeting people, not huddled up in a bunker wondering whatfolks think. Listen to people. They are smart and sophisticated and willusually tell you what is wrong if you give them a chance. The RUMINT (rumor intelligence) on you is that you like "corporatespeak" and prefer large, impersonal gatherings to one-on-one encounters.Work on that. Blunt, plain speech will get you further with those in theagency than anything else. If something is going to happen to them, tellthem before they see it in the Los Angeles Times. "I do not know" or "Icannot tell you" are statements that spooks accept as sometimes necessary,but they will always find out if you lie to them. You are working with abunch of spies, so you should not be surprised that RUMINT travels quicklyand is surprisingly accurate. Yes, you are busy, but your first job is to make people motivated andeffective. Screw this up and you are doomed. The directorate of operations is where all the spies live. Frankly, thisis a tough room. Your best move is to pick someone whom they respect to leadthem -- lead them, not manage them. When they are in some sand-blownflyspeck in Iraq with their lives on the line, they want a leader who caresabout them and their mission, not a nice guy who is good at managing hispaperwork. Once you get them a leader, you need to expect the impossiblefrom them. Right now, everyone is afraid to make mistakes. Make it clearthat you have confidence in them and will back them even if they do notsucceed. This directorate exists to run high-risk, high-payoff operations;otherwise, it could be replaced by Al-Jazeera. The directorate of intelligence is where the analysts live and where theNational Intelligence Estimates are produced. This place is a mess. Sincethe fiasco over Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, it has been full of deadmen walking, paralyzed with fear of making another mistake. Start over.Anyone associated with the WMD mess -- and there are such people still there-- needs to be retired, kicked upstairs or otherwise moved on. It may not befair, just or efficient, but you must do it to blow the smell of failure outof the organization. Then appoint a pit bull as the quality-control officerfor analysis. Your job is one of the most important in Washington, and one of thetoughest. You are playing "bet your country's future" every day. History hasnot been kind to your immediate predecessors. They got famous in the worstways. Good luck. You're going to need it. Jones served as a case officer with the CIA in Africa, Europe and theMiddle East for 17 years before retiring in 1997. A longer version of thisarticle a
[cia-drugs] Assembly Point - Harris Bay on Lake George NOT Glens Falls
I GREW UP AT ASSEMBLY POINT that would be between Dunham's Bay and Harris Bay on Lake George NOT Glens Falls. WHO OWNS Assemply Point Aviation ? My Parents Built what is today The Harris Bay Yacht Club Assembly Point Aviation Inc. is "a company with an address in Albany, N.Y., but no telephone number. Dun & Bradstreet describes Assembly Point as a 'religious organization' that is somehow involved with 'churches, temples and shrines'," John Crewdson and Tom Hundley wrote (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0320-04.htm) March 20, 2005, for Knight-Ridder Tribune Newspapers. "Assembly Point's sole officer and director is Phillip H. Morse of Jupiter, Fla., who reportedly made millions from the sale of the catheter-manufacturing company he founded in Glens Falls, N.Y. "Morse is a part-owner of the [Boston] Red Sox, and ... Morse 'likes to advertise the team' - hence the Red Sox logo that the jet" N85VM-N227SV "sometimes sports," Crewdson and Hundley wrote. Assembly Point was originally known as God's Point N85VM-N227SV From SourceWatch The N85VM-N227SV is listed among planes alleged to have been used for extraordinary rendition. Table of contents [showhide] 1 History: N85VM-N227SV 2 Confirmed Flights: N85VM-N227SV 3 Aircraft Profile 4 Related SourceWatch Resources 5 External Links [edit] History: N85VM-N227SV According to Amnesty International (AI) [1] (http://www.amnesty.org/resources/flash/torture/renditions/), the "Gulfstream IV plane that took Abu Omar to Egypt from Germany after his kidnapping in Italy. Its owners have admitted leasing the plane to the CIA, but have said it is not used exclusively by the agency. There are 488 relevant recorded landings or takeoffs between February 2001 and July 2005. "Registration: owned by Assembly Point Aviation Inc., registered May 1995 in New York State. The aircraft was registered as N85VM until September 2004, when it was re-registered as N227SV. Operated by Richmor Aviation, a company based at the Columbia County airport (Hudson, New York) and Scotia (New York). Richmor Aviation owns or manages a fleet of about 15 business jets. "Landing rights: Richmor Aviation aircraft were permitted to land at US military bases worldwide (expiration February 15, 2005). "Range and capacity: average range of 3,633 nautical miles at 460/582 knots; can transport up to 19 passengers, but it is usually configured for 8/14 passengers." [edit] Confirmed Flights: N85VM-N227SV "Use of Scottish airports includes: ... recorded movements of N85VM-N227SV, Gulfstream IV plane, include one stop at Edinburgh, two at Glasgow, and 10 at RAF Leuchars in Fife." See page 41 of the Amnesty International report. [2] (http://www.patrickharviemsp.com/index.php?page=news.php&story=191)[3] (http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16659.shtml) [edit] Aircraft Profile The following is the aircraft profile for N227SV (http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N227SV.html): Manufacturer: Gulfstream AerospaceModel: G-IVYear built: 1991Serial Number (C/N): 1172Mode S Code: 50376246Aircraft Type: Fixed wing multi engineAmateur-Built: NoNumber of Seats: 22Number of Engines: 2Engine Type: TurbojetEngine Manufacturer and Model: Rolls-royc TAY 611SER Certification Class: Standard Certification Issued: 2001-01-25 Air Worthiness Test: 1997-11-20 Last Action Taken: 2005-06-09 [edit] Related SourceWatch Resources planes alleged to have been used for extraordinary rendition [edit] External Links John Crewdson and Tom Hundley, "Jet's Travels Cloaked in Mystery," (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0320-04.htm) Knight-Ridder Tribune Newspapers (Common Dreams), March 20, 2005. Gordon Edes, "CIA uses jet, Red Sox partner confirms. 'Stunned' by report of controversial prisoner transfer," (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/21/cia_uses_jet_red_sox_partner_confirms/) Boston Globe, March 21, 2005. News Release: "EU: Rendition, revelation of 800 secret CIA flights in European airspace," (http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/16659.shtml) Amnesty International, April 2006. "CIA rendition flights to Azerbaijan and Redirected Pentagon Kalashnikovs to Latin American right wing forces," (http://milfuegos.blogspot.com/2006/05/cia-rendition-flights-to-azerbaijan.html) Milfuegos Blogspot, May 14, 2006. Retrieved from "http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=N85VM-N227SV" --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/> July 11, 2006 -- There are indications from WMR sources that the Gulfstream IV-SP that landed at Palm Beach International Airport carrying Rush Limbaugh (and his 29 Viagra tablets listed with an estimated value of $1 (U.S.)) and two producers for the Fox Network's "24," a program that hypes the importance of neo-conservative counter-terrorism methods, was used in the past as a CIA prisoner rendition aircraft. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Arrival Report released to the web site "TheSmokingGun.
[cia-drugs] Fwd: Prosecutor in Nuremberg Trials Says Bush as Guilty as Nazi War Criminals
Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 11, 2006 11:01:34 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Prosecutor in Nuremberg Trials Says Bush as Guilty as Nazi War Criminals Could Bush Be Prosecuted for War Crimes?By Jan FrelAlterNet, July 10, 2006 A Nuremberg chief prosecutor says there is a case for trying Bush for the 'supreme crime against humanity, an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation.' The extent to which American exceptionalism is embedded in the national psyche is awesome to behold. While the United States is a country like any other, its citizens no more special than any others on the planet, Americans still react with surprise at the suggestion that their country could be held responsible for something as heinous as a war crime.From the massacre of more than 100,000 people in the Philippines to the first nuclear attack ever at Hiroshima to the unprovoked invasion of Baghdad, U.S.-sponsored violence doesn't feel as wrong and worthy of prosecution in internationally sanctioned criminal courts as the gory, bload-soaked atrocities of Congo, Darfur, Rwanda, and most certainly not the Nazis -- most certainly not. Howard Zinn recently described this as our "inability to think outside the boundaries of nationalism. We are penned in by the arrogant idea that this country is the center of the universe, exceptionally virtuous, admirable, superior."Most Americans firmly believe there is nothing the United States or its political leadership could possibly do that could equate to the crimes of Hitler's Third Reich. The Nazis are our "gold standard of evil," as author John Dolan once put it.But the truth is that we can, and we have -- most recently and significantly in Iraq. Perhaps no person on the planet is better equipped to identify and describe our crimes in Iraq than Benjamin Ferenccz, a former chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials who successfully convicted 22 Nazi officers for their work in orchestrating death squads that killed more than one million people in the famous Einsatzgruppen Case. Ferencz, now 87, has gone on to become a founding father of the basis behind international law regarding war crimes, and his essays and legal work drawing from the Nuremberg trials and later the commission that established the International Criminal Court remain a lasting influence in that realm.Ferencz's biggest contribution to the war crimes field is his assertion that an unprovoked or "aggressive" war is the highest crime against mankind. It was the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 that made possible the horrors of Abu Ghraib, the destruction of Fallouja and Ramadi, the tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths, civilian massacres like Haditha, and on and on. Ferencz believes that a "prima facie case can be made that the United States is guilty of the supreme crime against humanity, that being an illegal war of aggression against a sovereign nation."Interviewed from his home in New York, Ferencz laid out a simple summary of the case:"The United Nations charter has a provision which was agreed to by the United States formulated by the United States in fact, after World War II. Its says that from now on, no nation can use armed force without the permission of the U.N. Security Council. They can use force in connection with self-defense, but a country can't use force in anticipation of self-defense. Regarding Iraq, the last Security Council resolution essentially said, 'Look, send the weapons inspectors out to Iraq, have them come back and tell us what they've found -- then we'll figure out what we're going to do. The U.S. was impatient, and decided to invade Iraq -- which was all pre-arranged of course. So, the United States went to war, in violation of the charter."It's that simple. Ferencz called the invasion a "clear breach of law," and dismissed the Bush administration's legal defense that previous U.N. Security Council resolutions dating back to the first Gulf War justified an invasion in 2003. Ferencz notes that the first Bush president believed that the United States didn't have a U.N. mandate to go into Iraq and take out Saddam Hussein; that authorization was simply to eject Hussein from Kuwait. Ferencz asked, "So how do we get authorization more than a decade later to finish the job? The arguments made to defend this are not persuasive."Writing for the United Kingdom's Guardian, shortly before the 2003 invasion, international law expert Mark Littman echoed Ferencz: "The threatened war against Iraq will be a breach of the United Nations Charter and hence of international law unless it is authorized by a new and unambiguous resolution of the Security Council. The Charter is clear. No such war is permitted unless it is in self-defense or authorized by the Security Council."Challenges to the legality of this war can also be found at the ground level. First Lt. Ehren Watada, the first U.S. commissioned officer to refuse
