[CTRL] Most child molesters blend into the background
-Caveat Lector- Wolves in sheep's clothing Vol. 68, Issue 2 2006 - Most child molesters blend into the background By S/Sgt Matt Logan, Ph.D RCMP Major Crime Unit, Vancouver "Child molesters are often portrayed as greasy, dirty, unkempt individuals who sneak into our towns and snatch our children. The reality is most sexual offenders of children don't stand out, and are well known to the victim and the victim's parents or caretakers. The majority of children are seduced when these molesters play on their emotions, establish their trust and give affection." http://www.gazette.rcmp.gc.ca/article-en.html?category_id=1&article_id=247 www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] [JBirch] Ethanol is a disaster, but is being promoted. Follow the money
-Caveat Lector- Subject: [JBirch] Ethanol is a disaster, but is being promoted. Follow the money... The article starts: - Ethanol Eco-Disaster (Fade in) The delicate, fainting environment is in distress; it can't pay its fuel bill. Heroic Merry Men of the IRS carrying MP5s and wearing green tights hold up the sneering, selfish, unworthy middle class. They give the looted bank accounts to the noble corn-ethanol producers. The chairman of Archer Daniels Midland rides off into the beautiful sunset on his yacht, waving his stock options. (The Happy Ending) The Math-based Version Let's take the very rosiest assumptions for corn ethanol, from the paid PR flacks who lobby for the subsidy. They claim that it takes 35,000 BTUs of energy to make 77,000 BTUs of ethanol from corn. No one else gets a ratio anywhere near that good; some calculations show that corn ethanol actually costs energy to make (and fuel ethanol only has 76,100 BTU per gallon according to the EPA). But even this most unrealistic case assumes that about half the energy in a gallon of subsidized ethanol has to come from somewhere else. For comparison, it takes around 22,000 BTU to make a gallon of gasoline. Gasoline contains about 114,000 BTU per gallon, so there's a clear energy profit. Looking at market price instead of BTUs, on June 6 wholesale cost for ethanol was around $2.67 per gallon, vs. 2.09 for gasoline. This isn't counting the cost of the subsidies; even cheating, corn ethanol still isn't as good as gasoline. And mixing the ethanol in to make gasohol adds further refining costs. So, the ethanol programs force us to pay more per gallon for a diluting fuel additive that gives only 2/3 the miles per gallon. This means more gas station stops, more wasted time and gas. And the ecological effect of each fuel? -- It gets worse. Read the rest at http://www.lewrockwell.com/walker/walker23.html Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/1dTolB/TM ~-> The opinions expressed on this forum are those of the authors of the articles posted. The John Birch Society has no responsibility for anything that is posted in this forum. The OFFICIAL John Birch Society web page is a www.jbs.org Visit The New American at www.thenewamerican.com for accurate information. NEW information portal for the John Birch Society: www.johnbirchsociety.info "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke 1729-1797 What is The Answer To The Greatest Question? Click here to find out: http://1smartest.net/ Get FAST unlimited reliable uncensored internet service for $9.95 per month No Setup Fees. No Contracts. No limit on email groups. 5 email accounts at no additional cost. Fastest Dialup Connection available. Click here now http://www.1smartisp.net/sc/?page=ispsignup Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JBirch/ <*> 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/ www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: A 'New' Mideast? W's or Osama's
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Consortiumnews\.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 24, 2006 8:42:36 AM PDTTo: "List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: A 'New' Mideast? W's or Osama's Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> George W. Bush's belligerent reaction to the bloody chaos roiling Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq and the larger Middle East underscores why Osama bin-Laden took the chance of releasing an "October Surprise" videotape before Election 2004. The CIA determined that bin-Laden knew that by denouncing Bush, the al-Qaeda leader could help Bush to a second term. Bin-Laden saw Bush's warlike tendencies as an asset in creating a radical "new" Middle East. For the full story about how Bush has played into bin-Laden's hands, go to Consortiumnews.com at http://www.consortiumnews.com .To help Consortiumnews.com, please consider the purchase of Robert Parry's "Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq." With each book purchase from the publisher's Web site -- http://www.secrecyandprivilege.com -- $5 goes to keep the Web site going. ___Powered by Microsoft Small BusinessTo unsubscribe follow the link:http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/sp?c=13595&s=79E333EBF4377168&m=515 = www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: Jews against Zionism
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 24, 2006 8:36:32 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Jews against Zionism Orthodox Jews Demand End to Zionist Atrocities in the Middle EastNeturei Karta International -- July 18 – New Yorkhttp://www.nkusa.org/activities/Statements/2006July18.cfm The brutal and indiscriminate attack upon the people and infrastructure of Lebanon by the Zionist State "Israel" is a crime against all basic standards of decency and humanity.The excuse given for this murderous invasion was the attack by Hezbollah on the IDF. What this might have to do with the hundreds of thousands of Lebanese innocent men, women and children, who are subjected to an ongoing living hell, is beyond comprehension.Indeed, this current aggression is only the second chapter of the recent viciousness; the first being the furious reinvasion of Gaza and the onslaught on its civilians and the ruination of its basic human services.Of course, voices may be heard that the IDF are simply responding. This, of course, ignores the question of the evil, implicit in punishing blameless people for the deeds of others. And it totally ignores the root of the problem, the dispossession and subjugation of the Palestinian people which began in 1948, was expanded in 1967 and continues unabated to this day. The crux of the matter is that beyond the immorality of the Zionist treatment of the Palestinians is the ultimate fact -- the ideology of Zionism and ensuing establishment of the Zionist state conflicts with the basic teachings of Judaism.Zionism is the transformation from Judaism, a G-dliness and spirituality, into a G-dlessness, materialism with nationalistic aspirations. Theodor Herzl and his cohorts, the fathers of this relatively new ideology of Zionism (approximately 100 years), have taken the Almighty out of the equation.The ultimate establishment of the Zionist State, the fulfilment of the Zionist ideology, takes this blasphemy a step further. The Jewish people were sent into exile by Divine decree. They where then expressly commanded by the Almighty, not to attempt to leave their exilic existence through any human intervention. They were expressly forbidden to create their own state, such as the Zionist state of "Israel". (Talmud, Tractate Kesuboth, p.111).The Jewish people are forbidden to oppress another people. The creation of the State of "Israel" came about through, the theft from, subjugation and oppression of, the Palestinian people.Torah Jewry, therefore, condemns the horrifying suffering inflicted upon both the Palestinian and Lebanese people. Because of all of the above, all attempts to achieve peace and stability for "Israel" are destined to fail. The Creator cannot be defied with impunity.The Rabbis stated, that the State of "Israel" will result in unending pain, suffering and bloodshed. May the Almighty protect His creations.The State of "Israel" does not speak in the name of Jews, they have stolen the name "Israel" from the Jewish people. Jews are commanded to be loyal citizens in every country in which they reside.Zionism and the State of "Israel", is the main cause of the exacerbation of anti Semitism universally.The government of the illegitimate State of "Israel", continually attempts to uproot the Torah and its statutes. They persistently oppress the Torah true Jews who reside in its borders.We pray that all misery in the Holy Land and Lebanon, shall come to an end and that Zionism, the root of the suffering, continue to fade from Jewish consciousness, to be replaced by the faith of Torah. We shall all witness soon the peaceful dismantlement of the Zionist State "Israel". May we merit seeing the day when all humanity will serve the Almighty in harmony and peace. Amen--A plea to the non-Jewish supporters of the"State of Israel"SYMPATHY FOR ZIONISM IS MISPLACED SYMPATHYFOR THE JEWISH PEOPLEOutside the Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street NW Protesting the "Interfaith Zionist Leadership Conference"May 18, 2003 – Washington DCAs we speak before a great assembly of Americans who have gathered together for many moral issues and also because of their feelings of concern for the Jewish People, we must make some very important and vital clarifications. It is of enormous importance that there are so many Americans who support strong issues like family values and the right to life, and we are grateful for that. In fact we have stood side by side in previous rallies, in support of such values. However, sympathy for the Zionist state is misplaced compassion and concern for the Jewish People. It is a great error, and everyone can see that the behavior of the Zionist state is the root cause of anti-Jewish hatred. Therefore it would be most urgent for those who are concerned about the Jewish People, to know that Zionism has been the greatest danger to the physical and spiritual well-being of the
[CTRL] If old loves die hard, then ancient hatreds must be about immortal.
-Caveat Lector- http://rigint.blogspot.com/2006/07/painting-passports- brown.html#comments Iridescent cuttlefish said... Shrubageddon (and the quiet little post on nanotech riding to the rescue) reminded me of my own overarching POV--that 9/11 and the imperial adventures in the Middle East are basically pretexts and diversions in late-stage capitalism’s final assault/last gasp before the façade maintained by technological suppression and artificial scarcity crumbles--which somewhat escaped my focus as I read Jeff’s water hijinks post, because something else was ‘clicking’ for me. It involves, as S intimated, quite a few of the ideas running through the recent threads here (the Vatican pedophilia cover-up, the issue of fake antisemitism, etc) as well as my own current reading. It’s actually only a sort of fuzzy epiphany, as it raises more questions than it answers, and yet something feels vaguely right about it. Here’s how it happened: I’m plowing through a hugely fat, rather dry and overly careful historical analysis called “The Third Reich in Power,” the 2nd volume in the unfinished trilogy by Cambridge prof Richard J. Evans, who is solid, stolid and definitely not in any sense “radical”. In fact, I had been getting a bit annoyed at the short shrift he gave to the role of the transnational corporations in Hitler’s ascension, when suddenly bells started ringing in his treatment of how the Nazis dealt with the threat they perceived the Catholic Church to be. Evans’ take was that Goebbels personally took over after an earlier effort to emasculate the Church by restricting parochial school attendance and Catholic youth group membership (which were seen as competition for fascist state indoctrination and the Hitler Youth respectively) completely backfired, sending many thousands of pissed off Catholics into the streets of Oldenburg, as well as swastika flags into the gutters and even a wave resignations from the Nazi Party, which had never happened before. Hitler was apparently so angry that he wanted to round up all the priests and send them to Sachsenhausen with Martin Niemoeller (author of the famous “When they came for the Communists I did nothing..” speech), but Goebbels was nervous about such a move because Niemoeller was already getting them very negative international press and because they still hadn’t annexed Austria, which was nearly universally Catholic. So, in a brilliantly calculated maneuver, Goebbels dug up a few cases of alleged pedophilia, combined them with rumors of rampant homosexuality in the German monastaries, inflated the numbers involved and cooked up a prodigious scandal where none had been before. He also utilized photo op field trips where kids who weren’t even Catholic were whipped into a Salem-style hysteria, screaming (in front of reporters) not to let the sex fiends get their hands on them. Within a few months parochial attendance went from 95% in Oldenburg to 5%, the local Hitler Youth group mushroomed overnight, Catholic monastaries, lay buildings and finances were confiscated, and many hundreds of priests and monks were (quietly) led off to various concentration camps. I’m not in any way saying that the story of the pedophilia cover- up in recent discussions is related, but hysterical denunciations and faked repressed memories do happen occasionally, in wave-like patterns. The question this raises is who could be orchestrating the faked ones and why? I once knew a teacher who was Salem-ed, the very strictest teacher in my grade school, and even though the kid recanted (her father was later charged with the identical crimes) the teacher was broken, shamed out of the profession. Innocent, even. There’s tremendous power in the mob. The other mob I thought of was the current wave of real and/or imagined antisemitism. Evans also touched on this, describing the Propaganda Ministry’s efforts to inflame the nascent and deeply- rooted antisemitism in Germany into a force which could be reliably used to intimidate, cajole and generally brainwash segments of the population which weren’t quite down with the program enough for Goebbels. In this case, Evans’ account immediately caused me to understand what’s been happening at the site where I used to be a regular (Information Clearinghouse). I had already been challenging some of the more rabid Jew-biters for their obvious manipulation by the likes of Rense and others of his ilk, but the owner of that site, the good and homorable Tom Feely had to shut his comment field down before I really realized what was going on there. It wasn’t just the same phrases and vitriol lifted from Rense that sank ICH—it was precisely the same stuff that Goebbels cooked 70 years ago. Today I was linking through a bunch of unfamiliar blogs and websites which had large comment fields running, and I
[CTRL] Fwd: Bin Laden Was Right
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 24, 2006 8:10:24 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Fwd: Bin Laden Was Right From: "Jim S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 1:47:15 PM PDTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Subject: [Fw: Truthout Blog by New Actor]Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2006/7/17/214543/824Lebanon's Expendable PeopleBy Mike Whitney07/19/06 ICH -- The most shocking thing about Israel's assault on Lebanon is the dispassionate precision with which the bombardment has been carried out. From bridge to granary, from granary to power plant, from power plant to factory, from factory to mosque, from mosque to hospital, from hospital to apartment building; each decimated with the calm disdain of a surgeon removing a cancerous tumor. We get no sense of rage in Israel's behavior, just the calculated savagery of men who see their duty as systematically decapitating an entire civilization and leaving it in ruins.The destruction of Lebanon is the work of robots not men; unfeeling, remorseless bundles of skin and bone.No one could have done what these men did in just seven days and be a part of the same human family as you and I.So far, there is no indication that the captured Israeli soldiers have been hurt or mistreated. The leveling of a once-bustling and prosperous metropolis has been executed while the victims are still safely tucked away in some unknown hiding place. There's no purpose for Israel's rampage, the terms for release could have been negotiated in a "prisoner swap" as they have many times before. The bombing is purely a gratuitous act of violence intended to destroy a nation that just recovered from 18 years of Israeli occupation. Now, Lebanon has been returned to the Stone Age.Why?Have the soldiers been tortured or abused as they would have been in American or Israeli care?I hope not. I hope they are being treated well. I hope they are set free and allowed to walk southward through the scattered-rubble and body parts so they can appreciate what their leaders have done in their names. I hope they are released so that Hezbollah can claim a moral victory over the forces of inhumanity and cynicism that have infected the seats of government in Tel Aviv and Washington.Whatever chance there may have been for peace is gone now. We have to be realistic. The next generation of Muslims will despise us and everything we stand for. No capital or city will be safe. The U.S. and Israel are sowing dragon's teeth throughout the Middle East and their bloody harvest will come in the decades ahead. Cheney was right, this war could last 50 years and not end in our lifetime.Lebanon was the last straw. It proves that everything Bin Laden said was true: "They have come to take your land and your resources; they have come to shame your women and disgrace your culture; they have come to humiliate you in front of your children and heap ignominy on your religion."Where was he wrong?Author and writer Pepe Escobar said it best: "The effect of the Israeli bombing barrage will be to draw newer, thicker waves of moderate Muslims toward political-and radical-Islam. The perception in the Arab street -- as well as for most of the world's 1.4 billion Muslims -- has been reinforced: the U.S./Israel axis seems to hold a license to kill Arabs with impunity." (Pepe Escobar, "Leviathan Run Amok" Asia Times)Escobar's right. The lives of Muslims mean nothing. They've become the "expendable" people whose security simply doesn't matter. Their wholesale slaughter appears regularly on the evening news while heart-wrenching stories are spun about the suffering of Israeli fathers and mothers who lost loved ones in retaliatory attacks.Don't Muslims have mothers and fathers? Is it so important to demonize them that they must be stripped of every trace of humanity including parents?Where will these "expendable" people go as the world's resources continue to dry up and their homelands are increasingly besieged?Indonesia, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan; where will they all go? Will they be shunted off to refugee camps or live as prisoners in their own land; be shot like dogs or stand and fight until the end?How many will chose to join the growing ranks of jihadis and resistance groups plotting and planning to strike back in any way they can? How many will figure that it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees?Lebanon has paved the way for a century of war. It's been ravaged and its people evacuated to settle scores with Hezbollah and create a buffer zone on Israel's northern flank. The ruined lives are of no consequence. The city will be rebuilt by loans from the World Bank and IMF and the work will be contracted by Halliburton and Bechtel. We've seen it all before; the utter destruction of a society so that it can be placed in the hands of the global corporatists.
[CTRL] Fwd: [Fw: The Spirit of the King David Hotel]
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: July 24, 2006 8:03:53 AM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Fwd: [Fw: The Spirit of the King David Hotel] From: "Jim S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 10:16:57 PM PDTSubject: [Fw: The Spirit of the King David Hotel ]Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I highly recommend "1949 The First Israelis" written by Tom Segev - Judy Johns http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/741434.htmlThe Spirit of the King David HotelBy Tom Segev The terror attack on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was in its day the equivalent of the Twin Towers; yesterday was its 60th anniversary. There are two historic plaques at the hotel, one of whose wings was used by the British Mandate authority. On one of the plaques, which has been hanging there for some time, a few words note the terror attack: "On July 22, 1946, the Etzel underground bombed the southern wing." The action is attributed to Etzel alone, but there is no condemnation. "Underground" generally has a positive connotation.The unveiling of the other plaque this week was meant to cap an academic conference held at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center on the issue of who is a freedom fighter and who is a terrorist . It was quite a week to clarify such a question. They can be distinguished by organizational affiliation, goals, targets, means of combat and mode of operation. They all assume that a freedom fighter is a good person and a terrorist is a bad one. Nearly every terrorist defines himself as a freedom fighter, and vice versa: freedom fighters are usually defined as terrorists. So was Begin. He invested a lot of effort to convince history that he was not a terrorist. Among other things, he emphasized that his organization did not harm civilians. There's a thesis that could serve as an historic lesson from a moral standpoint: not harming civilians.The new plaque identifies the perpetrators of the attack as "Etzel fighters." It's important for them to emphasize that they acted "under orders from the Hebrew rebel movement," in other words, the Hagannah, among others. They called the hotel switchboard, the editorial offices of the Palestine Post, and the French Embassy (presumably they meant the consulate) "to prevent casualties." In other words, they sought a terrorist attack without casualties, but something went wrong. Twenty-five minutes went by and then "for some reason" the British did not evacuate the building "and as a result" 91 people were "regrettably" killed. There were 28 British, 41 Arabs, 17 Jews, and five others. To emphasize the military aspect of the operation, the plaque notes that one of the Etzel people was killed "in an exchange of fire."The British government is demanding the plaque's removal. Her Majesty's ambassador and the consul have written to the mayor of Jerusalem that such an act of terror cannot be honored, even if it was preceded by a warning. To this day, it is not clear what made the bombing's planners believe the British would evacuate the building. Would Benjamin Netanyahu, as prime minister, have ordered his bureau evacuated on the basis of telephone threat from a Palestinian terror group?Netanyahu spoke at the conference. The difference between a terrorist operation and a legitimate military action is expressed, he said, in the fact that the terrorists intend to harm civilians whereas legitimate combatants try to avoid that. According to that theory, the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier by a Palestinian organization is a legitimate military operation, and the bombing of Dresden, Hanoi, Haifa or Beirut is a war crime. Of course, this is not what Netanyahu meant. He learned only this from the bombing of the hotel: that the Arabs are bad and we are good. Arab actions starting in 1920 and through the Iranian nuclear plan reflect, in his words, "a terrorist mentality." Israel, on the other hand, only harms civilians by accident or when there is no alternative. For example, when terrorists hide among civilians.The historic truth is different: In the 60 years since the attack at the King David Hotel, Israel has hurt some two million civilians, including 750,000 who lost their homes in 1948, another quarter million Palestinians who were forced to leave the West Bank in the Six-Day War and hundreds of thousands of Egyptian civilians who were expelled from the cities along the Suez Canal during the War of Attrition. And now tens of thousands of Lebanese villagers are being forced to abandon their homes, and air force pilots are once again bombing Beirut and other cities. Hundreds of civilians have been killed. Regrettably. It's all in the spirit of the King David Hotel. One can always say there was a mishap.-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/06 = www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIME
[CTRL] How wargames stranded Americans in Lebanon
-Caveat Lector- How wargames stranded Americans in Lebanon< http://www.total411.info/2006/07/how-wargames-stranded-americans-in.html > Last week, this site, among others, published Webster Tarpley's desperate warning that Americans were being left in Lebanon as sitting ducks for a possible false-flag provocation. The worry was that Americans stranded in Lebanon would be slaughtered by a bomb or munitions fired by the warmonger class of the Mossad or other pro-war forces. It is important to note that false-flag operations are often predicated on scheduled drills and wargames. The chief purpose for this is to confuse institutional response to disaster situations by confusing a real-life incident with a similar wargame. But it is also important to note that often dissimilar wargames will also be scheduled concurrent with false-flag operations in order to move resources away from the theater of the incident. During 9/11, we saw this with Operation Northern Vigilance, which diverted many of NORAD's toward the North Pole to fight phantom Russian aircraft; where they were unable to respond to the chaotic situation in the airspace over the East Coast. Similarly, we can note that the US evacuation of its embassy staff and thousands of nationals from Lebanon was slowed by wargames which diverted naval resources to Jordan, in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. Here's a report from CNN Thursday, July 20, 2006: "[...]Some lawmakers and relatives with family members stranded in Lebanon have complained that the State Department is moving too slowly to evacuate Americans. Barbero disputed that criticism Wednesday, saying at the news conference that the military had few assets off the coast of Lebanon when the crisis erupted, and that the Marines aboard the Nashville had to be pulled from an exercise in Jordan. "We started moving assets as soon as we heard that a need had been established," he said. "These are our fellow Americans, and we're going to do everything possible, and we have."[...] - www.total411.infowww.total911.info www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Chertoff cousin, McCain team up for 9/11 disinfo blitz
-Caveat Lector- Chertoff cousin, McCain team up for 9/11 disinfo blitz< http://www.total911.info/2006/07/chertoff-cousin-mccain-team-up-for-911.html > [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/158816635X/ ] Hearst publications, founded by lying yellow journalist warmonger and Bohemian Grove member William Randolph Hearst bought Popular Mechanics a few years back and purged its professional staff in favor of disingenous lickspittle hacks and government agents who would do the deceased Hearst proud. Chief among those new hires was "lead researcher" Benjamin Chertoff, cousin of Homeland Security Secretary and likely Mossad agent Michael Chertoff. Interestingly, the Chertoff family hails from Russia, and Chertoff is Russian for "devil." Not satisfied with confining its straw men and lies to magazine format, Hearst has expanded the magazine article to a thin little paperback book (192 pages), featuring an introduction by crazed warmonger Senator John McCain, who also comes from a family of traitors, his father Admiral McCain having been instrumental in the attempt to sink the USS Liberty as a pretext to launch World War III. "Debunking 9/11 Myths" is due August 15. www.total411.infowww.total911.info www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ ctrl To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
[CTRL] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] Second Guessing The FBI's Pre-9/11 Actions
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 6:54:16 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] Second Guessing The FBI's Pre-9/11 ActionsReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mayitpleasethecourt.com/journal.asp?blogid=1245Hindsight Is 20/20: Second Guessing The FBI's Pre-9/11 ActionsIt's difficult to look back now, but this CNN story invites a second look at the complacency we all felt before 9/11, including those investigating the possibility of terror on our shores. That's the most troubling aspect of looking back. You judge on what you know now, not what you knew then. =http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/07/17/padilla.trial.ap/index.htmlAgent: FBI sought terror suspect's help Jose Padilla refused, was later declared an 'enemy combatanMIAMI, Florida (AP) -- The FBI initially sought terror suspect Jose Padilla's cooperation to help prevent what intelligence sources indicated might be an imminent al Qaeda attack, an FBI agent testified Monday.Padilla refused and was later implicated in an alleged radioactive "dirty bomb" plot and declared an enemy combatant.Russell Fincher, an agent in the FBI's New York-based unit investigating Osama bin Laden, testified at a pretrial hearing for Padilla that he met him at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in May 2002 believing he could gain information on al Qaeda's plans."I believed there was a terrorist act that was going to happen. I believed he had knowledge of that. I needed his help," Fincher said of Padilla. "I didn't want to arrest him."Fincher said that during a five-hour interview Padilla talked freely about his criminal past as a Chicago gang member, his conversion to Islam and his travels in Egypt, Pakistan and elsewhere. But when his story didn't add up, Fincher said he confronted Padilla with terrorist allegations and asked if he would testify before a grand jury about his purported al Qaeda connections."He stood up and told me the interview was over and it was time for him to go," Fincher said.Padilla was arrested on a material witness warrant, which allows a person with direct knowledge of alleged criminal acts to be taken into custody. A month later, President Bush designated him an "enemy combatant" and he was placed in military custody. He remained there until November, when he was charged in an existing Miami case.The charges in the Miami case do not mention the "dirty bomb" plot but do claim that Padilla trained at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. Padilla has pleaded not guilty.The hearing Monday concerned whether Padilla was officially in law enforcement custody when the FBI agent interviewed him and, if so, whether he was properly advised of his rights. Padilla's lawyers said his statements should be barred from trial if those rights were violated. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen T. Brown did not indicate when he would rule.Fincher testified that Padilla wasn't read his Miranda rights until the interview ended. But he also said that Padilla agreed repeatedly to talk with the FBI agents, was never handcuffed or otherwise restrained and never requested a lawyer.The initial pretext for Padilla's airport interview was the discovery by customs officials that he was carrying more than $10,000 in cash but had declared only $8,000.Although he did ask three times to call his mother in Florida, each time he changed his mind, Fincher said. When the FBI offered to contact her for him, Fincher said, Padilla declined because he didn't want her to think he was in trouble again.The FBI also offered to put Padilla up in a hotel to rest so the interview could resume the next day, but again Padilla refused, saying he wanted to clear up the issue about the cash. "He didn't believe it was a big deal," Fincher said.Padilla is scheduled to go to trial in September along with two others on charges of participating in a North American network that supported Islamic extremists worldwide.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Monday, July 17, 2006; Posted: 7:40 p.m. EDT (23:40 GMT) -__ ___ _ ___ __ ___ _ _ _ __ /-_|-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 u
[CTRL] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] NSA stepping up efforts to curtail news media leaks
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 6:46:34 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] NSA stepping up efforts to curtail news media leaksReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/07/23/a3.nat.spying.0723.p1.php?section=nation_worldNSA stepping up efforts to curtail news media leaksBy Siobhan GormanThe Baltimore SunPublished: Sunday, July 23, 2006WASHINGTON - The National Security Agency has mounted an increasingly aggressive campaign to root out news media disclosures, including a new policy that could require every agency employee to hunt for leaks, current and former intelligence officials said. ''There's been one leak after another, and (intelligence agencies) haven't responded as effectively as they would have liked,'' said Meredith Fuchs, general counsel for the National Security Archive at George Washington University. ''They're trying to set up a system that will be quick-moving, effective and responsive.'' Some security analysts and former NSA officials warned that requiring agency employees to regularly search for leaks could divert attention from regular duties. They also raised concerns that it could place under suspicion people who pursue information through legitimate channels. advertisement NSA spokesman Don Weber characterized the news media policy as ''not a new policy'' but ''a revised (and) updated policy.'' The policy, issued March 20, is apparently the first dedicated solely to news media leaks. The last time the NSA visited the issue was as a small part of an ''annex'' to a 1992 directive on information security, which described the information that should be included when assembling a ''damage assessment'' of a news media disclosure. A copy of the new policy, which is unclassified but labeled ''For Official Use Only,'' and unclassified portions of the 1992 policy were obtained by The Baltimore Sun. Weber said the policy did not represent a stepping-up of anti-leak efforts because ''we've always had a strong effort.'' ''Was it timely?'' he added. ''Certainly.'' Recent disclosures of classified and sensitive information - including newspaper reports on secret CIA prisons, the NSA's warrantless telephone surveillance program, government reviews of financial transactions and the NSA's technology failures - have prompted calls for a crackdown on leaks from the White House and from many congressional Republican leaders, as well as intelligence agency heads. The NSA policy directs agency employees to ''actively monitor the media for the purpose of identifying unauthorized disclosures'' of classified information. It requires that all divisions within the agency produce annual reports on the number of classified leaks they uncover. Such directives create pressure to identify more leaks, said Matthew Aid, a former NSA analyst. ''Instead of hunting for spies within the agency, now you're hunting for disenchanted employees who may know somebody who knows a reporter,'' he said. ''It's bound to divert resources and focus.'' Some NSA veterans and security analysts said the policy imposes new responsibilities on employees. " `Actively monitor' means they're supposed to go out, surf the Web and look for classified information, not report it when they find it,'' said Steven Aftergood, a government secrecy expert at the Federation of American Scientists. ''That amounts to a new tasking of every part of the organization.'' One former NSA official called the directive ''bizarre.'' ''We're going to turn all of NSA into a vast media monitor? That just strikes up these images of people with visors on reading the newspaper,'' the official said. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email.http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/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 effort
[CTRL] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] Critics Blast Lawyer Selected as New Homeland Security Privacy Official
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 6:56:07 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] Critics Blast Lawyer Selected as New Homeland Security Privacy OfficialReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1153472739409Critics Blast Lawyer Selected as New Homeland Security Privacy OfficialThe Associated PressJuly 24, 2006The Homeland Security Department on Friday selected one of its lawyers, Hugo Teufel III, as its new chief privacy officer. Privacy advocates outside government questioned his experience. Teufel, who worked previously as a lawyer at the Interior Department, has been associate general counsel at the Homeland Security Department. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff called Teufel an outstanding professional and said he relied on Teufel's judgment and advice. Privacy advocates expressed concerns about what they described as Teufel's apparent lack of experience. He worked under Gale Norton in Colorado and in Washington after Norton became head of the Interior Department. "This is not an appropriate appointment," said Marc Rotenberg, head of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center, a leading privacy group that has been critical of DHS policies. "He lacks the relevant experience." The head of the ACLU's Washington office, Caroline Fredrickson, agreed. "He doesn't have much of a background to be a privacy officer," she said. "He seems to have no experience in privacy matters." Chertoff said in a statement that Teufel was "highly regarded throughout the department and the legal community for his expertise on privacy, employee relations and civil rights issues." Teufel was the Interior Department lawyer who advised officials there in the 2004 dismissal of Teresa Chambers as chief of the U.S. Park Police. She was fired after she complained publicly that she needed more officers and funding, and she subsequently lost her legal fight to grant her whistleblower protections.Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. 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 activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We always mention the author and link the original site and page of every article. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.For more information go to:http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml SPY NEWS home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews Mario Profaca mario.profaca[at]zg.htnet.hr SPY NEWS owner, editor and discussion moderatorYahoo! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spynews/<*> 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/ = www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER == CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTR
[CTRL] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] Blog on torture costs CIA contractor
-Caveat Lector- Begin forwarded message:From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: July 23, 2006 6:48:30 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SPY NEWS] Blog on torture costs CIA contractorReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/15104650.htmPosted on Sun, Jul. 23, 2006Blog on torture costs CIA contractorWoman loses her job as software tester for agency after top-secret musing about interrogation tacticsBy Dana PriestWASHINGTON POSTWASHINGTON - Christine Axsmith, a software contractor for the CIA, considered her blog a success within the select circle of people who could actually access it.Only people with top-secret security clearances could read her musings, which were posted on Intelink, the intelligence community's classified intranet. Writing as Covert Communications, CC for short, she opined in her online journal on such national security conundrums as stagflation, the war of ideas in the Middle East and -- in her most popular post -- bad food in the CIA cafeteria.But the hundreds of blog readers who responded to her irreverent entries with titles such as "Morale Equals Food" won't be joining her ever again.On July 13, after she posted her views on torture and the Geneva Conventions, her blog was taken down and her security badge was revoked. On Monday, Axsmith was terminated by her employer, BAE Systems, which was helping the CIA test software.As a traveler in the classified blogosphere, Axsmith was not alone. Hundreds of blog posts appear on Intelink. The CIA says blogs and other electronic tools are used by people working on the same issue to exchange information and ideas.CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano declined to comment on Axsmith's case but said the policy on blogs is that "postings should relate directly to the official business of the author and readers of the site, and that managers should be informed of online projects that use government resources. CIA expects contractors to do the work they are paid to do."A BAE Systems spokesman declined to comment.Axsmith, 42, said in an interview this week that she thinks of herself as the Erma Bombeck of the intel world, a "generalist" writing about lunch meat one day, the war on terrorism the next. She said she first posted her classified blog in May and no one said a thing.When she asked, managers even agreed to give her the statistics on how many people were entering the site. Her column on food pulled in 890 readers, and people sent her reviews from other intelligence agency canteens.The day of the last post, Axsmith said, after reading a newspaper report that the CIA would join the rest of the U.S. government in according Geneva Conventions rights to prisoners, she posted her views on the subject.It started, she said, something like this: "Waterboarding is Torture and Torture is Wrong."And it continued, she added, with something like this: "CC had the sad occasion to read interrogation transcripts in an assignment that should not be made public. And, let's just say, European lives were not saved." (That was a jab at Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Europe late last year when she defended U.S. policy on secret detentions and interrogations.)A self-described "opinionated loudmouth with a knack for writing a catchy headline," Axsmith also wrote how it was important to "empower grunts and paper pushers" because, she explained in the interview, "I'm a big believer in educating people at the bottom, and that's how you strengthen an infrastructure."In her job as a contractor at the CIA's software-development shop, Axsmith said, she conducted "performance and stress testing" on computer programs, and that as a computer engineer she had nothing to do with interrogations. She said she did read some reports she thought were interrogation-related while performing her job as a trainer in one counterterrorism office.Her opinion, Axsmith added, was based on newspaper reports of torture and waterboarding as an interrogation method used to induce prisoners to cooperate."I thought it would be OK" to write about the Geneva Conventions, she said, "because it's the policy."In recounting the events of her last day as an Intelink blogger, Axsmith said she didn't hold up well when the corporate security officers grilled her, seized her badge and put her in a frigid conference room. "I'm shaking. I'm cold, staring at the wall," she recalled. "And worse, people are using the room as a shortcut, so I have no dignity in this crisis."She said BAE officials told her that the blog implied a specific knowledge of interrogations and that it worried "the seventh floor" at CIA, where the offices of the director and his management team are.She said she apologized right away and figured she would get reprimanded and her blog would be eliminated. She never dreamed she would be fired. Now, Axsmith said, "I'm scared, terrified really" of being criminally prosecuted for unauthorized use of a government computer system, something one of
