Showing posts with label CIA Alliance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CIA Alliance. Show all posts
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
U.S. Chamber of Commerce plots against "opponents"
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has been working with “private security” and lobbying firms to attack and undermine "opponents".
The companies involved are, among others, Hunton and Williams, whose attorneys solicited private security firms HB Gary Federal, Palantir, and Berico Technologies (Team Themis collectively) to develop a sabotage campaign against certain "opponents".
The private spy company investigated members of the family, including children, of the so called U.S. Chamber of Commerce "opponents".
Aaron Barr, an executive at HB Gary Federal circulated emails and documents with personal lives details and even photos of the opponents' family including their children.
Details were revealed by one of the targets of the action - ThinkProgress.org.
In an email from Aaron Barr to Hunton & Williams attorney John Woods, he points out to the need of reducing exposure so that he won't be identified and shows how Woods and another fellow Hunton attorney Richard Wyatt are "vulnerable" in social media.
The three security companies - Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies - were also implicated in a plot to target the online whistleblower WikiLeaks and some of its prominent supporters
Full Article at ThinkProgress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/10/chamberleaks-target-families/
The companies involved are, among others, Hunton and Williams, whose attorneys solicited private security firms HB Gary Federal, Palantir, and Berico Technologies (Team Themis collectively) to develop a sabotage campaign against certain "opponents".
The private spy company investigated members of the family, including children, of the so called U.S. Chamber of Commerce "opponents".
Aaron Barr, an executive at HB Gary Federal circulated emails and documents with personal lives details and even photos of the opponents' family including their children.
Details were revealed by one of the targets of the action - ThinkProgress.org.
In an email from Aaron Barr to Hunton & Williams attorney John Woods, he points out to the need of reducing exposure so that he won't be identified and shows how Woods and another fellow Hunton attorney Richard Wyatt are "vulnerable" in social media.
The three security companies - Palantir Technologies, HBGary Federal and Berico Technologies - were also implicated in a plot to target the online whistleblower WikiLeaks and some of its prominent supporters
Full Article at ThinkProgress.org
http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/10/chamberleaks-target-families/
Omar Suleiman the torturer and friend of torture regimes
(Omar Suleiman was appointed vice president by recently resigned Egypt Dictator Hosni Mubarak)
In his memoir, My Story: The Tale of a Terrorist Who Wasn’t, Egyptian-born Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib tells about his torture by Omar Suleiman himself.
More on the Topic:
Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Feb 7, 2011 - Al Jazeera English
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201127114827382865.ht
In his memoir, My Story: The Tale of a Terrorist Who Wasn’t, Egyptian-born Australian citizen Mamdouh Habib tells about his torture by Omar Suleiman himself.
More on the Topic:
Suleiman: The CIA's man in Cairo - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Feb 7, 2011 - Al Jazeera English
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/201127114827382865.ht
Sunday, January 30, 2011
"...choose you this day whom ye will serve.." Joshua 24:15
Egypt's intelligence chief Omar Suleiman is being reported as the possible next president of Egypt.
It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).
Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman
No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.
A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"
"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."
It also looks like that he is respected by US officials for his cooperation with the Torture Program, as Jane Mayer explains in her book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
"Each rendition was authorized at the very top levels of both governments….The long-serving chief of the Egyptian central intelligence agency, Omar Suleiman, negotiated directly with top Agency officials. [Former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt] Walker described the Egyptian counterpart, Suleiman, as “very bright, very realistic,” adding that he was cognizant that there was a downside to “some of the negative things that the Egyptians engaged in, of torture and so on. But he was not squeamish, by the way” (pp. 113).
Aljazeera commentators described him as a distinguished and respected man and also reported that in October 1981, his brother Khalid Ahmed Showqi al-Islambouli arranged and carried out the assassination of president Mubarak's predecessor, Anwar Sadat, during a military parade.
http://english.aljazeera.net/Services/Search/?q=Omar%20Suleiman
No wonder "the dark cloud" persists.
A 2006 documentary: "American Inquisition"
"On September 11 terrorists tried to change America forever. Well, they succeeded."
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Torture Program - Australian Official (s) Participation
Australia joined Britain, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Italy in conducting formal investigations into American renditions to Torture Program operations on their soil or involving their government personnel
Published on Jan Jan 18, 2011 - Harper's Magazine : No Comment - by Scott Horton
Australia Opens Probe of CIA Rendition
http://harpers.org/archive/2011/01/hbc-90007921
Published on Jan Jan 18, 2011 - Harper's Magazine : No Comment - by Scott Horton
Australia Opens Probe of CIA Rendition
http://harpers.org/archive/2011/01/hbc-90007921
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Life in Prison for torture and murder for former Argentina leader
December 22, 2010
Jorge Videla, 85, was Argentina's president from 1976 to 1981 and was considered the architect of the so called "Dirty War" , the war the regime said to be against subversive terrorism .
He was found guilty of torture and murder among other crimes. The 31 prisoners he was convicted of killing were pulled from civilian jail cells and "shot while trying to escape".
During Videla's regime, an estimated 5,000 prisoners were held incomunicado, most of them were tortured and their bodies "disappeared" . It was later revealed that they were dumped , dead or drugged, into the River Plate from aircraft.
After the sentence Videla remained unrepentant and told the court that Argentine society had demanded the crackdown on dissents.
As judge Maria Elba Martinez handed down the sentence she said:
"Videla ... is a manifestation of state terrorism."
Another leader in Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta, Emilio Massera, died on Monday at age 85.
Massera was head of the Navy and operated one of Argentina's most notorious political prison and torture centre, the Naval Mechanics School in Buenos Aires, or ESMA.
Germany, Spain, Italy and France sought Massera over the killings of their citizens during the torture regime in Argentina. They had suspended arrest orders after Argentine courts had declared him unfit to stand trial on health grounds.
MORE AT:
MACLEANS:
Ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Videla gets life sentence for torture, murder of prisoners in 1976
December 22, 2010 - Michael Warren, The Associated Press
http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=w5477444
The New York Times:
Ex-Dictator Sentenced in Murders
December 23, 2010 - By ALexei Barrionuevo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/americas/23briefs-EXDICTATORSE_BRF.html?src=twrhp
The Telegraph UK
Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla sentenced to life in prison
December 23, 2010 - By Robin Yapp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/8220713/Former-Argentine-dictator-Jorge-Videla-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.html
CNN
Former Argentine dictator sentenced to life
December 22, 2010
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/22/argentina.human.rights.trial/
Jorge Videla, 85, was Argentina's president from 1976 to 1981 and was considered the architect of the so called "Dirty War" , the war the regime said to be against subversive terrorism .
He was found guilty of torture and murder among other crimes. The 31 prisoners he was convicted of killing were pulled from civilian jail cells and "shot while trying to escape".
During Videla's regime, an estimated 5,000 prisoners were held incomunicado, most of them were tortured and their bodies "disappeared" . It was later revealed that they were dumped , dead or drugged, into the River Plate from aircraft.
After the sentence Videla remained unrepentant and told the court that Argentine society had demanded the crackdown on dissents.
As judge Maria Elba Martinez handed down the sentence she said:
"Videla ... is a manifestation of state terrorism."
Another leader in Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta, Emilio Massera, died on Monday at age 85.
Massera was head of the Navy and operated one of Argentina's most notorious political prison and torture centre, the Naval Mechanics School in Buenos Aires, or ESMA.
Germany, Spain, Italy and France sought Massera over the killings of their citizens during the torture regime in Argentina. They had suspended arrest orders after Argentine courts had declared him unfit to stand trial on health grounds.
MORE AT:
MACLEANS:
Ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Videla gets life sentence for torture, murder of prisoners in 1976
December 22, 2010 - Michael Warren, The Associated Press
http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=w5477444
The New York Times:
Ex-Dictator Sentenced in Murders
December 23, 2010 - By ALexei Barrionuevo
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/world/americas/23briefs-EXDICTATORSE_BRF.html?src=twrhp
The Telegraph UK
Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla sentenced to life in prison
December 23, 2010 - By Robin Yapp
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/8220713/Former-Argentine-dictator-Jorge-Videla-sentenced-to-life-in-prison.html
CNN
Former Argentine dictator sentenced to life
December 22, 2010
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/22/argentina.human.rights.trial/
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
American Torture Program: Former CIA agent implicated in torture returns to CIA as contractor and instructor
Associated Press reveals that former FBI and ex-CIA Officer Accused Of Electric-Drill Torture is now Training CIA Operatives As A Contractor:
The former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor. The now instructor at the CIA is an Egyptian descent man who was a FBI agent in New York before joining the CIA.
AP sources: Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse - Boston.com
More at:
The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/07/ex-cia-electric-drill-contractor-training-operatives_n_708085.html
Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse is now training CIA operatives:
By Adam Goldman
Associated Press Write
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/09/07/ap_sources_former_fbi_man_implicated_in_cia_abuse/
The former CIA officer accused of revving an electric drill near the head of an imprisoned terror suspect has returned to U.S. intelligence as a contractor. The now instructor at the CIA is an Egyptian descent man who was a FBI agent in New York before joining the CIA.
AP sources: Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse - Boston.com
More at:
The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/07/ex-cia-electric-drill-contractor-training-operatives_n_708085.html
Former FBI man implicated in CIA abuse is now training CIA operatives:
By Adam Goldman
Associated Press Write
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/09/07/ap_sources_former_fbi_man_implicated_in_cia_abuse/
Friday, August 20, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Collateral consequences of exposing CIA's Secret torture prisons
April 29, 2010
Washington Post journalist Dana Priest describes death threats and backlash she received after reporting on the CIA's use of secret prisons to detain terrorism suspects.
Priest has received numerous awards, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "The Other Walter Reed" and the 2006 Pulitzer for Beat Reporting for her work on CIA secret prisons and counterterrorism operations overseas.
Complete video at of the Logan Symposium Consequences of Investigative Reporting at:
http://fora.tv/2010/04/17/Logan_Symposium_Consequences_of_Investigative_Reporting
Washington Post journalist Dana Priest describes death threats and backlash she received after reporting on the CIA's use of secret prisons to detain terrorism suspects.
Priest has received numerous awards, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for "The Other Walter Reed" and the 2006 Pulitzer for Beat Reporting for her work on CIA secret prisons and counterterrorism operations overseas.
Complete video at of the Logan Symposium Consequences of Investigative Reporting at:
http://fora.tv/2010/04/17/Logan_Symposium_Consequences_of_Investigative_Reporting
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Dana Priest, author of "TOP SECRET AMERICA", talks about extraordinary rendition, torture, blogs etc. - November 2007
"Top Secret America"
Is the Washington Post's two-year, three-part "investigation" into U.S. classified activities by investigative reporters Dana Priest and William M. Arkin. The first article was published on Monday, July 19, 2010.
The link at:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/
The Project includes a searchable database , videos, photos and detailed information on the hidden activities of the CIA, spread all over the world.
In 2007, Dana Priest uncovered most of the facts about the secret prisons, torture by-proxy and more:
Is the Washington Post's two-year, three-part "investigation" into U.S. classified activities by investigative reporters Dana Priest and William M. Arkin. The first article was published on Monday, July 19, 2010.
The link at:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/
The Project includes a searchable database , videos, photos and detailed information on the hidden activities of the CIA, spread all over the world.
In 2007, Dana Priest uncovered most of the facts about the secret prisons, torture by-proxy and more:
Monday, July 19, 2010
Beyond control and "above the Law" - Dangerous neighbours
Top Secret America
A Washington Post Investigation - July 19, 2010http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/articles/
The Washington Post also has a searchable database cataloging the Companies participating in America's hidden intelligence services - from Adecco Group to Qualcomm Incorporated , one can check who one is really working for:
Search the database at:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/companies/1/
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Premier Ottawa Screening of the Documentary "Ghosts" - CTV Interview
Monday, April 26 2010
7:00 pm
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe
Panel Discussion Follows
"Ghosts" was awarded the "Prix du Public"
at the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival 2010.
Co-sponsored by Amnesty International and Nowar-Paix
It tells the story of three Canadian men; Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin who were detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and, in Ahmad El Maati's case, Egypt. Upon their release, they return to Canada and try to find answers to why they were detained in the first place. The role of the RCMP, CSIS and Department of Foreign Affairs in the torture of Canadians, s documented in Inquiries in Canada , is also exposed in this documentary.
The film also focuses on the effects of torture on the human mind and spirit.
7:00 pm
Ottawa Public Library Auditorium
120 Metcalfe
Panel Discussion Follows
"Ghosts" was awarded the "Prix du Public"
at the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival 2010.
Co-sponsored by Amnesty International and Nowar-Paix
It tells the story of three Canadian men; Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El Maati and Muayyed Nureddin who were detained and tortured for months and years in Syria and, in Ahmad El Maati's case, Egypt. Upon their release, they return to Canada and try to find answers to why they were detained in the first place. The role of the RCMP, CSIS and Department of Foreign Affairs in the torture of Canadians, s documented in Inquiries in Canada , is also exposed in this documentary.
The film also focuses on the effects of torture on the human mind and spirit.
Monday, April 5, 2010
" It is a lot bigger than you think ! "
OPERATION GLADIO - Secret Agencies Alliance
3-part series BBC documentary by Alan Francovich(1992)
The story of NATO and CIA sponsored terrorism organization named GLADIO.
To watch the full video click HERE to go the video at the Internet Archives . [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Link: http://www.archive.org/details/operationgladio
TRAILER:
Part One - ="The Ringmasters"
Secret Services Clandestine structures : their involvement in the killing of civilians and police officers , and their attempts to blame the deaths on others , from left wing groups to extremists, gangs and on.
(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjIQfBwrIxw ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Part Two - "The Puppeteers"
The Judges speak: "Judges noticed in all the cases a certain amount of interference on the part of the police, secret services, the security and organs of the State. Instead of helping the magistrates to find out the truth, they went on fiddling records given to Magistrates to hide illegal activities of the Clandestine structures inside these Services."
The investigation of the murder of three policemen by prosecuter prosecutor Felipe Casson led to the revelation of "Gladio" networks around Western Europe, Casson's investigation revealed that a right-wing neo-fascist organization had been working very closely with the Military Secret Services.
As access to military equipment had been given to these clandestine structures they were used against innocent civilians and a part of the CIA "Strategy of Tension", killing spree
( link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mftRXPVCfmM ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Part Three - "The Foot Soldiers"
The Murder of a Prime Minister
"US Army Intelligence must have the means of launching special operations which will convince host country governments and public opinion of the reality of the insurgent danger..."
(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNvrmkS2Xq4 ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
3-part series BBC documentary by Alan Francovich(1992)
The story of NATO and CIA sponsored terrorism organization named GLADIO.
To watch the full video click HERE to go the video at the Internet Archives . [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Link: http://www.archive.org/details/operationgladio
TRAILER:
Part One - ="The Ringmasters"
Secret Services Clandestine structures : their involvement in the killing of civilians and police officers , and their attempts to blame the deaths on others , from left wing groups to extremists, gangs and on.
(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjIQfBwrIxw ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Part Two - "The Puppeteers"
The Judges speak: "Judges noticed in all the cases a certain amount of interference on the part of the police, secret services, the security and organs of the State. Instead of helping the magistrates to find out the truth, they went on fiddling records given to Magistrates to hide illegal activities of the Clandestine structures inside these Services."
The investigation of the murder of three policemen by prosecuter prosecutor Felipe Casson led to the revelation of "Gladio" networks around Western Europe, Casson's investigation revealed that a right-wing neo-fascist organization had been working very closely with the Military Secret Services.
As access to military equipment had been given to these clandestine structures they were used against innocent civilians and a part of the CIA "Strategy of Tension", killing spree
( link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mftRXPVCfmM ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
Part Three - "The Foot Soldiers"
The Murder of a Prime Minister
"US Army Intelligence must have the means of launching special operations which will convince host country governments and public opinion of the reality of the insurgent danger..."
(link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNvrmkS2Xq4 ) [retrieved April 5, 2010]
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