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12/24/11--00:33: Syrian bombers attack intelligence agencies (chan 2227420)

Damascus, Syria -- Two car bombers blew themselves up Friday outside the heavily guarded compounds of Syria's intelligence agencies, killing at least 44 people and wounding dozens more in a brazen attack on the powerful security directorates, authorities said. State-run television said the al Qaeda terrorist network was possibly to blame for the first suicide car bombings in the nine-month uprising against authoritarian President Bashar Assad. The opposition,...


12/27/11--05:00: Asa Winstanley - UK charity with Mossad links secretly denounced anti-Zionist Jews to government (chan 2227420)

Introduction by Gilad Atzmon: The following is Asa Winstanley's outstanding and comprehensive expose of the Ultra Zionist Community Security Trust (CST). Winstanley explores the different and often secret smear tactics used by the rabid militant Zionist organisation. As it seems the CST disseminates false information-it produces 'evidence' of Holocaust denial and anti...


12/28/11--11:56: Manning, Guantanamo Prisoners and Reverse Trials (chan 2227420)

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling Right before the Cantonsville Nine were arrested, a group of radical Catholic pacifists who destroyed draft files with blood and homemade napalm to protest the U.S.-Vietnam War, they alerted the news media and authorities ahead of time to ensure widespread publicity for their action. After seizing 378 file folders containing the names of men soon to be called to serve in the armed forces, after dumping them into a waste basket they brought, and after pouring napalm on the draft registrations, they then carried the files into the parking lot and lit them on fire. The group quietly prayed, waiting for state and federal authorities to arrest...


12/28/11--17:57: Muslims upset by NYPD to boycott mayor's breakfast (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Several Muslim leaders have declined invitations to the mayor's annual year-end interfaith breakfast, saying they're upset at police department efforts to infiltrate mosques and spy on Muslim neighborhoods. The imams and activists said in a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg that they're disturbed at his response to a series of stories by The Associated Press...


12/29/11--06:46: Obama’s Global Murder, Inc. (chan 2227420)

The Obama administration has erected a vast apparatus of global assassination involving unmanned aerial drones operated by the CIA and the military. This network of “targeted killing” machines is run in secrecy, behind the backs of the American people and with virtually no congressional oversight. The US drone program is the subject of an exposé published in the Washington Post on Wednesday, headlined “Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus of drone killing.” While restrained in its presentation, the Post article is a chilling account of a government that has asserted for itself the right to kill anyone, anywhere in the world, without even a pretense of legal proceedings. The lives of...


12/29/11--06:46: Chavez muses on 'US cancer plot' against Latin-American Heads of State (chan 2227420)

Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez has been diagnosed with treatable thyroid cancer (AP) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has questioned the rash of cancer cases among Latin American leaders and asked if somehow the US might have a way to induce the illness. Mr Chavez has long wondered whether the US government could be plotting to oust him, but his latest remarks went...


12/29/11--06:46: Homeland Security's Covert Surveillance of Facebook and Twitter (chan 2227420)

EPIC has filed a Freedom of information Act against the Department of Homeland Security to force disclosure of the details of the agency's social network monitoring program. In news reports and a Federal Register notice, the DHS has stated that it will routinely monitor the public postings of users on Twitter and Facebook. The agency plans to create fictitious user accounts and scan posts of...


12/30/11--07:40: NYC mayor doesn't address Muslim boycott of event (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than a dozen Muslim clerics and civic leaders skipped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast Friday, saying they were upset that he supported police department surveillance efforts in their neighborhoods. The 15 leaders wrote a letter to the mayor, saying they were protesting the spying program first revealed in a series of Associated Press articles. The letter made a controversy out of a normally sedate end-of-the-year meeting. Bloomberg didn't directly address the boycott during the event, though he did quote his father as telling him that "discrimination against anyone is discrimination against everyone." He also said: "We have to keep our guard up,...


12/30/11--09:52: Muslims skip NYC mayor's event to protest spying (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- More than a dozen Muslim clerics and civic leaders skipped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast Friday, saying they were upset that he supported police department surveillance efforts in their neighborhoods. The 15 leaders wrote a letter to the mayor, saying they were protesting the spying program first revealed in a series of Associated Press articles. The letter made a controversy out of a normally sedate end-of-the-year meeting. Bloomberg didn't directly address the boycott during the event, though he did quote his father as telling him that "discrimination against anyone is discrimination against everyone." He also said: "We have to keep our guard up,...


12/30/11--18:57: Softening Up Iran for the Final Attack (chan 2227420)

In many ways, America's and Israel's much-anticipated war against Iran has already begun. It is not the type of war that was expected -- an Israeli textbook style surprise and swift attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, followed by a sustained U.S. and NATO air campaign -- but a covert war with quite an unexpected feature. The covert war, which has seen increased U.S. drone activity over Iranian skies and an increase in suspicious explosions at Iranian military facilities, has been coupled with American support for destabilization efforts against all of Iran's allies and friends, including Syria, Russia, China, North Korea, and Venezuela This multi-pronged attack strategy has sent a clear...


12/31/11--20:28: New CIA Drone Bases in Afghanistan and Central Asia (chan 2227420)

US looking for new drone bases after Pakistan’s refusal -Including the covert base in Khost, the US has seven operational military bases located in Kandahar, Herat, Parwan, Helmand and Nimroz provinces. With the exception of the Khost base that is under the operational command of CIA, the US Army, Air Force and Navy jointly administer the remaining six bases. -According to officials at a diplomatic mission, the US was actively considering establishing covert military bases in Central Asia for continuing drone-hits in Pakistan but the Central Asian Republics (CARs) refused to provide launching pads owing to Russia’s pressure. -78 drone attacks in the ongoing year have killed 607 persons...


01/03/12--11:43: Spec-Ops troops learn to be gumshoes (chan 2227420)

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- U.S. special operations forces and CIA officers once clashed over who should gather intelligence to hunt...


01/03/12--23:46: Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation (chan 2227420)

Official Washington has a soft spot for “defectors” from hostile nations, especially if their tales of perfidy about their ex-homelands fit with favored policy. That was the case with Iraq before the 2003 invasion and now with Iran, but these “defectors” often tell lies. A new American war hysteria is rising, this time over Iran, and – like its predecessor with Iraq – this one employs “defectors” who come forward, often under the umbrella of neocon organizations, to impart alarming tales. The latest example is a “default judgment” by a U.S. federal judge implicating Iran in the 9/11 attacks. It is based largely on Iranian “defectors” whose testimony was given without...


01/06/12--09:22: Pentagon investigating possible leak of Bin Laden raid details to movie-makers (chan 2227420)

Did the Obama administration release classified information to Hollywood notables for a film about the operation that killed Osama bin Laden? That’s a question Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) wants answered. And in response, the Pentagon’s inspector general has launched an investigation, King disclosed Thursday. “We plan to begin subject investigation immediately,” Patricia A. Brannin, deputy inspector general for intelligence and special program assessments, wrote in a memo that King emailed to reporters. At issue is whether the filmmakers — director Kathryn Bigelow and...


01/09/12--06:16: How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents. (chan 2227420)

The following article by Richard Sanders published in May 2002, prior to the onslaught of the Iraq war, carefully documents the History of War Pretext Incidents. This historical review raises an important issue: Is the Pentagon seeking to trigger military confrontation in the Persian Gulf with a view to providing a pretext and a justification to wage an all out war on the Islamic Republic of Iran? As documented by Richard Sanders, this strategy has been used throughout American history. With regard to the confrontation in the Persian Gulf, is the Obama administration prepared to sacrifice the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain as a means to create public outrage and drum up support...


01/09/12--06:16: Trigger an "Accidental Confrontation" as a Pretext to Wage War on Iran (chan 2227420)

Global Research Editor's Note The following article published in 2007 raises an important issue: Is the Pentagon seeking to trigger military confrontation in the Persian Gulf with a view to to providing a pretext and a justification to wage an all out war on the Islamic Republic of Iran? This strategy has been used throughout American history, from the USS Maine in 1898 to Pearl Harbor and the Gulf of Tonkin incident. Is the Obama administration prepared to sacrifice the Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain as a means to create public outrage and drum up the Western World into supporting a war on Iran on the grounds of self-defense. In the days ahead, Global Research will be publishing a...


01/09/12--07:27: The New York Times is misleading the public on Iran (chan 2227420)

- It's deja vu all over again. AIPAC is trying to trick the United States into another catastrophic war with a Middle Eastern country on behalf of the Likud Party's colonial ambitions, and the New York Times is misleading the public with allegations that say that the country is developing "weapons of mass destruction". In an article attributed to Steven Erlanger on January 4 ("Europe Takes Bold Step Toward a Ban on Iranian Oil"), this paragraph appeared: The threats from Iran, aimed both at the West and at Israel, combined with , is becoming an important issue in the American presidential campaign [emphasis my own]. The claim that there is "a recent assessment by the International...


01/09/12--13:38: US condemns Iranian death sentence for American (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denied on Monday that an American man sentenced to death in Iran was a CIA spy, and sharply criticized the Islamic republic in Tehran for what it called a pattern of arresting innocent people for political reasons. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said officials were still trying to learn the details of the sentence against Amir Mirzaei Hekmati. If true, the U.S. would condemn the verdict, he said. Iran charged that Hekmati received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for an intelligence mission. A court convicted him of working with a hostile country, belonging to the CIA and trying to...


01/10/12--02:34: Who Says What on the Internet: Homeland Security Collects "Personal Identifiable Information" on Users of Social Media (chan 2227420)

Published: 07 January, 2012, 01:56 Freedom of speech might allow journalists to get away with a lot in America, but the Department of Homeland Security is on the ready to make sure that the government is keeping dibs on who is saying what. Under the National Operations Center (NOC)’s Media Monitoring Initiative that came out of DHS headquarters in November, Washington has the written permission to retain data on users of social media and online networking platforms. Specifically, the DHS announced the NCO and its Office of Operations Coordination and Planning (OPS) can collect personal information from news anchors, journalists, reporters or anyone who may use “traditional and/or social...


01/10/12--07:06: Regime Change in the Russian Federation? Why Washington Wants ‘Finito’ with Vladimir Putin (chan 2227420)

Washington clearly wants ‘finito’ with Russia’s Putin as in basta! or as they said in Egypt last spring, Kefaya--enough!. Hillary Clinton and friends have apparently decided Russia’s prospective next president, Vladimir Putin, is a major obstacle to their plans. Few however understand why. Russia today, in tandem with China and to a significant degree Iran, form the spine, however shaky, of the only effective global axis of resistance to a world dominated by one sole superpower. On December 8 several days after election results for Russia’s parliamentary elections were announced, showing a sharp drop in popularity for Prime Minister Putin’s United Russia party, Putin accused the United...


01/11/12--07:55: US Steps Up Covert War Against Iran with yet Another Assassination of a Nuclear Scientist (chan 2227420)

The US covert war against Iran raised the stakes even higher today with the assassination of yet another nuclear scientist, with some analysts saying that the Islamic Republic is being pushed into a corner to either back down in its confrontation with the US or retaliate – the latter most certainly triggering an all-out war. Thirty-two-year-old chemical engineer Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was inside his small Peugeot car when two assailants on motorbike rode up alongside and planted a magnetic bomb on his vehicle in the capital, Tehran. The scientist was killed instantly by the explosion. His driver died later from injuries. And elderly bystander was also killed in the attack. Roshan was head of...


01/11/12--20:38: MI5 and MI6 'cleared' over torture claims (chan 2227420)

British spies will be cleared in a number of cases of alleged complicity in the torture of detainees abroad, the BBC understands. Scotland Yard and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) are to issue a joint...


01/12/12--12:35: AP Sources: Another bleak Afghan War Report Card (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say the latest intelligence community take on the war in Afghanistan concludes the Taliban remains...


01/12/12--13:51: New Afghanistan assessment reflects split U.S. views (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and NATO soldiers have weakened the Taliban but not enough to force the militants to abandon their fight against foreign troops, according to a new intelligence assessment that highlights an abiding division between the U.S. military and intelligence views on the war in Afghanistan. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the new National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan concluded that a stepped-up Western military campaign had done real damage to the Taliban's military prowess but "not enough so to change their strategic calculus." The classified document "takes a dim view of possible futures in Afghanistan, especially with respect to the...


01/12/12--19:35: Army officer recommends trial in WikiLeaks case (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON — An Army officer recommended a general court-martial Thursday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged with causing the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Lt. Col. Paul Almanza's recommendation to try Pfc. Bradley Manning on all 22 counts, including aiding the enemy, now goes up the chain of command for a final determination. Almanza sent his report to Col. Carl Coffman, garrison commander of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall near Washington. Coffman will make a recommendation to Military District of Washington commander Maj. Gen. Michael Linnington, whose decision...


01/13/12--19:40: Mossad 'posed as CIA to recruit fighters' (chan 2227420)

Agents with Israel's spy agency have posed as CIA agents in operations to recruit members of the Pakistani group Jundallah, according to a report in Foreign Policy magazine. Using US dollars and passports, the agents passed themselves off as members of the US' Central Intelligence Agency in the operations, according to memos from 2007 and 2008, said the report which was published on Friday. It is unclear whether the recruitment programme is ongoing. "Israel has done this before. I know of a report very widely accepted in the US of Israeli Mossad agents in the United States, actually recruiting American Muslims," Mark Perry, who authored the report, told Al Jazeera. "I think that there is a...


01/15/12--08:05: Iran Says It Has Evidence CIA Was Behind Assassination Of Scientist (chan 2227420)

Iran’s state television has reported that Tehran has evidence that the United States was behind the latest assassination of one of its nuclear scientists. Earlier this week, an Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran. It was the fifth attack of its kind in two years. Iranian state-run television reported that the Iranian Foreign Ministry gave a letter to the Swiss...


01/15/12--08:05: Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist (chan 2227420)

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country's nuclear program have escalated to their highest level ever. In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was attached to the door of 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan's car during the Wednesday morning rush-hour in the capital. His driver was also killed. U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton denied responsibility and Israeli President Shimon Peres said Israel had no role in the attack, to the best of his knowledge. "We have reliable documents and evidence that this terrorist...


01/17/12--18:06: Clinton asked to testify for Manning (chan 2227420)

In a deposition request posted on his website yesterday, the defence attorney David Coombs seemed to say that Ms Clinton would be able, as Secretary of State, to provide crucial details about how the affair has affected America's national security. Mr Coombs is of the opinion that Ms Clinton would...


01/19/12--02:41: Report: Former Israeli intelligence chief says Iran can build bomb now if it wants (chan 2227420)

JERUSALEM - A former Israeli military intelligence chief says Iran has all the components to build a nuclear bomb, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. It was not clear whether Amos Yadlin, who retired in November 2010, was referring to the mechanical elements of a bomb or implying the Iranians have sufficient weapons-grade uranium, a critical ingredient for bombmaking. Still, his remarks reflect the prevalent view in...


01/19/12--06:15: Norwegian security chief resigns after intel gaffe (chan 2227420)

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The chief of Norway's domestic intelligence service hastily resigned from her post after disclosing classified information in an open hearing in Parliament, apparently about Norway's intelligence activities in...


01/19/12--10:01: THE WAR ON IRAN: Nuclear Assassinations Just the Tip of the Iceberg (chan 2227420)

"I saw a motorcycle. They were wearing ski masks -- black ski masks. They were two people. I saw the motorcycle speed by. I saw them. It seemed as if they had something in their hands,” this is how a female witness described the scene of the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan. As the blade of blame is being directed against the CIA and Mossad for orchestrating the brutal assassination of the 32-year-old Iranian scientist in broad daylight in Tehran on Wednesday morning, the duo have preferred to feign ignorance as to the identity of the main perpetrator of the crime. "I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of...


01/19/12--11:28: Charles Taylor worked for CIA: report (chan 2227420)

New York - Liberia's Charles Taylor, the first African head of state to be prosecuted for war crimes by an international tribunal, used to work for the CIA, the Boston Globe newspaper reported this week. The report, based on information uncovered through a freedom of information request made six years ago,...


01/19/12--18:42: Iran says scientist's killer may have used U.N. info (chan 2227420)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran charged on Thursday that assassins who killed an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran last week may have used information obtained from the United Nations. Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, 32, was killed by a motorbike hitman who put a magnetic bomb on his car on a street during the morning rush hour on January 11. Iran, at odds with Western governments over its nuclear program, has accused U.S. and Israeli agents of being behind the killing. Iran's deputy U.N. ambassador Eshagh Al Habib said there was a "high suspicion that ... terrorist circles used the intelligence obtained from United Nations bodies, including the sanctions list of the Security Council and interviews...


01/20/12--02:19: Top CIA lawyer never approved NYPD collaboration (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment. Normally, when the CIA dispatches one of its officers to work in another government agency, rules are spelled out in advance in writing to ensure the CIA doesn't cross the line into domestic spying. Under a 1981 presidential order, the CIA is permitted to provide "specialized equipment, technical knowledge or assistance of expert personnel" to local law enforcement...


01/20/12--10:57: Authority for NYPD-CIA collaboration questioned (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment. Normally, when the CIA dispatches one of its officers to work in another government agency, rules are spelled out in advance in writing to ensure the CIA doesn't cross the line into domestic spying. Under a 1981 presidential order, the CIA is permitted to provide "specialized equipment, technical knowledge or assistance of expert personnel" to local law enforcement...


01/20/12--18:13: Accused war criminal Taylor 'worked with CIA' (chan 2227420)

He stands accused of funding rebels who hacked the arms off small children, smuggling blood diamonds, keeping sex slaves and torturing his opponents, but former Liberian President Charles Taylor also had another career - providing information to US intelligence agencies, according to information obtained by the Boston Globe newspaper. Today, Taylor is jailed in The Hague as the first former African leader to face international prosecution from the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. In the 1990s, he was allegedly responsible for wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which killed more than 250,000 people. “It’s an intriguing development,” Will Reno, a...


01/21/12--07:28: Iran War: US Eyes Covert Ops and Middle East Gendarme Role (chan 2227420)

The temptation of attacking Iran long entertained by Washington and Israel is gradually crystallizing into a reality of fear and angst and has already become an alarmingly worrisome idea even for those who are wont to see the glass half full. Amidst an escalating crisis following an exchange of threats between Washington and Tehran, US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey has visited Israel to discuss what is claimed to be an effort to stop a possible Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites. This is at least what Western media has been reporting with the manifest purpose of depicting the US government as Mr. Nice Guy who wishes to stop an Israeli attack without having any intention of its own to...


01/22/12--21:40: Rushdie: India authorities gave 'false intelligence' (chan 2227420)

Author Salman Rushdie has accused authorities in the Indian state of Rajasthan of giving "false intelligence information" of a threat to his life. Mr Rushdie withdrew from the Jaipur literature festival on Friday, saying that he been told by sources that paid assassins were planning to kill him. But he later said he believed he had been lied to about the threat. The Rajasthan government has denied the charge, saying it was "baseless". Salman Rushdie sparked anger in the Muslim world with his book The Satanic Verses, which...


01/24/12--00:56: From Palestinegate and Watergate to UNOgate (chan 2227420)

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling If Israel and the United States somehow seized or broke-in and stole information from the UNO City's IAEA as Iran claimed, information that aided in assassinating Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, it would not be surprising. For years, both the U.S. and Israel have justified breaching the law and breaking into other countries for the greater good, or better yet, for their greater good. Two incidences among dozens come to mind. At the turn of the 20th Century, a major disagreement existed concerning the location of a Jewish state. Since some European Jews and Zionists favored the establishment of a Jewish-Israeli state in...


01/24/12--11:07: Bloomberg blasts use of movie during NYPD training (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that New York police used "terrible judgment" in showing officers a film about Muslims that Islamic groups have complained is inflammatory. Bloomberg said commanders have stopped showing the movie, "The Third Jihad," which contends Muslims are bent on establishing an...


01/25/12--09:57: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AT 10 DOWNING STREET: A Crucial Behind the Scenes Episode in the Run-up to the Illegal War with Iraq (chan 2227420)

The Iraq War ... Lord Goldsmith "pinned to the wall" (Chilcot Inquiry) by Lord Falconer and Baroness Morgan (all three unelected) at a meeting without minutes at 10 Downing Street Lord Goldsmith, Lord Falconer, Baroness Morgan (all three unelected) and their crucial roles in waging war on Iraq. 1) Lord Boyce, the then Chief of the British Armed Forces, after seeking his own private legal advice, formally sought an assurance from Tony Blair on 13 March 2003 that the proposed imminent waging of war on Iraq would be legal. 2) Lord Goldsmith, the then Attorney General, was asked to attend a meeting (unminuted) at 10 Downing Street later that same day with Lord Falconer (the then Lord...


01/25/12--21:47: NYC police chief apologizes for movie interview (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's police commissioner apologized Wednesday for appearing in a documentary movie about terrorism that Muslim groups have criticized as inflammatory, and said his department acted wrongly when it later showed the film to counterterrorism trainees. A spokesman for Raymond Kelly had previously denied the commissioner had any participation in the making of the "The Third Jihad," suggesting last year that footage of Kelly was lifted from another source. But on Wednesday Kelly said he had sat for an interview in 2007 because the filmmaker had "bona fides" in television and with the White House. The movie later was shown on a continuous loop on the sidelines during New York...


01/26/12--08:54: Big Brother will be watching US intel world (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. intelligence official says it will take roughly five years to put in place new measures to stop...


01/26/12--09:58: CIA to pull officer from NYPD after internal probe (chan 2227420)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A CIA operative's unusual assignment inside the New York Police Department is being cut short after an internal investigation that criticized how the agency established its unprecedented collaboration with city police, The Associated Press has learned. In its investigation, the CIA's inspector general faulted the agency for sending an officer to New York after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and leaving him there too long with haphazard oversight, according to officials who have read or been briefed on the inquiry. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the investigation. The CIA said last month that the inspector general...


01/26/12--12:07: Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie (chan 2227420)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Muslim groups are calling for New York's police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say paints their religion and its adherents in a bad light. About 20 activists held a news conference on the steps of City Hall on Thursday and criticized Ray Kelly for giving an interview to the producers of the movie "The Third Jihad." The movie uses dramatic footage to warn against the dangers of...


01/27/12--11:02: US Army Goes Underground: Special Ops deployed Worldwide (chan 2227420)

According to Stars and Stripes, a U.S. Defense Department media outlet, the Pentagon is preparing to “unleash special operations troops worldwide as traditional military operations are cut back.” The initiatve is presented as a cost-cutting endeavor. With this new strategy, the U.S. switches from large scale theater operations to smaller "cost effective" covert military ops. The latter inevitably result in the violation of the national sovereignty of the targeted country. U.S. Special Operations Command chief Adm. Bill McRaven, who led the 2011 Bin Laden raid in Pakistan, has proposed that troops leaving the war zones of Iraq and...


01/27/12--19:47: Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid (chan 2227420)

ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May. Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Afridi ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify bin Laden's presence in the compound. He has since been charged by Pakistan with treason. Panetta said he is "very concerned" for the doctor. Panetta also told "60...


01/28/12--04:23: Leon Panetta concern over Bin Laden 'informer' Shikal Afridi (chan 2227420)

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden last year. Dr Shikal Afridi is accused of running a CIA-run programme in Abbottabad where Bin Laden was killed. A Pakistan panel says he should be tried for treason. Mr Panetta told the CBS TV...


01/28/12--09:59: Panetta concerned about doctor who helped in bin Laden raid (chan 2227420)

January 28, 2012 -- Updated 1639 GMT (0039 HKT) "I'm very concerned about what the Pakistanis did with this individual," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS. Washington (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly the key role a Pakistani doctor who assisted the United States ahead of the strike on Osama bin Laden's compound last May that killed the terrorism...