(KurtNimmo) – Obama’s Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, said during a speech last week at the Center for a New American Security that the drone and commando war waged by the United States will intensify and expand outside the declared combat zone over the next few years. Read the rest of this entry »
(KurtNimmo) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Saturday that the conflict on the border between Syria and Turkey may spread to neighboring countries and create a regional war. Read the rest of this entry »
(HigginsBlog) – US military chief Leon Panetta has blood on his hands for helping Syria’s rebels prepare the the Aleppo false flag that he tells the media will be ‘the final nail in President Assad’s coffin’. Read the rest of this entry »
(OccupyCorporatism) – The US military is being used to protect civilian events, like the 2012 Democratic and Republican Party National Conventions in Tampa, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina. Read the rest of this entry »
(DebkaFile) – In the wake of failed diplomacy, US President Barack Obama is in the process of “reconsidering” his decision to hold off on military action against Iran.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was in Riyadh to sound out Saudi rulers on a combined US-GCC operation. Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (RussiaToday) – Peace Mission Hurts: NATO Will Leave Afghanistan With ‘Wounds’ – Read More Here
Also: (PressTV) – US Diplomats Busted Smuggling Arms In Pakistan – Read More Here
(Wired) – Following three years of classified top-secret drone bombings in Pakistan Defense Secretary Leon Panetta finally declared on Wednesday that we are at War in Pakistan. Read the rest of this entry »
(NewAmerican) – When asked by reporters if U.S. troops would be sent to Yemen, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta responded, “There’s no consideration of that. Our operations now are directed with the Yemenese going after al-Qaida.”
“No consideration” is exactly the type of vague and undefined phrase the American people have come to expect from representatives of the national government, particularly when it comes to questions about the interminable “War on Terror.” Read the rest of this entry »
(PaulWatson) – Following controversy over his assertion that seeking “international permission” from the UN to launch wars trumps the authority of Congress, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta re-affirmed this premise during recent testimony in which he again stated that Congress would play second fiddle to the international community. Read the rest of this entry »
(AJC) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the President has the authority to override Congress’ exclusive power to declare war, if some “vital interest” is at stake. Read the rest of this entry »
(TheNewAmerican) – José Padilla (left) is a citizen of the United States and a convicted terrorist. On Monday, he filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with theU.S. Supreme Court requesting that the nation’s highest court review the decision of an appeals court to dismiss his suit alleging torture at the hands of U.S. government officials. Read the rest of this entry »
(MediaRoots) – Earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta visited Manas Transit Center, located just outside of Bishkek. Panetta’s coterie disclosed air-refueling operations, departing from Manas, had transferred 300 million pounds of jet fuel in 2011 alone. This staggering figure provides a reflection point for any U.S. observer who follows the post-9/11 world closely. Above all, it begs the question: if one base in one year transferred that much fuel, then how much has U.S.A.’s military wasted since 2001? Read the rest of this entry »
(HigginsBlog) – Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tells AlHurra Television in an interview that the US will assist Israel if they make the decision to strike Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
(Rense) – Because Purim is honored, based on the Hebrew calendar, the days when it is celebrated are different each year. So when you try and check to verify the statements in the paragraph below, using our calendar, the results could be confusing. What is not at issue is that today Purim begins for 2012.
“This year this wicked occult ritual of Purim falls on March the seventh and eighth. Consider this: The Iraq war of 1991 ended prematurely exactly on Purim Day: Immediately following the savage slaughtering of 150,000 SURRENDERING Iraqi troops, during the Purim dates. Decidedly monstrous in any estimation. The next Iraq War began on Purim, 2003. (And the Libyan Invasion began on Purim, 2011).” Read the rest of this entry »
(Infowars) – Camo Cops Respond to Terror on Pittsburgh Campus
It’s all part of an ongoing effort to blur the distinction between the military and the police and acclimate the populace to the prospect of a standing army in their midst. Read More Here
(ABCNews) – Video: Sovereign Citizens – Radicals Next Door – “Nightline” goes inside the secretive anti-government extremist movement. – Video Here
(SteveWatson) – Maryland Cops To Be Trained On US Constitution After Illegally Arresting Protesters
Pro-life demonstrators, including teenage girls, were strip searched, shackled by officers who said they could “rot” in cells Read More Here
(AJC) – Video: FBI Preys on Citizens Via NDAA – Infowars Nightly News
The FBI director seems bewildered about the Fourth Amendment and has failed to distance himself from the frightening prospect of state sponsored assassinations of citizens.
RELATED – (PaulWatson) – Video: Troops Used For Crowd Control At Texas Kite Festival – Footage shows Guard soldiers loading children onto school buses – Video Here
(GlobalResearch) – The Criminalization of Protest: Say Goodbye To Free Speech in America
Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, also known as the “Trespassing Bill,” is soon to be signed into law by President Obama. This bill effectively criminalizes protest and will hurt protest groups and movements such as Occupy quite hard. Read More Here
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(PaulWatson) – FBI Director Fails to Refute State-Sponsored Murder of American Citizens on US Soil
Another shocking benchmark of how far America has sunk into a military dictatorship
FBI Director Robert Mueller’s failure to acknowledge that the Constitution and the rule of law prevents the government from being allowed to kill American citizens on U.S. soil without due process is yet another shocking benchmark of how far American has sunk into a military dictatorship. Read the rest of this entry »
(AJC) – Topics: Obama & U.N. Declare Congress Ceremonial: Alex Jones Calls for Impeachment!!; Panetta Publicly Admits U.S. Military/Obama Takes Orders from The U.N.; Obama Deploys US Special Forces to Africa; Military Responds to Obama’s Treasonous Act Against The People; KONY 2012: African Invasion Psyop: Infowars Nightly News; Pentagon & Obama Declare Congress Ceremonial: Infowars Nightly News; UN Launches COUP D’ETAT Over US: Infowars Nightly News; U.S. Has Ceded Control of Its Affairs to Foreign Central Banks: Paul Watson Reports; Obama & U.N. Declare Congress Ceremonial: Alex Jones Calls for Impeachment!! Read the rest of this entry »
(Haaretz) – Panetta: When all else fails, the U.S. will act against Iran
Panetta’s address to the pro-Israel U.S. lobby came following appearances by President Shimon Peres, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, all of whom addressed Israel’s concerns regarding the military aspects of Iran’s nuclear program. Read More Here
(Dawn) – Sunnis United with Israel against Shia Iran
Peter Cohan, writing in Forbes.com, reports that “Saudi Arabia’s rage against the Shias exceeds its dislike of its Jewish neighbors” so much so that Saudis are willing to provide Israel logistics support to attack Iran later in June. Other Arab states including Jordan and Egypt may also stand behind Israel’s foray into Iran. Read More Here
(WashPost) – AIPAC beats the drums of war
“Iran’s nuclear program continues to march forward,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the crowd of thousands Monday night. “My friends, Israel has waited and waited for the international community to resolve this issue. We’ve waited for diplomacy to work. We’ve waited for sanctions to work. None of us can afford to wait much longer. As prime minister of Israel, I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation.” Read More Here
(WashPost) – 25 police killed in western Iraq by al-Qaeda shooters disguised as Iraqi military
Reports point to Syria-bound al-Qaeda that are currently moving through Iraq to take up positions near Syrian border Read More Here
(AP) – UN agrees nuclear talks with Iran – Read More Here
(RussiaToday) – Video: ‘Israeli spies warn against military strike on Iran’ – ex-ambassador
Despite Israel’s rulers pushing for an attack on Iran, intelligence does not recommend it, Thomas R. Pickering, former US Ambassador to Israel, told RT. It is mutual distrust between Iran and the US that stalls the diplomatic settlement, he believes.
(Guardian) – Hamas rules out military support for Iran in any war with Israel
Senior figures say Gaza-based Islamic militants would not launch rockets into Israel at request of Tehran, a key sponsor Read More Here
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(AJC) – Syrian Girl Exposes Al CIA da
Alex talks with a young woman going by the moniker of “Syrian Girl” who recently posted a video breaking down the role of the U.S. and Israel in provoking unrest in Syria. She also eloquently dismantles the myth of al-Qaeda, the CIA created terror group. Read the rest of this entry »
(Silverstein) – There have been endless recent visits to Israel from high-ranking U.S. officials regarding the Iran issue, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and most recently National Security Advisor Tom Donilon.
The AP reports that during the last set of meetings the Israelis defiantly told the U.S. that if they attacked Iran, they would leave the U.S. in the dark. Here’s how Mike Rogers, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee put it: Read the rest of this entry »
(GlobalResearch) – Advocates of a hot war with Iran have just taken some heavy hits from a Harvard professor of international relations and two prominent journalists.
Harvard’s Professor Stephen Walt has savaged an article in the forthcoming “Foreign Affairs” magazine(Jan.-Feb.) by Matthew Kroenig titled, “Time to Attack Iran: Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option.” Kroenig is an Assistant Professor of Government at Georgetown University who wrote: Read the rest of this entry »
(SacramentoPress) – Editor’s note: Recall what the last Pearl harbor event shilled by the neocons resulted in — more than a million dead Iraqis.
Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta told 300 Sacramento Metro Chamber Cap-to-Cap delegates that the next “Pearl Harbor” is likely to be an attack on the United States’ power, financial, military and other Internet systems. Read the rest of this entry »
How does one get like this? How does one rise to high position in the government and become a shameless lying whore? What a weight to put on one’s soul. Such is the case with Leon Panetta. Read More Here
Following the Halloweenesque scare fest on Capitol Hill earlier this week — where National Intelligence director Dennis Blair and CIA director Leon Panetta warned of impending terrorist doom — the has House has The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061). Read the rest of this entry »
(Guardian) – Tension between the US and Iran heightened dramatically today with the disclosure that Barack Obama is deploying a missile shield to protect American allies in the Gulf from attack by Tehran. Read the rest of this entry »
In the past, I have alluded to Panetta and the Seven Dwarfs. The reference is to CIA Director Leon Panetta and seven of his moral-dwarf predecessors — the ones who sent President Barack Obama a letter on Sept. 18 asking him to “reverse Attorney General Holder’s Aug. 24 decision to re-open the criminal investigation of CIA interrogations.” Read the rest of this entry »
In response to a public campaign by the CIA, the Obama administration has decided to further scale back an already narrow investigation of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) torture during the Bush years that was announced last month by Attorney General Eric Holder. Read the rest of this entry »
We Have met The Nazis, And They Are Us
Godwin’s Law be damned–it’s impossible to read the newly-released CIA report on the torture of Muslim prisoners without thinking of the Third Reich. Read the rest of this entry »
Of all the outside-the mainstream notions I’ve posted on this blog, the one that annoys the most people is my suggestion that the CIA recruited young Barack Obama during his days at Occidental College. I would further suggest that the Agency link runs in the family. I believe that, at an earlier time, the Agency (or some other branch of the intelligence community) may have recruited his mother, Ann Dunham. Read the rest of this entry »
Hats off to Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times for ferreting out what it was that sent CIA Director Leon Panetta scurrying over to Congress in late June. Read the rest of this entry »
The US Central Intelligence Agency contracted the now notorious private security firm Blackwater for a secret program of “targeted killings” against alleged Al Qaeda operatives, according to media reports Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
(RawStory) – The specter of private contractors carrying out assassinations on behalf of the US government has been raised in a New York Times article that says the CIA hired contractors from security firm Blackwater to help carry out its recently-revealed hit squad program. Read the rest of this entry »
Revelations that the Central Intelligence Agency launched a world-wide assassination program, and then concealed its existence from the U.S. Congress and the American people for eight years, carries an implication that death squads may have been employed against political opponents. Read the rest of this entry »
(PressTV) – Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto could have been targeted by the CIA as part of its recently-exposed alleged assassination program, reports say. Read the rest of this entry »
The New York Times and the corporate media are all over a recent report that the CIA had planned to assassinate al-Qaeda leaders. “Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials,” Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane reported for the Times on July 13. “The plans remained vague and were never carried out, the officials said, and Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, canceled the program last month.” Read the rest of this entry »
Reports in the American press on Friday and Saturday reveal massive illegality in the US government and intelligence apparatus. They demonstrate not only routine violations of democratic rights through illegal spying and wiretapping both at home and abroad, but also disregard for legally required reports to Congress. Read the rest of this entry »
(NYT) – The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
(Huffington) – The revelation from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee that they were misled about a critical CIA program has sparked a debate that touches on the most sensitive areas of national security policy. What program, exactly, was being kept secret? Read the rest of this entry »
(BBC) – CIA Director Leon Panetta has admitted that his agency regularly misled Congress, six members of the House Intelligence Committee have alleged. Read the rest of this entry »
The definition of a Czar in Merriam Webster’s dictionary is the following: “One having great power and authority.” [18]. According to Wikipedia, the title Czar (derived from Caesar) meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who claims the same rank as a Roman emperor, with the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official (the Pope or the Ecumenical Patriarch). [13]. Read the rest of this entry »
In March of 2002 Dick Cheney appointed his own daughter Elizabeth to head a shadow operation (ISOG) whose covert purpose was to fund dissident groups in Iran ~ money which may have been used to fund and arm terrorists. Obama has now evidently picked up where the Cheney’s left off: Read the rest of this entry »
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday called the recent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “sham” and criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for not voicing strong opposition to the election’s result. Read the rest of this entry »
(Reuters) – CIA director Leon Panetta says it’s almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the “harsh interrogation” of terrorism suspects. Read the rest of this entry »
The Obama administration appears increasingly devoted to covering up the worst crimes of the Bush era. On Monday, CIA chief Leon Panetta formally objected to federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was considering releasing detailed information on 92 videotaped CIA torture sessions of detainees. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, well. The New York Times has finally put a story together on the key role that two controversial psychologists played in devising the Bush administration’s torture policies. Guess we should be thankful for small favors. Read the rest of this entry »
