SPIEGEL Interview with CIA's Former Europe Director: "We Probably Gave Powell the Wrong Speech"The former chief of the CIA's Europe division, Tyler Drumheller, discusses the United States foreign intelligence service's cooperation with Germany, the covert kidnapping of suspected terrorists and a Bush adminstration that ignored CIA advice and used whatever information it could find to justify an invasion of Iraq.
SPIEGEL: Mr. Drumheller, do you still dare to travel to Europe?
Drumheller: Yes, absolutely. I was a great friend of the Europeans... (more)
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Iran daily says 9/11 a 'White House conspiracy'TEHRAN (Sept. 11, 2006) - A hardline Iranian newspaper on Monday described the September 11 attacks as a "black conspiracy inside the White House", publishing what it said was evidence the strikes could have been staged by US officials.
The paper, whose editor-in-chief is appointed by Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, compiled a full page of reports from foreign press sources which it said cast serious doubts on the official version of events.
The reports "show th... (more)
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Two New Books Confirm Global Warming is Natural; Not Caused By Human ActivityTwo powerful new books say today’s global warming is due not to human activity but primarily to a long, moderate solar-linked cycle. Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years, by physicist Fred Singer and economist Dennis Avery was released just before Christmas. The Chilling Stars: A New Theory of Climate Change, by Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark and former BBC science writer Nigel Calder (Icon Books), is due out in March.
Singer and Avery no... (more)
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Communist China Sets Up Internet Propaganda DepartmentAccording to reports from China Times, the highest authority controlling all of the CCP's foreign propaganda, the International Communication Office of the Central Committee has set up a new internet communication department to manage internet communications. This organization's authority is higher than the Internet Bureau of the State Council Information Office, indicating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has realized the rapidly increasing and widespread influence of... (more)
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Nine held in UK 'anti-terror' raidsNine people have been arrested in the UK in connection with an alleged plot to kidnap and possibly kill a Muslim British soldier.
Anti-terrorism police said eight people were arrested in dawn raids across the city of Birmingham and a ninth suspect was arrested later on a nearby motorway.
Some news reports claimed the men planned to behead the soldier and broadcast the act on the Internet.
Counterterrorism officials - speaking on condition of anonym... (more)
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New terror bill akin to "McCarthy-style communist witch-hunt tactics"SACRAMENTO - A proposed law would give authorities critical new tools to thwart the scary prospects of a terrorist attack in California, supporters said Wednesday, while critics insisted it is a giant step backward to McCarthy-style communist witch-hunt tactics.
Two Republican lawmakers want a system to weed out terrorist cell members who may try to infiltrate state and local agencies as part of attack plans, as well as deal with some educators who may be terrorism sympathizers ta... (more)
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US urges scientists to block out sunTHE US wants the world's scientists to develop technology to block sunlight as a last-ditch way to halt global warming.
It says research into techniques such as giant mirrors in space or reflective dust pumped into the atmosphere would be "important insurance" against rising emissions, and has lobbied for such a strategy to be recommended by a UN report on climate change, the first part of which is due out on Friday).
The US has also attempted to steer the UN report... (more) FLASHBACK: Chemtrail Sunscreen Taught In US Schools |
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Guantanamo conditions 'like a Nazi camp'Accused terrorist David Hicks' US lawyer has described conditions at Guantanamo Bay, where he has been held for five years, as "like a Nazi concentration camp".
The 31-year-old father of two met his lawyers inside the newly-created Camp Six at the US military prison in Cuba.
The Adelaide-born Muslim convert showed signs of mental deterioration, his Australian-based lawyer David McLeod said after the meeting.
"He shows all the signs of someone who has ... (more) Related: The children of Guantanamo Bay: The 'IoS' reveals today that more than 60 of the detainees of the US camp were under 18 at the time of their capture, some as young as 14 |
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The Black Gold Rush: Divvying Up Iraq's OilThe biggest story out of Iraq so far this year may not be the surge, or the latest mass bombing, or the escalating sectarian violence; it might, instead, be a decision that further complicates all of the above. Over the next few weeks, a law to reform Iraq's oil industry — essentially the only source of income the country has aside from U.S. subsidies — is expected to move toward implementation, and the consequences could be enormous.
Coverage of the proposal has focus... (more)
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Police let informers get away with murderBELFAST, Northern Ireland -- An elite anti-terrorist unit let Belfast outlaws get away with murder in exchange for information, but its officers will not be charged because they covered their tracks, according to an investigation published Monday into police spying on a Protestant gang.
The findings of police Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan, the Roman Catholic watchdog for the mostly Protestant police force, sent shock waves through a peace process that depends on building Catholic support... (more)
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Rules allowed use of dog collar on patient, Australian psychologist tells courtAn Australian psychologist charged with indecently assaulting a female patient told a court today that forcing her to wear a dog collar and call him master was within ethical guidelines.
Bruce Beaton, 64, has pleaded not guilty in the Western Australia district court in Perth to four charges of sexually assaulting the 22-year-old woman he was treating for bulimia at his clinic in the neighbouring city of Fremantle between January and March 2005.
Mr Beaton told the c... (more)
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'Cigarette police' deployed in France to enforce smoking ban From this week, a legion of 175,000 "cigarette police" will patrol and sniff schools, factories, offices and other "public spaces" across France to enforce a tough, new law against smoking. At least this is the theory. After years of lax enforcement of existing laws, it remains to be seen how strictly the new rules are imposed.
Restaurants and bars, in which smoking has theoretically been banned since 1991, have been given a further 11 months' grace until J... (more)
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Proposed San Francisco smoking ban has some fumingBELMONT, CALIF. — When the City Council of this San Francisco suburb voted to consider what could be the most stringent tobacco regulation in America, anti-smoking activists cheered. Banning smoking everywhere but single-family detached homes and their yards would be a big step forward, even in health-conscious California.
Then the blogosphere erupted. Side-by-side portraits of Councilwoman Coralin Feierbach and Nazi SS chief Heinrich Himmler were posted on a smoking-rights ... (more)
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Smoking Is Healthier Than FascismThe regulation of the personal habit of smoking, including new legislative moves in San Francisco to ban cigarettes in private homes, and its enforcement by an eager cadre of state snoops and snitches, represents nothing more than a move on behalf of big brother towards the complete subjugation and shackling of the individual. To this end, smoking is healthier than fascism.
Two new developments today have once again brought this issue into focus and the tr... (more)
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Tiny Chip That Threatens MankindWhat if the government could identify each and every product made on Planet Earth? What if the government could identify the specific products you own and use contain identification to tell if you had attended a political protest? If you don’t like the idea of the government collecting a huge database of phone numbers, you won’t like plans by the government and large corporations, such as Proctor and Gamble and Wal-mart, to label every item manufactured on earth with uniquely numbere... (more)
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Iran Blame Game Shifts into High GearAs expected, the attack Iran hype has slipped into overdrive.
“The Pentagon is investigating whether an attack on a military compound in Karbala on January 20 was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday…. Some Iraqis speculate that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps carried out the attack in retaliation for the capture b... (more)
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Mental Health Screening: New Tool for Child-ControlMental health screening of all children is the goal of legislation introduced into many state legislatures this year. Typical of these highly controversial bills is the Missouri bill that would require every Missouri school district, in collaboration with "the office of comprehensive child mental health," to develop "a policy of incorporating social and emotional development into the district's educational program."
The Missouri bill requires schools to "a... (more)
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An Iron Curtain is Descending"Why are you travelling so often to Canada?" the tough U.S. border guard barked. I was on Amtrak, going from New York to Montreal, as I'd done dozen of times before over several decades. This was my first experience (summer 2006) of the increasingly standard and intrusive "U.S. Exit Interviews" on trains crossing the border. I've been hassled on every train crossing since then, most recently January 2007. The U.S. now has a combined FBI-compiled fi... (more)
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"We Are All Victims of the Occupation"Bassam Aramin spent nine years in an Israeli prison. He belonged to Yasser Arafat's Al Fatah in the Hebron area and attempted to throw a grenade at an Israeli army Jeep in occupied Hebron. Last Wednesday morning, an Israeli soldier in a jeep in his village of Anata, on the West Bank, shot his nine year old daughter, Abir, in the head. The soldier will not spend an hour in jail. In Israel, soldiers are not imprisoned for killing Arabs. Never. It does not ... (more)
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US 'victory' against cult leader was 'massacre'There are growing suspicions in Iraq that the official story of the battle outside Najaf between a messianic Iraqi cult and the Iraqi security forces supported by the US, in which 263 people were killed and 210 wounded, is a fabrication. The heavy casualties may be evidence of an unpremeditated massacre.
A picture is beginning to emerge of a clash between an Iraqi Shia tribe on a pilgrimage to Najaf and an Iraqi army checkpoint that led the US to intervene with devastating effect.... (more)
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Anti-War Marches Draw Hundreds of ThousandsWASHINGTON, Jan 28 (IPS) - Peace activists from across the United States gathered in Washington Sarturday for what they said was the largest demonstration to date against the Iraq war.
"It's time for a new day," the Reverend Jesse Jackson told what organisers estimated as a crowd of 500,000 demonstrators gathered outside the halls of Congress on the National Mall.
"We do not need more troops in Iraq, we need more money at home," Jackson said. "We need a vision of... (more)
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Falling Ice From The SkyHere is an interesting one for insurance claim adjustors. A block of ice literally fell from the sky and crushed a car in Hillsborough County.
A neighbor was outside at the time and saw the chunk come crashing down on the Mustang.
The neighbor saved most of the ice and put it in his freezer.
No reports yet on where this mysterious ice might have come from but many in that neighborhood say they are keeping an eye on the sky.
Strangely, ... (more)
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