And why does the Globe switch and pick-up other stories, forcing me to analyze cuts and rewrites?
Why would they do that with "bin Laden?
And how come they don't run the whole half-hour?
All the MSM media experts that were on this story said they have only seen 30 SECONDS or so!!!
They have been QUOTING TRANSCRIPTS provided by YOUR FALSE-FLAGGING, INSIDE JOB GOVERNMENT, Amurka!!!!!
You STILL EATIN' SHIT, Amurka?
Hey, if you are, EAT UP!!!!
I'm LAFFIN' at ALL THIS PURELY TRANSPARENT PROPAGANDA!!!!
Here's my print copy:
"In video, Bin Laden tells Americans converting to Islam will stop war; Appearance is first since 2004" by Lee Keath/Associated Press September 8, 2007
[Well, that's ONE WAY, and not one of which I'm highly objectionable.
Of course, this is the administration's script, and it makes all the war opponents look like they are pro-terrorist, right?
As for "bin Laden's" discrediting of AmeriKa's left, that's fine with me!
Until, AMERIKA'S LEFT GETS THEIR HEAD OUT of their asses about 9/11 TRUTH, then I have no use for them!
Or is AMERIKA'S LEFT something else altogether?
Sniff... like CONTROLLED OPPOSITION who WILL NOT GO certain places?!?!
CAIRO - Osama bin Laden appeared for the first time in three years in a video yesterday released ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, telling Americans they should convert to Islam if they want the war in Iraq to end.
The 30-minute video was obtained by the SITE Institute, a Washington-based group that monitors terror messages. American officials said the U.S. government had obtained a copy earlier and intelligence agencies were studying the video to determine whether it was authentic and looking for clues about bin Laden's health.
[Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!
The US GOVERNMENT had OBTAINED A COPY EARLIER!!!
Yeah, because THEY MADE IT!!!!
And his health? HE LOOKED TERRIBLE!!!!
A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!]
In the video, a short excerpt which was broadcast to the Arab world by Al-Jazeera television, bin Laden wears a white robe, a white circular cap, and beige cloak seated behind a table while reading an address to the American people from papers in front of him.
[He HASN'T CHANGED HIS CLOTHES in THREE YEARS?!
P.U., bin Laden, YOU STINK!!!! Especaially in a CAVE!!!
What terrorist is going to MAKE PLANS in the stinkhole cave?
Shit, Osama IS HIS OWN weapon-of-mass-destruction based on B.O. -- or is that B.S. -- alone!!!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-!!!!]
His trimmed beard is shorter than in his last video, in 2004, and is fully black - apparently dyed, since in past videos it was mostly gray. He speaks softly, as he usually does, and has dark bags under his eyes but appears healthy, but his appearance dispelled rumors that he had died.
[They DID NOT!!!!! They have simply ENFLAMED them!!!!!!
WE ALL CAN TELL IT IS NOT HIM and TOTAL BULLSHIT!!!!
Duh!!!!!
And, oh, if he dyed his beard:
"Dying one's beard is strictly forbidden under Islamic law. Any devout (Sunni) Muslim would be aghast at an image of a purported spokesperson with a dyed beard. It's okay to tint it with henna (only), but in that case gray hair appears orange. Pakistan is full of guys sporting huge orange beards, but there is no market whatsoever for Grecian formula, at least not among the Wahhabis.
So the story about the new Osama dying his hair doesn't work." -- Mike Rivero
Clear now, readers?]
The footage gives a rare look at the al-Qaida leader, who has likely avoided appearing in videos as a security measure. Terrorism specialists believe his inner terror network is regrouping in the lawless Pakistan-Afghanistan border region.Bin Laden makes no overt threats and does not directly call for attacks, according to the transcript, which was first posted on ABC's Web site.
Instead, he addresses Americans, lecturing them on the failures of their leaders to stop the war in Iraq despite growing public opposition in the U.S.:
[And CUI BONO?
Gee, if you are against Bush you must be "pro-terrorists."
And who likes to get "lectured," no matter who you are?
DESIGNED to DRAW a PREDICTABLE RESPONSE from the Amurkn people!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!]
"There are two solutions to stopping it. One is from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out. The second solution is from your side. I invite you to embrace Islam.''
[All right!
What is wrong with these claims, and how do they benefit Bush?
First the whole appearance benefits Bush, but bl says if the "terrorists" fight harder, that will make the U.S. leave!
WRONG!!!
If the VIOLENCE CALMED DOWN, then the U.S. would HAVE to LEAVE because things would REALLY be improving -- not just some bullshit propaganda put out, as usual, when the "war debate" comes up!
And then, coincidentally, UP POPS bin Laden!!!!!
CUI BONO?
The second aspect -- about converting to Islam -- is to MAKE AMERIKA HATE MUSLIMS, even though there is NO REASON TO -- 9/11 demonstrably an INSIDE JOB -- and actually may be some argument for conversion.
After all, as much as Christian Fundis don't like it, when JESUS RETURNS, he is HE is GOING to be a MUSLIM!!!
Why?
Because George W. Bush is FULFILLING PROPHECIES as the THIRD ANTI-CHRIST, that's why!!!!!!
It also serves the purpose of "bin Laden" FULFILLING HIS REQUIREMENTS under Islamic law and WARNING US!
Therefore, when the next "terror attack" hits, "bin Laden" will say, "I did it the correct way by Islam, I'm blameless but I DID IT!"
CUI BONO, reader?]
One result of that, bin Laden said, would be an end to the Iraq war:
"Warmongering owners of the major corporations would rush to appease voters who showed they are looking for an alternative, and this alternative is Islam."
[What could more offensive to the American voter than -- after six years of lies and propaganda -- bin Laden IDENTIFYING HIMSELF with the MIND of the AMERIKAN VOTER in a most offensive way??
And did you notice that in ALL the EXTENSIVE COVERAGE, "bin Laden" did not say the word ISRAEL?!?! Isn't that STRANGE? As if ISRAEL is NOT BENEFITING of this war!
CUI BONO, reader?]
He derided President Bush, saying events in Iraq have gotten "out of control'' and Bush is "like the one who plows and sows the sea: He harvests nothing but failure.''
[Oh, so if you CALL THAT FUCKING FAILURE a FAILURE in EVERYTHING he has EVER DONE, you are now a "terrorist, " huh?
Well, FUCK YOU GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!
I am about PEACE and LOVE, despite my vitriol, and AGAINST YOU MASS-MURDERING FUCKING WAR CRIMINALS!!!!
GOT IT? GOOD!!!!!!!!]
Bin Laden frequently criticzed capitalism, calling its leaders the real terrorists and threats to human freedom.
[Well, let's get any and every dissenter into the "terrorist" pool, and COINCIDENTALLY, SUPPORT the SYSTEMS of the NEW WORLD ORDER bin Laden "allegedly OPPOSES!!
Now, what right-thinking jihadi Muslim would do things to BENEFIT his "alleged ENEMY??
Oh, man, is there a STINK around here SOMEWHERE!!!]
"This is why I tell you: As you liberated yourselves before from the slavery of monks, kings, and feudalism, you should liberate yourselves from the deception of shackles and attrition of the capitalist system."
[So now bin Laden calls us slaves!
That goes over well with people, even if you are one!
Self-respect and ego take a bit of a hit, know what I mean?
First reaction is, "I am not, I am a free person because I'm an Amerikan."
Again, CUI BONO?]
Noting that and similar comments, a counterterrorism official in Washington said bin Laden appeared to be putting a new focus on attacking capitalism, multinational corporations, and globalization.
[This is REALLY OVER the TOP, reader!
Yup, "bin Laden" CRITICIZES the NEW WORLD ORDER, so we BETTER HAVE IT, huh?
CUI BONO, folks?!
Can it be ANY MORE OBVIOUS?
Please! And if the SHIT ECONOMY TANKS -- which it already is, and nothing can stop it -- we already know WHOM TO BLAME, huh?
HOW CON-VEN-IENT!!!!]
This is ENRAGING, folks, and you wonder why I swear?!
Ahhhh, I'll be forgiven!]
The video appeared to have been recently made.
[Yeah, by "Al-CIA-Duh" studios in Langley, Va.!]
At one point, bin Laden mentions "several days ago" Japan marked the 62nd anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. He also refers to the Democratic Party's congressional victory in last fall's elections and to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who was elected in May."
[But, NO ISRAEL, huh?
Throw in that current stuff, so people will say, "See, see, he's still alive."
But NO ISRAEL, huh?
A-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!
That's strange, especially with Hamas taking over Gaza and Hezbollah winning in Lebanon this year and last.
After all, we HAVEN'T SEEN HIM in THREE YEARS!!
Figured he would crow about those events, but, oh, STINK!!
ISN'T IT STRANGE that bin Laden would NOT MENTION ISRAEL?
Or IRAN, for that matter?
What kind of SHIT are Amerika's newspapers SHOVELING?!?! ]
Here is what was presented to the foreign press (same author.
Extrapolated bl quote:
"It will also achieve your desire to stop the war as a consequence, because as soon as the warmongering owners of the major corporations realize that you have lost confidence in your democratic system and have begun to look for an alternative, and this alternative is Islam, they will run after you to please you and achieve what you want to steer you away from Islam.''
Bin Laden said the prestige of mujahedeen - Islamic holy warriors - has "grown globally'' while America has been "bled dry economically.''
The transcript also praises the American political activist and author Noam Chomsky, mentions global warming and refers to the Aug. 6 anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.
[This Noam Chomsky?
Yup, that Noam Chomsky!
Sorry, idolatry crowd!
And what's with the environmental reference?
Have they NO SHAME?]
Al-Qaida annually uses the anniversary of the Sept. 11 suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon as a propaganda opportunity, issuing videotapes to rally supporters and mock the United States. But the appearance of bin Laden this year makes a bigger splash.
[And CUI BONO, reader? CUI BONO, CUI BONO?]
Seth Jones, a terrorism expert at the RAND think tank, said that while the anniversary gives the pretext for the tape, it also comes at a time when the main al-Qaida leadership has managed to regroup:
"There clearly has been a resurgence of core al-Qaida in the tribal areas of Pakistan'' along the frontier with Afghanistan since 2005. Sympathy in that region for the Taliban has made it more conducive to militant Sunni groups, including al-Qaida. It's really created a sanctuary.''
[Yup, lump Taliban in there!
The Taliban, who according to the New York Times:
"These days, 'Taliban' is something of a catchall term for loosely affiliated insurgents without a singular command structure. (New York Times July 24, 2007)."
Oh, so the 'Taliban' is a CATCHALL TERM, huh?
Insurgents, "Al-CIA-Duh," Taliban, WHATEVER!
They are simply the PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE and RESIST the U.S. PUPPET GOVERNMENT, hanh?!
Those are REAL-LIVE INNOCENT PEOPLE who NEVER DID ANYTHING TO US!!!]
Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, believes "strongly that al-Qaida has regrouped'' but that their headquarters are more diffuse than they used to be, comprising several training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. She said it was likely that bin Laden is hidden in a more secure location, away from any of those sites.
[Like a HOUSE in the Virginia countryside?]
The United States intercepted the video before it was released on Islamic Web sites where al-Qaida usually posts its messages, a U.S. counterterrorism official said in Washington.
[Because THEY PRODUCED IT, dumb-dumbs!!!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!]
U.S. officials had analyzed the video for hours before transcripts and videos were leaked. Analysts were studying bin Laden's physical characteristics - for clues about his health after unconfirmed rumors earlier this year that he had died of kidney disease.
[Try SIX YEARS AGO, pops!]
White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto declined to comment on the video until it had been fully analyzed, except to say it was a reminder of the continuing terrorist threat:
"This is why we need to be more vigilant and more persistent in our pursuit of terrorists. We will continue to pursue them. And it reminds us that we need to be certain that our intelligence professionals have all the tools they need to continue to disrupt their activities.''
[And a CUI BONO, CUI BONO?]
Soon after word emerged that the United States had the video, Islamic militant Web sites that usually carry statements from al-Qaida went down and were inaccessible. The reason for the shutdown was not immediately known.
[Well, since the U.S. GOVERNMENT RUNS the "Islamic" websites, it is obvious that they SHUT THEM DOWN so NO ONE ELSE could see the video!!!!!
Otherwise, why are the "Islamic web sites" in Texas or Maryland?
Pffffffffttttttt!!!
Evan H. Kohlmann, a terrorism expert at globalterroralert.com, said he suspected it was the work of al-Qaida itself, trying to find how the video leaked to U.S. officials:
"For them this is totally disruptive that the U.S. government could have a copy before their targeted audience does. They could be concerned and trying to plug the leak quickly.''
[But if the target was U.S. Americans, why would "Al-CIA-Duh" block it, Ev?
And you would be OUT a JOB if "terror" were not real, right, Ev?
You and all you other "terrorism experts, right?]
Wow, that's a lot of propaganda. I'm drowning in shit here!
Think the coverage can't get worse?
THINK AGAIN (courtesy of the Globe website):
"Bin Laden video speech is reminder of Al Qaeda threat in Iraq, Bush says; US analysts pore over message" by Lara Jakes Jordan/Associated Press September 8, 2007
[Oh, you talk about a CUI BONO?
How OBVIOUS does it need to be?
Yup, bin Laden ALWAYS shows up when BUSH NEEDS HIM!!!!
Sniff-sniff? Oh, whadda a STINK!!!!]
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Osama bin Laden's mention of the Iraq war in his video message is a reminder of Al Qaeda's long-term objectives in Iraq and of the "dangerous world in which we live."
['Cause of you, lying shitfuck!]
Bush said in a rare reponse to a message from the terrorist leader:
"Iraq is part of this war against extremists. If Al Qaeda bothers to mention Iraq, it's because they want to achieve their objectives in Iraq, which is to drive us out."
[Translation: So -- CUI BONO -- we had BETTER STAY!
Which is fine by me! Fuck you, Amurka, if you continue to take this shit!
FEAST upon the corpses of your sons and daughters, DRINK their blood to wash it down, and then DROWN in the THEIR BLOOD!
If you are going to let this LYING MASS-MURDERER have what he wants, you get what you deserve!
WORSHIP the MASS-MURDERING DICTATOR and SACRIFICE your young, shitters!]
Bin Laden's video, part of which was broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, emerged just days before the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. In a 30-minute speech addressed to Americans, bin Laden mocks the democratic system of government in the United States and lambastes the Bush administration for initiating the war in Iraq.
Bush, attending a summit of Pacific Rim leaders in Sydney, said:
"The tape is a reminder about the dangerous world in which we live, and it's a reminder that we must work together to protect our people against these extremists who murder the innocent in order to achieve their political objectives."
[Oh, LIKE YOU, you FUCKING MASS-MURDERING WAR CRIMINAL?!?!
You and your PNAC BUDDIES?]
The president spoke during a photo opportunity with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan.
The new bin Laden video released yesterday makes no overt threats against the United States but boasts about the devastating impact the 2001 terror attacks had on the nation, both domestically and overseas.
The Homeland Security Department was continuing to analyze the video to see if it includes any coded messages, said a department spokesman, Russ Knocke. But the department has found no credible information of an imminent threat to the homeland.
The nation's threat level remains the same - elevated for the nation and high for the aviation sector.
In the speech, bin Laden references the attacks on New York and Washington several times, almost gloating about policy changes by the US government in response:
Bin Laden says of the nation, in a transcript of the video obtained by the Associated Press:
"Nineteen young men were able - by the grace of Allah, the Most High - to change the direction of its compass. Since the 11th, many of America's policies have come under the influence of the mujahedeen, and as a result, the people discovered the truth about it; its reputation worsened, its prestige was broken globally, and it was bled dry economically."
[Yup, TAKES CREDIT for 9/11, even though he really DENIED IT!
"I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle.
Whoever committed the act of 11 September are not the friends of the American people. I have already said that we are against the American system, not against its people, whereas in these attacks, the common American people have been killed. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; persons who want to make the present century as a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity so that their own civilization, nation, country, or ideology could survive.
Is it not that there exists a government within the government in the United Sates? That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks."
And CUI BONO from the LIES, reader?]
"Mujahedeen" is a term for Muslims fighting in a war or involved in any other struggle.
Counterterror and intelligence officials confirmed it was bin Laden on the tape, which they said appears to have been recently made. Bin Laden mentions the Aug. 6 anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and includes British Prime Minister Gordon Brown among leaders of the West with a "flagrant disregard for the intellects of human beings." Brown became prime minister June 27.
Several current and former government officials said bin Laden's speech may have been at least partially written by 28-year-old Adam Gadahn, an American charged with treason and supporting terrorism for serving as an Al Qaeda propagandist. Authorities believe Gadahn tries to recruit supporters through videos and messages posted on the Internet."
[Oh, they are just SPEWING ENDLESS DIARRHEA on all this!!!
What a FUCKING BUNCH of OVER-the-TOP LIARS!!!
All this is TOTAL BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA, folks!
It is WESTERN GOVERNMENTS that are DIRECTING and CARRYING OUT TERROR ATTACKS!!!]
Finally, let's see the Times UP the ANTE!
"Bin Laden Releases Video as C.I.A. Issues Warning" by MARK MAZZETTI
A videotaped message by Osama bin Laden, the first in nearly three years, compares the Iraq war to American blunders in Vietnam, criticizes the Democratic Party for failing to pull American troops from Iraq, and urges Americans to embrace Islam.
[Hey, Iraq ain't Vietnam because Bush has said repeatedly that Iraq is NOT Vietnam, so "bin Laden" obviously wro... NEVER MIND!!!
CUI BONO, AGAIN, reader?!]
Details of the video emerged yesterday, the same day that the director of the Central Intelligence Agency gave a public warning about Al Qaeda’s gathering strength and unapologetically defended his agency’s campaign to kill and capture the group’s operatives worldwide.
[And CUI BONO, CUI BONO?]
The video, timed to the approaching sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, shows the leader of Al Qaeda with a black beard, and his references to news events appear to date the tape to within the past few months.
[Yeah, about that beard!
""Dying one's beard is strictly forbidden under Islamic law. Any devout (Sunni) Muslim would be aghast at an image of a purported spokesperson with a dyed beard. It's okay to tint it with henna (only), but in that case gray hair appears orange. Pakistan is full of guys sporting huge orange beards, but there is no market whatsoever for Grecian formula, at least not among the Wahhabis.
So the story about the new Osama dying his hair doesn't work." -- Mike Rivero]
The 26-minute video does not contain any direct warnings of an impending attack, focusing instead on the Iraq war and the “terrorism” of Western leaders, including President Bush, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France. Mr. bin Laden vowed to “continue to escalate the killing and fighting” in Iraq.
“Iraq is part of this war against extremists. If Al Qaeda bothers to mention Iraq, it’s because they want to achieve their objectives in Iraq, which is to drive us out.”
A transcript of the tape was made available by the SITE Institute, a research organization that monitors the video and Internet messages of jihadist groups.
An American intelligence official said that an initial analysis confirmed that the voice on the tape was Mr. bin Laden's. It is the first video message from Mr. bin Laden since October 2004; he released an audio message last summer.
[REALLY? Hm!
Yeah, I guess they could confirm!
bin Laden, speaking to you FROM the GRAVE!!!
"When Seeing and Hearing Isn't Believing" by William M. Arkin/Washington Post Feb. 1, 1999
"Gentlemen! We have called you together to inform you that we are going to overthrow the United States government." So begins a statement being delivered by Gen. Carl W. Steiner, former Commander-in-chief, U.S. Special Operations Command.
At least the voice sounds amazingly like him.
But it is not Steiner. It is the result of voice "morphing" technology developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
By taking just a 10-minute digital recording of Steiner's voice, scientist George Papcun is able, in near real time, to clone speech patterns and develop an accurate facsimile. Steiner was so impressed, he asked for a copy of the tape.
Steiner was hardly the first or last victim to be spoofed by Papcun's team members. To refine their method, they took various high quality recordings of generals and experimented with creating fake statements. One of the most memorable is Colin Powell stating "I am being treated well by my captors."
"They chose to have him say something he would never otherwise have said," chuckled one of Papcun's colleagues.
A Box of Chocolates is Like War
Most Americans were introduced to the tricks of the digital age in the movie Forrest Gump, when the character played by Tom Hanks appeared to shake hands with President Kennedy.
For Hollywood, it is special effects. For covert operators in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies, it is a weapon of the future.
"Once you can take any kind of information and reduce it into ones and zeros, you can do some pretty interesting things," says Daniel T. Kuehl, chairman of the Information Operations department of the National Defense University in Washington, the military's school for information warfare.
PSYOPS seeks to exploit human vulnerabilities in enemy governments, militaries and populations.
Digital morphing — voice, video, and photo — has come of age, available for use in psychological operations. PSYOPS, as the military calls it, seek to exploit human vulnerabilities in enemy governments, militaries and populations to pursue national and battlefield objectives.
To some, PSYOPS is a backwater military discipline of leaflet dropping and radio propaganda. To a growing group of information war technologists, it is the nexus of fantasy and reality. Being able to manufacture convincing audio or video, they say, might be the difference in a successful military operation or coup.
Allah on the Holodeck
Pentagon planners started to discuss digital morphing after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Covert operators kicked around the idea of creating a computer-faked videotape of Saddam Hussein crying or showing other such manly weaknesses, or in some sexually compromising situation. The nascent plan was for the tapes to be flooded into Iraq and the Arab world.
The tape war never proceeded, killed, participants say, by bureaucratic fights over jurisdiction, skepticism over the technology, and concerns raised by Arab coalition partners.
What if the U.S. projected a holographic image of Allah floating over Baghdad?
But the "strategic" PSYOPS scheming didn't die. What if the U.S. projected a holographic image of Allah floating over Baghdad urging the Iraqi people and Army to rise up against Saddam, a senior Air Force officer asked in 1990?
According to a military physicist given the task of looking into the hologram idea, the feasibility had been established of projecting large, three-dimensional objects that appeared to float in the air.
But doing so over the skies of Iraq? To project such a hologram over Baghdad on the order of several hundred feet, they calculated, would take a mirror more than a mile square in space, as well as huge projectors and power sources.
And besides, investigators came back, what does Allah look like?
The Gulf War hologram story might be dismissed were it not the case that washingtonpost.com has learned that a super secret program was established in 1994 to pursue the very technology for PSYOPS application. The "Holographic Projector" is described in a classified Air Force document as a system to "project information power from space ... for special operations deception missions."
War is Like a Box of Chocolates
Voice-morphing? Fake video? Holographic projection? They sound more like Mission Impossible and Star Trek gimmicks than weapons. Yet for each, there are corresponding and growing research efforts as the technologies improve and offensive information warfare expands.
Whereas early voice morphing required cutting and pasting speech to put letters or words together to make a composite, Papcun's software developed at Los Alamos can far more accurately replicate the way one actually speaks. Eliminated are the robotic intonations.
The irony is that after Papcun finished his speech cloning research, there were no takers in the military. Luckily for him, Hollywood is interested: The promise of creating a virtual Clark Gable is mightier than the sword.
Video and photo manipulation has already raised profound questions of authenticity for the journalistic world. With audio joining the mix, it is not only journalists but also privacy advocates and the conspiracy-minded who will no doubt ponder the worrisome mischief that lurks in the not too distant future.
"We already know that seeing isn't necessarily believing," says Dan Kuehl, "now I guess hearing isn't either."
William M. Arkin, author of "The U.S. Military Online," is a leading expert on national security and the Internet. He lectures and writes on nuclear weapons, military matters and information warfare. An Army intelligence analyst from 1974-1978, Arkin currently consults for Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, MSNBC and the Natural Resources Defense Council."
For further commentary, see the bottom of this blog post.]
During a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations yesterday, the C.I.A. director, Gen. Michael V. Hayden defended the agency’s controversial program of detaining terrorism suspects in secret jails abroad and subjecting them to harsh interrogation. He insisted that those efforts were legal, but pledged that his agency would operate right at the boundary of what is permitted by law.
[Legal? What is legal?
What Bush says it is? Pfffffttt!
Sig Heil, shitter!]
General Hayden said that domestic and European criticism of C.I.A operations was misguided and that it exaggerated the number of suspects in agency hands. It is rare for a C.I.A. director to defend his agency in such a public forum, and General Hayden said Friday that he had asked to speak at the council.
During a question and answer session after the speech, General Hayden lamented that the Sept. 11 attacks have become a distant memory for too many Americans, giving rise to intense criticism of American counterterrorism efforts.
[What a SICKENING INDIVIDUAL!!!
GOOD GOD!!!
Awwww, TOO BAD there haven't been any more 9/11s!!
WHAT A SICK FUCK!!
Shoulda known by the shaved head!!!
CRAZY FUCKS!!!]
He said that the number of detainees moved through C.I.A. prisons over the past five years was fewer than 100, and that the C.I.A. had transferred several dozen more into the hands of foreign governments for detention, a practice called extraordinary rendition.
Citing the findings of a recent National Intelligence Estimate about the terrorism threat, General Hayden said that American spy agencies believed that Al Qaeda was planning “high-impact plots” against the United States and focusing on targets that would “produce mass casualties, dramatic destruction and significant economic aftershocks.”
[See how the Times UPS the ANTE, yet again!
Well, YOU WON'T GET AWAY with it this time, Nazis!!!!!
Because WE KNOW NOW!!!
KNOW a HELL of a lot more than I did on 9/11/01, let me tell you!
EYES WIDE OPEN, now, fuckers!!!
And we are going to CALL YOU ON IT, too, shitters!!!]
He said intelligence agencies were uncertain whether Al Qaeda had again succeeded in slipping operatives into the United States.
[Yup, WE DON'T KNOW if "Al-CIA-Duh" is here or NOT!!
HOLY SHIT!!!
They CROW about the German bust, they can TRACE guys in Pakistan, they can spy on every single one of us, and they have SPENT BILLIONS on "homeland security," and yet THEY DON'T KNOW if "Al-CIA-Duh" is here?
WTF!?!!!!!!!!!!
Then WHY WE FIGHTING THEM OVER THERE, shitter?!?!
HOLY CRAP!!
STOP IT WITH THE FUCKING LIES!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd be expecting a "FALSE-FLAG INSIDE-JOB TERROR EVENT" ANY DAY NOW, folks!!!
Because, the CIA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW IF "Al-CIA-Duh" is HERE!!!
I say GOOD!
Because after the next "terror attack," the POLICE STATE CAN BE SCRAPPED SINCE IT FAILED, and BUSH CAN BE BROUGHT UP FOR TREASON FOR FAILING TO "PROTECT" US!!!
The JIG IS UP, shitters, and you WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH another 9/11!!!!!!
Better LISTEN UP, crazy neo-con likudniks!!!
WE KNOW BETTER NOW, and if you DO ANOTHER 9/11, we will SEE YOU INCARCERATED and HUNG!!!!!
WE HAVE ALREADY WON, no matter how much PROPAGANDA SPEW you put on television!
TRUTH has WON, fuckers!!!!!!!
