Thursday, July 18, 2013

13-07-19 Ex-CIA Milan Chief Held In Panama Over Cleric Abduction

A series of recent events, all related to the conduct self-authorized by the US under the War on Terror, relative to GITMO, whistleblowers, Extraordinary Rendition, US policing of all world banks, should raise doubts regarding Washington's grasp on power... And the language the Washington Post is using to skirt the issue is hillarious... jz

The story of how a Milan CIA station chief became a fugitive, now caught in Panama

A November 2009 photo from Milan shows Italian judge Oscar Maggi reading the verdict against Robert Lady and other CIA officials. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)
A November 2009 photo from Milan shows Italian judge Oscar Maggi reading the verdict against Robert Lady and other CIA officials. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)
When Robert Seldon Lady first arrived in Milan, Italy’s fashion and business hub, he was officially listed as an employee of the U.S. State Department with the title of deputy consul. In fact, he was the head of the CIA’s Milan station. That was 2000. Within a few years, Lady would become an international fugitive on the run from Italian police; he would go from a highly respected CIA officer to, for many in Europe, a symbol of everything that was wrong with the United States’ war on terror and a means to publicly pressure the Bush administration.
On Thursday, Lady was detained in Panama, possibly to answer for the Italian extradition charges that have stood against him for years. The story of Lady’s journey over the past decade is controversial, disputed and full of holes. But it is a fascinating episode from a complicated period in U.S. foreign policy – one that, as his recent detention reminds us, isn’t so long ago as we might think.
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13-07-19 UK in the medieval digital era: Rssia Today - UK private security as terrorism vector

Russia Today callng the UK government-private security complex as racket and terrorism vector..  Kinky roll reversal... jz
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Double your money! UK private security as terrorism vector

Beginning his working life in the aviation industry and trained by the BBC, Tony Gosling is a British land rights activist, historian & investigative radio journalist.
Published time: July 18, 2013 09:02
A Serco flag is seen flying alongside a Union flag outside Doncaster Prison in northern England (Reuters/Darren Staples)
A Serco flag is seen flying alongside a Union flag outside Doncaster Prison in northern England (Reuters/Darren Staples)
The widening of the spiral of fear and increasing demand for 'protection' creates an international protection racket cartel, indistinguishable only in that they call themselves 'legal', from organized criminal gangs.
UK security firms Serco and G4S, are described as ‘indispensable’ to Britain's criminal justice system, have been overcharging the government by 'tens of millions of pounds' for criminals who had long finished their sentences or been dead for years. 
How many kicks in the teeth, or near misses, can this British Government endure before it sees 21st Century 'terrorism' for what it is? An organized assault on our collective peace and safety with the purpose of spawning real terrorist cells. 

Profit led policing

On Thursday 11th July 2013 Conservative Justice Secretary Chris Grayling delivered a progress report to the House of Commons on the privatization of UK Criminal Justice. His voice was trembling as though he himself could neither believe nor bear the consequences of what he was reading.
Two firms, he explained, Serco and G4S, have been overcharging the government by 'tens of millions of pounds' for electronic tagging of offenders, continuing to charge the taxpayer for criminals who had long finished their sentences and some who had been dead for years.
The same week a London inquest jury delivered its verdict that Angolan deportee Jimmy Mubenga was unlawfully killed while being restrained by G4S guards. His plane was waiting to take off at London's Heathrow airport when he died and a series of racist SMS texts were also found on the G4S guards' phones.
Founded in 2004 G4S employs over 600,000 people in 125 countries with revenue of £7.5bn, making it the world's largest security company. Despite its size G4S appears to have little regard for international law, taking on private prison work in Palestine/Israel which is alleged to contravene Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Transporting prisoners from the occupied territory into the country of the occupier.
Serco and G4S are now so deep into Britain's criminal justice system the Guardian recently described them as 'indispensable'. Serco manage six prisons including Oakwood 'super-jail' and two immigration removal centres. G4S manage police custody cells, a 999 emergency response service, county control room, police station and court facilities. 
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13-07-18 Occupy Tel Aviv #8: Modern day real-life Russian drama

One of the Russian tenants and her 25 yo son, who have not seen each other for 10 years, and did not know whether each other was dead or alive, were reconnected through an Russian computer nerd, who decided to run an online search.
Girls: If you like the nerd, you can come and meet him here in the Occupy Tel Aviv Arlozorov encapment,,, leave him a note here, when you plan on coming, but he is a real shy nerd... :)



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13-07-17 Anonymous Call to Action: The Lion Sleeps No More - Nov 5, 2013 - a day of global civil disobedience.

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Anonymous Call to Action: The Lion Sleeps No More



Via OccupyWallSt.org:
Two years ago last weekend Adbusters published the original OWS blog post, and the first operational OWS campaign site was set up on reddit.com. Two years ago we began a campaign to announce that the people of the world were directly entering the global political narrative and that we have no intention of ever leaving. We are still here – battered & scarred we may be, but ‘Occupy!’ is still a vibrant global call for an exploited humanity. The time is ripe for revolution.
Greetings world. We are anonymous. We are the people.
Governments of the world: take this message as your last will and testament. The game is officially over. Social media has given birth to something new. Now it's time to set the record straight. This video is intended as that spark that gets delivered straight into the hearts and minds of the world. This video is an idea – a shared idea – so listen very carefully and make sure you are sitting down.
On the 5th of November 2013, Anonymous call for a day of global civil disobedience. This time we target all government facilities across the globe. Calling all free thinkers: the time for civil disobedience is now. This time it also seems unions from around the world are supporting this action. The lion sleeps no more. Ask yourself this: where will you be when we make history? November 5th, 2013. Worldwide. Now it's a vendetta. Now it's personal. Now it's time to occupy everywhere. It's time to throw everything we have at November 5th. It's time to relight the flame of protest until our demands are met. Now it's time for our brothers and sisters of the awakening to take to the streets. Austerity means war.
Here's to the dreamers, the one's that stand for human freedom, the Occupiers, the people that change things. It's about solidarity, but more than that, it's about the people, the people we meet, the people of the world standing together for a common goal. Concerned by numerous ecological and social problems, we stand united. As long as there are young and idealist people that share the views of ultimate human freedom, there will always be hope for the world.
We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. On November 5th, 2013: EXPECT US.