Chris' Occasional Rants ...or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the net
Home Blogging for peace www.cbrody.com Stand Down Peaceblogs Peaceblog.net Join the Blue Ribbon Online Free Speech Campaign		04 November 2002   The secret war Moscow Times 1 Nov 2002: There will be more terrorist attacks against the American people and civilization at large. We know, as does the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Defense Secretary, that this statement is an incontrovertible fact, a matter of scientific certainty. And how can we so sure? Because these attacks will be instigated at the order of the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Defense Secretary. LA Times 27 Oct 2002: The global war on terrorism "requires new strategies, postures and organization." Rumsfeld's influential Defense Science Board 2002 Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of Countering Terrorism recommends creation of a super-Intelligence Support Activity, an organization it dubs the Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group, (P2OG), to bring together CIA and military covert action, information warfare, intelligence, and cover and deception. Among other things, this body would launch secret operations aimed at "stimulating reactions" among terrorists and states possessing weapons of mass destruction -- that is, for instance, prodding terrorist cells into action and exposing themselves to "quick-response" attacks by U.S. forces. Sources: metafilter, Moscow Times, LA Times 11:19:15 PM  comment []  Is the Internet changing the face of politics forever? I think the answer's obvious, but for two examples see Tara Grubb and the following viral email I received: > -----Original Message----- > From: The Executive Committee Against Uppity Citizens > Sent: Monday November 03 7:37 AM > To: MoveOn.org > Subject: Please don't vote. > Dear friend, > On behalf of Shell, Mobil, and Exxon; Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, > and GE; all the Enrons, Halliburtons, and Harkens; President > Bush, Vice President Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the other CEOs > of the Cabinet; and thousands of us who are working for a better > life for the wealthiest Americans, we have one simple request: > Could you please just stay home tomorrow? > See, we have things to do. Nations to invade. Wetlands to > destroy. Oil to drill. Courts to pack. Corporate taxes to cut. > What's frustrating for us is that we're coming up against some > pretty stiff resistance. We've spent hundreds of millions of > dollars to secure the Senate, but it looks like we just may lose > it. Heck, we may even lose the House. We don't quite get what it > is about our agenda that you people don't like, but it's clear > that this time, you may be upset enough to actually do something > about it. > That's why we're writing this message to you today. Please don't > vote. Ask your friends not to vote. What could the harm be in > sitting this round out? If you could just stay home on Election > Day, we can get back to the important business of running the > nation for you, and we won't have to bother you again. > Thank you, > The Executive Committee Against Uppity Citizens 7:49:16 PM  comment []  © Copyright 2003 Chris Brody. Last update: 06/04/2003; 04:48:37. November 2002 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Oct   Dec << Older  |  Newer >>