FBI Octupus
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http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/torontos ... th-the-fbiVigilantes
Say They're Now Working with the FBI
May 11, 2016
Toronto vigilante 'pedophile hunter' Justin Payne. All photos by Nam
Phi Dang
When University of Toronto ethics and anthropology professor Paul
Salvatori first reached out to self-described pedophile hunter Justin
Payne after reading about him on VICE, his intention was to shoot a
documentary on him. Instead, he quickly found himself wanting
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http://gsnmagazine.com/article/46525/in ... s_name_aftInnovative Surveillance Solutions changes name after bringing on new
executives
Wed, 2016-05-11 03:01 AM
IRVING, TX (PRWEB) MAY 10, 2016
Innovative Surveillance Solutions, LLC is taking the next step with
their growing off-duty, security management, and mobile technical
surveillance company, forming ATHOS. The new name will give them a new
platform to provide improved corporate security outsourcing solutions
and services. They will be joined by two thoroughbreds in the security
industry: Richard "Rick" Powers and Jeff Sweetin.
Rick Powers will take over as the President of ATHOS and is extremely
well-respected in the industry. He previously served as the Vice
Chairman of the Energy Security Council, bringing impressive
credibility and experience to the ATHOS team. Rick was also formerly
the Special Agent in Charge of the Houston FBI Office, the former
Director of Enterprise Security at the Williams Companies, and the
former VP of Security for Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation -
Americas, boasting a diverse background. He is also the former
Assistant Director of the FBI in Washington, D.C. Rick is a former
prosecutor and civil attorney, and will be instrumental in leading the
company during this time of rapid growth and expansion across the
country.
Jeff Sweetin will be serving as the Executive Director of Operations,
taking over all of the company’s law enforcement operations. He has a
history of building relationships and task forces with police
departments nationwide and is the former Director of Training for the
DEA’s International Training academy in Quantico. Jeff also boasts a
diverse and impressive background, formerly the Special Agent in
Charge of the DEA in Denver, the Director of Security of Encana,
Regional Security Manager for Anadarko Petroleum, and as a member of
the Arlington Virginia Police Department SWAT team and plain clothes
investigation team. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
and extremely well respected leader. Jeff brings decades of invaluable
experience in the security, surveillance, and law enforcement
industries. He holds an MA from the University of Virginia and a BS in
Criminal Justice from Towson University.
Ben Poch, COO of ISS commented, "Rick and Jeff represent the best in
the industry and we could not be more honored to have them join the
team. The experience they bring as former law enforcement
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Communications, LLC as President
PRWeb Wednesday, May 11th 2016
http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2016/05 ... unicationsSecured Communications announced today the appointment of former FBI
Los Angeles Counterintelligence Branch Chief and recipient of the
National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, Lansing Woo as the
company's President.
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2016
Secured Communications, LLC, the global leader in safeguarding
corporate communications, announces Lansing Woo, former FBI Los
Angeles Counterintelligence Branch Chief, as the company’s President.
“Lansing’s experience and expertise in counterintelligence and
counterespionage will be invaluable in safeguarding the integrity of
our clients’ communications,” states Secured Communications’ CEO and
Founder, Robert Wilson.
A graduate of Stanford University, Lansing holds his Master’s Degree
in Administration of Criminal
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http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/05/11/tamerl ... bombshell/see link for full stories
BOSTON BOMBING
MAY 11, 2016 | JAMES HENRY
TAMERLAN TSARNAEV’S IMMIGRATION RECORDS REVEAL FBI BOMBSHELL
Important New Info on Boston Marathon Bombing
Tamerlan Tsarnaev Photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Dave
Newman / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
WhoWhatWhy has discovered that the FBI secretly flagged at least one
of the “Boston Marathon bombers” as a terrorist threat in his
immigration records, despite publicly denying it had done so.
This designation existed right up to the time the bombs went off at
Boylston St. on April 15, 2013.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s heavily redacted immigration records, known as an
A-file (alien file), were released in February under the Freedom of
Information Act and posted online by US Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS). FOIA has a “frequently requested record” provision
where multiple request for the same record triggers a “reading room”
(posted online) treatment of the records. WhoWhatWhy was one of those
requesters.
For context, it’s important to note that soon after the bombing,
uncomfortable questions were raised by WhoWhatWhy when it became clear
the FBI had long been aware of Tsarnaev. Even some of the mainstream
outlets, which almost uniformly have accepted the government’s version
of events, couldn’t ignore this reality.
The Bureau steadfastly maintains that it determined the elder Tsarnaev
(who died in an altercation with police three days after the bombing)
was not any kind of a national security threat. It also denies ever
having asked him to be an informant.
And yet a shadowy program used by the feds to keep individuals deemed
a “national security concern” from obtaining citizenship looks like
the reason Tsarnaev’s naturalization application was held up — to the
very moment of his death. This program is called the Controlled
Application Review and Resolution Program (CARRP).
Significantly, CARRP is also used to manipulate foreign nationals
(mostly Muslims) to do the FBI’s bidding by — ironically — flagging
them as a “national security concern,” according to an extensive ACLU
investigation into the program.
Reeled in by CARRP?
.
So, what is the significance of holding Tsarnaev’s naturalization
application under CARRP?
It would mean that, by definition, the FBI had not ruled out whether
Tsarnaev was a “Known or Suspected Terrorist” (KST) by the time of
the bombing.
A KST is a designation under CARRP automatically given to anyone
listed on the terrorist “watch list,” which Tsarnaev most certainly
was. A lower threat level, or “non-Known or Suspected Terrorist”
(non-KST), can also be labeled a “national security concern” if
certain “indicators” are present.
There’s also a good possibility that the FBI wasn’t worried about him
at all. Instead a ”false” or trumped up KST designation and subsequent
delay was used as leverage to get Tsarnaev to play some “informant”
role. In FBI parlance, the word “informant” encompasses a wide range
of roles — both official and unofficial — that an individual might be
asked to perform.
The FBI, as a matter of policy, does not confirm or deny whether an
applicant has been subjected to CARRP. And the Bureau almost never
confirms or denies whether an individual was asked to become an
informant.
Notably, however, the latter policy was ignored when it became
patently obvious to observers that Tsarnaev fit the archetypal
informant profile: young male Muslim, native speaker from a
geopolitically important area, citizenship applicant, with minor legal
troubles (which can provide even more leverage over a potential
recruit). So, the FBI broke its own policy by explicitly denying they
ever pushed him to be an informant.
***
There are two key documents in Tsarnaev’s A-file.
One is a “Naturalization Applications Routing Slip.” This is an
internal routing sheet used to track the movement of files through
USCIS.
The other is a copy of an e-mail from USCIS’s Fraud Detection &
National Security (FDNS) Directorate instructing an Immigration
Services Officer. It instructs the officer to “de-schedule and place
in suspense” Tsarnaev’s naturalization application.
Both documents use the CARRP acronym. Taken together, it’s clear that
Tsarnaev’s application wa
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Weaponizing the Term “Conspiracy Theory”: Disinformation Agents and
the CIA
http://www.globalresearch.ca/weaponizin ... ia/5524552By Dr. Gary G. Kohls
Global Research, May 11, 2016
Region: USA
Theme: Intelligence, Media Disinformation
4 4 2 38
‘Conspiracy theory’ is a term that strikes fear and anxiety in the
hearts of most every public figure, particularly journalists and
academics. Since the 1960s the label has become a disciplinary device
that has been overwhelmingly effective in defining certain events as
off limits to inquiry or debate. Especially in the United States,
raising legitimate questions about dubious official narratives
destined to inform public opinion (and thereby public policy) is a
major thought crime that must be cauterized from the public psyche at
all costs… CIA Document 1035-960 played a definitive role in making
the ‘conspiracy theory’ term a weapon to be wielded against almost any
individual or group calling the government’s increasingly clandestine
programs and activities into question. – From CIA Document 1035-960
We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the
American public believes is false. – William Casey, Ronald Reagan’s
first CIA Director (from Casey’s first staff meeting, 1981)
It is quite easy for a disinformation agent to spin a rich
disinformation tale and then craft several different versions of the
tale with new ‘facts’ to support the story in each one. These tales
are usually a good mix of verifiable facts and cleverly designed lies,
so that people who check the ‘facts’ tend to believe the lies that are
mixed in. -- from:
http://www.wanttoknow.info/g/disinformation-agentsIt wasn’t very many years after the world-wide web became operational
that it was contaminated by secret disinformation agencies and also by
individuals that were eventually called internet trolls. Trolls
(defined below) began interjecting themselves – uninvited and unwanted
– into otherwise useful and productive conversations involving
web-groups of like-minded individuals.
These trolls, intent on scurrilously confusing various website
commenters, seemed to delight in angering up certain online groups.
Typically, a lot of time and effort was wasted in such fake arguments
before members of the group finally realized that they had been
ambushed by a disinformation
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http://jewishvoiceny.com/index.php?opti ... Itemid=295But the former FBI agent and marine veteran struck a defiant note
about the conduct that led him there.
‘I don't think there's anything that I've ever done that I would say
I'm really ashamed of,’ he said. ‘Did I have a couple people off the
books? Yeah. So does a lot of people. It's not the end of the world.
It's something I put behind me and will move on.’
Grimm passed his days in prison reading, exercising and corresponding
with the more than 500 residents he says sent him letters of support.
He says he began writing a book about his life and thinking about the
correctional system, something he says badly needs reform.
‘Maybe God's purpose in having me go through this horrible experience
was to realize just how broken our justice system is. And maybe I can
be a good advocate in the future to reform it,’ he said.
While Grimm says his plans for the future are still unclear, he says
he hasn't ruled out a return to politics.”
He needs to find a job to pay his legal fees along with the
court-ordered $140,000 in restitution. Grimm must also make the time
to do 200 hours of community service.
Former Congressman Michael Grimm Released from Fed Prison After 7
Months
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Attorney: man charged in Miami Jewish center plot mentally ill
http://www.theledger.com/article/201605 ... tally-ill-The FBI says it thwarted a planned explosive attack on The Aventura
Turnberry Jewish Center in Miami through an undercover operation
involving a dummy bomb last month.
Published: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:39 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:39 p.m.
MIAMI — A man charged in an undercover FBI operation with plotting to
bomb a synagogue and Jewish school in South Florida during the recent
Passover
Heat is Online
See Earth’s Temperature Spiral Toward 2°C
Published: May 9th, 2016
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/see- ... d-2c-20332By Andrea Thompson
The steady rise of Earth’s temperature as greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere and trap more and more heat is sending the planet spiraling closer to the point where warming’s catastrophic consequences may be all but assured.
That metaphoric spiral has become a literal one in a new graphic drawn up by Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. The animated graphic features a rainbow-colored record of global temperatures spinning outward from the late 19th century to the present as the Earth heats up.
FBI control of the media file
2 stories
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Thursday On CoastLine: Larry Bonney
May 9 2016
http://whqr.org/post/thursday-coastline-larry-bonneyOn the next CoastLine, he was one of J. Edgar Hoover’s G-Men. We’ll
talk with former FBI Agent and Hostage Rescue Team Leader, Larry
Bonney – who will share his history with the Bureau spanning 13 FBI
Directors.
He will take us through 30 years of sleuthing and take-downs -- from
drug lords to cult leaders, and the dawn of international terrorism.
Listen for CoastLine Thursday at 12:06 on HQR News 91 3 FM. You can
ask a question any time by emailing coastline@whqr.org. Follow us on
Twitter at coastlinehqr.
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http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ544189A Quantitative Description of FBI Public Relations.
Gibson, Dirk C.
Public Relations Review, v23 n1 p11-30 Spr 1997
States that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had the most
successful media relations program of all government agencies from the
1930s to the 1980s. Uses quantitative analysis to show why those media
efforts were successful. Identifies themes that typified the verbal
component of FBI publicity and the broad spectrum of mass
communication channels that were tapped. (PA)
Bonus read
Chris Hedges
Bearing the Cross
Posted on May 8, 2016
By Chris Hedges
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/bea ... s_20160508 Mourners follow the hearse carrying the casket of the Rev. Daniel
Berrigan during a procession after his funeral service at the Church
of St. Francis Xavier on Friday in New York City. Berrigan, a Roman
Catholic priest and peace activist since the Vietnam War, died April
30 at 94. (Mary Altaffer / AP)
NEW YORK—I arrived early Friday morning, after walking through the
rain, at the St. Francis Xavier Church in Greenwich Village for the
funeral of the Rev. Daniel Berrigan. I stood, the church nearly empty,
at the front of the sanctuary with my hand on the top of Dan’s
rosewood casket. It was adorned with a single red carnation and
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http://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/05/08 ... lebration/Journalist James Risen talks national security, CIA at Pulitzer
celebration
Lauren Duquette/Daily Senior Staffer
Journalist James Risen speaks at the McCormick Foundation Center
Forum. Risen, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, criticized the media’s
coverage of the Islamic State, saying it often amounts to “fear
mongering.”
Shanshan Zhang, Reporter
May 8, 2016
Journalist James Risen, who said the FBI spied on him while he was
writing a book about post-9/11 America, told journalism students
Friday they should view the government skeptically.
“Remember to take time to dig in deeper,” he said. “That, to me, is
the thing that is getting lost today. People are not willing to just
push back.”
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How videos of police shooting unarmed black men changes those who
watch them
MARVIN JOSEPH / THE WASHINGTON POST
Jawad Pullin, a sophomore at Georgetown University, says that "If you
go with white friends, there is a far lower chance of bad things
happening," adding that "it's like it defuses everything."
DeNeen L. Brown, The Washington Post
7:30 pm, May 8, 2016
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/- ... -87126942/