I’d say they’re becoming VERY worried about 9/11 insiders going public...
Army Intel ACORNing WikiLeaks? Web Publisher Under Attack
Here’s their plan of attack against WiliLeaks in a nutshell:
"WikiLeaks.org uses trust as a center of gravity by assuring insiders, leakers, and whistleblowers who pass information to WikiLeaks.org personnel or who post information to the Web site that they will remain anonymous. The identification, exposure, or termination of employment of or legal actions against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers could damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others from using WikiLeaks.org to make such information public."
“WikiLeaks has probably produced more scoops in its short life than the Washington Post has in the past 30 years” — The National, November 19, 2009
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U.S. Army Counterterrorism issued a report that said WikiLeaks is a threat to U.S. security, particularly in Afghanistan. The report says that the organization should be destroyed and offered a plan. Does the government really think it can destroy WikiLeaks or is the leaked report part of a plan to smear the organization so badly, it will lose supporters and money?
Since its launch three years ago, WikiLeaks has produced more scoops than the Washington Post has in the past thirty years according to a report by The Guardian. The web based service was "founded by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians and start-up company technologists, from the US, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa" according to their "About" page. WikiLeaks targets oppressive regimes throughout the world, as well as regimes seeking to repress information on illegal and unethical government actions and policies.
The organization pays a price for its activism. A study by the Army Counterintelligence Center concluded that WikiLeaks is a security risk to the United States. Their information "could be used … by FISS (foreign intelligence services), foreign terrorist organizations, and other potential adversaries for intelligence collection, planning, or targeting purposes." Further, the report concluded that the publications at the website, "could increase the risk to US forces and could potentially provide potential attackers with sufficient information to plan conventional or terrorist attacks in locations such as Iraq or Afghanistan" WikiLeaks.org - An Online Reference to Foreign Intelligence Services, Insurgents, or Terrorist Groups? WikiLeaks, March 15, p. 22) .
Those extremely serious charges by Army resulted in a plan to destroy WikiLeaks:
"WikiLeaks.org uses trust as a center of gravity by assuring insiders, leakers, and whistleblowers who pass information to WikiLeaks.org personnel or who post information to the Web site that they will remain anonymous. The identification, exposure, or termination of employment of or legal actions against current or former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers could damage or destroy this center of gravity and deter others from using WikiLeaks.org to make such information public." (Army Counterintelligence report, March 15, p. 3)
Ironically, the same report failed to reach a conclusion on the legality of WikiLeak's publishing activities. Do they hate them for their freedoms?
WikiLeaks has more than a million documents on file, anonymous leaks from within various government organizations. It has published documents on Guantánamo Bay torture methods, Scientology, and secret reports from Bildergerg Group meetings.
The the top message refers to an attack in Afghanistan that killed civilians and reporters. Russian Television (4:24) provided an audio clip from General David Petraeus in which he said he'd show some videotape when questions were raised about civilian deaths in Afghanistan, the basis for the WikiLeaks tweet of February 20. No videotape has been shown.
WikiLeaks has a press conference scheduled in Washington, D.C. on April 5 to show the decrypted video.
On March 23, the middle and bottom messages were posted. The middle message is a reaction to claimed harassment by U.S. intelligence indicated in other recent tweets. The bottom message and this article reflect agitation at claimed surveillance by U.S. government agents following board member and frequent spokesman Julian Assange.
Assange speculates that the ongoing harassment is due to the planned video of civilian and press casualties, the release of the destroy-WikiLeaks Army study, or revelations of financial improprieties concerning Iceland's financial crisis.
The harassment of WikiLeaks staff is an emerging story on the internet. However, the reality and significance of the leaked video to be shown on April 5 may propel the organization to worldwide attention. If the tape is less than promised, the April 5 showing may deliver a blow to WikiLeaks that might just meet the goals of U.S. Army Counterintelligence outlined in the leaked report. Hardest cases
WikiLeaks has some significant organizations behind it. Associated Press, the Gannett Company, and the Hearst Corporation are listed as steadfast supporters. Their support is explained in this statement by Julian Assange: "We take the hardest publishing cases in the world and deal with them and by doing that we create a space behind us that admits other people to successfully publish." The Guardian, (7:40) .
This space created by the leaks allows some of the mainstream press to pick up coverage without risking harassment by federal prosecutors on sourcing and the publication of classified materials. WikiLeaks is protected by its international status on the internet which allows it to skirt specific national laws restricting a free press. It's a symbiotic relationship. The mainstream media and other contributions to WikiLeaks come in the form of legal support when the organization is challengedin court.
What's Army Counterintelligence up to?
Occasionally, someone says what they really mean in the nation's capitol. It's risky to conclude that in the case of the Army Counterintelligence report on WikiLeaks. The proposed strategy, catching former insiders, leakers, or whistleblowers then doling out harsh penalties, has very limited credibility. Whistleblowers are often intimidated and harassed. But leakers, insiders, and former insiders are almost never caught. If they are, they're rarely prosecuted or sanctioned. There will be more than enough leaks. This strategy fails even a cursory evaluation if the goal is to stop leaks.
An alternative motive for the language in the report and perhaps the leaked report might have more to do with smearing WikiLeaks as the community organizing group ACORN was smeared. A highly partisan operative created a slanted video report alleging that community organizers associated with the group supported prostitution. There was a flood of negative press with Congress rushing to bar ACORN from long standing government contracts. When the truth came out and the New York Times admitted it got the story wrong, it was too late. Acorn was destroyed.
The highly inflammatory language in the leaked Army Counterintelligence report may be an attempt to ACORN WikiLeaks. The accuracy of the report findings will not be the issue if it hits the mainstream media. The focus will be on the charge that WikiLeaks somehow helps terrorists. In this scenario, the organization would likely lose sponsors rapidly and face more than just the temporary service interruption recently due to funding problems.
If WikiLeaks produces a clearly damning decrypted videotape that shows the bombing of civilians and reporters by U.S. forces or it gets another more damning leak, then the organization will move to a new level of causing major anxiety, at least, for governments and politicians all over the world. That would support the claim by WikiLeak's Julian Assange, that for "the first time in history that there has been a truly free press" Guardian, (The Guardian, (5:44).
No big surprise here, really: US Congresswoman Nita Lowey, who occupies a prominent place on the list of “Israeli Office-holders, USA”, even organizes sightseeing tours of Israel. Furthermore, this Chairwoman of the US House appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations even offers advice to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on how to negotiate Israeli building “rights” on occupied Palestinian territories with America’s President without “giving away the store”. Oh, and Lowey also sits on the House Intelligence and Homeland Security committees. And if you aren’t already aware, nearly 300 members of Congress have signed on to a declaration reaffirming their commitment to "the unbreakable bond that exists between the U.S. and the State of Israel", in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. And the final nail: Congresswoman Lowey is one of Lucky Larry’s bestest buddies. America’s been sold out, folks; it’s time to start yelling “Treason”
By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER , JERUSALEM POST CORRESPON 26/03/2010 00:42
Key congresswoman advises PM not to "give away the store" in the midst of talks.
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“There is no question in my mind that the 10-year memorandum of understanding is solid. There is strong bipartisan support for Israel in the Congress that will not falter...The military cooperation, the intelligence cooperation, the focus on Iran, is solid and strengthens every year...Bibi [Netanyahu] has the support of Congress. It is solid. It is secure...”
Key congresswoman advises PM not to "give away the store" in the midst of talks.
WASHINGTON – The congresswoman who oversees US aid to Israel told The Jerusalem Post Thursday that the ongoing dispute between the countries would in no way harm assistance to the Jewish state.
“There is no question in my mind that the 10-year memorandum of understanding is solid,” Nita Lowey [D-18-NY] [seen right],chairwoman of the US House appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations, said of the decade-long US aid plan under which $3 billion will be going to Israel this year. “There is strong bipartisan support for Israel in the Congress that will not falter.”
She said that continuing support is also in place when it comes to the US commitment to Israel maintaining a qualitative military edgeover its Arab neighbors and other forms of military coordination.
“The military cooperation, the intelligence cooperation, the focus on Iran, is solid and strengthens every year,” said Lowey, who also sits on the House Intelligence and Homeland Security committees.
The New York congresswoman referred to the current tensions between the US and Israel as a “hiccup,” noting there have been occasional differences between the two allies over the years, but that “we must move forward. The stakes are too high to dwell on the disagreements.”
The most recent rupture was triggered by an Interior Ministry panel’s approval of 1,600 housing units in east Jerusalem during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden two weeks ago, a move condemned by the US. The two administrations were trying to resolve the dispute and lower tensions during Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week, but struggled to find consensus on the issue, which has complicated planned indirect talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
While the White House might not have accepted Netanyahu’s detailed presentation on the zoning process in the Interior Ministry, whose decision he apologized for even though he said it took him by surprise, Lowey expressed understanding for the prime minister’s position.
“I think there’s a general understanding that Jerusalem is in a different category than the West Bank. And the issues surrounding Jerusalem, most agree, will be in the final stages of negotiations,” she said.
And, using Netanyahu’s nickname, she stressed, “Bibi has the support of Congress. It is solid. It is secure.”
In a sign of additional support for Israel and its government, as of Thursday afternoon well over half of the House of Representatives had lent their names to a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton affirming their support for the US-Israel relationship and urging the two countries to quietly resolve any differences.
While Netanyahu loudly and publicly reasserted Israel’s claim to Jerusalem in a speech he gave to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Monday night before visiting Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Lowey indicated appreciation for the different audiences he was addressing.
“How can he go to the end stage of any discussion and give away the store in the middle of a negotiation?” she said of his AIPAC speech, where Israelis, Palestinians and the Arab world would be listening.
“With us, he was clearly focusing on distancing himself from these decisions and with humility expressing the view he wished he had more control over the process and that he was determined to change the process,” she noted.
Lowey also pointed to the different audiences that Arab leaders need to consider when they speak up, referring to a recent trip to the Gulf and the concern she heard about Iran.
In Saudi Arabia, she met with King Abdullah and came away with the understanding that “Saudi Arabia doesn’t believe the sanctions will work. Let me just say he’s supportive of pursuing other options.”
She also delivered the message that Arab leaders need to support Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen.
“Abu Mazen doesn’t have, in my judgment, the [political] strength to make a deal,” she assessed, adding that without support from the wider Arab world, “It will be very, very hard to have a deal.”
Still, she said it was important for Congress to help Abbas and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in their plan to build up local institutions in the West Bank over the next two years to have the foundations of a Palestinian state in place.
Right now, her committee is on track to approve $400 million in economic aid for the Palestinians and $150m. for American Lt.-Gen. Keith Dayton and his efforts to reform the PA security services.
Though she objected to incitement against Israel among the Palestinians, including Fayyad’s own calls for Palestinians to shun goods from Israeli settlements, she indicated that it wouldn’t disrupt American funding.
“We have very strong vetting language, very strong oversight,” she explained. “We have to continue to do what we can to build up the Palestinians so that they can function and can work with the Israelis to bring this peace agreement to fruition.”
Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to 'unbreakable' U.S.-Israel bond
Treason by Members of the United States Congress by Anthony Lawson / March 27th, 2010 http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/03/treason-by-members-of-the-united-states-congress/ It must have been realised that the letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, signed by nearly 300 members of the U.S. Congress, affirming their commitment to Israel, would be widely publicised and fall into the hands of that illegal Apartheid State, so the writing and signing of that letter should be considered an act of treason.1
The letter has totally undermined the power of the President of the United States by virtually telling Israel: “It does not matter what you do to the Palestinians, how many illegal structures you build on the territory you stole from them; how you behave towards the Lebanese, or what you have in mind for Iran, we, the signatories on this letter are with you, all the way.”
I am not a citizen of the United States, I am a citizen of a world that is being ruined by Zionism and its practitioners’ thirst for power and greed for land that does not rightly belong to them. Having goaded the United States to attack Iraq, it is now attempting to draw it into a pre-emptive attack on Iran, while continuing to lie about the reason. The Iranian president did not threaten to “Wipe Israel off the map”. Juan Cole, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at University of Michigan who reads Persian, has explained that President Ahmadinejad actually stated (quoting the late Ayatollah Khomeini): “The Imam said that this regime occupying Jerusalem (een rezhim-e ishghalgar-eqods) must [vanish from] from the page of time (bayad az safheh-ye ruzgar mahv shavad).”
What Israel and the perverse mainstream media has turned this into can be compared to a Farsi speaker saying: “Nothing lasts forever.” And having this turned into, by the likes of the BBC and CNN and the press: “I’m going to kill you.”
I want names! Who are the 300 traitors in Congress who signed this?
To say that Israel has a "core value" of human rights as they practice genocide against the Palestinians, who are natives of that land, is Orwellian beyond belief.
Israeli agents went on an Israeli talk show to tell how they were sent to NYC to film the attacks on the WTC on 9/11, yet these 300 Congress critters signed a letter that refers to the "extraordinary closeness between our country and Israel."
Here are two of the Israelis saying, in November 2001, "we were sent to document the event." Natch there is a voice-over at the end warning us not to "jump to conclusions." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyUoGUV7b8
Nearly 300 Congress members declare commitment to 'unbreakable' U.S.-Israel bond By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent
Nearly 300 members of Congress have signed on to a declaration reaffirming their commitment to "the unbreakable bond that exists between [U.S.] and the State of Israel", in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The letter was sent in the wake of the severe recent tensions between Israel and the U.S. over the prior's decision to construct more than 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, a project it announced during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the region.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took advantage of his trip to the United States this week to try to mend the rift with the Obama administration, but he was greeted with cold welcome by the White House. Netanyahu also met during his visit with members of Congress, who welcomed him with significantly more warmth.
The letter from Congress expresses its "deep concern" over the U.S.-Israel crisis, and emphasizes that lawmakers had received assurances from Netanyahu that the events leading up to the recent tensions would not be repeated.
Letter from members of Congress
Dear Secretary Clinton:
We are writing to reaffirm our commitment to the unbreakable bond that exists between our country and the State of Israel and to express to you our deep concern over recent tension. In every important relationship, there will be occasional misunderstandings and conflicts.
The announcement during Vice President Biden's visit was, as Israel's Prime Minister said in an apology to the United States, "a regrettable incident that was done in all innocence and was hurtful, and which certainly should not have occurred." We are reassured that Prime Minister Netanyahu's commitment to put in place new procedures will ensure that such surprises, however unintended, will not recur.
The United States and Israel are close allies whose people share a deep and abiding friendship based on a shared commitment to core values including democracy, human rights and freedom of the press and religion. Our two countries are partners in the fight against terrorism and share an important strategic relationship.
A strong Israel is an asset to the national security of the United States and brings stability to the Middle East. We are concerned that the highly publicized tensions in the relationship will not advance the interests the U.S. and Israel share. Above all, we must remain focused on the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear weapons program to Middle East peace and stability.
From the moment of Israel's creation, successive U.S. administrations have appreciated the special bond between the U.S. and Israel.
For decades, strong, bipartisan Congressional support for Israel, including security assistance and other important measures, have been eloquent testimony to our commitment to Israel's security, which remains unswerving.
It is the very strength of this relationship that has, in fact, made Arab-Israeli peace agreements possible, both because it convinced those who sought Israel?s destruction to abandon any such hope and because it gave successive Israeli governments the confidence to take calculated risks for peace.
In its declaration of independence 62 years ago, Israel declared: "We extend our hand to all neighboring states and their peoples in an offer of peace and good neighborliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land."
In the decades since, despite constantly having to defend itself from attack, Israel has repeatedly made good on that pledge by offering to undertake painful risks to reach peace with its neighbors.
Our valuable bilateral relationship with Israel needs and deserves constant reinforcement.
As the Vice-President said during his recent visit to Israel: "Progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the U.S. and Israel when it comes to security, none. No space."
Steadfast American backing has helped lead to Israeli peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. And American involvement continues to be critical to the effort to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
We recognize that, despite the extraordinary closeness between our country and Israel, there will be differences over issues both large and small.
Our view is that such differences are best resolved quietly, in trust and confidence, as befits longstanding strategic allies. We hope and expect that, with mutual effort and good faith, the United States and Israel will move beyond this disruption quickly, to the lasting benefit of both nations.
We believe, as President Obama said, that "Israel's security is paramount" in our Middle East policy and that "it is in U.S. national security interests to assure that Israel?s security as an independent Jewish state is maintained."
In that spirit, we look forward to working with you to achieve the common objectives of the U.S. and Israel, especially regional security and peace.
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I’d say they’re becoming VERY worried about 9/11 insiders going public...
