Hillary Clinton is repeating the methodology of the Iran/Contra affair, using “black” funds to finance the operation to ensure President Correa is not re-elected.
I had two excellent sources for the news that the US/UK strategy against Julian Assange was to ensure the defeat of President Correa in Presidential elections next spring, and then have him expelled from the Ecuadorean Embassy. One source was within the UK civil service and one in Washington. Both had direct, personal access to the information I described. Both told me in the knowledge I would publish it.
Of course Assange is not the only reason Clinton wants rid of Correa; but it adds spice and urgency.
We now have completely independent evidence from Chile that this CIA operation exists, from journalists who were investigating a smuggling operation involving 300 kg per month of cocaine, organised by the Chilean army and security services.
The links to US intelligence emerged after an anonymous source from the Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia (ANI) told Panoramas News that the smuggling of 300 kilos of cocaine was in fact a highly sensitive CIA/DEA operation that would help to raise money to topple the government of Ecuador. The operation is similar to the one carried out by the Agency in Central America during the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980’s, the source said.
A few days ago I published information I had received that Patricio Mery Bell, the director of the news programme which broke the story, had been lured to a meeting with a young lady “informant” who had worked with CIA-backed anti-Cuban groups in Miami. She had then accused him of sexual assault (does any of that scenario sound familiar?) He was arrested and his materials had been confiscated. However I took the article down after jst a few minutes because I had received the information in emails from sources I did not know previously, and was unsure it could stand up. It does now appear that this is indeed true.
My Washigton informant had told me, as I published, that the funds for the anti-Correa operation were not from the CIA budget but from secret funds controlled by the Pentagon. This could not be done by CIA funds because, perhaps surprisingly, for the CIA to operate in this way is a crime in the United States.
Whether my informant knew or suspected that the “secret Pentagon funds” were drug money I do not know. They did not mention narcotics.
“Chairman Vaz tries to bring him back to the area of concern about the amount of money being laundered from drug profits through US and EU banks”
http://rowans-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/the-fsa-proves-that-it-has-finally-lost.html
Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press, by Cockburn and St. Clair (Verson).
But I’m sure, Michal, that you know all this, since millions have known for many years.
So, the information from the several direct personal sources to which Craig refers refers represents a continuation of a very long political business tradition indulged in systemically by agencies of the US state over a period of many decades. As someone pointed out, it is in line with a much older historical tradition going back at least to the British Empire and the Opium Wars of C19th.
Assange, Manning, Murray – not towing the straight white line.
Iran/Contra…..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_and_Contras_cocaine_trafficking_in_the_US
The CIA-like most intelligence agencies-are up to their necks in drug and gun running.
Where there are vast profits and geopolitical influence to be had pretty much any intelligence agency,in any country,is involved.
To think otherwise is staggeringly naive.
“stated mission aim”…ahahahaha!! Yes,of course,intelligence agencies are all truth,light and openess…ahahaha!
anuel Noriega and George H.W. Bush……
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-05-09/news/mn-1751_1_noriega
Manuel….
I hear that some top military brass in the USA are being replaced, don’t know if it has anything to do with other events.
” ‘…Panel (media & terrorism) followed by a 1v1 run with Lance Armstrong,’ she wrote…”
Sodom and Gomorrah were nothing.
“This descent into inhumanity and barbarism must end”
“Read with: A baby boy starved to death in Westminster as his seriously ill and “socially isolated” mother struggled to obtain proper housing, benefits and support, a serious case review into his death has revealed”
http://blacktrianglecampaign.org/2012/11/10/forced-evictions-racist-attacks-meet-the-new-landlord-security-company-g4s/
Spanish translation
Hmmmm…the Bureau of Investigative Journalism…some Big Pharma links…”not for profit”…backing from the Potter Foundation…
David Potter founded Psion and helped set up Symbian…a member of the Council for Science and Technology reporting to the Cabinet. “David has also had extensive involvement with educational establishments as a Visiting Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford; Honorary Fellow of Imperial College; Honorary Fellow and Governor of The London Business School. He has served on the South African President’s Committee on Communication and Information Technology. David is a trustee of the following organisations: chinadialogue; Trust for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism; and Philharmonia Orchestra.”
A cynic might find the notion of “MI6 front” entering his mind at this point.
Oh and…”David was awarded the CBE, in 1997, for services to manufacturing industry and in 2001 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers. In June 2003, David was appointed a non-Executive Director to the Bank of England; in June 2006 he was appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Deputy Chair of the Committee of Directors.”
Guess which two universities the 5 trustees of the Potter Foundation all went to? One of them is even a partner at Berwin Leighton Paisner, the Zionist law firm which handles Tony Blair’s private money. Mr Potter had no problems, it seems, accepting theMountbatten Medal either!
Oh dear oh dear!
Anonsoul
Thanks!
No writs on my doormat today. Nonetheless, a time for being careful!
Three things:
* it’s remarkable how they are no longer mentioning that Stephen Messham’s allegations against ‘the man whom he mistakenly thought was Lord McAlpine, having been misled by a policeman, by two toffs in the same family having the same surname, etc.’ included not only that the man committed brutal sexual abuse of children but also that the man threatened to have him killed if he told anyone
* what about Ben Fellows’s allegations against Kenneth Clarke, which Mr Fellows has made directly and without TV presenters passing cards to politicians or anything like that? Kenneth Clarke is not a ‘former’ political figure – he is a senior member of David Cameron’s cabinet. Have the newspapers (or even that fanatically leftwing organisation the BBC) given him the chance to respond to Mr Fellows’s allegations? If so, what has he said? Has he denied them? It’s just as easy for people to find these allegations on the internet as it is to find allegations of paedophile abuse against any of several other political and judicial figures. Maybe Tom Watson might point that out?
* how is David Cameron’s friend Derek Laud doing these days?
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B Great minds etc… I was looking at the Potter outfit before but I didn’t get as far as Bliar’s solicitors. Thanks for the info and links. This is a nest of vipers which needs poking with a long stick.
Have you seen that Rob Wilson MP Reading E is now warning Tom Watson off?
http://htmlimg1.scribdassets.com/84i4dd0ybk1x8am3/images/1-1fc66d9935.jpg in spite of saying on 6 Nov:
Rob Wilson (Reading East, Conservative)
I, too, welcome my right hon. Friend’s swift action, in relation to both the independently led review of the Waterhouse inquiry and the involvement of the National Crime Agency, which I think is very important. Does she agree that all the evidence collected by “Newsnight”, by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and by others should be placed in the hands of the police immediately? That is absolutely essential if justice is to be delivered not only to the victims, but to those who have been unfairly libelled on the internet in recent days.
Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 6 November 2012, c741)
Theresa May (Home Secretary; Maidenhead, Conservative)
That is a very valid point. I would encourage all who have any evidence or any allegations of child abuse to put that evidence or those allegations before the police. It is for the police to investigate, and to take evidence where it leads.
LOL
Wilson was PPS to *unt when he was SofS DCMS.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/10/newsnight-mcalpine-scoop-rumour?cat=media&type=article
You mean this one? Tally Ho!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Laud
Didn’t he do well.
So let’s see. The BBC incompetently named the least likely genuine abuser from a list of circulating names. And the Bureau of Investigative Journalism boss Iain Overton (why do I want to put an “e” on the end of that) spills all in advance while pissed at the Oxford Union. Then “foolishly” tweets to the world to watch while ignoring warnings from former Newsnight editor Michael Crick.
Right.
Former Newsnight journalist Crick I meant.
http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-11-10/george-entwistle-resigns-from-bbc-after-newsnight-scandal/
George Entwistle has resigned from his post as BBC Director General.
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2012/11/10/statement-from-trustees-of-the-bureau-of-investigative-journalism/
The following statement has been made by the Trustees of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism:
“The Bureau of Investigative Journalism was established to apply the highest standards of investigative and fact-based journalism in the public interest. During its first three years, the Bureau has won a number of major awards for its journalism and built a reputation for quality and the avoidance of sensationalism. The governing Trust of The Bureau does not endorse any material or output that fails to meet these standards.
“The Bureau was named as a contributor to the broadcast of a BBC Newsnight programme on November 2 on child abuse in North Wales. The Trustees are appalled at what appears to be a breach of its standards. To the extent that the principles of The Bureau have been ignored by an involvement in this story, remedial action will be taken against those responsible. The Trustees must ensure that due process is applied and are establishing the key facts.”
James Lee (Chairman) on behalf of The Trust.
Whither the BBC now? What will Patten do? A ship without a captain. Send for Cap’n Onedin.
Is there any trace of Murdoch’s hand in this saga or is that being fanciful?
We see the word ‘acting’ frequently these days from Chief Constables to Director Generals of the BBC.
Now acting BBC DG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/biographies/davie_tim/
I still think that Mark Thompson should have been hauled back for some questioning about the Savile case. He has gone off with the money, literally, to NY.
The Savile cases and the other child abuse cases seem to have been almost forgotten in this media firestorm.
Michal
“Congratulations on using your real name. Your mother must be proud.”
My mother would be proud but she died two years ago.
How about you revealing your real name and maybe even telling us something about yourself?
I have nothing to hide.
@ MOD – Jon?
Could someone look at:
http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2012/09/not-forgetting-the-al-hillis/comment-page-34/#comment-378877
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OT: Fascinating sneak preview of the next edition (64) of The Lobster. Clegg didn’t win the libDem leadership contest, Huhne did! If anyone doesn’t believe in a secret state running this country, and that the civil service and treasury have ideas far above their station, they better read this, I think it might open their eyes and highlight the urgency of showing this coalition the door tomorrow if not sooner.
http://www.lobster-magazine.co.uk/free/lobster64/lob64-running-britain.pdf
The queen is (as good as) dead, long live the republic.
The strange thing is that Stephen Messham has had a very long association with Newsnight, dating right back to the mysteriously pulped Clwyd enquiry into Bryn Estyn.
I’ll try to find the source, but I think it is in connection with the allegations against Peter Howarth.
Paxman speaks as his ticket for his first class berth at Newsnight looks as if it might be torn up. He is very cross.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/media/news/a437243/jeremy-paxman-speaks-out-over-george-entwistles-bbc-resignation.html
‘Jeremy Paxman believes that the 2003 Hutton Inquiry, which strongly criticised the BBC for leaking quotations from Dr David Kelly, has increased the role of middle management at the expense of programme-making.
“George Entwistle’s departure is a great shame. He has been brought low by cowards and incompetents,” he said.
“The real problem here is the BBC’s decision, in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry, to play safe by appointing biddable people.”
“They then compounded the problem by enforcing a series of cuts on programme budgets, while bloating the management.”
“That is how you arrive at the current mess on Newsnight. I very much doubt the problem is unique to that programme.”
Defending Entwistle’s integrity, Paxman added: “I had hoped that George might stay to sort this out. It is a great pity that a talented man has been sacrificed.”‘
In a regal manner he says while time-servers prosper, he would not be issuing any further statements or doing any interviews.
Pompous whatnot.
It’s here:
http://www.richardwebster.net/whatthebbcdidnottellus.html
‘ON MONDAY 25 January 1999, immediately after Newsnight, BBC2 broadcast a documentary, A Place of Safety, about sexual and physical abuse in children’s homes in North Wales ..
The next witness to appear on the programme was Steven Messham. He said that on one occasion, when he had been in the sick-bay with blood pouring from his mouth, he had been buggered by Howarth as he lay in bed. He said that on another occasion he was asked to take a hamper of food to Howarth’s flat, where he was buggered by Howarth over the kitchen table.
What the BBC did not tell us was that Messham claims he was sexually abused by no less than 49 different people. He also says he has been physically abused by 26 people. In 1994 the Crown Prosecution Service declined to bring his allegations against Howarth to court. None of his allegations has ever resulted in a conviction. In 1995 one of his most serious sexual allegations was rejected by a jury after barristers argued that it was a transparent fabrication. ‘
So, on re-reading the text Messham wasn’t connected directly with Newsnight, although I don’t who the research and production teams for A Place of safety were. However he was a BBC source, and thought by the CPS to be unreliable.
Maybe the CPS were right.
Why the link to that Mochyn59? The author, who is now deceased I see, portrays the witnesses in the N Wales cases as unreliable fantasists. His work fitted the bill nicely for the perpetrators of the abuse.
Sorry, that should be Mochyn69.