Puppet MastersS


Nuke

GCHQ spies guard Britain's Chinese-built nuclear plants - start of a 'Golden era'


RT
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:17 UTC
Image
© Suzanne Plunkett / ReutersA sign is seen outside Hinkley Point B Power Station in Bridgwater, southwest England.
Spy agency GCHQ will monitor computer systems at nuclear power plants built by Chinese companies on British soil amid fears Beijing could gain control of a facility and use it to threaten the UK.

Intelligence sources confirmed on Monday the agency would support cyber security at privately-owned nuclear plants when invited by the government.

Security chiefs and academics warned last week the government was overlooking the threats posed by Chinese investment in civil nuclear energy, arguing Beijing could insert "trapdoors" that would enable them to hijack the technology if diplomatic relations with the UK broke down.

GCHQ's statement comes as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in London on Monday to begin of four-day state visit which, both Xi and UK Prime Minister David Cameron agree, heralds the start of a "golden era" in Sino-British relations.

Comment: Xi and UK Prime Minister David Cameron agree, heralds the start of a "golden era" ( or 'golden error') in Sino-British relations.

Read more:

Read More...
Whistle

The truth must be covered up: the sad fate of America's whistleblowers

John Kiriakou
Other Words
Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:39 UTC
Image
© wiseupaction.info
History may smile on these guardians of the public trust, but during their lifetimes they remain outcasts

What is it about whistleblowers that the powers that be can't stand?

When I blew the whistle on the CIA's illegal torture program, I was derided in many quarters as a traitor. My detractors in the government attacked me for violating my secrecy agreement, even as they ignored the oath we'd all taken to protect and defend the Constitution.

All of this happened despite the fact that the torture I helped expose is illegal in the United States. Torture also violates a number of international laws and treaties to which our country is signatory — some of which the United States itself was the driving force in drafting.

I was charged with three counts of espionage, all of which were eventually dropped when I took a plea to a lesser count. I had to choose between spending up to 30 months in prison and rolling the dice to risk a 45-year sentence. With five kids, and three of them under the age of 10, I took the plea.

Tom Drake — the NSA whistleblower who went through the agency's chain of command to report its illegal program to spy on American citizens — was thanked for his honesty and hard work by being charged with 10 felonies, including five counts of espionage. The government eventually dropped the charges, but not before Drake had suffered terrible financial, professional, and personal distress.

This is an ongoing theme, especially in government.

Chelsea Manning is serving 35 years in prison for her disclosure of State Department and military cable traffic showing American military crimes in Iraq and beyond. And Edward Snowden, who told Americans about the extent to which our government is spying on us, faces life in prison if he ever returns to the country.

Comment: Whistle-blowing and 'leaks' serve a purpose. None of these leaks have resulted in any serious consequences for those that committed them, but it certainly sends a message to anyone considering blowing the whistle.

Read More...
Dollar

UK rolls out pomp and pageantry to welcome Xi Jinping's watershed visit after US flop


RT
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:45 UTC
Image
© Alastair Grant / ReutersChina's President Xi Jinping reviews an honour guard during his official welcoming ceremony in London, Britain, October 20, 2015. Xi is on a State visit to Britain.
Chinese President Xi Jinping was met with pomp and pageantry as he kicked off his four-day tour of the UK, the first visit by a Chinese leader to the country in a decade and one which is expected to lead to billions of pounds in trade and investment deals.

The leader of the world's largest communist state and his wife, renowned folk singer Peng Liyuan, arrived at Heathrow Airport on Monday evening for a visit that Prime Minister David Cameron called "an important moment" for bilateral relations.

Comment: Britain and their royal family seem to know where the money is and are falling all over themselves to get a piece of the pie.

Read More...
Evil Rays

Venezuela suffers major attacks on country's electrical grid


teleSUR
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:59 UTC
electrical sabotage venezuala voting
© MPPEE The minister of electrical energy reported the intrusion of armed people in the Corpoelec depot. The minister of electrical energy reported the intrusion of armed people in the Corpoelec depot.
Venezuelan Electrical Energy Minister Luis Motta Dominguez reported that 13 attacks on Venezuela's electrical grid took place over the last week, in an attempt to destabilize the Dec. 6 National Assembly elections. Motta Dominguez presented the information at a press conference on Monday.

"The electrical system in the 18 days of October has received 13 attacks, 13 acts of sabotage, which also destabilizes the system," he said. "They are intended to disturb and disrupt the elections on December 6." Dominguez said that "in previous elections, there were power outages just two days before the elections, and they are repeating the pattern."

According to Motta Dominguez the sabotage began on October 13 at a power plant in Zulia state, located in the northwestern corner of the country, where they cut part of the wiring. The owner showed pictures explaining a failure in the Guyana A line.
Read More...
Bad Guys

German refugee crisis is splitting the country apart, pushing Pegida to popularity


Sputnik
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:11 UTC
Pegida Merkel
© Unknown
The German approach to the refugee crisis is not only splitting European Union member states apart - but also residents living in towns and cities across the country.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is welcoming refugees with open arms, accepting that the country will need to resettle up to a million new people by the end of the year; all the while German media are reporting a rise in anti-refugee sentiment.


Comment: For Pegida to find such a large audience opposed to the 'Islamisation' of Europe shows just how effective NATO's anti-Muslim, anti-migrant, genocidal propaganda has been. NATO has killed at least 4 million people in the Middle East and destroyed their countries and cultures. Do migrants and Islam really look so terrifying in comparison? So if migrants aren't the enemy, then who is? Maybe it's Washington - the ones using the migrant crisis to trash the EU, and who love to see Germany writhe in turmoil when it coincides with their interests.

Also see:

Read More...
Blackbox

Russia cleaning up Gladio networks? 20 Islamist terrorists arrested in Moscow


RT
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:42 UTC
moscow fsb
© Andrey Stenin / RIA Novosti
Twenty suspects have been detained and dozens have been put under investigation as a result of a massive operation by security forces in Moscow and the Moscow region. One terrorist mercenary recruiter has been arrested.

Counterterrorist units of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow are targeting supporters of the radical Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party) that have been actively participating in terrorist activities and recruiting potential members for extremist organizations.

About 20 active members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, mostly from Central Asian countries, Tajikistan in particular, have been detained. Their extremist literature and other documents have been confiscated, along with personal computers.

Comment: Remember this: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter 'You'll be sorry': Russia will soon suffer 'casualties' for Syria involvement. Then this: Ashton Carter warned Russia of "reprisal attacks" ... Russia's FSB foils attempted "reprisal attacks". To get an idea of how terrorism really works in Russia, read Sibel Edmonds's novel, The Lone Gladio.

See also: False-flag terror: Gladio B and the Battle for Eurasia using 'Islamic terrorists'

Read More...
Airplane

Moscow keeps all channels open: Ready to negotiate with Kiev over flight ban


RT
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:52 UTC
moscow kiev flight ban
© Maksim Blinov / RIA Novosti
Russia has sent Ukraine three proposals for consultations on providing air corridors between the two countries after October 25. This Sunday all flights between the two countries will be stopped.

Last week, Ukraine banned all flights from Russia from Sunday in the latest tit-for-tat spat between Kiev and Moscow.

"We have sent three proposals: two proposals are from the Ministry of Transport, and one is from Rosaviatsia [Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport], that are concerned with the agreement on air corridors. If the Ukraine responds to such a proposal [to hold consultations], then we are ready to hold consultations anywhere and at any time," Russian Deputy Transport Minister Valery Okulov told journalists on Tuesday.

Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure said the ban on Russian flights will run until Moscow lifts its ban on Ukrainian carriers.

It's still possible that at least one carrier from each country will be allowed to continue flights; a source told Russian media Lenta.ru, adding that Russian state-owned Aeroflot's low-cost subsidiary Pobeda is planning to make flights to Kiev and Odessa this winter.

According to Rosaviatsia, 800,000 passengers flew between Russia and Ukraine in the first eight months of 2015.

Comment: Russia remains true to its commitment of dialogue with all who are willing to rationally discuss their differences. It is in Ukraine's interest to stay connected to Russia. Whether they can buck the will of Washington remains to be seen.

Read More...
Chess

Russia and US sign Syria 'open skies' agreement 'to prevent accidents'


RT
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:22 UTC
SU-34
© Flickr/ poter.simonRussian Su-34 Strike Fighters Combat ISIL in Syria
Russia and the US have signed an agreement regulating the operations of the two countries' air forces in Syria. The deal is aimed at preventing incidents and providing for the smooth operation of the two nations' aircraft, and for mutual aid in critical situations.

The agreement, whose full name is "The Memorandum of Mutual Understanding between the Defense Ministries of Russia and the United States on preventing incidents and providing for aviation flights during operations in Syria" is hailed as a 'positive step', the Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release.

The document "has important practical value. It regulates the actions of manned and unmanned aircraft in the airspace above Syria. The Memorandum contains a set of rules and limitations aimed at preventing incidents between the air forces of Russia and the US," the Defense Ministry says.

As soon as the agreement comes into force, there will be 24/7 communication channels established between the Russian and American military commanders. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its US counterparts have pledged to convey the agreement's details to their anti-Islamic State coalition partners, so that they, too, follow the rules it sets.

The signing of the Memorandum "shows a high potential for cooperation between Russia and the US, including in the fight against terrorism".

Comment: The U.S. blatantly violated Syrian airspace recently and bombed the Aleppo power plant, which is a civilian infrastructure. Russia saw best to offer a signing of this deal to coordinate operations with the U.S. and avoid such 'incidents' in the future.

See also: Playtime is over! Russia to increase missions in Syria to 300 a day.

Read More...
Info

Ex-U.S. intelligence linguist says US/NATO responsible for destruction of Syria


PressTV
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:09 UTC
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
© Jacky Naegelen / Reuters
The United States and its allies are responsible for the destruction of Syria during the country's four-year conflict, a former American intelligence linguist in Florida says.

"The US, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and European Union NATO allies and other [Persian] Gulf state allies in the region have been absolutely decimating Syria," Scott Rickard told Press TV on Monday. "Nearly three quarters of the country have been destroyed and over half of the population has been displaced."

"The US government is obviously not conducting itself in an ethical way and it's certainly creating a terrible atrocity not only in Syria, but in other countries where they're operating with the same horrific foreign policy," Rickard said.

US Secretary of State John Kerry's recent remarks that Washington is working to avoid the "total destruction" of Syria is "absolutely absurd and hypocritical," Rickard noted.

"Once again we see the Americans talking out the side of their mouth, spewing lies left and right," he added.

Comment: Fortunately more people are courageously coming forth and stating the obvious truth about U.S./NATO-led wars of terror.

Read More...
Eye 2

A (short) list of despicable acts by George W. Bush before and after 9/11

Steve Rosenfeld
Raw Story
Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:57 UTC
george bush
© CBS NewsEight years of this.
Let's look at 50 reasons, some large and some small, why W. inspired so much anger.

1. He stole the presidency in 2000. People may forget that Republicans in Florida purged more than 50,000 African-American voters before Election Day, and then went to the Supreme Court where the GOP-appointed majority stopped a recount that would have awarded the presidency to Vice-President Al Gore if all votes were counted. National news organizations verified that outcome long after Bush had been sworn in.

2. Bush's lies started in that race. Bush ran for office claiming he was a "uniter, not a divider." Even though he received fewer popular votes than Gore, he quickly claimed he had the mandate from the American public to push his right-wing agenda.

3. He covered up his past. He was a party boy, the scion of a powerful political family who got away with being a deserter during the Vietnam War. He was reportedly AWOL for over a year from his assigned unit, the Texas Air National Guard, which other military outfits called the "Champagne Division."

4. He loved the death penalty. As Texas governor from 1995-2000, he signed the most execution orders of any governor in U.S. history—152 people, including the mentally ill and women who were domestic abuse victims. He spared one man's life, a serial killer.

Comment: Apparently the American people learned nothing under either of the Bushes. Obama's list is likely to be even longer.

Read More...