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Subject: ALARACT 245: SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN (CORRECTED COPY)

THIS MESSAGE IS BEING RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER ON BEHALF OF DA WASHINGTON DC//DAMO-AOC//DCS, G-3/5/7 SENDS PASS TO ALL SOLDIERS, DA CIVILIANS AND SUPPORTING CONTRACTORS

“SUMMARY OF CORRECTIONS TO ORIGINAL MESSAGE, DTG 132145Z AUG 10:

1. REF/A/EXECUTIVE ORDER 13526//29 DECEMBER 2010// AS BEEN CHANGED TO READ REF/A/EXCUTIVE ORDER 13526//29 DECEMBER 2009.”
REF/A/EXECUTIVE ORDER 13526//29 DECEMBER 2009//BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER PRESCRIBES A UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING, SAFEGUARDING, AND DECLASSIFYING NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION, INCLUDING INFORMATION RELATING TO DEFENSE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL TERRORISM.

REF/B/ARMY REGULATION 380-5//29 SEPTEMBER 2000//DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM//AMPN: THIS REGULATION ESTABLISHES THE POLICY FOR THE CLASSIFICATION, DOWNGRADING, DECLASSIFICATION, TRANSMISSION, TRANSPORTATION AND SAFEGUARDING OF INFORMATION REQUIRING PROTECTION IN THE INTERESTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY. IT PRIMARILY PERTAINS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, BUT ALSO ADDRESSES CONTROLLED UNCLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO INCLUDE INFORMATION MARKED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY AND SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED.

REF/C/ARMY REGULATION 530-1//19 APRIL 2007//DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC): THIS REGULATION ESTABLISHES THE POLICY FOR DETERMINATION OF CRITICAL INFORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES AND COUNTERMEASURES TO REDUCE TO AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL THE VULNERABILITIES OF FRIENDLY ACTIONS TO ADVERSARY EXPLOITATION.

THIS MESSAGE RE-EMPHASIZES EXISTING POLICIES REGARDING APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE COMPROMISE OF CLASSIFIED AND SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION.

SUBJECT: SENSITIVE INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

1. ARMY PERSONNEL MUST BE VIGILANT WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION POSTED ON THE WIKILEAKS WEBSITE AND ANY OTHER WEBSITE THAT PURPORTS TO PUBLISH CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. VIEWING, DOWNLOADING OR PRINTING INFORMATION FROM THE WEBSITE COULD POTENTIALLY EXPOSE ARMY NETWORKS TO SENSITIVE DATA OR CREATE SITUATIONS IN WHICH DATA IS IMPROPERLY SAFEGUARDED THUS HARMING OUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT MISSIONS VITAL TO OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE. INFORMATION MARKED AS CLASSIFIED BUT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IS NOT CONSIDERED DECLASSIFIED UNTIL ASSESSED BY THE APPROPRIATE ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY AND A DETERMINATION ON ITS DISPOSITION AND CONTINUED CLASSIFICATION IS RENDERED.

2. ARMY NETWORKS SHOULD BE USED TO SUPPORT OUR WARFIGHTERS, PROMOTE INFORMATION SHARING AND MAXIMIZE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF OUR INFORMATION ON PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITES, CHAT ROOMS OR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES HARMS NATIONAL SECURITY.

3. IT IS CRITICAL THAT ALL ARMY PERSONNEL ADHERE TO INFORMATION ASSURANCE POLICIES, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF INFORMATION SECURITY AND EDUCATE THE FORCE ON BOTH OLD AND NEW SECURITY VULNERABILITIES. THE GREATEST WEAKNESS TO OUR NATION’S SENSITIVE INFORMATION IS THE HUMAN FACTOR, BUT IT IS ALSO OUR GREATEST DEFENSE.

4. POINTS OF CONTACT.

A. THE ARMY G-2′S POINT OF CONTACT IS THE SENIOR SECURITY ADVISOR, MS. PATRICIA STOKES, DSN 225-2360, PATRICIA.P.STOKES@US.ARMY.MIL

B. THE ARMY G-3/5/7 POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS MESSAGE IS MAJ ROBERT CREASON, DSN 225-1866, ROBERT.CREASON@US.ARMY.MIL

C. THE ARMY CIO/G-6 POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS MESSAGE IS MR LEROY LUNDGREN, 703-602-7355, LEROY.LUNDGREN@US.ARMY.MIL

5. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DCS, G-2.

6. EXPIRATION DATE CANNOT BE DETERMINED

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Caveats: FOUO

Pedestrians walk past the Kabul Bank in Kabul on September 1, 2010. Afghanistan's central bank governor said that the country's biggest bank, Kabul Bank was in no danger of collapse following allegations of corruption in the US media. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Karzai tells Afghans not to panic in rush for withdrawals (Washington Post):

As depositors thronged branches of Afghanistan’s biggest bank, President Hamid Karzai told Afghans on Thursday not to panic shortly after his brother, a major shareholder in the beleaguered Kabul Bank, called for intervention by the United States to head off a financial meltdown.

“Kabul Bank is safe,” Karzai said at a joint news conference at the presidential palace in Kabul with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. “People need not panic, need not be worried.”

Earlier in the day, Mahmoud Karzai voiced concern over Kabul Bank’s ability to withstand an onslaught of depositors demanding their money back. “America should do something,” he said in a telephone interview. He suggested that the Treasury Department guarantee the funds of Kabul Bank’s clients, who number about 1 million and have more than $1 billion on deposit with the bank.

The rush to withdraw funds from Kabul Bank, which handles salary payments for soldiers, police and teachers, began Wednesday, a day after news that Afghanistan’s Central Bank had removed the bank’s top two executives and installed a Central Bank official as chief executive.

Depositors withdrew $85 million Wednesday and $109 million Thursday, leaving Kabul Bank with about $300 million in liquid cash, said the bank’s ousted chairman, Sherkhan Farnood.

Speaking in his first interview since his ouster Monday, Farnood, who remains a substantial shareholder, said he hoped the bank could weather the storm without U.S. help. “If we survive Saturday and Sunday, we will be okay,” said Farnood, who spoke at his luxury waterfront villa in Dubai shortly after his return to the Persian Gulf emirate from Kabul. Friday is a holiday, and all Afghan banks are closed.

“If Kabul Bank collapses,” he added, “it will be a disaster.”

Farnood has pledged to hand over to Kabul Bank the titles of real estate purchased with bank money but registered until now in his name and that of his wife. The property, he said, is worth about $160 million.

The Treasury Department has sent a team of experts to help the Afghan Central Bank handle the crisis, but it has so far ruled out any injection of U.S. money to revive Kabul Bank. “While we are providing technical assistance to the Afghan government, we are taking no steps to recapitalize Kabul Bank,” said an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

But Mahmoud Karzai, who owns 7 percent of Kabul Bank, warned that while the bank “is stable and has money,” it might take U.S. intervention to beat back panic. “If the Treasury Department will guarantee that everyone will get their money, maybe that will work,” said the president’s brother, who rushed to Kabul on Wednesday from Dubai, where he spends most of his time in a Palm Jumeirah villa purchased with Kabul Bank money.

Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan (New York Times):

One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of an accelerating financial crisis here said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He predicted a “revolution” in the country’s financial system unless the Afghan government and the United States moved quickly to help stabilize the bank, Dexter Filkins reports in The New York Times.

Khalilullah Frozi, one of the two largest shareholders of Kabul Bank, said reports indicating that the institution had lost as much as $300 million were overstated. But he predicted that if Afghan depositors continued to withdraw their money at the current rate, Kabul Bank would almost certainly collapse, undermining confidence in the nascent financial system the Afghans have been trying to build with American help.

“If this goes on, we won’t survive,” Mr. Frozi said in an interview. “If people lose trust in the banks, there will be a revolution in the financial system.”

Afghan leaders promised to guarantee deposits in an attempt to arrest the panic, which began earlier this week when the country’s top banking officials demanded the resignations of Mr. Frozi, the bank’s chief executive, and the bank’s chairman, Sherkhan Farnood.

The following Suspicious Activity Reporting Selection Standards are taken from the appendix of a recent TSA Suspicious Activity Report from August 2010.

• 13 pages
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(U) Summary of Suspicious Incidents

(U//FOUO) Field reporting continues to capture incidents or activities in transportation modes that may be construed as suspicious – as defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). For this reporting period, 21 incidents were considered suspicious.

(U//FOUO) The vast majority of suspicious incidents are not terrorism related. Incident reporting continues to reveal most involve members of the traveling public who do not have intent to cause harm. Intoxicated passengers, people traveling without proper identification or with propaganda materials, and persons with mental health needs are generally not considered suspicious and are generally not included in the weekly summary. However, some incidents are more serious and are reported for situational awareness. Incidents involving notable drug or weapons concealment, possible surveillance, laser targeting of aircraft, possible insider collusion, exploitable gaps in security, and some unusual behaviors at transportation venues are discussed as they may involve technologies or tactics which may lend insight to future terrorist tradecraft.

(U//FOUO) NO-FLY MATCHES: There was 1 match to the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) No-Fly List during this reporting period.

(U//FOUO) On 21 July, TSA-OI received notification from an airline of a match to the TSC No-Fly List. The passenger was attempting to board an international flight (Toronto, Canada – Frankfurt, Germany) that would transit U.S. airspace. TSA-OI, in coordination with the TSC, confirmed the passenger to be a positive match to the TSC No-Fly List and the airline denied the passenger boarding. The TSC, in coordination with the nominating agency, determined that the subject would remain on the TSC No-Fly List.

(U) Surface Incidents

(U) People’s Republic of China: Passenger Deliberately Sets Fire to Airport Shuttle Bus. On 21 July, at least 2 people were killed and over 10 injured when an airport shuttle bus in Changsha, China caught fire—reportedly after an unidentified passenger deliberately ignited a bag containing combustible material. The bus caught fire near an expressway toll gate as it departed the Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

(U//FOUO) TSA Office of Intelligence Comment: Individuals intentionally setting fires on Chinese passenger buses using gasoline or other accelerants are not uncommon. At least two incidents have been reported in the past year.

(U) In March 2008, a passenger on a China Southern Airlines flight was reportedly confronted by the crew who discovered her in a lavatory with two gasoline-filled soft drink cans she smuggled on board the flight. She apparently intended to ignite the fuel while in the lavatory, which was located near the wing of the Boeing 757.

(U) Surface Incidents

(U) People’s Republic of China: Passenger Deliberately Sets Fire to Airport Shuttle Bus. On 21 July, at least 2 people were killed and over 10 injured when an airport shuttle bus in Changsha, China caught fire—reportedly after an unidentified passenger deliberately ignited a bag containing combustible material. The bus caught fire near an expressway toll gate as it departed the Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

(U//FOUO) TSA Office of Intelligence Comment: Individuals intentionally setting fires on Chinese passenger buses using gasoline or other accelerants are not uncommon. At least two incidents have been reported in the past year.

(U) In March 2008, a passenger on a China Southern Airlines flight was reportedly confronted by the crew who discovered her in a lavatory with two gasoline-filled soft drink cans she smuggled on board the flight. She apparently intended to ignite the fuel while in the lavatory, which was located near the wing of the Boeing 757.

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(U//FOUO) California: Prohibited Items Artfully Concealed in Toys. On 22 July, TSA TSOs at San Diego International Airport (SAN) detected a box cutter and two pocket knives artfully concealed inside a toy stuffed animal. Two additional pocket knives were found inside a deck of cards. The prohibited items were discovered in the carry-on bag of a minor passenger (San Diego-Nashville) who was traveling with her father. Local LEOs confiscated the items and interviewed the father who stated that his daughter had concealed the items on her own. The passengers were allowed to continue on the flight.

(U//FOUO) TSA Office of Intelligence Comment: There have been several incidents since at least 2003 where TSOs detected weapons that had been artfully concealed inside stuffed animals. This tactic has also been successfully used by drug smugglers, and in at least one instance, by a terrorist. In 1995, dolls and toy cars filled with explosive materials were found in the residence of a terrorist who was later convicted for his roles in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a subsequent plan to bomb U.S. airliners transiting the Far East (Manila Plot).

(U//FOUO) Note: See also TSA Office of Intelligence TIG: Concealment of Explosive Devices in Toys, Other Items (December 2007); and EPIC Transportation Unit Bulletin (EB07-51 / October 2007): Toys Used to Smuggle Drugs.

(U//FOUO) New York: Artful Concealment of Knives in Baby Seat and Walking Cane. On 27 July, TSOs at LaGuardia International Airport (LGA) detected two knives that had been artfully concealed in the lining of the infant car seat of an identified passenger (New York LaGuardia-Fort Lauderdale). Another knife was found in the walking cane of her traveling companion. Local LEOs interviewed the passengers who stated that the knives belonged to a relative who had just passed away and they were aware of the items. Both passengers were cited on a state charge: “Possession of a Knife over Four Inches.”

(U//FOUO) TSA Office of Intelligence Comment: Terrorists might employ similar tactics, techniques, or procedures (TTP – e.g., travel with an infant car seat, stroller, diaper bag, and children) as a means to smuggle an explosive device or weapon aboard a passenger aircraft. In the 1980s, a member of the 15 May Organization and his wife were known to travel with their child, possibly as a way to draw less attention during security screenings and inspections. In August 1982, the family boarded a flight from Baghdad to Tokyo (Pan Am 830). The extremist placed an improvised explosive device under a seat cushion, and once on the ground in Tokyo, he and his family got off the plane, which continued to Honolulu. The resulting in-flight explosion killed one passenger and injured 14 others.

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The following press release is available at a number of different locations, sometimes with slight variations:

http://www.dyess.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123220365
http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story_print.asp?id=123219790
http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2010/08/083110-OPSEC.aspx?src=rss

Photo: U.S. Air Force

By Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle
Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (8/30/10) – According to the FBI, fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking sites and spread malicious software.

One technique entices users to download an application or view a video that appears to be sent from users’ “friends”, giving the perception of being legitimate.

Once the user responds to the phishing site, downloads the application, or clicks on the video link, their computer becomes infected.

With the influx of social media, Web 2.0 platforms and subsequent ease in sharing of sensitive and personally identifying information, Airmen should consider the risks and vulnerabilities in both personal and official activities, Air Force officials recently said.

Airmen using non-classified systems must ensure they are not posting classified, restricted distribution, proprietary, or For Official Use Only information on public Web sites to include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog sites, etc.

“We’re starting to see a loss of sensitive information occurring at an alarming rate,” said Ryan McCausland of the Information Protection directorate.

“This information not only affects the user, but can impact millions of Americans through medical, payroll and military service records.”

McCausland explained that release of personable identifiable information is also a concern.  This includes any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including, but not limited to, education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history.

It also includes information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as their name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records, etc., including any other personal information which can be linked or linkable to an individual.

The release of personable identifiable information also applies to information about active duty military, DOD civilians, military family members, contractors, National Guard and the Reserves. Among the restricted items are biographies, rosters, telephone directories, detailed organizational lists or charts that reflect personnel, and multiple names of individuals from different organizations or locations on the same document or web page.

Unclassified but sensitive information such as detailed mission statements, operations schedules, unit recall rosters, standing operating procedures, and policy memorandums require special handling and should also not be posted on public web sites, according to McCausland said.

“The care and discretion of every Airman is critical to ensuring operational security in today’s information age,” McCausland said. “We must all continually safeguard our personal information as well as the information we handle in the workplace.”

A Marine carry team walks off a plane as a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Max W. Donahue sits on a loader Sunday, Aug. 8, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Donahue, of Denver, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Cornelius Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Cornelius, 20, of Ashtabula, Ohio, died Aug. 7 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Vincent E. Gammone III Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Gammone, 19, of Christiana, Tenn., died Aug. 7 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Bradley D. Rappuhn Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Rappuhn, 24, of Grand Ledge, Mich., died Aug. 8 of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Andrew C. Nicol Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nicol, 23, of Eaton, Mich., died Aug. 8 at Zhari Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Faith R. Hinkley Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Hinkley, 23, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died Aug. 7 in Baghdad, Iraq of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked her unit in Iskandariya, Iraq. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Paul O. Cuzzupe Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Cuzzupe, 23, of Plant City, Fla., died Aug. 8 in Akhtar-Mohammad-Khan, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Cpl. Kristopher D. Greer Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Greer, 25, of Ashland City, Tenn., died Aug. 8 of wounds sustained Aug. 6 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Jamal M. Rhett Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Rhett, 24, of Palmyra, N.J., died Aug. 15 in Baqouba, Iraq of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his vehicle with grenades. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team, holding the remains of Cpl. Christopher J. Boyd, from Palatine Ill., carry the transfer case off the aircraft upon arrival Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Boyd died in the Helmand province of Afghanistan, while supporting combat operation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Pvt. Charles M. High IV Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, High, 21, of Albuquerque, N.M., died Aug. 17 in Kunar province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device caused a military vehicle to roll over. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Staff. Sgt. Derek J. Farley Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Farley, 24, of Nassau, N.Y., died Aug. 17 in Bala Boluk, Farah, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated as he attempted to disarm it. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team, holding the remains of Army Specialist Christopher S. Wright, of Tollesboro, Ky., carry the transfer case off the aircraft after its arrival Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Wright died in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Army carry team, holding the remains of Sgt. Martin A. Lugo, 24, of Tucson, Ariz., raise the transfer case into the transfer vehicle Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, after arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lugo, died Aug. 19 in Puli, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Jason D. Calo Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Calo, of Fayette, Ky., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Ronald A. Rodriguez Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Rodriguez, of Fairfax, Va., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Brandon E. Maggart, of Kirksville, Mo., Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Maggart died while supporting combat operations in Iraq.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Alexis Vicente Maldonado of Wichita Falls, Texas, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Maldonado died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Steven J. Deluzio Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Deluzio, 25, of South Glastonbury, Conn., died Aug. 22 in Paktika, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Lance Cpl. Nathaniel J. Schultz of Safety Harbor, Fla., Monday, Aug. 23, 2010, at Dover Air Force, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Schultz died while supporting combat operations in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

An Air Force carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Army Pfc. Chad D. Clements Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Clements, 26, of Huntington, Ind., died Aug. 30 in the Arghandab River Valley, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Spc. Pedro A. Millet Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Millet, of Elizabeth, N.J., died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

A Marine carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Gunnery Sgt. Floyd E. C. Holley Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Holley, 36, of Casselberry, Fla., died Aug. 29 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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The basic concept of the AEF we use today was born of necessity after years of rotations between Operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch. High operations tempo (OPSTEMPO) forced us to update our Air Force-wide system of organizing, scheduling and presenting our forces to combatant commanders (CCDRs). Launched in 1998 by Gen Mike Ryan, CSAF, Cycle 1 of the AEF was 15 months long and included approximately 60,000 Airmen. Today the AEF operates on a 24-month schedule and includes over 300,000 Airmen. It remains fl exible to accommodate CCDR’s needs, whether for 4 months, 6 months, or 365 days.

Every Airman is “in” the AEF. Some are deployed to an area of responsibility (AOR), while others are employed “in place”, perhaps executing 24/7 satellite command and control to provide instantaneous combat eff ects halfway around the world. Regardless of Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC), rank, staff , or line duty – everyone is considered an expeditionary Airman and must be trained and ready to fi ght our nation’s wars. It is a given that our commanders and supervisors understand that the mission must come fi rst. That is why we exist as an Air Force. But, under that overarching concept, we all realize that people are always at the heart of our combat capability.

AEF Key Principles

The AEF is the Air Force methodology for presenting forces to CCDRs. Three main principles provide the foundation of how the AEF is structured and executed: predictability, equitability
and transparency.

Predictability

The AEF battle rhythm allows us to maintain a high state of readiness for all of our forces—all of the time. Alignment of forces across AEF blocks defines our battle rhythm and allows our Air Force
to address the question, “Who goes fi rst?” This methodology provides a logically organized structure during periods of surge in order to supply near seamless support of CCDR requirements. During rotational operations, the AEF supplies a level of predictability so our Airmen can plan for the future. Predictability varies during surge operations, necessitating higher deploy-to-dwell ratios. This is the cost the Air Force must accept in supporting CCDRs’ increased needs.

CCDRs’ needs determine which skills or capabilities are needed and supporting commanders determine how we organize, train, equip and posture our forces to meet their needs. The current operating environment requires more vigilance so Airmen have a feel for when they are likely to deploy. It is imperative that every Airman has all ancillary training up-to-date at all times and has their equipment needs and special or just-in-time training identifi ed and prioritized.  The expectation should be perfectly clear to all: There is no such thing as a “short notice” deployment during your designated vulnerability period. Your bags should be packed as if you had a “prepare to deploy order” (PTDO) in hand! You need to be ready to deploy during your entire vulnerability period. This is due to the possibility that if you’re not called in the beginning of your vulnerability period, you could be at any time during your vulnerability period. We have always had key parts of our Air Force that do not neatly align with our AEF Schedule. Strategic Capabilities, often referred to as enabler units, such as Joint Surveillance Targeting Attack Radar System (JSTARS) or B-2 squadrons, are always considered “on call”.

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List of demands:

The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY:

1. The Discovery Channel and it’s affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs at prime time slots based on Daniel Quinn’s “My Ishmael” pages 207-212 where solutions to save the planet would be done in the same way as the Industrial Revolution was done, by people building on each other’s inventive ideas. Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution. A game show format contest would be in order. Perhaps also forums of leading scientists who understand and agree with the Malthus-Darwin science and the problem of human overpopulation. Do both. Do all until something WORKS and the natural world starts improving and human civilization building STOPS and is reversed! MAKE IT INTERESTING SO PEOPLE WATCH AND APPLY SOLUTIONS!!!!

2. All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions. In those programs’ places, programs encouraging human sterilization and infertility must be pushed. All former pro-birth programs must now push in the direction of stopping human birth, not encouraging it.

3. All programs promoting War and the technology behind those must cease. There is no sense in advertising weapons of mass-destruction anymore. Instead, talk about ways to disassemble civilization and concentrate the message in finding SOLUTIONS to solving global military mechanized conflict. Again, solutions solutions instead of just repeating the same old wars with newer weapons. Also, keep out the fraudulent peace movements. They are liars and fakes and had no real intention of ending the wars. ALL OF THEM ARE FAKE! On one hand, they claim they want the wars to end, on the other, they are demanding the human population increase. World War II had 2 Billion humans and after that war, the people decided that tripling the population would assure peace. WTF??? STUPIDITY! MORE HUMANS EQUALS MORE WAR!

4. Civilization must be exposed for the filth it is. That, and all its disgusting religious-cultural roots and greed. Broadcast this message until the pollution in the planet is reversed and the human population goes down! This is your obligation. If you think it isn’t, then get hell off the planet! Breathe Oil! It is the moral obligation of everyone living otherwise what good are they??

5. Immigration: Programs must be developed to find solutions to stopping ALL immigration pollution and the anchor baby filth that follows that. Find solutions to stopping it. Call for people in the world to develop solutions to stop it completely and permanently. Find solutions FOR these countries so they stop sending their breeding populations to the US and the world to seek jobs and therefore breed more unwanted pollution babies. FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THEM TO STOP THEIR HUMAN GROWTH AND THE EXPORTATION OF THAT DISGUSTING FILTH! (The first world is feeding the population growth of the Third World and those human families are going to where the food is! They must stop procreating new humans looking for nonexistant jobs!)

6. Find solutions for Global Warming, Automotive pollution, International Trade, factory pollution, and the whole blasted human economy. Find ways so that people don’t build more housing pollution which destroys the environment to make way for more human filth! Find solutions so that people stop breeding as well as stopping using Oil in order to REVERSE Global warming and the destruction of the planet!

7. Develop shows that mention the Malthusian sciences about how food production leads to the overpopulation of the Human race. Talk about Evolution. Talk about Malthus and Darwin until it sinks into the stupid people’s brains until they get it!!

8. Saving the Planet means saving what’s left of the non-human Wildlife by decreasing the Human population. That means stopping the human race from breeding any more disgusting human babies! You’re the media, you can reach enough people. It’s your resposibility because you reach so many minds!!!

9. Develop shows that will correct and dismantle the dangerous US world economy. Find solutions for their disasterous Ponzi-Casino economy before they take the world to another nuclear war.

10. Stop all shows glorifying human birthing on all your channels and on TLC. Stop Future Weapons shows or replace the dialogue condemning the people behind these developments so that the shows become exposes rather than advertisements of Arms sales and development!

11. You’re also going to find solutions for unemployment and housing. All these unemployed people makes me think the US is headed toward more war.

Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what’s left of the planet with their false morals and breeding culture.

For every human born, ACRES of wildlife forests must be turned into farmland in order to feed that new addition over the course of 60 to 100 YEARS of that new human’s lifespan! THIS IS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FOREST CREATURES!!!! All human procreation and farming must cease!

It is the responsiblity of everyone to preserve the planet they live on by not breeding any more children who will continue their filthy practices. Children represent FUTURE catastrophic pollution whereas their parents are current pollution. NO MORE BABIES! Population growth is a real crisis. Even one child born in the US will use 30 to a thousand times more resources than a Third World child. It’s like a couple are having 30 babies even though it’s just one! If the US goes in this direction maybe other countries will too!

Also, war must be halted. Not because it’s morally wrong, but because of the catastrophic environmental damage modern weapons cause to other creatures. FIND SOLUTIONS JUST LIKE THE BOOK SAYS! Humans are supposed to be inventive. INVENT, DAMN YOU!!

The world needs TV shows that DEVELOP solutions to the problems that humans are causing, not stupify the people into destroying the world. Not encouraging them to breed more environmentally harmful humans.

Saving the environment and the remaning species diversity of the planet is now your mindset. Nothing is more important than saving them. The Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Elephants, Froggies, Turtles, Apes, Raccoons, Beetles, Ants, Sharks, Bears, and, of course, the Squirrels.

The humans? The planet does not need humans.

You MUST KNOW the human population is behind all the pollution and problems in the world, and YET you encourage the exact opposite instead of discouraging human growth and procreation. Surely you MUST ALREADY KNOW this!

I want Discovery Communications to broadcast on their channels to the world their new program lineup and I want proof they are doing so. I want the new shows started by asking the public for inventive solution ideas to save the planet and the remaining wildlife on it.

These are the demands and sayings of Lee.

Reality Show Treatment:

By: Mister Lee
8639-B 16th Street Suite #348
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: (760)-612-4309
Lee@savetheplanetprotest.com

Summary

This is an idea for a reality-game show called “Race to Save the Planet.” This is a show where contestants would come from all over to compete with each other and come up with ideas to save the planet. The idea here is to use human inventiveness to save the planet from the environmental destruction it’s facing. People competing can either have completely new ideas on how to save the planet, or they can build on another person’s idea and make that original idea better.

The persons coming up with the good ideas will win cash prizes as incentives. People who build on another person’s ideas will also receive prizes for doing so, AND the persons whose idea was built on will also receive a commission for his original idea and future commissions whenever his idea is used or improved.

Humans are proud and known for their inventiveness, they’ve invented millions of things that do work, so why not harness that energy to come up with creative ideas to save the planet? It certainly couldn’t hurt. The idea would not be limited to certain types of people, since good ideas have shown in the past to come from average people too.

Treatment

The show starts with an introduction of a collection of video clips of environmental problems, pollution, endangered animals, smokestacks, violence, overpopulation, war, and desertification, with music playing in the background similar to the song “Eve of Destruction” as the scene ends with a clip of the earth with the title of the show “Race to Save the Planet.”

The host introduces himself and explains what the show is about: “This show is about the seeking of solutions using the creative inventiveness of the human species. Contestants may come up with original ideas or build on the ideas of others, improving on those.  It is not limited to any specific type of solutions, but the best solutions will be decided by the audience.” And he then explains some of the current problems in the world and what we are doing that is causing them.  He goes on to explain how the landscape is being paved over to make room for cities and human housing. He goes on to explain how farming is destroying the rainforests. He goes on to show the causes of Global Warming and the science behind it. He interviews scientists on the chemical nature of CO2 and the scientific explanation why that gas, which is normally heavier than air, is in the atmosphere above the lighter gases.

The question of the week is posed: “What do we do about Global Warming?”

Next, the scientists are introduced, an evolutionary biologist, an economist, and an ecologist. Briefly, they are introduced and it is explained that they are there as long as the audience wants them there and can be replaced if they are deemed incompetent or corrupt.

The contestants are then introduced and video clips of them are shown of their lives and their background. Since inventiveness is not limited to a certain class of people, no one is disqualified by their background.

The first contestant happens to be an amateur inventor who believes that everyone switching to electric vehicles is the solution. In a prerecorded taping, he asserts his vision and explains why it will work.

Contestant two is a hippie vegetarian who believes that the solution is to reduce the consumption of meat products which causes the release massive amounts of methane into the atmosphere, and instead eat more vegetables that get rid of the energy needed to process vegetable into meat products. He explains in his clip how that is scientifically possible.

Contestant three is a family planning advocate who insists that it’s entirely the population, and gives her solutions to decreasing the size of families by perhaps having community-tribal child-rearing as a solution rather than individual child upbringing. She explains her argument.

Now, each contestant is interrogated by the panel of scientists and their idea is argued over bluntly. First, the economist argues that electric vehicles are inefficient and impractical and hurt the economy because many gas-station businesses would go out of business and his idea takes into no account what would happen to those business owners.

Then, the ecologist hammers in saying that the production of fuel cells causes just as much environmental damage as gas-vehicles. He also asks what will be done with the gasoline vehicles that would have to be discarded and what damage that would cause on the environment. He also states the production numbers and the costs in water, fuel, and natural resources would be astronomical.

Finally, the evolutionary biologist comments that automobiles in themselves, contribute nothing to evolution in itself, since driving cars makes people fat, lazy, and mentally unfit. He makes a rude comment that if birds had airplanes, eventually they would lose their ability to fly. Not to mention that, but maybe ideas could be sought where people would just need to commute at lesser distances as a solution. He also states, that the production of more cars, whether it’s electric or gasoline, reflects the human population increasing to unsustainable levels.

Then the other constants gives their opinion on the first contestant’s solution.  Then members of the audience are allowed to comment and argue. Finally, a vote is taken after all 3 contestants are debated in the same manner, only one is allowed on the show the following week and the other two are put on a list and profile to be decided on if they should return on a following show.

The winner is awarded a cash prize from the account and is also put in a database to be decided if that person should return the next week to build on the idea or to seek new ideas. New contestants are screened and the brightest ones who pass the screeners are put on the next show. Screenings will be done at the warehouse site where the taping of the contest will be done as well.

“Race to Save the Planet.”  This show could very well save the planet.

The costs for this show will be about $26,500 per show and $23,000 for expenses to start it up. People will send in donations from all over the world in support of such a show in order to save the planet.

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Major drug trafficker Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez is escorted by Mexican federal police during a news conference at the federal police center in Mexico City August 31, 2010. Mexico captured Valdez on Monday in a new victory for President Felipe Calderon's high-stakes war on murderous cartels that threatens the country's image among investors and tourists. Federal police caught Valdez, a leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel based in central Mexico, in a residential area near Mexico City, the government said. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Mexicans arrest alleged drug kingpin wanted in Atlanta (Atlanta Journal-Constitution):

His fair skin and blue eyes made Edgar Valdez Villarreal resemble a Ken doll and earned him the nickname “La Barbie.”

But there was nothing playful about this allegedly brutal drug lord who federal authorities said ran a drug operation that brought cocaine by the truckload to Atlanta and sent those trucks back to a Mexican cartel carrying millions of dollars in cash.

Valdez was arrested Monday in a residential area outside Mexico City, U.S. and Mexican authorities said. It was a big enough break in Mexico’s war with the drug cartels that Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced the arrest of “La Barbie” on his Twitter account, calling Valdez one of the most-wanted criminals in Mexico and abroad.

For years, the 37-year-old Valdez has used Atlanta as a major distribution hub to flood the eastern United States with thousands of kilograms of cocaine, according to a federal indictment here. When that indictment was unsealed in June, the U.S. Justice Department announced that it was putting up $2 million for information leading to the arrest of Valdez.

Federal authorities said the drug-laden trucks that Valdez sent to Atlanta began their journey 1,100 miles away at a border crossing in Laredo, Texas.

In Mexico, Valdez has been blamed for bloody drug and gang turf wars in which rivals were beheaded and hung from bridges.

With his good looks, luxury cars and fine clothes, Valdez achieved a sort of cult status among those involved in the Mexican drug trade.

Capture of drug kingpin a breakthrough for Mexico (McClatchy News Service):

Born in Laredo, Valdez-Villarreal moved to Mexico City, where in 1998 he met Arturo Beltran-Leyva, a drug lord working for the surging Sinaloa Cartel, Pequeno said. As the Texan worked his way up the criminal chain, first in Nuevo Laredo along the border, then starting in 2004 in the Pacific Coast resort of Acapulco, he nurtured a reputation for extreme violence, including frequent beheadings of the Beltran-Leyva group’s enemies.

The grisly reputation contrasted with his unlikely nickname, given because of his blue eyes and fair complexion — reminiscent of Ken, the Barbie doll’s companion.

By 2007, Valdez-Villarreal ranked senior enough to take part in a meeting in the weekend getaway of Cuernavaca in which bosses of the Sinaloa, Juarez and Gulf cartels — along with the Gulf Cartel’s armed wing, Los Zetas — gathered to hash out an end to conflict between the rival groups, Pequeno said.

Valdez-Villarreal had many enemies, but one of his bitterest feuds dated to his stint in Nuevo Laredo, where he battled the Gulf Cartel and its henchmen, Los Zetas, for smuggling routes, Pequeno said. His hatred of the No. 2 Zetas leader, Miguel Trevino Morales, alias “El L-40,” was so severe it nearly caused a falling out with his own boss, Pequeno said.

Eventually, Beltran-Leyva and his underlings broke from the Sinaloa Cartel, and when the drug lord died in a shootout in December with Mexican marines, his gang was ripped apart by violence, with “La Barbie” seizing control of a faction and becoming a major trafficker in his own right.

Narcotics agents hunting “La Barbie” got a lucky break in a raid on Aug. 9 in the elegant Bosques de las Lomas district of Mexico City, which turned up evidence leading them to the accused drug lord’s mountain safe house in Salazar, Rosas said.

The State Department had offered a $2 million bounty for Valdez-Villarreal and Mexican authorities held out a similar reward of around $2.2 million.

Valdez-Villarreal faces federal narcotics charges in Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, the earliest dating back to 1998 and the most recent announced in June in Atlanta.

Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration held Valdez-Villarreal on marijuana charges briefly in St. Louis when he was 19 but let him go, Pequeno said.

Lockheed Martin’s 420k Persistent Threat Detection System is a tethered aerostat-based system, capable of staying aloft for weeks at a time and providing round-the-clock surveillance of broad areas. The United States Army first began using PTDS in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2004. Photo Lockheed Martin.

The Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) is a tethered aerostat-based system that has been in use by the U.S. Army since 2004.  According to the PTDS is equipped with multi-mission sensors to provide long endurance intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and communications in support of coalition forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

According to information provided by the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, the PTDS “leverages a wide-area, secure communications backbone for the integration of threat reporting from multiple available sensors. The system’s sensor integration architecture supports the automated interoperability between tactical/theater surveillance assets and the dissemination of threat data to operational forces to aid interdiction of hostile fires and unconventional threats.”1

According to a brochure released by Lockheed Martin, the PTDS is a “sensor integration architecture”:

The PTDS is an aerostat-based sensor integration architecture designed to support the automated interoperability between tactical/theater surveillance assets and the dissemination of threat data to operational forces to aid interdiction of hostile fires and unconventional threats. PTDS leverages a wide-area, secure communications backbone for the integration of threat reporting from multiple available sensor assets. 2

The brochure also states that PTDS is being used to provide radar surveillance on the U.S.-Mexico border as well as in counterdrug operations in Florida and the Caribbean:

The 420K Aerostat System is the standard configuration selected by the U.S. Air Force for their Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS). All TARS systems are equipped and integrated with Lockheed Martin’s L88 wide area surveillance radar. The 420K is the only large aerostat system in daily use in the U.S.

The TARS provides low-level radar surveillance for the United States-Mexico border, the Florida Straights, and part of the Caribbean in support of U.S. Counter-Drug and Counter-Narco Terrorism missions and other continental United States air sovereignty missions. The TARS is optimized for detecting low, slow flying aircraft as well as maritime and surface targets.3

The PTDS consists of an aerostat, tether, mobile mooring platform, mission payloads, ground control shelter, maintenance and officer shelter and power generators and site-handling equipment.

Two Models of PTDS

According to Lockheed Martin, there are two main classes of PTDS systems: the 420K and the 74K model.  The 74K Aerostat system is in use by the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.  The 420K Aerostat system is in use by the U.S. Air Force in U.S. Counter-Drug and Counter-Narco Terrorism missions.

420K Specifications:
Hull Volume: 12,000 m3 (420,000 ft3)
Length: 64 m
Mooring: Fixed Base
Payload: 1,000 kg
Operating Alt: 4,600 m
Radar Horizon: 275 km

74K Specifications:
Hull Volume: 2,100 m3 (74,000 ft3)
Length: 35 m
Tether: Power with fiber optics
Mooring: Mobile/Re-locatable
Payload: 500 kg
Operating Alt: 1,500 m
Radar Horizon: 160 km

Photos of PTDS

The following photos are of the 74K Aerostat System produced by Lockheed Martin.

1. Lockheed Martin. Persistent Threat Detection System. Accessed August 28, 2010. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/PTDS/index.html
2. Lockheed Martin.  Aerostat Systems Brochure.  Accessed August 28, 2010.  http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ms2/pdf/AerostatSystems.pdf
3. Ibid.

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• September 17, 2009

1 Scope

This document specifies the performance of the Baseline and Tactical Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS). Section 3 specifies the requirements for the Baseline PTDS and Section 4 specifies the requirements for the Tactical PTDS (T-PTDS). Throughout this specification, the acronym PTDS (without B- or T-) applies to both the Baseline PTDS and Tactical PTDS.

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3 Baseline PTDS Requirements

The Baseline PTDS (B-PTDS) consists of a tethered aerostat with a modular mobile mooring system, an aerostat-mounted imaging sensor package (single/dual), aerostat-mounted communications relay package, a transportable environmentally controlled ground control station (GCS), external power generators, shore power interface, air/ground based sensors, and an Unattended Transient Acoustic MASINT System (UTAMS), an aerostat mounted UTAMS and a Joint Synchronization Information Transceiver (JSIT) capable of dissemination of Full Motion Video (FMV) to the units One System Remote Video Terminals (OSRVTs) communication net components. The B-PTDS Aerostat Assembly consists of:

• Aerostat envelope with rigging
• Helium valve
• Pressurization system
• Power distribution system
• Flight control and monitoring system
• Collision avoidance system (i.e. strobe lights and/or FAA transponder)
• Emergency Locator Beacon (ELB)

The rugged aerostat envelope material is built with coatings on the inner and outer layers that limit helium permeability and permit field operators to quickly perform permanent repairs in less than an hour. The aerostat has a total payload capacity of several hundred pounds at sea level with an altitude up to 5000 feet above ground level (AGL). Operational altitude can be adjusted to accommodate wind, temperature, helium purity, and negative superheat conditions. B-PTDS provides a fully integrated persistent surveillance and dissemination capability to provide response forces the ability to find, fix, track, target, and engage (F2T2E) threats against counter-insurgency personnel, civilians, facilities, and infrastructure within the PTDS area of responsibility (AOR). The B-PTDS is capable of providing day/night, 360 degree detection, surveillance, monitoring, and target-location capability. It has the ability to maintain persistent surveillance and monitor activity in its area of operations 24/7 for periods of twenty-five (25) days continuously at altitudes of at least 2,500 and up to 5,000 ft AGL with a mobile mooring platform emplaced at elevations of at least 6000 ft above sea level (ASL) and climatic conditions characteristic of the CENTCOM AOR.

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A Homeland strike soon after the London attacks is conceivable but unlikely, and if and when it comes, it could just as well be on other “soft targets” as on mass transit. These were the conclusions of 18 leading academic terrorism experts, former senior National Security Council and DHS officials, mass transit security specialists, and other nongovernmental experts and creative thinkers polled by the DHS Analytic Red Cell immediately after the July 7 attacks.

• Many Red Cell participants said terrorists would probably remain focused for now on striking other Western nations rather than the Homeland.

• If terrorists attacked, participants believed smallscaleattacks against mass transit were possible but other “soft targets”—like malls, hotels, schools, and public gathering places—were just as attractive. Few mentioned terrorists attacking or exploiting air transit or planning “the big one.”

• Other concerns centered on the possible threats from indigenous jihadists and from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems.

The Red Cell participants’ remarks highlighted the challenge in defending such a wide range of soft targets, suggesting the heightened importance not only of existing protective measures, but also overseas counterterrorism efforts, tight border controls and robust emergency preparedness and response capabilities.

• For some, London brought renewed attention to the possibility of closed circuit television as a potential preventive and investigative tool.

Concern Over Future Homeland Attack, But Attack No More Likely Than Before

The participants showed concern over prospects for a future jihadist attack against the Homeland, but did not maintain that such an attack was any more likely as a result of the London bombings.

• According to some, the attack was an “ominous” reminder of the continued operational capabilities of Islamic jihadists. Terrorists’ long-term goals for attacking the Homeland remain steadfast, and their planning for attacks against the Homeland may even be under way. One Red Cell participant said the London attacks “countered the perception that terrorists are running scared.”

• Some expressed concern about the increased risk of copy-cat attacks against the Homeland by individual jihadists or sympathetic groups. The London attacks likely would inspire and empower others to continue planning.

Red Cell participants largely believed that, while al-Qaida (AQ) leaders were likely engaged in long-term planning for an attack on the United States, most jihadists were focused on striking targets in Western Europe—with it being “London’s turn” last week.

• Some speculated that AQ leadership remains interested in large-scale “grandiose” attacks in the United States, but has delegated operational authority to local cells willing to engage in less spectacular attacks that put pressure on U.S. allies in the war in Iraq.

• Others pointed out how the attacks coincided with a unique event—the G-8 summit—and were likely meant to send a signal to the United Kingdom regarding cooperation with the United States. (See Red Cell Report, “The G-8 Summit: An Opportune Time for a Terrorist Attack?” of May 14, 2004)

Mass Transit Systems Are a Target . . .

Participants showed heightened concern that the London attack, like the Madrid attack before it, signals that mass transit in the Homeland is a potential target. Additionally, they viewed attacks during rush hour as most likely to cause panic and economic disruption.

• Trains, buses, subways and their supporting infrastructure, such as platforms and stations, were identified as the most likely targets. Major metropolitan areas were of particular concern.

• Participants also frequently cited bridges and tunnels as attractive transit targets.

. . . But Other Soft Targets Remain Attractive

Participants, however, were nearly unanimous in their belief that London showed that AQ related elements might seek to attack a broader range of homeland soft targets than just mass transit. They also consistently suggested terrorists might prefer major urban areas for soft target selection, though some opined that attacks on the heartland also would be devastating.

• Shopping malls, hotels, convention centers, and other economic targets with retail themes were frequently identified because of their high population densities and lesser security measures. Schools and even police stations also were noted for their shock value.

• Participants also said that terrorists would consider many other targets that generate large gatherings, such as national monuments or theme parks.

• Most respondents shied away from the air transportation infrastructure because, as one said, there were simply “too many checks” at airports for a prospective attacker to overcome.

• One participant expressed concern about cyber-related attacks.

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• May 3, 2006

Marine Corps Judge Advocates have been providing wartime legal support to operational commanders since the Vietnam War. Judge Advocates who deployed to Operation DESERT STORM reported an increased need for operational law support and a diminished need for traditional military justice (court-martial) support. Observations by Judge Advocates and infantry commanders who served in OEF/OIF between 2003 and 2006 show that the need for operational law support of ground commanders has continued to expand and is now required on a consistent basis at the infantry battalion level.

• Marine Corps Legal Services Support doctrine, which was last updated during the Cold War in 1984, does not match the needs of Marine warfighters and the reality of wartime legal practice today. The Marine Corps is the only armed service that does not have a stand-alone doctrinal publication devoted to legal services. Marine Corps Legal Services Support doctrine requires immediate revision to better establish the training, sourcing and organization of Marine Judge Advocates for deployment in support of the current “Long War” environment of world-wide conflict.

• The tactical considerations of OEF/OIF counter-insurgency operations require that legal
services be provided as far forward as possible. Widely dispersed battalion commanders
indicate that as long as they are operating in a counter-insurgency environment, timely
legal service support is an essential element of mission accomplishment. A deployed
battalion commander’s time-sensitive legal needs must be supported quickly or they
might as well not be supported at all. The innovative practice of assigning a Judge
Advocate to each infantry battalion in OIF has been a proven force multiplier that should
continue in the future.

• The selection of Judge Advocates to fill deployment billets requires careful screening to
ensure that the Judge Advocate who is best qualified in operational law by training and
experience is the one who is selected to deploy, rather than the Judge Advocate who is
most available.

• Judge Advocates need operational law training that provides the right mix of fundamental
legal principles and real world practices. Judge Advocate training, while currently very
good, must be coordinated to ensure that every Judge Advocate who deploys has received
refresher training in operational law prior to their deployment.

• The excellent efforts by Marine Corps schools such as The Basic School (TBS) and the
Expeditionary Warfare School (EWS) to provide Law of War and operational law followon
training to all Marine Officers should continue.

• A Marine Corps Order specifically mandates that all commanders will receive specialized
Law of War training, but only 25 percent of the commanders surveyed had received it. A
greater effort needs to be made to see that commanders get all such training that is
available to them. The better a commander understands the role of operational law on the
battlefields of today, the more effective that commander will be as a warfighter.

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Key Findings

• Thus far, there have been no known successful cyber attacks conducted by al Qaeda sympathizers or affiliates against US national infrastructure.

• The federal government has placed increased emphasis on the cyber threat, citing it in the Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence, released in February 2008, and hosting the nation’s largest cyber security exercise, Cyber Storm II, in March 2008.

• Cyber attacks in New Jersey have been carried out by local animal rights extremists employing low-level techniques targeting Internet sites and e-mail systems of companies and businesses associated with animal research programs.

• Cyberterrorism is an attractive option for foreign-born and domestic terrorists who value its anonymity, potential to inflict massive damage, psychological impact and media appeal. As a new, more computer-savvy generation of terrorists comes of age, the threat of cyber-terror attack is likely to increase.

Definitions

Cybercrime: Criminal activities that specifically target a computer or network for damage or infiltration. The use of computer(s) as a tool to conduct criminal activity.

Terrorism: To coerce a government or its people in furtherance of political or social objectives through the use of violence.

Cyberterrorism: The convergence of cyberspace and terrorism in the effort to conduct a premeditated, politically motivated use of computers as weapons or as targets, by sub-national groups or clandestine agents intent on violence, to influence an audience or cause a government to change its policies.

Cyberterrorism exists as, and can be understood as, any action that falls within guidelines set forth in Terrorist Capabilities for Cyberattack:

Overview and Policy, produced by the Congressional Research Service. In this publication, Cyberterrorism has occurred when an action’s effects or intent produce results greater than that of general crime, regardless of what kind of actor initiated the sequence.

• Effects-based: Cyberterrorism exists when computer attacks result in effects that are disruptive enough to generate fear comparable to a traditional act of terrorism, even if done by criminals.

• Intent-based: Cyberterrorism exists when unlawful or politically motivated computer attacks are done to intimidate or coerce a government or people to further a political objective, or to cause grave harm or severe economic damage.

The Cyber Attack Continuum

While to the best of our knowledge terrorist groups have not yet employed cyber tools as a weapon against U.S. critical infrastructure on a large scale, their acquisition of computer expertise and reliance on information technology to formulate plans, raise funds, spread propaganda, and engage in secure communications represent clear warning signs. The cyber or digital world is not only a vast resource used and targeted by terrorists, but also criminal gangs, foreign intelligence services, and hackers – individuals whose mission is to break into private, public, or classified network systems. These groups may share some of the same objectives, regardless of their primary motivation. They may seek to acquire sensitive, proprietary or classified information, personal identity information, financial resources, property, and other materials of intrinsic value. Cyber-terrorists have the additional goal of destruction and disruption to critical information infrastructure.

Cyber attacks can be divided into three categories, which help quantify the different skills and resources required to carry out such an attack:

• Simple-Unstructured: Simple-Unstructured attacks are the most common. These are amateurish attacks with relatively minimal consequences.

• Advanced-Structured: Advanced-Structured attacks are more sophisticated and thus more consequential having greater emphasis on targeting and focus done prior to an attack, the result being a more debilitating attack.

• Complex-Coordinated: Complex-Coordinated attacks are the most advanced and most troublesome type of attack where success could mean a network shutdown.

Attacks on computers can come in many forms, but the most likely methods can include any number of the following: 1) disrupting equipment and hardware reliability, 2) changing processing logic, or 3) stealing or corrupting existing data or information.6 Any category or method can involve:

• Directing conventional kinetic weapons against computer equipment, a computer facility, or transmission lines to create a physical attack that disrupts the reliability of equipment.

• The power of electromagnetic energy, most commonly in the form of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP), can be used to create an electronic attack (EA) directed against computer equipment or data transmissions. By overheating circuitry or jamming communications, EA disrupts the reliability of equipment and the integrity of data.

• Malicious code can be used to create a cyber attack, or computer network attack (CNA), directed against computer processing code, instruction logic, or data. The code can generate a stream of malicious network packets that can disrupt data or logic through exploiting a vulnerability in computer software, or a weakness in the computer security practices of an organization. This type of cyber attack can disrupt the reliability of equipment, the integrity of data, and the confidentiality of communications.

The following are three recent cyber-terror events – one plot and two actual attacks – that illustrate the scope of the threat:

• On 16 January 2008, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) cybersecurity analyst made a statement at a security conference attended by international government officials, engineers, and security managers from North American energy companies and utilities. He discussed attempted cyber intrusions into utilities outside the US which were followed by extortion demands, and in one instance resulted in a power outage affecting multiple cities.

• In April and May 2007, pro-Russian hackers launched numerous attacks on servers throughout Estonia in response to the removal of Soviet era statues in the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. Experts stated that they had never before seen cyber attacks of such sophistication, coordination, and scale. This method of attack is commonly known as a DoS attack, or denial-of-service. This tactic targets central servers, flooding them with false requests, eventually overloading the capacity of the processor and leading to a complete downing of all services. Targets included various hosting services, government websites and a large part of the commercial sector. Estonia, ranked as one of the highest users of Internet technology worldwide, is largely dependent on data networks. These attacks crippled vital daily functions.

• In early 2007, Scotland Yard uncovered an al Qaeda plot to infiltrate and destroy a high-security Internet hub in the United Kingdom. The Internet facility was undoubtedly an attractive target because it contains numerous servers vital to UK Internet operations and is a clearinghouse for the majority of Internet activity in and out of Britain. In addition, it appears that the terrorists were planning to steal sensitive information located on the servers and then launch a cyber attack designed to undermine the UK’s economic and business sectors.
Cyberterrorism in New Jersey

Historically, cyberterrorism in New Jersey has been used by animal rights extremists who have employed low-level techniques including worms, viruses and denial-of-service attacks to target the websites and e-mail systems of companies and businesses associated with animal research programs. In most cases, this form of cyber disruption involves the sending of thousands of emails en masse to corporate email addresses. These attacks typically target a single business, and do not constitute a threat to the safe operation of the Internet as a whole.

New Jersey remains a valuable target as it possesses a wealth of critical information infrastructure, much of which is inherently interdependent. New Jersey is strategically located along a heavy transit corridor for people and goods, and is a major node along the fiber path from the Northeast to Philadelphia and Washington, DC. Furthermore, New Jersey is one of the wealthiest states in the country and is home to many Fortune 500 companies. Any disruption to the State’s economy could have a drastic impact on the national economy and thus the nation’s economic stability.

Worst Case Scenario

A “worst case” cyber attack scenario would involve either a massive cyber attack or both a physical attack and a cyber attack carried out simultaneously. The federal government has conducted several tests and exercises designed to measure the viability and impact of such an attack:

• In July 2002, the US Naval War College developed a scenario entitled “Digital Pearl Harbor” to examine the effects of a coordinated cyberterrorism event. In this event, computer security experts attacked critical infrastructure systems simulating state-sponsored cyberwarfare. This test showed that the most vulnerable of systems included the Internet itself as well as the computer systems that are part of the financial infrastructure. This test also showed that the US telecommunications infrastructure would be able to withstand such an attack due to the built-in system security redundancy that would prevent widespread damage. It also noted that such an attack on the US “was only a slight possibility.”

• In February 2006, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held Cyber Storm, the first national cyber exercise. The most important finding from this exercise was the need for better interagency-communication during such attacks. Other key findings included the need for a formal contingency plan of response, better correlation of multiple incident reporting between public and private sectors, public messaging to minimize damage through individual protective responses, and the overall need for better training tools, and processes of response.

• In March 2007, researchers at Idaho National Laboratories (INL) conducted an experiment labeled “Aurora Generator Test.” This test was designed to show the effects of a cyber attack on a power network by targeting a power generator. The generator was forced to shut down after receiving malicious commands from an outside source. This test demonstrated that in the event that enough generators were targeted simultaneously, a system failure is possible.

• And in early March 2008, DHS conducted Cyber Storm II, the nation’s largest cyber security exercise. Mandated by Congress, the exercise was designed to simulate a coordinated cyber attack on information technology, communications, chemical, and transportation systems and assets. Participants were from federal, state and local governments, the private sector, and the international community. The exercise and the participants: 1) Examined organizations’ capability to prepare for, protect from, and respond to cyber attacks’ potential effects; 2) Exercised strategic decision making and interagency coordination of incident response(s) in accordance with national level policy and procedures; 3) Validated information sharing relationships and communications paths for collecting and disseminating cyber incident situational awareness, response and recovery information; and 4) Examined means and processes through which to share sensitive information across boundaries and sectors without compromising proprietary or national security interests.

Remember:

Washington Post Censors Article About Half of Karzai’s Palace Being On CIA Payroll
Karzai Aide in Corruption Scandal Works for CIA

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) with his counterparts from Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon (R) and Afghanistan Hamid Karzai (L) meet in Tehran on August 05, 2010 at the start of a Trilateral Summit. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE

Karzai sacks anti-corruption prosecutor (Sydney Morning Herald):

One of Afghanistan’s most senior prosecutors says the President, Hamid Karzai, fired him after he repeatedly refused to block corruption investigations at the highest levels of the government.

Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, the former deputy attorney-general, said investigations of more than two dozen senior officials – including cabinet ministers, ambassadors and provincial governors – were being held up or blocked outright by Mr Karzai, the Attorney-General, Mohammed Ishaq Aloko, and others.

”We propose investigations, detentions and prosecutions of high government officials, but we cannot resist him,” Mr Faqiryar said of Mr Karzai. ”He won’t sign anything. We have great, honest, and professional prosecutors here, but we need support.”

This month Mr Karzai intervened to stop the prosecution of one of his closest aides, Mohammed Zia Salehi, who investigators say had been wiretapped demanding a bribe from another Afghan seeking his help in scuttling a corruption investigation.

Mr Karzai’s chief of staff, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, said the President had instructed the prosecutors to move cases forward ”appropriately”.

Mr Daudzai also said on Saturday that he was not sure the government was ”on a path to success” in securing the country against the Taliban and that it could fail altogether if the US did not significantly alter its strategy.

Mr Daudzai, who usually plays a behind-the-scenes role at the presidential palace, said he was speaking out because media reports of worsening US-Afghan relations were ”taking up a lot of our time” and had had a damaging effect on the fight against a growing insurgency.

He called on the international forces to stop invasive night raids on residents’ homes and to distance their soldiers from ”the daily life of the people”, a sharp divergence from General David Petraeus’s strategy of having soldiers embedded in communities. The coalition policies have undermined Mr Karzai’s authority and Afghan sovereignty, Mr Daudzai said, and led to ”blame games” between the two sides.

Karzai tried to block graft probes: Afghan prosecutor (AFP):

One US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Afghan prosecutors had prepared several cases against officials suspected of corruption, but that Karzai was “stalling and stalling and stalling,” the paper noted

“We propose investigations, detentions and prosecutions of high government officials, but we cannot resist him,” Faqiryar is quoted as saying of Karzai. “He won?t sign anything. We have great, honest and professional prosecutors here, but we need support.”

This month, Karzai intervened to stop the prosecution of one of his closest aides, Mohammed Zia Salehi, who investigators say had been wiretapped demanding a bribe from another Afghan, The Times said.

The paper pointed out that Karzai’s chief of staff disputed Faqiryar’s characterization of the president’s involvement, saying that the president had instructed the prosecutors to move cases forward “appropriately”.

“I strongly deny that the president has been in any way obstructing the investigations of these cases,” the chief of staff, Umer Daudzai, is quoted as telling the Times.

“On the contrary, he has done his bit in all these cases, and it is his job to make sure that the justice is not politicized. And, unfortunately we see in some of these cases that it is politicized.”

• Dr. Jonathan White
• Law Enforcement Sensitive
• June 2010

Radicalization Process
• Adopting violent extremist position
• To address perceived injustice
• By taking violent actions

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Six Observable Factors
1. Adopting legalistic, literalist form of religion
2. Trusts only selected legalistic sources
• Ahmed ibn Taymiyya
• Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahhab
• Hassan al Banna
• Sayyid Qutb
• Abdullah Maududi
3. Accepts “Clash of Civilizations”
• West at war with Islam
• Ayman al Zawahiri – 3 choices for infidels
– Slavery
– Conversion
– Death
4. No tolerance for theological deviance
5. Vehemently tries to convert other Muslims
to narrow interpretations
6. Publically advocates
violence against
U.S. policies

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• 53 pages
• For Official Use Only
• March 2007

1. (U) Purpose. This Concept of Operations (CONOP) documents concepts and procedures for the use of biometric technologies to support identity superiority, protection and management in the entire USCENTCOM AOR. This CONOP focuses on the biometrics process and key systemic enablers. This CONOP contains UNCLASSIFIED and CLASSIFIED 100 annexes. The body of the CONOP is UNCLASSIFIED however, Annex E, “HUMINT Biometrics Management”, is CLASSIFIED SECRET//NOFORN.

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4.3 (U) Biometrics is means of identification that provides great confidence in the relationship between an identity and an individual. The associated history of a biometric identity can assist in the categorization of individuals as“Red,” “Blue,” or “Gray.” When properly collected and matched, biometrics routinely identifies an individual with a degree of certainty of over 99%. Unlike signatures or “flash to pass” ID cards, biometric samples cannot easily be faked. Unlike simple facial photos that change over time, a biometric proves more stable over time and cannot be easily duped through disguising.

(U) Biometrics is a force multiplier. By linking an individual to a history, a Commander has facts on which to base a decision. Biometric modalities provide faster screening while ensuring threatening personnel are  identified. Because an individual‟s biometric modalities are not easily “spoofed” or transferable to another individual, a biometrics reader in lieu of a „flash to pass‟ badge system is required. This type of verification allows the Commander to focus his forces on missions rather than determining the authenticity of credentials.

4.5. (U) Biometrics is also the only form of identification which, by its nature, is also evidence. By properly enrolling a person, a Commander can compare the match to previously collected data such as latent prints, previous detainments, and „watch lists.‟ A Commander can match an enrollment for base access or weapon card applicant against a historical latent print and use that history to deny access, and prosecute suspect individuals. Alternatively, biometrics systems can be used to exonerate innocent individuals by establishing irrefutable evidence of  time/location combinations that can be accessed after the fact.

5. (U) THE USCENTCOM Joint Biometrics Process

5.1. (U) The purpose of the USCENTCOM biometrics process is to enable the Commander to effectively categorize an individual as friend or adversary. With biometrics, the Commander can match an individual to historical data in order to confirm that person is who they claim to be and possibly determine past activity.

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The bodies of some of the 72 presumed migrants killed in a ranch in Mexico, lie on the ground at the abandoned warehouse in San Fernando, Tamaulipas State, on August 25, 2010. Blame for the killing of the 72 presumed migrants fell on the Zetas drug gang on August 26, as President Felipe Calderon condemned the murders and cartel attacks on migrants. An injured Ecuadoran man claiming to be the sole survivor of a massacre alerted the military and told police the group had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Zetas for refusing to work for the cartel. AFP PHOTO/STR ---- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Mexican massacre investigator found dead (guardian.co.uk):

The body of an official investigating the massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants killed in a ranch in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas was found today dumped beside a nearby road alongside another unidentified victim, according to local media.

Earlier, two cars exploded outside the studios of the national TV network Televisa in the state capital, Ciudad Victoria. There were no casualties, but the blasts added to a growing sense of fear in the aftermath of the worst single act of violence in the country’s raging drug wars.

Meanwhile, investigators under armed guard continued the process of identifying the victims, with 20 named by midday on Friday, local officials said.

The migrants, 14 of them women, came from at least four countries, including Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil and Ecuador. They were found bound and blindfolded by the wall of a barn after navy personnel stormed the ranch on Tuesday.

The massacre was discovered after an Ecuadorian migrant, who had been left for dead with a neck wound, escaped. Luis Freddy Lala Pomavilla, 18, found his way to a navy road checkpoint.

He said the migrants had been kidnapped by armed men who identified themselves as belonging to the Zetas, one of the cartels fighting for supremacy in the state. He said the killing began after they refused offers to work for the cartel.

Interviewed at their home in a remote Andean village by Ecuadorian TV, Lala’s family said he had left for the US two months ago after paying $15,000 (£9,000) to a people smuggler to organise the trip.

“I told him not to go, but he went,” said one of his seven brothers, Luis Alfredo. His 17-year-old pregnant wife Maria said she had received a call a few weeks ago from Guatemala, indicating all that was well.

The Ecuadorian government has complained that the survivor’s security has been put at risk by the publication of his identity around the world. Mexican newspapers said he had been transferred from hospital to a naval base. His family in Ecuador was put under police protection.

The massacre has focused attention on the vulnerability of US-bound economic migrants as they cross Mexico, a situation long denounced by activists, but largely ignored by the Mexican government until now. Since at least 2008 organised crime groups, particularly the Zetas, have preyed on migrants, primarily from Central America. Copycat groups might also be using the name of the infamously violent cartel to terrify their victims. A report published in 2009 by Mexico’s national commission of human rights estimated that more than 1,600 migrants were kidnapped every month.

The bodies of some of the 72 presumed migrants killed in a ranch in Mexico, lie on the ground at the abandoned warehouse in San Fernando, Tamaulipas State, on August 25, 2010. Blame for the killing of the 72 presumed migrants fell on the Zetas drug gang on August 26, as President Felipe Calderon condemned the murders and cartel attacks on migrants. An injured Ecuadoran man claiming to be the sole survivor of a massacre alerted the military and told police the group had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Zetas for refusing to work for the cartel. AFP PHOTO/STR --- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

The bodies of some of the 72 presumed migrants killed in a ranch in Mexico, lie on the ground at the abandoned warehouse in San Fernando, Tamaulipas State, on August 25, 2010. Blame for the killing of the 72 presumed migrants fell on the Zetas drug gang on August 26, as President Felipe Calderon condemned the murders and cartel attacks on migrants. An injured Ecuadoran man claiming to be the sole survivor of a massacre alerted the military and told police the group had been kidnapped and killed by members of the Zetas for refusing to work for the cartel. AFP PHOTO/STR ---- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

• 223 pages
• November 2006

The magnitude and importance of Afghanistan’s opium economy are virtually unprecedented and unique in global experience —it has been roughly estimated as equivalent to 36% of licit (i.e. non-drug) GDP in 2004/05, or if drugs are also included in the denominator, 27% of total drug-inclusive GDP (see Chapter 2). The sheer size and illicit nature of the opium economy mean that not surprisingly, it infiltrates and seriously affects  Afghanistan’s economy, state, society, and politics. It generates large amounts of effective demand in the economy, provides incomes and employment including in rural areas (even though most of the final “value” from Afghan opium accrues outside the country), and supports the balance of payments and indirectly (through Customs duties on drug-financed imports) government revenues. The opium economy by all accounts is a massive source of corruption and undermines public institutions especially in (but not limited to) the security and justice sectors. There are worrying signs of infiltration by the drug industry into higher levels of government and into the emergent politics of the country. Thus it is widely considered to be one of the greatest threats to state-building, reconstruction, and development in Afghanistan.

UNODC’s (United Nations Office on Drugs And Crime) regular surveys, extensive data, and its 2003 comprehensive report (UNODC, 2003) provide invaluable insights into the overall size and characteristics of the opium economy, and much good fieldwork has been done at the rural household level.2 There have also been general overviews like Ward and Byrd (2004). But the opium economy beyond the rural farm and household level remains very under-explored and under-researched, despite its obvious importance for Afghanistan’s security, governance, and development agenda. As a result, counter-narcotics policies and actions have had to cope with a limited evidence base, further increasing the risk of mistakes in addressing what is an enormously complex and difficult problem in the first place.

This volume, a joint effort edited by UNODC and World Bank staff and including work by a number of contributors, constitutes a first attempt to remedy this situation— by broadening the analysis of Afghanistan’s opium economy to encompass, in addition to the rural farm/household level: opium trading, price patterns and pricing behavior, the drugs/informal financial transfer (hawala) nexus, the organized crime perspective, and macroeconomic dimensions. While it aspires to greater comprehensiveness, this is not at the expense of depth of coverage, as most of the research presented in the volume is based on newly-gathered primary data from fieldwork, or in-depth technical analysis of available information. However, while it is beginning to put together the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle— or in other words to fill in the overall picture of the opium economy in Afghanistan— this volume’s findings and conclusions must be considered preliminary, subject to further verification, adjustment, or correction through additional research.

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Barbara Lee, defending her decision as the only representative to vote against the initial funding of the war in Afghanistan (Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists, 420-1), on September 14, 2001:

We must not rush to judgment. For too many innocent people have already died. Our country is in mourning. If we rush to launch a counterattack, we run too great a risk that woman, children, and other non-combatants will be caught in the crossfire.

Nor can we let our justified anger over these outrageous acts by vicious murderers inflame prejudice against all Arab Americans, Muslim, Southeast Asians, and any other people because of their race, religion, or ethnicity.

Finally, we must be careful not to embark on an open-ended war with neither an exit strategy nor a focused target. We cannot repeat past mistakes.

In 1964, Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson the power to “take all necessary measures” to repel attacks and prevent further aggression. In so doing, this House abandoned its own constitutional responsibilities and launched our country into years of undeclared war in Vietnam.

At this time, Senator Wayne Morse, on e of the two lonely votes against the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, declared, “I believe that history will record that we have made a grave mistake in subverting and circumventing the Constitution of the United States I believe that with the next century, future generations will look with dismay and great disappointment upon a Congress which is now about to make such a historic mistake.”

Senator Morse was correct, and I fear we make the same mistake today. And I fear the consequences. I have agonized over this vote. But I came to grips with it in the very painful yet beautiful memorial service today at the National Cathedral. As a member of the clergy so eloquently said, ” As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.”

Photos from Flickr.

Ahmed Wali Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. Afghan President Hamid Karzai's younger brother offered Friday to take a polygraph test to deny reports he's on the CIA payroll and said in an interview with The Associated Press it's time for his detractors to prove their allegations against him. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Public Intelligence

The Washington Post has changed significant portions of an article published earlier today regarding the CIA’s payment of large numbers of people within Hamid Karzai’s administration in Afghanistan.  These changes occur mostly in the beginning of the article and substantially manipulate its content.  Most notable among the changes is the complete elimination of a quote describing how “half of Karzai’s palace” is on the CIA payroll.  This quote, from an anonymous U.S. government official, was replaced with a paraphrased statement that “a significant number” of officials in Karzai’s administration are paid by the CIA.  This alteration is followed by a quote from a CIA spokesman, which does not appear in the original article, who says that the “anonymous source appears driven by ignorance, malice or both.”  Another significant quote from this anonymous source, detailing how Kazai is “blind to about 80 percent of what’s going on below him”, was also completely eliminated from the article.  There are also a number of smaller changes all of which are designed to eliminate the perception of ignorance, malfeasance, or excessive  support of the Afghan government by the CIA.  It has previously been reported by the New York Times that Karzai’s brother Ahmed Wali Karzai is on the CIA payroll.  Yesterday, an article in the Times indicated that one of Karzai’s personal aides, who is simultaneously involved in a corruption scandal regarding money laundering, is also working for the CIA.

The article’s alterations are not disclosed on the Washington Post’s current version of the article.  Instead, only syndicated versions of the article contain the uncensored material.  A side-by-side comparison of the two versions of the article are provided below for reference.  Bold portions indicate discrepancies between the two versions.  More syndicated versions are available elsewhere, with differences in length, that still contain the censored material.

Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

• 14 pages
• Law Enforcement Sensitive
• June 2010

Executive Summary

Outlaw Motorcycle (OMG) and Street Gangs have been active for several years in Washington State. Both Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMG) and Street Gangs have now become entrenched in the region. Street Gangs are involved in a variety of crimes to include drug trafficking, fraud, and prostitution, and have formed alliances with other gangs. They often serve as distribution networks for Mexican National Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs). Gang membership and affiliation continue to rise in Washington State. Many gangs have infiltrated Indian Country and cooperated with DTOs, which has enabled them to recruit additional members. Both street gangs and OMGs pose a serious threat to the safety of law enforcement personnel and to the safety of local communities.

Background

Outlaw Bikers have been active in Washington State since the 1950’s. Aryan Brotherhood members were housed in McNeil Island in the 1970’s when it was then a U.S Bureau of Prisons (BOP) penitentiary.

Nuestra Familia and Nortenos were present in Yakima since the late 1970s. The Mexican Mafia aka La EME (La eMe) and Surenos were active in the Yakima Valley since the 1980s. Also Florencia13 and 18th Street have been active in the Seattle area since the early 1980s. Crips, Bloods, Surenos and Nortenos emigrated from California in the early 1980s. By the mid-1980s, the Gangster Disciple Nation emigrated from Chicago, Illinois and established a foothold in the Seattle-Tacoma area.

Other Hispanic gangs, such as the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) did not appear in Seattle until the late 1990s. Homegrown street gangs such as the United Latinos were formed in Seattle in the early 1990s.

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As of 2010 there are approximately 300 active street gangs in Washington State with approximately 15,000 active gang members. This equates to 14 percent of the street gangs and 44 percent of the total street gang members in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Alaska. According to Gang Expert Gabe Morales, one explanation for these statistics is that street gangs in Seattle and King County tend to be large. Many of the smaller gangs were pushed out or members were absorbed by larger gangs. Street Gangs totaling more than 250 members are not uncommon in King County and some have close to 1,000 members.

King County has approximately 40 percent (120) of the street gangs in Washington State. Pierce County has the second largest number with 16 percent (50) of the active street gangs followed by Yakima County with 13 percent (40) and Thurston County with 7 percent (21). Some of the most prevalent gangs in the state are Lil Valley Lokos 13 (LVL), Florencia 13, 18th Street, and the 74 Hoover Crips.

Most, if not all, gangs use social networking websites to post their activities and to recruit new members as well as using technologies such as the internet, cameras, and police scanners. Gang members also use Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other networking sites to communicate with each other worldwide, to enlist new members, and to intimidate or threaten their rivals.

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• 32 pages
• For Official Use Only
• May 2010

The purpose of the Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan (MYTEP) is to provide a follow-on companion document to Florida‟s Domestic Security Strategic Plan. It is a living document that will be updated and refined annually. The MYTEP provides a roadmap for Florida to follow in accomplishing the priorities and goals described in the Florida‟s Domestic Security Strategic Plan. Each State Priority is linked to a corresponding National Priority, and, if applicable, an Improvement Plan (IP) action. The priority is further linked to the associated target capabilities that would facilitate accomplishment of the priority and the training and exercises that will help the jurisdiction obtain those capabilities and achieve that priority.

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires that every State and urban area conduct an annual Training and Exercise Plan Workshop (T&EPW). As a result, Florida conducted its Multi-Year T&EPW in April 2010 and has since produced a proposed MYTEP. The State of Florida has pursued a coordinated homeland security strategy that combines enhanced planning, new equipment purchases, innovative training, and realistic exercises to strengthen the State‟s emergency prevention and response capabilities. Training and exercises play a crucial role in this strategy, providing the State with a means of developing, practicing, validating, and improving capabilities. The MYTEP provides the linkage between the strategy and the supporting training and exercise activities.

The State‟s training and exercise programs are administered by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, in coordination with its local, State, Federal, and private partners. The training and exercise agenda described in this plan is contingent upon funding for the identified State-level response agencies and collaborating jurisdictional response stakeholders.

• 3 pages
• For Official Use Only
• July 16, 2010

(U//FOUO) On July 12, 2010, Marion County health officials confirmed mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus. The tested mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus were located within the 1800 block of Caribbean Drive in Warren Township. (1st Pool Found in Marion County’s Warren Township, 2010)

(U//FOUO) In May of 2010, Greensburg, Indiana began testing batches of mosquitoes for the West Nile Virus after Illinois had received positive test results for the virus. The Greensburg Daily News stated the burden of fighting the virus has fallen to state and local officials as federal funding to fight the disease has begun to dry up. (Hayden, 2010)

(U//FOUO) In early May of 2010, Fort Wayne – Allen County Department of Health began preparing for the start of mosquito season. The department began asking residents to help control and prevent the spread of the virus by taking proper precautions to help eliminate possible breeding grounds for mosquitoes which spread the virus. The department will begin spraying areas for the virus after an adult mosquito has tested positive for the virus. The department will be using a new water based adulticide known as AquaAnvil and will spray a 1/2 mile radius around the site of the infected area. The health department is also providing residents with mosquito-eating fish. The minnows are a popular way to reduce mosquito larvae in backyard garden pools and ornamental ponds. The minnows however may not be released into creeks, lakes, rivers, or other natural waterways where Indiana game fish may be present. (Verbatim: Mosquito, West Nile season begins, 2010)

(U//FOUO) What is West Nile Virus?

(U//FOUO) West Nile Virus is a serious disease that is believed to be a seasonal epidemic in North America. The disease is known to be active within the months of summer and fall and is most often spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. (West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know, 2010)

(U//FOUO) Approximately 150 individuals infected with West Nile Virus will develop a severe illness. Severe symptoms include, but are not limited to, high fevers, neck stiffness, disorientation, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness and paralysis, coma, and headaches. The symptoms may last for several weeks and some may become permanent. (West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know, 2010)

(U//FOUO) Milder symptoms, which affect up to 20 percent of individuals, may include fever, nausea, vomiting, body and head aches. Symptoms may last for a few days and contain a skin rash or swollen lymph glands. It is important to note however that approximately 80 percent of individuals who are infected with West Nile Virus do not present any signs or symptoms. (West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know, 2010)

(U//FOUO) Precautions and Risk Areas

(U//FOUO) Being outdoors means that you could become a risk to the West Nile Virus. Taking precautions such as dumping polluted water from a sewer or septic system, emptying the gutters to your home, and ensuring that standing water has been eliminated from your premises is just one of the ways to ensure that mosquitoes are unable to populate on your property.

(U//FOUO) Additional preventative methods include wearing insect repellent when outdoors, staying indoors at dusk and dawn (when mosquitoes are most active), ensuring the screens on your doors and windows are able to keep mosquitoes out, and by getting rid of mosquitoes breeding sites. (West Nile Virus: What You Need to Know, 2010)

• 38 pages
• August 2010

Over the course of July and early August 2010, Pakistan experienced the worst monsoon-related floods in living memory. Heavy rainfall, flash floods and riverine floods have devastated large parts of Pakistan since the arrival of seasonal monsoon rains on 22 July. Assessments of losses and damages are ongoing, but estimates place the number of affected people at more than 14 million. Over 1,200 people have died, and at least 288,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province, intense rains during the last week of July and in early August were compounded by the swelling of major rivers due to rainwater surging down from the highland areas. The Pakistan Meteorological Department reports that within one week in late July, KPK received 9,000 millimetres of rainfall – ten times as much as the province normally receives in the course of an entire year. Baluchistan, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan, also experienced extreme weather, resulting in widespread losses and damages.

As the flood waters began to slowly recede in the northern provinces, rivers continued to swell to unprecedented levels and travel southwards by way of the Indus River. By early August, flood waters breached the river bank in at least eight districts of Punjab, devastating homes, and crops and livestock. At least eight million people in Punjab have been affected by the disaster.

The flood wave continues to make its way through the southern province of Sindh, where millions more are expected to suffer from the combined impact of torrential rains and unprecedented water levels in the rivers.

The Government, especially deploying the Armed Forces’ logistical capacity, has led the response to the disaster with the deployment of preparedness, rescue and relief actions. Hundreds of thousands have been rescued or preventively evacuated from riverine areas. In light of the devastation caused by the floods and the ongoing threat to lives and livelihoods, the Government (through its National Disaster Management Authority) requested the United Nations agencies and the humanitarian community to prepare an initial floods emergency response plan.

While the Government of Pakistan (National Disaster Management Authority and the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities) will lead the relief and recovery activities in flood-affected areas, the humanitarian community has been asked to support the response by covering gaps where the needs exceed the government’s response capacity. This means that the humanitarian community will be assisting only a portion of the overall caseload of affected people, focusing on the most severely affected.

The Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) expects that critical needs of the severely affected families will include food, clean drinking water and purification materials, emergency health services, tents and shelter kits, cooking sets, mosquito nets, and other non-food items (NFI). Over the medium to long term, the food security situation in the country is likely to be affected by the significant loss of crops and agricultural land.

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Recall that Karzai’s brother Ahmed Wali Karzai is also working for the CIA.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai (R) enter a negotiation hall during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on August 18, 2010. Russia hosts Pakistan's embattled President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan leader Hamid Karzai for a regional summit expected to focus on security in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

Key Karzai aid at centre of corruption probe ‘on CIA payroll for years’ (telegraph.co.uk):

Mohammad Zia Salehi was arrested by a British and American-backed anti-corruption task force last month after being allegedly recorded soliciting a bribe to hamper a money laundering inquiry.

Mr Salehi, chief of administration for the national security council, is said to have been a trusted intermediary for the government, arranging meetings with insurgents in its attempts to start negotiations with the Taliban.

Hamid Karzai, the Afghanistan president, personally intervened to release his aide, angering Western embassies who have asked him to clamp down on the corruption which riddles his administration.

American officials have now admitted Mr Salehi has been paid by the spy agency for many years, a US newspaper has reported.

One official defended paying tainted figures, saying: “If you want intelligence in a war zone, you’re not going to get it from Mother Teresa or Mary Poppins.”

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president’s brother accused of links to the opium trade, was last year also alleged to be paid by the CIA.

Mr Karzai has denied any role in drug trafficking or any payment from American intelligence.

The official told the New York Times: “If we decide as a country that we’ll never deal with anyone in Afghanistan who might down the road – and certainly not at our behest – put his hand in the till, we can all come home right now.”

Karzai Aide in Corruption Inquiry Is Tied to C.I.A. (New York Times):

Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for the National Security Council, appears to have been on the payroll for many years, according to officials in Kabul and Washington. It is unclear exactly what Mr. Salehi does in exchange for his money, whether providing information to the spy agency, advancing American views inside the presidential palace, or both.

Mr. Salehi’s relationship with the C.I.A. underscores deep contradictions at the heart of the Obama administration’s policy in Afghanistan, with American officials simultaneously demanding that Mr. Karzai root out the corruption that pervades his government while sometimes subsidizing the very people suspected of perpetrating it.

Mr. Salehi was arrested in July and released after Mr. Karzai intervened. There has been no suggestion that Mr. Salehi’s ties to the C.I.A. played a role in his release; rather, officials say, it is the fear that Mr. Salehi knows about corrupt dealings inside the Karzai administration.

The ties underscore doubts about how seriously the Obama administration intends to fight corruption here. The anticorruption drive, though strongly backed by the United States, is still vigorously debated inside the administration. Some argue it should be a centerpiece of American strategy, and others say that attacking corrupt officials who are crucial to the war effort could destabilize the Karzai government.

A ranch is seen in San Fernando in Tamaulipas state, August 24, 2010, where according to a Mexican navy statement 72 bodies have been found, in this handout photo released by the Mexican Navy August 25, 2010. The corpses were found by Mexican marines at the remote ranch near the U.S. border, the Mexican navy said on Wednesday, the biggest single discovery of its kind in Mexico's increasingly bloody drug war. The marines came across the bodies of 58 men and 14 women, thought to be migrant workers, on Tuesday at the ranch in Tamaulipas state, 90 miles from the Texas border, after a series of firefights with drug gang members. Picture taken August 24. REUTERS/Mexican Navy/Handout

Drug hitmen dump 72 bodies at Mexican ranch (Reuters):

Mexican marines found 72 corpses at a remote ranch near the U.S. border, the Mexican navy said on Wednesday, the biggest single discovery of its kind in Mexico’s increasingly bloody drug war.

The marines came across the bodies of 58 men and 14 women, thought to be migrant workers, on Tuesday at the ranch in Tamaulipas state, 90 miles from the Texas border, after a series of firefights with drug gang members.

Three gunmen and a marine died in the firefights, while another suspected gang member was arrested and several others escaped, a navy spokesman said.

“The bodies were dumped about the ranch and were not buried. We are still investigating how long they had been there,” the spokesman said. He declined to give more details.

Marines guarding a nearby checkpoint reached the ranch after a wounded man who escaped approached them on Monday and gave them information leading to the area, which troops located from the air, the navy said.

The soldiers came under fire as they neared the ranch. Marines seized assault rifles, bullets, uniforms and vehicles — including one with forged army license plates.

Senior national security official Alejandro Poire told a news conference that those killed could be illegal immigrants from countries including Ecuador, Honduras, El Salvador and Brazil who had been kidnapped by drug gangs as they made their way to the Texan border.

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Tamaulipas has become the scene of some of Mexico’s bloodiest drug violence since the start of the year, as rivals from the Gulf cartel and a spinoff group, the Zetas, fight over smuggling routes into the United States.

In June, hitmen killed a popular candidate for elections in Tamaulipas, Mexico’s worst political killing since the 1994 assassination of Institutional Revolutionary Party presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio.

More than 28,000 people in Mexico have died in drug violence since Calderon began his drug fight in late 2006, fueling worries violence could begin to take a major toll on Mexicans who are unrelated to the drug trade and even undermine a recovery for Latin America’s second largest economy.

Survivor: Drug gang massacred 72 migrants in northern Mexico (Washington Post):

A survivor of a massacre in northern Mexico told investigators that the 72 people found dead on a ranch were undocumented migrants who were kidnapped by a drug gang on their way to the U.S. border.

Mexican authorities discovered the bodies late Tuesday about 100 miles south of Brownsville, Tex., near the town of San Fernando.

The surrounding state of Tamaulipas is the scene of a vicious struggle between rival drug mafias and Mexican forces that has left hundreds dead and important trade cities besieged by gun battles, kidnapping and extortion.

The bodies of 58 men and 14 women were discovered after Mexican marines manning a checkpoint were approached by a wounded man who said he had been held hostage and shot by gang gunmen at a nearby ranch.

The survivor, who has been hospitalized and said he was originally from Ecuador, told his story to state prosecutors, according to a report Wednesday on the Web site of the newspaper Reforma.

The witness said about 75 migrants from Central and South America were traveling together toward the Texas border when they were kidnapped by armed men, who authorities suspect may work for the paramilitary drug cartel known as the Zetas.

The survivor said that when the migrants refused to pay money, their captors began shooting them. When Mexican forces arrived at the scene, the assailants scattered and fled. No arrests have been announced. It was unclear whether the dead had been shot all at once or over several days.

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE INTERPOL DNA MONITORING EXPERT GROUP

• 118 pages
• 2009

Globalization and advances in technology allow criminals to commit crimes across international borders with greater ease than ever before. With criminal methods and tactics changing continuously, the tools used to fight crime also need to keep pace. One area where cutting-edge developments have emerged is that of the use of DNA evidence, meaning that ethics and best practice of DNA profiling now need to be addressed on a global scale. At INTERPOL, we are doing just that; assisting the law enforcement and forensic community by supporting, facilitating, and promoting the use of DNA analysis on a national, regional and international level.

In order to meet the growing need for INTERPOL member countries to exchange and compare DNA profiles, we have developed several DNA data-sharing tools, known collectively as the INTERPOL DNA Gateway. These include an international DNA Database, an international search request form for bilateral exchange and a means for secure standardized electronic transfer. Since the introduction in 2003 of the INTERPOL DNA Database, over 50 member countries have contributed profiles for international searches and storage. This number is remarkable given that today no more than 54 member countries operate a national DNA Database. However, these tools cannot function in isolation, which is why we back up our high-tech data exchange systems with promotional workshops, DNA conferences and resources such as this publication.

The INTERPOL Handbook on DNA Data Exchange and Practice was first published in 2001. Translated into seven different languages, and available via the Internet and several intranet channels, it has become popular with investigators all over the world. Since its initial publication, the number of national DNA Databases in existence has more than doubled, and techniques, standards, applications and experiences in all fields relating to DNA profiling have changed considerably. In response, the INTERPOL DNA Monitoring Expert Group has reviewed and updated the Handbook, with the aim of providing state-of-the-art recommendations to police and forensic science services and maximizing the benefits of using DNA profiling techniques worldwide. It is our hope that this handbook will help define global standards in relation to DNA profiling and will further enhance the capabilities of INTERPOL member countries.

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Public Intelligence

A recent Department of Justice guide for investigators of criminal and extremist groups lists “constitutionalists” and “survivalists” alongside organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Aryan Brotherhood.  The 120-page, “Law Enforcement Sensitive” guide to “Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism – Terms and Concepts” describes itself as “a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of members of extremist organizations.”

Constitutionalist, defined by Random House’s 2010 Dictionary as an “adherent or advocate of constitutionalism or of an existing constitution”, is described in the report as a “generic term for members of the ‘patriot’ movement”.  Survivalists are described in the document as fearing a “coming collapse of civilization” and are trying to prepare themselves for this collapse.  Such individuals are said to have “typically stockpiled food, water, and weapons, especially the latter, and instructed themselves on topics ranging from first aid to childbirth to edible plants”.

The guide defines the term “New World Order” as being “used by conspiracy theorists to refer to a global conspiracy designed to implement worldwide socialism”.  The Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, and Council on Foreign Relations are described as organizations “targeted by right-wing extremists for conspiring to dominate the world”.  The guide also defines “One World Government” as the “concept that there will ultimately be a single governing body that will control the world”, adding that “some right-wing extremists fear this occurring, believing that white people will be in the minority, with Jewish people ultimately controlling the world”.

While the document’s introduction does state that “the fact that an entry appears in this publication does not imply a connection to illegal activity”, it goes on to say that the guide consists of “terms that may be germane to members of an extremist movement” or are “singularly employed by specific extremist groups”.  The obvious result of the inclusion of terms such as “Bilderberg Group” and “Trilateral Commission” in a report titled “Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism” is that law enforcement officials unaware of these groups will tend to associate legitimate discussion as “extremist” speech.  This diminishes the credibility of any person attempting to rationally discuss such groups and fosters a perception that any discussion of such groups could be associated with a supposedly “extremist” ideology.

Examples of “Extremist” Terminology

To see the full list please visit the U.S. Department of Justice Terrorism and Criminal Extremism Terms 2005-2009.

Black Helicopters: Unmarked dark helicopters allegedly observed by many members of the “patriot” movement, who claim that the helicopters are part of some vast conspiracy, perhaps involving the United Nations or the “New World Order.” Various explanations have been offered for some of the sightings, but the term has since entered the popular vocabulary and is often used as a generic, sometimes satirical reference to conspiracy-related beliefs.

Bilderbergers (Bilderberg Group): Along with the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, one of the three groups targeted by right-wing extremists for conspiring to dominate the world.

Collection (of Information): The identification, location, and recording/storage of unanalyzed information, typically from an original source and using both human and technological means, for input into the intelligence cycle to determine its usefulness in meeting a defined tactical or strategic intelligence goal.

Concentration Camps: Detention camps supposedly being built or already built by the United States government, according to conspiracy theorists.

Constitutionalists: A generic term for members of the “patriot” movement. It is now often used to refer to members of the sovereign citizen or common law court movement. Sometimes the word “constitutionist” is also used.

Council on Foreign Relations (CFR ): Along with the Bilderbergers and the Trilateral Commission, one of the three key groups that conspiracy theorists claim operate behind the scenes to control the world and to establish the “New World Order.”

Executive Orders: The formal means by which the President of the United States determines the conduct of business in the Executive Branch. Typically, such executive orders take two forms: (1) orders governing administrative or policy matters in Executive Branch agencies or (2) orders for which the authority is derived from congressional authorizations. The “patriot” movement, however, contends that executive orders are “presidential laws” that bypass Congress and subvert the Constitution.

Flag of Peace: The American flag preferred by the “patriot” movement; a red, white, and blue flag without any gold trim, braid, balls, tassels, eagles, fringe, or spear on the flag or pole. Patriots believe that any other American flag is a military flag that denotes military jurisdiction. Only under the “flag of peace” do U.S. citizens receive their constitutional rights and due process.

Globalization: This term generally refers to the denationalization of economies, markets, products, and populations brought about by ever faster travel, improved communications, and advances in technology.

Illuminati: An intellectual society and social club formed by a university professor, Adam Weishaupt (1748–1811), in southern Germany in the 1770s in the spirit of the Enlightenment. It was suppressed by Bavarian authorities in the 1780s. Weishaupt spent the rest of his life writing about the Illuminati. People who believe Illuminati conspiracy theories believe the society never died away but lived on, run by people intent on controlling the world through devious means.

Information Warfare: Synonymous with cyberwarfare, information warfare is the offensive and defensive use of information and information systems to deny, exploit, corrupt, or destroy an adversary’s information, information-based processes, information systems, and computer-based networks while protecting one’s own. Such actions are designed to achieve advantages over military or business adversaries.

Jack-Booted Thug (JBT ): A law enforcement officer (especially federal) draped in combat fatigues or other military or paramilitary uniform, wearing a ski mask or similar headgear guaranteeing anonymity, wielding powerful military weapons, and utilizing other military vehicles and gear.

New World Order: A term used by conspiracy theorists to refer to a global conspiracy designed to implement worldwide socialism.

One-World Government: The concept that there will ultimately be a single governing body that will control the world. Some right-wing extremists fear this occurring, believing that white people will be in the minority, with Jewish people ultimately controlling the world.

Open Source Information or Intelligence: Individual data, records, reports, and assessments that may shed light on an investigatory target or event and do not require any legal process or any type of clandestine collection techniques for a law enforcement agency to obtain. Such information is obtained through means that meet copyright and commercial requirements of vendors, as well as being free of legal restrictions to access by anyone who seeks that information.

Patriot Movement: The “patriot” movement is a general term used by its members to describe the collective movements and individuals on the extreme right wing. In one form or another, this practice dates back many decades; in the 1930s, many on the far right referred to themselves as “superpatriots.” In the 1960s and 1970s, it was common to refer to the “Christian Patriot” movement, but this term is less common now than then. Among the types of individuals that can be found within the “patriot” movement are white supremacists, sovereign citizens, tax protesters, militia members, and sometimes antiabortion or anti-environmental groups.

Patriots for Profit: A term used to describe those individuals in the “patriot” movement who perpetrate scams and frauds against other people, usually fellow members of the movement. It also refers to people who attempt to make money by selling various products and “kits” to members of the movement. By far the most numerous of the “patriots for profit” are the people who cater to would-be tax protesters.

Pirate Radio: The operation of radio transmitters without a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Although some of the most notable pirate stations, such as Free Radio Berkeley, have been primarily left-wing in orientation, a large number of pirate stations adhere to right-wing or antigovernment philosophies.

Sovereign Citizen: A term used to describe adherents to a philosophy derived from the group Posse Comitatus that posits that there are two types of citizens: “Fourteenth Amendment Citizens,” who are subject to the laws and taxes of the federal and state governments, and sovereign citizens, who are subject only to “the common law.” Sovereign citizens claim that they have absolute mastery over all their property (including freedom from taxes, regulations, ordinances, or zoning restrictions), that they essentially do not have to pay taxes (aside from tariffs and a few other insignificant taxes), that they are not citizens of the United States but are “nonresident aliens” with respect to that “illegal corporation,” that the only court which has jurisdiction to try them for any matter is a common law court, and that they can never be arrested or tried for a crime or matter in which there is no complaining victim, as well as various other notions. Typical signs that someone is a sovereign citizen include the use of punctuation between their middle and last names (i.e., John Wayne; Doe); a refusal to have a social security card or any paper, license, or document related to automobile ownership or driving; a refusal to use zip codes; and the displaying on various items—from envelopes to paper money, to time cards, or to forms—of the phrase “UCC 1-207,” or variants thereof. Sovereign citizens are often also known as state citizens, freemen, preamble citizens, common law citizens, or other appellations.

Survivalists: The survivalist movement feared a coming collapse of civilization, generally as the result of nuclear war, and tried to prepare themselves to survive it. Survivalists typically stockpiled food, water, and weapons, especially the latter, and instructed themselves on topics ranging from first aid to childbirth to edible plants.

Tax-Protest Movement: A movement consisting of people who do not simply want to avoid paying taxes but generally claim they should not have to pay them. The right-wing movement started in the 1950s and 1960s and has concentrated on interpreting the Constitution, U.S. law, and the tax code, in particular, in such a way as to be able to claim that most people do not have to pay income taxes. The motivating force behind the right-wing tax-protest movement was to find loopholes, actual or manufactured, that would allow people to claim that they had no tax obligation.

Trilateral Commission: A group, along with the Bilderbergers and the Council on Foreign Relations, that is viewed by the “patriot” movement as being one of the major organizations seeking to implement the “New World Order.” Formed in 1973 by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Trilateral Commission consists of slightly over 300 members from Europe, Japan, and North America (the three main democratic-industrial regions of the world, thus the term “trilateral”). Members include prominent figures in the media, politics, business, and academia. Conspiracy theorists claim it is a group of elitists determined to promote a one-world government.

Bureau of Justice Assistance

• 120 pages
• Law Enforcement Sensitive
• © 2005–2009 Institute for Intergovernmental Research®

In order for criminal justice professionals to effectively combat terrorism/extremism, it is imperative to obtain as much information as possible. Extremist groups often develop languages of their own. Some have created terms that are unique in the English language, while others have given new or expanded meaning to relatively common words and phrases. In addition, certain symbols, events, organizations, and individuals have particular significance for members of some extremist organizations, none of which may be familiar to an investigator or prosecutor who has not previously been involved with such cases.

Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism—Terms and Concepts is a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of members of extremist organizations. Included are terms that may be germane to members of an extremist movement. Also defined are words that are singularly employed by specific extremist groups. Legal terms that have been given new meanings by groups’ adherents are also defined. Similarly, certain terms that describe activities and tactics commonly undertaken by extremists are also included. Significant groups, organizations, movements, and publications that are important for an understanding of terrorism/extremism in the United States and that may be encountered by law enforcement officers and prosecutors are also documented. Inasmuch as this publication is primarily intended to define terms, individuals indexed by name are limited in occurrence. However, there are some people who are of such importance to certain segments of the extremist movement that their very names are equated with that cause. Therefore, some of the better-known terrorists are included.

The key criterion for inclusion of a term, phrase, or name in this publication is the likelihood that investigators and prosecutors may encounter it during the scope of their duties. The fact that an entry appears in this publication does not imply a connection to illegal activity. As an example, the location Waco, Texas, appears in the glossary. Investigators may hear reference to this location while working on certain antigovernment cases. Many terms and names appear under one or more individual entries. For this reason, a concerted effort was made to create a thorough index, allowing for a comprehensive search of terms of interest.

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Gunmen seize hostages in Rio de Janeiro hotel (guardian.co.uk):

The drug wars blighting Rio de Janeiro, the host city for the 2016 Olympics, were back on Brazil’s front pages today, after a hotel was invaded by gunmen involved in a shoot-out with police.

Ten heavily armed gang members on the run from police swept into the beachside InterContinental hotel yesterday morning, taking 35 people hostage and triggering a three-hour siege that ended with 10 arrests, one death and four policemen wounded.

“There must have been over 1,000 shots,” said Paul Ayscough, 48, a British businessman who was staying in the hotel. “It was a huge number of shots – automatic fire, pistol fire, everything.”

The violence began early yesterday, when up to 60 members of a gang involved in drug trafficking attempted to return to their base in Rio’s largest slum, Rocinha, after an all-night party in a nearby favela, Vidigal. A convoy of about eight vehicles was intercepted by police.

The 40-minute gun battle that followed was of proportions rarely seen outside the conflict-ridden favelas. Video footage, taken by a local resident, showed half a dozen armed gang members taking cover behind a rubbish truck and firing automatic weapons in an up-market neighbourhood.

“It was as if the shooting was happening inside our house,” the Brazilian sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares, who lives in the area, told O Globo. “The walls were shaking and we realized we were at the centre of the shoot-out.”

Writing on his Twitter account, Soares said: “Am I in Afghanistan?” No I’ve become a war reporter in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro.”

A woman was killed and four policemen injured in the lengthy exchange of fire. Some of the gang members managed to flee to Rocinha, a sprawling hilltop shantytown that serves as the drug faction’s headquarters, but at least 10 sought refuge in the hotel.

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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A sign outside JTF-Guantanamo's Camp Delta. The Troopers of JTF hold true to the "Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" motto. Aug. 10, 2007. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Clowney)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Soldiers with the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Company exit a sally port after completing a 12-hour shift at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo June 9, 2010. The Rhode Island Army National Guard unit is here on a year-long deployment providing security at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facilities. The JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A sailor with the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion exits a sally port at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo June 9, 2010. The NEGB is responsible for providing security at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A soldier with the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Company stands watch in a guard tower at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo June 9, 2010. The Rhode Island Army National Guard unit is here on a year-long deployment providing security at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facilities. The JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A Soldier with the Rhode Island National Guard’s 115th Military Police Co. mans an observation tower at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, July 7, 2010. The 115th MP Co. provides a portion of the guard force at JTF Guantanamo. JTF Guantanamo provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –Army Spc. Anthony Berkowitz gives religious items to a detainee in Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, July 7, 2010. Berkowitz is a chaplain’s assistant responsible for providing a wide variety of religious items, such as prayer rugs, caps and beads. JTF Guantanamo provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

A U.S. Sailor assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion stands watch over a cell block at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, while detainees look through magazines and books March 30, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A Navy guard assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion patrols Camp Delta’s recreation yard during the early morning of July 7, 2010. Camp Delta is a communal living facility and the detainees housed at Camp Delta are able to use the recreation yard for up to 20 hours a day. The Sailors of the NEGB provide a portion of the guard force inside Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s detention facilities. JTF Guantanamo provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A detainee stands in an outdoor recreation yard at Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp IV, June 8, 2010. Detainees at Camp IV are provided with 20 hours of yard recreation a day. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A detainee reads the Qur’an in a recreation yard at Joint Task Force Guantanamo June 8, 2010. Detainees are provided Qur’ans and other religious items. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas)

Detainees attend a class provided by Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, March 29, 2010. Courses provided by JTF Guantanamo for the detainees include life skills, languages and art classes. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas/Released)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A detainee walks across a recreation yard at Joint Task Force Guantanamo’s Camp IV, June 8, 2010. Detainees at Camp IV are provided with 20 hours of yard recreation a day. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migration operations. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas)

A detainee watches television in a Camp VI cell block at Camp Delta where detainees are housed at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on July 8, 2010. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – A soldier with the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Company stands watch in a guard tower at Camp Delta, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, June 8, 2010. The Rhode Island Army National Guard unit is here on a year-long deployment providing security at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo byNavy Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Nistas)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba –Two guards from the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion pass off a bottle of water to a detainee inside Camp Delta, Friday, Feb. 14, 2008. The NEGB maintains a large portion of the guard force in Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Weinert)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - A detainee in Camp Delta strolls about during recreation hours Aug. 8, 2007. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Thompson)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Guards from the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion escort a detainee to the medical facility in Camp Four Nov. 23, 2007. Troopers escort detainees to the medical facility using “Gator” vehicles. Detainees are treated at a dedicated medical facility with state-of-the-art equipment and an expert medical staff of more than 100 personnel. There is a separate medical facility for mental health care. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Guards from the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion prepare to escort a detainee to the medical facility in Camp Four Nov. 23, 2007. There is a separate medical facility for mental health care. Most routine medical care is administered by Navy corpsmen who visit each cellblock every two days and whenever a detainee requests care. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Troopers deliver a meal to a detainee. Detainees are offered several choices of meals depending on dietary and religious requirements. July 31, 2007. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Detainees at the Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF) observe morning prayer before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct.28, 2009. Detainees at the JTF are afforded the opportunity to pray five times each day and are provided prayer rugs and copies of the Quran. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcos T. Hernandez)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Guards from the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion escort a detainee to the medical facility in Camp Four Nov. 23, 2007. Guards escort detainees to the medical facility using “Gator” vehicles. Detainees are treated at a dedicated medical facility with state-of-the-art equipment and an expert medical staff of more than 100 personnel. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe and humane care and custody of detained enemy combatants. JTF Guantanamo conducts interrogation operations to collect strategic intelligence in support of the Global War on Terror and supports law enforcement and war crimes investigations. The JTF Guantanamo is committed to the safety and security of American service members and civilians working inside its detention facilities. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings.)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Guards from the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion escort a detainee into the medical facility in Camp Four Nov. 23, 2007. The medical facility is equipped with 20 in-patient beds, a physical-therapy area, pharmacy, radiology department, central sterilization area, and a single-bed operating room. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Army and Navy guards cross-train while escorting a detainee to a recreational area in Camp One at Joint Task Force Guantanamo Sept. 30, 2007. Detainees at Camp One, spend up to two hours daily in the recreational area. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Billings)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Detainees housed at Camp 4 live in 10-man bays. They wear white uniforms and share living spaces with other detainees. They are generally allowed to use outdoor exercise areas attached to their living bays for several hours a day. Various international news sources are posted regularly in the recreation areas. Sept. 24, 2007. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzari)

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - The American flag flying over Camp Delta as seen through the barbed-wire topping a fence surrounding the camp Sept. 12, 2007. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Army Sgt. Joseph Scozzari)

1.  Overview

a.  This guidance is provided for Marines who, in their personal capacity, desire to make unofficial posts online, regarding Marine Corps-related topics.   (The term “Marines” on this guidance refers to active-duty and reserve Marines and sailors).

“Unofficial Internet posts,” referred to below, are considered any content about the Marine Corps or related to the Marine Corps that are posted on any Internet site by Marines in an unofficial and personal capacity. Content includes, but is not limited to, personal comments, photographs, video, and graphics.  Internet sites include social networking sites, blogs, forums, photo and video-sharing sites, and other sites to include sites not owned, operated or controlled by the Marine Corps or Department of Defense.

b.  Unofficial Internet posts are not initiated by any part of the Marine Corps or reviewed within any official Marine Corps approval process. By contrast, official Internet posts involve content released in an official capacity by public affairs Marines, Marine Corps Community Services marketing directors, or commanders designated as releasing authorities.  Policy for Family Readiness Officers will be provided in separate guidance.

c.  In accordance with these guidelines, Marines are encouraged to responsibly engage in unofficial Internet posts about the Marine Corps and Marine Corps-related topics. The Marine Corps performs a valuable service around the world every day and Marines are often in the best position to share the Marine Corps’ story with the domestic and foreign publics.

2.  Guidelines

a.  Marines are personally responsible for all content they publish on social networking sites, blogs, or other websites. In addition to ensuring Marine Corps content is accurate and appropriate, Marines also must be thoughtful about the non-Marine related content they post, since the lines between a Marine’s personal and professional life often blur in the online space. Marines must be acutely aware that they lose control over content they post on the Internet and that many social media sites have policies that give these sites ownership of all content and information posted or stored on those systems. Thus Marines should use their best judgment at all times and keep in mind how the content of their posts will reflect upon themselves, their unit, and the Marine Corps.

b.  As with other forms of communication, Marines are responsible for adhering to Federal law, Marine Corps regulations and governing policies when making unofficial Internet posts. Marines must abide by certain restrictions and policy to ensure good order and discipline.  Federal law, regulations and policies that directly impact a Marine’s conduct mandate personal standards of conduct, operational security, information assurance, release of personally identifiable information, ethics regulations, and the release of information to the public.  A Marine who violates Federal law, regulations or policies through inappropriate personal online activity is subject to disciplinary action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). See the references listed below for more details.

c.  Marines who communicate online about the Marine Corps in unofficial Internet posts may identify themselves as Marines, to include their rank, military component (e.g., Captain Smith, USMC), and status (active or reserve) if desired. However, if Marines decide not to identify themselves as Marines, they should not disguise, impersonate or otherwise misrepresent their identity or affiliation with the Marine Corps. When expressing personal opinions, Marines should make clear that they are speaking for themselves and not on behalf of the Marine Corps. Use a disclaimer such as: “the postings on this site are my own and don’t represent Marine Corps’ positions or opinions.”

d.  As with other forms of personal public engagement, Marines should avoid offensive and inappropriate behavior that could bring discredit upon themselves and the Marine Corps. This behavior includes posting any defamatory, libelous, obscene, abusive, threatening, racially or ethnically hateful, or otherwise offensive or illegal information or material.

e.  Marines shall not post classified, controlled unclassified information (CUI), or sensitive information (for example, tactics, troop movements, force size, weapon system details, etc). When in doubt, Marines should contact the unit operations officer, security officer, intelligence officer, or public affairs officer for guidance.

f.  Marines should be extremely judicious when disclosing personal details on the Internet, and should not release personal identifiable information (PII) that could be used to distinguish their individual identity or that of another Marine. Examples of PII include a Marine’s social security number, home address, birthday, birth place, driver’s license number, etc. Marines must be aware that criminals use the Internet to gain information for unscrupulous activities such as identity theft. By piecing together information provided on different websites, criminals can use information to, among other things, impersonate Marines and steal passwords. In addition, Marines should utilize privacy settings on social networking sites so posted personal information and photos can be viewed only by designated people. Remember, what happens online, is available to everyone, everywhere. There is no immediate assumption of privacy once users begin to interact with others online.

g.  Marines should not post information that would infringe upon the privacy, proprietary, or personal rights of others.

h.  Marines should not use any words, logos or other marks that would infringe upon the trademark, service mark, certification mark, or other intellectual property rights of the owners of such marks without the permission of such owners.

i.  Marines may use the eagle, globe and anchor; coat of arms (ega in the center, encircled with words “United States – Marine Corps”); and other symbols in unofficial posts so long as the symbols are used in a manner that does not bring discredit upon the Corps, does not result in personal financial gain, or does not give the impression of official or implied endorsement.  Marines should contact HQMC Division of Public Affairs Trademark and Licensing office for further clarification or contact their local legal office for an ethics determination prior to engaging in Internet activity that could violate the standards of conduct.  Marines who violate the Marine Corps’ symbols (ega and/or coat of arms) are potentially subject to legal proceedings.

j.  The posting or disclosure of internal Marine Corps documents or information that the Marine Corps has not officially released to the public is prohibited. This policy applies no matter how a Marine comes into possession of a document. Examples include, but are not limited to, memos, e-mails, meeting notes, message traffic, white papers, public affairs guidance, pre-decisional materials, investigatory information, and proprietary information. Marines are also prohibited from releasing Marine Corps e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, or fax numbers not already authorized for public release.

k.  Marines should only discuss Marine Corps issues related to their professional expertise, personal experiences, or personal knowledge.

l.  Marines are encouraged to professionally and respectfully correct errors and misrepresentations made, by others, about the Marine Corps. Marines must remember however, to respond and act with their minds and not their emotions when posting content. Marines should refer to the chain of command or public affairs for guidance if uncertain about the need for or appropriateness of a response.

m.  Marines must adhere to policy in Department of Defense Directive 1344.10 when posting political content. Marines also should take care not to express or imply Marine Corps endorsement of any opinions, products or causes other than those already officially endorsed by the Marine Corps.

n.  Marines should be cautious and guard against cyber criminals and attackers by following sound security procedures (Questions regarding security issues can be directed to HQMC C4 Information Assurance personnel).  When using the Internet and social media, Marines should not click links or open attachments unless the source can be trusted. Oftentimes, cyber criminals pretend to be people they are not in order to deceive Marines into performing actions that launch cyber attacks, download viruses, and install malware and spyware onto computers.

o.  Marines should always use strong passwords (10-digit passwords comprised of lower- and upper-case letters, numbers, and symbols) to protect their online / social media accounts from getting hacked. Marines also should frequently change their passwords.

p.  Marines should be thoughtful about who they allow to access their social media profiles and personal information (e.g., who Marines allow to be their “friend” on Facebook and thus allow access to their personal information). Marines should also recognize that social network “friends” and “followers” may potentially constitute relationships that could affect determinations in background investigations and periodic reinvestigations associated with security clearances.

q.  Marines must be careful about which online applications they use, since such applications often have access to a user’s personal information (e.g., third-party applications on Facebook).

r.  Marines should learn about and use the privacy settings on social media sites.

s.  Marines should review their accounts daily for possible use or changes by unauthorized users.

t.  Marines should install and maintain current anti-virus and anti-spyware software on their personal computers.

u.  For answers to social media questions, Marines should contact their local public affairs office; top level guidance, support and questions can be directed to the appropriate and applicable points of contact listed below:

3.  Points of Contact. To reduce the likelihood of email spam bot action, the “@” symbol in the e-mail addresses below is represented instead by the word “AT”. To email the points of contact below, use the @ symbol instead when pasting the address into your email client.

a.  Marine Corps Social Media Office
703-602-3013 or 5193
Marines AT afn.dma.mil

b.  Marine Corps Trademark and Licensing Office
703-614-7678
Trademark_Licensing AT USMC.MIL

c.  HQMC C4, Information Assurance
703-693-3490
Diane.Clarke AT USMC.MIL

4.  References:

a.  Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-based Capabilities
Directive Type Memorandum 09-026 (DTM 09-026)
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/DTM-09-026.pdf

b.  Joint Ethics Regulation
Department of Defense 5500.7-R
http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/ethics_regulation/jer1-6.doc

c.  Political Activities by Members of the Armed Forces
Department of Defense Directive 1344.10
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134410p.pdf

d.  Handling Dissident and Protest Activities Among Members of the Armed Forces
Department of Defense Directive 1325.06
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/132506p.pdf

e.  Department of the Navy Privacy Program
Secretary of Navy Instruction 5211.5E
http://doni.daps.dla.mil/Directives/05000%20General%20Management%20Security%20and%20Safety%20Services/05-200%20Management%20Program%20and%20Techniques%20Services/5211.5E.pdf

f.  Marine Corps Information Assurance Program
Marine Corps Order 5239.2
http://www.Marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO%205239.2.pdf

g.  Clearance of DoD Information for Public Release
Marine Corps Order 5230.18
http://www.Marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO 5230.18.pdf

h.  Marine Corps Operations Security Program
Marine Corps Order 3070.2
http://www.Marines.mil/news/publications/Documents/MCO 3070.2.pdf

i.  Immediate Ban of Social Networking Sites on the Marine Corps Enterprise Network
MARADMIN 0458/09
http://www.Marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/MARADMIN0458-09.aspx

j.  Responsible and Effective Use of Internet Based Capabilities
MARADMIN 181/10
http://www.Marines.mil/news/messages/Pages/MARADMIN181-10.aspx

To: ASSTSECNAV MRA WASHINGTON DC(UC),
ASSTSECNAV RDA WASHINGTON DC(UC),
BUMED WASHINGTON DC(UC),
BUPERS MILLINGTON TN(UC),
CNIC WASHINGTON DC(UC),
CNR ARLINGTON VA(UC),
COMFIFTHFLT(UC),
COMFLTCYBERCOM FT GEORGE G MEADE MD,
COMFOURTHFLT(UC),
COMNAVAIRLANT NORFOLK VA,
COMNAVAIRSYSCOM PATUXENT RIVER MD(UC),
COMNAVFACENGCOM WASHINGTON DC(UC),
COMNAVRESFOR NORFOLK VA(UC),
COMNAVSAFECEN NORFOLK VA(UC),
COMNAVSEASYSCOM WASHINGTON DC(UC),
COMNAVSUPSYSCOM MECHANICSBURG PA(UC),
COMNAVSURFLANT NORFOLK VA(UC),
COMOPTEVFOR NORFOLK VA(UC),
COMPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HI,
COMSC WASHINGTON DC(UC),
COMSECONDFLT,
COMSEVENTHFLT,
COMSIXTHFLT(UC),
COMSPAWARSYSCOM SAN DIEGO CA(UC),
COMTENTHFLT,
COMTHIRDFLT,
COMUSFLTFORCOM NORFOLK VA,
COMUSNAVCENT(MC),
COMUSNAVSO(UC),
DIRSSP WASHINGTON DC(UC),
FLDSUPPACT WASHINGTON DC(UC),
NAVCYBERDEFOPSCOM NORFOLK VA(UC),
NAVIOCOM NORFOLK VA(UC),
NAVOBSY WASHINGTON DC(UC),
NAVPGSCOL MONTEREY CA(UC),
NAVWARCOL NEWPORT RI(UC),
NAVY JAG WASHINGTON DC(UC),
NCTAMS LANT NORFOLK VA(UC),
NCTAMS PAC HONOLULU HI(UC),
NETC PENSACOLA FL(UC),
ONI WASHINGTON DC,
PEO C4I SAN DIEGO CA(UC),
PEO CARRIERS WASHINGTON DC(UC),
PEO EIS WASHINGTON DC(UC),
PEO IWS WASHINGTON DC(UC),
PEO LMW WASHINGTON DC(UC),
PEO SHIPS WASHINGTON DC(UC),
PEO SUB WASHINGTON DC(UC),
USNA ANNAPOLIS MD(UC)
Cc: CNO WASHINGTON DC(UC),
COMNAVNETWARCOM VIRGINIA BEACH VA(UC),
DON CIO WASHINGTON DC(UC),
HQBN HQMC ARLINGTON VA(UC)
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UNCLASSIFIED//
REQUEST WIDEST DISSEMINATION TO SUBORDINATE COMMANDS AND ACTIVITIES
REF/A/MEMO/DOD DTM 09-062 (NOTAL)
REB/B/DOC/JTF-GNO CTO 10-008
REF/C/MSG/DON CIO/161108Z JUL 05
REF/D/DOD REGULATION 5500.7R
REF/E/DODINST 5400.13
REF/F/DODINST 5230.09
REF/G/DODMAN 5202.02-M

NARR/REF A IS THE DOD GUIDANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF INTERNET BASED CAPABILITIES (IBC). REF B IS JTF-GNO COMPUTER TASKING ORDER ON RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF IBC. REF C IS DON CIO MESSAGE ON EFFECTIVE USE OF NAVY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES. REF D IS THE DOD JOINT ETHICS REGULATION. REF E IS THE DOD PUBLIC AFFAIRS (PA) OPERATIONS INSTRUCTION. REF F IS THE DOD CLEARANCE OF DOD INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE. REF G IS THE DOD OPERATIONS SECURITY (OPSEC) PROGRAM MANUAL//

POC/ALAN RICKMAN/TEL:757-492-8754/EMAIL:ALAN.RICKMAN@NAVY.MIL//

1. PURPOSE. THIS IS A COORDINATED FLTCYBERCOM-NETWARCOM-NCDOC-NIOC NORFOLK MESSAGE TO PROVIDE INTERIM NAVY GUIDANCE ON RESPONSIBLE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF INTERNET-BASED CAPABILITIES (IBC).

2. BACKGROUND. REF A STATES THE NIPRNET SHALL BE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO IBC ACROSS ALL DOD COMPONENTS AND THAT DOD WILL CONTINUE TO DEFEND INFORMATION AND NETWORKS AGAINST MALICIOUS ACTIVITY AND TO SAFEGUARD MISSIONS. DON-WIDE POLICY IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE PROVIDED SEPCOR.

3. DISCUSSION. WHETHER IBC ARE USED FOR OFFICIAL OR QUALITY OF LIFE PURPOSES OR ACCESSED FROM GOVERNMENT-PROVIDED OR PERSONAL COMPUTER RESOURCES, INHERENT RISKS OF INTERNET MUST BE UNDERSTOOD TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION (NSI). NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF POOR OPSEC, SOCIAL ENGINEERING, PHISHING, EMBEDDED MALWARE, ELECTRONIC SPILLAGES, ETC ALL CAN BE MINIMIZED BY APPLYING GOOD OPSEC AND IA PRACTICES BY ALL HANDS.

4. INTERIM ACTION.

A. WHILE MISSION SAFEGUARDS ARE BEING ASSESSED AS DIRECTED REF B, ALL DON PROTECTIVE MEASURES (E.G. REF C) WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.

B. WHETHER ACCESSING IBC FROM THEIR PERSONAL COMPUTER AND/OR FROM GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT, NAVY PERSONNEL ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL DON RELATED CONTENT THEY PUBLISH ON SOCIAL NETWORKING AND OTHER IBC SITES (PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL) AND SHALL RESPONSIBLY ENGAGE IN USE OF AN IBC WHEN POSTING INFORMATION.

C. PERSONNEL SHALL ENSURE POSTING OF INFORMATION IS ACCURATE, APPROPRIATE AND SUPPORTS COMMAND MISSION REQUIREMENTS AND IS IAW REF D THROUGH F. PERSONNEL MUST KEEP IN MIND HOW THE CONTENT OF INFORMATION WILL REFLECT UPON THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMAND AND THEIR SERVICE.

D. COMMAND PAO AND OPSEC OFFICERS SHALL BE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ALL DETERMINATIONS REGARDING THE POSTING OF INFORMATION POSTED TO THE INTERNET FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS PURPOSES TO ENSURE IT IS APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.

E. COMMAND OPSEC PROGRAMS SHALL BE REVIEWED TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH REF G. A PROACTIVE COMMAND OPSEC PROGRAM AND REGULAR OPSEC TRAINING FOR COMMAND NETWORK USERS ARE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL USE OF IBC. OPSEC WILL BE CONSIDERED BEFORE POSTING PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, AND OPSEC TRAINING SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS IN ON-SITE TRAINING WHEN PRACTICAL.

F. ALL HANDS ARE REMINDED TO COMPLETE ANNUAL IA AWARENESS TRAINING.

5. ADHERENCE TO THE ABOVE GUIDELINES WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF MISSIONS, PERSONNEL AND NETWORKS ARE NOT COMPROMISED. FURTHER DETAIL ON POLICY AND IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIONS FOR BOTH OFFICIAL AND PERSONAL USE OF IBC WILL BE PUBLISHED SEPCOR.//

• 92 pages
• For Official Use Only
• REL NATO, GCTF, ISAF, MCFI, ABCA
• May 2010

Tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) is the pre-hospital care rendered to a casualty in a tactical, combat environment. The principles of TCCC are fundamentally different from those of traditional civilian trauma care where most medical providers and medics train. These differences are based on both the unique patterns and types of wounds that are suffered in combat and the tactical conditions medical personnel face in combat. Unique combat wounds and tactical conditions make it difficult to determine which intervention to perform at what time. Besides addressing a casualty’s medical condition, responding medical personnel must also address the tactical situation faced while providing casualty care in combat. A medically correct intervention performed at the wrong time may lead to further casualties. Put another way, “good medicine may be bad tactics,” which can get the rescuer and casualty killed. To successfully navigate these issues, medical providers must have skills and training oriented to combat trauma care, as opposed to civilian trauma care.

Casualties and wounds

On the battlefield, the pre-hospital period is the most important time to care for any combat casualty. Up to 90 percent of combat deaths occur before a casualty reaches a medical treatment facility. This highlights the primary importance of treating battlefield casualties at the point of injury, prior to casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and arrival at a treatment facility.

Specifically, combat deaths result from the following:
• 31 percent: Penetrating head trauma
• 25 percent: Surgically uncorrectable torso trauma
• 10 percent: Potentially correctable surgical trauma
• 9 percent: Exsanguination
• 7 percent: Mutilating blast trauma
• 3–4 percent: Tension pneumothorax (PTX)
• 2 percent: Airway obstruction/injury
• 5 percent: Died of wounds (mainly infection and shock)

(Note: Numbers do not add up to 100 percent. Not all causes of death are listed. Some deaths are due to multiple causes.)

A significant percentage of these deaths (highlighted above in bold type) are potentially avoidable with proper, timely intervention. Of these avoidable deaths, the vast majority are due to exsanguination and airway or breathing difficulties, conditions that can and should be addressed at the point of injury. It has been estimated that of all preventable deaths, 90 percent of them can be avoided with the simple application of a tourniquet for extremity hemorrhage, the rapid treatment of a PTX, and the establishment of a stable airway.

On the battlefield, casualties will fall into three general categories:
• Casualties who will die, regardless of receiving any medical aid.
• Casualties who will live, regardless of receiving any medical aid.
• Casualties who will die if they do not receive timely and appropriate medical aid.

TCCC addresses the third category of casualties, those who require the most attention of the medical provider during combat.

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• 20 pages
• 2010

• 2 pages
• For Official Use Only
• REL NATO, GCTF, ISAF, MCFI, ABCA
• February 2008

Images from GeoEye. See also:

Iran Nuclear Sites: Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

Bushehr site overview, March 20, 2010. Reactor #1 in upper portion, below is unfinished Reactor #2.

Bushehr site overview, January 28, 2003.

Reactor #1 in January 2003.

Reactor #1 in March 2004.

Reactor #1 in January 2005.

Reactor #1 in June 2005.

Reactor #1 in March 2009.

Reactor #1 in August 2009.

Reactor #1 in March 2010.

It seems journalists are almost incapable of covering Bilderberg in anything but the most farcical fashion.  Its only about one-hundred and fifty of the worlds most powerful people meeting in secret, undisclosed locations around the world, renting entire resorts, demanding massive and extralegal security while they discuss matters that are not publicly divulged and may concern legally protected affairs within their own countries, corporations, and organizational structures.  European royalty is always present, heads of finance are always present, major corporate interests around the world are represented and Henry Kissinger is almost always present, famous journalists have attended, favorable “scholars” are usually present.  Please read over some of the Bilderberg attendance lists over the last fifty years and understand why this man is an idiot.  It’s not about fifteen men at a table, deciding the fate of the world.  It’s about transnational power structures maintained by an interlocking global elite, born of post-war “Atlanticism” wrought now on a global scale.  Bilderberg Meetings is simply one of a number of groups who perform these sorts of functions.  It’s sad that both academia and journalism seem unwilling to address in any meaningful fashion the true power structures governing our planet, not the bizarre “democratic” shows we are led to believe lead us.  Governments are an antiquated structure . . .

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro delivers a speech to members of a Cuban medical brigade who arrived recently from Bolivia, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Roberto Chile)

Fidel Castro fascinated by book on Bilderberg Club (AP):

Fidel Castro is showcasing a theory long popular both among the far left and far right: that the shadowy Bilderberg Group has become a kind of global government, controlling not only international politics and economics, but even culture.

The 84-year-old former Cuban president published an article Wednesday that used three of the only eight pages in the Communist Party newspaper Granma to quote — largely verbatim — from a 2006 book by Lithuanian-born writer Daniel Estulin.

Estulin’s work, “The Secrets of the Bilderberg Club,” argues that the international group largely runs the world. It has held a secretive annual forum of prominent politicians, thinkers and businessmen since it was founded in 1954 at the Bilderberg Hotel in Holland.

Castro offered no comment on the excerpts other than to describe Estulin as honest and well-informed and to call his book a “fantastic story.”

Estulin’s book, as quoted by Castro, described “sinister cliques and the Bilderberg lobbyists” manipulating the public “to install a world government that knows no borders and is not accountable to anyone but its own self.”

The Bilderberg group’s website says its members have “nearly three days of informal and off-the-record discussion about topics of current concern” once a year, but the group does nothing else.

It said the meetings were meant to encourage people to work together on major policy issues.

The prominence of the group is what alarms critics. It often includes members of the Rockefeller family, Henry Kissinger, senior U.S. and European officials and major international business and media executives.

The excerpt published by Castro suggested that the esoteric Frankfurt School of socialist academics worked with members of the Rockefeller family in the 1950s to pave the way for rock music to “control the masses” by diverting attention from civil rights and social injustice.

“The man charged with ensuring that the Americans liked the Beatles was Walter Lippmann himself,” the excerpt asserted, referring to a political philosopher and by-then-staid newspaper columnist who died in 1974.

“In the United States and Europe, great open-air rock concerts were used to halt the growing discontent of the population,” the excerpt said.

Castro — who had an inside seat to the Cold War — has long expressed suspicions of back-room plots. He has raised questions about whether the Sept. 11 attacks were orchestrated by the U.S. government to stoke military budgets and, more recently suggested that Washington was behind the March sinking of a South Korean ship blamed on North Korea.

Estulin’s own website suggests that the 9/11 attacks were likely caused by small nuclear devices, and that the CIA and drug traffickers were behind the 1988 downing of a jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, that was blamed on Libya.

The Bilderberg conspiracy theory has been popular on both extremes of the ideological spectrum, even if they disagree on just what the group wants to do. Leftists accuse the group of promoting capitalist domination, while some right-wing websites argue that the Bilderberg club has imposed Barack Obama on the United States to advance socialism.

Some of Estulin’s work builds on reports by Big Jim Tucker, a researcher on the Bilderberg Group who publishes on right-wing websites.

“It’s great Hollywood material … 15 people sitting in a room sitting in a room determining the fate of mankind,” said Herbert London, president of the Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan policy think tank in New York.

“As someone who doesn’t come out of the Oliver Stone school of conspiracy, I have a hard time believing it,” London added.

A call to a Virginia number for the American Friends of Bilderberg rang unanswered Wednesday and the group’s website lists no contact numbers.

Castro, who underwent emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006 and stepped down as president in February 2008, has suddenly begun popping up everywhere recently, addressing Cuba’s parliament on the threat of a nuclear war, meeting with island ambassadors at the Foreign Ministry, writing a book and even attending the dolphin show at the Havana aquarium.