American Conspiracies - Jesse Ventura [135]
5 Pressuring Justice Department: “What the New Jim Comey Torture E-mails Actually Reveal,” by Glenn Greenwald, June 7, 2009, www.salon.com.
6 Major Burney on interrogations: “The Stomach-Turning Truth,” op.cit.
7 Torture and death of Al-Libi: “New Revelations About the Torture and Alleged Suicide of Ibn Al-Shaykh Al-Libi,” by Andy Worthington, June 19, 2009, www.pubrecord.org.
8 Waterboarding of 9/11 Witnesses: “Why Didn’t Pelosi Speak Out Against Torture,” by Robert Scheer, May 15, 2009, Truthdig, www.alternet.org.
9 Bush-Blair meeting: “Confidential Memo Reveals US Plan to Provoke an Invasion of Iraq,” June 21, 2009, www.guardian.co.uk.
10 “executiveassassination ring”: “Investigative Reporter Seymour Hersh Describes ‘Executive Assassination Ring,’” by Eric Black, March 11, 2009, www.newsfromunderground.com.
11 Assassination and Blackwater: “CIA Sought Blackwater’s Help to Kill Jihadists,” by Mark Mazetti, August 20, 2009, New York Times.
12 Privatization in Afghanistan: “Flushing Blackwater,” by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, August 31, 2009, www.truthout.org.
13 Erik Prince as “Christian Crusader”: Ibid.
14 Blackwater killing Iraqi Civilians: “Blackwater Founder Accused in Court of Intent to Kill,” by Jerry Markon, Washington Post, August 29, 2009.
15 Blackwater image change: “Blackwater’s Business,” The Nation, December 24, 2007.
16 Triple Canopy: “Former Iraq Security Contractors Say Firm Bought Black Market Weapons, Swapped Booze for Rockets,” by T. Christian Miller and Aram Roston, ProPublica, September 21, 2009, www.truthout.org.
17 Blackwater operations: Nation articles, Ibid. and op.cit.
18 Blackwater in New Orleans: “Blackwater Down,” by Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, September 21, 2005.
19 Patriot Act: “Bill of Rights Under Bush: A Timeline,” by Phil Leggiere, for Question Authority (on the Web).
20 NSA spying and setup: “Obama’s Black Widow,” by Nat Hentoff, Village Voice, January 7, 2009, www.truthout.org.
21 Targeted journalists: “Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications,” by Kim Zetter, January 22, 2009, http://blog.wired.com.
22 Clinton e-mails: “NSA Secret Database Ensnared President Clinton’s Private Email,” by Kim Zetter, June 17, 2009, www.truthout.org.
23 “Suspicionless Surveillance”: “Did Bush Continue to Secretly Operate Total Information Awareness?”, by Jason Leopold, September 19, 2009, www.truthout.org.
24 Brochure: See www.infragard.net.
25 For more on Infragard, check out: www.democracynow.org, February 11, 2008, interview by NPR’s Amy Goodman with Progressive Magazine editor Matt Rothschild.
26 Memo on anti-terrorist plans: “Extraordinary Measures,” by Michael Isikoff, Newsweek, March 3, 2009, posted on www.truthout.org.
27 Ratner on “Fuhrer’s Law”: “Do the Secret Bush Memos Amount to Treason? Top Constitutional Scholar Says Yes,” by Naomi Wolf, Alternet, March 26, 2009, www.truthout.org.
28 Operation Garden Plot: “Secret Bush Administration Plan to Suspend US Constitution,” by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, October 6, 2008.
29 Rex 84: “Rex 84: FEMA’s Blueprint for Martial Law in America,” by Allen L. Roland, Global Research, August 20, 2006.
30 Iran-Contra hearing: The Road to 9/11, by Peter Dale Scott, University of California Press, 2007, p. 184.
31 Top-level planning: Ibid.
32 Rumsfeld/Cheney: Ibid., p. 185, citing author James Mann.
33 COG plan: Dated January 19, 2001, the latestversionwasheaded: “Army Regulation 500-3, Emergency Employment of Army and Other Resources. Army Continuity of Operations (COOP) Program.” According to the Web site Wikileaks that published it, there was an addendum: “Destruction Notice: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document.”
34 New terrorism task force: Ibid., p. 185.
35 Allbaugh at FEMA: The Road to 9/11, p. 210.
36 “Shadow government”: “Shadow Government Is at Work in Secret,” by Barton Gellman and Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, March 1, 2002.
37 ENDGAME: “Rule By Fear or Rule