AP "Given Russia’s hostile actions in Ukraine, business as usual is unacceptable,” Coats said in a statement. "With American credibility and the future of the international order on the line, our actions should reflect that. This specific economic sanction will harm Russian interests in a serious way without damaging America’s economy.""
Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda Jeff Jarvis: Washington shows the morals of a clumsy spammer Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain The Guardian, Thursday 17 March 2011 "The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon against the online presence of al-Qaida supporters and others ranged against coalition forces. Since then, OEV is reported to have expanded into a $200m programme and is thought to have been used against jihadists across Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East."
Gen Wesley Clark, interviewd by Amy Goodman, March 2, 2007: "You see, essentially, you cannot win the war on terror by military force. It is first and foremost a battle of ideas. It is secondly a law enforcement effort and a cooperative effort among nations. And only as a last resort do you use military force."
The Huffington Post UK | Posted: 25/04/2013 Last year the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced that the UK was doubling the number of armed RAF drones in Afghanistan to 10 with the five new aircraft to be operated remotely from RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.On Thursday the MoD confirmed the new aircraft, known as 13 Squadron, which were officially "stood up" in October, started flying missions over Afghanistan this week. The hi-tech Reaper drones are primarily used to gather intelligence on enemy activity on the ground, but they also carry 500lb bombs and Hellfire missiles for precision strikes on insurgents.
Anna MacDonald of Control Arms speaks at the start of the ceremony for the signing of the Arms Trade Treaty at United Nations headquarters in New York, Jun. 3, 2013
ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean energy • Documents reveal conservative group's anti-green agenda • Strategy to charge people who install their own solar panels • Environmentalists accuse Alec of protecting utility firms' profits • ALEC facing funding crisis after exodus of big donors Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington and Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 December 2013
Regie: James Bamford, C. Scott Willis "Das jüngste Werk von James Bamford, "The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA From 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America", bildet die Grundlage der Dokumentation. Darin deckt der amerikanische Journalist und Autor auf, wie die National Security Agency , die amerikanische Nationale Sicherheitsbehörde - deren Existenz übrigens James Bamford 1982 publik machte - die neuesten Informationstechniken anwendet, um im Krieg gegen den Terror an Informationen zu gelangen. Von Lichtwellenleitern bis zur Satellitenkommunikation erkundet er alle Mittel, die der NSA für die Audio- und E-Mail-Überwachung, bei der Millionen von E-Mails abgefangen werden, zur Verfügung stehen."
17 nov 2012 Speakers: JAMEEL JAFFER DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ; WILLIAM BINNEY FORMER OFFICIAL, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY ; JAMES BAMFORD INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST ALEX ABDO STAFF ATTORNEY, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION