Mark Mazetti’s NY Times article - U.S. Is Still Using Private Spy Ring, Despite Doubts tells us : “WASHINGTON — Top military officials have continued to rely on a secret network of private spies who have produced hundreds of reports from deep inside Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to American officials and businessmen, despite concerns among some in the military about the legality of the operation. “ [1]
It also tells us “In January 2009, General Petraeus wrote a letter endorsing the proposed operations, which had been requested by Gen. David D. McKiernan, the top commander in Afghanistan at the time….General McKiernan said he had endorsed a reporting and research network in Afghanistan and Pakistan pitched to him a year earlier by Robert Young Pelton, a writer and chronicler of the world’s danger spots, and Eason Jordan, a former CNN executive. The project, called AfPax Insider, would have been used a subscription-based Web site, but also a secure information database that only the military could access.” [1] What Mark Mazetti does not tell us is that General David Petreus and Eason T. Jordan are members of the Council on Foreign Relations. In January 2007, as part of his overhauled Iraq strategy, President George W. Bush announced that Council on Foreign Relations member Petraeus would succeed Gen. George Casey as commanding general of MNF- I to lead all U.S. troops in Iraq. On January 23, the Senate Armed Services Committee held Petraeus' nomination hearing, during which he testified on his ideas for Iraq, particularly the strategy underpinning the "surge" of forces. During his opening statement, Petraeus stated that "security of the population, especially in Baghdad, and in partnership with the Iraqi Security Forces, will be the focus of the military effort." He went on to state that security will require establishing a persistent presence, especially in Iraq's most threatened neighborhoods. He also noted the critical importance of helping Iraq increase its governmental capacity, develop employment programs, and improve daily life for its citizens. [2] Before leaving for Iraq, Council on Foreign Relations member Petraeus recruited a number of highly educated military officers, nicknamed "Petraeus guys" or "designated thinkers," to advise him as commander. Washington Post reporter Tomas E. Ricks writes in his Washington Post Article Petraeus' Iraq staff armed with lots of Ph.D.s “The panel's core conclusion, never released to the public but discussed with President Bush on Dec. 13, according to an officer on the Joint Staff, was that the U.S. government should seek to "go long" in Iraq by shifting from a combat stance to a long-term training-and-advisory effort. But to make that shift, the review also concluded, the U.S. military might first have to "spike" its presence by about 20,000 to 30,000 troops to curb sectarian violence and improve security in Baghdad. That is almost exactly what the U.S. government hopes to do over the next eight months.” [3] Ricks also tells us “The two most influential members of the brain trust are likely to be Col. Peter Mansoor and Col. H.R. McMaster, whose influence already outstrips their rank. Both served on a secret panel convened last fall by Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to review Iraq strategy.” Conspicuously absent from Ricks article are that Petreus, Mansoor, and McMaster are all members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations member Eason T. Jordan is a former Chief News Executive for CNN. He worked 23 years at the news network from 1982 until his resignation in 2005. Washington Post staff writer Howard Kurtz’s article, “CNN’s Jordan Resigns Over Iraq Remarks” tells us : “Eason Jordan resigned last night as CNN's chief news executive in an effort to quell a burgeoning controversy over his remarks about U.S. soldiers killing journalists in Iraq…Jordan, 44, said in a statement yesterday that he was quitting after 23 years at the network "to prevent CNN from being unfairly tarnished by the controversy over conflicting accounts of my recent remarks regarding the alarming number of journalists killed in Iraq. . . . I never meant to imply U.S. forces acted with ill intent when U.S. forces accidentally killed journalists, and I apologize to anyone who thought I said or believed otherwise." No definitive account of what Jordan said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 27 has been made public, including the forum's videotape of the off-the-record session. Two Democrats who were there, Rep. Barney Frank (Mass.) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (Conn.), criticized Jordan's remarks. Others in attendance, including U.S. News & World Report editor at large David Gergen and BBC executive Richard Sambrook, said Jordan had clarified his remarks.” [4] Missing from Kurtz’s article is the fact that Eason Jordan, Christopher Dodd, and David Gergen were members of the Council on Foreign Relations. Also missing from the article is that the World Economic Forum is closely connected to the Bilderberger Group and has numerous members of the Council on Foreign Relations on its boards. Bilderberg member Klaus Schwab is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Bilderberg member Schwab was born in Germany in 1938. Bilderberg member Schwab’s honors include a Knighthood (KCMG) bestowed by H.M. the Queen of England. World Economic Forum Managing Director Richard Samans was an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in London and Washington DC. The World Economic Forum’s Foundation Board includes Bilderberg Member Tony Blair, Council on Foreign Relations member Orit Gadiesh and Council on Foreign Relations member Susan Hookfield. [5] Among the World Economic Forum’s Global Redesign Initiatives are : Implement social welfare reforms and introduce social safety nets to encourage greater consumption in the large high-saving economies to rebalance the global economy Recognize that firms’ shareholders are not their only stakeholders, and shift firms’ emphasis from simply delivering shareholder value to fulfilling their role as employers, community members and taxpayers Develop the G20 into an institutionalized organization that monitors trade practices and combats protectionism, pushes forward the Doha Round of global trade talks, coordinates the “exit strategies” required to unwind stimulus investments across countries, and provides critical oversight of the reforms and restructuring needed to rebalance the global economy Physically move the major global institutions, all of which are based in the West, to Asia and other emerging regions: it would be an important demonstration of the world’s commitment to revitalizing the multilateral trade agenda if the World Trade Organization were to transfer to Hong Kong, for example •Restructure existing global institutions in a meaningful way, requiring the revision of the basic questions that these organizations were designed to answer when they were conceived. Security is no longer restricted to military and defence matters. Ensuring food, water and energy supplies for people is now more broadly considered a vital element of a government’s national security obligations. The concept of human security is more widely accepted. In reforming global governance institutions and mechanisms, the world needs to reframe the questions that it asked in 1946 so that they are relevant to what the international community will face in 2046 Explore the potential for coordinated interest rates and currency management, including the possibilityof replacing the dollar as the global reserve currency Re-examine the basis of the Bretton Woods-era institutions and reframe their parameters to reflect contemporary thinking on such concepts as global security, risk management and stability [6] In the summer of 1998 Council on Foreign Relations member Richard Gephardt, House Democratic leader told an American Television audience that the day was soon coming that the United States would have to become part of an international regime. It appears the day has arrived. The United States is part of an international regime run by members of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Bilderberger Group and the Trilateral Commission. Why are journalists like Mezzetti, Thomas, Kurtz and others failing to point out the connection of the individuals in their articles to membership in these groups? Sources : [1] U.S. Is Still Using Private Spy Ring, Despite Doubts By MARK MAZZETTI Published: May 15, 2010, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/world/16contractors.html?pagewanted=all [2] "General Petraeus's Opening Statement" published January 23, 2007 NY Times [3] Ricks, Thomas E. Petraeus' Iraq staff armed with lots of Ph.D.s Originally published Saturday, February 10, 2007 at 12:00 AM Washington Post [4] Howard Kurtz “CNN's Jordan Resigns Over Iraq Remarks” [5] World Economic Forum [6] World Economic Forum Proposals from Global Redesign Summit -- Please consider seriously the reason why these elite institutions are not discussed in the mainstream press despite the immense financial and political power they wield? There are sick and evil occultists running the Western World. They are power mad lunatics like something from a kids cartoon with their fingers on the nuclear button! Armageddon is closer than you thought. Only God can save our souls from their clutches, at least that's my considered opinion - Tony You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PEPIS" group. Please feel free to forward it to anyone who might be interested particularly your political representatives, journalists and spiritual leaders/dudes. 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