[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] Cries of 'Duce! Duce!' salute Rome's new mayor | World news | The Guardian
-Original Message- From: Alamaine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CTRL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:52 pm Subject: [ctrl] Cries of 'Duce! Duce!' salute Rome's new mayor | World news | The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/30/italy Cries of 'Duce! Duce!' salute Rome's new mayor John Hooper in Rome The Guardian, Wednesday April 30 2008 Supporters of Gianni Alemanno wave flags in Rome. Photograph: Dario Pignatelli/Reuters Italy's new parliament met for the first time yesterday with applause for Rome's mayor-elect, Gianni Alemanno, a day after followers celebrated his triumph with straight-arm salutes and fascist-era chants. Alemanno, a former neo-fascist youth leader, took 54% of the vote in a run-off on Sunday and Monday, crushing his rival, Francesco Rutelli, a deputy prime minister in the last, centre-left government. Silvio Berlusconi, who won a general election earlier this month, welcomed the latest evidence of Italy's leap to the right by declaring: We are the new Falange. Although he took care to wrap his remark in a classical context, his choice of words appeared to be a nod and a wink to his most extreme supporters. The original Falange - the word means phalanx - was the Spanish fascist party, founded in the 1930s, which supplied Francisco Franco's dictatorship with its ideological underpinning. The prime minister-elect's closest ally, Umberto Bossi, the Northern League leader, kept up the intimidating rhetoric, arriving for the first session of Italy's parliament warning of violence if the centre-left did not go along with his plans for federalism. I don't know what the left wants [but] we are ready, he told reporters. If they want conflicts, I have 300,000 men always on hand. On Monday night, the area around Rome's city hall rang to chants of Duce! Duce!, the term adopted by Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini, equivalent to the German Führer. Supporters of the new mayor gave the fascist Roman straight-arm salutes. Alemanno, however, has promised to be the mayor of all Romans. He yesterday sent telegrams to both the Pope and the Chief Rabbi. Rome's Jewish community was shaken by the prospect of a mayor with Alemanno's record. During the campaign, there was a protest aimed at him in the city's old Jewish ghetto, where many of the city's Jews still live. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008 -- Alamaine, IVe Grand Forks, ND, US of A ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) Being ignorant is not such a shame as being unwilling to learn. - Poor Richard's Almanack, 1758 (Benjamin Franklin) ~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. www.ctrl.org DECLARATION DISCLAIMER == ctrl is a discussion informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis-directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, ctrl gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. ctrl gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. There are two list running, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] has unlimited posting and is more for discussion. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is more for informational exchange and has limited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. Omimited posting abilities. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. OmYahoo! Groups Links
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [SPY NEWS] In Memoriam Philip Agee
-Original Message- From: Mario Profaca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 9:01 am Subject: [SPY NEWS] In Memoriam Philip Agee http://www.geheim-magazin.de In Memoriam Philip Agee by Die Geheim-Redaktion / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Apr 23 2008 ? Ein guter Freund ist gestorben: Anfang Januar dieses Jahres verstarb im Alter von 72 Jahren auf Kuba der ehemalige CIA-Agent Philip Agee. Die Zeitung der kubanischen Kommunisten, „Granma“, würdigte ihn als „verlässlichen Freund Kubas und glühenden Verteidiger des Kampfes der Völker für eine bessere Welt“. Ja, das war Philip und so wird er in Erinnerung vieler bleiben, obwohl die Sätze aus „Granma“ eine stimmige, kurze Zusammenfassung eines stürmischen, kämpferischen Lebens sind. Philip Agee hat ganz bewusst und mit Konsequenz die Seiten gewechselt. Zunächst als Durchschnittsnordamerika-ner“, patriotisch und karriereorientiert, neugierig auf die große, weite Welt aufgewachsen, verschlug es ihn in den berüchtigten US-Geheimdienst CIA, wo er glaubte, all das erleben und erfüllen zu können. Diese Organisation des Staatsterrorismus schickte ihn als intelligenten, sprachbegabten Nachwuchs-agenten nach Lateinamerika, um die Dominanz des Imperiums in Lateinamerika mit allen Mitteln zu verteidigen. Dort erlebte Philip Agee jedoch mit eigenen Augen, was dies sehr konkret bedeutete: Folter, Mord, Staatsstreich, Mediendesinformation, Lüge, Verrat. Nichts blieb da mehr übrig von seinen Werten, die er einst geglaubt hatte, mit und in der Agency verteidigen zu können. Um sich treu zu bleiben, wurde er deshalb zu einem ihrer schärfsten und konsequentesten Kritiker. Er brach mit der CIA 1968 und veröffentliche 1975 sein in viele Sprachen übersetztes Buch „Inside the Company“, indem er die schmutzigen Tricks der CIA sowie auch die Namen vieler für sie verantwortli-chen CIA-Agenten und Strukturen enthüllte. Seither wurde er von seinem ehemaligen Arbeitgeber gejagt, ihm der US-Pass entzogen; er war, wie einer seiner späteren Buchtitel lautete: „On The Run“ – auf der Flucht... Dennoch. Philip Agee blieb sich treu. Er veröffentlichte weiter, enthüllte viele weitere CIA-Operationen, so u.a. gegen Nikaragua, Grenada, Jamaika. Er blieb einer der konsequentesten und schärfsten Kritiker der CIA! So unterstützte er von Anfang an weitere nordamerikanische Kritiker der CIA, unter ihnen auch andere ehemalige CIA-Agenten, die von Beginn der 70er Jahre an in Büchern und Zeitschriften („Covert Ac-tion Information Bulletin“/später „Covert Action Quarterly“ sowie „The National Reporter“) eine weltwei-te Bewegung gegen die Terrororganisation CIA initiierten und damit alle Völker, Parteien, Organisatio-nen und Bewegungen sehr konkret unterstützten, die für Freiheit, sozialen wie politischen Fortschritt, für eine bessere Welt gegen das brutale Imperial kämpften. Diese Bewegung wurde schließlich so erfolgreich, dass einer der ersten Amtshandlung des 1980 neu gewählten US-Präsidenten Ronald Reagan war, das so genannte „Identities Protection Act“ zu verabschieden, mit dem es von nun an allen US-Bürgern – bei Androhung horrender Strafen – verboten war, wo und wie auch immer durch Veröffentlichungen zur Enthüllung aktiver, getarnter CIAAgenten und/oder geheimer CIAOperationen beizutragen, was angeblich zur Gefährdung der so genannten „nationalen Sicherheit“ des Yankee-Imperiums führen könne. Ein repressiver Gummiparagraf und ein schwerer Schlag gegen die Presse-freiheit in den USA, dem in den folgenden Jahrzehnten noch viele weitere folgen sollten... An diesem Punkt der Geschichte trafen sich unsere Wege – im revolutionären, sandinistischen Nika-ragua, das wir tatkräftig unterstützten. Unser Magazin GEHEIM wurde geboren, um jene Aspekte der Anti-CIA-Bewegung fortzuführen, unter anderem das NAMING NAMES, also die Enthüllung diploma-tisch getarnter CIAAgenten, die in den USA und für USBürger verboten worden war. Seither war uns Philip verbunden: ob als Autor oder Unterstützer. Deshalb versuchte die CIA auch, Veröffentlichungen in GEHEIM, die Furore machten, so u.a. 1988 die systematische Enthüllung von CIA-Agenten und Strukturen, ihm anzuhängen, um den weltweiten Druck auf Philip Agee weiter zu erhöhen. Die Terroristen im CIA-Hauptquartier in Langley störte es dabei nicht, dass er mit diesen Aspekten nichts zu tun hatte. Also wieder einmal ein klassischer Fall von Desinformation... Ende der 90er Jahre zog Philip ganz nach Kuba und fand dort endlich einen ruhenden Pol ohne den Druck, ständig gejagt zu werden. 2000 gründete er in Havanna eine Reiseagentur, um vor allem nord-amerikanischen Staatsbürgern gegen das US-Embargo Reisen auf die revolutionäre Karibikinsel zu ermöglichen. Für ihn war dies ein konkreter, aktiver Schritt prinzipieller Solidarität mit der kubanischen Revolution, ein weiterer Schnittpunkt, den ihn mit uns verband. Philip, wir werden Dich in vielerlei Hinsicht vermissen,
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [ctrl] CIA's John McCone Western Bancorporation Westheimer Houston TEXAS !!!
-Original Message- From: judson witham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meno Slither [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 6:18 pm Subject: [ctrl] CIA's John McCone Western Bancorporation Westheimer Houston TEXAS !!! judson witham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.westgate-ch.com/enabout.html Throughout the 1980s, the assets of the holding company, Western Bancorporation, exceeded $1 billion and became the 4th largest bank of the Houston Metropolitan area. POTHOLES PROMISES/Montgomery County's crumbling subdivisions/ Investors mired in muddy mess of sub... CATHY GORDON : Staff Clesson said officials at Western Bank-Westheimer in Houston, who financed the project, urged him to take it over in 1978 after Eikel went into default on a loan. 06/22/1987 Good Old Harreal Blackshear and CIA Director John McCone's Western Bancorporation The Pinewood Village MAFIA POTHOLES PROMISES/Montgomery County's crumbling subdivisions/ Investors mired in muddy mess of sub... CATHY GORDON : Staff Pinewood Village resident Shelly Dayton said she lives for the day when she can travel Pinewood Village roads without battling potholes. 06/22/1987 Resident's crusading `fans fire'/Subdivision's critic outlines difficulties CATHY GORDON : Staff I want to warn people about the Pinewood Villages of the world. But my only motivation is putting a stop to Pinewood Villages. 06/22/1987 Man charged in threat against Bush CATHY GORDON : Staff Authorities said all the threats appear to stem from Witham's frustration at road, drainage and septic tank problems in Pinewood Village, the subdivision in which he lives. 11/21/1985 Conroe man charged with threatening assistant county attorney's life CATHY GORDON : Staff The telephone call apparently stemmed from Witham's frustration over getting problems corrected in Pinewood Village, the subdivision in which he lives east of Conroe. 11/20/1985 Now Maybe We Should Look A Little CLOSER at the Houston Posts Stories and that CLOSED DOOR Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Hearing William Webster, Herman K. Beebe , Ollie North and the Houston Post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCone http://www.namebase.org/mccone.html After the Bay of Pigs fiasco, Kennedy tried to appease the right-wing by appointing McCone as CIA director Right up the street from the Galleria were North, Secord and B H Bush took up one of their FIRST COLLECTIONS for Iran Contra and the ENTERPRISES Westgate Investments Western Bancorporation is a private bank holding company owned by Swiss investor O.R. Lababedi. Although the company's remaining banks will be sold, the Lababedi family will retain ownership of the holding company, Scogin said. Western bank failures largest in city's history SCOTT CLARK : Staff Starting with the bank on Westheimer, Western built a group of five banks in the early 1980s. The North Wilcrest bank was opened in 1983. 10/02/1987 The Billary and William J. Clinton Gary Mauro Connection !!! Authorities probing forgery allegations JAMES DRUMMOND, MARY C. BOUNDS : Staff Wright, who was a director at Western Bank-Downtown when the $850,000 loan was made, and Caraway launched a dozen real estate projects in the Clear Lake area in the early to mid-1980s. 01/29/1988 Established in 2002, Westgate is the Swiss arm of RLG's Real Estates Division and its management has an important role in RLG's global real estates strategy. The Switzerland portfolio is to grow strongly over the next few years through acquisitions and developments. Westgate Investments aims to become one of the major players on the Swiss market by using RLG's now traditional investment method, based on a secure financial structure, irreprochable work ethics and excellent partner relations. McCone, John A. McCone is a former CIA director, a member of the Bohemian Club, and a director of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance, United California Bank, Western Bancorporation, Standard Oil of California, ITT, and the Committee on the Present Danger. More on McCone King, Frank L. King is a director of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. He has been a director of Litton Industries and the chairman of Western Bancorporation and United California Bank. Shumway, Forrest N. (Treasurer) Shumway is a director of United California Bank, president and chief executive of The Signal Companies, Inc.,
[cia-drugs] Father of the Drug LSD Dies at 102
http://news.aol.com/health/story/ar/_a/father-of-the-drug-lsd-dies-at-102/20080430075109990001 Father of the Drug LSD Dies at 102 AP Posted: 2008-04-30 09:32:14 Filed Under: Health News, Science News, World News GENEVA (April 30) - Albert Hofmann, the father of the mind-altering drug LSD whose medical discovery grew into a notorious problem child, died Tuesday. He was 102. Keystone / AP Hofmann died of a heart attack at his home in Basel, according to Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, in a statement posted on the association's Web site. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by Doris Stuker, a clerk in the village of Burg im Leimental, where Hofmann moved following his retirement in 1971. Hofmann's hallucinogen inspired - and arguably corrupted - millions in the 1960's hippy generation. For decades after LSD was banned in the late 1960s, Hofmann defended his invention. I produced the substance as a medicine. ... It's not my fault if people abused it, he once said. The Swiss chemist discovered lysergic acid diethylamide-25 in 1938 while studying the medicinal uses of a fungus found on wheat and other grains at the Sandoz pharmaceuticals firm in Basel. He became the first human guinea pig of the drug when a tiny amount of the substance seeped on to his finger during a repeat of the laboratory experiment on April 16, 1943. I had to leave work for home because I was suddenly hit by a sudden feeling of unease and mild dizziness, he subsequently wrote in a memo to company bosses. Everything I saw was distorted as in a warped mirror, he said, describing his bicycle ride home. I had the impression I was rooted to the spot. But my assistant told me we were actually going very fast. Upon reaching home, Hofmann began experiencing what he called a vision. What I was thinking appeared in colors and in pictures, he told Swiss television network SF DRS for a program marking his 100th birthday two years ago. It lasted for a couple of hours and then it disappeared. Three days later, Hofmann experimented with a larger dose. The result was a horror trip. The substance which I wanted to experiment with took over me. I was filled with an overwhelming fear that I would go crazy. I was transported to a different world, a different time, Hofmann wrote. There was no answer at Hofmann's home on Tuesday and a person who answered the phone at Novartis, a former employer, said the company had no knowledge of his death. Hofmann and his scientific colleagues hoped that LSD would make an important contribution to psychiatric research. The drug exaggerated inner problems and conflicts and thus it was hoped that it might be used to recognize and treat mental illnesses like schizophrenia. For a time, Sandoz sold LSD 25 under the name Delysid, encouraging doctors to try it themselves. It was one of the strongest drugs in medicine - with just one gram enough to drug an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people for 12 hours. Hofmann discovered the drug had a similar chemical structure to psychedelic mushrooms and herbs used in religious ceremonies by Mexican Indians. LSD was elevated to international fame in the late 1950s and 1960s thanks to Harvard professor Timothy Leary who embraced the drug under the slogan turn on, tune in, drop out. The film star Cary Grant and numerous rock musicians extolled its virtues in achieving true self discovery and enlightenment. But away from the psychedelic trips and flower children, horror stories emerged about people going on murder sprees or jumping out of windows while hallucinating. Heavy users suffered permanent psychological damage. The U.S. government banned LSD in 1966 and other countries followed suit. Hofmann maintained this was unfair, arguing that the drug was not addictive. He repeatedly maintained the ban should be lifted to allow LSD to be used in medical research. He himself took the drug - purportedly on an occasional basis and out of scientific interest - for several decades. LSD can help open your eyes, he once said. But there are other ways - meditation, dance, music, fasting. Even so, the self described father of LSD readily agreed that the drug was dangerous if in the wrong hands. This was reflected by the title of his 1979 book: LSD - my problem child. Hofmann retired from Sandoz in 1971. He devoted his time to travel, writing and lectures - which often reflected his growing interest with philosophy and religious questions. He lived in a small picturesque village outside of Basel in the Swiss Jura mountains, a stone's throw from the French border, and remained active until his early 90s. Hofmann is survived by two of his four children. He was predeceased by his wife Anita. Funeral arrangements were not immediately available. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP
