Originally posted in HS Today.
March 30, 2012
By: Wayne Simmons and Kerry Patton
By June 15, 1969, the FBI had successfully infiltrated and was aggressively investigating the admittedly militant Black Panther Party (BPP). And on that day then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover declared “the Black Panther Party, without question, represents the greatest threat to [the] internal security of the country.”
Hoover pledged 1969 would be the last year of the radical group’s existence. He was wrong.
March 26, 2012 Homeland Security Today
By: Kerry Patton
Some of our nation’s greatest research and experimentation has come from the federal government. Unfortunately, a lot of government research is also very controversial. In the mid-1970’s, for example, the CIA’s MKULTRA program involved highly divisive experiments in manipulating individual mental states and altering brain functions.
Today, we must wonder whether another dark government human experimentation program is taking place that’s also altering the mental state of our best and brightest, and what its impact will be on future soldiers’ ability to combat terrorists.
Continue Reading Here: http://www.hstoday.us/blogs/guest-commentaries/blog/the-pentagon-prison-experiment-and-the-militarys-future-ability-to-fight-terror/13eb571b1596469a50031e4d2f7b8117.html
This week, main stream media decided to finally report about Hezbollah (Hizballah) inside the United States. The New York City Counterterrorism Division along with the former head of the DEA testified about the Hezbollah crisis before Congress. Why hasn’t the main stream media picked up on this issue earlier—like years earlier?
Read more: http://www.standupamericaus.org/homeland-security/msm%E2%80%94you-missed-the-bus-on-hezbollah/
EDITOR’S NOTE: The below is a co-opt written by Ret. CIA Officer, Wayne Simmons, and Kerry Patton. It was originally published at the American Thinker.
By Wayne Simmons and Kerry Patton
Southern Command’s chief, Air Force General Douglas Fraser, had recently briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the growing threat of Iranian-backed terror networks in South America. His insight contradicts Director of National Intelligence James Clapper’s most recent national threat assessment, which failed to mention anything about Iranian proxies. Is the growing Iranian-South American alliance threat truly new, or was this briefing intended to secure USSOUTHCOM’s budget?
Since March 9th, Israel has been under constant attack. Well over 200 rockets and mortars have been launched into the Holy Land. Numerous sources close to the highest of Israeli officials claim that the next forty-eight hours will be “heard around the world.”
The Director of National Intelligence serves as the head of the Intelligence Community (IC). It is the DNI who is responsible for overseeing and directing the implementation of the National Intelligence Program budget. The DNI acts as the principal advisor to the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for intelligence matters related to US national security. America’s current DNI, James Clapper, has proven himself as incompetent.
Many persons have taken the stage making false claims about Iranian perceptions towards the west. Those very persons have attempted to socially condition the masses with absolute rhetoric claiming the majority of Iranians actually support the West. Many times, they falsely state that the majority of Iranians do not favor the current Iranian regime. Such statements are not supported by fact and are proven untrue. Here is a fact that every American needs to know about Iran and its people—the majority of Iranians despise the West.
In 2008, Contemporary Security Policy released a stark report titled Determinants of Popular Support for Iran’s Nuclear Program: Insights from a Nationally Representative Survey. The survey conducted was fused by three different entities–the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention within the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) which formed the Iran Policy Forum, Search for Common Ground (SCG), and the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).
Editor Note: A good friend passed along this blog post. All I could say is WOW, someone else gets it! Thank goodness! It is believed that “Caracas Gringo” is a retired special ops gurur now working in a unique capacity in South America. No further details will be provided as his personal security is much more important. This is a clear example of politicization of intelligence. And we have fallen onto that trap before.
For several years now, some individuals in Washington, D.C. have warned relentlessly that the alliance between Iran and Venezuela constitutes a clear and present danger to the security of the United States.
Hugo and Mahmoud, Iran’s missile capabilities + nuclear weapons program and Venezuela’s uranium resources, their shared furious anti-American and anti-Israel views all conjugate into persistent warnings from some Latin America-focused “policymakers” and “experts” on the right in Washington DC that if the US government doesn’t act immediately to end the Iranian-Venezuelan terror threat the land of Lincoln risks being hit by Iranian terrorists based in Venezuela.
Read more: http://caracasgringo.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/dime-con-quien-andas/
EDITOR NOTE: As mentioned on numerous occasions, there are many Iranians who oppose the current Persian regime. Contrary to many beliefs, these Iranians are not necessarily religious fanatics. Very few have aligned themselves with any fundamental group like the Muslim Brotherhood. These persons have been staunch allies to the United States and our world partners. They have been persecuted by the Iranian regime and now they are being persecuted by the newly established Iraqi government as well. It is clear that a new ticket presents itself in these opposition groups and the United States must learn their value. In doing so, such groups will have a greater chance of ousting the current Iranian regime and create a democratically sound Iran. The current US administration must take a lead in supporting these groups before time runs out.
Editor’s Note: The below link will take readers to a radio interview conducted yesterday which specifically discusses the Iranian Global threat. This interview was conducted by Matt Bruce from the Captain America Radio Show, News Talk Florida 1470AM. Of note, the Iran War Monitor website is getting lots of attention in the past couple of weeks. One of America’s Major Commands along with one of the world’s largest international organizations recently reached us asking for insight on Iranian based topics including Hezbollah. Now, with this interview, Kerry Patton has just landed a weekly segment on Florida’s News Talk Radio 1470AM which will occur every Monday for approximately ten minutes starting at 1530 hrs.
Listen here: http://www.newstalkflorida.com/captains-america-show-213/