Comments on: Ten weird CIA programs http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:43:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rich http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597862 Rich Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:45:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597862 A cat's natural grace in motion is harmed when you attach anything to its body, like clothing or lengths of tape. I'll bet that's why it got hit by a car. We cat owners know this. They should have asked us. A cat’s natural grace in motion is harmed when you attach anything to its body, like clothing or lengths of tape. I’ll bet that’s why it got hit by a car. We cat owners know this. They should have asked us.

]]> By: Thomas http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597781 Thomas Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:45:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597781 #10 And who actually was in office then? Oh, that's right, a Democrat. Btw, the Bay of Pigs failure was an education in how to take a good plan and screw it up. Einsenhower helped devise the initial plans to invade Cuba and had they followed that plan, which called for landing at Trinidad, it probably would have been successful. However, pool party boy and his the CIA bozos decided they knew better and modified the plan to the end we all know. I can understand trying the acoustic cat. I know that rats have also been tried. I can even understand "some" of the work with drugs. What I can't get is the 20 years it took them to realize that remote viewing was bunch of BS. Seriously, 20 years? You'd think one double-blind study would have been enough. #10
And who actually was in office then? Oh, that’s right, a Democrat.

Btw, the Bay of Pigs failure was an education in how to take a good plan and screw it up. Einsenhower helped devise the initial plans to invade Cuba and had they followed that plan, which called for landing at Trinidad, it probably would have been successful. However, pool party boy and his the CIA bozos decided they knew better and modified the plan to the end we all know.

I can understand trying the acoustic cat. I know that rats have also been tried. I can even understand “some” of the work with drugs. What I can’t get is the 20 years it took them to realize that remote viewing was bunch of BS. Seriously, 20 years? You’d think one double-blind study would have been enough.

]]> By: sargasso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597716 sargasso Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:48:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597716 #9. run #9. run

]]> By: mv http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597675 mv Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597675 If you go to the CIA website, you will find a link to the Iraqi Rewards Program. They offer rewards for informationon WMD. It is available only in Arabic now. I archived the English original before they took it down. Their webmaster confirmed to me that visiots for misusing the page. If you go to the CIA website, you will find a link to the Iraqi Rewards Program. They offer rewards for informationon WMD. It is available only in Arabic now. I archived the English original before they took it down. Their webmaster confirmed to me that visiots for misusing the page.

]]> By: Phydeau http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597671 Phydeau Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:57 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597671 <blockquote>In the early 1960s, when the Cold War was in full swing and fear of communism was rampant, a plan dubbed Operation Northwoods was proposed within the American CIA. In short, it called for the government to perform a series of violent terrorist actions in U.S. cities including bombings, hijackings, phony riots, and sabotage, all of which could then be blamed on Cuba. This would drum up support for a war against the communists and lead to an eventual military operation to remove Fidel Castro from power. The plan was drafted and signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and presented to President John F. Kennedy, who personally rejected it, and it was subsequently abandoned. For years after, Operation Northwoods existed as a rumor, but it was finally revealed to be true when top-secret documents describing the plan were made public in 1997 as part of a release of government papers relating to the Kennedy assassination.</blockquote> Thank goodness today's crop of nutball Republicans wasn't in power then. They're so far off the edge, I bet this sounds reasonable to them.

In the early 1960s, when the Cold War was in full swing and fear of communism was rampant, a plan dubbed Operation Northwoods was proposed within the American CIA. In short, it called for the government to perform a series of violent terrorist actions in U.S. cities including bombings, hijackings, phony riots, and sabotage, all of which could then be blamed on Cuba. This would drum up support for a war against the communists and lead to an eventual military operation to remove Fidel Castro from power. The plan was drafted and signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and presented to President John F. Kennedy, who personally rejected it, and it was subsequently abandoned. For years after, Operation Northwoods existed as a rumor, but it was finally revealed to be true when top-secret documents describing the plan were made public in 1997 as part of a release of government papers relating to the Kennedy assassination.

Thank goodness today’s crop of nutball Republicans wasn’t in power then. They’re so far off the edge, I bet this sounds reasonable to them.

]]> By: bottomfeeder http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597670 bottomfeeder Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:00:35 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597670 Didn't they find and tap an undersea phone cable between Moscow and a military base on an island off the east coast of the then Soviet Union. Didn’t they find and tap an undersea phone cable
between Moscow and a military base on an island
off the east coast of the then Soviet Union.

]]> By: ECA http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597660 ECA Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:20:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597660 And this is only PART of the ice berg.. And this is only PART of the ice berg..

]]> By: Misanthropic Scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597635 Misanthropic Scott Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:06:28 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597635 #3,4, Ack. #3,4,

Ack.

]]> By: AdmFubar http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597629 AdmFubar Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597629 nothing can compare to this cat operation <object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B2Je1CEPkUM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B2Je1CEPkUM&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object> nothing can compare to this cat operation

]]> By: toptenz http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597601 toptenz Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:37:36 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597601 Thanks for the link, we appreciate it. And, yes, the premise for the cat's death is funny, but not the death. Oversensitivity reigns on the web. Thanks for the link, we appreciate it. And, yes, the premise for the cat’s death is funny, but not the death. Oversensitivity reigns on the web.

]]> By: Mr Diesel http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597595 Mr Diesel Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:58 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597595 MS I agree with Honeyman. I didn't read it as though he was laughing at the cat's demise. I have five of them, all indoor cats and they are my punishment for not liking cats when I was younger. They never let me forget it either. I felt bad for the dead cat but I thought the premise behind its death was hilarious and demonstrates some of the stupidity from the government. MS I agree with Honeyman. I didn’t read it as though he was laughing at the cat’s demise.

I have five of them, all indoor cats and they are my punishment for not liking cats when I was younger. They never let me forget it either.

I felt bad for the dead cat but I thought the premise behind its death was hilarious and demonstrates some of the stupidity from the government.

]]> By: honeyman http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597591 honeyman Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:47:06 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597591 Sheesh MS. I found it funny because they go to all this trouble cooking up a hair-brained scheme only to have the cat run over by a taxi on it first outing. The torture and death of the cat is regrettable but hardly the worst thing these psychos did. Sheesh MS. I found it funny because they go to all this trouble cooking up a hair-brained scheme only to have the cat run over by a taxi on it first outing. The torture and death of the cat is regrettable but hardly the worst thing these psychos did.

]]> By: Misanthropic Scott http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597586 Misanthropic Scott Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:15:29 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597586 Operation Mockingbird == Faux News <i>Run over by a taxi. ROFL.</i> Really? You laugh about cats who are given unnecessary surgery and then get run over? And I thought I had a twisted sense of humor. Operation Mockingbird == Faux News

Run over by a taxi. ROFL.

Really? You laugh about cats who are given unnecessary surgery and then get run over?

And I thought I had a twisted sense of humor.

]]> By: Riddler http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/04/ten-weird-cia-programs/comment-page-1/#comment-1597580 Riddler Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:20 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=61912#comment-1597580 The Blue Prints of Cat women The Blue Prints of Cat women

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