The Detachment
Sources
— The president’s assassination list, including American citizens, and in the Washington Post
— Coup plots in Turkey, and in The Guardian
— A BBC documentary on Operation Gladio
— Behind TV Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand
— The metastasis of Top Secret America
— Golden parachutes for top military brass becoming defense contractors
— Anti-Islamic Center fervor produces a radical Islam PR bonanza
— Excellent run-down of Israel’s botched Dubai hit
— Domestic use of drones equipped with night vision, infrared, and thermal imaging
— Drone aircraft used for domestic surveillance
— The August 6, 2001 President’s Daily Brief warning “Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S.”
— The growing public/private domestic surveillance partnership
— JSOC, The Knights of Malta, and crusader challenge coins
— Attempted coup against Franklin Roosevelt, and Congressional Committee to investigate
— TSA doing searches at trains, buses, etc. Even cars
— The New York Times spikes stories when the government asks it to, also on democracynow.org and consortiumnews.com
— Camp No
— The Beslan school hostage crisis
— The government’s astonishingly weak and shoddy case against the anthrax suspects
— George Carlin’s more-relevant-than-ever take on who owns America and what they want
— Why is John Rain so paranoid about mobile phone tracking?
— And for a real life equivalent in Norway
— Novel Air Capability, the inspiration for the drone in the book
— A real world example of the way narrative is used to shape public perceptions of terrorism
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