Chris Djiongouros – Thoughts on Politics & Law

26. Mar. 2010: CIA report into shoring up Afghan war support in Western Europe, 11 Mar 2010

This classified CIA analysis from March, outlines possible PR-strategies to shore up public support in Germany and France for a continued war in Afghanistan. After the dutch government fell on the issue of dutch troops in Afghanistan last month, the CIA became worried that similar events could happen in the countries that post the third [...]

Is the US a police state?

FBI agents seeking phone records used ‘startling’ methods

FBI agents seeking telephone records demanded information from phone companies in a variety of “startling” and illicit methods, including e-mail and post-it notes, in an “egregious breakdown” of safeguards and oversight, the Justice Department’s inspector general reported Wednesday. The long-awaited investigative report describes numerous lapses by FBI agents seeking material through more than 700 emergency [...]