Miriam you are right
I agree with you,
Americken people don't know many thinks about this things,
but it is not them fault,
it is problem in many country not only in USA.
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Top-Secret Pentagon Program Exploited Aid
Workers as Covert Spies
It is not something that Americans know about, nor is it legal for our
government to do. That is why I posted the article.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of abdulah aga
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 10:12 AM
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Hi
I don't know why you wonder on this article, I mean for this Volunteer
Service
when we all ready seen in Form Yugoslavia,
and we know that every Volunteer Service is spy
Serbia use it in war with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rosha do that USA do that
agenst Rosh a long time ago so nothing new.
Abdulah Hasic.
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Top-Secret Pentagon Program Exploited Aid Workers
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Top-Secret Pentagon Program Exploited Aid Workers as Covert Spies Published
on Monday, October 26, 2015 by Common Dreams Top-Secret Pentagon Program
Exploited Aid Workers as Covert Spies Experts warn that Department of
Defense espionage program places international NGOs at great risk by Lauren
McCauley, staff writer In 2007, Kay Hiramine, pictured here with President
George W. Bush, was awarded the president's Volunteer Service Award—despite
serving as a paid operative of the U.S. Department of Defense. (Photo: White
House archives) It is the stuff of spy novels, but a new investigation
published Monday reveals that the U.S. Pentagon for years funneled millions
to a charity organization employing it to serve as the front group for
global espionage—very real revelations that experts warn could have
dangerous implications for aid workers worldwide.
After a months-long investigation, The Intercept's Matthew Cole, with help
from Margot Williams and Lee Fang, exposes the reach of a highly-classified
Department of Defense program, which ran from December 2004 to 2013.
The program was reportedly the "brainchild" of Lt. Gen. William "Jerry"
Boykin, an evangelical Christian who served under President George W. Bush.
After the 9/11 attacks, Boykin was charged with expanding the intelligence
gathering arm of the DoD and, "taking a page from the CIA's playbook," began
tapping NGOs to use as a cover for Pentagon espionage operations.
The exposé highlights one group, the Colorado Springs-based Christian
organization Humanitarian International Services Group, or HISG, whose
founder, Kay Hiramine, had for years been on the Pentagon payroll and whose
organization reportedly had millions funneled to it via a "complex web" of
private trusts and nonprofits.
The Pentagon reportedly employed HISG, which provided disaster relief and
supplies to poor and war-torn countries, to infiltrate North Korea to gain
access and information regarding its nuclear program—relying on the
organization's "unwitting" employees, volunteers, and contacts to do so.
The Intercept reports:
The Pentagon tasked Hiramine with gathering the intelligence it needed
inside North Korea, and Hiramine would in turn utilize HISG’s access to the
country to complete the assignments, according to two former military
officials with knowledge of the effort. Hiramine, in his role as CEO of
HISG, tapped Christian missionaries, aid workers, and Chinese smugglers to
move equipment into and around North Korea — none of whom had any idea that
they were part of a secret Pentagon operation.
...
Because American intelligence has so few assets inside North Korea, much of
Hiramine’s task was to find transportation routes to move military equipment
— and potentially clandestine operatives — in and around the country. The
Pentagon would eventually move sensors and small radio beacons through
Hiramine’s transportation network, according to another former military
official. Much of what Hiramine was doing was what the military refers to as
“operational preparation of the environment,” or OPE, a category that
encompasses clandestine intelligence gathering and prepositioning equipment
inside a country for future conflicts.
In one early "test run," an HISG shipment of charity clothing included a
secret cache of Bibles in order to see if supplies could get into the
country without being discovered.
As Cole notes, HISG "was one of several NGOs used by the Pentagon in this
way. Some, like HISG, already existed as fledgling organizations, while
others were created from scratch by the Pentagon."
The investigation's findings, "that the Pentagon used an NGO and unwitting
humanitarian volunteers for intelligence gathering," constitutes a major
transgression and threatens the safety and work of aid organizations
worldwide.
Sam Worthington, president of InterAction, an association of nearly 200
American NGOs, told the reporters that such activity "violates international
principles" and places legitimate aid and development workers at great risk.
"It is unacceptable that the Pentagon or any other U.S. agency use
nonprofits for intelligence gathering," Worthington said. "It is a violation
of the basic trust between the U.S. government and its civic sector."
Indeed, a CIA-directed mission in 2011 which employed a Pakistani doctor to
gather DNA samples of Osama bin Laden's presumed family members, under the
guise of a hepatitis vaccination program, has resulted in numerous attacks
on "legitimate" medical groups.
Further, as noted by Sarah Knuckey, Columbia Law professor and director of
the school's Human Rights Clinic, these findings also give "rhetorical ammo"
to repressive governments seeking to restrict NGO activities within their
borders.
HISG was reportedly shuttered in 2013 after Adm. William McRaven shut down
the North Korean spying operation the year before. It's "unclear" if
President Obama was ever briefed on the program, The Intercept notes, and
the White House declined to comment.
The Intercept investigation relied on interviews with more than a dozen
current and former military and intelligence officials, humanitarian aid
workers, missionaries, U.S. officials, as well as former HISG staffers. The
Pentagon provided no comment on HISG or the espionage operations in North
Korea.
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Published on Monday, October 26, 2015 by Common Dreams Top-Secret Pentagon
Program Exploited Aid Workers as Covert Spies Experts warn that Department
of Defense espionage program places international NGOs at great risk by
Lauren McCauley, staff writer • 24 Comments • In 2007, Kay Hiramine,
pictured here with President George W. Bush, was awarded the president's
Volunteer Service Award—despite serving as a paid operative of the U.S.
Department of Defense. (Photo: White House
archives)
• It is the stuff of spy novels, but a new investigation published Monday
reveals that the U.S. Pentagon for years funneled millions to a charity
organization employing it to serve as the front group for global
espionage—very real revelations that experts warn could have dangerous
implications for aid workers worldwide.
• After a months-long investigation, The Intercept's Matthew Cole, with help
from Margot Williams and Lee Fang, exposes the reach of a highly-classified
Department of Defense program, which ran from December
2004 to 2013.
• The program was reportedly the "brainchild" of Lt. Gen. William "Jerry"
Boykin, an evangelical Christian who served under President George W. Bush.
After the 9/11 attacks, Boykin was charged with expanding the intelligence
gathering arm of the DoD and, "taking a page from the CIA's playbook," began
tapping NGOs to use as a cover for Pentagon espionage operations.
• The exposé highlights one group, the Colorado Springs-based Christian
organization Humanitarian International Services Group, or HISG, whose
founder, Kay Hiramine, had for years been on the Pentagon payroll and whose
organization reportedly had millions funneled to it via a "complex web" of
private trusts and nonprofits.
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The Pentagon reportedly employed HISG, which provided disaster relief and
supplies to poor and war-torn countries, to infiltrate North Korea to gain
access and information regarding its nuclear program—relying on the
organization's "unwitting" employees, volunteers, and contacts to do so.
The Intercept reports:
The Pentagon tasked Hiramine with gathering the intelligence it needed
inside North Korea, and Hiramine would in turn utilize HISG’s access to the
country to complete the assignments, according to two former military
officials with knowledge of the effort. Hiramine, in his role as CEO of
HISG, tapped Christian missionaries, aid workers, and Chinese smugglers to
move equipment into and around North Korea — none of whom had any idea that
they were part of a secret Pentagon operation.
...
Because American intelligence has so few assets inside North Korea, much of
Hiramine’s task was to find transportation routes to move military equipment
— and potentially clandestine operatives — in and around the country. The
Pentagon would eventually move sensors and small radio beacons through
Hiramine’s transportation network, according to another former military
official. Much of what Hiramine was doing was what the military refers to as
“operational preparation of the environment,” or OPE, a category that
encompasses clandestine intelligence gathering and prepositioning equipment
inside a country for future conflicts.
In one early "test run," an HISG shipment of charity clothing included a
secret cache of Bibles in order to see if supplies could get into the
country without being discovered.
As Cole notes, HISG "was one of several NGOs used by the Pentagon in this
way. Some, like HISG, already existed as fledgling organizations, while
others were created from scratch by the Pentagon."
The investigation's findings, "that the Pentagon used an NGO and unwitting
humanitarian volunteers for intelligence gathering," constitutes a major
transgression and threatens the safety and work of aid organizations
worldwide.
Sam Worthington, president of InterAction, an association of nearly 200
American NGOs, told the reporters that such activity "violates international
principles" and places legitimate aid and development workers at great risk.
"It is unacceptable that the Pentagon or any other U.S. agency use
nonprofits for intelligence gathering," Worthington said. "It is a violation
of the basic trust between the U.S. government and its civic sector."
Indeed, a CIA-directed mission in 2011 which employed a Pakistani doctor to
gather DNA samples of Osama bin Laden's presumed family members, under the
guise of a hepatitis vaccination program, has resulted in numerous attacks
on "legitimate" medical groups.
Further, as noted by Sarah Knuckey, Columbia Law professor and director of
the school's Human Rights Clinic, these findings also give "rhetorical ammo"
to repressive governments seeking to restrict NGO activities within their
borders.
HISG was reportedly shuttered in 2013 after Adm. William McRaven shut down
the North Korean spying operation the year before. It's "unclear" if
President Obama was ever briefed on the program, The Intercept notes, and
the White House declined to comment.
The Intercept investigation relied on interviews with more than a dozen
current and former military and intelligence officials, humanitarian aid
workers, missionaries, U.S. officials, as well as former HISG staffers. The
Pentagon provided no comment on HISG or the espionage operations in North
Korea.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
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