Kissinger Bombshell: Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan targeted to stop food-independence

[Gordon_Shumway]

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Live from Egypt.

[larsonstdoc]

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Live from Egypt.

Thanks Gordon

[Dig]

NPR: Barack yells at Mubarak and tells him "do as Bilderberg says, not as they do"


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=133212560

Obama spoke by phone with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Friday to deliver a stern message to the head of the government threatened by a rebelling public. Mubarak has promised a better democracy and greater economic opportunity, and "I told him he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words; to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise," Obama said.

"Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people, and suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away," Obama said at the White House after speaking with Mubarak in a half-hour phone call initiated by the White House.

"All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion," Obama said.


bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Investigate 9/11?

redact anti-constitutional deathcare?

stop chemtrailing?

stop poisoning our vaccines?

fluoridating our water?

sending our sons and daughters illegally into harm's way?

show us a fricking birth certificate?

cut the CFR/Trilateral/Bilderberg strings?

do not help foreigners sue arizona?

allow actual Crime Scene Investigations of shooting false flags rather than Crime Scene cover ups?

explain what the frack is going on?

explain why haven't you fired the nazi psychopathic degenerate powermongering pigs Jane Lute, Ruth David, and William Lynn III

explain why the top 1% of RAND corporation is not indicted for pushing Nazi Eugenics onto every facet of global societies...

RAND Corporation's "Global Technology Revolution" for 2015
Written in 2001
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=199606.0

[larsonstdoc]

NPR: Barack yells at Mubarak and tells him "do as Bilderberg says, not as they do"


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=133212560


"All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion," Obama said.

  The #1 BS line of the week!!!

[Dig]

Good thing Mubarak just perchased the most advanced electronic weaponry systems from Raytheon on the planet when it comes to third world Air Force operations...

And after all of the purchases of UK/US weapons over the past 30 years, puppet president of US is ordered to stage a BS hissy fit against less useful puppet in Egypt.

Raytheon Expands International Electronic Warfare Business with Egyptian Air Force Contract Win
http://investor.raytheon.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=84193&p=irol-newsArticle&id=1449409
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 20, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) newest integrated electronic warfare suite "ACES" has been selected by the Egyptian Air Force to provide self-protection capabilities for its F-16 aircraft. The EAF recently agreed to purchase 20 Block 52 F-16 aircraft from prime contractor Lockheed Martin. Raytheon has been successful in expanding its international business in recent years. Important wins in this market include the selection of ACES for the Moroccan Air Force's F-16s and Lockheed Martin's reliance on another of Raytheon's integrated electronic warfare suites for its F-16 bid in the current India fighter competition. Under Egypt's Peace Vector VII program, Raytheon will provide Lockheed Martin with electronic warfare systems for the F-16 contract as well as related spares and maintenance support. ACES is Raytheon's latest advanced countermeasures electronic system, comprising a radar warning receiver, jammer and chaff-flare dispenser. This highly effective system is Raytheon's latest offering for F-16 and other customers. "The need for advanced, extremely accurate electronic warfare technology continues to be a critical element for every warfighter operating in a combat environment today. Our ACES self-protection system will identify potential threats, pinpoint their locations and jam them," said Scott Jackson, general manager for Raytheon's Electronic Warfare Systems business. "ACES delivers the latest capabilities in enhanced situational awareness and supports improved survivability to aircrews as they operate in ever more challenging environments." Raytheon's electronic warfare systems -- including towed decoy systems, radar warning receivers and integrated suites -- are currently deployed on U.S. and international aircraft worldwide.

Raytheon Company, with 2009 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 88 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide. www.raytheon.com

Just a small question out there...now that weapons manufacturers are going to have trouble with long term planning due to supposed wars ending... What makes the people think that the new middle east Achmadinijad will not spend food money on more BS weapons from UK/US since they are trying to put him in power?

[larsonstdoc]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/01/29/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1


In Egypt, government resigns amid anti-Mubarak sentiment

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- The Cabinet of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak officially resigned on Saturday as thousands of demonstrators staged protests in Cairo and Alexandria, kicking off another day of anti-government ferment.
The atmosphere in Cairo's Tahrir Square remained tense as demonstrators continued chants of, "Down with Mubarak."
And on Saturday, state-run Nile TV reported that officials in the country had stepped down hours after Mubarak announced that he asked the government to resign.
In Cairo, demonstrators also chanted, "We are all Egyptians," and people gathered in the square were posing for pictures with tanks and shaking troops' hands.
Tahrir Square, located near many government buildings in downtown Cairo, has been a focal point for anti-government protests, which started Tuesday.

[Dig]

NPR: Barack yells at Mubarak and tells him "do as Bilderberg says, not as they do"


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=133212560


"All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion," Obama said.

  The #1 BS line of the week!!!

He is being truthful...

THAT IS WHY 99% OF THE US GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS TARGETING MIND CONTROL "CONSENT" PROGRAMS!

THE PSYCHOS THINK WE DO NOT REALIZE THAT THE MANIPULATION OF FREE WILL NEGATES ACTUAL CONSENT!

[larsonstdoc]

  I tell you, IF THEY TURNED THE INTERNET BACK ON, THINGS WOULD CALM DOWN A BIT.

  I think I hear the protesters  saying in Egyptian---"WE WANT OUR FACEBOOK!  WE WANT OUR FACEBOOK!"

[Kilika]

THE PSYCHOS THIN WE DO NOT REALIZE THAT THE MANIPULATION OF FREE WILL NEGATES ACTUAL CONSENT!

Indeed! That's the proverbial Henry Ford Option, "You can have any color you want, so long as it's black".

[larsonstdoc]

 The #1 BS line of the week!!!


He is being truthful...

THAT IS WHY 99% OF THE US GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS TARGETING MIND CONTROL "CONSENT" PROGRAMS!

THE PSYCHOS THIN WE DO NOT REALIZE THAT THE MANIPULATION OF FREE WILL NEGATES ACTUAL CONSENT!

  He is being truthful to the bankers and the others that control his puppet strings.

[larsonstdoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvI6JqiAZjs

  Webster Tarpley on Russia Today---VIDEO

  Webster Tarpley: CIA fuels 'mob rule' in Arab world to change power

[Dig]

Well when the old CFR puppet is transitioned to the new puppet, perhaps IBM Nanotech Research Center in Egypt which opened a year ago can outfit the leader and the rest of the population with Nanotech Electronic "Consent" Collars.

Egypt-IBM Nanotechnology Research Center
http://www.egnc-ibm.gov.eg/
In recent months, the Government of Egypt (represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research) set the strategic objective to develop expertise in nanoscience and nanotechnology.  To this end, an agreement was signed with IBM to establish the Egypt-IBM Nanotechnology Research Center as a sustainable world-class center in Egypt. IBM will provide training and professional development to scientists in its research laboratories in the Project Areas, including insight into IBM’s process, operations, and analytical techniques. IBM Group has a history of innovation and technology leadership, and has developed extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, with proprietary know-how related to these fields.


Egypt will cooperate with IBM on several initial projects in the following nanotechnology focus areas:
Thin Film Silicon Photovoltaics
Spin-On Carbon-Based Electrodes for Thin Film Photovoltaics
Energy Recovery from Concentrated Photovoltaic for Desalination
Computational Modeling and Simulation.

The Center is seeking to hire research staff members to initiate and participate in research areas mentioned above.


IBM Global Delivery Center Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AzcI4GoOX4

Business Process Delivery Center Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU8KvS5HZYI


DARPA develops "Helmet of Obedience" to Force Populations to "Consent"
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=188265.0

[larsonstdoc]

Well when the old CFR puppet is transitioned to the new puppet, perhaps IBM Nanotech Research Center in Egypt which opened a year ago can outfit the leader and the rest of the population with Nanotech Electronic "Consent" Collars.

Egypt-IBM Nanotechnology Research Center
http://www.egnc-ibm.gov.eg/
In recent months, the Government of Egypt (represented by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research) set the strategic objective to develop expertise in nanoscience and nanotechnology.  To this end, an agreement was signed with IBM to establish the Egypt-IBM Nanotechnology Research Center as a sustainable world-class center in Egypt. IBM will provide training and professional development to scientists in its research laboratories in the Project Areas, including insight into IBM’s process, operations, and analytical techniques. IBM Group has a history of innovation and technology leadership, and has developed extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology, with proprietary know-how related to these fields.


Egypt will cooperate with IBM on several initial projects in the following nanotechnology focus areas:
Thin Film Silicon Photovoltaics
Spin-On Carbon-Based Electrodes for Thin Film Photovoltaics
Energy Recovery from Concentrated Photovoltaic for Desalination
Computational Modeling and Simulation.

The Center is seeking to hire research staff members to initiate and participate in research areas mentioned above.


IBM Global Delivery Center Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AzcI4GoOX4

Business Process Delivery Center Egypt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU8KvS5HZYI


DARPA develops "Helmet of Obedience" to Force Populations to "Consent"
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=188265.0

  This is some wild stuff Dig.  I always knew nanotechnology would be ok IF IT DIDN'T GET INTO THE WRONG HANDS.  IBM is the wrong hands.

  Wow---"Consent Collars"

[citizenx]

Well, in the West we manufacture consent.  In the Middle East, they manufacture coercion.  The politicians in the West think they can score points saying others should be more like them.

Yes, it is completely ironic.

What Mubarak does with cattle prods, the Soetoro puppet does mostly with lies and NLP (and, OK, maybe the occasional cattle prod).

I'm sure Mubarak is considering the source (a prime grade A bull$hit artist).

[shipgeek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvI6JqiAZjs

  Webster Tarpley on Russia Today---VIDEO

  Webster Tarpley: CIA fuels 'mob rule' in Arab world to change power

++++ 1000

[Dig]

  This is some wild stuff Dig.  I always knew nanotechnology would be ok IF IT DIDN'T GET INTO THE WRONG HANDS.  IBM is the wrong hands.

  Wow---"Consent Collars"

I wonder if this position in IBM's Egypt is still open:


Posted: June 2, 2009
Job opening: Egypt-IBM Nanotechnology Research Center Director
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=10952.php

(Nanowerk News) The Government of Egypt recently signed an agreement with IBM to establish a world-class research center in Egypt with the objective of developing expertise in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The newly created Center exhibits state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, and establishes vehicle for cooperate with IBM in the field of nanotechnology. The Center will have diverse research programs covering a broad range of disciplines.
The Center is seeking a highly experienced, talented research and development executive to take on the role of Nanotechnology Center Director. The successful candidate will be a technical leader who has a proven track record of success in advanced technology and managing relationships between government, academia and industry to drive new avenues of nanotechnology. The Egyptian candidate shall have demonstrated the following attributes and be expected:
To lead and direct a new expanding technical and operational team in setting its technology directions, developing its technology and growth roadmap
To spearhead and market the group to be one of the top Centers in the world with a strong IP portfolio
To coordinate and foster collaborative research with industry & academia and to commercialize successful research programs.
To build and sustain excellent relationships at multiple levels in the workplace and has a strong network of external relationships and uses them effectively for future technology requirements.
To show diplomacy and genuineness in working with others and motivating others to pursue common objectives.
To exhibit strong capabilities in performance management and serve as a valued contributor to the Nanotechnology Center.
To welcome healthy debate, will have the intellectual fortitude to take intelligent risks in managing technology and the responsibilities of his/her people, and will be an individual of high integrity and with deep courage of conviction.
To size up and leverage the strengths, weaknesses and styles of key players and continually put high potential people in challenging assignments.
To have a clear understanding of the interplay of technology with respect to the business development decision-making process.
To travel as needed to work directly with partners and potential partners.

Qualifications
A PhD in nanoscience, nanotechnology, microelectronics or equivalent discipline with an outstanding record of high quality research and its industrial applications.
At least 8-12 years of relevant experience
A proven capacity to provide leadership and outstanding program management, technical skills coupled with proven business expertise and an ability to work with government agencies
A demonstrated ability to develop and manage research programs in relevant areas
Interpersonal skills in communication with government, industry and academics
Strong planning and execution capabilities
Work history will show the individual has the capability to manage effectively in a matrix environment.
Proven budget execution.

[larsonstdoc]

  The original intent of nanotechnology, in medicine anyway, was to develop medicines to treat certain areas of the body.  OF COURSE ONE COULD SEE THAT THEY COULD ALSO DEVELOP DRUGS TO DESTROY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY.

[Dig]

  The original intent of nanotechnology, in medicine anyway, was to develop medicines to treat certain areas of the body.  OF COURSE ONE COULD SEE THAT THEY COULD ALSO DEVELOP DRUGS TO DESTROY CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY.

The intent of nanotech has been exposed in this RAND CORPORATION white paper published in 2001:


RAND Corporation's "Global Technology Revolution" for 2015
http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=199606.0

[mr anderson]

Central bank offices have been attacked

[Dig]

This is totally fricking insane...just last year Egypt bought 24 F-16s from Lockheed Martin.

They kept getting pushed into building up military for fake threats while the CIA was formenting a contrived Mao style revolution for over 3 years.

How the hell is any country going to trust the US/UK again?

http://www.industryweek.com/articles/lockheed_sells_24_f-16_fighter_jets_to_egypt_20722.aspx


LOCKHEED MARTIN'S TAG LINE:

"We never forget who we're working for."

Who the heck are you working for?

[mr anderson]

[larsonstdoc]

How the hell is any country going to trust the US/UK again?

  I think because we give them the FIAT MONEY to buy the planes from the military industrial complex.  What a vicious circle!!!

[larsonstdoc]

  Looks like another Tiananmen Square-type event about to happen.

[Dig]

Shadow cyber spy network revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8605548.stm

A "complex cyber-espionage" network that penetrated various organisations including the Office of the Dalai Lama, has been uncovered by researchers.The shadow network targeted government, business, and academic computers at the United Nations and the Embassy of Pakistan in the US, among others. It was used to steal at least 1,500 emails from the Office of the Dalai Lama, the researchers said. The attacks were thought to originate in the city of Chengdu in China. Specifically, the researchers, from the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation, said they had evidence of "links between the Shadow network and two individuals living in Chengdu". Information Warfare Monitor comprises researchers from Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies. The individuals were identified by e-mail addresses and are thought to be part of China's "underground hacking community". The network was outlined in a report called Shadows in the Cloud. "The social media clouds of cyberspace we rely upon today have a dark, hidden core," said Professor Ron Diebert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre, launching the report. "There is a vast, subterranean ecosystem to cyberspace within which criminal and espionage networks thrive." He said the network had reached into the "upper echelons of the Indian security establishment" and should act as a "wake up call" to governments to co-operate on cybersecurity.

Social exploits
The team said its eight-month investigation showed no "hard evidence" of the involvement of the government of the People's Republic of China, "An important question to be entertained is whether the PRC will take action to shut the Shadow network down," the report said.
   

Major cyber spy network uncovered
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a press conference that the country was "firmly opposed" to hacking "We have from time to time heard this kind of news. I don't know the purpose of stirring up these issues," she said. She added the researchers have not formally contacted China, although the researchers said they had contacted the country's Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert). "We would expect that kind of statement," said Professor Diebert. "Have a look at that report and make up your mind whether you think it is groundless." The researchers said that the network - known as a botnet - exploited social networking and cloud computing platforms, "including Google, Baidu, Yahoo, and Twitter" to infect computers with malicious software, or malware. This allowed hackers to take control of the PCs of several foreign ministries and embassies across the world. A more complex network of "command and control" computers was used to control the infect computers.

'Secret contents'
In 2009, the team previously exposed GhostNet, a massive network that was found to have infiltrated 1,295 computers in 103 countries. That investigation had started at the request of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader. The new investigation showed that his office had been targeted again, with more than 1,500 letters sent from the Dalai Lama's office between January and November 2009 recovered by the team. The researchers said that they had also recovered a number of documents that were in the possession of the Indian government, including two documents marked "secret", six as "restricted", and five as "confidential" Recovered documents included Canadian visa applications. The team said they had no direct evidence that they had been stolen form Indian Government computers. Instead, they said, the documents may have been stolen after being copied onto personal computers. In addition, the researchers found evidence that the hackers had targeted the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacifc (UNESCAP). However the team said the hackers had been largely "indiscriminate in what they took". "The attackers disproportionately took sensitive information but also took financial and personal information," the team said at launch.  The team said the investigation is ongoing.

[independentWV]

Omar Suleiman - Vice President former intelligence

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

[Dig]

Towards an Egyptian Framework for CyberSecurity
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/cyb/events/2009/tunis/docs/hashem-cybersecurity-framework-egypt-june-09.pdf
Dr. Sherif Hashem
Executive VP, ITIDA
Chairman of the CyberSecurity Committee, MCIT
S. Hashem - June 2009

[mr anderson]

  Looks like another Tiananmen Square-type event about to happen.

Not likely from what I've heard on Al-Jazeera.

The army has been well received and visa versa, the army are at ease with the protesters. Even a few personal carriers taking protesters into Cairo along the way...

[Dig]

Malaysia To Host OIC Computer Emergency Workshop In October
http://oic-cert.net/newsRoom2010.html
9 June 2010 (Bernama)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will host the third Organisation of the Islamic Conference - Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT) Workshop on Oct 28, in conjunction with the CyberSecurity Malaysia Award, Conference and Exhibition (CSM-ACE) 2010.

In a statement here Wednesday, CyberSecurity Malaysia said the two-day workshop was in response to a proposal during the Islamic Development Bank (IDB)'s Board of Governors Annual Meeting in Putrajaya in 2005, to counter cyber security threats faced by OIC member countries.

The first workshop was held for three days in Egypt, beginning Tuesday, to cater to OIC member countries in the Middle East region.

It was conducted by CyberSecurity Malaysia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, with support from IDB.

The second workshop will be held in Morocco from June 24 to 25, for member countries within the African region.

CyberSecurity Malaysia represents the country as Chair of the OIC-CERT, which is an affiliated institution of the OIC. It formed the OIC-CERT which currently has 18 OIC countries in its membership.

The statement said that OIC-CERT was tasked with conducting a series of international workshops designed to provide a platform for IT professionals from OIC member nations to interact, share common interests and exchange ideas on cyber security matters.
 
Meanwhile, CyberSecurity Malaysia chairman Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Azumi Mohamed, at the launch of the first workshop in Cairo yesterday, said the collaboration of CERTs amongst OIC member countries would not only bring advantages to OIC countries but also non-OIC countries worldwide.

-- BERNAMA

[larsonstdoc]

Not likely from what I've heard on Al-Jazeera.

The army has been well received and visa versa, the army are at ease with the protesters. Even a few personal carriers taking protesters into Cairo along the way...

  That is good news.  Yes AJ talking about some of the Army switching sides.  I said "looks like".

[Anti_Illuminati]

Shadow cyber spy network revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8605548.stm

A "complex cyber-espionage" network that penetrated various organisations including the Office of the Dalai Lama, has been uncovered by researchers.The shadow network targeted government, business, and academic computers at the United Nations and the Embassy of Pakistan in the US, among others. It was used to steal at least 1,500 emails from the Office of the Dalai Lama, the researchers said. The attacks were thought to originate in the city of Chengdu in China. Specifically, the researchers, from the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation, said they had evidence of "links between the Shadow network and two individuals living in Chengdu". Information Warfare Monitor comprises researchers from Ottawa-based think tank SecDev Group and the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies. The individuals were identified by e-mail addresses and are thought to be part of China's "underground hacking community". The network was outlined in a report called Shadows in the Cloud. "The social media clouds of cyberspace we rely upon today have a dark, hidden core," said Professor Ron Diebert, director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre, launching the report. "There is a vast, subterranean ecosystem to cyberspace within which criminal and espionage networks thrive." He said the network had reached into the "upper echelons of the Indian security establishment" and should act as a "wake up call" to governments to co-operate on cybersecurity.

Social exploits
The team said its eight-month investigation showed no "hard evidence" of the involvement of the government of the People's Republic of China, "An important question to be entertained is whether the PRC will take action to shut the Shadow network down," the report said.
   

Major cyber spy network uncovered
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a press conference that the country was "firmly opposed" to hacking "We have from time to time heard this kind of news. I don't know the purpose of stirring up these issues," she said. She added the researchers have not formally contacted China, although the researchers said they had contacted the country's Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert). "We would expect that kind of statement," said Professor Diebert. "Have a look at that report and make up your mind whether you think it is groundless." The researchers said that the network - known as a botnet - exploited social networking and cloud computing platforms, "including Google, Baidu, Yahoo, and Twitter" to infect computers with malicious software, or malware. This allowed hackers to take control of the PCs of several foreign ministries and embassies across the world. A more complex network of "command and control" computers was used to control the infect computers.

'Secret contents'
In 2009, the team previously exposed GhostNet, a massive network that was found to have infiltrated 1,295 computers in 103 countries. That investigation had started at the request of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader. The new investigation showed that his office had been targeted again, with more than 1,500 letters sent from the Dalai Lama's office between January and November 2009 recovered by the team. The researchers said that they had also recovered a number of documents that were in the possession of the Indian government, including two documents marked "secret", six as "restricted", and five as "confidential" Recovered documents included Canadian visa applications. The team said they had no direct evidence that they had been stolen form Indian Government computers. Instead, they said, the documents may have been stolen after being copied onto personal computers. In addition, the researchers found evidence that the hackers had targeted the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacifc (UNESCAP). However the team said the hackers had been largely "indiscriminate in what they took". "The attackers disproportionately took sensitive information but also took financial and personal information," the team said at launch.  The team said the investigation is ongoing.

http://defensesystems.com/blogs/digital-conflict/2011/01/congress-asks-about-cyber-black-ops.aspx

Digital Conflict
By Kevin Coleman
Blog archive
Congress asks about cyber black ops

It should be no surprise to anyone that the U.S. military has offensive cyber capabilities, and on occasion may have used them in clandestine operations known as black-ops. Security experts believe China, Russia and the United States are in a dead heat when it comes to cyber capabilities.

As a regulator requirement, our military provides a classified quarterly report on clandestine activities as part of congressional oversight. After reviewing that report in mid-January, Congress quickly pointed out the absence of cyber operations in the document provided. This became very public as the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned Mike Vickers, the nominee for director of National Intelligence. Vickers replied and quickly pointed out that cyber/high-tech operations are not specifically listed in the law requiring the reporting of clandestine operations.

Were members of the Senate Armed Services Committee just asking general questions or were they looking for something specific? Could the vague inquiry have been related to claims that the U.S. military/intelligence community was involved in the sophisticated Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran’s nuclear enrichment program? That is a real possibility since Iran announced its intention to pursue legal actions through the International Courts against Israel and possibly others (United States and United Kingdom) for the murders of its scientists including the chief Stuxnet investigator.

The pace with which the cyber domain is changing is far greater than what we are accustomed to dealing with. Perhaps an honest oversight took place, or has the pace with which cyber warfare has progressed outpaced the policies and laws, such as the ones requiring proper reporting of clandestine operations to Congress. If it was directed at the Stuxnet incident, those are the topics best addressed behind closed doors in a classified setting and the questioning was way out of line for this setting.

Posted by Kevin Coleman on Jan 20, 2011 at 9:15 AM

[shipgeek]

Could you imagine the same kind of gigantic popular movement in Rome or Paris or Washington DC?

[Dig]

SHADOWS IN THE CLOUD:
Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0
INFOWAR
MONITOR
JR03-2010
WEB VERSION. Also found here:
http://shadows-in-the-cloud.net
http://www.nartv.org/mirror/shadows-in-the-cloud.pdf

Foreword
Crime and espionage form a dark underworld of cyberspace. Whereas crime is usually the first to seek out new opportunities and methods, espionage usually follows in its wake, borrowing techniques and tradecraft. The Shadows in the Cloud report illustrates the increasingly dangerous ecosystem of crime and espionage and its embeddedness in the fabric of global cyberspace.

This ecosystem is the product of numerous factors. Attackers employ complex, adaptive attack techniques that demonstrate high-level ingenuity and opportunism. They take advantage of the cracks and fissures that open up in the fast-paced transformations of our technological world. Every new software program, social networking site, cloud computing, or cheap hosting service that is launched into our everyday digital lives creates an opportunity for this ecosystem to morph, adapt, and exploit.

It has also emerged because of poor security practices of users, from individuals to large organizations. We take for granted that the information and communications revolution is a relatively new phenomenon, still very much in the midst of unceasing epochal change. Public institutions have adopted these new technologies faster than procedures and rules have been created to deal with the radical transparency and accompanying vulnerabilities they introduce.

Today, data is transferred from laptops to USB sticks, over wireless networks at café hot spots, and stored across cloud computing services whose servers are located in far-off political jurisdictions. These new modalities of communicating de-concentrate and disperse the targets of exploitation, multiplying the points of exposure and potential compromise. Paradoxically, documents and data are probably safer in a file cabinet, behind the bureaucrat’s careful watch, than they are on the PC today.

The ecosystem of crime and espionage is also emerging because of opportunism on the part of actors. Cyber espionage is the great equalizer. Countries no longer have to spend billions of dollars to build globe-spanning satellites to pursue high-level intelligence gathering, when they can do so via the web. We have no evidence in this report of the involvement of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) or any other government in the Shadow network. But an important question to be entertained is whether the PRC will take action to shut the Shadow network down. Doing so will help to address long-standing concerns that malware ecosystems are actively cultivated, or at the very least tolerated, by governments like the PRC who stand to benefit from their exploits though the black and grey markets for information and data. Finally, the ecosystem is emerging because of a propitious policy environment — or rather the absence of one — at a global level. Governments around the world are engaged in a rapid race to militarize cyber space, to develop tools and methods to fight and win wars in this domain. This arms race creates an opportunity structure ripe for crime and espionage to flourish. In the absence of norms, principles and rules of mutual restraint at a global level, a vacuum exists for subterranean exploits to fill. There is a real risk of a perfect storm in cyberspace erupting out of this vacuum that threatens to subvert cyberspace itself, either through over-reaction, a spiraling arms race, the imposition of heavy-handed controls, or through gradual irrelevance as people disconnect out of fear of insecurity.

There is, therefore, an urgent need for a global convention on cyberspace that builds robust mechanisms of information sharing across borders and institutions, defines appropriate rules of the road for engagement in the cyber domain, puts the onus on states to not tolerate or encourage mischievous networks whose activities  operate from within their jurisdictions, and protects and preserves this valuable global commons.

Until such a normative and policy shift occurs, the shadows in the cloud may grow into a dark, threatening storm.

Ron Deibert Director, the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto
Rafal Rohozinski CEO, The SecDev Group (Ottawa)
Acknowledgments
This investigation is a result of a collaboration between the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation. Our ability to share critical information and analytical insights within a dedicated group of  professionals allowed us to uncover and investigate the operation of the network documented in this report. The Information Warfare Monitor (infowar-monitor.net) is a joint activity of the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and the SecDev Group, an operational consultancy based in Ottawa specialising in evidence-based research in countries and regions under threat of insecurity and violence. The Shadowserver Foundation (shadowserver.org) was established in 2004 and is comprised of volunteer security  professionals that investigate and monitor malware, botnets, and malicious attacks. Both the Information Warfare Monitor and the Shadowserver Foundation aim to understand and accurately report on emerging cyber threats as they develop. Steven Adair is a security researcher with the Shadowserver Foundation. He frequently analyzes malware, tracks botnets, and deals with cyber attacks of all kinds with a special emphasis on those linked to cyber espionage. Ron Deibert is Director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He is a co-founder and principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor. He is Vice President, Policy and Outreach, Psiphon Inc., and a principal with the SecDev Group. Rafal Rohozinski is CEO of the SecDev Group and Psiphon Inc. He is a co-founder and principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor, and a senior research advisor at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Nart Villeneuve is the Chief Security Officer at the SecDev Group, Director of Operations of Psiphon Inc. and a senior SecDev research fellow at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto where he focuses on electronic surveillance, targeted malware and politically motivated digital attacks. Greg Walton conducted and coordinated the primary field-based research for the Shadow investigation in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Office and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in Dharamsala, India. Greg is a SecDev Group associate and editor of the Information Warfare Monitor website. He is the SecDev Fellow at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.

This report represents a collective activity and numerous others also contributed to the research effort. This includes individuals in India, who for security reasons we cannot name. We are also grateful to the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The research of the Citizen Lab and the Information Warfare Monitor is supported by a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in-kind and staff contributions from the SecDev Group, and a generous donation of software from Palantir Technologies Inc. We are very grateful to Masashi Crete-Nishihata (Citizen Lab) and Arnav Manchanda (SecDev Group) for research assistance, and to Jane Gowan (Agent 5 Design and Citizen Lab) for layout and design.
Executive Summary
Shadows in the Cloud documents a complex ecosystem of cyber espionage that systematically compromised government, business, academic, and other computer network systems in India, the Offices of the Dalai Lama, the United Nations, and several other countries. The report also contains an analysis of data which were stolen from politically sensitive targets and recovered during the course of the investigation. These include documents from the Offices of the Dalai Lama and agencies of the Indian national security establishment. Data containing sensitive information on citizens of numerous third-party countries, as well as personal, financial, and business information, were also exfiltrated and recovered during the course of the investigation. The report analyzes the malware ecosystem employed by the Shadows’ attackers, which leveraged multiple redundant cloud computing systems, social networking platforms, and free web hosting services in order to maintain persistent control while operating core servers located in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Although the identity and motivation of the attackers remain unknown, the report is able to determine the location (Chengdu, PRC) as well as some of the associations of the attackers through circumstantial evidence. The investigation is the product of an eight month, collaborative activity between the Information Warfare Monitor (Citizen Lab and SecDev) and the Shadowserver Foundation. The investigation employed a fusion methodology, combining technical interrogation techniques, data analysis, and field research, to track and uncover the Shadow cyber espionage network.

Summary of Main Findings

Complex cyber espionage network
▪- Documented evidence of a cyber espionage network that compromised govern- ment, business, and academic computer systems in India, the Office of the Dalai Lama, and the United Nations. Numerous other institutions, including the Embassy of Pakistan in the United States, were also compromised. Some of these institutions can be positively identified, while others cannot.

Theft of classified and sensitive documents
▪- Recovery and analysis of exfiltrated data, including one document that appears to be encrypted diplomatic correspondence, two documents marked “SECRET”, six as “RESTRICTED”, and five as “CONFIDENTIAL”. These documents are identified as belonging to the Indian government. However, we do not have direct evidence that they were stolen from Indian government computers and they may have been compromised as a result of being copied onto personal computers. The recovered documents also include 1,500 letters sent from the Dalai Lama’s office between January and November 2009. The profile of documents recovered suggests that the attackers targeted specific systems and profiles of users.

Evidence of collateral compromise
▪- A portion of the recovered data included visa applications submitted to Indian diplomatic missions in Afghanistan. This data was voluntarily provided to the Indian missions by nationals of 13 coun- tries as part of the regular visa application process. In a context like Afghanistan, this finding points to the complex nature of the information security challenge where risks to individuals (or operational security) can occur as a result of a data compromise on secure systems operated by trusted partners.

Command-and-control infrastructure that leverages cloud-based social media services
▪- Documentation of a complex and tiered command and control infrastructure, designed to maintain persistence. The infrastructure made use of freely available social media systems that include Twitter, Google Groups, Blogspot, Baidu Blogs, blog.com and Yahoo! Mail. This top layer directed compromised computers to accounts on free web hosting services, and as the free hosting servers were disabled, to a stable core of command and control servers located in the PRC.

Links to Chinese hacking community
▪- Evidence of links between the Shadow network and two individuals living in Chengdu, PRC to the underground hacking community in the PRC.
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Shadows in the Cloud
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents

Part I: Background and Context  p. 1
1.1 Introduction - Building upon GhostNet p. 2
1.2 About the Shadows in the Cloud Investigation - Beyond GhostNet p. 4
1.3 Research Framework  p. 5
Part II: Methodology and Investigative Techniques p. 7
2.1 Methodology  p. 8
2.2 Field Investigation  p. 8
2.3 Technical Investigative Activities  p. 10
Part III: Mapping the Shadows in the Cloud  p. 12
3.1 Analysis of Data while in the Field p. 14
3.2. Technical Investigation p. 16
3.3 Command and Control Infrastructure p. 20
Part IV: Targets and Effects p. 25
4.1 Compromised Victims: the evidence p. 26
4.2. Victim Analysis on the basis of recovered documents p. 30
Part V: Tackling Cyber Espionage p. 36
5.1 Attribution and cyber crime / cyber espionage p. 37
5.3 Notification p. 40
Part VI: Conclusions p. 42
Bibliography and Suggested Readings p. 45
Glossary p. 51

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTUs0SF_Is

[Dig]

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[pac522]

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This is the new Iran Contra fake revolution exposed in real time.

A Revolution never come with a warning, a revolution never send you an omen.  

[shipgeek]

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[Freeski]

So Egypt hasn't had a VP for 30 years but Mubarak installs a spook as one as part of his "reforms"? Okay...

[Freeski]

Interesting bit in a Washington Times story that contradicts its own headline (no surprise there)

Cairo falls into near-anarchy; army warns it will treat protesters as criminals
Asked if they would enforce the curfew, soldiers said they would not. "We are with the people," said Ahmed, a 20-year-old conscript. Soldiers accepted fruit, water and soda handed out by protesters in Tahrir Square and smiled as protesters chanted, "Go, Mubarak, go!" Children were hoisted up on tanks in the middle of the square to have their photos taken with troops as the hulking remains of the National Democratic Party headquarters building, home to Mubarak's ruling organization, burned in the background.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012806404.html?hpid=topnews

[Catalina]

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[shipgeek]

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What they have done here is unforgivable!!!

Breaking these invaluable Treasures of Humanity!!!

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