Covert Action Quarterly, Number 59

Allen, Terry (editor)

Published by Covert Action Publications 19961997, 1996

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Washington DC. 1996-1997. Winter 1996-97. Covert Action Publications. Magazine. Very Good In Staple-Binding. 67 pages. magazine. keywords: Magazine Politics. DESCRIPTION - CONTENTS - CAQ Briefs by Terry Allen. The US administration armed Colombian army units guilty of atrocities and lied to Congress / Drug czar McCaffrey endorsed a Peruvian strongman implicated in drug deals and CIA spying; FEATURE - POVERTY PROFITEERS PRIVATIZE WELFARE by Mark Dunlea. Downsizing of government has meant upsizing of corporations. Big business picks the meat off the bones of the welfare system; THE NEW AGE OF SURVEILLANCE - EXPOSING THE GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM by Nicky Hager; NSA S BUSINESS PLAN: GLOBAL ACCESS by Duncan Campbell. The National Security Agency's top secret ECHELON Dictionary system, run with Canada, NZ, UK, and Australia, monitors the telephone, e-mail, and telex communications; INSIDE THE US-CANADA SPYWORLD: SECOND THOUGHTS FROM THE SECOND OLDEST PROFESSION by Mike Frost. After 12 years as a Canadian spy, Frost details how intelligence agencies circumvent laws and accountability to surveil world leaders, peace and labor groups, and private citizens; THE BATTLE FOR CYBERSPACE: SPOOKS V. CIVIL LIBERTIES & SOCIAL UNREST by Wayne Madsen. In the name of protecting our precious national information the Pentagon - eagerly backed by military contractors - is hyping fanciful security threats from cyberspace; NETWORKING WITH SPOOKS by John Dillon. The Internet is changing from a public resource to a lucrative operation influenced by spooks and former Pentagon officials. Access and information are increasingly controlled; PATROLLING THE EMPIRE: MAPPING, IMAGERY & NATIONAL SECURITY by Randy K. Schwartz. The Pentagon's new strategy for global control is being tested around the world from the Persian Gulf to the Huallaga Valley. A new agency, NIMA, is planning for future wars by helping to fuse high tech surveillance and weaponry; INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - MEXICO PRACTICES WHAT SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS TEACHES by Darrin Wood. Mexican generals implicated in gross human rights violations attended SOA while it was routinely teaching torture techniques; AFGHANISTAN: THE GREAT GAME CONTINUES by Asad Ismi & Farhan Haq. The destabilization the US fomented against the Soviet-backed government continues. Despite initial US hopes that the Taliban would restore order - no matter the human cost the region stubbornly remains unsafe for US interests; CRACK, CONTRAS AND THE CIA - TRACKING CIA-CONTRA-CRACK LINKS: THE TULSA CONNECTION by Dennis Bernstein & Robert Knight. Another piece of the tale, this time in Oklahoma, of how the Contras dealt drugs while working for the CIA and using agency facilities; CRACKING CIA-CONTRA-DRUG CONNECTIONS by Clarence Lusane. Recent revelations implicate the CIA in the crack plague. A critique of long standing US foreign policy objectives exposes the links between international affairs, covert operations, racism, and illegal drugs; THEY KNEW & WHEN THEY KNEW IT: TESTIMONY BY JACK A. BLUM. The former Senate special investigator names names and implicates the CIA in drug dealing; OFF THE SHELF: BOOKS OF INTEREST by Phillip Smith. inventory #47893.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Covert Action Quarterly, Number 59
• Publisher: Covert Action Publications 19961997
• Publication Date: 1996
• Binding: magazine
• Condition: Very Good In Staple-Binding
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket