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Friday, August 8, 2014

Nuclear Capable Bombers Intercepted Off The Coast Of California - Russian Saber Rattling or Were They Conducting Scientific Research On Magnetic Anomalies?


  
Russian Tu-95 Bear-H Bomber Plane
U.S. F-22 jet fighters were scrambled when a fleet of Russian bombers triggered alarms in the U. S. The F-22s  intercepted four Russian long-range (9,400 mile) Tu-95 Bear-H bombers, that are equipped to fire both traditional and nuclear payloads at targets from the air; along with two IL-78 aerial refueling tankers. The Russian bombers, equipped with electronic warfare and intelligence-gathering capabilities, split their course when they were intercepted by the F-22s. Two of the Russian aircraft headed towards the U. S. and got within 50 miles of the coast of Northern California.  Two U.S. F-15 fighter jets from Oregon were scrambled to visually ID the Russian bombers.

2 U.S. F-15s Intercept Russian Tu-95 Bear-H Bomber
Two F-15s Intercept Russian
Bomber In The GIUK Gap.
   The NewYork Daily News, and other media outlets,  have quoted
government sources as characterizing this incident as a training exercise or "saber rattling".  Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, labeled this as "intentional provocations." and is quoted as saying, "Putin is doing this to taunt the U.S. and exercise some sort of saber-rattling, muscle-flexing nonsense. Truth is we would have squashed either one of those (bombers) like baby seals,".  Retired Air Force Lt. Gen Thomas McInerney said he couldn't remember a case of Russian strategic bombers coming so close to the U.S. coast – even at the height of the Cold War.

Lieutenant-General Viktor Bondarev and Vladimir Putin
   The European Union Times reports that Lieutenant-General Viktor Bondarev, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, prepared a report on "...the just completed scientific mission of North America carried out by 4 Tupolev Tu-95 strategic aircraft and 2 Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refueling tankers that “electronically swept” for “magnetic anomalies” from Alaska to California;  and warns that a “catastrophic event” may be nearing for this region..."

   According to the EU Times this scientific mission was the result of data gathered by a Kosmos 2473 satellite that detected "a severe mysterious magnetic anomaly" that occurred June 3rd in the Yellowstone region of the Western United States - that resulted in an  "earthquake swarm". The report goes on to say that this magnetic anomaly was precipitated by a mysterious earthquake swarm that hit the Brooks Range mountains in Alaska.  Lieutenant General Bondarev states that Russian military authorities have a grave concern of the catastrophic effect the magnetic anomalies have on highly sophisticated inertial navigation systems used by US, NATO and Russian warplanes. The Russians interest in "magnetic anomalies" stems from the  rapidly shifting north magnetic pole that, since 2005, has moved 25 miles a year from Arctic Canada toward Siberia

Graphic shows magnetic North Pole movement.
The Magnetic North Pole has been shifting North.
 The report also claims that two US military aircraft were near the boundaries of the magnetic anomalies emanating from the Yellowstone area on June 4th "while this event was still active causing them to crash." " The two US fighter jets crashing on 4 June, this report continues, were identified as a US Navy FA-183 that went down when the pilot was attempting to land aboard the carrier Carl Vinson, and a US Marine Harrier AV-8B jet that crashed into a residential community in Imperial, about 90 miles east of San Diego, both of them occurring within hours of each other. It also notes that no civilian aircraft would have been affected by this “magnetic anomaly” as only the most advanced military aircraft employ these “geomagnetic-satellite” coordinated flight systems which enable them to “hug the terrain” not unlike the magnetic systems used by birds and insects to navigate.  

  The shifting magnetic north pole has already disrupted airport runways here in the U. S. prompting the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) in 2011 to request that officials at Tampa International Airport change numeric designators on signs at each end of the runway.  In all, over 100 sign panels and 40 signs needed to be changed, along with painted signs on the runways. In 2013 Oakland International Airport had to change runway numbers "to match Earth's geological shift" according to Scott Wintner an Oakland airport spokesman. According to the EU Times Paul Takemoto, a spokesman for the FAA said, "The poles are generated by movements within the Earth's inner and outer cores, though the exact process isn't exactly understood. They're also constantly in flux, moving a few degrees every year, but the changes are almost never of such a magnitude that runways require adjusting."

  Are there "magnetic anomalies" occurring in North America - triggering "events" in Yellowstone and the Rocky Mountains? Could it be that the Russians are sincerely concerned, as the EU Times reports, and "We may be on the verge of a catastrophic North American event that could possibly change the world forever, we should be prepared."  Or was this fleet of Russian war planes flying off of our Northern California coast simply a matter of saber rattling?

 What do you think? 





Monday, July 21, 2014

MUFON asks: "Is There an Undersea Base off the California Coast?"


UFO base off the coast of Southern California
I thought I'd share this email (pictures added) that I received from MUFON (Mutual UFO Network):


MUFON Los Angeles

Presents


Is There an Undersea Base off the California Coast?
   
On June 14, 1992 numerous witnesses observed hundreds of strange craft in the Santa Monica Mountains of southern California.  This marked the beginning of an ongoing massive wave involving the entire range of UFO phenomenon from sightings to abductions, and most importantly here: USOs or Unidentified Submersible Objects.  After writing an article on this subject for FATE magazine, and appearing on the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs, Dennett received a flood of emails, calls and letters from new witnesses detailing many dramatic USO cases that have never been revealed before.
  
The southern California coast, Dennett discovered, is one of the world’s leading producers of undersea USO activity.  After years of researching the activity and interviewing hundreds of witnesses, Dennett has come to the startling conclusion that there is an undersea UFO base in the Santa Catalina channel.  In this exciting presentation, he will reveal the incredible results of his investigation including:


----firsthand cases of undersea USO activity in southern California and around the  world

----evidence of government surveillance and cover-up

----photographs of UFOs and artwork based on eyewitness accounts

----a behind the scenes look at his involvement with the History Channel’s Deep Sea UFOs I & II, & UFO Hunters and much more. 
  

How big is this alleged USO base?  When was it made?  Where exactly is it? And what does our government know and isn't saying?  Dennett will answer all these questions and more.


UFO base off the coast of Malibu


August 3, 2014

The Colony Theatre

555 N Third St

Burbank, CA 91502

Doors open at 6:30 PM, Lecture starts at 7 PM.

Tickets are $15.00 at the door.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Your Smart TV May Be Smarter Than You Think.

   According to pcmag.com

screen shot of LG Smart TV hubDefinition of:smart TV
An Internet-enabled TV set that supports movie streaming from content providers such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Also called a "connected TV," a smart TV may contain a browser for general Web surfing and also be able to execute built-in or downloaded applications. A QWERTY keyboard may be built into the remote control; however, some smart TVs have tablet apps that, working simultaneously with the TV, display the program guide, control the set and offer additional information.

   Wow! This takes TV viewing to the next level - offering more options than ever before. BUT - just how SMART is your smart TV? Will it only do what you "tell it" to do? Or will it watch you, and your family, while you're watching it? According to Doctor Beet  an LG Smart TV sent unencrypted data  over the internet! No problem you say? Doctor Beet's tests revealed that the information was sent out each time he changed the channel. He also learned that there is an option in the system settings to turn OFF the "collection of watching" option (the default setting is ON) BUT the smart TV continued to send viewing information even when the watching option was turned OFF.

Fake video file   The data sent to GB.smartshare.lgtvsdp.com included the name of a "mock" video file (Midget_Porn_2013.avi) that he had created and stored on a USB drive that had been PLUGGED in to his TV. He monitored and analyzed the network traffic and found out that the file name had been transmitted unencrypted and in some cases the file names for an entire folder had been transmitted! While Doctor Beet never determined the criteria that controlled when the smart TV transmitted data he was certain that the data sent included the names of customer's files, unique identification customer information and  tracking numbers for a specific TV.
  
  Why, you ask, would LG, or any other smart TV manufacturer, want my smart TV to monitor me? The answer, "Follow the money". According to Doctor Beet, he "found a rather creepy corporate video" (that was removed but mirrored here)  "advertising their data collection practices to POTENTIAL ADVERTISERS. It's quite long but a sample of their claims are as follows":
 
"LG Smart Ad analyses users favourite programs, online behaviour, search keywords and other information to offer relevant ads to target audiences. For example, LG Smart Ad can feature sharp suits to men, or alluring cosmetics and fragrances to women.
Furthermore, LG Smart Ad offers useful and various advertising performance reports. That live broadcasting ads cannot. To accurately identify actual advertising effectiveness."

   They do it so they can charge an advertiser top dollar by providing a "TARGET AUDIENCE" allowing them to stream to your TV a RELEVANT ad. Not only is the NSA watching you but now so is CORPORATE BIG BROTHER. Doctor Beet did ask LG to comment on, "data collection, profiling of their customers, collection of usage information and mandatory embedded advertising on products that their customers had paid for."  Their response "you accepted the Terms and Conditions on your TV, your concerns would be best directed to the retailer." Basically they said "F*&! OFF"!


   Doctor Beet did come up with a creative way to block their collection of his data by blocking the domains
on his router. This effectively prevents his smart TV from reaching the server - unless, of course, it can create a Gmail account and then email the info to the "home office".

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

We've encrypted ALL of your files - if you want access to your data again pay us $500 in Bitcoins.

Computer user being held up.
How vulnerable is your data to being held hostage.
Ransomware - ran∙som∙ware
noun
A type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

   You, or someone who uses your computer, receives an email from a trusted source and clicks on an attachment - not realizing that their email account had been "hacked" or that the attachment is an "executable" file.  You notice that "something" flashes briefly on the screen then disappears. You go on reading emails not realizing that the "cryptolocker" program that you've inadvertently activated is encrypting and locking all of your data files.  Eventually a window pops up informing you that your files are all encrypted and that you must pay to receive a "private key" to decrypt them and regain access.

Give me all of your money.   You decide to do an online scan and you learn that your system is infected with cryptolocker malware. They offer to fix your computer - for a small fee. Adding insult to injury you've now fallen prey to a ransomware decryption scam.  The cryptolocker malware can be removed but your locked files cannot be unlocked until you have the encryption password.

Vikas Chandra Pandey writes:
 Beware Spam Emails Claiming to Offer Anti-CryptoLocker Tools
PC users have been warned about a new phishing scam that falsely claims to offer people programs that will combat the Cryptolocker ransomware. The email is written in a casual and friendly manner. It asks if you have a Cryptolocker infection, then advises you to ‘Use the tool attached to decrypt your files!”, before wishing you “Good Luck!’’.
Downloading the attachment – a tool called ‘cryptolocker file de.exe’ installs RegistryCleanerKit, a legitimate piece of software made by Malta-based company Uniblue. It then scans your Registry (see screenshot), before showing you how many problems it has ‘found’. To fix the errors you need to buy the software.
At no point does it attempt to decrypt files locked by CryptoLocker. We asked Uniblue whether it was aware its software was seemingly being used as part of a scam, but at the time of going to press had not heard back.

From bleepingcomputer.com:
Is it possible to decrypt files encrypted by CryptoLocker?  Unfortunately at this time there is no way to retrieve the private key that can be used to decrypt your files without paying the ransom. Brute forcing the decryption key is not realistic due to the length of time required to break the key. Also any decryption tools that have been released by various companies will not work with this infection. The only method you have of restoring your files is from a backup or Shadow Volume Copies if you have System Restore enabled. Newer variants of CryptoLocker attempt to delete the Shadow Copies, but it is not always successful. More
Don't wait until it's too late.
Don't close the barn door after the fact.
information about how to restore your files via Shadow Volume Copies can be found in this section below.
If you do not have System Restore enabled on your computer or reliable backups, then you will need to pay the ransom in order to get your files back.

   Solution: "Don't close the barn door after the horse is gone!"
1. DO NOT click on attachments with executable files.
2. Follow bleepingcomputer.com's recommendation and ENABLE SYSTEM RESTORE and back up your files regularly.

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Casanova Killer Says O. J. Didn't Do It. I Did. Claims LAPD Taped His Full Confession In 1995 But Covered It Up.

The Casanova Killer, Glen Rogers
Glen Rogers - The Casanova Killer.
   
   Serial Killer Glen Rogers, AKA The "Casanova Killer", is on death row in Florida for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in Tampa. He was also convicted of murdering Sandra Gallagher in Los Angeles in 1995 and California authorities suspect him of committing four other murders as well.  It is believed that he is responsible for the murder of at least 10 other individuals. He once claimed that he had murdered 70 people across the country though later recanted and said he was only joking.
  
   In a letter addressed to Norman Pardo, O. J. Simpson's former manager, Glen Rogers states "...You won't have to take me at my word. A full taped statement in your case was made in 1995..." What statement is the serial killer referring to? 
O. J. Didn't do it. I did   In Pardo's Simpson Documentary, O. J. Simpson: In His Own Words, Pardo asserts, "... The L. A. prosecutor and district attorney have a file in which Rogers confessed, but they gave him a plea deal to get him out of the state - because they were afraid he would mess up their O. J. thing. They arrested him after they arrested O. J. They couldn't go back and say O. J. didn't do it now!" 
     The Daily Mail reports that Rogers confessed to the Brown-Goldman killings after he was already in jail for the 1995 murders.  In the 2012 Discovery Investigation documentary, My Brother The Serial Killer, Glen Rogers was "fingered" by his brother Clay, "I'm absolutely certain that my brother Glen killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. I know my brother did it because I've seen proof that he was there."
My Brother the Serial Killer.   According to the documentary Glen Rogers was a transient in 1994 - arriving in Los Angeles after the Northridge earthquake to work on a repair crew. As fate would have it, one job brought him to Nicole's home as a painter. Clay states that his brother Glen called him a few days before the murders, "Guess who I'm partying with? Nicole Simpson." "Actually, what he told me, he says, 'They got money, they're well off and I'm taking her down.'" Clay asserts that his brother took a gold angel pin - removing it from Simpson's lifeless body and mailed it to his mother in Ohio the next day. According to Rodgers their mother wore the pin, at her son's request, at one of his murder trials.
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
Condolences to Nicole & Ron's Family and Friends. 
   So does this mean that O. J.'s "hands are clean"?  Criminal profiler Anthony Meoli has exchanged dozens of letters with Glen Rogers and visited him on death row. According to Meoli Glen said O. J. had hired him to burglarize Nicole's condo and steal diamond earrings that he had given her and that Simpson had told Rogers about a spare key to the condo hidden outside the door.  Meoli said the serial killer told him that O. J. stated, " You may have to kill the bitch."  In Meoli's retelling of Rogers' account he states that Simpson, who was waiting in his car nearby, walked onto the bloody sidewalk to check Rogers' work, thus leaving his footprints at the crime scene.
   Pardo asserts that he and Rogers are joining forces to petition to re-open Rogers' case file so the truth will be told about Rogers confession and revisiting the Goldman family's $33.5 million civil judgment against Simpson.  Pardo  says, "The letter gives me an open door to shut down their judgment against O. J.,". He goes on to say, "We have attorneys working on shutting down the judgment the Goldman's have until this is resolved. We're trying to get the court to open up files."
   According to CNN a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said the department would investigate Rogers' claims but does not believe he was involved in Simpson and Goldman's killings. "The LAPD is quite confident that we know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved," Commander Andrew Smith said. "Nevertheless, in the interest of being thorough in this case, our robbery homicide detectives will investigate his claims."
Mark Furman
Did Detective Fuhrman plant evidence?
  It should be noted - Headline from the Los Angeles Times about LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman: 
Fuhrman Invokes 5th Amendment, Refuses to Testify : Simpson case: Ex-detective is asked three questions, including whether he planted evidence. Jurors aren't present, but defense will seek to have them informed of the action.
  

Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Mayans, Coronal Mass Ejection and the End of the World as We Know It.


Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth.
According to Mayan prophecy the year 2012 has a special significance.  In June of 2012 one of the rarest astronomical events occurred. Venus passed directly between the Sun and Earth heralding,  on December 21, 2012, "the end" and the return of the “feathered snake God” Kukulcan. The question on the minds of many: “The end of what?” The world and/or all of mankind?  Elders, Mayan and Hopi, believe the "end" is  not necessarily the end of the world but rather the end of an era – a transformation. The elders  explanation doesn't offer much clarification.  Is it a physical transformation, a spiritual transformation or perhaps both?  Mainstream scholars have not “bought into” the prognostications put forth by the Mayans and others - but what do mainstream scholars have to say about current known threats to planet earth?

X-class solar flare 10/22/12 from NASA
According to scientists who study the star's activity our sun is currently in Solar Cycle 24 and it is expected to last through 2013. Powerful solar flares release waves of radiation into space and can release bubbles of "charged plasma", Coronal Mass Ejections said to travel at millions of miles per hour, which can cause geomagnetic storms that disrupt radio communication, power grids and cause unusual displays of northern and southern "lights". According to Planetsave, “A powerful X-Class solar flare exploded from the Sun on Monday, October 22, 2012. It released large amounts of radiation, some of which has already caused a minor radio blackout here on Earth.”. It seems that disruptions are not widely reported – you have to search for them.  One wonders  “Why?” as this seems to be a "news worthy" event - more so than the latest exploits of the Kardashian girls.

The largest known solar flare was produced by a powerful solar storm known as the Carrington event. It occurred in 1859 during Solar Cycle 10.  The solar flare caused a major “CME” and a magnetic storm that struck earth. The geomagnetic disturbances were strong enough to cause the failure of telegraph systems all over Europe and North America. USA telegraph operators reported sparks leaping from their equipment and some bursting into flames. Northern lights, some bright enough to read by, were reported as far south as Cuba and Honolulu, while southern lights were seen as far north as Santiago, Chile

Coronal Mass Ejection from class c3 solar flare.
CME from a class C3 solar flare on August 2012.
According to a 2009 report funded by NASA: “They found that almost nothing is immune from space weather—not even the water in your bathroom.”  "A contemporary repetition of the Carrington Event would cause … extensive social and economic disruptions," the report warns. Power outages would be accompanied by radio blackouts and satellite malfunctions; telecommunications, GPS navigation, banking and finance, and transportation would all be affected. Some problems would correct themselves with the fading of the storm: radio and GPS transmissions could come back online fairly quickly. Other problems would be lasting: a burnt-out multi-ton transformer, for instance, can take weeks or months to repair. The total economic impact in the first year alone could reach $2 trillion, some 20 times greater than the costs of a Hurricane Katrina or, to use a timelier example, a few TARPs." 

Area of Possible Power System Collapse
Vulnerable transformers. Credit: National Academy of Sciences. 
In 1859 the loss of the ability to send or receive telegraph messages was an inconvenience to some folks but life went on without any major changes or  disruptions.  How would we fare today? The problem begins with our electric power grids and the fact that we are "hooked up" to that grid.  This incredibly complex system is interconnected throughout North America.  Plasma balls exploding from the Sun's surface could blow out giant transformers. A “tripped” circuit causing a black out is one thing but what happens when solar particles cause power surges that destroy multiple, massive transformers throughout our planet? These transformers can take a long time to replace, especially if hundreds are destroyed at once.

Blue Holmes comet from telescope on Mauna Kea
Holmes comet from Telescope on Mauna Kea.
 “What does this have to do with Kukulcan and the Mayan’s predictions?”  December 21, 2012 is the date on the Mayan calendar that marks the end of the long cycle. According to the elders it does not mean that a transformation will occur on that exact day. The elders say that the changes or transformation to our planet and consciousness will occur within a seven year period of time  around 2012. Solar cycle 24 began January 8, 2008. NASA predicts that it will peak in early or mid 2013.  According to the Hopi elders " When the Blue Star makes its appearance in the heavens, the Fifth World will emerge." According to SpaceWeather.com  on "October 24, 2007 the comet 17P/Holmes shocked astronomers with a spectacular eruption.   In less than 24 hours, the 17th magnitude comet brightened by a factor of nearly a million, becoming a naked-eye object in the evening sky. By mid-November the expanding comet was the largest object in the solar system - bigger even than the Sun."

Transformer destroyed in black out cause by solar storm
Transformer fire resulting from CME March 1989.
According to NASA, "On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part of North America every year. The Quebec Blackout was different, because this one was caused by a solar storm!"  Could a catastrophic disruption of our power grid be the "trigger" that brings about  the transformation that the Mayan and Hopi elders prophesied?    Our world as we know it would come to an end. Our lives would be different in ways that we never thought possible. No more instant communication via cell, Internet and social media. Things we take for granted today - electricity, natural gas, air conditioning, ATMs, trips to the grocery store to purchase food, micro wave popcorn, cold beer, water and sewage treatment plants etc would be gone. A major change to life as we know it - a transformation that we would assume/hope would be temporary. But what happens when a massive solar storm destroys multiple transformers in our power grid? According to the office of emergency response at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recovery could take as much as a decade - wreaking havoc with the USA and world infrastructure and economy. “This is not science fiction. It is fact,” says Joe McClelland, director of the office of emergency response at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission . He says it has happened before but with far less severe economic consequences. It is likely to happen again and, according to space scientists, it could happen in the next few years, as a period of unusually calm solar weather reverses, picks up energy, and gets nasty.

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant reactor bulding number 4
Nuclear power plant reactor building 4.
The loss of electricity is the most obvious effect resulting from a power grid outage - there are also secondary effects - nuclear power plants pose the greatest potential for causing a catastrophic event that could forever change our lives and the planet. The fuel elements of a nuclear reactor have a cooling system to prevent them from over heating and "melting down". Back up power sources insure that power will be available to power cooling and other systems in case of a black out. In the event of a meltdown there is a possibility of a containment breach that could cause radioactive materials to be dispersed resulting in radioactive fallout and contamination of everything in the dispersal area. There have been a number of nuclear accidents around the world. The 1986 Chernobyl accident is considered one of the worst. For 10 days radioactive substances were released into the air.  In March 2011 an earthquake followed by a tsunami resulted in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear disaster. The reactor's emergency generators kicked in to maintain control of electrical and cooling systems but the tsunami caused flooding and the electrical generators where rendered inoperable. When a reactor is shut down the "decay heat" continues for hours and sometimes days - during this time the cooling system must be in full operation to prevent meltdown. Recent reports concluded that the Fukushima meltdown was not caused by the earthquake and tsunami but resulted from human error. What ever the cause the fact is that radioactive materials were released into the atmosphere and the sea.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) there are 65 commercially operated nuclear power plants with 104 nuclear reactors in 31 states around the country. Thirty-six of the plants have two or more reactors.   Benjamin K. Sovakool reports that there has been 99 nuclear accidents from 1952 to 2009.  All of the nuclear power plants have redundant safe guards and back up power systems. The probability of  an incident leading to a core melt down is statistically very small. Not a very comforting fact if you  were one of the 350,000 people who were evacuated or one of the 4,000 plus people who had died as a result of the Chernobyl melt down. Nor is it a comforting fact when you think about the Carrington event and how the solar storm caused power surges in telegraph equipment - causing some of them to burst into flames. The 1989 solar storm that fried transformers in Quebec clearly reflects their destructive power and the possibility that Solar Cycle 24  could unleash CMEs that are capable of triggering the catastrophic event - bringing about the end of our "modern day" world.

Kukulcan tall blue eyed caucasian man.
Kukulcan also appeared in human form.
From one day to the next our priorities would change. It wouldn't matter how much money we had in the bank or how many electronic gadgets we own. We would have to adapt in order to survive. Could this be the impetus that would bring about a spiritual transformation? People coming together, sharing knowledge, resources and helping each other. As to the return of  Kukulcan - the feathered snake God- he also had a human form that looked nothing like the dark complected Mayans. Mayan sculptures and writings depict him as a tall, blue eyed Caucasian man with long white hair and skin. He promised to return as he had left - from the east over the ocean. 

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Osama bin Laden - dead men tell no lies.


"The Finish" a new book by Mark Bowden author of “Black Hawk Down”, says that President Obama wanted to put Osama bin Laden on trial. Obama expected bin Laden to go down fighting according to Bowden. As to why Obama wanted to put bin Laden on trial Bowden quotes the President as saying, "Frankly, my belief was if we had captured him, that I would be in a pretty strong position  politically here, to argue that displaying due process and rule of law would be our best weapon against al-Qaida in preventing him from appearing as a martyr".
 But was capture ever a realistic possibility?  US officials have said the Navy SEAL team was ordered to capture bin Laden if he surrendered or kill him if he threatened them. Bowden asserts the SEALs could have taken bin Laden alive but had no intention of doing so.  Contrary to what had been reported Matt Bissonnette, a member of the SEAL team that killed bin Laden, and author of “No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of theMission That Killed Osama bin Laden”, says that night the “point man” saw a man poking his head out and shot at him. The SEALs then went slowly to the room and entered. They found a man lying on the floor, “In his death throes, he was still twitching and convulsing,” Bissonnette goes on to say, “Another assaulter and I trained our lasers on his chest and fired several rounds. The bullets tore into him, slamming his body into the floor until he was motionless.” Unconfirmed sources also assert that taking bin Laden alive was never going to happen – bin Laden knew too much. Bissonnette’s account seems to substantiate that.  Dead men tell no lies.

While our elected representatives “come and go” there are people who “remain in place” no matter which party is in power. There are “those” who are consistently appointed to positions of power and influence – no matter what their political affiliations may be. Why? Where does their first loyalty lie?  Whose interests do they represent?  What “strings” won't they pull at the behest of their masters? To what lengths will they go to “hide” their machinations and manipulations from the public? And if something “leaks” out it's discounted, dismissed and labeled as the product of “conspiracy theorist”. What happens to individuals who are suspected as being a source, or a potential source, of a “leak”? How many witnesses to the JFK assassination died? And what was the probability of the unnatural death of those witnesses?

There are those who assert that bin Laden was a CIA “intelligence asset” – assigned the name Tim Osman – and that he “toured” the U. S.  A former British Foreign secretary, Robin Cook said: “Bin Laden was, though, a product of a monumental miscalculation by western security agencies. Throughout the 80s he was armed by the CIA and funded by the Saudis to wage jihad against the Russian occupation of Afghanistan.”

There are claims that the CIA knew bin Laden’s “whereabouts” and that in July 2001 a CIA head of station actually met with bin Laden at the American Hospital in Dubai,UAE. CBS’s Dan Rather reported that bin Laden, who was on the FBI’s most wanted list at that time, was back in the hospital, one day before the 9/11 attacks. Is it conceivable that Dan Rather could know this but the FBI and the “intelligence community” did not? 

Then there are those who claim that bin Laden was already dead – that he had died years before; and that the 9/11 attack was actually a “false flag” event.  According to Paul Joseph Watson, of infowars.com, “Top US government insider Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik, a man who held numerous different influential positions under three different Presidents and still works with the Defense Department, shockingly told The Alex Jones Show yesterday that Osama Bin Laden died in 2001…”, he goes on to say that “…Pieczenik served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State under three different administrations, Nixon, Ford and Carter, while also working under Reagan and Bush senior, and still works as a consultant for the Department of Defense. A former US Navy Captain, Pieczenik achieved two prestigious Harry C. Solomon Awards at the Harvard Medical School as he simultaneously completed a PhD at MIT.” 

Are these claims nothing more than the “product” of conspiracy theorists - as some allege?  What are we to believe? All we know for certain is that bin Laden was not captured and tried. And if Bissonnette is to be believed, bin Laden was unarmed and “dispatched” while lying on his back - notwithstanding the order to capture him. Was the man killed that night the “real” bin Laden or a double – put in place because bin Laden had died? Was the “real” bin Laden silenced that night because there were those who knew if he was captured there was the potential that he could reveal information validating assertions that bin Laden had connections to and was still working with individuals in the intelligence community? Was there a secret “counter” order to assassinate bin Laden?  Did Bissonnette give us a clue? Letting us know  that bin Laden was unarmed and executed while lying wounded on the floor which is contrary to the administrations original assertions that bin Laden was killed while resisting capture.  

What do you think?