#national security council

[vyorei]

So they're saying absolutely nothing, big fucking surprise.

[godisarepublican]

SHOCKING REVELATION: Putin doesn't like it when Joe Biden pays the Ukraine to launch missiles onto Russian soil

I hate to get all Realpolitik on you but, it's not about "right" and "Wrong." The United States is NOT the World Police and Joe Biden is NOT the Pope of the World. Our foreign policy is never supposed to be enforcing some idea of "Morality." It's supposed to be about advancing the interests of the United States.

Biden's insane policies have placed Russian nuclear navel vessels in Cuba and significantly strengthened north Korea even as it has already destabilized the energy markets.

Wow. Way to go, Joe.

We all know Biden is barely able to remember what day it is, so this idiocy is all pouring out of the National Security Council. They're the ones who need Biden, because having a senile coot as President means they have a free hand to play God and wreck the planet.

Trump won't play their globalist games.

[william-r-melich]

Tik Tok on the Chopping Block - 04/25/2024

Yesterday, Joe Biden signed the Tik Tok Divest-or-Ban bill into law. I covered this bill extensively in my post, "Tik Tok Bill/HR 7521" back on March 16th of this year. This bill forces ByteDance to sell Tik Tok within one year. It's clear to me that this Chinese owned company is controlled by the CCP and is using it to gather information on US citizens and influence children toward committing self-harm and suicide.

Tik Tok's CEO, Shou Zi Chew released the following video statement yesterday. "Make no mistake, this is a ban, a ban on you and your voice. We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts. The facts and the Constitution are on our side, and we expect to prevail again." He was referring to how they circumvented Trump's executive order to ban the app in the U.S. back in 2020. Tik Tok's position is that through China's Counterespionage Law, its customer data is stored in Virginia and backed up in Singapore. They claim that they have never or ever will share U.S. data with the CCP. Yet the owner of ByteDance previously issued a letter of apology to the CCP about failing to follow the CCP's directives. It's obvious to me that they are more of an arm of the CCP than a private company and we should not trust them. At the same time, I'm also conflicted about trusting our own government. Regardless it's now signed into law, like it or not.

Tik Tok and ByteDance together spent over $7 million since the beginning of this year on TV and digital ads in an effort to stop legislation from passing the bill. A Tik Tok spokesperson said this, "This expenditure reflects work we do to educate policy makers about how legislation could affect our community of 170 million American users." Tik Tok officials lobbied Congress and Biden's executive office last quarter. Biden's executive office contains the National Security Council, the Office Management and Budget, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and other divisions.

As I mentioned in my previous post on this bill last March, Donald Trump and Elon Musk both came out against it. Trump is concerned that it could expand government powers on other platforms, and Musk is concerned about censorship. The bill is intended to remove any foreign influence and investment in social media platforms and websites here in the U.S. The government would have to prove that a foreign entity is directly involved and then initially force divestment, and then later if necessary deplatform the app and shut down their operating websites.

I'm all for private companies operating platforms that allow freedom of expression, but not if they're being operated by a foreign adversary like China's CCP. Yet I'm always very skeptical of our government and their tendencies to over-reach in order to go after their political opposition. Especially with this current bunch in charge. All we can do is to stay informed and hopefully for the sake of our freedom and security vote in Republican majorities in both the house and senate, and get Donald Trump back into office, in my opinion.

[noctomania]

“National Archives - Palestine - National Security Council. Central Intelligence Agency. (09/18/1947 - 12/04/1981). - This film is a Columbia Broadcasting Service (CBS) documentary with Mike Wallace on the Palestinian leadership and their use of paramilitary organizations, such as Black September and the Palestine Liberation Organization, to promote terrorism in Israel. - DVD Copied by IASL Scanner Thomas Gideon. - ARC 643907 / LI 263.346 “ 

Publication date: 1976

watch time: 20min

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

The Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive American military sites, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to block it from doing so, according to two current senior U.S. officials and one former senior administration official.

China was able to control the balloon so it could make multiple passes over some of the sites (at times flying figure-eight formations) and transmit the information it collected back to Beijing in real time, the three officials said. The intelligence China collected was mostly from electronic signals, which can be picked up from weapons systems or include communications from base personnel, rather than images, the officials said.

The three officials said China could have gathered much more intelligence from sensitive sites if not for the administration’s efforts to move around potential targets and obscure the balloon’s ability to pick up their electronic signals by stopping them from broadcasting or emitting signals.

The National Security Council referred NBC News to the Defense Department for comment. The Defense Department directed NBC News to comments senior officials made in February that the balloon had “limited additive value” for intelligence collection by the Chinese government “over and above what [China] is likely able to collect through things like satellites in low earth orbit.”

China has said repeatedly that the balloon was an unmanned civilian airship that accidentally strayed off course, and that the U.S. overreacted by shooting it down. Officials have not said which company, department or organization the balloon belonged to, despite several requests for comment by NBC News.

After the balloon was shot down in February, Biden administration officials said it was capable of collecting signals intelligence.

The balloon had a self-destruct mechanism that could have been activated remotely by China, but the officials said it’s not clear if that didn’t happen because the mechanism malfunctioned or because China decided not to trigger it.

The balloon entered U.S. airspace over Alaska on Jan. 28, according to the Biden administration, which said it was tracking it as it moved. Within the next four days, the balloon was flying over Montana — specifically Malmstrom Air Force Base, where the U.S. stores some of its nuclear assets.

On Feb. 2, NBC News was first to report that the Chinese spy balloon was flying over the U.S. and that President Joe Biden had considered shooting it down, prompting the administration to publicly confirm that and disclose it had been monitoring the balloon for days. Once the balloon’s existence became public, China increased its speed, officials said, in attempt to get it out of U.S. airspace as quickly as possible.

The U.S. shot down the balloon on Feb. 4 off the coast of South Carolina, and officials are still analyzing the debris that was retrieved.

At the time, the U.S. government said it waited to shoot the balloon down until it was over the ocean to avoid any damage or casualties on the ground. The balloon, which was nearly as large as three school buses, would have had a large debris field that U.S. officials could not control as it fell to the earth.

“U.S. military commanders had determined downing the balloon while over land posed an undue risk to people across a wide area due to the size and altitude of the balloon and its surveillance payload,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement after the balloon was downed.

Officials have tried to reconstruct the balloon from the recovered debris.

[mossadegh]

• National Security Council Documents | IRAN

[sayruq]

The US, on 29 February, vetoed a UN Security Council (UNSC) statement that would have condemned Israel for the mass murder of over 100 Palestinian civilians who were awaiting the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza City. “We don’t have all the facts on the ground – that’s the problem,” US deputy ambassador to the UN Robert Wood told reporters on Thursday. He then claimed there are “contradictory reports” about the Israeli army's latest massacre and highlighted that Washington was focused on finding “some language that everyone can agree on.” Thursday's veto is the fifth time Washington has blocked a UNSC statement or ceasefire resolution that would hold Israel accountable for the atrocities it has committed in Gaza.

[industrybuzz]

Israel Agrees to Brief Evac Periods

Israel has agreed to daily four-hour humanitarian pauses in its offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza, according to the White House. President Joe Biden had urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for both daily pauses and a broader three-day cessation to make space for negotiations for the release of hostages held by Hamas. While a formal cease-fire seems unlikely at the moment, the…

[head-post]

US accuses former ambassador of spying for Cuba

The US has indicted a former diplomat who served on the National Security Council in the 1990s on charges that he secretly served as an agent of the Cuban government for more than 40 years, The Guardian reports.

Victor Manuel Rocha was arrested on Friday as a result of a lengthy FBI counterintelligence investigation. As US ambassador to Bolivia from 2000 to 2002, Rocha also served on the National Security Council from 1994 to 1995. He faces charges of multiple federal offences. The attorney general, Merrick Garland, said:

This action exposes one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent. We allege that for over 40 years, Victor Manuel Rocha served as an agent of the Cuban government and sought out and obtained positions within the United States government that would provide him with access to non-public information and the ability to affect US foreign policy.

Federal law requires people who carry out political assignments for a foreign government or organisation on US soil to register with the Justice Department, which in recent years has stepped up criminal prosecutions for illegal foreign lobbying.

Read more HERE

[mauricioclavercarone]

Mauricio Claver-Carone - A National Security Council Official

Mauricio Claver-Carone, a seasoned attorney and investor in Washington, D.C., previously served as President of the Inter-American Development Bank. His goals are twofold: to excel as an investor and to advance U.S. policy priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

[realtybizblog]

Qatar Takes Center Stage in US Efforts to Secure Hostage Release from Hamas

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby recently revealed the United States’ vigorous efforts to secure the release of American hostages in Hamas’ custody. Notably absent from his statement was the pivotal role played by the small Gulf nation of Qatar.

[godisarepublican]

The only way to fix our government: Restore the constitution

The President has a Cabinet. These are his advisors.

The President can (and often does) have what is referred to as a "Kitchen Cabinet." These would be trusted friends, experts, business leaders, other politicians... anyone whose advice the President may want to consider.

We don't need a National Security Council

The National Security Council is an unelected, unconstitutional arm of the United States government, and it needs to go. Now.

A redundant man is an unnecessary man, and the President is fully empowered to appoint his trusted advisors to Cabinet positions, and to consult others as part of his Kitchen Cabinet. He doesn't need any more.

What's wrong with the National Security Council?

They exist to preserve the interests of the D.C. establishment... to bring "Continuity" to our foreign policy no matter how incredibly awful it is. The President? He's only temporary. But the D.C. establishment is FOREVER!

So get rid of it. The National Security Council is the problem.

The NSC is why our foreign policy is so goddamn batshit crazy.

The NSC is why risking nuclear war with Russia, and opening our borders to a flood of illegals is VASTLY more important than our people, our economy, our security.

The only potential use for the NSC would be the involvement in removing a President who is unfit for the job. But one look at Joe Biden tells you that, to the NSC, that's a feature! It's a benefit! He's out of their way! They're free to do all the evil they want, without interference from Biden!

So get rid of the National Security Council.

It is literally an unelected, unconstitutional government!

[bagnabraghe]

L'orizzonte dell’intervento americano per orientare l’informazione e la comunicazione politica in senso anticomunista

L’ufficio della Presidenza del Consiglio demandato alla comunicazione fu il Servizio informazioni, nato nel 1947 per opera di funzionari formatisi al Minculpop fascista, e riorganizzato nel 1950-1951 con la nascita del Centro documentazione. Quest’ultimo avrebbe dovuto essere la sezione destinata alla produzione di materiale informativo, e si rivelò un vero e proprio «organo di intermediazione…

[collasgarba]

L'orizzonte dell’intervento americano per orientare l’informazione e la comunicazione politica in senso anticomunista

L’ufficio della Presidenza del Consiglio demandato alla comunicazione fu il Servizio informazioni, nato nel 1947 per opera di funzionari formatisi al Minculpop fascista, e riorganizzato nel 1950-1951 con la nascita del Centro documentazione. Quest’ultimo avrebbe dovuto essere la sezione destinata alla produzione di materiale informativo, e si rivelò un vero e proprio «organo di intermediazione…

[historyforfuture]

No difference except , the zionists made it worse , they stripped them from their clothes