Ex-Bush, Reagan official’s body found dumped in landfil. Death ruled a homicidel

[Peter Lemkin]

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What the "news" is not telling you is -

Wheeler was the assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force in the George W. Bush Administration. It was the Secretary of the Air Force who discovered that Richard Cheney had set up an alternative chain of command to the nuclear weapons wing of the AF. In the process, six minutemen missiles armed with nuclear warheads were secretly transported from Minot AFB to Barksdale AFB. The later is the chief staging base for the Middle East war. The alarm system for the weapons was deactivated for the transport, something that not even the base commander could authorize. The orders had to have come from above. Many point to Cheney. Before the warheads could be flown via B-52 to the Iraq/Iran theater, the Secretary of the Air Force ordered the stand-down of all B-52 flights. When he discovered the alternative chain of command to Cheney, he fired all military personnel who were involved. Cheney was said to have been livid. The Secretary ordered an investigation of what the AF press release called an oversight, and 70 enlisted men and 5 officers were removed from the Minot nuclear system.

At the same time, people involved began to die mysteriously. Wheeler is only the latest casualty.

Read more, including background info, here .

For a detailed history of the Barksdale-Minot incident, go here (of course).

http://femalefaust.blogspot.com/2011/01/...o-was.html





or here: http://www.legitgov.org/minot_afb_nukes_oddities.html

Wow! Good one Ed! That does seem to tie up a lot of potential loose ends....only the timing and whodunnit. Chaney still pulling strings? As Charles points out, similar things could have already have happened, happen in the near future and all we can do is 'duck and cover'......short of getting rid of the whole rotten Governmental structure and starting all over. I'm up for the second....

[Magda Hassan]

Dave Lindorff covered much of the early events on this matter.[/url]
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Minot Air Force Base airman killed in shooting 21 Dec 2010 Police said an airman from the Minot Air Force Base has been killed in an off-base shooting. Police Detective Matt McLeod told KCJB radio that Steven Crawford, 19, was shot with a handgun by a fellow airman at Crawford's apartment Monday night. Crawford was taken to a Minot hospital where he died. Police said the shooting appears to be accidental.

81st Civil Support Team Conducts Exercise at Minot Air Force Base 07 May 2010 North Dakota's 81st Civil Support Team dispatched personnel and equipment though blustery winds to Minot Air Force Base May 5, to practice air load operations onto a C-17 Globemaster sent from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. While the CST is configured to assist local incident commanders in events known or suspected to involve weapons of mass destruction, it also responds regionally to augment other states. CSTs are divided into six different sectors throughout the country in order to supplement partner states should a chemical, biological or radiological event [is made to] occur.

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The following section was compiled by 'The Pundit.'
Since the Minot story broke a week ago about the missing nukeclandestine operation from Minot, we have the following (for those who are paying attention):

1. All six people listed below are from Minot Airforce base
2. All were directly involved as loaders or as pilots
3. All are now dead
4. All within the last 7 days in 'accidents' [Not all of them --LRP]
http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=10465
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs...S/70915012
http://www.kxmc.com/News/161562.asp
http://www.kxmc.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=140988
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/...136489.txt
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/9679367.html
Silly me, seeing more than there is to this story. I guess this is just another coincidence.
But no doubt now that there will be more coincidences in the near future because as I have stated before, you need about fourteen signatures to get an armed nuke onto a B-52, and they may have told their wives and friends.
"The Pundit"
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Minot AFB airman identified --The base Safety Office is 'investigating' the accident. 01 May 2010 Officials at Minot Air Force Base have identified the airman who died Thursday after being struck in the head by a training missile during routine training at the base. Senior Airman Richard Allan Gallelli Jr., 22, was a member of the 17th Munitions Squadron, said 2nd Lt. Kidron Farnell, deputy chief of Public Affairs at the Minot base. Gallelli had been in the Air Force for three years and three months.

Minot Air Force Base Airman Killed --Internal investigation underway 29 Apr 2010 The Minot Air Force Base says one of their Airmen was killed in a training exercise around midnight. In a press release officials say a male Airman from the 17th Munitions Squadron was struck in the head while at work, and died of injuries soon after. They are not releasing the name of the Airman. A spokeswoman from the Minot Air Force Base says cases like this are extremely rare and it has been at least ten years [?!?] since something like this has taken place. [*Math check.* See: Minot base crew commander found dead --Cause of death unclear 03 Feb 2009.]

Minot AFB prepares for biological and chemical attacks --Minot AFB completes 'Prairie Night 10-1' drill 12 Feb 2010 Minot Air Force Base has completed a 48-hour training exercise, dubbed Prairie Night 10-1, to ensure that members of its 5th Bomb Wing are prepared in the event of a biological or chemical attack if deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The simulated attack began at 11:39 AM with the sound of mortars hitting. Airmen at the base climbed into their chemical gear as if the attack were real in an effort to build muscle memory for an attack in the field, making preparation for the attack second nature to them.

Prairie Knight Exercise 10-1 at Minot Air Force Base --Warbirds to participate in training scenarios that include donning of chemical gear in aftermath of airfield attack 10 Feb 2010 The 5th Bomb Wing launches a 48-hour exercise today to test the wing's capabilities in preparation for an August conventional operational readiness inspection. The two-day event, Prairie Knight 10-1, measures the wing's ability to survive and operate in a contingency environment and will include a launch of 24 B-52 combat sorties practicing to place bombs on target, said Col. Julian Tolbert, vice-wing commander at Minot Air Force Base.
Minot base crew commander found dead --Cause of death unclear 03 Feb 2009 (The Associated Press) The body of a missile combat crew commander from the Minot Air Force Base was found by police, and the cause of his death is under investigation, the Air Force says. A statement issued by the base Sunday said the body of Capt. Jonathan Bayless, 28, was found Friday night. Police did not give details but said it was in an area north of the city soccer complex, and they are awaiting autopsy results.

Minot Missile wing now in Global Strike Command 02 Dec 2009 The men and women of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base became part of Air Force Global Strike Command Tuesday. Global Strike Command is the Air Force's newest major command and will oversee all of its nuclear forces. The nuclear-capable assets the intercontinental ballistic missiles of Air Force Space Command come under Global Strike Command as of Tuesday.
New Minot AFB commanders vow perfection 29 Nov 2009 The sign over the main gate at Minot Air Force Base brags, ''Only the Best Come North.'' It's been a questionable claim over the past two years at the North Dakota base following a rash of nuclear-related mistakes that spurred no mushroom clouds but embarrassed the military and cost several officers their positions. The new base commander said the foul-ups - including a cross-country flight from Minot of a B-52 bomber mistakenly armed with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles - stemmed from lax attitudes in maintaining the arsenal there. ''We had a compliance problem,'' Col. Douglas Cox told The Associated Press in an interview last week at the base. [Yeah, like Cheney trying to strike Chicago with a 'missing' Minot nuke.]
Ousted Minot AFB commander Westa to retire 25 Nov 2009 Col. Joel Westa, the former 5th Bomb Wing commander fired Oct. 30, retired Monday rather than accept an assignment to Global Strike Command. Westa was chosen to turn around the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., after airmen from the wing mistakenly loaded six nuclear warheads aboard a B-52 two years ago. Maj. Gen. Floyd Carpenter, 8th Air Force commander, arrived unannounced to Minot and fired Westa after the wing failed its second nuclear inspection under Westa's command.
Minot missile, bomb wings to become part of Global Strike Command 15 Nov 2009 Members of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base will make history Dec. 1 when they become part of a new command Air Force Global Strike Command. The new command will oversee all of the Air Force's nuclear forces intercontinental ballistic missiles and bombers. The 5th Bomb Wing will become part of the new command on Feb. 1.

Inspections are top priority at base 04 Nov 2009 The new commander of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base said his first priority is to make sure the wing is ready for inspections. Col. Douglas Cox began Monday as the top officer of the bomb wing. Cox replaced Col. Joel Westa, who, along with the commander of the base's 5th Operations Support Squadron, were relieved of duty... "Building that credibility is one of the biggest challenges that we are working on." [Yes, it would be easier to clean the Augean stables in a single day.] "We actually are inspected all the time so every day we're either inspecting ourselves or we're expecting inspectors to come from outside of Minot Air Force Base," Cox said.
New Wing Commander at Minot AFB 03 Nov 2009 There's a new wing commander at Minot Air Force base. [This happens about once a week.] Col. Douglas Cox is the new commander of the 5th bomb Wing. Col. Cox took over the wing after Col. Joel Westa was relieved of command on Friday. Westa was removed due to the Air Force losing confidence in his ability to command. Col. Cox says he is ready to lead the 5th bomb wing knowing that perfection is the standard.

Minot Air Force Base resident suffered "self-inflicted" gunshot wound 26 Oct 2009 (ND) A 21-year-old man was injured after he shot himself in the chest Monday morning, according to the Jamestown Police Department. Police said the man, a resident of Minot Air Force Base, suffered a "self-inflicted" gun shot wound in the upper left chest in the room he rented on the second floor of the Comfort Inn in Jamestown. Police were dispatched at 3:22 a.m., said Police Chief Dave Donegan.
Ousted Minot AFB commander won't retire 20 Oct 2009 Col. Christopher Ayres, the former 91st Missile Wing commander at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., who was fired on Oct. 14, will accept an assignment to Air Force Space Command headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Col., and not retire. The 24-year missile officer was fired after 20th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Roger Burg "lost confidence in his ability to command." Burg also fired two maintenance commanders formerly under Ayres' command -- Col. Lyman Faith, 91st Maintenance Group commander, and Lt. Col. Andrew Healy, 91st Missile Maintenance Squadron commander. The firings followed the Oct. 9 release of an investigative report that blamed a "large insect" for an Aug. 31 crash involving a truck carrying rocket engine parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Missile commander ousted at Minot Air Force Base 14 Oct 2009 The missile wing commander at North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base was relieved of his command Wednesday after a series of missteps at the unit, including two crashes of vehicles carrying missile parts in just more than a year. Col. Christopher Ayres' was not ousted for any misconduct or wrongdoing, but the Air Force said it had lost confidence in his ability to command the base's 91st Missile Wing given recent incidents.
'The investigation doesn't list what kind of bug it was.' Military says 'large insect' distracted Minot AFB missile driver --Shipment also contained two 14-gallon tanks of liquid rocket fuel 09 Oct 2009 A truck driver who lost control of a semi-trailer carrying missile parts from North Dakota's Minot Air Force Base was distracted by a "large insect" that flew in a window and landed on the driver's back, the military said in a report released Friday. The Air Force said the truck from the base's 91st Missile Wing, which overturned Aug. 31 on a gravel road in northwest North Dakota, was carrying rocket engine parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles but no nuclear material. It was the second crash of a base vehicle in just more than a year. The Air Force spent about $5.6 million last year to recover an unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile after the truck carrying it overturned in July 2008.
Minot AFB Activates B52 Squadron 03 Sep 2009 This will make the most powerful base in the world, stronger. That's how the commander of a new squadron of B-52 bombers describes Minot Air Force Base. Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Notari made the comments today as he assumed command of the newly-reactivated 69th Bomb Squadron at Minot's base. The addition of the 69th gives Minot Air Force Base two active B-52 squadrons. The commander of the 8th Air Force says having four B-52 squadrons - two in Minot and two at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana - gives him more flexibility in carrying out the bombers' mission. And it will keep the bomber active for decades.
Semi-trailer carrying Minot AFB missile parts overturns in ND --The oveturned semi-trailer carried rocket engine parts for intercontinental ballistic missiles and two 14-gallon tanks of liquid rocket fuel. --It was the second crash of an Air Force vehicle from the Minot AFB in a year. 01 Sep 2009 Military officials said Tuesday a semi-trailer carrying intercontinental ballistic missile parts from the Minot Air Force Base overturned, and it could take a week to clear the site in north central North Dakota. Air Force spokeswoman Laurie A. Arellano said the semi-trailer overturned Monday afternoon on a gravel road. The cause of the crash is under investigation, she said.
I feel so much safer already: 69th Bomb Squadron Soon Activated 29 Aug 2009 After months of anticipation and preparation, the Minot Air Force Base is ready to officially activate its newly formed 69th Bomb Squadron. The new unit will be the fourth operational B-52 squadron in the Air Force. The Minot base is home to the 23rd Bomb Squadron and Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana has two operational B-52 units.
Malmstrom nuclear weapons squadron activated 05 Aug 2009 A new squadron designed to streamline and improve the handling of nuclear weapons systems was activated Tuesday at Malmstrom Air Force Base, bringing 62 new personnel with it, according to Air Force officials. The newly activated 16th Munitions Squadron will be responsible for weapons storage area logistics operations. The tenant unit at Malmstrom is part of the 798th Munitions Maintenance Group at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.
Hold on to your hats! Report: Major growth ahead for Minot AFB 30 Jun 2009 Hundreds of new positions will be added at Minot Air Force Base in the next fiscal year, according to an Air Force report... The report calls for the addition of several dozen military and civilian personnel at the Minot base as a result of bolstering the Air Force's nuclear enterprise. As a result of strengthening the Air Force's nuclear enterprise, the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB gains 10 B-52H bombers as part of B-52 force structure, according to the report. [More to 'lose.']
Minot Base Commander Says Bomb Wing Back on Track 27 May 2009 The bomb wing commander at the Minot Air Force Base says the wing "performed magnificently" in a surprise Air Force inspection just completed. Col. Joel Westa was assigned the base after a mistaken cross-country flight of nuclear warheads to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in 2007. One of his missions was to restore the reputation of the Minot base and its 5th Bomb Wing.
Nuclear Surety Inspection begins at Minot AFB 14 May 2009 A Nuclear Surety Inspection was initiated Wednesday at Minot Air Force Base. The inspection team is led by a senior officer representative from the Air Combat Command Inspector General's office with oversight provided by representatives from the Air Force Inspection Agency and the office of the Secretary of the Air Force. This no-notice inspection is expected to conclude May 22.
Minot Air Force Base Simulates Nuclear Missile Launch 05 May 2009 Minot Air Force Base came within seconds of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile this morning. But it wasn't an emergency - it was a test of the 91st Missile Wing's ability to respond to an order from the President to launch a nuclear-tipped missile. A Minuteman Three missile from Minot's aresnal will be shipped to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California next month for an actual launch to test the equipment and people from the local base.
Cause unclear in death of Minot crew commander 05 Feb 2009 Minot police say they have found no sign of a crime in the death of a Minot Air Force Base missile crew commander, but area waiting more test results. The body of Capt. Jonathan Bayless was found late Friday in a field north of Minot. Police Capt. Al Hanson said an autopsy was performed Monday in Bismarck.
Minot base crew commander found dead --Cause of death unclear 02 Feb 2009 The body of a missile combat crew commander from the Minot Air Force Base was found by police, and the cause of his death is under investigation, the Air Force says. A statement issued by the base Sunday said the body of Capt. Jonathan Bayless, 28, was found Friday night. Police did not give details and they are awaiting autopsy results. Col. Christopher Ayres, the base's 91st Missile Wing commander, said Bayless was a training chief with the 91st Operations Support Squadron.
Minot AFB finalist for Global Strike Command 22 Jan 2009 North Dakota's congressional delegation says Minot Air Force Base is one of six finalists to be the home of the Air Force's new Global Strike Command. The military created the command to better manage the nation's nuclear arsenal. It comes after a series of embarrassing missteps, including the flight of a B-52 bomber that was mistakenly armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and flown from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana in August 2007.
Team to visit Minot AFB to plan for new B-52 squadron 10 Jan 2009 With Minot Air Force Base as the preferred site for a second squadron of B-52 bombers, a team will visit the base early next month to help plan for the new unit. Early last year, officials announced that a second squadron of B-52s was planned for the Minot base.
Minot launch component device 'remains missing' --Minot AFB officer to face court-martial 10 Dec 2008 A Minot Air Force Base officer accused of stealing a missile launch control device will face a court-martial, the military said. Capt. Paul Borowiecki, who was a missile combat crew member assigned to the base's 91st Missile Wing, is accused of taking the launch control device in July 2005, rather than destroying it as required when it was no longer in use. The Air Force also said Borowiecki told officials that another officer had lied in saying he destroyed a launch component. That device remains missing. That other officer, whose name has not been released, has not been charged.
Military brass to visit Minot base 30 Nov 2008 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, are scheduled to visit the Minot Air Force Base on Monday. Schwartz was appointed by President [sic] Bush this summer during leadership changes following the mishandling of nuclear weapons and equipment by the Air Force, including at Minot.
Plans solidify for new B-52 squadron at Minot 21 Nov 2008 The Air Force confirmed it wants to locate its fifth B-52H Stratofortress squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Air Combat Command officials announced Friday. The target date for standing up the unit is late 2009 or early 2010. North Dakota's congressional delegation, briefed on the plan prior to Friday's announcement, said the squadron would have 10 planes, raising the number of combat-ready B-52Hs at Minot to 22.

AF mum on result of no-notice nuke inspection 20 Nov 2008 The 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., completed its first no-notice nuclear surety inspection Nov. 17, but Air Force officials would not say if the wing passed. It is the first no-notice inspection the wing has completed since Strategic Air Command was disbanded, according to Air Combat Command officials. In August 2007, Barksdale airmen discovered a B-52 on their runway that had flown from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., mistakenly [!] loaded with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles -- the first of two incidents that led to a period of heavily scrutiny of the Air Force's nuclear enterprise.

Air Force: $5.6M to take rocket booster from ditch 03 Oct 2008 The Air Force says it spent about $5.6 million in its efforts to recover an unarmed booster rocket for an intercontinental ballistic missile from a North Dakota ditch. An Air Force truck carrying the booster for a Minuteman III overturned July 31 a few miles east of Parshall in northwest North Dakota. An Air Force statement blames "driver and safety observer error" for the accident. The truck was traveling from Minot Air Force Base to a launch facility when it crashed on the gravel road.
Air Force says officer stole launch control device 29 Sep 2008 A Minot Air Force Base officer accused of stealing a classified missile launch control device faces a hearing to determine whether he will face a court martial. The Air Force said a hearing is scheduled Tuesday at the base to evaluate evidence against Capt. Paul Borowiecki, a missile combat crew member assigned to the 91st Missile Wing.
Changes coming on nuclear training, inspection --Inspectors found several deficiencies in the nuclear security provided at the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., during a Nuclear Surety Inspection the base failed last year. 20 Sep 2008 Air Force leaders announced changes to the organization, training practices and inspection process of its nuclear enterprise following the service's Nuclear Summit held on Sept. 18 at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. Officials reviewed the recommendations made by the Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management on Sept. 12 in a report that ripped the Air Force's current nuclear structure proposing the service realign all of its nuclear missions under Air Force Space Command and rename it Air Force Strategic Command.
Advisers: Consolidate Air Force nuke command 12 Sep 2008 The Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Management recommended the Air Force put all its nuclear missions under Air Force Space Command and call the whole thing Air Force Strategic Command. Defense Secretary Robert Gates organized the task force -- which was headed by former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger -- after axing the Air Force's top two leaders last June due to its nuclear problems. The recommendations Schlesinger announced Friday at the Pentagon also would mean that Air Combat Command would lose its nuclear bomber mission.

Air Force officers sanctioned after sleeping on nuke job 29 Aug 2008 Three ballistic missile crew members have been punished for sleeping during a sensitive task, the Air Force reported Thursday. Two first lieutenants and a captain fell asleep on July 12 while in control of a classified electronic part that contained old launch codes for intercontinental nuclear missiles. It happened during the changing out of electronic parts used to communicate with Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. Two officers are under investigation for lying about destroying classified missile components, and another for alleged sexual misconduct, the military reported.

Air Force Searches For Lost Launch Devices --Three Crew Members Removed Over Allegations of Sex Abuse and Equipment Tampering 28 Aug 2008 The Air Force says at least three ballistic missile crew members at bases in North Dakota and Montana have been taken off the job while the military investigates allegations ranging from sexual abuse to missing classified components used in underground launch control centers. The Air Force announced Thursday that an officer who earlier worked at Minot Air Force Base's 91st Space Wing notified the military in May that he and another officer had lied about destroying classified launch components in July 2005. "They were supposed to destroy them and they signed documents saying they destroyed them," said Maj. Laurie A. Arellano, an Air Force spokeswoman. Instead, she said, "they took them home." In May, one of the officers notified the Air Force of the incident and "turned his launch components over to the government." Arellano said the devices are used on equipment inside the launch control center to detect equipment tampering. One of the devices remains missing. "We only know of the whereabouts of one for sure," Arellano said.
Navy relieves commander of air recon squadron 13 Aug 2008 The commander of a Navy air reconnaissance squadron that provides the president and the defense secretary the airborne ability to command the nation's nuclear weapons has been relieved of duty, the Navy said Tuesday. Cmdr. Shawn Bentley was relieved of duty Monday by the Navy for loss of confidence in his ability to command, only three months after taking the job. Capt. Brian Costello, commander of the Navy's Strategic Communications Wing One, removed Bentley from command, said Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for the Naval Air Forces. The primary duty of the squadron, nicknamed the "Ironman," is to provide communication with ballistic missile submarines, Brown said. It is also one of three squadrons that provides airborne communications for the president and defense secretary to command and control the nation's nuclear submarines, bombers and missile silos, according to the Wing's official Web site.
U.S. fires captain of Japan-bound nuclear warship 31 Jul 2008 The U.S. Navy said it had replaced the captain of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier scheduled for a controversial berth in Japan after blaming him for a fire on board on the warship [?]. The United States has been trying to allay fears over the planned stationing of the George Washington in Japan, the only country to have suffered nuclear attacks. Doubts about the ship's safety were renewed when a fire broke out on board in May... U.S. Naval Air Forces said in a statement it had fired commanding officer David C. Dykhoff and another officer over the incident and installed Captain J.R. Haley as the ship's new commander.
Air Force brigadier general dies of gunshot wound 28 Jul 2008 An Air Force brigadier general died of a gunshot wound that likely was self-inflicted, a spokesman said Monday. Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Tinsley, the commander at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, suffered a gunshot wound to his chest late Sunday night and was pronounced dead within a half hour, said Col. Richard Walberg, who assumed command at Elmendorf after Tinsley's death. "To the best information, it's possible it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Walberg said at a news conference. The weapon was likely a handgun. His previous 22-month assignment was executive officer to the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. T. Michael "Buzz" Mosely, who in June resigned under pressure in an agency shake-up. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates ousted both Mosely, the Air Force military chief, and Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne, the agency's civilian head, holding them accountable for failing to fully correct an erosion of nuclear-related performance standards. One concern was a cross-country flight in August 2007 of a B-52 carrying armed nuclear weapons.

US missile alert crew falls asleep on the job 25 Jul 2008 It was 9.30 in the evening. The crew of three air force members decided to rest a little and within 15 minutes they were fast asleep. They awoke several hours later. The only problem was that the room in which they were snoozing was the missile alert facility at Minot air force base in North Dakota. Directly beneath them was the underground control centre containing the keys that can launch ballistic missiles, and in their care were metal boxes containing the secret codes that allow the nuclear button to be pressed. The incident is the latest in a series of foul-ups and poor ratings for the Minot air force base. Last summer a B-52 bomber was loaded with six air-launched nuclear missiles and flown, unbeknownst to its pilots or crew, across America. [All three men fell asleep--at 9:30 PM--and slept *for hours?*]

Air Force says officers fell asleep with nuke code --July 12 incident was at Minot AFB, location of other incidents 24 Jul 2008 Three Air Force officers fell asleep [!] while in control of an electronic component that contained old launch codes for nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, a violation of procedure, Air Force officials said Thursday. It is the fourth incident in the past year involving problems with secure handling of components of America's nuclear weapons. The incident occurred July 12, during the changing out of components used to facilitate secure communications between an underground missile-control facility and missile silos near Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, according to Col. Dewey Ford, a spokesman for the Air Force Space Command in Colorado.

Air Force declares lost B-52 crew dead 24 Jul 2008 In a solemn statement early Wednesday, 2nd Bomb Wing Commander Col. Robert Wheeler bore bitter news of tragedy to Barksdale Air Force Base and the surrounding community. The Air Force and Coast Guard have given up hope any of the six crew members of a Barksdale B-52 that crashed Sunday north of Guam are alive. Five of the lost airmen were assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing. The only other base in the world at which B-52s are permanently assigned is Minot Air Force Base, N.D. Its 5th Wing has been peppered for years with 2nd Bomb Wing personnel, and vice-versa, and it has not been unusual over the years for a commander or a vice commander to move from the 5th Wing to the 2nd Bomb Wing.

Air Force Finds Lax Nuclear Security 02 Jul 2008 Most overseas storage sites for U.S. nuclear weapons, particularly in Europe, need substantial improvements in physical security measures and the personnel who guard the weapons, according to a newly available Air Force report. The Blue Ribbon review of nuclear security was conducted after it was discovered that a B-52 bomber had flown across the United States, from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, with neither the pilots nor ground crews aware that six cruise missiles under one wing held real nuclear warheads.
Moseley: We Need a Failsafe to Human Error --A day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked for and received his resignation June 5, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley gave this exclusive interview to [Defense News] Vago Muradian. 09 Jun 2008 Q. And that was where the problems occurred? Following the Minot incident, I would say more than 95 percent of my focus has been about getting this right, and we had a commander-directed inquiry. I commissioned Maj. Gen. [Polly] Peyer to conduct a blue ribbon review, which gave us 120 or so specific things to address. My fundamental tasking to her was, "Is there something bigger here? Is this just an isolated case of a human frailty or are there systemic bigger issues that we have to find and fix?" Q. So this was right after the Minot incident? A. I started it right after. The secretary went out there and General Welch did an overall study. So those 120, I believe, is a start at getting at where general officers should be. What is the echelon of responsibility?

Gates recommends Schwartz as next Air Force chief --Gates asks Bush to Allow Donley to Start as Air Force Secretary Without Senate Confirmation 09 Jun 2008 Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended Monday that Gen. Norton Schwartz, a 35-year veteran with a background in Air Force special operations, be the next Air Force chief. In a sweeping shake up of the Air Force, Gates also formally sent former Air Force official Michael Donley's name to the White House to be the next secretary of the beleaguered service. Gates announced last Thursday that he was removing Air Force Gen. Michael Moseley from the chief's job and Michael Wynne as its top civilian. Gates asked Bush to designate Donley as the acting secretary effective June 21 -- a move that would allow him to begin work without waiting for Senate confirmation.

Gates seeks Air Force leadership on handling of nuclear weapons 09 Jun 2008 In his search for new leadership atop the Air Force, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is looking for a "new perspective" that will fix long-standing problems in the handling of nuclear weapons... Gates said at the time that his decision was based mainly on the damning conclusions of an internal report on the mistaken shipment to Taiwan of four Air Force fusing devices for ballistic missile nuclear warheads. And he linked the underlying causes of that slip-up to another startling incident: the North Dakota-to-Louisiana flight last August of a B-52 bomber that was mistakenly armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.

Minot Base Officials Say Airman Dies While On Leave 12 Sep 2007 The Minot Air Force Base said an airman has died while on leave in Virginia. Airman First Class Todd Blue, who was 20 years old, died Monday while visiting with family members. The statement did not say how he died. The base said Blue was a response force member assigned to the 5th Security Forces Squadron. [The primary mission of the 5th Security Forces Squadron is to 'provide 24-hour law enforcement and security services for the 5th Bomb Wing and all tenant units assigned to Minot AFB.' "Guardians of the Upper Realm" --The host wing on Minot Air Force Base, the 5th Bomb Wing operates the B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to provide global strike and combat-support capabilities to geographic commanders. B-52 Stratofortress - Mission --Air Combat Command's B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that can perform a variety of missions... It can carry nuclear or precision guided conventional ordnance with worldwide precision navigation capability.]

AF Secretary Visits MAFB 14 Sep 2007 The top civilian in the Air Force spent the afternoon at Minot Air Force Base today. Michael Wynne, the Secretary of the Air Force, arrived at the base about 1 PM to get a personal look at how nuclear weapons are stored, protected, and handled. His visit comes two weeks after a B-52 bomber loaded with six nuclear warheads was flown from Minot to Barksdale Air Force Base.
Staging Nukes for Iran? By Larry Johnson 05 Sep 2007 My buddy... reminded me that the only times you put weapons on a plane is when they are on alert or if you are tasked to move the weapons to a specific site... Barksdale Air Force Base is being used as a jumping off point for Middle East operations... Why would we want to preposition nuclear weapons at a base conducting Middle East operations? His final point was to observe that someone on the inside obviously leaked the info that the planes were carrying nukes. A B-52 landing at Barksdale is a non-event. A B-52 landing with nukes. That is something else. Now maybe there is an innocent explanation for this? I can't think of one. What is certain is that the pilots of this plane did not just make a last minute decision to strap on some nukes and take them for a joy ride... Did someone at Barksdale try to indirectly warn the American people that the Bush Administration is staging nukes for Iran?
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'Opposing' view:
The following email was sent to CLG on 19 September, anonymously.
Hello there,
I'm a Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force. I do network security, so, that's why I'm emailing anonymously, even though I really don't feel it's necessary. I'm just paranoid like that, which is why I'm pretty good at my job. Also, parts of what I'm putting in here are probably classified, which is the primary reason I'm sending this anonymously.
Anyway, I see a lot of people posting on Reddit about government conspiracies about nukes and things like this. It's frustrating for me because it's really very silly. Please, let me explain some background, to help you all understand what's going on in the background for the Air Force:
Minot AFB is a dead-end base. It's the abyss of the Air Force, the saying goes "Why not Minot?" They have major retainability problems there people volunteer to go to Iraq, Korea, anywhere just to get out of there. Beside its location (middle-of-nowhere North Dakota), the base has very little real mission and spins its wheels forever in drills that all result in the end of the world since it's a nuke base designed to fight the Cold War. But, there is no Cold War for them to fight (at least not one that Minot's golden piece of real estate would be useful in fighting), so its people probably feel pretty worthless and tired of fighting the now non-existent Soviet Union. The base has already been re-aligned (more on that in a moment) and it's probably going to be BRACed into a regional airport in a few decades. Ellison AFB in South Dakota has already had its closure decided.

One of the biggest problems with killing off Minot is its core mission all of the nukes it has. Its weapons capability is moving to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana as the AF further consolidates after the Cold War and infrastructure budget cuts because of Iraq et al. Moving weapons capability to Barksdale, in real world terms, means moving the actual missiles that would deliver the nuclear warhead to Barksdale. No big deal, conventional weapons move all the time. Nuclear warheads, however, when transported for these reasons, are moved by the Department of Energy a very time consuming, expensive, and burdensome process that someone else will have to figure out much later once they finally decide to close the base.

So, the Air Force's solution is to move the missiles, and leave the warheads behind, to be dealt with one day when all of us are retired and don't have to worry about it. That's what SHOULD have happened. So the mission itself was pretty normal otherwise. (It may actually be intentional to leave things this way, to prevent Congressional involvement, as whatever Senator is from ND is probably desperate to keep Minot around as long as possible; leaving the nukes, but operationally stripping the base serves both sides purposes).

The mistake, and the reason everyone now knows about this, is that the warheads weren't removed from the missiles being moved to Barksdale. I bet the guys on the ground in Barksdale were sure as shit surprised when they cracked the payload open and saw a warhead.

I know as much as I do because I work with a cross-trainee whose last base was Barksdale as a munitions specialist. He was involved in this process there; along with the various other missions Barksdale has (it's a pretty critical base in the AF). Anyway, you would think there would be a pretty clear checklist for all of this, but apparently no one even bothered. Doing what they do day-to-day, is pretty standard operating procedure. People get lazy when they do the same thing day after day, and there's no less than a half dozen teams who would be transferring these weapons around from storage until they're loaded. The idea of someone dropping the ball in the AF is not exactly unusual (quite common, actually, heh), especially when 4:30 rolls around and everyone wants to go home. If the next step is to hand it off to the guys who remove the warhead, and it's 1630 on a Friday, hell, let's just leave it until Monday, since the mission doesn't fly until Tuesday anyway. Monday rolls around, someone else takes over, and doesn't know the job wasn't finished on Friday. There SHOULD be some paper trail for that kind of thing, but then, like I said, people are lazy. Oh, and Minot usually fails its nuclear operational readiness inspections. Sorry to kill your confidence in the military.

I've seen too much crazy stuff to believe in some massive conspiracy, there's too many people involved. You'd have to kill like 50 people to "cover up" moving nukes to Barksdale. Plus, what would it achieve? There's already more than enough nukes at Barksdale to blow the world up 3x over. Who needs 6 more? Seriously? Plus, more accidents occur with conventional than nukes, since nukes are computerized and designed to be super-duper safe. Conventional weapons are built by the lowest bidder. [Yikes!] I'd be more worried about a fully-loaded F16 flying around NYC after 9/11 sucking up a bird than a B52 with nukes flying around without anyone knowing it was loaded with nukes. The pilots couldn't "secretly" be in on it and launch them, the interface wouldn't be installed, the COMSEC material wouldn't be available, etc. You'd have to kill half the base to hide the paper trail necessary to give the pilots the ability to launch.

Several people dying from Minot is bad, of course, but then, crazy stuff happens. Motorcycle accidents, mind you, are the #1 non-war cause of dead in the Air Force. The Captain who died wasn't a pilot (he was Combat Weather, as evidenced by his pewter beret in the photo linked from your site). Captains are a dime a dozen, just like the Security Forces troop who died. Yes, a part of the Security Forces Squadron mission there would be do defend the nukes, but he's not at all involved in any of the process. He stands outside the door and checks IDs. Seriously, that's it. I have 5 cops (as they're generally called in the Air Force) I deal with every day where I work because I do computer stuff, and they have zero clue what's happening behind the door. They spend most of the day on the phone chit chatting with friends at other security posts about the latest dorm gossip about who slept with whom.

So, to conclude, just chill out a bit about the conspiracy, it's kinda silly. Plus, again, what would be the point? It's not a big deal to authorize a nuke mission. After 9/11 the entire Barksdale arsenal was loaded and on the flightline ready to fly. I wouldn't sweat 6 who someone forgot to unload.

Feel free to republish, maybe it'll educate a few people.

V/r
SSgt

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Rebuttal to 'Opposing View'
The following email was sent to CLG on 19 September.

Subject: comments closed?
http://www.legitgov.org/minot_afb_nukes_oddities.html

I'm NOT anonymous, and I take issue with the anonymous "ssgt" statements.

I'm a cold war vet from the US Navy, one who worked as part of an operation designed to exhaust and bankrupt the Soviet military, by constantly testing their limitations. This SSgt is a defacto shill for a propaganda machine.

1st.

Bullsheep. Plain and simple. IF this "SSgt" was actually just debunking a load of Steaming Holstein, none of his command would have much issue with any of his statements, especially publicly available facts such as retention rates and base activities that are noted on google.com, mil.gov, wikipedia, and many other websites worldwide. There is no need to be anonymous when you're not releasing classified data, is there? Saying "there is not a plot" is not contrary to secure data, even if there is not a plot.

2nd

6 people dying within days of a world-record nuclear screw-up is decidedly newsworthy, and suspicious, in itself. The rate of fatalities in the military isn't that high even in war zones.

3rd

The "Decider" has already stated that he believes the USA has the right to bomb Iran, and that he will not certify that he'd refuse to use nukes. "No option is off the table" as he is fond of saying. I think that's pretty damn clear, being as it is coming from the Commander In Chief.

4th

The military reporting of these incidents is itself contrary to military secrecy, reason, and law. I suspect an altogether different agenda. I believe that this high-level press coverage of a screw up, carrying nukes on B52s, is designed to use the US Media [gasp, they've never done that before!] to pressure Iran to meet US demands.

a.

The US military would never release to the public any real classified data, especially including data about moved or missing nukes, without authority from the White House.

b.

The US media is NOT entitled to print or distribute classified information, and is NEVER brought-in as it was in this case, so rapidly or on such an elemental and critical faux paus.

c.

The only logical excuse for the sudden and detail-filled news coverage of this event is that of an intentional release of data for political purposes.

5th

Declaring that the US Military is lying in the media isn't illegal provided that one does not expose any actual events or secrets, or violate the UCMJ by disobeying a direct order. All soldiers still have their civil rights. These rights are merely waived as needed for valid military purposes, as it is the job of a soldier to take abnormal risks and bear state secrets.

If it was really a secret, the anonymous sergeant would now be a traitor to the USA, just by talking about it. Thus, the implication that the letter is legit, is ALSO an implication that the letter is NOT legit. There is no need to be anonymous if it's not a secret. QED. This is an example of a circular argument.

[align=left][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=12]Thus, "I" am not violating any UCMJ or Federal laws by stating that it's bunk. You can't cite me for a double negative: I'm stating that what doesn't exist, doesn't not exist. We call that the First Amend

[Peter Lemkin]

VERY HEAVY, VERY! We had another thread on the mis-directed nukes, can we find and link to that on this thread.

[Ed Jewett]

The bizarre behavior noted of Wheeler in the videos must be cross-referenced with a reading of Hank Albarelli's book "A Terrible Mistake" about the development and use of chemicals applied easily by magician-trained hands, on magazines and book papers, in aerosolized spray, in beverages or foodstuffs, or other surreptitious or covert means in order to make people look disoriented, foolish, crazy, lacking in social control, or verbal control, so as to discredit them or provide cover for a different op. They are a tool of character assassination, actual murder, political hijinks, etc.

This man exhibits the behaviors and characteristics noted in the book.

Such methods were in development since shortly after World War Two ended, were used and tested without the knowledge of the individuals in question in prisons, hospitals, military settings, and beyond. They were developed and kept secret for a very long time by the US government until the tale of the death of Frank Olson was told in painstaking steps over decades culminated by the intense research lasting nine years by Mr. Albarelli. Any knowledge of this capacity and use was blocked by the Federal government in innumerable ways, by Congressional Commissions headed by by Rockefeller, by President Ford and his underlings Cheney and Rumsfeld, and in many more ways. The impetus for this came from the CIA via Fort (then Camp) Detrick. The book is 826 pages long, of which the text itself runs over 700 pages. It is a deep politics research tool for which I commend Mr. Abarelli greatly.

[Magda Hassan]

http://www.examiner.com/criminal-profile...es-it-mean

The 4 search warrants have been sealed. They're trying to say that sealing the search warrants is 'normal' for high profile cases but is that so and what is the purpose of sealing them anyway?

[Peter Lemkin]

http://www.examiner.com/criminal-profile...es-it-mean

The 4 search warrants have been sealed. They're trying to say that sealing the search warrants is 'normal' for high profile cases but is that so and what is the purpose of sealing them anyway?

Sealing them means you and I and the media can't know who/where/what they are for. In theory, the FBI, CIA, Police and others can go investigate them still....if [that was IF] they want to....and are not to not to.

From the article: "Given John Wheeler's political and security backgrounds it makes sense to do so. Information found in his home could have national security implications and/or hinder the investigation."

i.e. they are doing the investigation on a 'not need to know' basis.....if you 'ain't got clearances...you won't know...ever..my guess.

[Ed Jewett]

Found while stumbling around elsewhere looking for transcripts of Indira Singh's testimony before the 9/11 Citizens Commission (provide your own analysis):

Warren Buffet+Henry Kissinger + AIG { Mitre Corporation} = 911


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The International Institute of Nonviolence
By: Rev. Jermano

Things appear to be adding up. Did you know Warren Buffet guarantees that the US will suffer from a Nuclear Attack? http://www.awitness.org/journal/warren_b...orism.html
Nuclear Attack a virtual certainty- "Investment guru Warren Buffett offered a bleak prediction for the nation's national security, saying a terrorist attack on American soil is "virtually a certainty." Envy and dislike of the United States have fueled rage against the country even as the ability to build a nuclear device has spread, Buffett said Sunday at the final day of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s annual meeting."
This brings to mind why would he say such a thing?

So where was Warren Buffett the morning of 9/11 and what was he doing?

Mr. Buffett was reportedly at his home in Omaha, Nebraska watching TV when he heard about the terrorist attacks. He was getting ready to host his "last annual golf charity event" which just happened to be at the U.S. Strategic Command headquarters located at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha. Offutt AFB is, coincidentally, where President G. W. Bush flew to on Air Force One later in the day for "safety". This early golf charity event hosted by Mr. Buffett was to include celebrities, professional athletes, and a small group of business leaders in which one of these business leaders became a very lucky person.
This very lucky person was Ann Tatlock, the CEO of Fiduciary Trust Co. International. Now what made Mrs. Tatlock such a lucky person for being invited to this charity event that morning? Mrs. Tatlock not only works in the World Trade Center, but her offices were right where Flight 175 crashed into the WTC 2. http://www.rense.com/Killtown.htm
In March of 2002 financial speculator Warren Buffett predicted that the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists was '"inevitable."'
President George W. Bush went to Offutt AFB later in the 9/11/01 day. President GWB left Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, Louisiana at 1:48 Central Daylight Time, arriving at Offutt AFB in the next hour.
Fiduciary Trust is yet another investment-banking firm. Like J.P. Morgan and Lazard Freres before it, Fiduciary Trust wants to serve big money or an exclusive elite. It's "for institutions and wealthy clients." Five months prior to 9/11/01, Fiduciary Trust was bought by Franklin Resources of San Mateo, California for $825 million.
Fiduciary Trust employed 645 people on five floors on or above the 90th in the WTC's South Tower. 87 of those employees were killed due to the "'9/11'" destruction.
Fiduciary Trust's Chairman and CEO, Anne Tatlock, 62, was gone from her headquarters on "'9/11.'" http://www.democraticunderground.com/duf...27145.html
The February 1, 2002 San Francisco Business Times reported: "On the morning of Sept. 11, Tatlock herself had just arrived with a small group of business leaders at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha for a charity event hosted by Warren Buffett. She then heard the news of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center's north tower."
Did you know ole Warren owns Mitre Corporation http://www.gnn.tv/threads/16827/Nasa_s_R...onstration
Its the very corporation that appears to be the place where they actually pulled off this attack that has been going on for sometime now.
Because the attacks involved systems used by the FAA, NORAD, and the U.S. Air Force, the conspirators would have needed "super user" access to the command and control centers of these three separate organizations.
Super user means the most privileged user on a computerized data system. The super user has complete access to all files on the system. For the previously mentioned agencies, and virtually all other U.S. defense and intelligence organizations, there is one such possible super user: a little-known private not-for-profit organization, based in Bedford, Mass., known as MITRE Corp. MITRE also has a headquarters in McLean, Va., on a campus it shares with Northrop Grumman.
The MITRE Corp. is a major defense contracting organization headed by the former Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Dr. James Rodney Schlesinger. Schlesinger, who was reportedly made DCI at the request of Henry Kissinger in 1973, later served as Secretary of Defense. Ironically, Carl Max Hammond, Jr. was a fact researcher and analyst for Mitre Corp. Mitre is owned by Warren Buffett. Hammond was on flight 175..that struck WTC 2. (?) Hammond could have found out and warned Warren Buffett. Why didn't anyone warn Carl? Well, call me old fashioned, but I don't believe it's wise to let "Carl" live if he had advance warning and was NOT in Govt.
Carl Max Hammond's obituary claims he worked at MIT not MITRE. A convenient TYPO.
In addition, Mitre Corp has a "contract" of actually finding locations to dump all the toxic waste that the US Army Corps of Engineers dredge for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for nearly 10 years. As Fitzgerald's SDNY offices were negotiating with Ali..his attorney's were working with and have legal jurisdiction and constant daily oversight of the Port Authority CONTRACTS WITH MITRE!
Buffett's company Aramark, ran a concession on the top floor of the WTC. So how could Buffett have found out? Several ways. He could have been tipped because his Berkshire Hathaway http://www.memes.org/fitzgerald-has-seal...rosecute-p
The recent news about AIG, Maurice Greenberg, his two sons and
Warren Buffett indicates that the inside attacks of 9-11-1 are a huge
accounting fraud - a mega-Enron - of the U.S. insurance industry.
Initially, the insurance industry had to pay several billion $$ in
damages. However, 9-11-1 has changed the landscape of insurance risk in
such a way that premiums went into a steep hike, and today the U.S.
insurance industry is the major beneficiary of 9-11-1 to the tune of
over $13 billion increase (in 2004) for AIG alone (AIG alone thus
achieved record revenues in 2004 of $100 billion according to
preliminary figures).
Greenberg Sr. owns nearly 2% but through offshore companies
controls about another 12% of the stock of AIG.
The connection with Warren Buffett is all the more suspicious in
light of the substantiated indication of CIA money laundering through a
bank partly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Wells Fargo Bank, and the
strange ongoings at the Offutt Air Base on 9-11-1 where Buffett met
with President George W. Bush.
Maurice ‘Hank’ Greenberg, the president and chief executive officer
of American International Group (AIG), a multi-billion dollar New
York-based insurance company Â…, is no run-of-the-mill insurance
salesman. Since taking over the Shanghai and New York-based insurance
business of Cornelius Vander Starr in 1968, Greenberg has emerged as
one of the most powerful behind-the-scenes political fixers in the
Anglo-American Establishment. He is vice chairman of the New York
Council on Foreign Relations. He is a member of the Board of Counselors
of the Washington, D. C.-based Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS), which serves, on occasion, as Wall StreetÂ’s private
sector equivalent of the CIA’s Directorate of Operations.” [Note:
Philip Manuel, the investigator, is a member of the Financial Crimes
Task Force of the CSIS, see at
http://www.csis.org/taskfina.html.

Greenberg is also the oldest and largest paying client of Henry
Kissinger’s ‘consulting firm Kissinger,’ Associates. Greenberg hired Kissinger as his chief international trouble-shooter in 1982, and has
been plowing millions of dollars a year into KissingerÂ’s coffers ever
since.”
"The Kissinger connection has brought Greenberg an inside track on
lucrative insurance and banking deals with both Peking and Moscow. In
ChinaÂ’s financial hub, Shanghai, GreenbergÂ’s AIG is the only foreign =20
company with Chinese government approval to sell insurance policies to
the city’s 13 million native Chinese.”
AIG has managed an astounding thing: they have had written for
themselves parts of U.S. federal tax laws that gave them tax exemptions
(Philadelphia Inquirer as quoted above). “AIG won a special provision
in the Tax Reform Act of 1986 exempting certain of its operations from
a crackdown on foreign tax shelters. AIG as the prime beneficiary of a
section in the Tax Reform Act that exempted AIG and other large
insurers from taxes on some of their offshore operations, saving them
millions of dollars.” More than 50% of their business is outside the
USA, including offshore jurisdictions.
As to the Americans involved, one must remember what Senators John
Kerry and Hank Brown found in „A Report to the Committee on Foreign
Relations United States Senate” (December 1992, 102d Congress 2d
Session Senate Print 102-140, at
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1992-rpt/bcci/
On January 6, 1995, John Crudele of the New York Post published =20
a column which called attention to a secret financial deal involving
Coral Reinsurance on Bermuda, the Arkansas Development and Finance
Authority, a project founded at the time by Arkansas state governor
William J. Clinton (ADFA) and Maurice GreenbergÂ’s American
International Group (AIG). The story was only out for a few hours when
Swaney received a call from a stranger who told Swaney he had been
conducting his own investigation of Coral Insurance and AIG and was
surprised to learn that the connections led to people then in the White
House. When Swaney asked the stranger to identify himself, he declined
to do so, for fear of retaliation. The Ozark Gazette (see at
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a1001317.htm
http://cache.search.yahoo.net/search/cac...1&.intl=us
Things just seem to become clearer each and everyday, on who did 911.

Tags: AIG, 911, World, Warren Buffett, Henry Kissinger, Mitre Corporation, Maurice Greenberg

[Peter Lemkin]

It bears reading at least twice and the names of persons and companies bear researching to the bottom of their dealings and intertwined dealings!!! Some terror attack....ha! - it was all about making BIG money and frightening the Sheeple - like all other 'wars'. Certainly does put new spin on Buffet who always is portrayed as such a nice Oligarch, unlike the others. Ha, Ha, Ha.

Nice find!...keep digging!

From a head hunting agency: MITRE is a unique place to work in that it is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC). As an FFRDC, it is a private not-for-profit corporation chartered in the public interest. (Actually, MITRE operates three FFRDCs; one for DoD, one for the FAA, and one for the Department of the Treasury). The MITRE Corporation's assets are owned by the federal government but the employees are not considered government employees (i.e., they not civil servants). There is both a bad side and a good side to this in that the employees do not have any job protections or automatic pay or step increases afforded civil servants, but, at the same time, they do not have the same constraints in promotions or merit pay increases. A highly capable junior employee can move up the latter relatively quickly (as compared to the federal government employees).

Also, generally, the work is interesting, varied and can have significant impact on how the government designs, develops, and implements systems. The work environment is intellectually stimulating and the technical staff is typically of a higher caliber than most commercial organizations (most tech staff have advanced degrees). The management supports intellectual integrity, high quality products, and encourages healthy debate in developing technical approaches to problem solving. As an FFRDC, MITRE is not permitted to perform commercial work nor is it allowed to bid on contracts in the government sector. Because of this, the staff is free from conflict of interest and can provide honest objective recommendations to its government sponsors. In a sense, the research environment at MITRE is much like a university although, at MITRE, the research work is direct by the government sponsoring organizations.
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From elsewhere: MITRE was one of the business partners of computer company Ptech, when it came out i December 2002, that Ptech (Quincy, Massachuseets)
was secretly owned by terror finance suspect Yassin al-Kadi , one of 12 Saudi businessmen
accused of funneling millions of dollars to terror organisations run by Bin Laden.

[David Guyatt]

And AIG was an intelligence "front" dating back to its C V Starr says.

All very cosy.

[Peter Lemkin]

IS DEFENSE CONTRACTOR MITRE CORP. THE TROJAN HORSE OF 9/11?
By Christopher Bollyn American Free Press
http://www.americanfreepress.net

Did a central controller with "super user" privileges of the command and control systems of the Department of Defense,
NORAD, the Air Force, and the FAA, control the aerial attacks of 9/11?
There is only one agency that has that capability â a little-known private company known as MITRE Corp.
There are basically two versions of events surrounding the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
There is the government version, propagated by the controlled media, which claims that 19 Arab terrorists,
organized by Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, hijacked 4 passenger aircraft and used them to attack the World Trade Center
and the Pentagon. This version, used to launch the "war on terror" and two invasions in the Middle East,
is challenged by a lack of evidence. On the other hand, a host of unofficial explanations, based on available evidence,
make up what can be called the "inside job" or anti-government version. This version basically claims that agents
embedded within the U.S. military and intelligence organizations conspired to carry out the terror attacks.
The two foreign nations most often implicated in the unofficial explanations of 9/11 are Israel and Britain.
Both countries are supporters and beneficiaries of the Bush administration's "war on terror." For the Israelis, Iraq,
a major threat, was drastically reduced in power and put under military occupation. For the British, a oil-rich territory,
Iraq's southern region of Basra, which it originally occupied in 1914, was reoccupied and its immense oil assets
put under control of the Crown. Royal Dutch Shell and BP, formerly named British Petroleum,
are two companies said to be controlled by the Crown, which have posted record profits since 9/11.

While both Britain and Israel have substantial assets and powerful organizations in the United States, proponents
of the anti-government version have not explained how a foreign power could manipulate the computer systems
of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD), and the U.S. Air Force,
and thereby control the aerial attacks of 9/11. When American Free Press interviewed Eckehardt Werthebach,
former president of Germanyâs domestic intelligence service, in December 2001, he said âthe deathly precisionâ
and âthe magnitude of planningâ behind the 9/11 attacks would have required years of planning.
Such a sophisticated operation, Werthebach said, would require the âfixed frameâ of a state intelligence organization,
something not found in a âloose groupâ of terrorists like the one allegedly led by Mohammed Atta.
Many people would have been involved in the planning of such an operation, Werthebach said.
He pointed to the absence of leaks as further indication that the attacks were âstate organized actions.

Andreas von B��low, who served on Germany's parliamentary commission and oversaw the three branches
of the German secret service, told AFP that he believed that Mossad, Israel's intelligence service,
was behind the terror attacks. The attacks, he said, were carried out to turn public opinion against
the Arabs and boost military and security spending. âYou donât get the higher echelons,â von B��low said,
referring to the âarchitectural structure which masterminds such terror attacks. At this level,
he said, the organization doing the planning, such as Mossad or British intelligence,
is primarily interested in affecting public opinion.
s

In a recent article in AFP, " The Perfect Terrorist Plan To Level the Twin Towers Created In 1976" by Greg Szymanski,
it was reported that the U.S. Army devised a plan in 1976 to bring down the towers using commercial airliners
and box cutters as weapons. At the time, George H.W. Bush was head of the CIA and Martin R. Hoffmann
was Secretary of the Army. Hoffmann told AFP that he did not recall being involved in this planning reportedly done
by the U.S. Army. An architect, even of destruction, needs a contractor. Proponents of the anti-government version
of 9/11 provide evidence to support their claims, but do not explain how the U.S. military
and civil aviation control systems could have been hijacked to allow the aerial attacks to occur.

Because the attacks involved systems used by the FAA, NORAD, and the U.S. Air Force, the conspirators
would have needed "super user" access to the command and control centers of these three separate organizations.
Super user means the most privileged user on a computerized data system. The super user has complete access
to all files on the system. For the previously mentioned agencies, and virtually all other U.S. defense
and intelligence organizations, there is one such possible super user: a little-known private
not-for-profit organization, based in Bedford, Mass., known as MITRE Corp. MITRE also has a headquarters
in McLean, Va., on a campus it shares with Northrop Grumman. The MITRE Corp. is a major
defense contracting organization headed by the former Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Dr. James Rodney Schlesinger.
Schlesinger, who was reportedly made DCI at the request of Henry Kissinger in 1973, later served as Secretary of Defense.
Schlesinger, a former director of strategic studies at the RAND Corp., was described in a 1973 biography
as a "devout Lutheran," although he was born in New York in 1929 to immigrant Jewish parents from Austria and Russia.
Schlesinger earned three degrees from Harvard University. Schlesinger's father, an accountant, founded the accounting firm
Schlesinger & Haas, and was a trustee and chairman of the budget of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.
His father was also a member of the New York State Grand Lodge of Masons. The MITRE Corp., of which Schlesinger
is chairman of the board of trustees, is connected to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, and Mitretek Systems of Falls Church, Va. Schlesinger is a senior advisor
for the Lehman Brothers investment firm and a member of the Defense Policy Board and advisory council
for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The MITRE Corp. has provided computer and information technology
to the FAA and the U.S. Air Force since the late 1950's. MITRE is a Federally Funded Research
and Development Center (FFRDC) for the Dept. of Defense, the FAA, and the Internal Revenue Service.

The chairman of the board of trustees of Mitretek Systems, a spin-off of MITRE Corp., is Martin R. Hoffmann,
who served as Secretary of the Army when the "perfect terrorist plan" was reportedly prepared in 1976. MITRE's Command,
Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) FFRDC for the Dept. of Defense was established in 1958.
The C3I "supports a broad and diverse set of sponsors within the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
These include the military departments, defense and intelligence agencies, the combatant commands,
and elements of both the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,"
according to MITRE's website. "Information systems technology," it says, "coupled with domain knowledge,
underpin the work of the C3I FFRDC." The U.S. Air Force maintains its Electronic Systems Center (ESC)
at the Hanscom AFB in Bedford, Mass. The ESC manages the development and acquisition
of electronic command and control (C2) systems used by the Air Force. The ESC is the Air Force's
"brain for information, command and control systems," according to Charles Paone, a civilian employee of the ESC.

It is the "product center" for the Air Force's Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and Joint Surveillance
Target Attack Radar System (J-STARS), Paone said. Asked about MITRE's role at the ESC, Paone said,
"MITRE does the front-end engineering. It's basically our in-house engineer." MITRE employees operate
the computer systems at Hanscom AFB, Paone said. MIT's Lincoln Laboratories, the parent of MITRE,
is located on the Hanscom AFB. A second FFRDC, the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD)
provides computer engineering and technology to the FAA. MITRE's support of the FAA began in 1958,
when the company was created. The FAA's Airspace Management Handbook of May 2004, for example,
was written and published by the MITRE Corp. Jennifer Shearman, MITRE's public relations manager for "corporate identity"
in Bedford, told AFP that MITRE is a "trusted mentor" for the FAA and is a "unique" provider of "objective
and independent" information for the U.S. civil aviation authority. MITRE's Bedford headquarters are located
near Boston's Logan airport where the two planes that struck the World Trade Center supposedly originated.

Bedford lies directly under the flight path of westbound flights leaving Logan. MITRE developed the technology
"to aid controllers in solving problems while keeping aircraft close to their route, altitude, and speed preferences."
Shearman was unable to say why the MITRE technology apparently failed on 9/11. Indira Singh, an "IT consultant"
who previously worked on a Defense Advanced Research Project, and who was employed by J.P. Morgan on 9/11,
in risk management, pointed to MITRE's role at the FAA during the 9/11 Citizens' Commission hearings in New York last September.
"Ptech was with MITRE Corporation in the basement of the FAA for two years prior to 9/11," Singh said.
"Their specific job is to look at interoperability issues the FAA had with NORAD and the Air Force in the case of an emergency.
If anyone was in a position to know that the FAA â that there was a window of opportunity or to insert software
or to change anything â it would have been Ptech along with MITRE." A representative of Ptech could not be reached.

[Ptech appears to have been a Mossad front company created to provide insecure Trojan Horse software to the U.S. military
and intelligence agencies. Ptech has the typical Arab owners and financiers - and Mossad operators.]

For example, see Michael Goff, former marketing manager at Ptech, Inc.
http://www.goffpr.com/about.asp Photo: Dr. James Rodney Schlesinger Schlesinger
bio info: http://www.mitre.org/about/bot/schlesinger.html