FBI secretly fills Wikipedia

While researching my next article about the Lockerbie bombing, I witnessed an incident that made me wonder whether intelligence agents had infiltrated Wikipedia. Anyone who knows the universal success of Wikipedia will immediately grasp the importance of the issue. The fact that most Internet search engines, such as Google, give Wikipedia articles top ranking only raises the stakes to a higher level.

The Incident

In the aftermath of the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, the finger of suspicion
quickly pointed to a Syria-based Palestinian organization -- the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine, General Command (PFLP-GC) -- hired by Iran. The
terrorist group was created by a former Syrian army captain, Ahmed Jibril, who
broke away from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in
1968.

I had learned from a recently released U.S. National Archives file that Shin
Bet, the Israeli Security Agency, had infiltrated the PFLP and helped the
Entebbe hijackers (Israeli commandos rescued the hostages in Uganda in 1976), so
I wanted to learn more about the link between the PFLP and the PFLP-GC. I also
wanted to learn more about allegations made by David Colvin, the first secretary
of the British Embassy in Paris, concerning the rather bizarre collaboration
between the PFLP and the Shin Bet.

As I could not locate the article in which I had learned about the allegations,
I consulted the article on the

Entebbe Operation on Wikipedia, where I knew the story had been noted. To my
surprise, I found that all references to the alleged collaboration between the
PFLP and the Shin Bet had been suppressed. Moreover, it is no longer possible to
edit the page.

A Long, Undistinguished History

Conducting false flag operations and planting disinformation in the mainstream
media have long belonged to the craft of the spies. In the months preceding the
1953 overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, U.S. and U.K.
intelligence agencies used both techniques abundantly.

A copy of the CIA's secret history of the coup surfaced in 2000. Written in 1954
by the Princeton professor who oversaw the operation, the story reveals that
agents from the CIA and SIS (the American and British intelligence services)
"directed a campaign of bombings by Iranians posing as members of the Communist
Party, and planted articles and editorial cartoons in newspapers."

The section of the report concerning the media speaks volumes: "The CIA was
apparently able to use contacts at the Associated Press to put on the newswire a
statement from Tehran about royal decrees that the CIA itself had written. But
mostly, the agency relied on less direct means to exploit the media.

"The Iran desk of the State Department was able to place a CIA study in
Newsweek, using the normal channel of desk officer to journalist. The
article was one of several planted press reports that, when reprinted in Tehran,
fed the war of nerves against Iran's prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh," the
document said.

Half a century later, the technique of disinformation is as important as ever to
intelligence agencies. In the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the
Pentagon set up the Defense Department's Office of Strategic Influence with a
mission "to provide news items and false information directly to foreign
journalists and others to bolster U.S. policy and the war on terrorism."

The new office attracted so much criticism that the Bush administration
eventually shut it down in February 2002. Even defense officials publicly
denounced the dangers of such a program, which could have left the department
without a shred of credibility.

"We shouldn't be in that business. Leave the propaganda leaks to the CIA, the
spooks [secret agents]," a defense official said.

Is Wikipedia Harboring a Secret Agent?

According to clues accumulated by ordinary citizens around the world, it could
be that the CIA and other intelligence agencies are riding the information wave
and planting disinformation on Wikipedia. If so, tens of thousands of innocent
and unwitting citizens around the world are translating and propagating their
lies, providing these agencies with a universal news network.

The Salinger Investigation of the Pan Am 103 Bombing

Pierre Salinger was White House press secretary to Presidents John Kennedy and
Lyndon Johnson. Salinger also served as U.S. Senator from California and a
campaign manager for Robert Kennedy.

But Salinger is also famous for his investigative journalism. Hired by ABC News
as its Paris bureau chief in 1978, he became the network's chief European
correspondent in 1983.

During his distinguished career, Salinger broke important stories, such as the
secret negotiations by the U.S. government with Iran to free American hostages
in 1979-80 and the last meeting between U.S. Ambassador April Glaspie and Saddam
Hussein in 1990, during which she led the Iraqi president to believe that the
U.S. would not react to an invasion of Kuwait.

Salinger, who was based in London, spent a considerable amount of time and
energy investigating the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. He and his
collaborator, John Cooley, hired a young graduate, Linda Mack, to help in the
investigation.

"I know that these two Libyans had nothing to do with it. I know who did it and
I know exactly why it was done," Salinger said during his testimony at the Zeist
trial, where one of the Libyans was convicted of murdering the 270 victims.

"That's all? You're not letting me tell the truth. Wait a minute; I know exactly
who did it. I know how it was done," Salinger replied to the trial judge, Lord
Sutherland, who simply asked him to leave the witness box.

"If you wish to make a point you may do so elsewhere, but I'm afraid you may not
do so in this court," Lord Sutherland interrupted.

Searching for the True Identity of 'Slim Virgin'

Slim Virgin had been voted the most abusive administrator of Wikipedia. She
upset so many editors that some of them decided to team up to research her real
life identity.

Attempts to track her through Internet technology failed. This is suspicious in
itself as the location of normal Internet users can easily be tracked. According
to a team member, Slim Virgin "knows her way around the Internet and covered her
tracks with care."

Daniel Brandt of the

Wikipedia Review and founder of

Wikipedia-Watch.org patiently assembled tiny clues about Slim Virgin and
posted them on these Web sites. Eventually, two readers identified her. Slim
Virgin was no other than Linda Mack, the young graduate Salinger hired.

John K. Cooley, the collaborator of Salinger in the Lockerbie investigation,
posted the following letter to Brandt on Wikipedia Review, which has been set up
to discuss specific editors and editing patterns and general efforts by editors
to influence or direct content in ways that might not be in keeping with
Wikipedia policy:

She claimed to have lost a friend/lover on pan103 and so was anxious to
clear up the mystery. ABC News paid for her travel and expenses as well as a
salary'

Once the two Libyan suspects were indicted, she seemed to try to point the
investigation in the direction of Qaddafi [Libyan President Col. Muammar
al-Qaddafi], although there was plenty of evidence, both before and after
the trials of Megrahi and Fhimah in the Netherlands, that others were
involved, probably with Iran the commissioning power. [In 2001, Abdelbaset
Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in
prison; Lamin Khalifah Fhimah was acquitted.]

Salinger came to believe that [first name redacted but known to be Linda]
was working for [name of intelligence agency redacted but known to be
Britain's MI5] and had been from the beginning; assigned genuinely to
investigate Pan Am 103, but also to infiltrate and monitor us.

Soon after Cooley wrote to Brandt, Linda Mack contacted him and asked him not
to help Brandt in his efforts to expose her. All doubts about Slim Virgin's true
identity had vanished. Today, Linda Mack is rumored to reside in Alberta, Canada,
under the name of Sarah McEwan.


Ludwig Braeckeleer has a Ph.D. in nuclear sciences. He teaches physics and
international humanitarian law. He blogs on

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Very interesting autobiography in pictures, waged since 1976!

Every year on July 17th, this family takes a picture of themselves. They started in 1976. You can see each one of their 3 boys transform into adults.




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Wise advice from the probationer for youth

1. Don’t pick on the weak. It’s immoral. Don’t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.
2. Don’t hate women. It’s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don’t join the military, unless you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other people’s economic or political interests.
6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual or a class of people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to everybody else, realize that the proponent’s intentions are to benefit the former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try to feed you.
7. Don’t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense of honor or patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a Republican, don’t be a “conservative.” They are whining, bitching, complaining, simple-minded self-righteous idiots who think they’re perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio for a while, you’ll see what I mean.
8. Don’t take proffered advice without a critical analysis. 90% of all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not the recipient. Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don’t want to come off as cynical.
9. You’ll spend your entire life listening to people tell you how much you owe them. You don’t owe the vast majority of people shit.
10. Don’t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be the most power force in society. It scares them. Society does not find young men sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually and collectively. Law enforcement’s primary purpose is to suppress you.
11. As a young man, you’re on your own. Society divides and conquers. Unlike women who have advocates looking out for them (NOW, Women’s Study Departments, government, non-profit organizations, political advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for you.
12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men or women that created the revolution we live. Realize that society steals your contributions, secures it with our intellectual property laws, and then takes credit and the rewards where none is due.
13. Know that few people have your best interests at heart. Your mother does. Your father probably does (if he stuck around). Your siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about themselves.
14. Don’t be afraid to tell people to “Fuck off” when need be. It is an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if your voice shakes.
15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence. Learn to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don’t just concentrate on your vocational or technical skills, or you’ll find your wife fucking somebody else.
16. Keep fit.
17. Don’t speak ill of your wife/girlfriend. Back her up against the world, even if she’s wrong. She should know that you have her back. When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you’ll take her part.
18. Don’t cheat on your wife/girlfriend. If you must cheat, don’t humiliate her. Don’t risk having your transgressions come back to her or her friends. Don’t do it where you live. Don’t do it with people in your social circle. Don’t shit in your own back yard.
19. If your girlfriend doesn’t make you feel good about yourself and bring joy to your life, fire her. That’s what girlfriends are for.
20. Don’t bother with “emotional affairs.” They are just a vehicle for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about themselves. That’s the part of a relationship they want. For you it is a lot of work and investment in time. If they are having an emotional affair with you, they’re probably fucking someone else.
21. Becoming a woman’s friend and confidant is not going to get you into an intimate relationship. If you haven’t gotten the girl within a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won’t ever get her. She’ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she’s having with someone else.
22. Have and nurture friendships with women.
23. Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily. You’re going to see some girl and feel like you’ll die if you don’t get her. If she rejects you, move on to the next one. It’s her loss.
24. Don’t be an internet troll. Got out and live life. There is not a cadre of beautiful women advertising on Craigslist to have NSA sex with you. Beautiful women don’t need to advertise. The websites that advertise with attractive women’s photos and claims of loneliness are baloney. All they want is your money and your personal information so that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young “women” seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay troll pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common gay lexicon like “hole” as in “fuck my hole” or seeks “masculine” men, or uses the word cock (except in the context of “Don’t send a cock shot.”) There are women on Craigslist. They are easily recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most are in their 30's or older.
25. When you become a man in full, know that people will get in your way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage to step in your path. Gay guys will give you “the look.” Old people will somehow stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don’t get frustrated. Just step aside and go about your business. Know that these are passive aggressive methods to get you to acknowledge their existence.
26. Don’t gay bash. Don’t mentally or physically abuse people because of who they are, or how they present themselves. It’s none of your business to try to intimidate people into conformity.
27. If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and society at large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If someone threatens you or assaults you, call the cops. Have them arrested. You have no obligation to self sacrifice because of who you are. As a gay person, you’ll have more social freedom than straight men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of Dodge if your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco, New York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You’ll find a welcoming community there.
28. Don’t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a surfboard on top of their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a powder coated fixed gear bike and a messenger bag, but was never a messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona fides.
29. Don’t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than men. Women outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as likely to be victims of violence, including murder. If you consider sexual assaults in prisons, twice as many men are raped as women (society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets are littered with homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically, women are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys in school. It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and prescribed ritalin for being boys. Real wages for men are falling, while real wages for women are rising. Just because someone says something enough times, doesn’t make it true. You have nothing to feel guilty about.
30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless. Take what you can use, and trash the rest.


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