Saturday, 14 January 2012

Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W. Bush's administration, that describe how Israeli Mossad officers recruited operatives belonging to the terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as American agents. According to two U.S. intelligence officials, the Israelis, flush with American dollars and toting U.S. passports, posed as CIA officers in recruiting Jundallah operatives -- what is commonly referred to as a "false flag" operation.
The memos, as described by the sources, one of whom has read them and another who is intimately familiar with the case, investigated and debunked reports from 2007 and 2008 accusing the CIA, at the direction of the White House, of covertly supporting Jundallah -- a Pakistan-based Sunni extremist organization. Jundallah, according to the U.S. government and published reports, is responsible for assassinating Iranian government officials and killing Iranian women and children.
But while the memos show that the United States had barred even the most incidental contact with Jundallah, according to both intelligence officers, the same was not true for Israel's Mossad. The memos also detail CIA field reports saying that Israel's recruiting activities occurred under the nose of U.S. intelligence officers, most notably in London, the capital of one of Israel's ostensible allies, where Mossad officers posing as CIA operatives met with Jundallah officials.
The officials did not know whether the Israeli program to recruit and use Jundallah is ongoing. Nevertheless, they were stunned by the brazenness of the Mossad's efforts.
"It's amazing what the Israelis thought they could get away with," the intelligence officer said. "Their recruitment activities were nearly in the open. They apparently didn't give a damn what we thought..."
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Flying Burrito Brothers
Fillmore East, NYC
November 7, 1970 Late Show

1-Lazy Days @ 00:27
2-One Hundred Years From Now @ 4:14
3-My Uncle @ 7:08
4-Cody Cody @ 9:48
5-Devil In Disguise @ 12:45
6-I Am A Pilgrim @ 17:45
7-Dixie Breakdown @ 21:19
8-Hand Jive @ 24:15
9-Wild Horses @ 28:10
10--Feel Good Music @ 33:11
11-Hot Burrito # 2 @ 36:57
12-Six Days On The Road @ 41:45
(Thanx trnsnd!)