The continued CIA involvement in Pakistan
When the elephants dance, the grass gets crushed.
Another Pakistani leader falls to an international game between the US, China and Russia. Pakistanis again pay the price!
CIA PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS (PSY-OP) FROM THE MANUAL:
The declassified documents are old, but it gives us a glimpse into what can happen. New techniques are more sophisticated. The implements of psychological warfare are:
a. open propaganda
b. subversion
c. special operations (sabotage, guerrilla warfare, espionage)
d. political and cultural pressures
e. economic pressures
The principal effects sought are persuasion, sympathy, terrorism, confusion, division and physical interference. These operations, ancient in origin, are modernly employed, notably by Italy, Germany, Soviet Union and other principal powers. The programs are planned more or less centrally in all nations, but executed by a variety of agencies.
Memorandum on Intelligence for Psychological Warfare
by General John Magruder,
February 1943
THE COVERT US INTERVENTION IN PAKISTAN IS CONFIRMED
THE NEW YORK TIMES
JAN 6th, 2008
“At the White House and the Pentagon, officials see an opportunity in the changing power structure for the Americans to advocate for the expanded authority in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country. “After years of focusing on Afghanistan, we think the extremists now see a chance for the big prize - creating chaos in Pakistan itself,” one senior official said.
The new options for expanded covert operations include loosening restrictions on the C.I.A. to strike selected targets in Pakistan, in some cases using intelligence provided by Pakistani sources, officials said. Most counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan have been conducted by the C.I.A.; in Afghanistan, where military operations are under way, including some with NATO forces, the military can take the lead.
The legal status would not change if the administration decided to act more aggressively. However, if the C.I.A. were given broader authority, it could call for help from the military or deputize some forces of the Special Operations Command to act under the authority of the agency.
When the elephants dance, the grass gets crushed.
Another Pakistani leader falls to an international game between the US, China and Russia. Pakistanis again pay the price!
CIA PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS (PSY-OP) FROM THE MANUAL:
The declassified documents are old, but it gives us a glimpse into what can happen. New techniques are more sophisticated. The implements of psychological warfare are:
a. open propaganda
b. subversion
c. special operations (sabotage, guerrilla warfare, espionage)
d. political and cultural pressures
e. economic pressures
The principal effects sought are persuasion, sympathy, terrorism, confusion, division and physical interference. These operations, ancient in origin, are modernly employed, notably by Italy, Germany, Soviet Union and other principal powers. The programs are planned more or less centrally in all nations, but executed by a variety of agencies.
Memorandum on Intelligence for Psychological Warfare
by General John Magruder,
February 1943
THE COVERT US INTERVENTION IN PAKISTAN IS CONFIRMED
THE NEW YORK TIMES
JAN 6th, 2008
“At the White House and the Pentagon, officials see an opportunity in the changing power structure for the Americans to advocate for the expanded authority in Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country. “After years of focusing on Afghanistan, we think the extremists now see a chance for the big prize - creating chaos in Pakistan itself,” one senior official said.
The new options for expanded covert operations include loosening restrictions on the C.I.A. to strike selected targets in Pakistan, in some cases using intelligence provided by Pakistani sources, officials said. Most counter-terrorism operations in Pakistan have been conducted by the C.I.A.; in Afghanistan, where military operations are under way, including some with NATO forces, the military can take the lead.
The legal status would not change if the administration decided to act more aggressively. However, if the C.I.A. were given broader authority, it could call for help from the military or deputize some forces of the Special Operations Command to act under the authority of the agency.
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