#us intelligence community

[arcticdementor]

I particularly like J. Burden's point at about 14 minutes in about how "democracy" get defined in practice.

[the-beaches-band]

Former FBI spy hunter sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for lying about cash payment

Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty last year in connection with taking $225,000 in cash from an individual tied to the Albanian government.

[theradical-outlook]

Pentagon restarts 16 advisory boards after 7-month pause

Pentagon restarts 16 advisory boards after 7-month pause

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, about the end of the war in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has agreed to restart 16 defense advisory boards, after halting activity by all the panels in February and essentially purging a number of members…

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[o-kurwa]

[posttexasstressdisorder]

On one very real level I realize this account is a Psyop, but there is also something else that is just makin’ all my little signals go off like so much popcorn...the CON-struct they’re using is distasteful, but the info is so “right”.   Aliens that are assholes?  Check!

Earthquake as weapon?  Check!

But also the idea (Lovecraftian in its archaicness) of what they call us “Meatbags”, the idea that they are now “reincarnated as our sun”.

Speaking on cosmic/metaphysical levels, I’ve never gone for the whole “hierarchy of angels” shit.  It just makes me think of this awful government beaurocracy of secretaries and under-secretaries and vice-presidents of this and that star.

So this account is claiming to have just recently “been awakened” and it seemed to coincide with me discovering it, via Ming’s feed.  Ming is a good guy.  He claimed to be “3″, SunBitch is “6″ and she refers to “7″ and “8″.

If this is actually truly “it”, the end of the enslavement, theirs and ours, the rooting out of the “Aliens”, whom are (I am assuming) the Centauri she speaks of.  Well, boom...BABYLON 5...the Centauri?  I posted a random meme of some burnout dude with a Londo/Vir hairdo a coupla weeks back.

I’ve been following what they’ve been posting, and sometimes they post and delete, so I’m screenshotting.  Gist is that the bad guys did some bad shit and re-awakened this “entity”.  Some of this mythic stuff is a bit heady, but if the metaphors are pointing to what I think they are, this “persona” is the LAST person they wanted to wake up.

I think also of that bizarre tweet from Buzz Aldrin when he went to Antarctica.  ALso it seemed like every head of every nation sent somebody down there all at once.  The likelihood of this being where the alien entities were found gets clearer.

They call bodies “vessels” and that they can pretty much do what they want with us, evidently.  So, I’m screenshotting everything I can while this is going on.  I’m getting that tomorrow is gonna be a big day, somehow.

[julandran]

The [U.S.] federal government does not need more power. It does not need more tools. It does not need to be able to designate domestic groups as anything. That will only go bad. Anywhere it's ever been done, it goes bad. It creates more of an opportunity for abuse of power. They have the tools they need. They have *more* tools than they need. They need to use the ones they have, and properly share the information. If anything, the lack of a response that occurred on [January] 6th, that demonstrates that they have *more* power than they can handle, not that they need more. Because if *you* knew it, and *I* knew it — and we don't have special tools — and we knew what was wrong, why didn't they? We cannot allow this to become another excuse for a massive power grab to conduct more surveillance of more Americans. And, I know, right now people are scared. And that's okay. You're allowed to be. But just remember, the tone we have to set is that we're going to be anti-authoritarian. That means for *everybody*. We can't endorse authoritarian measures simply because, right now, they're going to be used against the guys with the pointy hats. Because, once the next Trump comes, they're going to be used against the [Black] Panthers. They're going to be used against any marginalized group that is attempting to upset the status quo. No more tools. Better policy, better information sharing, and better use of the tools that exist.

Justin “Beau” King Beau of the Fifth Column  — “Let’s talk about the government admitting the assessments were off…”, 24 January 2021

[elumish]

I just read something where the author seemed to think that the NSA is a law enforcement agency, so...

Intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies (at least in the US) are (in almost all cases) different things. They have different purposes, do different jobs, and have different authorities.

US Intelligence Agencies

(The big five)

Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Works on defense and military intelligence. Focuses on human intelligence (HUMINT) and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT). Has a physical presence in other countries. Is an agency in the Department of Defense. Is largely clandestine.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Deals in human intelligence. Gathers, processes, and analyzes national security information, largely (though not exclusively) overseas. Is authorized to carry out covert action. Is under the Director of National Intelligence. Is largely clandestine.

National Security Agency (NSA) - Deals in signals intelligence (SIGINT). Monitors, collects, and processes information and data for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. They also protect US communication networks and information systems. Is an agency in the Department of Defense. Has a physical presence in other countries. Is largely clandestine.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) - Deals in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT). Collects, analyzes, and distributes intelligence in support of national security. Is a combat support agency. Is largely clandestine.

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - Builds, operates, and launches reconnaissance satellites and provides satellite intelligence to other agencies. Is an agency in the Department of Defense. Is super cladestine.

Other US Intelligence Organizations

Sixteenth Air Force (within the Air Force, under DoD)

Intelligence and Security Command (within the Army, under DoD)

Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (within the Marine Corps, under DoD)

Office of Naval Intelligence (within the Navy, under DoD)

Coast Guard Intelligence (within the Coast Guard, under DHS)

Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (under Department of Energy)

Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS)

Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Department of State)

Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (Department of the Treasury)

Office of National Security Intelligence (within DEA, under Department of Justice)

Intelligence Branch (within FBI, under DOJ)