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Monday, August 13, 2007

Politics Paranoia, Will Destroy Ya!

Posted by Scott Moore on Mon, Aug 13 at 3:35 PM

Is this the end… of the city of Portland?

A military drill called “Noble Resolve” is coming to town as late as August 20—or there’s a chance it already started, depending on who you believe. It’s going to test agencies’ response to some sort of terrible catastrophe. But that’s only the first simulation; a second, called “TOPOFF 4”, a simulated dirty bomb, goes down in October.

But the conspiracy theorists over at Oregon Truth Alliance are warning that the simulation could, like, totally “go live.” (That’s kook talk for “become real.”)

This advisory is to document our concerns, raise public awareness and urge citizen action based on the following facts:
1. NOBLE RESOLVE is a computer-based simulation of a large-scale emergency situation (e.g. earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, or terrorist attack with nuclear weapon) in order to train for managing all aspects of the emergency response through comprehensive software.

2. Military exercises such as NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2 have a recent history of coinciding with lethal “live” events. This occurred on 9/11/01 when five or more major military or security exercises were in progress on the very day of the actual attacks. The same phenomenon occurred with the London Bombings of 7/7/05 during which a drill concerning multiple bomb attacks was being staged on that day.

3. Vice President Cheney, Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff and former Senator Rick Santorum have all warned of a new 9/11 attack this summer, but are giving no evidence in support. Chertoff based his prediction on a “gut feeling”.

4. The May 2007 Presidential Directive NSPD 51 (HSPD 20) addressing “continuity of government” in the event of a massive emergency, includes secret “annexes” which are pertinent additional documents. Some US Congressional Committee on Homeland Security members such as Rep. Peter DeFazio have written to formally request permission to review these secret “annexes” and have twice been denied access by the White House.

5. This particular exercise, NOBLE RESOLVE 07-2, includes one scenario involving an unaccounted for, “loose,” ten kiloton nuclear weapon, exactly as Vice President Cheney hinted in recent interviews. Department of Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff claims he fears the same.

6. The plummeting support for the GOP has triggered comments from its members and analyses of its current political strategy that point to a new 9/11 attack as a contributing factor to GOP political salvation. Moreover, it appears that legends or back stories are being disseminated to support just such an event.

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These exercises have an established pattern of becoming “live” events.

A couple of my own notes:

1. Noble Resolve sounds like a delicious place to eat.

2. If the simulated event was a natural catastrophe, how, exactly, would the military make it “go live”? They can conjure up earthquakes now?

3. Where’s John McClane when you need him?

4. Lastly,

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This is reprinted from the wweek's website in response to their lack of concern for the upcoming "terror drill". I think its also a good response to your "report". oh yeah, fox recently advocated for another 911, but its all just conspiracies, right?
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAoVkD_0sVM)

Since neither the corporately aloof nor the deliberately glib media in Portland can be troubled to research it, we, the "(very) concerned citizens" are left to do it ourselves. So, what's new?
If only the story were sexy enough to make it Pulitzer bait, that might not be the case. At any rate, what we've learned is this:

NOBLE RESOLVE is primarily a set of computer simulations designed to test the software used in the identification and allocation of resources in times of massive public emergency. The proposed simulated emergencies for Portland may be an earthquake and/or an act of terrorism, possibly along the lines of a "loose" 10-k "suitcase" nuke.

The exercise is designed by US Joint Forces Command and is being run in Oregon principally in cooperation with the Oregon National Guard. On the face of it the exercise appears safe and useful.

Just now in particular, however, there is a confluence of substantive aspects which raise concern:

1. Vice President Cheney, Homeland Security Director Chertoff and noted pro-war, former-Senator Rick Santorum have all warned of a new 9/11 incident this summer.

2. The May 2007 Presidential Directive NSPD 51 / HSPD 20 (addressing continuity of government in the event of a massive emergency), includes secret "annexes" ‹ pertinent additional documents. US Congressional Committee on Homeland Security members have twice written to formally request permission to review these secret "annexes" and have twice been denied by the White House ‹ disturbing, especially at this time.

3. Terrorism exercises like NOBLE RESOLVE have a history of unusual (often lethal) events surrounding them. Yes, REALLY — see links below to 9/11 & 7/7.

4. This particular exercise, NOBLE RESOLVE, may include one scenario involving an unaccounted for, "loose," ten kiloton nuclear weapon, exactly as Vice President Cheney has warned.

5. The failed agenda of the War Party and its Washington regime has triggered comments from its members and analyses of its current political strategy that points to a new 911 as an asset to the War Party's political salvation. Moreover, it appears that patsy legends (back stories) are being built to support just such an event.

REFERENCES:

NOBLE RESOLVE

- www.jfcom.mil/index.htm

- www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive...

1. New 911 warnings

- www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/face_041... (page 8)

- www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/11/al.qaeda....

- www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?con...

2. NSPD 51

- www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/20...

- www.oregonlive.com/oregonian/storie...

3. Suspicious history

- www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?con...

4. Ten kiloton nuke

- www.jfcom.mil/about/experiments/nob...

5. War Party wishes

- www.nwanews.com/adg/News/191942/pri... (3rd paragraph from end)

- baltimorechronicle.com/2007/072007R...

- Legends (back stories) - www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/27/...

Posted by robert | August 13, 2007 4:19 PM

a) The Public would not be very traumatized if Portland were destroyed. I love it here, but Powell's and the Japanese Garden aren't the World Trade Center.

b) The reason that real-world disasters coincide with military simulations is that war games happen every fucking day.

Posted by Brodie | August 13, 2007 11:53 PM

Can't help but think the establishment wouldn't mind blowing "little beirut" off the map. Whether they will try another 9-11 I don't know. Don't know if they have the clout anymore.

Of course they have the clout to get our "new" congress to extend wiretapping privileges, so who the eff knows.

Posted by Bpaul | August 14, 2007 1:30 AM

One possible reason for the heightened paranoia around terror drills "going live" may be due to the alleged fact that there was one or more terror scenario drills going down the day of 9-11. I say alleged because I don't have the info at my fingertips and hate simply repeating apocrapha as 'fact'.
I can't blame anyone for being paranoid; this administration has hit more constitutional lows than any in decades. And the capitulation of the Democrats makes it appear all the more that there's something sinister afoot. The real test of rationality is to keep your critical thinking skills intact, as well as retaining a healthy bullshit detection facility on both ends of the spectrum.

Posted by Rich | August 14, 2007 8:38 AM

Put down your Chimay and do a little reading, Mr. Moore. It's what journalists do.

"Peter DeFazio and the Portland Nuke

By Captain Eric H. May
Military Correspondent

"Maybe the people who think there's a conspiracy out there are right."
Congressman Peter DeFazio, 7/20/07

False Flags

About a quarter hour into my half hour interview with her Wednesday, Penny Dodge, chief of staff for Oregon's Congressman Peter DeFazio, asked me what a "false flag" attack was. I explained it in a few words.

A false flag attack is one in which you attack your own people, then blame it on a group of people you want to attack. It's a radical stratagem for instantly creating hatred, and it's common, historically speaking, all the way from ancient to modern times. For example:

* The Roman Emperor Nero burned Rome, then blamed it on emerging Christianity.
* The German Fuhrer Hitler burned the Reichstag, then blamed it on communist Jewry.
* The American President Bush demolished the World Trade Center, then blamed it on radical Islam.

At present, "false flag" is a highly relevant term, as Ms. Dodge and her boss Rep. DeFazio have learned from their constituents back home in Oregon. Folks in the Pacific Northwest, especially around Portland, believe that they may be the victims of a false flag attack by the Bush Administration under cover of an upcoming government terror exercise, Operation Noble Resolve.

Atomic August

As I pointed out in my column last week, Next 9/11, Summer 2007?, Operation Noble Resolve, to be conducted in August, will involve extensive mobilization of Homeland Security and U.S. military forces to simulate a wide range of catastrophic terror events in Oregon. The grand finale will be the simulation of a ten kiloton atomic bomb in Portland.

But what if they decide to use a real bomb rather than simulate it?

No doubt 99 percent of the participants in Noble Resolve believe it is a mere readiness exercise, but what if one percent -- inserted by Bush cronies -- believe it is the perfect cover for setting off a real nuke? This is, after all, what happened on 9/11/01, when U.S. military commands were simulating terror airline strikes on U.S. skyscrapers -- which is exactly what happened. It's also what happened on 7/7/05, when London police were simulating terror subway strikes -- which is exactly what happened. The criminal one percent effectively hijacked those exercises while the 99 percent of honest participants were as shocked as the general public, and simply carried on with the scenario they had been practicing, which had now become "live."

When the horrific events that government exercises are supposed to be practicing against turn out to be the exact events that occur, then it is insanity to continue to put blind faith in the motives of the government. On the other hand, it is highest sanity to document, organize, and protest against a possible false flag attack, as the constituents and congressional folk of Oregon are now doing.

Prayers for Portland

An effective grassroots movement is growing in Oregon, and it has pushed Congressman DeFazio in the right direction. Early summer anxiety by his constituents concerned him little, as he then issued assurances that all was on the level with pending federal terror exercises, and the recently enacted National Security Presidential Directive 51, which allows Bush to establish a dictatorship if there is a catastrophic natural event or terror attack.

DeFazio's assurances didn't convince his constituents, though, and soon they didn't even convince him. Just to make sure that everything was on the level with NSPD-51, he asked to see the secret annexes of the document. This was his right as a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and in his 20 years in Congress he had never been refused access to classified documents.

There's a first time for everything, though. After initially granting DeFazio permission to check into NSPD-51, the White House reversed itself on 7/18/07, and refused to let him take a look. Friday, DeFazio, along with House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bernie Thompson and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Chris Carney, sent a letter to the White House. In it, they demand the access so far denied DeFazio -- or a written explanation as to why access has been refused -- by Thursday. This is the day before Congress -- and Congressman DeFazio -- recess and return to their home districts to answer emphatic questions.

Portland has more than a prayer if it and the rest of Oregon keep up the pressure on their local, state and national leaders. At this stage of the Bush regime and its terror-driven global war, there's no shame in conspiracy theory, since it's the only theory that offers consistent, coherent answers to our growing secret government and its terror policies.

* * *

Captain May is the leader of Ghost Troop, a cyber intelligence unit comprised of military, police and government veterans, along with citizen activists. His article last week, Next 9/11, Summer 2007?, is at www.thepriceofliberty.org/may.htm His 7/24/07 interview on the topic with Dr. Kevin Barrett is available on line at mp3.wtprn.com/Barrett/0707/20070724_Tue_Barrett2.mp3"

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Posted by pdsbaz iquzsr | August 18, 2007 2:10 AM

This is particularly troubling in light of the White House's second rejection, last month, of Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio's request to review sections of National Security Presidential Directive 51 pertaining to Continuation of Government; in light of Russia's reinstitution on FRIDAY MORNING of a Cold War stance with the redeployment (after fifteen years) of nuclear bomber missions; and in light of the litany of pundits and talking heads telling us that another mass-casualty terror attack on the U.S. is imminent. (One went so far as to say, last week, that the U.S. "needs" another 9-11 to reunite the country. Ugh.)

I've gathered together some phone numbers of people worth harassing below to help shine the light of day on this; send the rats scurrying. You can ask (for instance) if they can tell you what they know about Noble Resolve 07-2, if there is Congressional oversight of this exercise and if there is a nuclear component to this drill. KEYWORDS: Noble Resolve - Portland - Nuclear. No need to get all woo-woo about it, just let them know that we know. If enough people know, they do not dare "go live" as they say. Don't spend too much time on any one call, just ask the operator to pass your concerns along.

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski 503-378-3111 / Message Line 503-378-4582
Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury 503-986-1523
Oregon National Guard 503-584-3980 / 800-452-7500
Your congressperson & your senators (use http://www.govtrack.us/ to find them and then google for the phone numbers. There will be a local number and a D.C. number. Call the D.C. number first, since the work day begins there first on East Coast time).
The Oregon delegation: (Asterisks by the districts closest to the target area.)
Sen. Gordon Smith (R) 202-224-3753 / 503-326-3386 (Portland)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D) (202) 224-5244 / (503) 326-7525 (Portland)
*Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D) 202-225-4811 / 503-231-2300 (Portland)
*Rep. David Wu (D) 202-225-0855 / 503-326-2901 (Portland)
*Rep. Darlene Hooley (D) 202-225-5711 / 503-588-9100 (Salem)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) 202-225-6416 / 541-465-6732 (Eugene)
Rep. Greg Walden (R) 202-225-6730 / 541-776-4646 (Medford)
The Washington State delegation: (Asterisks by the districts closest to the target area.)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) 202-224-3441 / 206-220-6400 (Seattle)
Sen. Patty Murray (D) 202-224-2621 / 206-553-5545 (Seattle)
*Rep. Brian Baird (D) 202-225-3536 / 360-695-6292 (Vancouver, WA)
*Rep. Doc Hastings (R) 202-225-5816 / 509-543-9396 (Pasco)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D) 202-225-6311 / 206-361-0233 (Shoreline)
Rep. Rick Larsen (D) 202-225-2605 / 425-252-3188 (Everett)
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) 202-225-2006 / 509-353-2374 (Spokane)
Rep. Norman Dicks (D) 202-225-5916 / 253-593-6536 (Tacoma)
Rep. James McDermott (D) 202-225-3106 / 206-553-7170 (Seattle)
Rep. Dave Reichert (R) 202-225-7761 / 206-275-3438 (Mercer Island)
Rep. Adam Smith (D) 202-225-8901 / 253-896-3775 (Tacoma)
Mayor Tom Potter, Portland, OR (503) 823-4120 / 24-Hour Opinion Line: 503-823-4127
The White House comment line 202-456-1111 / switchboard 202-456-1414

Other folks listed as being involved in the exercise:
Department of Homeland Security 202-282-8000
Federal Bureau of Investigation 202-324-3000
Federal Emergency Management Agency 800-621-FEMA (3362)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency 703-767-5870 / 800-701-5096
United States Northern Command 719-554-6889
United States Strategic Command 402-294-4130
United States Pacific Command 808-477-6282
United States Transportation Command 618-229-4828
United States Army 703-697-2957
United States Navy (couldn't find a Public Affairs line)
United States Coast Guard 202-372-4620
National Guard Bureau 703-607-2584
Virginia Modeling and Simulation Center 757-686-6209 / 757-686-6200
Maersk Line 503-221-0092 (Portland office -- or did they just move out of town?)

Posted by Chris | August 20, 2007 12:20 PM

Ah Mr Moore. He reminds me of Daxiat, the arts writer - Nazi collaborator in Truffaut's 'The Last Metro'. After the war, when it came to light that Daxiat was playing for the wrong crowd, he was left to wander.

The well-documented pattern of government simulations "going live" on 9-11-01 and 7/7/05 should be heeded.

Posted by RFS | August 21, 2007 10:20 AM

What's Really Happening at Noble Resolve

For a view of what Noble Resolve 07-2 is really about, check out this live blog by Robert Pursell from U.S. Joint Forces Command Public Affairs. He's posting directly the experiment floor.

http://www.jfcom.mil/newslink/storyarchive/2007/pa082207.htm

Chief Petty Officer Chris Hoffpauir
USJFCOM Public Affairs

Posted by Chief Petty Officer Chris Hoffpauir | August 22, 2007 12:04 PM

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