You may have noticed that there is quite a lot of controversy surrounding the military “kinetic” conflict in Libya or what most people used to call “a war.” While much of this controversy surrounds the wisdom of engaging in another military conflict in a troubled and politically complex region, perhaps even more controversial is the […]
Author Archives: S.J. Kerrigan
Sociologists: Lack of Partisan Support Destroyed Anti-War Movement
Can an anti-government group founded on principals of anti-corporate thought, individual liberty and skepticism of government power survive in the wake of an electoral victory? What if the movement is supported by members of the establishment who go on to win elections; does the pressure that got them there remain? Put simply, can that movement […]
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Anonymous, Former BofA Employee Begin Leak, Authenticity of Statements Challenged
At midnight this morning, the hacker group Anonymous posted internal emails from Bank of America employees which they say provides evidence that the bank knowingly committed fraud by providing regulators with inaccurate information, but critics charge that the same content was already available before today and the quality of the leak itself isn’t as newsworthy […]
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My BBC Interview on Persona Management Software
Yesterday I completed an interview with the BBC on the use of Persona Management Software by the US government and private security companies. Here is the audio of the interview as it appeared on the BBC World Service Radio program, The World Today. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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CentCom: Government Not Using Persona Management Software in United States
According to a spokesperson for US Central Command, Persona Management Software is not being used by the US government inside the United States and that the program is limited to “foreign, non-English speaking” websites. Lt. Cmdr. Bill H. Speaks, spokesperson for US Central Command, said the program “supports classified activities outside the [United States]” on […]
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Military Using PsyOps on US Senators to Secure War Funding Not Unprecedented
In almost all societies, the military has a high level of prestige and influence. In healthy democracies, the civilian leadership has ultimate control, but under the pressures of war time conditions, militaries have a tendency to become more engaged in the decision making process, often with unpleasant results. According to Rolling Stone’s Michael Hastings, high […]
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US Government Software Creates ‘Fake People’ on Social Networks to Promote Propaganda
(Listen to my BBC interview on Persona Management Software here.) The US government is offering private intelligence companies contracts to create software to manage “fake people” on social media sites. Private security firms employeed by the government have used the accounts to create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues. The contract calls for the […]
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Private Security Forces Declare War on Wikileaks, Anonymous Retaliates
According to leaked internal memos, private security firms with ties to the CIA and the Department of Defense proposed cyber attacks, media manipulation and other forms of subversive activity to protect Bank of America who was threatened by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange late last year. It assesses the threat posed by Wikileaks and offers several […]
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Satellite Photos Show Haiti is Now Tent Metropolis
I fully admit, I don’t know a lot about the humanitarian mess going on in Haiti since last year’s devastating earthquake, but it’s been over a year and the Haitian people are still living in some of the worst conditions imaginable. This “rescue” has truly been a disaster. I ran across these earlier this month […]
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Worst Congress Ever, Almost Completely Co-opted by Wall Street
The Wall Street Journal recently called the current 111th Congress, “the worst congress in modern history” and although I fully admit that I lack the historical context to declare it the worst congress in all of American history, you’d be hard pressed to find a congress that has done more to damage the nation’s fiscal […]
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