The Detachment

Sources

— The president’s assassination list, including American citizens, and in the Washington Post

— The president’s claimed power to indefinitely imprison American citizens without charge, trial, or conviction

— Coup plots in Turkey, and in The Guardian

— A BBC documentary on Operation Gladio

— Behind TV Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand

— The metastasis of Top Secret America

— Golden parachutes for top military brass becoming defense contractors

— Anti-Islamic Center fervor produces a radical Islam PR bonanza

— Excellent run-down of Israel’s botched Dubai hit

— Domestic use of drones equipped with night vision, infrared, and thermal imaging

— Drone aircraft used for domestic surveillance

— The August 6, 2001 President’s Daily Brief warning “Bin Laden Determined To Strike in U.S.”

— The growing public/private domestic surveillance partnership

— JSOC, The Knights of Malta, and crusader challenge coins

— Attempted coup against Franklin Roosevelt, and Congressional Committee to investigate

— TSA doing searches at trains, buses, etc. Even cars

— The New York Times spikes stories when the government asks it to, also on democracynow.org and consortiumnews.com

— The Salt Pit

— Camp No

— The Beslan school hostage crisis

— The government’s astonishingly weak and shoddy case against the anthrax suspects

— George Carlin’s more-relevant-than-ever take on who owns America and what they want

— Why is John Rain so paranoid about mobile phone tracking?

— Horton’s speech in the Rose Garden draws on certain rhetorical techniques described in more detail in The Ass Is A Poor Receptacle For The Head

— And for a real life equivalent in Norway

— Novel Air Capability, the inspiration for the drone in the book

— A real world example of the way narrative is used to shape public perceptions of terrorism

— Dox’s Knight’s Armament SR-25 sniper rifle in action