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34. La Penca

Sat Oct 24, 2015, 04:28 PM

Oct 2015

Danny Sheehan and the Christic Institute stood up to War Inc in Central America. I heard him speak on a UAW cable tee vee show in the late 80s about the bombing at La Penca, a front line in the Iran-Contra war crime. The scales fell from my eyes and I was certain the whole kitenkaboodle would soon head to the federal penitentiary.

Instead, Ed Meese and the Just-Us department got the case tossed and broke the Christic Institute at the bank; kept Poppy's name out of it; and demonstrated the corrupt nature of the national security state, something which becomes more visible with each passing day.

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Clearly this happened accidentally on purpose. marmar Oct 2015 #1

The CIA Is Still Refusing to Release Its Files on This Alleged War Criminal Octafish Oct 2015 #4

Thanks for sharing all this tblue Oct 2015 #82

lol. maybe it was abducted by aliens uhnope Oct 2015 #55

I guess we can't call it a conspiracy theory, eh? PatrickforO Oct 2015 #2

Conspiracies In Action. Octafish Oct 2015 #15

it's so insanely un-democratic and contrary to our supposed principles... Fast Walker 52 Oct 2015 #53

could those bastards be any more obvious??? niyad Oct 2015 #3

Why, yes. But Watergate break-ins are passe. Eleanors38 Oct 2015 #7

''S�lo Dios estaba con nosotros.'' Octafish Oct 2015 #16

thank you for posting this, will have to watch later, though. niyad Oct 2015 #19

Good fucking god! Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #32

New York Times covered for illegal war... Octafish Oct 2015 #62

thanks, Octafish! librechik Oct 2015 #64

Because they know that they are bullet proof. christx30 Oct 2015 #20

^^^THIS^^^ Octafish Oct 2015 #24

La Penca Octafish Oct 2015 #34

Ed Meese was a criminal - stole the PROMIS software from Inslaw bananas Oct 2015 #59

this story was part of my early radicalization. grasswire Oct 2015 #85

Inslaw-PROMIS Octafish Oct 2015 #93

Yes they can. The next phase is that they come in the front door with guns and demand rhett o rick Oct 2015 #48

why should they librechik Oct 2015 #65

They will do it because they can. They are getting bolder and bolder and it's being normalized. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #69

it's normalized, all right--but how can you be bolder librechik Oct 2015 #70

Which president are you referring to? nm rhett o rick Oct 2015 #78

They've killed more than one. But the answer is the same. When the bullet has "property of the CIA" rhett o rick Oct 2015 #84

Note to self: tabasco Oct 2015 #5

With multiple back-ups in various locations. Downwinder Oct 2015 #6

and at an undisclosed location, with LOTS of redundancy and backup niyad Oct 2015 #9

That was the point of Wikileaks. leveymg Oct 2015 #51

& thumb drives Marty McGraw Oct 2015 #26

and, to all the silly Marty McGraw Oct 2015 #28

Our tax dollars at work. jalan48 Oct 2015 #8

hey, I remember CISPES--death-squad goons let into Los Angeles to rob what they could MisterP Oct 2015 #10

some reason? librechik Oct 2015 #11

CIA - Henchmen For American Empire - Know Thy Enemy cantbeserious Oct 2015 #12

Move along. Nothing to see here. Moral Compass Oct 2015 #13

COINCIDENCE. Completely random! How can you think otherwise? n/t TygrBright Oct 2015 #14

"...elements that make this an unusual incident" suffragette Oct 2015 #17

"The break-in coincided with a campus visit by CIA Director John Brennan" nt bananas Oct 2015 #61

Cover for Action. PeoViejo Oct 2015 #81

Yes, that definitely caught my eye. suffragette Oct 2015 #87

Quelle surprise! dorkzilla Oct 2015 #18

Maybe they did it to themselves ymetca Oct 2015 #21

F.F.I. FlatBaroque Oct 2015 #33

Like a false flag event? Octafish Oct 2015 #35

Oh, My... Thespian2 Oct 2015 #22

Something doesn't seem right about this story Zorro Oct 2015 #23

was witness documents, names?/statements?. Stuff the buglers can use to snuff 'witnesses' Sunlei Oct 2015 #42

Seems pretty farfetched to me Zorro Oct 2015 #45

Fortunately... CanSocDem Oct 2015 #63

Fortunately... Zorro Oct 2015 #75

Maybe the documents were from an unofficial source and therefore JDPriestly Oct 2015 #44

I doubt the CIA had any interest in burglarizing the place Zorro Oct 2015 #47

The CIA would not be the only group or the only person interested JDPriestly Oct 2015 #54

Agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2015 #80

I didn't realize "that most CIA documents are exempt from FOIA" Center for Human rights, Sunlei Oct 2015 #25

by determination, not by law. They just refuse, and journalists sue librechik Oct 2015 #72

Church Lady says> BlueJazz Oct 2015 #27

+1 nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #38

Is church lady still a repigliCON? lonestarnot Oct 2015 #67

Yeah, most likely. I've heard he was a Dem until he became famous and had some power. Figures. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #74

yep, pip squeak asshat. lonestarnot Oct 2015 #92

"and it is suspected that the CIA may have had something to do with the break-in" Matariki Oct 2015 #29

America is SUPPOSED to be a democracy... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #30

It all goes back to the Dulles Brothers, hifiguy Oct 2015 #41

Amen. gregcrawford Oct 2015 #52

Brudda, you got that SO right. hifiguy Oct 2015 #58

They are in the interests of shareholders. raouldukelives Oct 2015 #60

that's because you believe the US is a democracy of good will and fair intentions librechik Oct 2015 #71

No, I'm too old and seen too much to be that naive... gregcrawford Oct 2015 #73

Thanks Octafish 1norcal Oct 2015 #31

Just reserved a copy. Octafish Oct 2015 #88

Time to go back. silverweb Oct 2015 #36

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #37

"MAY have had something to do with the burglary." hifiguy Oct 2015 #39

Tide goes in, tide goes out; you can't explain that! graegoyle Oct 2015 #40

Let's hope they had scanned it all into electronic form. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #43

K&R. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #46

I am just shocked, shocked, I tell you! 2naSalit Oct 2015 #49

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #50

I have my doubts that this is what they think it is mythology Oct 2015 #56

the second goal is to terrorize the subject librechik Oct 2015 #66

Just wait long enough and they'll admit to coups and war crimes... MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #57

"Some analysts" ronnie624 Oct 2015 #79

We've come a long way since Watergate. bemildred Oct 2015 #68

BFEE forever gains, thanks to official secrecy. Octafish Oct 2015 #91

Isn't that what happened to Michael Rupport (spelling?) author of Hotler Oct 2015 #76

this is so obviously and memorably what the CIA/etc does, it's modus operandus librechik Oct 2015 #77

we ought to have a pinned thread somewhere on DU... grasswire Oct 2015 #86

terrorists EdwardBernays Oct 2015 #83

Secret Government Benefits The Overclass Octafish Oct 2015 #89

Kick and R BeanMusical Oct 2015 #90

k&r nt Electric Monk Oct 2015 #94