ON THE NET...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=Venezuela
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005763.html
25 October 2006
"Un sacrificio por la causa de allah"
ARTICLE SNIPPET:
"Since we first reported on Hizballah's Latin American offspring, it appeared to be a strictly Venezuelan phenomenon. Since then, however, new shoots have sprung up in El Salvador and in Chiapas in southern Mexico. To say that these folks are not "real Hizballah" is true to a point. We are used to thinking of Hizballah as a strictly-controlled entity of Lebanese origin operating at the behest of the Iranian regime. It is possible that no one is more surprised than Hizballah Lebanon to learn that they have given rise to Latin American affiliates, but they have. If there is one thing Iran and Hizballah could use right now, it's operatives who are not Iranian, not Lebanese, not obviously Arab or Persian - people who are more likely to be able to travel below the radar. Guys like this (sans the bomb - we're sure the Revolutionary Guards can hook the brother up with something more effective when he gets to his final destination)"
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728614/posts
"Freeper StJacques on LIDDY Now!"
Radio America ^ | G G LIDDY SHOW
Posted on 10/30/2006 9:56:37 AM PST by FrPR
"...Talking about his research on Oaxaca and the South American Connection. Cool!"
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Note: The following post is a quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728614/posts?page=5#5
Just to post a brief review of what was discussed.
Evidently, prior to my getting on the phone with him, Liddy was discussing the lack of honest information developed in the MSM on the situation in Oaxaca, the rest of Mexico, and its relationship to Hugo Chavez. He questioned me directly about the larger connections, I heard him telling his audience that they needed to keep in mind the fact that someone must be funding all of this leftist activity just before he brought me on the phone, and I discussed the entire issue of Mexican-Venezuelan relations surrounding the expulsion of Venezuelan Ambassador Vladimir Villegas in November 2005 for interfering in Mexican politics. I brought up the investigation of Villegas by Segob (Mexico's Interior Ministry), the contacts between the FARC and the EPR Mexican guerrillas, and the fact that all of this has been reported in the Mexican press. Liddy then went with the Chavez connection and asked me if I had any opinion on something he had heard, which is that Fidel's brother Raul Castro, who Liddy thinks is already running the show in Havana, doesn't think too highly of Hugo Chavez. I replied that the Cubans are the "old Left" in Latin America and they probably do not have a very high opinion of Hugo Chavez, who I described as someone whose "elevator doesn't reach the top floor," but there is the problem of oil in the picture, which I explained in terms of the subsiding of Cuba's oil imports by Chavez and I concluded that Cuban national interest may trump personal impressions since Cuba needs Venezuela's oil. Liddy said that he didn't think Raul Castro's "table was completely unfolded either" and then he asked me to say something about what I thought of the situation of leftist activity in Mexico, which Liddy thought was much more important than many Americans realize and especially since we're not getting the full story on what is going on just south of our border from the American media.
I then began to explain that it was a shame that we were not hearing much about recent leftist agitation in Mexico and that the reason for its increase, as I saw it, was perhaps best explained by the "rising expectations" of the poor in Mexico due to the recent turnaround of the Mexican economy under Fox, for which I related details, and that the full story would be better understood if we were getting higher quality information from the American media, who I did not think were doing a very good job of presenting the story to the American people. I then heard the music starting up in the background which told me that it was time for a commercial break, and Liddy thanked me for coming on and told the audience that I was doing a good job of presenting information from the Mexican press to track this story, and told everyone that they could go to FreeRepublic.com to keep track of it.
I was called back and told that they might want to speak to me again on this subject at a later date and I offered to make myself available.
5 posted on 10/30/2006 10:39:53 AM PST by StJacques (Liberty is always unfinished business)
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/10/29/us-intelligence-agencies-still-working-to-get-it-right/
"US Intelligence Agencies Still Working to Get It Right"
October 29, 2006
Vox Populi, Jim Kouri
by Jim Kouri, CPP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The United States’ intelligence community is undergoing the most extensive — perhaps even radical — transformations since the Office of Strategic Services gave way to the Central Intelligence Agency. Recognizing that people are the critical element in transformation initiatives is key to a successful transformation of the intelligence community and related homeland security organizations.
Successful major change management initiatives in large public and private sector organizations can often take at least 5 to 7 years to create what is needed to ensure success. As a result, committed and sustained leadership is indispensable to making lasting changes in the intelligence community.
Accordingly, the US Congress may want to consider lengthening the terms served by the directors of the intelligence agencies, similar to the FBI Director’s 10-year term as was recommended by a panel from the General Accountability Office last year.
One of the major challenges facing the intelligence community is moving from a culture of “need to know” to a “need to share” organizations, while maintaining secrecy. The experience of leading organizations suggests that performance management systems–that define, align, and integrate institutional, unit, and individual performance with organizational goals –can provide incentives and accountability for sharing information to help achieve this shift."