Edward “Ted” Moore Kennedy served as U.S. senator for the state of Massachusetts from November 7, 1962 until his death. He was a long-time leader in the Democratic Party and candidate for that party’s presidential nomination. During his senate tenure, Kennedy served in several senior leadership positions, including stints as the chair of the Judiciary Committee, the Labor and Human Resource Committee, and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. Kennedy was born in Dorchester—a subdivision of the city of Boston, Massachusetts—and was educated at Harvard College and the University of Virginia’s School of Law. The son of Joseph P.…
Author: John Greenewald
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea. The Amnok River and the Tumen River form the border between North Korea and the People’s Republic of China. A section of the Tumen River in the far northeast is the border with Russia. (Source: Wikipedia) The following documents pertain to intelligence on North Korea. North Korea Country Handbook [429 Pages, 5.35MB] -…
The tradition of intelligence sharing between NSA and its Second party partners has deep and widespread roots that have been cultivated for almost three quarters of a century. During World War II, the U.S. Army and Navy each developed independent foreign SIGINT relationships with the British and the Dominions of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These relations evolved and continued across the decades. The bonds, forged in the heat of a world war and tempered by decades of trust and teamwork, remain essential to future intelligence successes. The March 5, 1946, signing of the BRUSA (now known as UKUSA) Agreement…
The following documents were obtained from the Department of the Army. The Army authorities monitored political and social activities within the United States from around the 1910s all the way into the 1960s. As a result, the intelligence was forwarded to multiple law enforcement agencies, and kept for decades, especially the FBI. Below is a sampling of the reports, and more FOIA requests have been filed for additional records. Army Surveillance of Civilians (1972) [104 Pages, 8.88mb] Source: The Memory Hole (Original thanks to Susan Maret, coeditor of Government Secrecy: Classic and Contemporary Readings.) Document verified 12/18/2011 Weekly Summary of Domestic Intelligence (April 10, 1952)…
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City’s Wall Street financial district. The Canadian activist group Adbusters initiated the protest, which has led to Occupy protests and movements around the world. The main issues are social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the perceived undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS slogan, We are the 99%, addresses the growing income inequality and wealth distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the…