US Military's Not So Secret War on anti-GMO Activists and Scientists Exposed? Or a Simple Misunderstanding?
“A highly concerning new investigative report from the largest daily newspaper in Germany alleges that Monsanto, the US Military and the US government have colluded to track and disrupt both anti-GMO activists and independent scientists who study the adverse effects of genetically modified food. As revealed by Sustainable Pulse, on July 13th the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung detailed information on how the US Government “advances the interests of their corporations,” focusing on Monsanto as a prime example. The report titled, “The Sinister Monsanto Group: ‘Agent Orange’ to Genetically Modified Corn,” described a ‘new fangled cyber war’ being waged against both eco-activists and independent scientists by supporters and former employees of Monsanto, who are described as “operationally powerful assistants” and who have taken up sometimes high ranking posts in the US administration, regulatory authorities, and some of whom have connections deep within the military industrial establishment, including the CIA. “Monsanto contacts are known to the notorious former secret service agent Joseph Cofer Black, who helped formulate the law of the jungle in the fight against terrorists and other enemies. He is a specialist on dirty work, a total hardliner. He worked for the CIA for almost three decades, among other things as the head of anti-terroism. He later became vice president of the private security company Blackwater, which sent tens of thousands of soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan under US government orders.”
The report details the case of Australian scientist Judy Carman, whose work on GMOs underwent heavy criticism by Monsanto supporters. Soon sites that published her work were attacked by hackers with apparent military connections: Hackers regularly target various web pages where Carman publishes her studies and the sites are also systematically observed, at least that is the impression Carman has. Evaluations of IP log files show that not only Monsanto visits the pages regularly, but also various organizations of the U.S. government, including the military. These include the Navy Network Information Center, the Federal Aviation Administration and the United States Army Intelligence Center, an institution of the US Army, which trains soldiers with information gathering. Monsanto’s interest in the studies is understandable, even for Carman. “But I do not understand why the U.S. government and the military are having me observed,” she says.”
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New Investigation Alleges US Military, Monsanto Targeting GMO Activists and Independent Scientists
Phi Beta Iota: There are two alternative explanations, one benign, the other a bit more troubling.
01 Activists who are NOT targets of the US Government are used as “training aids” for novice cyber-warriors.
02 Activists are now equated with terrorists, and “the system” does not distinguish between the two.
See Also:
2013 FBI Investigates Tar Sands Activists as Eco-Terrorists
2013 New FOIA Documents Reveal DHS Spying on Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists
2013 Speculation NSA could pursue climate activists as terrorists not beyond realm of possibility
2013 The New Terrorists: How Ordinary American Activists are Receiving This Dangerous Label
2011 FBI targeting political activists as terrorists
2011 War On Terror’s New Targets: Veterans, Tea Partiers, Anti-Fed Activists
2010 When Political Activism Gets Treated as Potential Terrorism
