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Task Force 373
The Secret Hunters

German Naivety
Growing Trouble in the North

The Flaws of the Silent Killer
When Drones Fail

The Secret Enemy in Pakistan
Problems with an Supposed Partner

Intelligence Agents Drowning in Data
The Shortcomings of US Intelligence Services

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Plan of Action For U.S.

Spend! Spend! Spend!

Under the guise of recovery–But the government-Blame the capitalists for the failure-Junk the Constitution and declare a dictatorship.

Cartoon from 1934 This cartoon was in the Chicago Tribune.

Poledance class for girls aged six.  Isn’t this what every parent wants their six year old to be doing?  Will Michelle Obama allow her daughter to stay fit this way?

This is not the story that the MSM will not want you to hear about.

Both Digger and Dvorak are being told by multiple sources in law enforcement that a “news blackout” is in place around these unfolding events.

A news blackout is basically an order from the top down to disavow any knowledge of a situation or story. Deflect, disavow and deny. There are many reasons for this. They range from the legitimate tactical reasoning to the downright nefarious “cover up” reasoning.

Tactical reasoning is an easy one. It is so they can perform their duties with minimal intrusion. That one is very simple to understand.

The article continues by examining more nefarious, or politically motivated, reasons that “officials” might enforce a media blackout.

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We’ll wait as the story develops, follow where it leads, and act accordingly.

Latest update:

The bloodbath continues along our southern border and now word is coming in that Los Zetas, the highly trained killers formerly with the Gulf Cartel, have crossed into the United States and taken over at least two ranches in the Laredo, Texas area. I am receiving word that the owners of the ranches have evacuated without being harmed. The source is law enforcement in the area.

Understand that Texas is unlike most states.  You might not see your neighbors for weeks because some of these ranches are located in very remote and inhospitable areas.  The large ranches, particularly those that are re establishing animal populations or native ecosystems are huge.  Some as large as 30,000 acres.  The only thing that sits between the US and Mexico is the river.   The only surveillance that is available is a BP hellicopter that makes rounds.  That is it.

Yes Deadenders, I found the comments at Confederate Yankee very interesting.  More.

Janet said that the border is now more secure than evah!  Guess Janet hasn’t heard. Am I surprised?  No.  I am disgusted that our POTUS deems watching over the Korean border more important than securing our southern border.

In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas.

Two sources inside the Laredo Police Department confirmed the incident is unfolding and they would continue to coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol today. “We consider this an act of war,” said one police officer on the ground near the scene. There is a news blackout of this incident at this time and the sources inside Laredo PD spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Word broke late last night that Laredo police have requested help from the federal government regarding the incursion by the Los Zetas. It appears that the ranch owners have escaped without incident but their ranches remain in the hands of the blood thirsty cartels.

Laredo Border Patrol is conducting aerial surveillance over the ranches to determine the best way to regain control of the U.S. ranches, according to the Laredo Police department.

The approximate location of the U.S. ranches are10 miles northwest of I-35 off Mines Road and Minerales Annex Road. Just off 1472 (Mines road) near Santa Isabel Creek south of the city of Laredo, Texas.

The Los Zetas drug cartel is an offshoot of the elite Mexican military trained in special ops. The mercenary organization is said to include members of corrupt Mexican Federales, politicians as well as drug traffickers. The group was once part of the Gulf cartel, but has since splintered and now directly competes with the Gulf cartel for premium drug smuggling routes in the Texas region.

via Los Zetas seizes control of two U.S. ranches in….  H/T  TexasFred

How Barack can nullify the SB1070.

Update:  Confirmed missing soldier’s remains found.

BBC News – Two US servicemen seized by Afghan Taliban – reports.

‘Captive killed’

A spokesman for the Logar governor told the BBC on Saturday that the two Americans had ignored warnings and set out on their own from their base on Friday evening into a known Taliban-held area.

After an exchange of gunfire the two were captured.

One unconfirmed report later said that one of the captives had been killed.

What could they have been thinking?

H/T Nom