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October 29, 2007 Bush threatens to attack Iran with nuclear
weapons
Missing Nukes: Treason of the Highest Order
by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
Global Research, October 29, 2007
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Missing Nukes on August 29-30, 2007
According to a wide range of reports, several
nuclear bombs were “lost” for 36 hours after taking off August 29/30, 2007
on a “cross-country journey” across the U.S., from U.S.A.F Base Minot in
North Dakota to U.S.A.F. Base Barksdale in Louisiana. [1] Reportedly, in
total there were six W80-1 nuclear warheads armed on AGM-129 Advanced Cruise
Missiles (ACMs) that were “lost.” [2] The story was first reported by the
Military Times, after military servicemen leaked the story.
It is also worth noting that on August 27,
2007, just days before the "lost" nukes incident, three B-52 Bombers were
performing special missions under the direct authorization of General
Moseley, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. [3] The exercise was
reported as being an aerial information and image gathering mission. The
base at Minot is also home of the 91st Space Wings, a unit under the command
of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).
According to official reports, the U.S. Air
Force pilots did not know that they were carrying weapons of mass
destruction (WMDs). Once in Louisiana, they also left the nuclear weapons
unsecured on the runway for several hours. [4]
U.S. Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations, Plans, and Requirements, Major-General Richard Y. Newton III
commented on the incident, saying there was an “unprecedented” series of
procedural errors, which revealed “an erosion of adherence to
weapons-handling standards” [5]
These statements are misleading. The lax
security was not the result of procedural negligence within the U.S. Air
Force, but rather the consequence of a deliberate tampering of these
procedures.
If a soldier, marine, airman, or sailor were
even to be issued a rifle and rifle magazine — weaponry of a far lesser
significance, danger, and cost — there is a strict signing and
accountability process that involves a chain of command and paperwork. This
is part of the set of military checks and balances used by all the services
within the U.S. Armed Forces.
Military servicemen qualified to speak on the
subject will confirm that there is a stringent nuclear weapons handling
procedure. There is a rigorous, almost inflexible, chain of command in
regards to the handling of nuclear weapons and not just any soldier, sailor,
airman, or marine is allowed to handle nuclear weapons. Only servicemen
specialized in specific handling and loading procedures, are perm certified
to handle, access and load nuclear warheads.
Every service personnel that moves or even
touches these weapons must sign a tracking paper and has total
accountability for their movement. There is good reason for the paperwork
behind moving these weapons. The military officers that order the movement
of nuclear weapons, including base commanders, must also fill out paper
forms.
In other words, unauthorized removal of
nuclear weapons would be virtually impossible to accomplish unless the chain
of command were bypassed, involving, in this case, the deliberate tampering
of the paperwork and tracking procedures.
The strategic bombers that carried the nuclear
weapons also could not fly with their loaded nuclear weaponry without the
authorization of senior military officials and the base commander. The
go-ahead authorization of senior military officials must be transmitted to
the servicemen that upload the nuclear weapons. Without this authorization
no flights can take place.
In the case of the missing nukes, orders were
given and flight permission was granted. Once again, any competent and
eligible U.S. Air Force member can certify that this is the standard
procedure.
There are two important questions to be
answered in relation to the "lost" nukes incident:
1. Who gave the order to arm the W80-1
thermonuclear warheads on the AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACMs)? At
what level in the military hierarchy did this order originate? How was the
order transmitted down the command chain?
2. If this was not a procedural error, what
was the underlying military-political objective sought by those who gave the
orders?
The Impossibility of "Loosing" Nuclear Weapons
As Robert Stormer, a former U.S.
lieutenant-commander in the U.S. Navy, has commented: “Press reports
initially cited the Air Force mistake of flying nuclear weapons over the
United States in violation of Air Force standing orders and international
treaties, while completely missing the more important major issues, such as
how six nuclear cruise missiles got loose to begin with.” [6]
Stormer also makes a key point, which is not
exactly a secret: “There is a strict chain of custody for all such weapons.
Nuclear weapons handling is spelled out in great detail in Air Force
regulations, to the credit of that service. Every person who orders the
movement of these weapons, handles them, breaks seals or moves any nuclear
weapon must sign off for tracking purposes.” [7]
Stormer continues:
“Two armed munitions specialists are
required to work as a team with all nuclear weapons. All individuals working
with nuclear weapons must meet very strict security standards and be tested
for loyalty — this is known as a ‘[Nuclear Weapons] Personnel Reliability
Program [DoDD 5210 42].’ They work in restricted areas within eyeshot of one
another and are reviewed constantly.”[8]
Stormer unwraps the whole Pentagon cover-up by
pointing out some logical facts and military procedures. First he reveals
that: “All security forces assigned [to handle and protect nuclear weapons]
are authorized to use deadly force to protect the weapons from any threat
[including would-be thieves].” [9]
He then points out a physical reality that can
not be shrugged aside: “Nor does anyone quickly move a 1-ton cruise
missile — or forget about six of them, as reported by some news outlets,
especially cruise missiles loaded with high explosives.”
He further explains another physical and
procedural reality about nuclear weapons assembly:
“The United States also does not transport
nuclear weapons meant for elimination attached to their launch vehicles
under the wings of a combat aircraft. The procedure is to separate the
warhead from the missile, encase the warhead and transport it by military
cargo aircraft to a repository — not an operational bomber base that just
happens to be the staging area for Middle Eastern operations.” [10]
This last point raises the question of what
were the nuclear weapons meant for? In this context, Stomrer puts forth the
following list of important questions to which he demands an answer:
1. Why, and for what ostensible purpose, were
these nuclear weapons taken to Barksdale?
2. How long was it before the error was
discovered?
3. How many mistakes and errors were made, and
how many needed to be made, for this to happen?
4. How many and which security protocols were
overlooked?
5. How many and which safety procedures were
bypassed or ignored?
6. How many other nuclear command and control
non-observations of procedure have there been?
7. What is Congress going to do to better
oversee U.S. nuclear command and control?
8. How does this incident relate to concern
for reliability of control over nuclear weapons and nuclear materials in
Russia, Pakistan and elsewhere?
9. Does the Bush administration, as some news
reports suggest, have plans to attack Iran with nuclear weapons?
It is a matter of perception, whether it is
“clear” or “unclear”, as to why the nuclear warheads had not been removed
beforehand from the missiles.
For those who have been observing these series
of “unclear” events it is becoming “clear” that a criminal government is at
the helm of the United States. There was no way that the six nuclear
missiles could have been “mistakenly” loaded, especially when their separate
warheads had to be affixed to the missiles by individuals specialized in
such a momentous task.
It is also being claimed that military teams
in both U.S.A.F. Base Minot and U.S.A.F. Base Barksdale made major
"procedural errors". What are the probabilities of this occurring
simultaneously in two locations?
It is also worth noting that original reports
from military sources talked about only five of the six nuclear warheads
from Minot being accounted for in Barksdale.[11] Nuclear warheads are also
kept in specialized storage areas or bunkers. Moreover, nuclear weapons are
not being decommissioned at Barksdale.
The Role of the Nuclear Weapons Surety
Program: What happened to Electronic Monitoring?
The Nuclear Weapons Surety Program is a joint
program between the U.S. Department of Defence and the U.S. Department of
Energy. The National Security Agency (NSA) is also involved as well as other
U.S. federal government agencies. The Nuclear Weapons System Safety Program
is part of this program, which involves a monitoring and safeguards regime
for the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
The Nuclear Weapons Security Standard falls
under the Nuclear Weapons Surety Program and is in place to disallow any
“unauthorized access to nuclear weapons; prevent damage or sabotage to
nuclear weapons; prevent loss of custody; and prevent, to the maximum extent
possible, radiological contamination caused by unauthorized acts.”
Under this or these safeguards system there
also exists a rigorous control of use scheme, which is tied to the military
chain of command and the White House.
“Command and Control (C2)” and “Use Control”
“Use control” is a set of security measures
designed to prevent unauthorized access to nuclear weapons. These measures
involve weapons design features, operational procedures, security, and
system safety rules.
“Command and Control” or “C2” involves the
Office of the President of the United States of America. C2 is an
established line of command, which is tied to the White House. Without it,
nuclear weapons cannot be deployed or armed as they were in U.S.A.F. Base
Minot. It is these two control elements that establish the basis of
authorization through which “absolute control of nuclear weapons” is
maintained “at all times.”
In addition to the checks and balances in
place in regards to handling nuclear weapons, the Defence Threat Reduction
Agency (DTRA) and its partners manually and electronically inspect and
monitor all U.S. nuclear weapons through the Nuclear Weapon Status
Information Systems.
More Unanswered Questions: What Happened to
the Computerized Tracking System?
The Nuclear Management Information Systems
“interface with each other and provide [the U.S. Department of Defence] with
the ability to track the location of nuclear weapons and components from
cradle-to-grave [meaning from when they are made to when they are
decommissioned].” [12]
The Military Times also makes an omission that
exposes the official narrative as false and indicates that the event was not
just a mistake: “The Defense Department uses a computerized tracking program
to keep tabs on each one of its nuclear warheads, said Hans Kristensen,
director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American
Scientists. For the six warheads to make it onto the B-52, each one would
have had to be signed out of its storage bunker and transported to the
bomber.” [13]
This is where the chain of command in regards
to military officers falls into play. If any of the stocked inventories of
nuclear weapons are moved to an authorized location they will be noticed and
tracked by the DTRA and will require the relevant authorization. There is
also a code system involved that is tied to the chain of command.
The fact that the incident only apparently
became known to the U.S. Air Force when military personnel reported it,
suggests that either the nuclear weapons were ordered to be moved or that
the electronic tracking devices had been removed or tampered with. This
scenario would need the involvement of individuals with expertise in
military electronics or for those responsible for the monitoring of nuclear
weapons to look the other way or both.
Mysterious Deaths in the United States Air
Force: Whitewash and Cover-up
Several military personnel died under
mysterious circumstances shortly before and after the incident. There are
now questions regarding the fate of these individuals in the U.S. Air Force
who could have had relationships in one way or another to the incident or
possibly have been directly involved. It is also necessary to state that
there is no proof that these deaths are linked to the August flight from
Minot to Barksdale in question.
Citizens for Legitimate Government has pointed
towards the involvement of the U.S. Air Force in a cover-up and has linked
several deaths of U.S. servicemen to the incident. Lori Price has also
stated for Citizens for a Legitimate Government that “you need about
fourteen signatures to get an armed nuke on a B-52.”
Based on several news sources, including the
U.S. military, we provide below a detailed review of these mysterious and
untimely deaths of U.S. servicemen.
Todd Blue
Airman 1st Class Todd Blue went on leave days
after the nuclear weapons were “lost.” Blue died under questionable timing
while on leave, visiting his family in Wytheville, Virginia at the age of 20
on September 10, 2007. He was a response force member assigned to the 5th
Security Forces Squadron. What does this mean?
Airman Todd Blue occupied a key position in
weapons systems security at Minot. [14] At Minot U.S.A.F. Base the 5th
Security Forces Squadron to which he belonged was responsible for base entry
requirements and a particular section, the Weapons System Security section,
was responsible for preventing the unauthorized removal of military
property. The latter is responsible for security of all priority resources,
meaning the security of nuclear weapons. In other words not only did the 5th
Security Forces Squadron keep eyes on what entered and left Minot, but they
kept an eye on and monitored the nuclear weapons.
John Frueh
U.S. Air Force Captain John Frueh is another
serviceman who could have been indirectly connected to the “lost” nuclear
weapons. He was reported as being last seen with a GPS device, camera, and
camcorder being carried with him in a backpack. Local police in Oregon and
the F.B.I. seemed to be looking for him for days. His family also felt that
something bad had happened to him.
On September 8, 2007 Captain Frueh was found
dead in Washington State, near his abandoned rental car, after the Portland
Police Department contacted the Skamania County Sheriff’s Officer. [15] The
last time he spoke with his family was August 30, 2007. He had arrived from
Florida to attend a wedding that he never showed up at. The Oregonian
reported that “Authorities in Portland found no activity on his credit or
bank cards since [Frueh] was last seen (...) [and that] the last call from
his cell phone was made at 12:28 p.m. [August 30, 2007] from Mill Plain
Boulevard and Interstate 205 in Vancouver [Washington State].” [16]
His background was in meteorology and the
study of the atmosphere and weather. He was also reported to be a U.S. Air
Force pararescue officer. [17] He was also a major-select candidate, which
means he was selected for a promotion as a U.S. Air Force major, but was not
officially promoted.
Captain Frueh belonged to the U.S.A.F. Special
Operations Command. U.S.A.F. Special Operations Command has its headquarters
in Hurlburt Field, Florida and is one of nine major Air Force commands. It
is also the U.S. Air Force’s component of U.S. Special Operations Command, a
unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, which is also in Florida.
The force provides special operations forces for worldwide deployment and
assignment to regional unified commands, such as CENTCOM. Its missions
include conduct of global special operations. These operations — and this is
where careful attention should be paid — range from “precision application
of firepower, such as nuclear weapons,” to infiltration, exfiltration (the
removal of “devices,” supplies, spies, special agents, or units from enemy
territory), re-supply and refuelling of special operational elements.
In Captain Frueh’s case his death is
questionable too. The U.S. Air Force would not let a missing persons’
investigation go forward by the police without conducting its own
investigation. Usually the different service branches of the U.S. military
would investigate for missing servicemen, to see if these individuals are
Absent Without Authorized Leave (AWAL) or have deserted, before an
individual’s case is handed over to the police.
Clint Huff, Linda Huff, and Weston Kissel
Another military weatherman, along with his
wife, also died after August 30, 2007. Senior Airman Clint Huff, belonging
to the 26th Operational Weather Squadron and his wife Linda Huff died in a
motorcycle accident on September 15, 2007. [18] The husband and wife
fatality happened on Shreveport-Blanchard Highway, near U.S.A.F. Base
Barksdale, when according to the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Officer a Pontiac
Aztec, a medium-sized SUV, initiated a left turn at the same time that the
couple attempted to pass on a no passing zone and collided. [19]
First-Lieutenant Weston Kissel, a B-52H
Stratofortress Bomber pilot, also died in a reported Tennessee motorcycle
accident. This was while he was on leave in, less than two months from the
nuclear B-52 flights, on July 17, 2007. [20] His death came after another
single-vehicle accident by another Minot serviceman, Senior Airman Adam
Barrs. [21]
Adam Barrs and Stephen Garrett
Senior Airman Barrs died as a passenger in a
vehicle being driven by Airman 1st Class Stephen Garrett, also from Minot.
Garrett, also belongs to the 5th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
The death of Barrs was reported as being part
of a single-vehicle car accident. Associated Press reports state that
“[Minot] Base officials say 20-year-old Barrs was a passenger in a vehicle
that failed to negotiate a curve, hit an approach, hit a tree and started on
fire late Tuesday [July 3, 2007] night.” [22] Barrs was pronounced dead on
the scene of the accident, while Garrett was taken the hospital with no
updates released by the U.S. Air Force. Adam Barrs also belonged to the 5th
Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, where he was responsible for the maintenance
and securing of the electronic communicational and navigation mission
systems aboard the B-52H Stratofortresses on base. The 5th Aircraft
Maintenance Squadron is also one of the units that are responsible for
loading and unloading weaponry onto the B-52H Stratofortresses.
The deaths of Kissel and Barrs could be
dismissed as irrelevant because they occurred prior to the incident.
However, Barrs and Kissel could have been in one way or another connected to
the advanced planning of the special operation, prior to the incident
(special operations are not planned in a few days and may take months and
even longer). There is, of course, no proof and only an independent
investigation will be able to reveal whether these deaths are connected to
the incident.
If there was an internal and secretive
operation bypassing most military personnel, a few men in key positions
would have to have been involved over a period of time prior to the August
29/30, 2007 flight. Senior Airman Barrs, due to his expertise in
communication and navigational systems, could potentially have been involved
in the preparations that would have allowed the nuclear weapons to escape
detection by military surveillance and be ready for takeoff.
Reprimands, Replacements and Reassignments in
the U.S.A.F. Chain of Command
Senior officers, including three colonels and
a lieutenant-colonel, are among seventy personnel that will reportedly be
disciplined for negligence and for allowing a B-52H Stratofortress Bomber to
fly across the U.S. carrying six nuclear-armed cruise missiles that should
never have been loaded under its wings. [23]
According to the Military Times, George W.
Bush Jr. had been swiftly informed. This is a lockstep procedure. This
illustrates the importance tied to the authorization needed for handling
nuclear weapons. This is part of a two-way process in regards to
authorization from the White House.
The commander of the 5th Munitions Squadron
and the commander of the 5th Bomb Wing, Colonel Bruce Emig, have been
replaced along with a series of other senior officers. This implies that the
U.S. Air Force chain of command is directly involved in this event. None of
these senior officers have been authorized to speak or make statements,
according to U.S. military sources. Will any of these officers receive
lucrative departure packages? Have they been reassigned?
More generally, the nature of the reprimands
directed against senior officers involved has not been fully disclosed.
The “memory” of the incident is being erased
through a reorganization of the ranks and a purge at U.S.A.F. Base Minot.
The streamlining of the chain of command as well as the mysterious deaths of
personnel who could have been involved in the incident, raise a series of
far-reaching questions.
There are several important issues regarding
the senior officers’ chain of command at Minot, which will be addressed in
this article. Once again, the most important questions in regards to the
missing nukes are: Who gave the orders and authorization for the operation
and what where the underlying objectives of loading armed nuclear missiles?
Other Mysterious Deaths: Was the Missing
Nukes Incident connected to US War Plans directed against Iran?
Charles D. Riechers
A U.S. Air Force official, Charles D.
Riechers, has been found dead on October 14, 2007. [24] Riechers was a
retired Air Force officer and master navigator specializing in electronic
warfare. He was a member of the Senior Executive Service of the U.S. Air
Force, and was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Acquisition and Management. A description of his duties includes “providing
sound expert advice and guidance on acquisition and procurement policies, as
well as formulating, reviewing and, as assigned, execution of plans,
programs and policies relating to organization, function, operation and
improvement of the Air Force’s acquisition system.”
He apparently killed himself by running his
car’s engine inside his suburban garage in Virginia. The death of Charles D.
Riechers has been casually linked by The Washington Post to his involvement
in fraudulent activities and embezzlement. [25] The Washington Post reported
that the Air Force had asked defense contractor, Commonwealth Research
Institute (C.R.I.), to give him a job with no known duties while he waited
for official clearance for his promoted rank in the Pentagon. Riechers is
quoted as saying: “I really didn’t do anything for C.R.I.,” and “I [still]
got a paycheck from them.” The question, of course, was whether the
contractor might expect favours in return upon his assignment to the
Pentagon last January. [26] A mysterious suicide letter expressing shame was
subsequently reported; the letter was reportedly from a man who had already
admitted without shame that he was receiving money for doing nothing. This
was known to the U.S. Senate, which had approved his promotion.
In a report featured by Pravda, Russian
Intelligence analysts have said that the reported suicide of Charles D.
Riechers was a cover-up and that he was murdered because of his involvement
in the controversial flight of nuclear weapons over the continental United
States.
Pravda reports that “Russian Intelligence
Analysts are reporting today that American War Leaders have ‘suicided’ [sic]
one of their Top US Air Force Officials Charles D. Riechers as the rift
growing between the U.S. War Leaders and their Top Military Officers over a
nuclear attack on Iran appears to be nearing open warfare.” [27]
According to the Pravda report, the incident
was linked to an operation to smuggle nuclear weapons away from the U.S.
military in connection to launching a war against Iran.
The Commonwealth Research Institute (CRI), a
registered non-profit organization is a subsidiary of Concurrent
Technologies, which is registered with the IRS as a tax-exempt charity,
which is run by Daniel Richard DeVos. Devos is also an associate of John P.
Murtha, who was investigated by the F.B.I. for his Saudi links.
Certainly the ties of the Commonwealth
Research Institute (CRI), a non-profit organization working for the
Pentagon, are questionable and the organization could be a front for
internal operations that bypass most military personnel. The case appears to
be part of an internal operation that was being kept a secret from most of
the U.S. military, but what for?
Russell E. Dougherty
More than a month before the death of
Riechers, General Russell Elliot Dougherty, a retired flag officer, was also
reported to have died on September 7, 2007 at his home in Falcon Landing
military retirement community in Potomac Falls located in Arlington,
Virginia. [28] He once was one of the most senior individuals responsible
for the nuclear arsenal of the U.S. military and also the former commander
of Strategic Air Command (SAC) and director of the Joint Strategic Target
Planning Staff, which identified nuclear targets worldwide amongst its
responsibilities. At Minot next to his obituary was a military information
notice on suicide, telling servicepersons what the signs of suicide are.
[29]
Russell Dougherty in the course of his
military career in the U.S. Air Force had dealt with the issues pertaining
to Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), full spectrum dominance, how to defeat
the enemy and avoid a nuclear war, other uses for nuclear weaponry, Nuclear
Primacy for the U.S., and tackling the effects of the wind and weather — due
to their unpredictable natures — on the use of nuclear weapons.
The fact that the nuclear warheads were
attached to the nuclear cruise missiles could mean that someone wanted to
take the weapons in one step or to use them right away.
Timely Appointments at U.S.A.F. Base Minot
Several of the commanding officers at Minot
were freshly appointed in June, 2007. This may have been part of standard
procedures, but the timing should not be ignored.
Colonel Robert D. Critchlow was transferred,
just before the incident, from the Pentagon to Minot and appointed
commanding officer for the 91st Operations Group, a missileer unit and the
operational backbone of the 91st Space Wing. In Washington, D.C. he was
involved in research for the Congressional Research Services and later
posted into Air Force Nuclear Response and Homeland Defence.
Colonel Myron L. Freeman was transferred from
Japan to Minot in June, 2007. Colonel Freeman was appointed as the commander
of the 91st Security Forces Group, which is responsible for securing Minot’s
nuclear arsenal.
Colonel Gregory S. Tims was also appointed as
deputy commander or vice-commander of the 91st Space Wing in June, 2007.
However, Colonel Tims was transfered to Minot from California almost a year
before.
One of the most senior non-commissioned
officers (NCOs) or non-commissioned members (NCMs), Chief Master Sergeant
Mark R. Clark, was also transferred to U.S.A.F. Base Minot from Nebraska in
July, 2007.
Colonel Roosevelt Allen was also transferred
to Minot from Washington, D.C. to become commander of the 5th Medical Group.
Colonel Bruce Emig, the now-former commander
of the 5th Bomb Wing, was also transferred to Minot from U.S.A.F. Base
Ellsworth in South Dakota in June, 2007. Colonel Emig was also the base
commander of Minot.
Colonel Cynthia M. Lundell, the now-former
group commander for the 5th Maintenance Group, the unit responsible for
loading and unloading weaponry onto the B-52H Stratofortresses was also
freshly transferred from a NATO post in Western Europe in June, 2007. Were
these appointments temporary? Were any of these appointments related to the
six “lost” nuclear missiles?
Prior to the Missing Nukes Incident, Minot
Airmen Meet with the President and the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff
On June 15, 2007, George W. Bush Jr. met
senior officers from U.S.A.F. Base Minot at U.S.A.F. Base McConnell in
Wichita, Kansas during a visit to Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems
facility. Amongst them was Major Daniel Giacomazza of the 5th Operational
Support Squadron.
Senator Patrick Roberts of Kansas was also
present. “While he chaired the Senate Intelligence Committe from 2002 to
2007, [Senator] Roberts stonewalled attempts to investigate everything from
the manipulation of intelligence in the rush to war in Iraq, President Bush’s
warrantless wiretaps, and even allegations of the use of torture by the
CIA,” according to Associated Press (AP) reports. [30] The same report also
indicates that the U.S. President was in Wichita for a political fundraiser,
and stopped at a new Boys and Girls Club of America to defray the costs of
getting to Wichita via Air Force One for Senator Roberts’ campaign.
Military sources have reported that a B-52H
Stratofortress was flown to Wichita so that Boeing’s engineers could take a
look in order to make adjustments to the war planes for a new military
program. [31] Nothing has been reported about any private meetings between
President Bush Jr. or any of his presidential staff and the personnel from
Minot. However, reports have been made of meetings between military families
and the U.S. President in his office on Air Force One.
General Moseley, the Air Force Chief of Staff,
had previously visited Minot on March 14-15, 2007, a month before Minot
airmen went to Wichita. [32] If a secret mission was being prepared, these
events could have played a role in the recruiting phases for an important
internal special operation. Following their recruitment, Minot servicemen
could have symbolically met General Moseley or White House officials to
understand that the mission was being sanctioned by the highest ranks and
offices in the United States.
Orders had to Come from the Top: Treason of
the Highest Order
Orders had to come from higher up.
The operation would not have been possible
without the involvement of more than one individual in the highest ranks of
the U.S. Air Force command structure and the Pentagon.
The only way to bypass these separate chains
of command is “to be above them” (from higher up), as well as have the
possibility of directly overseeing their implementation.
These orders would then have been communicated
to lower levels in the US Air Force command chain in different locations, to
allow for a so-called “oversight” to proceed. The alternative to this is “an
alternative chain of command,” although this also needs someone in the
highest ranks of office to organize and oversee.
The post given to Riechers was politically
motivated, given his track record in the U.S. Air Force. Riechers had been
in a position of responsibility in the U.S. Air Force special operational
support activities; something he had in common with Russell Dougherty, the
former SAC commander. He would have been one of the best suited individuals
for making arrangements in the case of an alternative command structure for
a secretive nuclear operation. Moreover, he already had a record of corrupt
behaviour through his involvement with the Commonwealth Research Institute.
The possible involvement of U.S. Air Force weathermen and special operatives
raises many questions as to what exactly was the objective of making the
nuclear weapons disappear. [33]
The Investigation
The U.S. Air Force has publicly stated that it
has made a “mistake,” which is very unusual and almost unprecedented for a
military organization that tries to continually assure the American public
of their safety.
The fact that seventy or more military
personnel have been punished in the case of the “lost” nuclear weapons does
not mean, however, that the senior commanding officers responsible for
having carried out the special operation will be identified and punished.
Quite the opposite. The investigation could
indeed result in a camouflage of the chain of command, where lower-ranking
military personnel are accused and court-martialed, with a view to
ultimately protecting those in high office who have committed an act of
treason.
The series of deaths mentioned above, may have
no ties whatsoever with the the August flight in question from Minot to
Barksdale, but the issues of command, monitoring, and authorization cannot
be overlooked or ignored. The American people have before them a case of
treason that involves the highest offices of government and most probably
the offices of the President and the Vice-President.
Once again, the “C2” process involves the
Office of the President and Commander-in-Chief. It is an established line of
command, without which nuclear weapons could not have been deployed or armed
as they were in U.S.A.F. Base Minot. It is this command element that
establishes the basis of authorization through which “absolute control of
nuclear weapons” is maintained “at all times.”
With time it is possible that military
servicemen and servicewomen may come forward with more information.
However, in the meantime, there has been a
streamlining of military personnel at U.S.A.F. Minot. Base personnel have
become dispersed and reassigned to other locations.
If they on the grounds of loyalty to their
country, the United States of America, come forward and reveal what has
taken place, they are to be saluted with full honour by all ranks. As George
Orwell said, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act,” and indeed these are deceitful times.
The fact that U.S. Air Force officers came
forward and reported this incident is contrary to U.S. military procedures,
regulations, and laws. The U.S. military will never release any information
that will risk or damage its reputation. Any information in regards to
nuclear weapons can not be released without prior consultations with and
authorization by the White House.
The nuclear weapons were armed and moved
deliberately. Orders had to have come from the highest echelons of the U.S.
government.
The question is what exactly were they meant
for? Were they part of a war agenda or something else?
Bush Threatens Iran with Nuclear Weapons
What adds intrigue to an understanding of the
missing nukes, are the international events and war games taking place just
after the “lost” nuclear weapons incident, not to mention the President’s
ongoing threats to attack Iran with nuclear weapons and Vice President
Cheney's repeated warnings that a second large scale terrorist attack on
America is under preparation, with the support of Iran.
In the U.S., under the Vigilant Shield 2008
war games (initiated in September, 2007) and the TOPOFF anti-terrorism
exercises, some form of nuclear terrorist attack on American soil had been
envisaged. The roles of Russia and China had also been contemplated. The
latter would be “a likely scenario” had the U.S. attacked Iran and as a
result Russia and China had decided to intervene. [34] Under Vigilant Shield
2007, held in 2006, the possibility of a nuclear war with Iran’s allies,
Russia and China, had been contemplated in the war games scenario.
The Kremlin has responded by holding its own
war games.[35]
An unveiled threat to trigger World War Three
has been the response of George W. Bush Jr. to Russia’s statements warning
that a U.S. sponsored war with Iran, could result in an escalating World War
III scenario.
The six nuclear warheads were not meant for
use in theatre operations against Iran. This is obvious because if they were
then they would have been deployed via the proper procedural routes without
the need to hide anything. Besides, there are already theatre-level nuclear
weapons ready and armed in Europe and the Middle East for any possible
Middle Eastern mission. There was something more to the incident.
It is also worth noting that the Israelis
launched an attack on an alleged Syrian nuclear facility that both Tel Aviv
and the White House claim was constructed with the assistance of North
Korea. This event has been used, through official statements and media
disinformation, to draw a Syria-Iran-North Korea nuclear proliferation axis.
[36]
In regards to the case of the missing nuclear
weapons, weathermen and military personnel with an expertise in space and
missile components were involved. The incident took place during a time when
the U.S. missile shield projects in Eastern Europe and Eastern Asia,
directed against Russia and China, were raising international tensions and
alarms. On October 23, 2007, President Bush Jr. stated: “The need for
missile defence in Europe is real and I believe it’s urgent.” [37]
Nuclear warfare, the militarization of space,
and “the missile shield” are interrelated military processes. The
overtones of Nuclear Primacy are hanging in the air. One of the goals of the
U.S. military has been to effectively shield itself from a potential Russian
or potential Russian and Chinese nuclear response to a nuclear “First
Strike” from the U.S. military. [38] The militarization of space is also
deeply linked to this military project. Like their advanced knowledge about
the U.S. missile shield project, Russian and Chinese officials have got wind
of these ambitions and are fully aware of what the U.S. intends to do.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya is an independent
writer based in Ottawa specializing in Middle Eastern affair. He is a
Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG).
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NOTES
[1] Sarah Baxter, US hits panic button as air
force ‘loses’ nuclear missiles, The Times (U.K.), October 21, 2007.
[2] The Nuclear Reactions Data Centres also
estimated that the W80-1 stockpile included a total of 1,400 warheads remain
in stockpile associated with the 900 ALCMs that are in storage with their
warheads removed.
[3] Baxter, US hits panic button, Op. cit.
[4] John Andrew Prime, Barksdale bombers
expand B-52 capabilities, The Sheveport Times, August 27, 2007.
[5] Baxter, US hits panic button, Op. cit.;
Major-General Newton is also responsible for formulating policy supporting
air, space, nuclear, counter-proliferation, homeland, weather, and cyber
operations. Because of his role as one of the Air Forces’ key flag officers
in regards to nuclear issues and counter-proliferation he has been involved
in war planning in regards to Iran, Israeli preparations for attacks on
Syria, and the 2006 Israeli war against Lebanon.
[6] Robert Stormer, Nuke transportation story
has explosive implications, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Octobers 8, 2007.
[7] Ibid.; To help ensure adequate shipboard
security, TLAM-N is protected by an intrusion detection alarm system that
indicates an intrusion, both visually and audibly, at a continuously manned
station capable of dispatching a security team.
[8] Ibid.
[9] Ibid.
[10] Ibid.
[11] Michael Hoffman, B-52 mistakenly flies
with nukes aboard, Military Times, September 10, 2007; Associated Press
sources also made the same report. Military Times simply changed their
article and AP withdrew its report on the basis of a factual error.
[12] Office of the Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Defence (DoD), Year 2000 Status of the Defense Threat
Reduction Agency Nuclear Weapon Information Tracking Systems, Report No.
99-235 (August 19, 1999).
[13] Michael Hoffman, Commander disciplined
for nuclear mistake, Militarty Times, September 7, 2007.
[14] Minot Airman dies while on leave, Minot
Air Force Base Public Affairs, September 12, 2007.
[15] Body of missing Air Force captain found,
Associated Press, September 10, 2007.
[16] Kimberly Wilson, Portland police seek Air
Force weatherman missing on trip, The Oregonian, September 5, 2007.
[17] U.S. Air Force operatives that are tasked
with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in war environments, as
well as handling astronauts returning from space. They are the only members
of the U.S. military that are specially trained and equipped to conduct
personnel recovery operations in hostile or denied areas as a primary
mission.
[18] Victims in Saturday motorcycle accident
identified, The Sheveport Times, September 16, 2007; Notice of Active Duty
Death, The Bombardier, September 21, 2007, p.1.
[19] John Andrew Prime, Caddo deputies work
double fatality accident, The Sheveport Times, September 15, 2007.
[20] Minot Airman dies in motorcycle accident,
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs, July 18, 2007.
[21] Minot Airman identified, Minot Air Force
Base Public Affairs, July 5, 2007.
[22] Authorities identify Minot airman killed
in crash, Associated Press, July 5, 2007.
[23] Baxter, US hits panic button, Op. cit.
[24] Air Force official found dead, The
Tribune-Democrat, October 16, 2007; Ginger Thompson and Eric Schmitt, Top
Air Force Official Dies in Apparent Suicide, The New York Times, October 16,
2007.
[25] Robert O’Harrow Jr., Air Force Arranged
No-Work Contract: Experts Question Official’s Deal With Nonprofit, The
Washington Post, October 1, 2007, p.A01.
[26] Ibid.
[27] Top US Air Force official ‘suicided’
[sic] as Iran war nears, Pravda, October 16, 2007.
[28] Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, Obituaries:
Russell E. Dougherty, The Washington Post, October 13, 2007, p.B06.
[29] General Dougherty, former SAC commander,
dies, The Bombardier, September 21, 2007, p.9.
[30] Deb Reichmann, Bush Raises Money for
Kansas Senator, Associated Press, June 15, 2007.
[31] Warbirds meet commander and chief, Minot
Air Force Base Public Affairs, June 22, 2007.
[32] Staff Sergeant Trevor Tiernan, CSAF
visits Minot, Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs, March 16, 2007.
[33] Infra. n.38.
[34] Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, Vigilant Shield
2008: Terrorism, Air Defences, and the Domestic Deployment of the US
Military, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), October 6, 2007;
Michel Chossoduvsky, Dangerous Crossroads: US Sponsored War Games, Centre
for Research on Globalization (CRG), October 6, 2007; The March to War: NATO
Preparing for War with Serbia? Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG),
October 19, 2007.
[35] Michel Chossudovsky, New Cold War:
Simultaneously, Russia and America Conduct Major War Games, Centre for
Research on Globalization, October 16, 2007.
[36] Both the U.S. and Israeli governments
cite the arrival of a North Korean ship with alleged nuclear-related cargo
as proof, but one needs only point out one fact to dislodge this claim. The
U.S. government has setup an internationally illegal program involved in
policing the seas and maritime traffic, the International Proliferation
Initiative (IPI). Under the IPI the U.S. has been illegally stopping North
Korean vessels and inspecting them, especially when they have suspected
suspicious materials. Hereto, North Korea has not been given any carte
blanches from vessel inspections. The U.S. Navy and NATO vessels have a
virtual cordon of the waterways around the Middle East from the Indian Ocean
to the Read Sea and Mediterranean Sea. If the North Korean vessel had
nuclear materials it would never have reached Syria.
[37] Missile shield is ‘urgent’ - Bush,
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), October 23, 2007.
The U.S. is well in the process of
implementing the recommendations of the Project for the New American Century
(PNAC); “[The United States must] develop and deploy missile defences to
defend the American homeland and American allies, and to provide a secure
basis for U.S. power projection around the world,” and “Control the new
‘international commons’ of space and cyberspace and pave the way for the
creation of a new military service — U.S. Space Forces — with the mission of
space control.”
Thomas Donnelly et al., Rebuilding America’s
Defenses: Strategy, Forces, and Resources For A New Century (The Project for
the New American Century: September 2000), p.v.
[38] It is here that two things should be
noted in regards to physics and magnetospheric physics; Firstly, nuclear
explosions from the air are different than ground-based nuclear explosions
in many ways (including contamination levels), but the weather and wind
direction are major unknowns or variables; Secondly, as a fundamental
natural law energy never disappears, it only changes or is transferred. The
energy from nuclear explosions can theoretically be transferred into the
Earth’ magnetic radiation fields, called the Van Allen Belt or the Van Allen
Belts, and used to energize and excite various particles, sub-atomic
particles, and ions. Tentatively, if manipulated this can have harmful
results on surface areas, including burning electronic and communication
devices, and military applications such as disrupting satellites in space.
If this were possible Russian, Chinese, Iranian, or Indian military
defences, communications, and missile facilities could be effortlessly
neutralized.
These radiation belts also travel in loops and
notionally an energized pulse set off from an area in the U.S. could
circumnavigate into an area halfway around the globe.
In fact the U.S. military has been
experimenting with manipulating the radiation belts since the end of the
Second World War. The U.S. Navy’s Project Argus, taking place from August to
September 1958, is an example. A total of five nuclear weapons were used;
three atom bombs (weapons using nuclear fission) were detonated above the
Atlantic Ocean and two thermonuclear or hydrogen bombs (weapons using
nuclear fusion) in the Pacific Ocean in an effort to manipulate the Van
Allen Belts.
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