CIA ‘exporter of terrorism’ report released by Wikileaks
Thursday, August 26th, 2010This report cites attacks by US-based or financed Jewish, Muslim and Irish-nationalism terrorists.
Wikileaks whistle-blowing website has published a CIA memo examining the implications of the US being perceived as an “exporter of terrorism”.
The February 2010 three page report says the participation of US-based individuals in terrorism is “not a recent phenomenon”. It cites several alleged terrorist acts by US residents.
The report was played down by an official from the CIA’s so-called Red Cell, saying it was “not exactly a blockbuster paper”.
The CIA website says The Red Cell was set up in the wake of the 9/11 attacksd to offer an “out-of-the-box” approach and “produce memos intended to provoke thought rather than to provide authoritative assessment.
These sorts of analytic products - clearly identified as coming from the Agency’s ‘Red Cell’ - are designed simply to present different points of view and provoke thought” said CIA spokesman George Little.
The report questions how foreign perceptions of the US could change with continued attacks and highlights attacks by US-based or US-financed Jewish, Muslim and Irish American terrorists.
“A lot of attention has been paid recently to the increasing occurrence of American-grown Islamic terrorists conducting attacks against US targets, primarily in the homeland. The report says that less attention has been paid to homegrown terrorism, not exclusively Muslim terrorists, exported overseas to target non-US persons.”
The memo titled “What If Foreigners See the United States as an ‘Exporter of Terrorism’?, concludes that if the US is perceived by other nations as an “exporter of terrorism”, those countries may be less willing to co-operate with the US in the detention, interrogation and transfer if future suspects.
On 23rd July Wikileaks published 76,000 secret US military logs detailing military actions in Afghanistan, an act the US authorities described as highly irresponsible.
Once the website has completed a review aimed at minimizing the risk that their publication could put people’s lives in danger, it will release a further 15,000 further sensitive documents.
