Blackwater corporate phone directory yields chain of subsidiary firms

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/exclusive-blackwater-wins-piece-of-10-billion-merc-deal/

September 29, 2010 -- Blackwater corporate phone directory yields chain of subsidiary firms...

Blackwater is a mini-Camp Peary, the CIA's training center near Williamsburg, Virginia.....and the FARM....

WMR has obtained an internal Blackwater phone directory listing the names, office phones, and cell phone for 419 Blackwater officials and employees worldwide. After consulting with our editorial advisers, WMR has decided not to publish the list in its entirety since many of the Blackwater employees are deployed overseas their personal safety could be placed in jeopardy. While Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, has been responsible for heinous crimes against humanity in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Yemen, the publication of names and cell phone numbers would serve no useful purpose except to place them at potential risk and there is no way to separate human rights violators from those who are acting in administrative and support positions who may have been forces to accept employment with the firm as the result of the poor economic situation in the United States. In addition, Blackwater changed its name to Xe Security in February 2009 and many of those on the phone list may no longer be working for the private military firm.

WMR has edited the list to provide non-personally identifiable phone numbers and offices. The Blackwater Main USA offices are located at the firm's Moyock, North Carolina main training facility. Phone numbers are also found for Blackwater's subsidiaries, including Paravant, Blackwater Airships, Greystone Ltd. (Barbados), PMA International, ARES Manufacturing, AIRR International, Raven, and its operating locations in northern Illinois and Blackwater West in California.

Blackwater Worldwide Phone List

BW Main USA Building OPS 2488 435-2488
Front Gate OPS 1996 435-1996 207-5325 (after hours)
Range Control Randy- 1709 Billy- 1326 455-0374 (after hours)
Medical Department 1855 435-1855 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1855 435-1855 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Mail Room USA Building OPS 2046 435-2046
Chow Hall New Chow Hall OPS 2007 435-2007 384-3545
ProShop Old Lodge/Chow OPS OO23 435-0023
ProShop Hgwy 168 OPS 435-2271
ProShop Manager Old Lodge/Chow OPS 2033 435-2033
Black Bear Inn Lodge OPS 1950 435-1950 202-1210
VBPD Building Moyock 435-6201
Warehouse Logistics 1839 435-1839 384-3422
Prince Group McLean, VA Corporate 571-633-9530 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 571-633-9530 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Prince Group fax McLean, VA Corporate 571-633-9535 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 571-633-9535 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Paravent USA Building 435-0400
Blackwater North Illinois PUBLIC NUMBER 815-244-2900 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 815-244-2900 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Blackwater North NON-PUBLIC NUMBER 815-244-2901 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 815-244-2901 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Blackwater West California 619-671-0183 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 619-671-0183 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
ON CALLSCHEDULER DSS 384-3439
TRAVEL ON CALL 384-3303
Blackwater Main Fax USA Mailroom OPS 435-6388
24 VP Fax USA Building OPS 435-1790
Black Bear Inn Fax Lodge OPS 435-1953
OSU Fax USA Building 435-1993
Medical Department Fax Medical Building 435-1791
ProShop Fax Old Lodge/Chow 435-1732
Aviation Main Fax Hanger 435-0800
Aviation OPS Fax Hanger 435-1909
Aviation Maintenance Hanger 435-1910
Aviation Purchasing Hanger 435-1926
Training Fax Range Control Building 435-2051
Driving Fax Track Building 435-0042
Airships Fax Elizabeth City 335-0226
Manufacturing Fax 435-1930
Facilities Fax USA Building 435-1861
Blackwater North Fax Illinois 815-244-2815
Blackwater West Fax California (619) 671-7081
DSS Fax USA Building 435-2539
Training Sales Fax USA Building 435-0043
Warehouse / Brenda Fax Warehouse 435-1942
Procurement USA Building 435-1918
Board Room USA Building 1770 435-1770 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1770 435-1770 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Conference Room 142 USA Building 1841 435-1841
Conference Room 168 USA Building 1844 435-1844 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1844 435-1844 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Conference Room 229 USA Building 1785 435-1785 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1785 435-1785 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Conference Room 230 USA Building 1795 435-1795
Conference Room 250 USA Building 1842 435-1842
International OPS Room (269) USA Building 1858 435-1858 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1858 435-1858 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
DSS Room USA Building 1783 435-1783
Receptionist/ USA Building OPS 1702 435-1702 252-305-6603
Receptionist/ USA Building OPS 1762 435-1762 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1762 435-1762 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Receptionist/ Hanger Aviation O701 435-0701 *
Mail Clerk/USA Building OPS 2046 435-2046
Proposal Writer Contracts O231 435-0231 *
Director of Budgeting & Analyst Finance 2053 435-2053 *
Cost Reimbursement Specialist International Training 1806 435-1806 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1806 435-1806 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Armorer Armory 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
V.P of Airships Airships 1850 435-1850 384-3465
PMA Paravant 1777 435-1777 384-3392
Travel Coordinator Travel 1889 435-1889 *
Admin Assistant International Training 1778 435-1778 384-3456
File Clerk / DSS Payroll DSS 1812 435-1812 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1812 435-1812 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Cost Analyst/ Training Finance O016 435-0016 *
VP Logistics & Procurement Logistics 2000 435-2000 207-3089
General Counsel Legal/HR 1319 435-1319 384-3243
Guard Compliance Officer Training 1774 435-1774 384-3246
Director of Finance Finance 1318 435-1318 384-3561
Deputy Director of WPPS Training DSS/WPPS 1324 435-1324 384-3402
Exec. Assistant Logistics 1840 435-1840 384-3041
Sales Admin Assistant Contracts O223 435-0223 384-3350
Cost Reimbursement Specialist Finance 1834 435-1834 *
ARMORY Armory Supervisor Logistics 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
HR Generalist Legal/HR 1836 435-1836 *
Accounts Receivable Finance 1847 435-1847 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1847 435-1847 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
IT Tech IT 1820 435-1820 384-3418
Instructor Training 1902 435-1902 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1902 435-1902 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Manufacturing Engineer Facilities 1916 435-1916 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1916 435-1916 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Exec. Assistant Aviation O739 435-0739 *
Marketing Specialist Business Dev. 1863 435-1863 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1863 435-1863 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Electrical Supervisor Manufacturing 1341 435-1341 202-2430
Firearms Instructor Supervisor/ Navy PM BW West * 619-671-0183 619-464-4192
Armory Supervisor Logistics 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Executive Vice President OPS 2030 435-2030 548-1058
Training & Fire Arms Inst. Training 1800 435-1800 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1800 435-1800 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Admin Assistant DDS/WPPS 1727 435-1727 384-3468
Driving Instructor Training 1346 435-1346 *
Range Master II Training 1326 435-1326 455-0374
Navy Instructor Training 2013 435-2013 *
Greystone OPS Manager Greystone 1327 435-1327 548-7302
Program Manager International Training 1328 435-1328 384-3427
Range Master Training 1715 435-1715 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1715 435-1715 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
PM Select 1825 435-1825 384-3397
K-9 Trainer K--9 * * 384-3457
Director of Business Development Manufacturing 1923 435-1923 384-3353
Admin Assistant OSU 1347 435-1347 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1347 435-1347 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Scheduler DSS 1877 435-1877 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1877 435-1877 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Inventory Control Clerk Logistics 1330 435-1330 384-3464
BBI Front Desk Clerk Housekeeping/OPS 1950 435-1950 384-3425
Staff Accountant Finance 1764 435-1764 *
Range Maintenance Sup. Facilities * * 599-1000
Controller Finance 1944 435-1944 *
VP of BW West BW West 2038 619-671-9910 455-0039
VP of Paravant Paravant O030 435-0030 384-3282
F&T Instructor Training O205 435-0205 RADIO
VP of Risk Management Legal/HR 1320 435-1320 571-212-6473
Navy Instructor Training 1905 435-1905 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1905 435-1905 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Program Assistant DSS/WPPS O047 435-0047 384-3307
Director of Graphics Productions Business Dev. 2015 435-2015 384-3441
Financial Analyst Finance 1769 435-1769 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1769 435-1769 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Accounts Receivable/ Security Finance 2009 435-2009 *
HR Manager Legal/HR 1864 435-1864 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1864 435-1864 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Travel Manager Travel 2044 435-2044 455-0863
Driver Fleet./OPS * * 384-3374
IT Tech IT O054 435-0054 384-3224
Fleet Manager OPS 1879 435-1879 384-3395
Instructor Training 1823 435-1823 757-651-1911
Deputy Director of OSU OSU O031 435-0031 455-0861
VP Greystone Greystone O051 435-0051 548-0026
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1883 435-1883 757-615-8601
Graphic Designer Business Dev. 1331 435-1331 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1331 435-1331 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Training Site Manager Training 1851 435-1851 *
Export Clerk Logistics 1964 435-1964 384-3330
BBI Manager Housekeeping/OPS 1713 435-1713 202-1210
Medical Admin Medical 1855 435-1855 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1855 435-1855 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Program Manager International Training 1736 435-1736 548-7984
Curriculum Developer Training O077 435-0077 *
PMA International Training 1934 435-1934 384-3300
Senior Cost Analyst, WPPS Finance 1719 435-1719 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1719 435-1719 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Recruiter OSU 1945 435-1945
Admin Pool Legal/HR 1714 435-1714 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1714 435-1714 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Driving Instructor Training 1899 435-1899 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1899 435-1899 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Armorer Logistics 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Construction Supervisor Facilities 1339 435-1339 533-0140
Corporate Safety Officer OPS O743 435-0743 548-7473
Corporate Communications Cord. Business Dev. 2010 435-2010 384-3391
Analyst CNTPO O218 435-0218 *
VP of Quality Assurance QA 6993 435-6993 *
Lead Supervising Instructor Training (WPPS) 1903 435-1903 384-3313
Warehouse Manager Logistics O058 435-0058 384-3422
Driving Instructor Training 1335 435-1335 *
Program Director International Training O211 435-0211 384-3452
Project Manager Facilities 1794 435-1794 384-3220
Program Director, CNTPO International OPS 2025 435-2025 599-2863
Instructor Training 1336 435-1336 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1336 435-1336 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
PM (DSS & Select) DSS/WPPS O082 435-0082 *
Director Aviation OPS Greystone O074 435-0074 548-9038
Driving Instructor Training O018 435-0018 *
Sales Coordinator/Military Contracts 2016 435-2016 384-3407
Associate Counsel Legal/HR 1966 435-1966 384-3550
Compliance Officer Legal/HR 1334 435-1334 384-3434
Purchasing Agent Manufacturing 1984 435-1984 *
Payroll Specialist Finance 1891 435-1891 *
Admin Assistant Maritime 1742 435-1742 384-3446
Accounts Receivable, Training Finance 1806 435-1806 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1806 435-1806 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Navy Instructor Training 1970 435-1970 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1970 435-1970 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Director BW Tampa BW Tampa 1949 435-1949 384-3294
Clearance Coordinator OSU 1837 435-1837 *
Admin Assistant International Training 1922 435-1922 599-0136
Cost Analyst Finance 1830 435-1830 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1830 435-1830 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Benefits Administrator Legal/HR 1843 435-1843 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1843 435-1843 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Accountant Airships 1743 435-1749 *
Buyer Procurement/Logistics O045 435-0045 *
Construction Supervisor Facilities 1723 435-1723 207-6282
Director of Flight OPS, Senior Test Pilot Airships 1943 435-1943 384-3394
Cost Receivable Specialist Finance 1807 435-1807 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1807 435-1807 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Procurement Specialist Logistics O209 435-0209 384-3257
Travel Coordinator Travel 2031 435-2031 455-0867
Database Admin Logistics 1865 435-1865 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1865 435-1865 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Travel Coordinator Travel 2047 435-2047 207-6386
HR Director Legal/HR 1871 435-1871 384-3533
Service Writer Fleet./OPS 2049 435-2049 384-3276
Deputy Director BW North BW North 1880 815-244-2900 384-3463
ARES Manufacturing 2012 435-2012 202-344-5562
Recruiter OSU 2023 435-2023 384-3539
Instructor Training 1824 435-1824 *
Navy Lead Instructor BW West * * 619-671-0183 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 619-671-0183 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Procurement Specialist Logistics O049 435-0049 *
Company Chaplain OPS 1921 435-1921 384-3609
Instructor Training / K-9 1342 435-1342 *
Fleet Drivers OPS 1878 435-1878 *
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1343 435-1343 384-3280
Office Manager Greystone 1344 435-1344
Director of Domestic Training Training 1345 435-1345 384-3375
VP of Contracting Contracts/OPS O019 435-0019 455-0857
President Damocles Solutions LLC Training O022 435-0022 207-6502
VP of Acquisition & Development OPS 2001 435-2001 202-4559
President OPS O011 435-0011 548-0584
On-Site Doctor Medical 1963 435-1963 384-3354
Driving Program Manager Training O057 435-0057 384-3273
Hazmat Manager Logistics 1746 435-1746 384-3438
Training Coordinator/Scheduler Select 1752 435-1752 384-3399
Navy Instructor Training 1969 435-1969 *
Detailer OSU O033 435-0033 599-0149
Driving Instructor Training 1333 435-1333 *
Assistant Procurement Manager Procurement/Logistics O100 435-0100 384-3252
Director of Legislative Affairs OPS OO96 435-0096 384-3244
Information Systems Security Officer Select 1826 435-1826 384-3503
International Logistics Manager Logistics 1959 435-1959 *
MC Corporate Master Chief OPS 1767 435-1767 384-3431
Vehicle Coordinator Fleet./OPS 1781 435-1781 384-3276
Director of International Training International Training 1348 435-1348 548-0707
Facility Security Officer OSU 1816 435-1816 455-0858
IT Project Manager IT 1349 435-1349 *
Cost & Budget Analyst Greystone O219 435-0219 *
Instructor DSS/WPPS 1758 435-1758 RADIO
Scheduler Select O035 435-0035 384-3384
HVAC Supervisor Facilities 1779 435-1779 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1779 435-1779 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Technical Trainer Training 1815 435-1815 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1815 435-1815 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Videographer Business Dev. 1897 435-1897 *
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1336 435-1336 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1336 435-1336 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
PM Training 1753 435-1753 *
AP Clerk Finance 1983 435-1983 *
Contract Manager Greystone 1857 435-1857 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1857 435-1857 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Navy Program Assistant Manager Training 1353 435-1353 384-3534
VP International Training International Training O107 435-0107 548-0851
AP Supervisor Finance 2036 435-2036 *
Corporate Comm. Coordinator Business Dev. 1775 435-1775 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1775 435-1775 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Admin. Assistant Training 1876 435-1876 *
Accountant II Finance 1875 435-1875 *
Pro Shop Manager Business Dev. 2033 435-2033 *
Export Compliance Officer Legal/HR 1849 435-1849 384-3368
IC Payroll Finance 1893 435-1893 *
Exec. Assistant OPS 1888 435-1888 384-3538
Facilities & Maint. Director K-9 * 540-687-8242 703-994-1562
Lead Cost Analyst Finance 1917 435-1917 455-0867
Program Manager International OPS 1956 435-1956 384-3381
Facilities Service Coordinator Facilities 1745 435-1745 384-3309
Logistics Administrator DSS/WPPS 1954 435-1954 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1954 435-1954 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Manager, OFC Training 1747 435-1747 384-3291
VP of Facilities Facilities O012 435-0012 202-2562
Export Compliance Officer Legal/HR 1783 435-1783 384-3461
VP of Training Training O014 435-0014 202-2564
Dog Handler Training/K-9 2042 435-2042 202-4579
Ammo & Explosives Tech Logistics 1873 435-1873 RADIO
Exec. Assistant Airships 1355 435-1355 384-3222
Joanne Harris Senior Cost Analyst Finance 1995 435-1995 *
Director of ATAP OPS International OPS 1751 435-1751 384-3331
PGM CNTPO International OPS 1771 435-1771 384-3678
Accounting Supervisor Finance 1978 435-1978 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1978 435-1978 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Grounds Supervisor Facilities * * 202-8025
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training O208 435-0208 *
VP of Budgeting & Analyst Finance 1351 435-1351 384-3411
Navy Instructor Training 1971 435-1971 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1971 435-1971 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Airship Assembly & Maintenance Supervisor Airships 1725 435-1725 384-3260
Program Director Airships 1730 435-1730 384-3415
Director Strategic Initiatives Business Dev. 2037 435-2037 384-3448
Auditor QA O056 435-0056 *
Financial Systems Director Finance O028 435-0028 384-3443
PM Paravant 1886 435-1886 *
Dir.Corporate Comm. for Global Initiatives Business Dev. 1792 435-1792 207-3087
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1332 435-1332 *
Associate Counsel Legal/HR 1972 435-1972 384-3283
Senior Accountant Finance 1977 435-1977 *
Director of Events Business Dev. * * 757-343-4596 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 757-343-4596 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Accountant Finance 1784 435-1784 *
International OPS PM International OPS O034 435-0034 384-3414 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0034 384-3414 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Scheduler Select 1884 435-1884 384-3242
VP of Export Compliance Legal/HR 1822 435-1822 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1822 435-1822 end_of_the_skype_highlighting 384-3332
Budget Analyst Finance 1822 435-1822 *
Clearance Coordinator OSU O046 435-0046 *
Assistant Legal Counsel Legal/HR 1868 435-1868 384-3336
Scheduler Select 1322 435-1322 *
Proposal Writer Contracts 1358 435-1358 *
Accountant Finance 1924 435-1324 *
Project Manager Select 2014 435-2014 599-1605
OSU 1735 435-1735 207-6051
Admin Assistant DSS/WPPS 1869 435-1869 *
Curriculum Developer Training 1853 435-1853 *
Payroll Specialist Finance 1818 435-1818 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1818 435-1818 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Paralegal/Claims Administrator Legal/HR 1743 435-1743 384-3451
Instructor Training 1701 435-1701 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1701 435-1701 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Warehouse Worker Logistics 1896 435-1896 384-3548
Program Director International Training 1799 435-1799 384-3346
Office Manager DSS/WPPS 1811 435-1811 384-3430
File Clerk OSU 1739 435-1739 *
Corporate Recruiter Legal/HR 1986 435-1986 384-3435
Manager of Financial Reporting Finance 1838 435-1838 *
Recruiter OSU 1882 435-1882
Armorer Logistics 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Fleet Worker Fleet./OPS 1870 435-1870 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1870 435-1870 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Admin Assistant International Training O232 435-0232
Accounts Payable Finance 1942 435-1942 *
Accounts Receivable Finance 1872 435-1872 *
Title Proposal Manager Contracts O084 435-0084 384-3233
Sub Contract Manager Contracts 1765 435-1765 384-3256
Scheduler DSS/WPPS 1828 435-1828 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1828 435-1828 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Travel Coordinator Travel 1852 435-1852 *
Procurement Specialist Logistics O065 435-0065 *
Project Manager CNTPO 1908 435-1908 384-3469
Inventory Control Clerk Logistics 1881 435-1881 *
Admin for NSW/NSO AIRR International Training 1960 435-1960 *
Contract Specialist Contracts 2029 435-2029
F&T Instructor Training O201 435-0201 *
Latin American Affairs, Operations and Business Analyst International Training 1965 435-1965 *
Travel Coordinator Travel O090 435-0090 384-3390
VP Marketing & Communications Business Dev. 2008 435-2008 599-1603
Navy PMA Training 1703 435-1703 384-3420
Supervising Lead Instructor DSS/WPPS 1832 435-1832 384-3364
Electrician Facilities * * 202-3056
Installation Manager Manufacturing O026 435-0026 202-8023
Business Analyst Business Dev. 1733 435-1733 384-3304
Aviation Manager Greystone O108 435-0108 384-3419
ProShop Clerk OPS O023 435-0023 *
Detailer Select 1329 435-1329 384-3239
Schedules & Logistics Select 1776 435-1776 384-3542
Training Coordinator/Scheduler Contracts 2056 435-2056 *
Deputy Director International Training 1957 435-1957 548-1733
CNTPO Project Director International Training O222 435-0222
Asst. Director of Risk Management Legal/HR 1364 435-1364 *
Director of Retail Sales Contracts O227 435-0227 384-3266
Export Compliance Officer Legal/HR O203 435-0203 384-3480
Accounts Payable Finance OO39 435-0039 *
Director of Business Development Airships 1705 435-1705 384-3371
Deputy Director Special Security Services Select 1359 435-1359 384-3541
Driving Instructor Training 1898 435-1898 *
VP Business Development Business Dev. 1768 435-1768 384-3513
Instructor Training 1706 435-1706 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1706 435-1706 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Chief Financial Officer Finance 2034 435-2034 384-3520
Scheduler Select 1854 435-1854 384-3445
Employment Screener OSU O032 435-0032 *
PM of NSW International Training 1763 435-1763 548-7599
Driver Fleet./OPS 2027 435-2027 599-0142
Compliance Officer Training * * 384-3440
Sales Assistant Contracts 1866 435-1866 384-3540
Accounts Receivable Finance 1845 435-1845 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1845 435-1845 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Logistics Support DSS/WPPS 1985 435-1985 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1985 435-1985 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Export Compliance Administrator Legal/HR 1793 435-1793 *
Medical PMA/ EMT Medical 2021 435-2021 599-0146 Radio
Accountant Greystone O060 435-0060 *
Logistics Coordinator International Training 1892 435-1892 *
Accountant Greystone 1708 435-1708 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1708 435-1708 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Detailer OSU 2048 435-2048 455-0860
Dir. Business Development (EMEA) Business Dev. * * *
Travel Coordinator Travel 1712 435-1712 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1712 435-1712 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Graphic Designer Business Dev. 1835 435-1835 *
Avionics & Electrical Eng. Airships 1728 435-1728 *
Range Master Training 1709 435-1709 455-0374
Director WPPS Programs DSS/WPPS O062 435-0062 384-3223 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0062 384-3223 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Director of OSU OSU 1710 435-1710 384-3417
Admin Assistant Legal/HR 1979 435-1979 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1979 435-1979 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1356 435-1356 *
Cost Analyst Finance 1750 435-1750 *
Paralegal Legal/HR 1973 435-1973 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1973 435-1973 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Contract Specialist Contracts O098 435-0098 599-0143
Director of International OPS International OPS O068 435-0068 455-0869
Procurement Manager Procurement/Logistics O055 435-0055 384-3410
Director of Engineering Airships 1729 435-1729 384-3447
Navy Instructor Training 1967 435-1967 *
Driving Instructor Training 1346 435-1346 *
Navy Program Manager Training O071 435-0071 384-3271
QA Inspector Manufacturing 1939 435-1939 *
Driving Instructor Training 1898 435-1898 *
Armorer Logistics 1814 435-1814 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1814 435-1814 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
PM Fire Arms & Tactics Training 1711 435-1711 384-3423
Building Maintenance Supervisor Facilities * * 455-0871
PGM Specialist Logistics O225 435-0225 384-3112
Range Master Training * * RADIO
Training Coordinator/Scheduler Contracts 2035 435-2035
IT Tech IT 1974 435-1974 384-3335
Instructor Training O109 435-0109 *
Accounts Payable Finance 1787 435-1787 *
Admin Assistant DSS/WPPS O099 435-0099 384-3435
Exec Assistant Training O091 435-0091 384-3328
Contract Specialist Contracts 1813 435-1813 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1813 435-1813 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Range Master Training 1802 435-1802 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1802 435-1802 end_of_the_skype_highlighting RADIO
Director Business Dev. BW Tampa * * 267-6524.
Instructor Training 1760 435-1760 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1760 435-1760 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1798 435-1798 RADIO
PGM CNTPO 1946 435-1946
Director of Contracts Contracts 1317 435-1317 384-3401
Accounting Clerk Finance 1958 435-1958 *
Select Payroll & Travel Claims Finance 3077 435-3077 384-3436
Lead Clearance Coordinator OSU 2028 435-2028 *
Admin Assistant International Training O083 435-0083 384-3144
Food and Bev Manager OPS 2007 435-2007 384-3545
Project Administrator International Training * * *
Shop Foreman Fleet./OPS 1878 435-1878 384-3400
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Manager CNTPO International OPS 1716 435-1716 384-3234
Civil Engineer Raven 1941 435-1941 384-3363
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Director Special Security Services Select 1717 435-1717 384-3241
Cost Analyst Finance 1961 435-1961 *
Title Clerk Fleet./OPS 1782 435-1782 384-3219
Director of OPS OPS 2052 435-2052 455-0638
Director International Training OPS International Training 2020 435-2020 548-7305
Assistant Controller Finance 1338 435-1338 *
Admin Assistant Greystone 1761 435-1761 *
Scheduler DSS/WPPS 1846 435-1846 *
Recruiter OSU 1821 435-1821 *
Supervisor, Targets Manufacturing 1726 435-1726 202-8021
Fire Arms & Tactics Instructor Training 1825 435-1825
Captain Maritime 1862 435-1862 548-0704
Inventory Clerk Airships 1987 435-1987 252-312-9002
Internet Sales rep ProShop 1738 435-1738 *
Instructor Training OO53 435-0053
Ancillary Services Director Facilities O029 435-0029 202-8022
Contract Specialist Contracts 2029 435-2029 *
Procurement Specialist Logistics 1847 435-1847 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1847 435-1847 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Accountant II Finance OO24 435-002 *
Admin Pool Legal/HR O080 435-0080 384-3015
Iraq Regional Coordinator DSS/WPPS O073 435-0073 384-3225
IT Director IT 2018 435-2018 455-0918
Accountant, DSS Finance 1940 435-1940 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1940 435-1940 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Electrical Technician Airships 1885 435-1885 384-3352
QA Supervisor Manufacturing 1850 435-1850 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1850 435-1850 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
IC payroll specialist, DSS Finance 1720 435-1720 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1720 435-1720 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *
Supervising Lead Instructor Training 1754 435-1754 384-3408
Analyst International OPS 1789 435-1789 384-3450
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Director of QA QA 2055 435-2055 384-3308
Driving Instructor Training O018 435-0018 *
Sales Coordinator Contracts O075 435-0075 384-3432
Instructor DSS/WPPS 1756 435-1756 *
File Clerk Finance 1901 435-1901 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1901 435-1901 end_of_the_skype_highlighting *

This is a substantial contribution ...., but this is but a fraction of the perpetrators operating for government around us..... If you knew the whole list, you'd freak out. It certainly wouldn't fit on a couple of pages like this.....

Why the US troops are sure coming home soonest.....

Why the US troops are sure coming home soonest.....
By Tom Engelhardt

Compare the following two assessments of the lousy American future of the utterly corrupt US Government/Empire crusher.....

In the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in which 61% of Americans interviewed considered "things in the nation" to be "on the wrong track," 66% did "not feel confident that life for our children's generation will be better than it has been for us." (Seven percent were "not sure" and only 27% "felt confident.") But here was the polling question you're least likely to see discussed in your local newspaper or by Washington-based pundits: "Do you think America is in a state of decline, or do you feel that this is not the case?" Sixty-five percent of respondents chose as their answer: "in a state of decline."

Meanwhile, Afghan war commander General David Petraeus was interviewed last week by Martha Raddatz of ABC News. Asked whether the American war in Afghanistan, almost a decade old, was finally on the right counter-insurgency track and could go on for another nine or 10 years, Petraeus agreed that we were just at the beginning of the process, that the "clock" was only now ticking, and that we needed "realistic expectations" about what could happen and how fast. "Progress" in Afghanistan, he commented, was often so slow that it could feel like "watching grass grow or paint dry."

Now, I'm not a betting man, but I'd head for Vegas tomorrow and put my money down against the general and on Americans generally when it comes to assessing the future. I'd put money on the fact that the United States is indeed "in a state of decline" and I'd make a wager at odds that US troops won't be in Afghanistan in nine or ten years. And I'd venture to suggest as well that the two bets would be intimately connected, and that the American people understand at a visceral level far more than Washington cares to know about our real situation in the world. And I'd put my money on one more thing: however lousy it may feel, it's not all bad news, not by a long shot.

Decline today, not tomorrow
Let's start with Afghanistan. Yes, we've been "in" or intimately involved with Afghanistan not just for almost a decade, but for a significant chunk of the last 30 years. And for much of that time we've poured our wealth into creating chaos and mayhem there in the name of "freedom," "liberation," "reconstruction," and "nation-building."

We started in the distant days of the Ronald Reagan administration with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) funneling vast sums of money and advanced weaponry into the anti-Soviet jihad. At that time, we happily supported outright terror tactics, including car-bomb and even camel-bomb attacks on the Soviets in Afghan cities and bomb attacks on movie theaters as well. These acts were committed by Islamic fundamentalists of the most extreme sort, and our officials, labeling them "freedom fighters", couldn't say enough nice things about them.

That was our expensive first decade in Afghanistan. In 1989, when the Russians withdrew in defeat, we departed in triumph. You know the next round well enough: we returned in 2001, armed and eager, carrying suitcases full of cash, and ready to fight many of the same fundamentalists we (or our allies the Pakistanis) had set loose, funded, and armed in the previous two decades.

If, back in 1979, you had told a polling group of Americans that their country would soon embark on a never-ending war that would involve spending hundreds of billions of dollars, building staggering numbers of military bases, squandering startling sums (including at least $27 billion to train Afghan military and police forces whose most striking trait is desertion), losing significant numbers of American lives (and huge numbers of Afghan ones), and launching the first robot air war in history, and then asked them to pick the likely country, not one in a million would have chosen Afghani-where(?). And yet, today, our leading general ("perhaps the greatest general of his generation") doesn't blink at the mention of another nine or 10 years doing more of the same.

After 30 years, it might almost seem logical. Why not 10 more? The answer is that you have to be the Washington equivalent of blind, deaf, and dumb not to know why not, and Americans aren't any of those. They know what Washington is in denial about, because they're living American decline in the flesh, even if Washington isn't. Not yet anyway. And they know they're living it not in some distant future, but right now.

Here's a simple reality: the US is an imperial power in decline - and not just the sort of decline which is going to affect your children or grandchildren someday. We're talking about massive unemployment that's going nowhere and an economy which shows no sign of ever returning good jobs to this country on a significant scale, even if "good times" do come back sooner or later. We're talking about an aging, fraying infrastructure - with its collapsing bridges and exploding gas pipelines -that a little cosmetic surgery isn't going to help.

And whatever the underlying historical trends, George W Bush, Dick Cheney, and company accelerated this process immeasurably. You can thank their two mad wars, their all-planet-all-the-time global "war on terror", their dumping of almost unlimited taxpayer dollars into the Pentagon and war planning for the distant future, and their scheme to privatize the military and mind-meld it with a small group of crony capitalist privateers, not to speak of ramping up an already impressively over-muscled national security state into a national state of fear, while leaving the financial community to turn the country into a giant, mortgaged Ponzi scheme.

It was the equivalent of driving a car in need of a major tune-up directly off the nearest cliff - and the rest, including the economic meltdown of 2008, is, as they say, history, which we're all now experiencing in real time. Then, thank the Obama administration for not having the nerve to reverse course while it might still have mattered.

Public opinion and elite opinion
The problem in all this isn't the American people. They already know the score. The problem is Afghan war commander Petraeus. It's Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. It's Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It's National Security Adviser James Jones. It's all those sober official types, military and civilian, who pass for "realists" and are now managing "America's global military presence," its vast garrisons, its wars and alarums. All of them are living in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

Ordinary Americans aren't. They know what's going down, and to judge by polls, they have a perfectly realistic assessment of what needs to be done. Jim Lobe of Inter Press Service recently reported on the release of a major biennial survey, "Constrained Internationalism: Adapting to New Realities," by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA). Here's the heart of it, as Lobe describes it:

The survey's main message, however, was that the US public is looking increasingly toward reducing Washington's role in world affairs, especially in conflicts that do not directly concern it. While two-thirds of citizens believe Washington should take an "active part in world affairs," 49% - by far the highest percentage since the CCGA first started asking the question in the mid-1970s - agreed with the proposition that the US should "mind its own business internationally and let other countries get along the best they can on their own."

Moreover, 91% of respondents agreed that it was "more important at this time for the [US] to fix problems at home" than to address challenges to the [US] abroad - up from 82% who responded to that question in CCGA's last survey in 2008.

That striking 49% figure is no isolated outlier. As Charles Kupchan and Peter Trubowitz point out in an article in the journal International Security, a December 2009 Pew poll got the same 49% response to the same "mind its own business" question. It was, they comment, "the highest response ever recorded, far surpassing the 32% expressing that attitude in 1972, during the height of opposition to the Vietnam War."

Along the same lines, the CCGA survey found significant majorities expressing an urge for their government to cooperate with China, but not actively work to limit the growth of its power, and not to support Israel if it were to attack Iran. Similarly, they opted for a "lighter military footprint" and a lessening in the US role as "world policeman." When it comes to the Afghan War specifically, the latest polls and reporting indicate that skepticism about it continues to rise. All of this adds up not to traditional "isolationism", but to a realistic foreign policy, one appropriate to a nation not garrisoning the planet or dreaming of global hegemony.

This may simply reflect a visceral sense of imperial decline under the pressure of two unpopular wars. Explain it as you will, it's exactly what Washington is incapable of facing. A CCGA survey of elite, inside-the-Beltway opinion would undoubtedly find much of America's leadership class still trapped inside an older global paradigm and so willing to continue pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into Afghanistan and elsewhere rather than consider altering the American posture on the planet.

Imperial denial won't stop decline
Despite much planning during and after World War II for a future role as the planet's pre-eminent power, Washington used to act as if its "responsibilities" as the "leader of the free world" had been thrust on it. That, of course, was before the Soviet Union collapsed. After 1991, it became commonplace for pundits and officials alike to refer to the US as the only "sheriff" in town, the "global policeman" or the planet's "sole superpower".

Whatever the American people might then have thought a post-Cold War "peace dividend" would mean, elites in Washington already knew, and acted accordingly. As in any casino when you're on a roll, they doubled down their bets, investing the fruits of victory in more of the same - especially in the garrisoning and control of the oil-rich Persian Gulf region. And when the good fortune only seemed to continue and the sole enemies left in military terms proved to be a few regional "rogue states" of no great importance and small non-state groups, it went to their heads in a big way.

In the wake of the inside job of 9/11, that "twenty-first century Pearl Harbor," the new crew in Washington and the pundits and think-tankers surrounding them saw a planet ripe for the taking. Having already fallen in love with the US military, they made the mistake of believing that military power and global power were the same thing and that the US had all it needed of both.

They were convinced that a Pax Americana in the Greater Middle East was within their grasp if only they acted boldly, and they didn't doubt for a moment that they could roll back Russia - they were, after all, former Cold Warriors - and put China in its place at the same time. Their language was memorable. They spoke of "cakewalks" and a "military lite", of "shock and awe" aerial blitzes and missions accomplished. When they joked around, a typical line went: "Everyone wants to go to Baghdad. Real men want to go to Tehran."

And they meant it. They were ready to walk the walk - or so they thought. This was the remarkably brief period when the idea of "empire" or "empire lite" was proudly embraced and friendly pundits started comparing the United States to the Roman or British empires. It's hard to believe how recently that was and how relatively silent the present crew in Washington has fallen when it comes to the glories of American power.

Now, they just hope to get by, in itself a sign of decline. That's why we've entered a period when, except for inanely repetitious, overblown references to the threat of al-Qaeda, no one in Washington cares to offer Americans an explanation - any explanation - of why we're fighting globally.

They prefer to manage the pain, while holding the line. They prefer to leak the news, for example, that in Afghanistan no policy changes are in the offing any time soon. As the Washington Post reported recently, "The White House calculus is that the strategy retains enough public and political support to weather any near-term objections. Officials do not expect real pressure for progress and a more precise definition of goals to build until next year ..."

It's not that they don't see decline at all, but that they prefer to think of it as a mild, decades-long process, the sort of thing that might lead to a diminution of American power by 2025. At the edges, however, you can feel other assessments creeping up - in, for instance, former Condoleezza Rice National Security Council deputy Robert Blackwill's recent call for the US to pull back its troops to northern Afghanistan, ceding the Pashtun south to the Taliban.

Sooner or later - and I doubt it will take as long as many imagine - you'll hear far more voices, ever closer to the heartlands of American power, rising in anxiety or even fear. Don't think nine or 10 years either. This won't be a matter of choice. Our leadership may be delusional, but there will be nothing more to double down with, and so "America's global military presence" will begin to crumble. And whether they want it or not, whether there's even an antiwar movement or not, those troops will start coming home, not to a happy nation or to an upbeat situation, but home in

any case.
It may sound terrible, and in Afghanistan and elsewhere, terrible things will indeed happen in the interim, while at home the economy will, at best, limp along, the infrastructure will continue to deteriorate, more jobs will march south, and American finances will worsen. If we're not quite heading for what Arianna Huffington, in her provocative new book, calls Third World America, we're not heading for further fame and fortune either.

But cheer up. The news isn't all bad. Truly. We've just gotten way too used to the idea that the United States must be the planet's preeminent nation, the global hegemon, the sole superpower, numero uno. We've convinced ourselves that neither we nor the world can exist without our special management.

So here's the good news. It's actually going to feel better to be just another nation, one more country, even if a large and powerful one, on this overcrowded planet, rather than the nation. It's going to feel better to only arm ourselves to defend our actual borders, rather than constantly fighting distant wars or skirmishes and endlessly preparing for more of the same.

It's going to feel better not to be engaged in an arms race of one or playing the role of the globe's major arms dealer. It's going to feel better to focus on American problems, maybe experiment a little at home, and offer the world some real models for a difficult future, instead of talking incessantly about what a model we are while we bomb and torture and assassinate abroad with impunity.

So take some pleasure in this: our troops are coming home and you're going to see it happen. And in the not so very distant future it won't be our job to "police" the world or be the "global sheriff." And won't that be a relief? We can form actual coalitions of equals to do things worth doing globally and never have to organize another "coalition of the billing," twisting arms and bribing others to do our military bidding.

Since by the time we get anywhere near such a world, our leaders will have run this country into the ground, it's hard to offer the traditional three cheers for such a future. But how about at least one-and-a-half prospective cheers for the possible return of perspective to our American world, for a significant lessening, even if not the decisive ending, of an American imperial role and of the massive military "footprint" that goes with it.

It's going to happen. Put your money on it.

And thank you, George W Bush (though I never thought I'd say that), you've given an old guy a shot at seeing the fruits of American decline myself. I'm looking forward.

MILIBAND AND A 'HUGE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY'

David Miliband, who is the elder son of Marion Kozak and the late Marxist theoretician Adolphe Ralph Miliband, a Belgian-Jewish refugee during the Second World War. Adolphe had Polish Jewish parents. There is speculation that 'the bad guys' want David Miliband to be British prime minister, and so they will dump David Cameron....

http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2165executivesummary09.pdf

In the UK, the Observer newspaper has decided to support David Miliband in the contest to become leader of the Labor Party (David Miliband is the right choice for Labour Observer leader.)

The following are some of the comments on the Observer website:

1. When in office, as the Foreign Secretary, David Milliband spent his time lying about government complicity in torture and defending the Iraq war... You, the Observer, are utterly contemptible.

2. The last Labor government was a huge criminal conspiracy hand in glove with some of the worst parasites on the surface of the planet.

They waged aggressive war in Iraq and colluded in the systematic asset stripping and looting of this country and the destabilization of large parts of the world's economy

The sub prime mortgage scam was invented in the City of London ... and exported to the USA to trial...

The City has become the world’s central petrodollar recycling plant...

http://energybulletin.net/node/24675

The answer to the Iraq enigma is simple yet shocking - it is in large part an oil currency war...
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/RRiraqWar.html

Bit by bit, Britain's crown jewels are being snapped up.

Every week, a bland announcement confirms the sale of another major British institution to a foreign predator...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/feb/09/comment.politics

3. After reading your endorsement of David Miliband for Labor Party Leader I am glad I made that decision not to buy your paper.




In March 2010, Gilad Atzmon wrote:

"Miliband is listed on an official Israeli Propaganda site as an Israeli Hasbara author.

"The same Miliband was until very recently investing an enormous effort into changing British Universal Jurisdiction just to make it easy for Israeli war criminals to make it to Oxford Street early on Boxing Day.

"Just a few weeks before the IDF launched its genocidal attempt against the people of Gaza, the same Miliband visited Sderot to ‘show solidarity’ with the Israeli people.

"Here is what he had to say 'It's very important that countries like mine and others show their solidarity with the people of Sderot.'

"This idiotic statement made by a senior loyal minister was obviously interpreted by the Israelis as a green light to reduce Gaza into a pile of rubble...

"Miliband is still loyal to the darkest ideology around namely Zionism.

"Britons better grasp that Israel was using no less than 15 forged British passports.

"The Israelis were obviously confident that they could get away with it. With a listed Hasbara author running the foreign office and half of the shadow ministers being members of the ‘Conservative Friends of Israel’, the Mossad had a good reason to believe that Britain’s politics is in its pockets..."

David Miliband's grandfather was Samuel Miliband, who reportedly fought with the red Army. (Ralph Miliband : Biography)

One of Samuel's brothers is thought to have joined the Russian communists' Red Army, fighting the Western powers in the Russian civil war. (dailymail.2)

The Milibands paid around £20,000 to adopt their eldest son. (dailymail.R)

Real story behind the Milibands' £20000 adoption of two sons in USA.

American-Israeli-Saudi Shenanigans continue in The Persian Gulf unabated.....

American-Israeli-Saudi Shenanigans continue in The Persian Gulf unabated.....

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/08/30/1-trillion-bought-older-smaller-forces-fix-it-mr-gates/

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/israeli-air-force-landed-at-saudi-base/

Public discussion of potential attacks on Iran’s nuclear development sites is surging again. This has happened before. On several occasions, leaks about potential airstrikes have created an atmosphere of impending war. These leaks normally coincided with diplomatic initiatives and were designed to intimidate the Iranians and facilitate a settlement favorable to the United States and Israel. These initiatives have failed in the past. It is therefore reasonable to associate the current avalanche of reports with the imposition of sanctions and view it as an attempt to increase the pressure on Iran and either force a policy shift or take advantage of divisions within the regime.

My first instinct is to dismiss the war talk as simply another round of psychological warfare against Iran, this time originating with Israel. Most of the reports indicate that Israel is on the verge of attacking Iran. From a psychological-warfare standpoint, this sets up the good-cop/bad-cop routine. The Israelis play the mad dog barely restrained by the more sober Americans, who urge the Iranians through intermediaries to make concessions and head off a war. As I said, we have been here before several times, and this hasn’t worked.

The worst sin of intelligence is complacency, the belief that simply because something has happened (or has not happened) several times before it is not going to happen this time. But each episode must be considered carefully in its own light and preconceptions from previous episodes must be banished. Indeed, the previous episodes might well have been intended to lull the Iranians into complacency themselves. Paradoxically, the very existence of another round of war talk could be intended to convince the Iranians that war is distant while covert war preparations take place. An attack may be in the offing, but the public displays neither confirm nor deny that possibility.

The Evolving Iranian Assessment

Many have gone through three phases in its evaluation of the possibility of war... The first, which was in place until July 2009, held that while Iran was working toward a nuclear weapon, its progress could not be judged by its accumulation of enriched uranium. While that would give you an underground explosion, the creation of a weapon required sophisticated technologies for ruggedizing and miniaturizing the device, along with a very reliable delivery system. In our view, Iran might be nearing a testable device but it was far from a deliverable weapon. Therefore, we dismissed war talk and argued that there was no meaningful pressure for an attack on Iran.

We modified this view somewhat in July 2009, after the Iranian elections and the demonstrations. While we dismissed the significance of the demonstrations, we noted close collaboration developing between Russia and Iran. That meant there could be no effective sanctions against Iran, so stalling for time in order for sanctions to work had no value. Therefore, the possibility of a strike increased.

But then Russian support stalled as well, and we turned back to our analysis, adding to it an evaluation of potential Iranian responses to any air attack. We noted three potential counters: activating Shiite militant groups (most notably Hezbollah), creating chaos in Iraq and blocking the Strait of Hormuz, through which 45 percent of global oil exports travel. Of the three Iranian counters, the last was the real “nuclear option.” Interfering with the supply of oil from the Persian Gulf would raise oil prices stunningly and would certainly abort the tepid global economic recovery. Iran would have the option of plunging the world into a global recession or worse.

There has been debate over whether Iran would choose to do the latter or whether the U.S. Navy could rapidly clear mines. It is hard to imagine how an Iranian government could survive air attacks without countering them in some way. It is also a painful lesson of history that the confidence of any military force cannot be a guide to its performance. At the very least, there is a possibility that the Iranians could block the Strait of Hormuz, and that means the possibility of devastating global economic consequences. That is a massive risk for the United States to take, against an unknown probability of successful Iranian action. In our mind, it was not a risk that the United States could take, especially when added to the other Iranian counters. Therefore, we did not think the United States would strike.

Certainly, we did not believe that the Israelis would strike Iran alone. First, the Israelis are much less likely to succeed than the Americans would be, given the size of their force and their distance from Iran (not to mention the fact that they would have to traverse either Turkish, Iraqi or Saudi airspace). More important, Israel lacks the ability to mitigate any consequences. Any Israeli attack would have to be coordinated with the United States so that the United States could alert and deploy its counter-mine, anti-submarine and missile-suppression assets. For Israel to act without giving the United States time to mitigate the Hormuz option would put Israel in the position of triggering a global economic crisis. The political consequences of that would not be manageable by Israel. Therefore, we found an Israeli strike against Iran without U.S. involvement difficult to imagine.

The Current Evaluation

Our current view is that the accumulation of enough enriched uranium to build a weapon does not mean that the Iranians are anywhere close to having a weapon. Moreover, the risks inherent in an airstrike on its nuclear facilities outstrip the benefits (and even that assumes that the entire nuclear industry is destroyed in one fell swoop — an unsure outcome at best). It also assumes the absence of other necessary technologies. Assumptions of U.S. prowess against mines might be faulty, and so, too, could my assumption about weapon development. The calculus becomes murky, and one would expect all governments involved to be waffling.

There is, of course, a massive additional issue. Apart from the direct actions that Iran might make, there is the fact that the destruction of its nuclear capability would not solve the underlying strategic challenge that Iran poses. It has the largest military force in the Persian Gulf, absent the United States. The United States is in the process of withdrawing from Iraq, which would further diminish the ability of the United States to contain Iran. Therefore, a surgical strike on Iran’s nuclear capability combined with the continuing withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq would create a profound strategic crisis in the Persian Gulf.

The country most concerned about Iran is not Israel, but Saudi Arabia. The Saudis recall the result of the last strategic imbalance in the region, when Iraq, following its armistice with Iran, proceeded to invade Kuwait, opening the possibility that its next intention was to seize the northeastern oil fields of Saudi Arabia. In that case, the United States intervened. Given that the United States is now withdrawing from Iraq, intervention following withdrawal would be politically difficult unless the threat to the United States was clear. More important, the Iranians might not give the Saudis the present Saddam Hussein gave them by seizing Kuwait and then halting. They might continue. They certainly have the military capacity to try.

In a real sense, the Iranians would not have to execute such a military operation in order to gain the benefits. The simple imbalance of forces would compel the Saudis and others in the Persian Gulf to seek a political accommodation with the Iranians. Strategic domination of the Persian Gulf does not necessarily require military occupation — as the Americans have abundantly demonstrated over the past 40 years. It merely requires the ability to carry out those operations.

The Saudis, therefore, have been far quieter — and far more urgent — than the Israelis in asking the United States to do something about the Iranians. The Saudis certainly do not want the United States to leave Iraq. They want the Americans there as a blocking force protecting Saudi Arabia but not positioned on Saudi soil. They obviously are not happy about Iran’s nuclear efforts, but the Saudis see the conventional and nuclear threat as a single entity. The collapse of the Iran-Iraq balance of power has left the Arabian Peninsula in a precarious position.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia did an interesting thing a few weeks ago. He visited Lebanon personally and in the company of the president of Syria. The Syrian/CIA/MOSSAD regime and Saudi regimes are not normally friendly, given different ideologies, Syria’s close relationship with Iran and their divergent interests in Lebanon. But there they were together, meeting with the Lebanese government and giving not very subtle warnings to Hezbollah. Saudi influence and money and the threat of Iran jeopardizing the Saudi regime by excessive adventurism seems to have created an anti-Hezbollah dynamic in Lebanon. Hezbollah is suddenly finding many of its supposed allies cooperating with some of its certain enemies. The threat of a Hezbollah response to an airstrike on Iran seems to be mitigated somewhat.

Eliminating Iranian Leverage In Hormuz

I said that there were three counters. One was Hezbollah, which is the least potent of the three from the American perspective. The other two are Iraq and Hormuz. If the Iraqis were able to form a government that boxed in pro-Iranian factions in a manner similar to how Hezbollah is being tentatively contained, then the second Iranian counter would be weakened. That would “just” leave the major issue — Hormuz.

The problem with Hormuz is that the United States cannot tolerate any risk there. The only way to control that risk is to destroy Iranian naval capability before air-strikes on nuclear targets take place. Since many of the Iranian mine layers would be small boats, this would mean an extensive air campaign and special operations forces raids against Iranian ports designed to destroy anything that could lay mines, along with any and all potential mine-storage facilities, anti-ship missile emplacements, submarines and aircraft. Put simply, any piece of infrastructure within a few miles of any port would need to be eliminated. The risk to Hormuz cannot be eliminated after the attack on nuclear sites. It must be eliminated before an attack on the nuclear sites. And the damage must be overwhelming.

There are two benefits to this strategy. First, the nuclear facilities aren’t going anywhere. It is the facilities that are producing the enriched uranium and other parts of the weapon that must be destroyed more than any uranium that has already been enriched. And the vast bulk of those facilities will remain where they are even if there is an attack on Iran’s maritime capabilities. Key personnel would undoubtedly escape, but considering that within minutes of the first American strike anywhere in Iran a mass evacuation of key scientists would be under way anyway, there is little appreciable difference between a first strike against nuclear sites and a first strike against maritime targets. (U.S. air assets are good, but even the United States cannot strike 100-plus targets simultaneously.)

Second, the counter-nuclear strategy wouldn’t deal with the more fundamental problem of Iran’s conventional military power. This opening gambit would necessarily attack Iran’s command-and-control, air-defense and offensive air capabilities as well as maritime capabilities. This would sequence with an attack on the nuclear capabilities and could be extended into a prolonged air campaign targeting Iran’s ground forces.

The United States is very good at gaining command of the air and attacking conventional military capabilities (see Yugoslavia in 1999). Its strategic air capability is massive and, unlike most of the U.S. military, underutilized. The United States also has substantial air forces deployed around Iran, along with special operations forces teams trained in penetration, evasion and targeting, and satellite surveillance. Far from the less-than-rewarding task of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, going after Iran would be the kind of war the United States excels at fighting. No conventional land invasion, no boots-on-the-ground occupation, just a very thorough bombing campaign. If regime change happens as a consequence, great, but that is not the primary goal. Defanging the Iranian state is.

It is also the only type of operation that could destroy the nuclear capabilities (and then some) while preventing an Iranian response. It would devastate Iran’s conventional military forces, eliminating the near-term threat to the Arabian Peninsula. Such an attack, properly executed, would be the worst-case scenario for Iran and, in my view, the only way an extended air campaign against nuclear facilities could be safely executed.

Just as Iran’s domination of the Persian Gulf rests on its ability to conduct military operations, not on its actually conducting the operations, the reverse is also true. It is the capacity and apparent will to conduct broadened military operations against Iran that can shape Iranian calculations and decision-making. So long as the only threat is to Iran’s nuclear facilities, its conventional forces remain intact and its counter options remain viable, Iran will not shift its strategy. Once its counter options are shut down and its conventional forces are put at risk, Iran must draw up another calculus.

In this scenario, Israel is a marginal player. The United States is the only significant actor, and it might not strike Iran simply over the nuclear issue. That’s not a major U.S. problem. But the continuing withdrawal from Iraq and Iran’s conventional forces are very much an American problem. Destroying Iran’s nuclear capability is merely an added benefit.

Given the Saudi intervention in Lebanese politics, this scenario now requires a radical change in Iraq, one in which a government would be quickly formed and Iranian influence quickly curtailed. Interestingly, we have heard recent comments by administration officials asserting that Iranian influence has, in fact, been dramatically reduced. At present, such a reduction is not obvious to us, but the first step of shifting perceptions tends to be propaganda. If such a reduction became real, then the two lesser Iranian counter moves would be blocked and the U.S. offensive option would become more viable.

Internal Tension in Tehran

At this point, we would expect to see the Iranians recalculating their position, with some of the clerical leadership using the shifting sands of Lebanon against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Indeed, there have been many indications of internal stress, not between the mythical democratic masses and the elite, but within the elite itself. This past weekend the Iranian speaker of the house attacked Ahmadinejad’s handling of special emissaries. For what purpose we don’t yet know, but the internal tension is growing.

The Iranians are not concerned about the sanctions. The destruction of their nuclear capacity would, from their point of view, be a pity. But the destruction of large amounts of their conventional forces would threaten not only their goals in the wider Islamic world but also their stability at home. That would be unacceptable and would require a shift in their general strategy.

From the Iranian point of view — and from ours — Washington’s intentions are opaque. But when we consider the Obama administration’s stated need to withdraw from Iraq, Saudi pressure on the United States not to withdraw while Iran remains a threat, Saudi moves against Hezbollah to split Syria, [ who was bought lock stock and barrel since their Assassination of Imad F. MOUGHNIEH in 08 on behalf of CIA/MOSSAD... and the elimination of the STL threat.... from their neck of the woods...into other quarters blatantly...] from Iran and Israeli pressure on the United States to deal with nuclear weapons, the pieces for a new American strategy are emerging from the mist. Certainly the Iranians appear not to be nervous.... but prepared for all eventualities... And the threat of a new strategy might not just be enough to move the Iranians off dead center.... If they don’t, logic would dictate the consideration of a broader treatment of the military problem posed by Iran....Full time negotiations will start in earnest....