posted on March 9, 2002 05:54:29 AM new
Cheryl's Daily Diatribe:
Wednesday, March 6, 2002
Like the "Shadow Government," the "Center for Emerging Threats
and Opportunities" has been kept under wraps — until now
Have YOU ever heard of the "Center for Emerging Threats and
Opportunities?" If so, you are among the very few. This outfit is a
collaboration (collusion?) between the Potomac Institute for Policy
Studies and the U.S. Marine Corps, whose mission, so it states, "is
dedicated to exploring creative methods to address unconventional threats
to the security of the United States and exploiting all available
opportunities to promote our national interests." It's this last phrase that
should set off buzzers and bells. Because what CETO, in effect, stands
for, is making defense strategies (as in declaring countries "evil" enemies)
completely paired with "exploiting all available opportunities." And, it
appears to be focusing on opportunities for pushing high-tech weaponry
and communications systems. The Potomac Institute's mission statement
says it is "Dedicated to the development and implementation of policies
that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in
our evolving world."
One look at the list of players in the Potomac Institute and the type
of technology and its application becomes quite apparent: it follows the
Bush theme - war is good for business, in fact war IS business. Its CEO
is Michael S. Swetman: Republican party mover and shaker, exec at GTE
Corporation. Second in command is Lyle A. Cox, VP Corporate
Development of ANSER, a company specializing, in essence, in "war
infrastructure". Business is booming. Here's an excerpt from ANSER's
":Leadership Letter": "Our growth has resulted from corporate
investments in three major areas: information technology,
counterproliferation and regional security, and aerospace cooperative
activities with Russia."
Other names in the list of players include numerous
Washington-based professional lobbyists ( they call themselves "legislative
consultants" these days, but a rose, or should I say stink cabbage, by any
other name ...).
"Perhaps the most ominous bit of info about CETO: it was quietly set
up in November 2000 — right after the election. Guess they knew their
boy would prevail over any contest to his claim to the presidency. If
anyone doubts that the Bush regime and its pals in the places like the
Potomac Institute are setting up everything they need to have a
world-dominating high-tech military-corporate empire, then they haven't
read much history and need bifocals to see the emerging writing on the
White House wall."
