tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2014-01-25T22:37:02-05:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a3fca828d9970b 2014-01-25T22:37:02-05:00 2014-01-25T22:37:02-05:00

The number of people identified by the Obama administration as potential terrorists surged in the past two years, and the FBI now is preparing for another spike as it plans to intensify its scrutiny of foreign visitors and U.S. citizens, U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor has discovered. The federal government will hire up to 116 full-time private-contractor personnel to help amass and screen data on persons whose movements or activities are brought to the attention of the Terrorist Screening Center, an FBI-administered interagency unit.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201a5113d7c60970c 2014-01-21T19:44:20-05:00 2014-01-21T19:44:20-05:00

My latest from WND. -- S.P. The number of people identified by the Obama administration as potential terrorists surged in the past two years, and the FBI now is preparing for another spike as it plans to intensify its scrutiny of foreign visitors and U.S. citizens, WND has discovered.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20191045e7d8b970c 2013-07-23T16:56:48-04:00 2013-07-23T16:56:48-04:00

Today I was tracked down by Denver radio talk-show host Peter Boyles (710KNUS), who took note of my reporting via WND on the issues of drones -- unmanned aerial systems -- and other forms of electronic surveillance. We spoke for nearly 20 minutes about some of the following articles, while Mr. Boyles also allowed me to mention U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor and my background as a Capitol Hill reporter covering the final years of the Clinton Administration through the start of the George W. Bush Administration.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abaae7e9970d 2013-06-27T07:06:40-04:00 2013-06-27T07:06:40-04:00

While the breadth of NSA’s communications-intercept program only recently came to light, a review of federal records and news reports shows that mainstream media largely ignored or overlooked a massive surveillance-system buildup that started to accelerate in 2006.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e882405ff970d 2007-07-10T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-14T11:51:30-04:00

Recent media coverage of a $320 million contract to modernize a Navy technology facility in Hawaii have missed -- or ignored -- one critical element of the construction project: this so-called "telecommunications" site also serves as a National Security Agency (NSA) global surveillance center. The Peacock Report more than a...

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e882401a8970d 2006-04-20T00:00:00-04:00 2013-06-10T18:01:54-04:00

Global surveillance facilities operated by the National Security Agency (NSA) and its Central Security Service (CSS) are getting an infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of upgrades -- and NSA wants more. According to a “presolicitation notice” that The Peacock Report has obtained, the estimated construction cost to replace the Hawaii Cryptologic Center ranges from $100 million-$250 million. However, it will take at least $350 million to build a new complex capable of meeting NSA’s intelligence- and data-gathering mission, the agency claims in a separate FY 2007 budget document.

Steve Peacock