U.S. military advisers of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) and the CIA station in Manila designed and led the bloody suppression of the peasant-based Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (HMB) which was vehemently opposed to the post-war Parity Rights amendment and the onerous military agreements with the United States. It is important to expose U.S. imperialism's clandestine apparatus in the Philippines. A clandestine mass electronic surveillance data mining program called “Prism” has also been put in place to collect stored internet communications, reaching as far as Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Pnom Penh, Bangkok, Yangon, Taiwan Hong Kong, Shanghai and other cities of China, according to CIA/NSA whistleblower Snowden.It can be recalled that under the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, the coverage for special privileges and criminal immunity includes not only U.S. armed forces personnel, but also "civilian personnel who are employed by the U.S. armed forces and who are accompanying the U.S. armed forces." Honeytraps use sex - or the promise of sex - to elicit information, to exert control over a target, or to frame-up and blackmail. The post-Vietnam War and post--bases era has only increased the importance of Manila as a major listening post and regional headquarters of the agency. The NSA Echelon system provides awesome potential for abuse against civilian targets and governments worldwide, even against allies of the United States. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Philippines Economy 2020 information contained here. (1972) IN THE MIDST OF WARS. Quezon City: New Day Publishers. (Starobin, 1997). and institutions. On the other hand, CIA operative David Sternberg fronted as a foreign correspondent for an American newspaper based in Boston, the Christian Science Monitor, when he assisted Gabriel Kaplan in managing the presidential campaign of Ramon Magsaysay in the 1950s. It became the self-appointed "Policeman of the World" and has wantonly violated international law, the sovereignty of independent nations and the U.N. Charter, branding its enemies as "terrorists" organizations or "terrorist states. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the U.S. Navy’s lead intelligence center that produces maritime intelligence and analyses foreign naval capabilities, trends, operations and tactics, etc. According to a former U.S. State Department bureaucrat William Blum in a book, "the Asia Foundation is the principal CIA front," and funding conduit in Asia. The 1975 Committee Report of the U.S. Senate led by Senator Frank Church which investigated the CIA's covert activities abroad revealed how countless foreign governments were overthrown by the CIA; how the CIA instigated a military coup d'etat and assassinated foreign political leaders like Chilean President Salvador Allende, who merely tried to safeguard the interests of their own country; and how "special ops" and paramilitary campaigns contributed to the death, directly or indirectly, of millions of people, as a result of those actions. Federal Investigative Services Division (FISD) which carries out background investigations for U.S. employees who require security clearances. And from the beginning of the 20th century to 1992, there were the U.S. military bases in the Philippines, mighty symbols and infrastructures of American military power overseas.CIA human intelligence assets in Manila are said to have provided vital information at crucial times. A former CIA junior case officer Janine Brookner, who was stationed in Manila in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, claimed to have recruited assets in both the government and the Communist Party. Thus, grants are generously distributed by such agencies like USAID, NED, Asia Foundation and the big business-sponsored Ford Foundation. Reyes, Narciso G.(1995). (Shalom, 1986). Brookner was an attractive but determined blonde who claimed to have developed assets in both the government and the Communist These funds were supplemented by the so-called "democracy promotion" initiatives of the NED, which poured in heavy funding for TUCP, NAMFREL, the Women's Movement for the Nurturing of Democracy (KABATID) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and Industry (PCCI). Burns said nearly a third of the CIA's workforce is focused on cyber issues. The NED gave a total of US$9 million from 1984-1990 to these institutions and organizations. of great concern and alarm to friends and colleagues in both the academe and the NGO sector who may be very upset by this information on the origins and CIA links of the Asia Foundation. "You take care of them," Brookner recalls," and they tell you their fears and nightmares...I'm good at people depending on me." Longman, Canada, Ltd. The CIA station in Manila was also provided an advance copy of Proclamation 1081, which declared martial law, and a list of individuals whom Marcos planned to arrest and imprison. Valentine, Douglas (2013) STRENGTH OF THE WOLF: THE SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS. Their mission is to develop local "assets" (spies, spotters), gather more intel info from their covert "airforce" of unmanned drones. Spooks in the intelligence community are like dark matter that cannot be seen or acknowledged. Previously available only on four computers located outside of Washington D.C., the Agency was successfully pressured into putting the files online as a result of a MuckRock lawsuit and the efforts of Emma Best. This has grave implications for both our public and private security. Americanized Filipinos are easy to recruit, perhaps unaware that they are committing treason against their own people and country. (Reyes, 1995).Along with CIA proprietary companies Civil Air Transport, Sea Supply Co. and Western Enterprises Co., the agency used Trans-Asiatic Airlines Inc. in an attempt to invade the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, using the mercenary Chinese warlord Li Mi as leader of the invasion force. While using the language of the Left such as "people empowerment," "gender equality," "sustainable development" etc., these NGOs funded by USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Asia Foundation, etc. My lecture made front page in the Philippine Daily Inquirer the next day in an article that covered almost half-page of the inside page of the national daily. Subsequently, the Central Management Office of the Department of Finance (DOF). equitable relations with the U.S. and the West on matters of mutual interest." CIA Companies, Manila was also the center of operations for the Trans-Asiatic Airlines Inc., a CIA outfit operating along the Burma-China border against the People's Republic of China. There was also an increase in the number of CIA personnel, from 115 to 127, mostly attached as "diplomats" to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. Flag of the Philippines (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Positively Filipino LLC • 1813 El Camino Real, Suite 3 • Burlingame, CA 94010 • awesomeness@positivelyfilipino.com • (415) 894-5350, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), Titchie Carandang-Tiongson and Erwin R. Tiongson, Positively Filipino | Online Magazine for Filipinos in the Diaspora, A Brief Look at the CIA in the Philippines, http://cenpeg.org/events/2017/apr2017/THE_CIA_IN_THE_PHILIPPINES_A_BRIEF_HISTORY.html. Toronto: New York: Anchor Books. one of his books, Waltzing with A Dictator: The Marcoses and the Making of American Policy (Bonner, 1987). by Simbulan, Roland G.; Manila: College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines, 2000. One of the worst jokes about spying which some have gotten used to is that, along with prostitution, it is the oldest profession in the world. documented the previous testimonies from mostly open sources. Another operative in the "total war" operations in the Philippines was Vietnam counterinsurgency specialist Col. James Rowe, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) adviser, whose cover was blown when he was ambushed in 1989 by urban guerrillas of the New People's Army on Timog Avenue, Quezon City. The European (Robinson, 1996) Desmond Fitzgerald, for instance, a former CIA chief of station in Manila was said to have fronted as a legitimate businessman of an American multinational company. It is part of the CIA's history in this country which I have documented from the accounts of former CIA agents and operatives. This is perhaps because the Philippines has always been regarded as a stronghold of U.S. imperial power in Asia. These include: The CIA in the Philippines This was because, according to her, the standard CIA procedure for recruiting targets was "to get him drunk, get him laid, and then get him on the Agency's dole." CONTEMPORARY ASIA. Following the ouster of Marcos, the U.S. set about to transform the "new" Armed Forces of the Philippines into an effective counterinsurgency force that would integrate military, political, economic and social initiatives, including broad "civic action" campaigns, psychological operations, military aid and training. Between 1987-1990, Washington reportedly authorized stepped-up clandestine CIA operations against the Philippine Left, including a US$10 million allocation to the AFP for enhanced intelligence-gathering operations. CIA human intelligence assets in Manila are said to have provided vital information at crucial times. (Marchetti and Marks, 1980 edition). Brookner was also a very productive recruiter who, as a handler of important assets and as a CIA case officer, claims to be able to make her targets confess everything. In the Philippines, the CIA has not only functioned as a listening post, but also has been actively engaged in covert operations, sabotage and political intervention to undermine Philippine sovereignty and self-determined national policies. The Central Intelligence Agency's official YouTube channel. The islands were first colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century, and then they were seceded to the United States during the Spanish American war in the late 19th century (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Doing covert action that undermines Philippine national sovereignty and genuine democracy in order to prop up the tiny pro-U.S. oligarchical minority that has cornered most of the wealth in their poor country is what the CIA is all about and the real reason for its existence in the country. USAID even temporarily set up an agrarian The CIA heavily relies on the Echelon Project for its technologically advanced INTERVENTION AND HEGEMONY. It eavesdrops the entire world, and its mission is also to protect U.S. national security information systems and to collect and disseminate foreign. 86-91. Herndon, Virginia, April-May 1996 and May 8, Tens of thousands of books have been produced, subsidized or sponsored by the CIA and its conduits such as the Asia Foundation in support of U.S. foreign and military policy. While most of the foundation's activities were legitimate, the CIA also used it...to recruit foreign agents and new officers. It is important to note that in 1961, the chief of the CIA's Covert Action staff wrote that books were "the most important weapon of strategic propaganda." It eavesdrops on the entire world, and its mission is also to protect U.S. national security information systems and to collect and disseminate foreign signals intelligence or intercepts. CIA funds concentrated on the sensitive area of "rural development" and "funds were channeled to the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) community centers, the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM) and a rural development project called Committee for Philippine Action in Development, Reconstruction and Education (COMPADRE) through CIA fronts and conduits like the Catherwood Foundation and the Committee for a Free Asia (CFA), later renamed the AsiaFoundation." “U.S. Established by the agency (CIA) in 1956, with a carefully chosen board of directors, the foundation was designed to promote academic and private interest in the East. academics, journalists, local officials, etc. Central Intelligence Agency | 105,914 followers on LinkedIn. We accomplish what others cannot accomplish and go where others cannot go. Full time. The CIA has gone beyond its original mission of gathering intelligence and was conducting Mafia-type operations not only its own territory but against foreign governments and their leaders. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press.Hager, Nicky. But now we know a little better.It is important to note that in 1961, the chief of the CIA's Covert Action staff wrote that books were "the most important weapon of strategic propaganda." Neoliberalism today, according to Petras, encourages NGOs to " emphasize projects, not movements; they ' mobilize' people to produce at the margins, not to struggle to Colonel Lansdale and his Filipino side-kick, Col. Napoleon Valeriano, later used their counter-guerrilla experience in the Philippines for training covert operatives in Vietnam and in the U.S.-administered School of the Americas, which trained counter-guerrilla assassins for Latin America. Melbourne: Ocean Press "Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip, and emptying the native's brain of all form and content. Established by the agency (CIA) in 1956, with a carefully chosen board of directors, the foundation was designed to promote academic and private interest in the East. The Manila station includes very sizable This has grave implications for both our public and private security.The National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States has developed a global surveillance system, Echelon, which is a powerful electronic net operated by super-computers that intercept, monitor and process all phone, fax, e-mail and modem signals. (Oltman and Bernstein, 1992) One of his books on foreign policy was translated and After his stint in the Philippines using propaganda, psywar and deception against the Huk movement, Lansdale was then assigned in Vietnam to wage military, political and psychological warfare. developed proprietary companies for use in propaganda operations. Lansdale was even appointed by former President Ramon Magsaysay as his "military adviser" and was, in fact, his speechwriter as well, who determined Magsaysay's foreign and military policy. The post-Vietnam War and later on, the post bases era has only increased the importance of Manila as a major listening post and regional headquarters of the Agency. employer because he could not in conscience accept what the CIA had been doing especially in its operations abroad, like the Operation Phoenix, where an estimated 30,000 Vietnamese nationals were summarily liquidated for being suspected members or sympathizers of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, otherwise then known as the Viet Cong. 's Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development and was elected Faculty Regent to represent the U.P. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_services_of_the_Philippines Brookner was also a very productive recruiter who, as a handler of important assets and as a CIA case officer, claims to be able to make her targets confess everything. It can be recalled that under the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, the coverage for special privileges and criminal immunity includes not only U.S. armed forces personnel but also "civilian personnel who are employed by the U.S. armed forces and who are accompanying the U.S. armed forces." By a kind of perverted logic, it turns to the past of the people, and distorts, disfigures and destroys it." This means, according to the CIA's Intelligence Memorandum on the 1965 Philippine presidential elections for instance, assuring that the victorious national candidates who are acceptable to the U.S. should be "Western-oriented and pledge to continue close and The joint CIA/DIA structure, called the Strategic Warning Staff, is headquartered in the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon), operating a number of similar posts as the one in Manila. JAKARTA – A former World War II Dutch resistance fighter played a key role in the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) theft of Indonesian military secret manuals on the SA-2 surface-to-air missile, allowing the Americans to develop countermeasures against the deadly weapon in the early stages of the Vietnam War. The 1974-75 U.S. Senate Church Committee investigations also uncovered CIA intervention in the domestic politics of target countries -- from the overthrow of governments, attempted assassinations, to subsidies and financial support for the media, political parties, trade unions, universities and business associations --- all designed " to clandestinely influence foreign governments, events, organizations or persons in support of U.S. foreign policy." POSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of the global Filipino. Contributor: United States. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), a think tank on governance, electoral reform, peace process, foreign policy, and international studies. The CIA's paramilitary death squads, specializing in anti-terrorism actions, are authorized by the National Security Division that conducts preemptive and retaliatory strikes, killing not only their targets, but also often innocent bystandersand "collateral damage," as the CIA itself has conceded. The CIA heavily relies on the Echelon Project for its technologically advanced Signal Intelligence or SIGINT, and Electronic Intelligence or ELINT, which are managed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).ConclusionEvery CIA station in a country is virtually an infrastructure for political, military, cultural and even economic intervention. Tag Archives: Central Intelligence Agency [Statement] “Zero Dark Thirty” is a gross offense to victims of torture -APT Posted on January 20, 2013 by Human Rights Online Philippines 2 comments General Singlaub posed as an American "treasure hunter" and even secured all the necessary official permits for treasure hunting in the Philippines. But I did not invent this issue about the CIA-created Asia Foundation. 's 3,600 faculty members in the Board of Regents of the U.P. PORTRAIT OF A COLD WARRIOR. So successful was the CIA in pulling the strings through Lansdale that in 1954, a high level U.S. committee reported that, "American policy in logistical capabilities for a wide range of clandestine operations against Asian governments. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is focused on domestic intelligence and is the primary federal law enforcement agency responsible for counterterrorism and federal crime investigations within the United States. mythologize, or even Hollywoodize, its notoriety and crimes against the Filipino people and Philippine national sovereignty. POSITIVELY FILIPINO online magazine chronicles the experiences of the global Filipino in all its complexity, covering the arts, culture, politics, media, sports, economics, history and social justice. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) which warns of attacks against the U.S. from missiles, aircraft or spacecraft. Quezon City: Balai Foundation. POSITIVELY FILIPINO is the premier digital native magazine celebrating the story of Filipinos in the diaspora. He was former Senior Consultant for Foreign Relations and National Defense at the Philippine Senate (1987-1995). The CIA however, is just one of 16 agencies and departments, all He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ibon Foundation from 1988-2000. "NGOs in the Service of Imperialism", JOURNAL OF (Blum, 1999). NOTE: The information regarding Philippines on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. Designed -- and justified at budget time -- as an overseas propaganda operation, the Asia Foundation also was regularly guilty of propagandizing the American people with Agency views on Asia. In his memoirs, former Philippine ambassador to Burma Narciso G. Ramos narrates that one of these Filipino "undercover" MIS agents posed as the labor attache at the Philippine Embassy in Rangoon even before this was even formally established. political intervention to undermine Philippine sovereignty and self-determined national policies. CENTRAL AMERICA AND COLOMBIA. Using the Trans-Asiatic Airlines Inc. as a front company, the CIA recruited for this operation in the early 1950s several Filipino aviators who were World War II veterans, including operatives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines' Military Intelligence Service (MIS) who were still in From the mid-1950s, the U.S. bases in the Philippines served as operational headquarters for "Operation Brotherhood," which operated in Indochina under the direct supervision of the CIA's Col. Edward Lansdale and Lucien Conen and involved several Filipinos who were recruited and trained by the CIA. BLOOD MONEY: A STORY OF WASTED BILLIONS, The growth of population directly encouraged the unemployment by increasing the labor force. 2000. exchange programs, a CIA subsidy that reached US$88 million dollars a year. Roland G. Simbulan System (2006-2007). The Agency's connection with the Asia Foundation came to light just after the 1967 exposure of CIA subsidies to the (American) National Student Association. Lansdale was even appointed by former President Ramon Magsaysay as his "military adviser" and was, in fact, his speechwriter as well. University of the Philippines (Lecture at the University of the Philippines-Manila, Rizal Hall, Padre Faura, Manila, August 18, 2000.) Manila was also the center of operations for the Trans-Asiatic Airlines Inc., a CIA outfit operating along the Burma-China border against the People's Republic of China. U.S. military advisers of JUSMAG and the CIA also wanted a deeper role in the design and command of counterinsurgency. advocacy for an independent economic and foreign policy for the Philippines. Miller, F. Christian (2006). This was because, according to her, the standard CIA procedure for recruiting targets was "to get him drunk, get him laid, and then get him on the Agency's dole". It is no longer just about the collection and analysis of foreign intelligence, which is its official mandate under the U.S. National Security Act of 1947 that created it.The CIA in the Philippines has engaged in countless covert operations and dirty tricks. Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1986 It arrogated upon itself to become the self-appointed "Policeman of the World" and wantonly violates international law, the sovereignty of independent nations, and the U.N. Charter, branding its enemies as "terrorists" organizations or "terrorist states". No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Philippines 2020 information contained here. Assuming the CIA has not resumed covert funding, the Asia Foundation has apparently made itself self-sufficient now...during the 1960s, the CIA developed proprietary companies for use in propaganda operations. During the Vietnam War, the RSC was ceaselessly involved in economic sabotage against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) or North Vietnam. Bamford, James. NOTE: 1) The information regarding Philippines on this page is re-published from the 2020 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was created in 1947 with the signing of the National Security Act by President Harry S. Truman. Financial, technical and political support for the pro-U.S. "agents of influence" assured the dominance of pro-U.S. local elites and institutions as a counterweight to the progressive anti-imperialist, anti-Marcos forces that threatened to define and restructure the architecture of the post-Marcos neocolonial regime.USAID was directed to grant the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) a generous financing so it could formulate a position paper on an economic program anchored on "the partnership between labor and capital." A CIA-owned company, the Civil Air Transport, was actively used from Philippine territory to give direct assistance to Indonesian military rebel groups attempting to overthrow him. (Valentine, 2013) American social historian Alfred McCoy has done excellent studies documenting this CIA-narcotics connection. According to the former executive assistant to the CIA's Deputy Director for Operations Victor Marchetti in his book, The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence, the Asia Foundation had the objective "to disseminate throughout Asia a negative vision of mainland China, North Vietnam, and North Korea." If the activities of this sinister agency are not meticulously documented, there is a tendency tomythologize, or Hollywoodize, its notoriety and crimes against the Filipino people and Philippine national sovereignty. The National Security Agency (NSA), though low profile, has the largest annual budget among U.S. intelligence agencies. Thanks to the internet, that CIA article was also widely circulated in the web. Through a relay system of satellites and spook stations in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, the U.S. intelligence system is able to intercept all telephone, fax, e-mail, internet and cellphone transmissions worldwide. A 5 September 2001 Zimbabwe Standard article noted that the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) counts about "3000 full time staffers and employs an additional 2000 part time informers planted in what the agency regards as "crucial sectors".". In the late 1980s, the CIA assigned Vietnam veteran U.S. General John Singlaub to organize anti-communist vigilante groups all over the country for mass terror, particularly as part of the Philippine government's "total war policy" against people's movements. The Manila station has included very sizable logistical capabilities for a wide range of clandestine operations against Asian governments.Loss of US Bases a Big Blow, The loss of the U.S. bases in the Philippines was a tremendous blow to the CIA's Asian infrastructure. Read "The Central Intelligence Agency History and Documents" by available from Rakuten Kobo. According to Nicky Hager's book, Secret Power which deals with the international electronic spy network, the U.S. has not only been using its NSA Echelon System to collect political, military and economic intelligence against its enemies, but it also targets its own They have also used "non-official covers", disguised as businessmen in U.S. firms. (1995). (Shalom, 1986).In the late 1980s, the CIA assigned Vietnam veteran U.S. General John Singlaub to organize anti-communist vigilante groups all over the country for mass terror, particularly as part of the Philippine government's "total war policy" against people's movements. For the full transcript of this lecture: http://cenpeg.org/events/2017/apr2017/THE_CIA_IN_THE_PHILIPPINES_A_BRIEF_HISTORY.html, Bamford, James. DEADLY DECEITS: MY 25 YEARS IN THE CIA. Founded in 1947, the agency began to play a crucial role in the Philippines three years later when the country was shaken by the communist-led Hukbalahap rebellion … Document number CIA-RDP79R00890A000900020034-9 declassified and released through the CIA's CREST database. “The World Factbook: Philippines.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 1 Feb. 2018, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html. Kindle ebook. Central Intelligence Agency Date: 1993 New Zealand: Craig Porton Publishing.Lansdale, Edward. Located along Roxas Boulevard in Manila at the Seafront Compound about a mile south from the U.S. Embassy, the RSC poses as a facility of the United States Information Service (USIS), formerly called the U.S. International Communications Agency. INTERVENTIONS SINCE WORLD WAR 2. Party during her assignment to the Philippines. (2003) COVERT ACTION: THE ROOTS OF Thus, grants are generously poured in by such agencies like USAID, NED, Asia Foundation and the big business-sponsored Ford Foundation. Now the Philippines are one of the overpopulated countries in the world. 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