While I'm preparing the artice on Full Spectrum Dominance, we are able to look at a contemporary example - a case of non-Muslims arrested for explosives charges that has been censored in the corporate media.
I think of Full Spectrum Dominance as Total Totalitarianism. There is some confusion because it is both the objective and the method of achieving that objective.
The Herald has a good summary. The article suggests that it is starting in 2006 which I do not agree with.
IMAGINE a world where wars are fought over the internet; where TV broadcasts and newspaper reports are designed by the military to confuse the population; and where a foreign armed power can shut down your computer, phone, radio or TV at will. ...
Firstly, the Pentagon says it will wage war against the internet in order to dominate the realm of communications, prevent digital attacks on the US and its allies, and to have the upper hand when launching cyber-attacks against enemies.
Secondly, psychological military operations, known as psyops, will be at the heart of future military action. Psyops involve using any media – from newspapers, books and posters to the internet, music, Blackberrys and personal digital assistants (PDAs) – to put out black propaganda to assist government and military strategy. Psyops involve the dissemination of lies and fake stories and releasing information to wrong-foot the enemy.
Thirdly, the US wants to take control of the Earth’s electromagnetic spectrum, allowing US war planners to dominate mobile phones, PDAs, the web, radio, TV and other forms of modern communication. That could see entire countries denied access to telecommunications at the flick of a switch by America.
Freedom of speech advocates are horrified at this new doctrine, but military planners and members of the intelligence community embrace the idea as a necessary development in modern combat.
Talbot Street bomb-making haul Wikipedia article includes references to the very few original media articles. On 28 September 2006, Robert Cottage, a former candidate for the BNP, was arrested at his home in Talbot Street, Colne. The police claimed to have recovered chemical components which could be used to make explosives. They believe it is the largest haul ever discovered in someone's home in this country. He was charged under the Explosive Substances Act 1883 on 2 October. Police Superintendent Neil Smith said: "He's not a terrorist and it's not a bomb factory but we are interested in what we have seized from his house. It will take expert advice to establish exactly what he has got. He was arrested under the Explosive Substances Act 1883 on suspicion of possessing chemical substances that aren't in themselves an offence to possess but if combined may be capable of making an explosion." On 29 September 2006, David Bolus Jackson, a retired dentist, was arrested in Grange-over-Sands and also charged under the Explosive Substances Act 1883 on 2 October. His house in Trent Road, Nelson, Lancashire was also searched, and the prosecutor in the case reported that rocket launchers, chemicals, BNP literature and a nuclear biological suit were uncovered. The prosecuter also alleged that the pair had "some kind of masterplan". Both men were remanded in custody and were due to appear at Burnley Crown Court on 23 October, but this was later moved to Preston Crown Court on 24 October. They have not been charged under any of the Terrorism Acts. Media coverage There was no report of this incident on the BBC news site or in the national papers, beyond a paragraph in "Newsbriefs" in The Sunday Times.. Instead, the news has been circulated nationally only through the online community of alternative press and numerous bloggers. The general mood is that had this incident involved radical Islamists it would have been front page news as part of the War on Terrorism. One blogger received a reply from Debby Moyse, Assistant to the Head of BBC TV News, in response to his letter of complaint: "The BBC takes very seriously its responsibility to report all issues fairly, accurately and impartially. This is as true of issues involving potential terror plots by former BNP activists or radical Islamists... I have investigated how the story was missed. It appears a reporter from BBC Radio Lancashire investigated initial reports but the police "played it down". Our regional televison centre in in Manchester found out about the story only after it was reported in the Colne Times. By this time it was several days old. On investigation they discovered that reporting restrictions were in place which severely curtailed what could be said by the media."
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