praxis1966
11th February 2012, 13:51
If this doesn't trouble leftists on both sides of the pond it damned well should.
Making a killing from the Troubles
Belfast Telegraph columnist Eamonn McCann reports on the FBI's scheme to study "counter-terrorism" methods in Northern Ireland.
FROM THE dusty wastelands of Afghanistan to Desertcreat in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, America's G-men keep the memory of the B-men alive. The B-Specials, as the officers of the Ulster Special Constabulary were known, provided a sizable percentage of the first recruits to Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Special Branch.
Now the FBI is sending its own recruits over here to learn from the Branch's experience. The first wave of G-men and G-women anxious to access local expertise gained in the battle against terrorism is expected to arrive at the $221 million emergency services college near Cookstown in spring 2015.
"We have a real product to sell here," said Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Deputy Chief Constable Judith Gillespie last month. Facilities on the 250-acre Desertcreat site will be "world class," she promised. "The FBI and other international law-enforcement agencies are interested in using the facilities for anti-terrorism and public order training."
Full Text (http://socialistworker.org/2012/02/01/a-killing-from-the-troubles)
Making a killing from the Troubles
Belfast Telegraph columnist Eamonn McCann reports on the FBI's scheme to study "counter-terrorism" methods in Northern Ireland.
FROM THE dusty wastelands of Afghanistan to Desertcreat in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, America's G-men keep the memory of the B-men alive. The B-Specials, as the officers of the Ulster Special Constabulary were known, provided a sizable percentage of the first recruits to Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Special Branch.
Now the FBI is sending its own recruits over here to learn from the Branch's experience. The first wave of G-men and G-women anxious to access local expertise gained in the battle against terrorism is expected to arrive at the $221 million emergency services college near Cookstown in spring 2015.
"We have a real product to sell here," said Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Deputy Chief Constable Judith Gillespie last month. Facilities on the 250-acre Desertcreat site will be "world class," she promised. "The FBI and other international law-enforcement agencies are interested in using the facilities for anti-terrorism and public order training."
Full Text (http://socialistworker.org/2012/02/01/a-killing-from-the-troubles)