[wvns] CIA Op Uncovered in Venezuela
CIA Operation "Pliers" Uncovered in Venezuela
by Eva Golinger
November 28th 2007
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/2914
Last night CNN en Español aired the above image, which captions at the
bottom "Who Killed him?" by "accident". The image of President Chavez
with the caption about killing him below, which some could say
subliminally incites to assassination, was a "production error"
mistakenly made in the CNN en Español newsroom. The news anchor had
been narrarating a story about the situation between Colombia and
Venezuela and then switched to a story about an unsolved homicide but
- oops - someone forgot to change the screen image and President
Chavez was left with the killing statement below. Today they
apologized and admitted it was a rather "unfortunate" and
"regrettable" mistake. Yes, it was.
On a scarier note, an internal CIA memorandum has been obtained by
Venezuelan counterintelligence from the US Embassy in Caracas that
reveals a very sinister - almost fantastical, were it not true - plan
to destabilize Venezuela during the coming days. The plan, titled
"OPERATION PLIERS" was authored by CIA Officer Michael Middleton
Steere and was addressed to CIA Director General Michael Hayden in
Washington. Steere is stationed at the US Embassy in Caracas under the
guise of a Regional Affairs Officer. The internal memorandum, dated
November 20, 2007, references the "Advances of the Final Stage of
Operation Pliers", and confirms that the operation is coordinated by
the team of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) in Venezuela. The memo
summarizes the different scenarios that the CIA has been working on in
Venezuela for the upcoming referendum vote on December 2nd. The
Electoral Scenario, as it's phrased, confirms that the voting
tendencies will not change substantially before Sunday, December 2nd,
and that the SI (YES) vote in favor of the constitutional reform has
an advantage of about 10-13 points over the NO vote. The CIA estimates
abstention around 60% and states in the memo that this voting tendency
is irreversible before the elections.
Officer Steere emphasizes the importance and success of the public
relations and propaganda campaign that the CIA has been funding with
more than $8 million during the past month - funds that the CIA
confirms are transfered through the USAID contracted company,
Development Alternatives, Inc., which set up operations in June 2002
to run the USAID Office for Transition Initiatives that funds and
advises opposition NGOs and political parties in Venezuela. The CIA
memo specifically refers to these propaganda initiatives as
"psychological operations" (PSYOPS), that include contracting polling
companies to create fraudulent polls that show the NO vote with an
advantage over the SI vote, which is false. The CIA also confirms in
the memo that it is working with international press agencies to
distort the data and information about the referendum, and that it
coordinates in Venezuela with a team of journalists and media
organized and directed by the President of Globovision, Alberto
Federico Ravell.
CIA Officer Michael Steere recommends to General Michael Hayden two
different strategies to work simultaneously: Impede the referendum and
refuse to recognize the results once the SI vote wins. Though these
strategies appear contradictory, Steere claims that they must be
implemented together precisely to encourage activities that aim toward
impeding the referendum and at the same time prepare the conditions
for a rejection of the results.
How is this to be done?
In the memo, the CIA proposes the following tactics and actions:
Take the streets and protest with violent, disruptive actions across
the nation
Generate a climate of ungovernability
Provoke a general uprising in a substantial part of the population
Engage in a "plan to implode" the voting centers on election day by
encouraging opposition voters to "VOTE and REMAIN" in their centers to
agitate others
Start to release data during the early hours of the afternoon on
Sunday that favor the NO vote (in clear violation of election regulations)
Coordinate these activities with Ravell & Globovision and
international press agencies
Coordinate with ex-militar officers and coupsters Pena Esclusa and
Guyon Cellis - this will be done by the Military Attache for Defense
and Army at the US Embassy in Caracas, Office of Defense, Attack and
Operations (DAO)
To encourage rejection of the results, the CIA proposes:
Creating an acceptance in the public opinion that the NO vote will win
for sure
Using polling companies contracted by the CIA
Criticize and discredit the National Elections Council
Generate a sensation of fraud
Use a team of experts from the universities that will talk about how
the data from the Electoral Registry has been manipulated and will
build distrust in the voting system
The CIA memo also talks about:
Isolating Chavez in the international community
Trying to achieve unity amongst the opposition
Seek an aliance between those abstentionists and those who will vote "NO"
Sustain firmly the propaganda against Chavez
Execute military actions to support the opposition mobilizations and
propagandistic occupations
Finalize the operative preparations on the US military bases in
Curacao and Colombia to provide support to actions in Venezuela
Control a part of the country during the next 72-120 hours
Encourage a military rebellion inside the National Guard forces and
other components
Those involved in these actions as detailed in the CIA memo are:
The CIA Office in Venezuela - Office of Regional Affairs, and Officer
Michael Steere
US Embassy in Venezuela, Ambassador Patrick Duddy
Office of Defense, Attack and Operations (DAO) at the US Embassy in
Caracas and Military Attache Richard Nazario
Venezuelan Political Parties:
Comando Nacional de la Resistencia
Accion Democratica
Primero Justicia
Bandera Roja
Media:
Alberto Federico Ravell & Globovision
Interamerican Press Society (IAPA) or SIP in Spanish
International Press Agencies
Venezuelans:
Pena Esclusa
Guyon Cellis
Dean of the Simon Bolivar University, Rudolph Benjamin Podolski
Dean of the Andres Bello Catholic University, Ugalde
Students: Yon Goicochea, Juan Mejias, Ronel Gaglio, Gabriel Gallo,
Ricardo Sanchez
Operation Tenaza has the objective of encouraging an armed
insurrection in Venezuela against the government of President Chavez
that will justify an intervention of US forces, stationed on the
military bases nearby in Curacao and Colombia. The Operation mentions
two countries in code: as Blue and Green. These refer to Curacao and
Colombia, where the US has operative, active and equipped bases that
have been reinforced over the past year and a half in anticipation of
a conflict with Venezuela.
The document confirms that psychological operations are the CIA's best
and most effective weapon to date against Venezuela, and it will
continue its efforts to influence international public opinion
regarding President Chavez and the situation in the country.
Operation Tenaza is a very alarming plan that aims to destabilize
Venezuela and overthrow (again) its legitimate and democratic (and
very popularly support) president. The plan will fail, primarily
because it has been discovered, but it must be denounced around the
world as an unacceptable violation of Venezuela's sovereignty.
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