U.S. Claims $5 Billion Intelligence System Offline At Time of Afghan Hospital BombingBy Joe Wright Its an old tactic that dates back much further, but continues to be recycled nonetheless. The latest is the bombing of the Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan. An act so outrageous that its being called a war crime by anyone remotely affected by the event. And that wasnt even the worst of it. As an imminent investigation was about to take place, the U.S. ran a military vehicle through the hospital, possibly destroying key evidence. They called that inspecting damage. The U.S. is now claiming that their $5 billion intelligence computer system just happened to be offline the day of the bombing, effectively making the hospital a blind spot to the bombing campaign. The Associated Press states: The U.S. Armys $5 billion intelligence network, which is designed to give commanders battlefield awareness but has been criticized for years as a boondoggle, was not working in Afghanistan during the recent American air attack on a hospital, according to a member of Congress who has been in touch with military whistleblowers. Significant elements of the Distributed Common Ground System, a network of computers and sensors designed to knit together disparate strands of intelligence, were off line in Afghanistan when U.S. commanders approved an air strike Oct. 3 that killed 22 staff, patients and others at a Doctors without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Rep. Duncan Hunter wrote Tuesday to Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The purpose of DCGS is to enable commanders and service members to see and know the battlefield and prevent incidents like the airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz, wrote Hunter, a California Republican, combat veteran and armed services committee member who has been a persistent DCGS critic. It isnt clear why a system that was criticized for years was relied upon as the primary source for giving a go-ahead to kill people. But that is merely the surface logic; deeper than that is the convenient fog of war that it attempts to cast over a clearly avoidable atrocity. It is further damning that the sources cited by the AP are not exactly transparent. A few examples: Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Its unclear whether the breakdown of key DCGS systems contributed to the decision to approve the air attack, which Pentagon officials say was a mistake. But the coordinates of the hospital were entered into an intelligence database that is part of the DCGS intelligence network, according to a U.S. official who would not be quoted because he was not authorized to discuss the matter. Some of those analysts were using a commercial software system made by Palantir, a Silicon Valley company that competes with DCGS, according to an Army official who would not be quoted because he was not authorized to speak publicly. To their credit, the Associated Press already has established the great likelihood that the U.S. military had physically been at the hospital for days prior to the incident, so would not have needed a $5 billion dollar apparatus to make a decision to strike or not. Further, the Guardian reported that hospital representatives had already notified the US military of the exact GPS coordinates. Naturally, U.S. officials also have claimed that it was an enemy base of operations, but this strongly conflicts with reports by the doctors and witnesses from the hospital. Now, instead of war crime investigations, the latest round of propaganda seeks to divert attention to a failed computer system that will be exposed by whistleblowers: Among the elements of DCGS that were not working, service members told Hunter, were the intelligence fusion server, which is supposed to allow seamless information sharing across various Army elements, and the cloud, which is supposed to offer connectivity to units in the field. Hunter told Carter that his sources say they fear for their careers if they speak out publicly, because members of Army leadership have previously gone to great lengths to protect this system and its proponents. Army Brigade commanders have told me of intimidation and threats after saying in writing that DCGS translates into operational opportunities missed and lives lost, Hunter wrote to Carter. Such actions are indicative of a climate that is contradictory to a transparent and objective assessment of the facts with respect to this system. The story about the bombing has already changed at least four times, and the best excuse they have decided upon is that yet another massive intelligence failure has occurred (to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars, and many more to fix the issue of course). At best we have a complete waste of money, a stunning level of incompetence, and a callous acceptance of 22 dead to be nothing but a collateral damage mistake. At worst, it shows just how naive the people of the United States are believed to be by those directing the instruments of war in their name. Source: http://phys.org/news/2015-10-army-intelligence-hospital.html Image Credit: TheFreeThoughtProject.com Joe Wrights articles can be found on selfnewsPost.com Why would a $5 Billion system ever be off line? For FIVE BILLION tax payer dollars there absolutely must be back up circuits. That is like an airport claiming that the horrible collision of 2 airliners occurred due to the radar blew a fuse and we couldnt see what was going on in the sky. And because Taliban were making a resurgence in the north, where they never had traction due to the Northern Alliance. Not credible. Ive wondered for some time how Americans can think that these stories are valid excuses for the governments bad behavior. Whether its accidental or intentional doesnt matter. If someone is only incompetent, you shouldnt give them any more authority than if theyre evil. To their credit? If global elite MSM lapdogs Associated Press and Guardian are reporting damaging information on TPTBs Military Machine then we know there is some kind of set up and psy op in the works. Ah what a wonderful lame ass excuse for committing murder and other crimes against people. This so called war has to stop and those in the middle east need to be allowed to live and prosper. The war mongers need to be stopped and locked up. The converting of the pentagon into a prison might be the first step. Then again maybe the individual states of North America need to become again sovereign and eliminate the District of Columbia from the continent. returning to the natural law as brought forth in the Constitution is a powerful first step. May you be blessed this day.. there is a higher law and that pertains to inalienable rights given to us long before the Constitution, that is the law of man natural law precedes that Yup, The Intelligence System . and those cameras just dont seem to work when neededthose few possible exceptions being BBC screw up over WTC7 and the actual free fall of both WTCs and WTC7 According to unnamed sources the Intelligence system was off line, Hillary did not lie about Benghazi, Bill Clinton did not have sex with that woman and El Chapo broke his leg but miraculously got away again while being pursued by the highly truthful and scrupulously honest Mexican Government They lie, by deception US and Jews make war. I commend all you ones who are awake and are able to see beyond the matrix these dark ones created. Know this also, when they appropriate funds for anything, more than half or more of those funds are siphoned off for their dark projects. This is a major reason for our great deficit in this country. Thievery is their greatest tool and when they are ready they will crash the dollar and leave us with another problem/reaction/solution, savior situation. What should we do about that, let them be ourcoughsaviors? who stands to lose most, those with the most to lose. Who has the most? The US government seems to have a beef with MSF. In Haiti they occupied the port and airport and made MSF take their field hospitals a long way around through the Dominican Republic, just to give Hillary Clinton the opportunity for a speech and a photo where aid should have been coming in. Dont forget also that Richard Rockefellers plane went down killing him this was last year. He was the heir to the Rockefeller fortune and had quite a bit to do with MSF. What does this mean exactly? Not sure but certainly worth ponderingit does open an interesting can of worms though. All I can think of is Ovomit covering his tracks again. If it benefits his isis he will do what he has to do. Its past time to get rid of this usurper and isis along with all of his communist congress,senate,scotus and other branches of government! is that the best you can do troll! LOL just keep up the good work Not trolling, just commenting about the poor ads served up by this site. Ive seen better ad layouts on illegal TV streaming websites. 