Calls for an EU Superstate Intelligence Agency Follow Hebdo Attack As PlannedAaron Dykes Were the Paris terror shootings a false flag? The lack of blood seen in footage of the incident, along with plenty of other, typical factors suggest as much. What else is new? But what is often equally telling with signature staged events, as Paris may well have been, is the political agenda to justify power that emerges in the wake of violence, bloodshed and tragedy. You know, afterwards. When the pieces are picked up, and used to revitalize unpopular governments and their mechanisms of control. Such is the case with the post-Charlie Hebdo world, freshly jolted into fear by the bloodiest attack on French soil in half a century. Hebdo Demands European Intelligence Powers The Peninsula is reporting on calls by the Italian Prime Minister to set up a new European Union-wide intelligence agency that would establish even greater broad powers for the already undemocratic European superstate government. We have the common currency and we must also have a common security and intelligence system. Europe must be united against terrorism, the premier said, according to Italian media reports. Though some EU officials deny any plans for such an agency, it has come to light that Viviane Reding, an EU Commissioner who attended Bilderberg in 2013 and 2014, announced plans for an EU spy agency in 2013 to be completed by 2020: Asked if the commission intends to put forward a proposal on turning a little known intelligence unit inside the EUs foreign affairs branch into an intelligence agency, commission spokesperson Natasha Bertuad said No. The commission instead wants to enhance data-sharing at the EU level by making sure its EU intelligence analysis centre (IntCen) works better with other EU agencies like Europol, the EUs joint police body. Integrated into the EUs foreign policy branch, the External Action Service (EEAS), IntCen is meant to provide a situational picture of crisis moments like last weeks Charlie Hebdo shooting. Moreover, the so-called Five Eyes comprised of the intelligence networks in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, are set to meet in London to discuss broader terrorism fighting strategy: And, of course, London is calling for more spy power, via MI5 chief Andrew Parker: Speaking at MI5 headquarters late on Thursday, he warned against an atmosphere in which privacy was so absolute and sacrosanct that terrorists and others who mean us harm can confidently operate from behind those walls without fear of detection. If we are to do our job, MI5 will continue to need to be able to penetrate their communications as we have always done, he said. That means having the right tools, legal powers and the assistance of companies which hold relevant data. Touch, Mr. Snowden. It would seem that with the Jihadist assault on Paris against a satirical newspaper, no less the War on Terror is back on and, this time, it will help to build up the secrecy and power of the EU superstate. Never underestimate the power of satire and weaponized irony in a time of war. Recall that Americas Department of Homeland Security was brought to power after 9/11, and enjoyed a Fog of War atmosphere that provided little criticism in official circles and nearly unlimited funding to grant it expansive umbrella powers over nearly every federal agency in the nation and even sway over state and local law enforcement activities as well. The same auspicious power grab now stands to be repeated, catching the European population unaware during a time of fear. Make no mistake, terrorism as we know it is a tool. Despite its unfixed image, it is used towards very practical and definite ends. Stay vigilant on that, how about? The European Union itself came to be through stealth, during a long, gradual climb out of the shadows. The role of the secretive Bilderberg in transforming a humble European Coal and Steel Community agreement, dating to 1951, into continent wide union (transcending individual nations) remains largely unknown and under reported. However, the successful creation of a Europe with common borders, common tariffs, a common currency (a project which former Bilderberg chairman and EU commissioner Etienne Davignon bragged about hatching) and, afterwards, common laws, common financial regulations, a powerful council and a superstate Parliament is monumental. Ever greater integration into the European Union, including the adoption of new members from the Eastern bloc and beyond, is part of the ambition, too, and a continent wide intelligence agency would clearly be a noteworthy achievement for a system bent towards total power on a global scale. It was Bilderbergs own EU Commissioner Viviane Reding who took Eric Holder to task in the summer of 2013 with a strongly-worded letter (and a public meeting) criticizing the abuses by U.S. spy agencies against Europeans and their data. While Reding was publicly standing her ground against the politicians she is ultimately accountable to, the behind-the-scenes political and diplomatic exercise was of mostly talk but little action. In reality? Reding wasnt fighting for privacy-loving Europeans. She was actually aiming to bring an EU intelligence agency to power as a counterweight to the NSAs invasive practices. In November 2013, she stated: Wow. The obvious justification for keeping and expanding spying powers in a post-Snowden world, is enough to make anyone look twice at the whole Hebdo affair. And if you dont think this was all a staged theater production, please consider the propaganda effort that went into creating this photo op with world leaders, joined hand-in-hand in solidarity against the attacks. Aaron Dykes is a co-founder of TruthstreamMedia.com, where this first appeared. As a writer, researcher and video producer who has worked on numerous documentaries and investigative reports, he uses history as a guide to decode current events, uncover obscure agendas and contrast them with the dignity afforded individuals as recognized in documents like the Bill of Rights. 