20 June 2011: New York Times Sunday Magazine four-page ad:

usmgosg-ad.pdf Ad for US's Most Grotesque Official Secrets Gang June 20, 2011 (3.1MB)

19 June 2011. Also: http://cryptome.org/osa-gangs/osa-gangs.htm

US's Most Grotesque Official Secrets Gangsters

Four page advertisement by the Aspen Security Forum in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, 19 June 2011, with a dreadfully mercenary description, emulating Bilderberg and Bohemian Grove:

"Just one year old, the Aspen Security Forum has already become the nation's premier gathering of homeland security/counterterrorism experts and devotees [emphasis added]. Attendees will listen to, and then participate in, a series of riveting and thoughtful conversations about the most pressing issue of our time -- keeping our country safe in the age of terror -- while finding common ground across the divides of party and ideology. Chance encounters with key decision makers and informal gatherings with top thought leaders on the campus of Aspen Meadows, at breaks, over meals and during long walks, will help to cement existing relationships and build new ones. Consensus will build around new and existing approaches, with the aim of making us all safe as we can be in this volatile and turbulent post-9/11 world."

http://aspensecurityforum.org/

In the wake of bin Laden’s death, policymakers and average citizens alike are rightly asking fundamental questions like:

Is this simply a huge tactical victory against Al Qaeda, or is it also a strategic one? In other words, will it mark merely a pause in this now decade-long war, or is it, instead, a turning point leading to the day when terrorism is again a third-order concern like crime, rather than a mortal – maybe even existential – threat to the nation?

If Al Qaeda’s headquarters and most of its leaders are now in Pakistan, why do we have 100,000 troops next door in Afghanistan and isn’t it time for them to come home?

Is Pakistan friend or foe?

Who will succeed bin Laden as the head of “Al Qaeda Central,” and are its affiliates – especially the one in Yemen, “Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,” which has been linked to plot after plot in recent months – the greater danger now?

Ten years after 9/11, is America better prepared to detect, defend against, and recover from terror attacks?

What accounts for the recent rise in incidents of “homegrown” terrorism; what can be done to counter this threat; and is it an even greater threat nowadays than that from foreign terrorists?

What is the optimal balance between security and liberty, and between hysteria and complacency?

Is countering terrorism solely the job of government, or does each of us have at least some role to play?

To answer these and other critical questions as we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Aspen Institute's Homeland Security Program, in partnership with The New York Times, presents the second annual Aspen Security Forum, July 27-30, 2011. The Forum will bring together top-level government officials, industry leaders, and leading thinkers for three days of in-depth discussions at our Aspen Meadows campus in Aspen, Colorado on the state of: aviation security; maritime security; border security; mass transit security; intelligence; critical infrastructure protection; cybersecurity; counterterrorism strategy; terrorism finance; and much more.

The NYT ad also names the media representatives to attend the luxurious security-gangster conference: ABC News, Associated Press, CBS News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News, National Public Radio, Bloomberg; Al-Jazeera, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Washington Times, Congressional Quarterly, Foreign Policy, Time, Slate, Fortune, Politico, The New Yorker and Wired. These too enormously benefit economically from prolongation of the war on terrorism and other illusions of national security threats, and are given access to official secrets to buttress reporting.