Dr Steven Greer Summary

"Aliens, if an when we find them, could be so alien, so different from humanity as to undermine the meaning of any exchange we might have, or even make such exchange impossible." --Henry Gee

There are several different meanings to the word “alien.” An alien could be a resident born or belonging to a different country, a foreigner, a person who has been excluded from something, or a creature from outer space (extraterrestrial). For this argument, a creature from outer space would be the appropriate definition. Many believe extraterrestrials do exist. Many even claim to have seen aircrafts belonging to these extraterrestrials. There have been thousands of “sightings” of unidentified flying objects in which many believe do not look like or belong to anything Earthly. A lot of these sightings have not and can not be explained. Major governments around the globe will not come out and tell the public

Students at Amherst County High who say teachers lack personality have yet to meet Dr. McFaden. Dr. McFaden is the supervisor for equity assurance and online learning at Amherst County High. Dr. McFaden has a doctorate in Concentration and in MultiCultural Education. She earned her Master's degree from Lynchburg College, two bachelor's degrees from CVCC and her doctorate from UVA. Out of all the colleges she attended, which total twenty four years, Dr. McFaden only paid for one. She said her secret was earning the best grades possible and applying for many scholarships. In fact, Dr. McFaden said that throughout her time at college she only earned one B, and the rest of her grades were A’s.

Many tactics are used to keep the general public incapable from approaching the facility and learning about what in fact occurs inside. Area 51 has been a topic of interest and fascination among many people for years; however, it’s existence has only recently been acknowledged by the American government. Since the origination, the government has refused to admit the presence of an area named Area 51 and an Air Force Attorney once told a judge in a 1995 case that “there is no operating location near Groom Lake” (CNN). The reason for the hearing was because Area 51 workers had claimed to be poisoned due to being exposed to toxic chemicals and other classified materials. Some workers even died after developing unusual respiratory problems and rashes. One problem which occurred during the hearing is that none of the men were able to declassify what they did inside of Area 51 because they signed a security oath which barred any disclosures about the facility and left the judge with not a sufficient amount of evidence to proceed the case. The case was dismissed and in 1992, an official history of the U-2 spacecraft program was published and released by the CIA. In 2002, Jeffrey Richelson reviewed the CIA’s copy of the program and he “filed a new Freedom of Information Act request and the documents arrived July 2013, this time with fewer redactions. Therein, the first-ever reference to Area 51” (CNN). The governments blatant lie about the nonexistent facility sparked annoyance among many individuals and has given rise to many conspiracy theorists. A major shift in the public’s opinion on Area 51 occurred when Robert Lazar freely spoke to the media about what occurred inside while he was an employee at the facility. His allegation of the government

Intelligence on Unit 731 found. Undisclosed to the public. Censured from history books. Covert underground research facility for biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical forms of warfare.

Recently during our class period, I did a group project with several classmates on a topic that is rather unheard of. The topic we discussed during our class period was called Project MKUltra. Project MKUltra was a project created by the CIA. The CIA did illegal experiments on numerous human subjects from the United States and Canada in order to develop drugs, such as LSD, in order “to be used in interrogations and torture, in order to weaken the individual to for confessions through mind control” (“CIA MKUltra Collection”). The project began in the early 1950s and did not come to an end until 1973 and involved several organizations.

If in the name of National security the government keeps so many documents and departments classified that no citizen can discern what their government is doing, they lose the oversight of the citizens, and as a result will be more prone to corruption or poor decisions. This can be seen for example, in the United States government’s use of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6. Highly secretive, SEAL Team 6 has been used for classified missions in foreign nations increasingly over the past decade, with little to no outside oversight. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) investigates reports of misconduct, but JSOC is also the organization that supervises the team’s missions (Mazzetti 3). While this lack of supervision does not mean that SEAL Team 6 is an inherently corrupt organization, it is an example of how the government can so easily fall into

One of the biggest challenges for the Intelligence Community (IC) is the balance between gathering actionable intelligence using a variety of intelligence gathering methods with violating the civil liberties of United States citizens. As we discussed last week oversight of the IC by our congressional leaders is at the forefront of ensuring civil liberties and funding for programs are not being abused. The American citizens depend on the congress and the IC to ensure civil liberties are adhered to during all intelligence gathering. The problem is security of information and at times having to reach the tipping point of civil liberties to ensure the public stay safe can cause concern.

The United States of America relies heavily on its ability to operate in the most contested and most undetermined domain, space. The space domain is one of the newest domains that the United States finds itself contending in, desperate to combat the unknown or unforeseen. The battle ground is the contentious and hugely unknown areas that float above the heavens. The soldiers the best and brightest engineers and physicists that the world has ever known. The front lines are the exponentially long math equations that produce precise launch equations that place objects in orbit around our Earth. Those objects are satellites and their functions are as numerous as the varieties of their uses multiplied by the nations that own them. They control everything from the precise time that is printed on your Starbucks receipt to the exact location that a Tomahawk cruise missile destroys its target. Space based technology is interwoven throughout our government, the military, the U.S. economy, but it’s also provides a level of peace and security to the American people. Even though the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 strictly prohibits the militarization of space, the U.S. Department of Defense has a strategic obligation to protect the U.S. Space Program from its near peer adversaries because of the impacts on the global economy and to the security of United States citizens.

The purpose of the ceremony is for Dr. Garcia to share his opinion or his perspective on the Reformation of the Church as well ninety-five theses that are concerning Martin Luther. In the sixteenth century in Germany in the course of the Reformation period. There were separations of churches in that era. Dr. Garcia takes the time out to educate us on his perspectives, and hoping that we will gradually appreciate the points that he is trying to get across. He speaks about Luther’s point of view, and how Luther speaks of using the right words of God for our own advantage. Moreover, the main theme of this lecture is to open our eyes in his Latino point of views, and what Latino brings to the church. Dr. Garcia emphasizes about Latino voices were not considered to be relevant and often times they were ignored. Dr. Garcia uses the work homogeneous to describe the physical characteristics of people because he believes that Latino were treated unfairly due to how they look different., and their cultural views.

Intelligent, compassionate, and inspirational are three words that perfectly describe the exceptional man that is Dr. Pedro J. Greer, Jr. The son of Cuban immigrants, Dr. Greer lived a conventional life until the sudden and tragic death of his sister, Chichi. Troubled that he was unable to say goodbye to her, he vowed that "he would never let anyone die, or suffer alone.” Today, Dr. Greer lives up to this promise as the founder of several clinics in Miami, Florida and a galvanizing force in “putting a human face on poverty.” By encouraging us to “take responsibility… instead of looking the other way,” Dr. Greer has given the uninsured, the unemployed, and the forgotten much needed health care, assistance, and a healthy dose of love.

The United States has had a long and complicated journey with intelligence. Throughout its early history, the United States had a sporadic relationship with the intelligence community, only utilizing intelligence during wartime. After World War II, it became clear that the United States needed to enhance its intelligence gathering systems in order to prevent another disaster of this magnitude. Reacting to this pressure, policymakers soon drafted and passed the National Intelligence Act of 1947, creating the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the United States’ first peacetime intelligence agency. Though not always entirely authorized to do so, the CIA has carried out many covert operations with varying levels of success. Despite the fact that some of these operations have been a success, covert operations have largely been a detriment to the United States; covert operations hurt the United States’ public image, rarely fix the original problem entirely, and were not meant, by those who drafter the National Intelligence Act of 1947, to be carried out by the CIA.

The term “Covert Action” brings with it a connotation of shadowy figures wrapped in secrecy and intrigue. It also brings with it a substantial amount of moral questions as to “what is right.” The use of covert action has been widely publicized since the early seventies, but trying to find out the truth to these events has been difficult to say the least. What is even more difficult, is historically recording these events into categories of successes or failures. These operations are difficult to dissect because of their secrecy and although events have been recorded, some facts simply aren’t apparent. This paper will seek to identify the complex issues associated with covert operations.

Throughout Dr. Dozer’s presentation on his work, I constantly made connections to what we learned in the histology unit. I especially remember when he mentioned the stomach ulcers and how they formed; I recalled back to the test and how that made sense because the stomach is not lined with the needed epithelium to protect it from the stomach acid, therefore creating the ulcers. I also found it odd yet funny when Dr. Dozer mentioned that ulcers where the most fun and exciting part of his job. Additionally, I made a connection to when we studied the cells and how they formed cancer, specifically to throat cancer and how it would have to be removed. The most shocking part was how the cancer was surgically removed; having to remove the entire throat

It is no secret that going to space is an expensive endeavor. In order for programs to get approved it has to go through a bureaucratic process. An interesting point in this week’s reading is in regards to how new initiatives are not scrutinized through the same standard routing process and how bureaucracy itself manipulates it.