"Did I know that Facebook is a CIA op?" Well, no, I’m forced to admit, I didn't.



I didn’t know squat about Facebook, just that I was some time ago nudged by friends who are way more web 2.0-y than I am to join, so I did.



And then I clicked on something, and before I could dive for the plug on the computer “It” had sent a “friend” message to every name in my gmail account.



By mid-afternoon I knew a lot more about Facebook, in part courtesy a friend -- though not on Facebook! -- named Joe Cannon.



I learned that Facebook is a CIA-funded IN-Q-TEL startup… and I already knew a few things about IN-Q—TEL:



They funded a startup in 2000—a shell company that became the “vehicle” for a huge $40 million stock fraud called Skyway Communications—the company which 'just happened" to own a DC9 airliner busted in Mexico’s Yucatan carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine several years ago.



I’m told everyone involved agreed that this had been something of a faux pas.



In-Q-Tel and SkyWay’s partner in the current unpleasantness was a San Diego defense contractor, Titan Corp.(now L3) which had been the biggest backer of currently-imprisoned California Rep Randy ‘Boo-Hoo’ Cunningham.



Also: A bogus investment bank in Texas called Argyll Equity, in business with an accused drug trafficker in Mexico who is so big he owns railroads in the States (Jose Juan Segovia) and a more down to earth (but still big!) Garbage Guy from New Jersey, who got a billion dollars from WasteManagement, a tough company not known for even giving out the time of day for free.



Also involved are a passel of Saudi sheikhs and Gulf States Potentates with important-sounding appellations in front of their first names.



The reason I’m writing is to say sorry. All of these people now have your name.



Now that I have provided the CIA with every name in my gmail account -— and they didn’t even need to turn on the water! —- I’m taking the rest of the day off.



I’ll probably have a few drinks and maybe even get drunk, before the nighttime traffic begins to arrive with news of how many comrades have perished today in raids on now-compromised safe-houses, and all because I just wanted to not be the only person on Facebook who doesn’t have any friends.



And all I can think of to say to the widows at the funerals is, “I had no idea.”



But of course that won’t be much comfort.

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If you come here often, you probably know that I dislike social networking sites , especially Facebook. So I was quite astonished to receive a Facebook invite from none other than Daniel Hopsicker, that exceptional and ornery independent investigator. Didn't he know that Facebook was founded by In-Q-Tel, a CIA cut-out?His response (reprinted with permission) was addressed to all of his correspondents:Well, I can't understand why or how Facebook managed to access every address in Daniel's Gmail account. Neither can I understand why so many people invite that kind of nightmare into their lives. That said, the CIA hit squad has yet to arrive.Then again, the dogbecome a bit sick again last night. Perhaps there's a connection.Daniel Hopsicker has a new blog, http://www.danielhopsicker.tv/ . He's also being hit particularly hard by this recession. So if there's anything you can do to help, you could not find a worthier cause. (Yes, I know that many of you are tapped out right now, times being what they are.)Incidentally, I have, in previous posts, added a bit to the investigation of Argyll. They have a biotech division which is behind a questionable cure for MS. It's a fascinating story -- one which involves a member of the Osmond family, believe it or not.