Irish papers on Libertas launch note Ganley's military fetish as he steps down from Rivada board.

Irish papers note Ganley's military fetish. Why does he love the military so? his grand designs are interlinked with his miltary connections. Ganley's Rivada company supplies the US miltary through its Rivada Pacific arm which utilises laws intended to aid native Americans to get no competion contacts in with the US militray. Nana is and Alaskan firm.

they issued the following press relase

New CEO and Board Members Appointed at Rivada Networks

March 10, 2009 -- Rivada Networks is pleased to announce the appointment of a new President & CEO and the appointment of four new members to the company's board of directors.

The new CEO will be Mr. John J. Kelly, a former President of Bell Aerospace, Textron Marine & Land Systems and Chairman and President of Pan American Life PLC, and a founding Director of Rivada Networks. John brings a lifetime of experience in leading technology-based enterprises to the position of CEO, where he will succeed Rivada Networks founder Declan J. Ganley. Mr. Ganley will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Rivada Networks.

Commenting on Mr. Kelly's appointment, Mr. Ganley said:
"John is an immeasurable asset to Rivada, and with his hand at the wheel, Rivada will be well placed to drive forward and build on its record of excellence in the field of life-saving interoperable communications technology. As the company continues to grow and expand into new markets, John's experience and judgment will ensure that our business plots the right course in its ongoing quest to develop and market technology solutions that save lives and improve our ability to respond to humanitarian disasters".

Rivada is also announcing the appointment to the board of directors of the following individuals:

• General Richard B. Myers, USAF (ret), former Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• Michael Jackson, Former Deputy Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security.
• George Forseman, Former Under Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security.
• General (ret) the Lord Guthrie, Former UK chief of Defence Staff.

Commenting on these appointments, incoming CEO John J. Kelly said:
"As we move forward into this next exciting phase of Rivada's development, I am delighted that my first act as CEO is to welcome to the board of directors these four individuals, who have demonstrated throughout their careers that their commitment is to public safety first, and that they recognize the immense importance of adequate preparation for emergencies which threaten the lives and safety of our population.

These four individuals bring to our company a wealth of experience, insight, and innovation which will be of immense assistance to us as we continue the development of technologies that will make our world safer, and make the jobs of our emergency services easier in situations where human lives are at risk."

Rivada Networks is a market leader in the provision of interoperable communications systems for emergency situations, and has deployed its technology to assist first-responders in the aftermath of hurricanes, tornadoes, and terrorist threats. Rivada has been chosen by an ever-growing number of State and Federal agencies in order to provide them with the technology they need to maintain communications channels in the event of an emergency situation.

Ganley appoints defence industry figures to communications company

Declan Ganley: preparing to declare election candidacy

DEAGLÁN de BRÉADÚN, Political Correspondent

LIBERTAS FOUNDER and chairman Declan Ganley has appointed four high-profile defence industry figures to the board of Rivada Networks, his communications technology company.

The news comes as he prepares to declare formally his candidacy for the June 5th elections to the European Parliament in Ireland North-West, a move expected to come next week.

Mr Ganley is to quit his role as chief executive of Rivada and take over as chairman, which will allow him more time to concentrate on the European elections. John Kelly, a former president of Bell Aerospace and a current Rivada director, is to take over the post of chief executive.

All four newcomers to the board are linked to the international defence industry. They include a former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff during the Iraqi invasion, Gen Richard Myers; former chief of the UK defence staff, Lord Charles Guthrie; and two former senior officials in the US department of homeland security, Michael Jackson and George Forseman.

Rivada Networks is a US-based defence contracting firm specialising in the provision of telecommunications systems to the military, police and emergency services in disaster situations and has secured US military contracts worth up to $240million (€190 million). Lord Guthrie, who has served in the SAS, was chief of the UK general staff between 1997 and 2001. He is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords. He was created a life peer after retiring as chief of the defence staff.

Gen Myers is a former four-star general in the United States air force and served as the 15th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.

He was the principal military adviser to George Bush for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Mr Jackson is a former deputy secretary of the US department of homeland security. Mr Forseman was the department’s under-secretary for preparedness until 2007.

The appointments are likely to fuel claims by Mr Ganley’s political opponents that his opposition to the Lisbon Treaty reflects his close links with the US military-industrial complex.

The 40-year-old businessman has been recruiting support throughout the European Union in advance of the elections to the parliament.

Mr Ganley would be seeking to take one of the three seats currently held by Seán Ó Neachtáin of Fianna Fáil, Jim Higgins of Fine Gael and Independent MEP Marian Harkin.

Irish Times

The Irish Independent also note the same in their piece on the Libertas UK launch.

Ex-soldier to lead Libertas battle in UK

By Andrew Woodcock and Michael Brennan

Wednesday March 11 2009

LIBERTAS founder Declan Ganley has announced that a former soldier will head his party's European elections campaign in Britain.

He said yesterday that it would provide British voters with their "last and best chance" to send out a message that they did not support the Lisbon Treaty, which has been ratified by 25 EU states but cannot enter into force until it has been approved by Irish voters.

The leader of Libertas UK will be Robin Matthews, a former soldier who left the British army last year after more than 20 years' service in countries such as Bosnia and Afghanistan.

This move comes after Mr Ganley appointed four defence industry heavy hitters to the board of his telecommunications company, Rivada Networks, including General Richard Myers, a former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff during the invasion of Iraq, and Lord Guthrie, the former British chief of defence staff.

Mr Ganley, who is expected to declare his own candidacy for the European elections in the North West constituency next week, is planning to run anti-Lisbon Treaty candidates across Europe.

Libertas UK leader Robin Matthews said that people who wanted a strong and healthy Europe that is democratic and answerable to them should vote for a Libertas candidate.

"If they do not want Europe to succeed. . . then they should vote for another party."

The launch attracted a sceptical response from other established British political parties.

- Andrew Woodcock and Michael Brennan Here

Irish papers pick up on Ganley's military appointments to Rivada

The Irish Independent has an article in today's paper about Ganley and his recruiting top military men for Rivada.

Libertas chief Ganley brings former military chiefs on board

By MICHAEL BRENNAN

Tuesday March 10 2009

LIBERTAS founder Declan Ganley has appointed four defence industry heavy- hitters to the board of his company.

The new additions to the board of Rivada Networks include General Richard Myers, a former chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff during the invasion of Iraq, and Lord Charles Guthrie, a former chief of the defence staff in Britain.

The other two -- Michael Jackson and George Forseman -- previously were senior officials with the US Department of Homeland Security.

Rivada Networks provides communications systems to the military, police and emergency services in disaster situations and has secured US military contracts worth up to $240m (€190m).

Mr Ganley has said he will quit his role as chief executive of Rivada Networks, his communications technology company, to concentrate on campaigning in the European elections.

He is expected to declare next week that he will run in the North West constituency under the Libertas banner.

Speaking yesterday about the appointments, Fine Gael European Affairs spokeswoman Lucinda Creighton said: "It further underlines the business interest he has in the US military, and the obvious link between his views on the Lisbon Treaty and the future integration of the European Union, and his personal interest in making that happen."

Threatened

During the Lisbon Treaty campaign last year, Ms Creighton claimed that Mr Ganley's opposition to the treaty was partly based on his connections with the US military -- who felt threatened by the concept of a stronger EU common defence policy.

A spokesman for Rivada Networks said: "All four of them have hugely long and distinguished careers in public service in terms of saving lives. Rivada is in the business of helping people in the military and police to save lives in disaster situations."

Lord Guthrie, who served in the SAS, was described as Tony Blair's most trusted military commander when he was Chief of the Defence Staff in Britain between 1997 and 2001.

General Myers was the highest-ranking military officer in the US under former president George Bush from 2001 to 2005 and presided over the US invasion of Iraq.

Mr Jackson is a former deputy secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, and Mr Forseman was the department's under-secretary for Preparedness until 2007.

The spokesman said that contrary to Ms Creighton's claims, Mr Ganley wanted a strong, united and democratic Europe that worked in partnership with the US.

"In terms of her constant attempts to throw mud, I think it shows an inability to debate the issues," he said.

He said Mr Ganley would be playing a far less active role in Rivada as chairman, rather than as chief executive currently.

- MICHAEL BRENNAN

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(L-R)Joint Chiefs Chairman Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, President George W. Bush , and US Ambassador to Iraq Paul Bremer,

"The outcome and consequences of defeat [in Iraq] are greater than World War II."-- Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Declan Ganley has appointed George Bush former top military man former Chief of Staff Richard Myers to a position at his military contarcter Rivada Networks. The move comes as Ganley steps down from Rivada.
Meyers is a gung ho war monger. In 2005 he stated that reports by human rights group Amnesty International were irresponsible after Irene Khan, said in the organistaions's annual report: ''The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has become the gulag of our times, entrenching the practice of arbitrary and indefinite detention in violation of international law."

Bush cried, ''Absurd." Cheney said, ''I was offended." Myers said, ''absolutely irresponsible."

Even after he left his post, Myers defended Rumsfeld's conduct of the ill-conceived and ill pursued war Iraq. His war resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Iraq.

Cynthia McKinney confronts Richard Myers on 9/11 issues: 2.3 trillion dollars missing at the Pentagon, the Dyncorp Sex Rings and 9/11 Wargames!

12-12-08:Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior U.S. officials share much of the blame for detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

This appointment will be of interest to any readers of |Blood Money by T. Chrisauin miller which outlines some of Ganley's Iraqi activities.

While Ganley claimed he was not a neo con in repeated interviews the appointment of this architect of the war on terror to his company adds more weight to his being a far right neo con war monger.
The danger that a character like Ganley poses to our freedoms and democracy may now become clear. His neo con ambitions and attempt to buy civil power is unprecedented in history.

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Meet Richard Myers
RICHARD B. MYERS, Ret. U.S. Air Force General, served as Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2001 to 2005. He was the principal military adviser to President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and the National Security Council. Gen. Myers previously served as Vice Chairman, which included acting as Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Vice Chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, and member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council. He also serves on the boards of Aon Corp., Deere & Company, and Northrop Grumman. Gen. Myers is the Foundation Professor of Military History at Kansas State University and holds the Colin Powell Chair for Leadership, Ethics and Character at the National Defense University. He is a member of the Central Intelligence Agency's External Advisory Board, the Defense Policy Board and the Department of State's Transformation Diplomacy Advisory Board. Gen. Myers has been a UTC director since September 2006.