Keeney Meany Services organization
also: KMS, K-E-E-N-I dash M-E-E-N-I-E Services
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Claims (6)
David Walker headed
Keeney Meany Services documented
“as Swahils for movement of snake through the grass, or a kind of South Arabian slang meaning clandestine or under the counter. Okay. KMS was managed by former SAS man David Walker, who had first broken into the private security racket while…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 52:32
Andrew Nightingale member_of
Keeney Meany Services documented
“and an SAS group officer, Andrew Nightingale, was part of the original cast. Both men would later go on to manage Saladin Security, which was another SAS private military company. The relationship between KMS and SAS was so close that KMS w…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 53:03
Keeney Meany Services front_for
British Special Air Service host_asserted
“and an SAS group officer, Andrew Nightingale, was part of the original cast. Both men would later go on to manage Saladin Security, which was another SAS private military company. The relationship between KMS and SAS was so close that KMS w…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 53:03
Oliver North recruited
Keeney Meany Services documented
“for Operation Gladio. For the purposes here, it is most interesting to note that Oliver North enlisted KMS to work with the Contras in Nicaragua, including sabotage operations targeting Soviet-made helicopters. This is likely one of the ear…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 54:05
Keeney Meany Services trained
Sri Lanka host_asserted
“Because it was a front company. KMS was linked to a host of dubious dealings, including training Sri Lankan soldiers in counterintelligence, excuse me, counterinsurgency techniques, aiding Ian Smith's apartheid government in Rhodesia, which…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 53:35
Keeney Meany Services supplied_arms_to
Rhodesia host_asserted
“Because it was a front company. KMS was linked to a host of dubious dealings, including training Sri Lankan soldiers in counterintelligence, excuse me, counterinsurgency techniques, aiding Ian Smith's apartheid government in Rhodesia, which…”
▶ The Colonels Corner-Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 9 @ 53:35
Mentions (7)
▶ 52:00
As the managing director, it gained access to SAS pipeline of contractors. Another crucial early player was Keeney Meany Services. I'll spell that. K-E-E-N-I dash M-E-E-N-I-E Services. It was referred to as KMS as an acronym. KMS was descri…
▶ 52:32
as Swahils for movement of snake through the grass, or a kind of South Arabian slang meaning clandestine or under the counter. Okay. KMS was managed by former SAS man David Walker, who had first broken into the private security racket while…
▶ 53:03
and an SAS group officer, Andrew Nightingale, was part of the original cast. Both men would later go on to manage Saladin Security, which was another SAS private military company. The relationship between KMS and SAS was so close that KMS w…
▶ 53:35
Because it was a front company. KMS was linked to a host of dubious dealings, including training Sri Lankan soldiers in counterintelligence, excuse me, counterinsurgency techniques, aiding Ian Smith's apartheid government in Rhodesia, which…
▶ 54:05
for Operation Gladio. For the purposes here, it is most interesting to note that Oliver North enlisted KMS to work with the Contras in Nicaragua, including sabotage operations targeting Soviet-made helicopters. This is likely one of the ear…
▶ 34:50
basically special forces, goes on to set up the beginnings of these paramilitary private military companies, Watch Guard International. The other, and this is such a weird name, Keeney, K-E-E-N-I-E, Meany, M-E-E-N-I-E, Keeney Meany Services…
▶ 35:22
We're going to refer to that as KMS. It was also started by a guy that worked for Sterling as a former SAS lieutenant colonel. Watchguards specialties included training teams of bodyguards for heads of state in high risk places, primarily i…