Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Robert McKeon
September 29th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Robert McKeon, the founder of private-equity firm Veritas Capital and a former chairman of Wasserstein Perella Management Partners, died Sept. 10 at his home in Darien, Connecticut. The cause of death was suicide, according to the office of Connecticut’s chief medical examiner. Darien police in an e-mail confirmed McKeon’s death and said the […]
Virginia: Family Killed, Husband and Wife Both Had Direct Links to Black World Contractors
September 28th, 2012Update: ‘He said he wanted to expose something at work’ Where did Albert Peterson work after he left Northrop Grumman? Update/Answer: BAE Cryptogon reader Alma Verdad found his Linkedin page which indicates that he was a, “Senior Subcontracts Administrator at BAE Systems Information Technology.” Via: Daily Mail: Mr Peterson, also mentioned pressures at work that […]
Honduras: Human Rights Lawyer Murdered, Had Helped Prepare Motions Declaring Proposed Private Cities Unconstitutional
September 27th, 2012Via: AP: A prominent Honduran human rights lawyer gunned down after a weekend wedding had long complained about death threats, including in documents filed last year seeking protection from a powerful billionaire landowner. Antonio Trejo Cabrera, 41, who died early Sunday after being ambushed by gunmen, was a lawyer for three peasant cooperatives in the […]
Living Under Drones
September 26th, 2012Via: Guardian: The CIA’s programme of “targeted” drone killings in Pakistan’s tribal heartlands is politically counterproductive, kills large numbers of civilians and undermines respect for international law, according to a report by US academics. More: Living Under Drones
Offshore Wind Energy Could Power Entire U.S. East Coast
September 15th, 2012Most JFK assassination literature doesn’t mention the Passamaquoddy tidal power project: Each day, over a million kilowatts of power surge in and out of the Passamaquoddy Bay. Man needs only to exercise his engineering ingenuity to convert the ocean’s surge into a great national asset. That’s JFK from July 16th, 1963, four months before the […]
U.S. State Department Had 48 Hours Notice That Attacks Were Coming
September 14th, 2012I have absolutely no idea what this thing is about. Via: Independent: The killings of the US ambassador to Libya and three of his staff were likely to have been the result of a serious and continuing security breach, The Independent can reveal. American officials believe the attack was planned, but Chris Stevens had been […]
Army Wants Tiny Suicidal Drone to Kill From 6 Miles Away
September 11th, 2012Via: Danger Room: Killer drones just keep getting smaller. The Army wants to know how prepared its defense-industry partners are to build what it calls a “Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System.” It’s for when the Army needs someone dead from up to six miles away in 30 minutes or less.
Honduras Sets Stage for 3 Privately Run Cities
September 6th, 2012Update: It’s Over for Now: Honduran Supreme Court Rejects ‘Model Cities’ Idea This was sent in by almaverdad2. Via: AP: Honduras’ Supreme Court has struck down a plan to build a series of model cities with their own independent tax and justice systems, a proposal that was meant to spur economic growth in this Central […]
Shooting in French Alps
September 6th, 2012Update: Ex-Policeman Arrested in Village Near Scene of al-Hilli Shootings Via: Guardian: French police on Tuesday arrested a 48-year-old former policeman in a French Alpine village close to the layby where the Iraqi-born British engineer Saad al-Hilli, two members of his family and a French cyclist were murdered. The arrest came after police issued an […]
Pauline Marois Possible Target of Quebec Election Gunman
September 6th, 2012[???] Via: National Post: Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois was abruptly dragged off stage by bodyguards midway through her victory speech Tuesday after a 62-year-old man wearing a blue robe and a balaclava allegedly opened fire into the theatre where she was speaking. Moments later, TV cameras showed a man in glasses being arrested and […]
