Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Ted Kaczynski and the CIA?
December 21st, 2010This is pretty flimsy so far, but it’s Part 1. Maybe the story will get more interesting. Via: Times Union: Was my brother, Ted Kaczynski (AKA “the Unabomber”), a sort of “Manchurian candidate” – programmed to kill by our government in a CIA-funded thought-control experiment gone awry? … The Harvard study my brother participated in […]
Police Investigate Cause of Illinois Mayor’s Death
December 15th, 2010Via: Reuters: The mayor of Springfield, Illinois, was found dead in his home on Tuesday and police said they have launched an investigation. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday and police declined to confirm reports that Timothy Davlin, mayor of the Illinois state capital since 2003, had shot himself. … Davlin, 53, was involved in […]
The Shadow War
December 13th, 2010Via: Newsweek: Historically, Israel’s covert operations have been on the violent side. When it comes to strategic murders, the Mossad has established a record 50 years long of “targeted assassinations,” often taking out scientists who tried to help its enemies develop weapons of mass destruction. It has carried out hits all over the Middle East […]
American Intelligence Officials Created a ‘Safe Haven’ in the United States for Certain Nazis
December 12th, 2010Via: New York Times: After World War II, American counterintelligence recruited former Gestapo officers, SS veterans and Nazi collaborators to an even greater extent than had been previously disclosed and helped many of them avoid prosecution or looked the other way when they escaped, according to thousands of newly declassified documents.
Bernard Madoff’s Son Mark Found Hanged
December 11th, 2010Update Via: Gothamist: Yesterday morning, the body of Mark Madoff was found hanging from a dog leash in his Soho apartment, while his two-year-old son was sleeping in another room. While no note was found, it’s believed the 46-year-old son of infamous Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff committed suicide, based on desperate e-mails he sent to […]
Iran: Nuclear Physicist Killed in Bomb Blast
November 29th, 2010Via: Reuters: A university teacher was killed in a car bomb blast in Tehran and three people were wounded in another explosion on Monday, Iran’s al Alam Arabic language television reported. Al Alam said the dead person and one of the wounded were nuclear physics teachers. State radio said the attackers planted a bomb on […]
Director of Operations for BP’s Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Recovery Efforts and Former Texas Solicitor General Die in Plane Crash
November 25th, 2010Via: AP: An executive helping to guide BP’s recovery from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a top Texas lawyer and his mother-in-law were killed in a small plane crash in waters off northern Florida, officials said Wednesday. James Patrick Black, 58, died about a mile from the Destin airport in the Florida Panhandle on […]
Russia Frees Israeli Mercenary
November 20th, 2010Via: BBC: Russia has released Israeli mercenary Yair Klein, who was sought by Colombia for his involvement in the training of paramilitary squads, reports say. Klein, a former Israeli army soldier, is on his way to Israel, Interfax news agency reports. In 2001, a Colombian court convicted him in absentia of training right-wing guerrilla groups. […]
Scientist Who Studied How Mosquitoes Transmit Diseases Dies After Ingesting Cyanide
November 17th, 2010Via: The Tampa Tribune: A University of South Florida researcher stumbled out of her hotel room Monday night and told two guests she had ingested cyanide, police said. Chitra Chauhan, 33, wife and mother of a 3-year-old, was pronounced dead at a hospital about two hours later, victim of an apparent suicide. A small amount […]
Drug Expert Claims David Kelly Was Murdered
November 14th, 2010Via: Daily Mail: Police have been urged to start a murder inquiry into Dr David Kelly’s death following further allegations that he did not commit suicide. Officers have been told the government scientist could not have taken an overdose of painkillers. This overdose was found by the original pathologist to be one of the causes […]
