Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Feds Search for Man Allegedly on ‘Mission to Kill the President’
June 5th, 2009Via: ABC News: Federal authorities in Utah search for a man who allegedly made threats against President Obama. Daniel James Murray has been charged with making threats against Obama, after telling a bank teller he was part of a “mission” to kill the president. The Secret Service says Murray has at least eight registered firearms. […]
Mysterious ‘Chip’ is CIA’s Latest Weapon Against al-Qaida Targets Hiding in Pakistan’s Tribal Belt
June 2nd, 2009The ‘chip’ is a bit less mysterious to Cryptogon readers since the DARPA program was mentioned here months ago: Continuous Clandestine Tagging, Tracking and Locating (CTTL). Via: Guardian: The CIA is equipping Pakistani tribesmen with secret electronic transmitters to help target and kill al-Qaida leaders in the north-western tribal belt, in a tactic that could […]
Plane Crash Kills Hedge Fund Co-Founder Along with Entire Family
May 27th, 2009Via: Reuters: A private plane crashed in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, killing 14 people, including four children, the Brazilian air force said on Saturday. The twin-engine plane was coming from Sao Paulo and crashed late on Friday about 450 miles from Salvador in Bahia state, near a luxury resort. An air force spokesman said […]
Guatemala: Thousands Protest Alleged Political Killing
May 18th, 2009Via: AFP: Thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Sunday demanding justice in the case of a slain lawyer who eerily accused the President of ordering his murder in a video that shook the country. Just days before he was shot dead on May 10, Rodrigo Rosenberg recorded a video accusing President Alvaro Colom […]
Detainee Who Gave False Iraq Data Dies In Prison in Libya
May 15th, 2009Via: Washington Post: A former CIA high-value detainee, who provided bogus information that was cited by the Bush administration in the run-up to the Iraq war, has died in a Libyan prison, an apparent suicide, according to a Libyan newspaper. A researcher for Human Rights Watch, who met Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi at the Abu Salim […]
Driver Dies After Suspected Dutch Royal Attack
May 1st, 2009Via: Reuters: A Dutchman who tried to drive his car into a bus carrying Queen Beatrix at a royal parade died from his injuries on Friday. A military policeman hit by the vehicle as it ploughed through a crowd also died, taking the toll among onlookers to six. Mourners laid flowers at the monument in […]
British Banker Shot in the Head in Bahamas
April 30th, 2009Via: Telegraph: A British banker is under armed guard in a hospital in the Bahamas after being shot in the head in an execution-style assassination attempt. Hywel Jones, 55, survived the shot to the back of his head but remains in a coma at the hospital on New Providence Island where police have put him […]
U.S. Army Interpreter Who Witnessed Torture in Iraq Shot Herself with Service Rifle
April 26th, 2009Via: Independent: It is possible that one of the victims of the United States’ torture policy is a young, devout Mormon woman from Arizona called Alyssa Peterson. She was a soldier who not only saw the rough interrogation methods that the US military used on Iraqi prisoners, but was deeply troubled by them. Some weeks […]
Eminent Cancer Scientist Found Dead in His Car with Toxic Chemicals
April 25th, 2009There’s not much information right now. Via: Perthshire Advertiser: A SCIENTIST researching ways to help raise cancer survival rates was found dead in Blairgowrie this week. Dr Thomas Friedberg, a notable member of the medical research team at Dundee University, was found dead in his car on Wednesday evening, close to the family’s Blairgowrie home […]
Freddie Mac Acting Chief Financial Officer David Kellermann Found Dead; Apparent Suicide
April 22nd, 2009Update: Hanging or Gunshot? Not Clear, Apparently Suicide, though. Definitely a suicide. Trust us. Via: AHN: Police are not speculating on the cause of death of Freddie Mac’s acting head, David Kellermann, at this point and will leave it up to the medical examiner, Fairfax County Police Public Information Officer Lucy Caldwell told AHN Media. […]
