Archive for the 'Outsourced' Category
Syrian Rebels Told to Expect Western-Led Strike in Days
August 27th, 2013I don’t know, so I’ll ask you guys. Read about the Britam Defence hack that occurred back in January and then vote below. My guess is that there’s just about zero chance that such a conversation would be stored anywhere in cleartext. But then again… Here we are. Via: CBC: Syrian opposition leaders have been […]
Serco: The Company That Is Running Britain
August 3rd, 2013Via: Guardian: From prisons to rail franchises and even London’s Boris bikes, Serco is a giant global corporation that has hoovered up outsourced government contracts. Now the NHS is firmly in its sights. But it stands accused of mismanagement, lying and even charging for non-existent work. Research Credit: afterhours
NSA Pays £100m in Secret Funding for GCHQ
August 2nd, 2013Via: Guardian: The US government has paid at least £100m to the UK spy agency GCHQ over the last three years to secure access to and influence over Britain’s intelligence gathering programmes. The top secret payments are set out in documents which make clear that the Americans expect a return on the investment, and that […]
‘If you are an American citizen and you’re fighting with al-Qaeda linked rebels in northern Syria, your passport has been found’
July 25th, 2013Via: Business Insider: If you are an American citizen and you’re fighting with al-Qaeda linked rebels in northern Syria, your passport has been found. Among documents recovered in northern Syria by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was a passport issued by the United States, belonging to a 32-year-old American named Amiir Farouk Ibrahim, who […]
Gangs Ruled Prison as For-Profit Model Put Blood on Floor
July 13th, 2013Via: Bloomberg: In the four privately run prisons holding Mississippi (BEESMS) inmates last year, the assault rate was three times higher on average than in state-run lockups. None was as violent as the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility. The for-profit detention center, surrounded by razor wire and near the forests and farms of central Mississippi, […]
U.S. Navy Makes History by Landing Unmanned Drone on Aircraft Carrier
July 11th, 2013This is what passes for industrial policy in the U.S. Air transportation companies would like nothing more than to replace human pilots with machines. This X-47B effort is essentially public funding toward that goal. Anyway, someone should Photoshop out the meatsacks on the deck of the aircraft carrier and replace them with T-1000s. Via: Guardian: […]
The New Warrior Cop Is Out of Control
July 8th, 2013Via: Salon: SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise. Book: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko
Booz Allen Hamilton to Hire Quantum Information Physicist
June 29th, 2013See: Well, it has been the $64,000 question for a couple of decades: Can NSA break something like PGP? Via: Clearance Jobs: Minimum Security Clearance Clearance Location Arlington, Virginia 22201 (map) Workplace: Not Specified Travel: Not Specified Quantum Information Physicist-01127026 Description Key Role: Serve as a consultant to government science and technology clients. Contribute to […]
U.S. CIA and Special Forces Training “The Terrorists” in Syria
June 22nd, 2013Now that Uncle $cam is shredding million dollar MRAPs for scrap in Afghanistan, it’s time to get the party started all over again. Via: Los Angeles Times: CIA and U.S. military operatives have been secretly teaching Syrian rebels how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, the Los Angeles Times has learned. The White House refuses […]
Chimeras: Japan Lifting Ban on Growing Human Organs in Animals
June 20th, 2013Via: Asahi Shimbun: The government plans to lift a ban on basic scientific research to grow human internal organs in the bodies of other animals for potential use in transplants, raising concerns about compromising the dignity of human beings. The proposed policy change was presented June 18 during a meeting of an expert panel under […]
