Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Pfizer Targeted Nigerian Attorney General to Undermine Suit Over Fatal Drug Tests
December 17th, 2010Via: Democracy Now: Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks show the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer hired investigators to find evidence of corruption against the Nigerian attorney general to pressure him to drop a $6 billion lawsuit over fraudulent drug tests on Nigerian children. Researchers did not obtain signed consent forms, and medical personnel said Pfizer did not […]
CIA Gave Torturers $5 Million Legal Shield
December 17th, 2010Via: AP: The CIA agreed to cover at least $5 million in legal fees for two contractors who were the architects of the agency’s interrogation program and personally conducted dozens of waterboarding sessions on terror detainees, former U.S. officials said. The secret agreement means taxpayers are paying to defend the men in a federal investigation […]
The Inhumane Conditions of Bradley Manning’s Detention
December 15th, 2010Via: Salon: From the beginning of his detention, Manning has been held in intensive solitary confinement. For 23 out of 24 hours every day — for seven straight months and counting — he sits completely alone in his cell. Even inside his cell, his activities are heavily restricted; he’s barred even from exercising and is […]
Racial Factions in Prisons Unite for Large Protest Against Inhumane Conditions; Actions Coordinated via Contraband Mobile Phones
December 14th, 2010Via: Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Corrections officials said the prisons on lockdown are Hays State Prison in Trion, Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Telfair State Prison in Helena and Smith State Prison in Glennville. However, advocates said inmates, at times, have shut down all activity at Augusta, Baldwin, Calhoun, Hancock, Hays, Macon, Rogers, Smith, Telfair, Valdosta and […]
$52 Billion of American Aid and Still Afghans are Dying of Starvation
December 13th, 2010Failure? Someone wound up with a whole lot of opium and heroin, and a bunch of corporations made a killing from a gusher of absurd and lucrative contracts. That sounds more like just another day at the office than failure to me—considering the criminal organizations involved and their blood soaked gravy train. —Top U.S. Commander […]
Investigators Suspect Vatican Bank Used Clergy to Act ‘As Fronts for Corrupt Businessmen and Mafia’
December 13th, 2010Via: Independent: The Vatican Bank is under new scrutiny in a case involving money-laundering allegations that led police to seize €23m (£19.25m) in September. The Vatican calls the seizure of assets a “misunderstanding” and expresses optimism it will be quickly cleared up. But fresh court documents show that prosecutors say the Vatican Bank deliberately flouted […]
Government Steals $190,040 from Brothers
December 9th, 2010Via: Chicago Tribune: The government is attempting to keep a little more than $190,000 it seized from two brothers after one of them was pulled over in a traffic stop that didn’t even result in a traffic ticket. Jesus Martinez, 27, had $190,040 in his possession when his pickup truck was stopped by an Aurora […]
U.S. Tells Uganda: Consult Us Before Using Intelligence to Commit Atrocities
December 9th, 2010Via: Guardian: The US told Uganda to let it know when the army was going to commit war crimes using American intelligence – but did not try to dissuade it from doing so, the US embassy cables suggest. America was supporting the Ugandan government in its fight against rebel movement the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), […]
Deadly Medicine: Lethal Profit Machine
December 7th, 2010Via: Vanity Fair: Prescription drugs kill some 200,000 Americans every year. Will that number go up, now that most clinical trials are conducted overseas—on sick Russians, homeless Poles, and slum-dwelling Chinese—in places where regulation is virtually nonexistent, the F.D.A. doesn’t reach, and “mistakes” can end up in pauper’s graves? The authors investigate the globalization of […]
Human Resources
December 5th, 2010If Cryptogon had a “required viewing” list, Human Resources would be at the top. However, this is not a movie for beginners. I’ve been gazing down the barrel of this predicament of ours for twenty years and I felt my pulse quicken and the hair on my arms standing on end as I watched this. […]
