Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Man Faced 20 Years in Prison For Clearing Web Browser History
June 17th, 2015Via: Alternet: Khairullozhon Matanov, a former taxi driver, is scheduled to appear in US Federal Court next week to face sentencing on charges of obstruction of justice related to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. Matanov did not participate in or have any prior knowledge of the bombings, according to U.S. authorities. However, those facts are […]
Milwaukee County Residents Behind on Taxes and Fines Could Owe an Extra 15% to Pay for Sports Arena
June 17th, 2015Via: Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee County residents behind on their property taxes or court fines would be charged an additional 15% under a proposal to use public money to pay for half the cost of a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. Research Credit: bretwalda
As Currency Dies, Zimbabweans Will Get $5 for 175 Quadrillion Zimbucks
June 12th, 2015Via: Reuters: Zimbabweans will start exchanging ‘quadrillions’ of local dollars for a few U.S. dollars next week, as President Robert Mugabe’s government discards its virtually worthless national currency, the central bank said on Thursday. The southern African country started using foreign currencies like the U.S. dollar and South African rand in 2009 after the Zimbabwean […]
Obama Lawyers Asked Secret Court to Ignore Public Court’s Decision on Spying
June 11th, 2015Via: Guardian: The Obama administration has asked a secret surveillance court to ignore a federal court that found bulk surveillance illegal and to once again grant the National Security Agency the power to collect the phone records of millions of Americans for six months. The legal request, filed nearly four hours after Barack Obama vowed […]
Israel Built, Exploded ‘Dirty Bombs’
June 9th, 2015Via: AP: Israel built and exploded so-called “dirty bombs,” explosives laced with nuclear material, to examine how such explosions would affect the country if it were to be attacked by the crude radioactive weapons, the Haaretz daily newspaper reported Monday. Israeli defense officials and scientists refused to comment on the report when reached by The […]
Reporter Says Pentagon Agreed to Give Up Docs If He Never Submits Another FOIA Aequest
June 6th, 2015Via: Washington Post: Leopold: The Office of Net Assessment (ONA) is the Pentagon’s in-house think tank. They spend millions and millions of dollars putting together reports — reports that they contract out about perhaps some futuristic warfare, or what the situation in the Middle East is going to look like with regards to oil. I […]
Data Hacked from U.S. Government Dates Back to 1985
June 5th, 2015Via: Reuters: Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said on Friday, underlining the scope of one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks. The breach of computer systems of the Office of Personnel Management was disclosed […]
NSA Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border
June 4th, 2015Via: New York Times: Without public notice or debate, the Obama administration has expanded the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international Internet traffic to search for evidence of malicious computer hacking, according to classified N.S.A. documents.
Leaked TISA Documents Reveal Privacy Threat
June 4th, 2015Via: Forbes: Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their citizens’ personal data is held or whether it’s accessible from outside the country. … And the contents of TISA make interesting reading, particularly for anybody concerned about privacy. Under […]
Britain: Primary Pupils Asked to Complete Surveys About Radicalization
May 29th, 2015Via: Guardian: Parents of children as young as nine have reacted angrily after schools in an east London borough asked pupils to complete surveys designed to provide clues to possible radicalisation. Waltham Forest council has been piloting the scheme in five primary schools with large Muslim intakes. The questionnaire, circulated among year 6 pupils, asks […]
