Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Dozens Killed in Egypt as Gunfire and Running Battles Erupted in Several Cities
July 6th, 2013Via: AP: Egyptian officials say the country’s interim president has held talks with the army chief and interior minister following a deadly day of clashes across the country that killed at least 30 people. Adly Mansour met with army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who is also the defense minister, as well as Interior Minister Mohammed […]
North Carolina National Guard Rapid Reaction Force Civil Unrest Training Photos
July 6th, 2013Via: Public Intelligence: The following photos depict soldiers from the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion training in June for their role as a “rapid reaction force” capable of responding anywhere in the state of North Carolina within “four to eight hours with additional forces arriving within 24 to 36 hours.” The same unit trained in March […]
Frenchelon Stories Making the Rounds
July 5th, 2013The ECHELON Trigger Words Generator has used the term Frenchelon since around 2001. Via: ZDnet: An investigative report by French daily paper Le Monde has uncovered what it calls the “French Big Brother”: Its own local version of the PRISM-like systems in place in the US and the UK. Le Monde’s report states that French […]
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
July 3rd, 2013Via: New York Times: Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on […]
Standoff Between Egypt’s Army Commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi
July 3rd, 2013Update: Egyptian Military Ousts Morsi, Suspends Constitution Via: Washington Post: A year after coming to office, Egypt’s first democratically elected president was swept aside by the military leaders who long presided over this country and proved Wednesday in a series of extraordinary maneuvers that they never really left. President Mohamed Morsi’s dramatic fall from power […]
National Intelligence Director Apologizes for Lying to Congress
July 3rd, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: The director of National Intelligence apologized in June to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during a hearing, according to a letter published on the DNI website on Tuesday. Director James Clapper appeared before the committee in March, where Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked him specifically […]
Absurd Giveaway to Corporate Fascists Delayed Until 2015
July 3rd, 2013Via: New York Times: In a significant setback for President Obama’s signature domestic initiative, the administration on Tuesday abruptly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in his health care law’s mandate that larger employers provide coverage for their workers or pay penalties. The decision postpones the effective date beyond next year’s midterm elections.
Student Loan Rates Set To Double On July 1
June 29th, 2013Via: NPR: The interest rate on government-backed student loans is going to jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent Monday. Republicans, Democrats and the Obama administration could not agree on a plan to keep it from happening. Lawmakers say a deal is still possible after the July 4 recess. But if they don’t agree on […]
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 […]
Senators Accuse Government of Using ‘Secret Law’ to Collect Americans’ Data
June 29th, 2013Ya think? I was surprised to see them mention the mobile phone location data. I mean, come on, that’s the stuff of lunatic conspiracy theorists! *chortle* Via: Guardian: The senators said they were seeking public answers to the following questions in order to give the American people the information they need to conduct an informed […]
