Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
Android Uses Crap SSL Cipher by Default
October 15th, 2013Via: op-co.de: Android is using the combination of horribly broken RC4 and MD5 as the first default cipher on all SSL connections. … The cipher order on the vast majority of Android devices was defined by Sun in 2002 and taken over into the Android project in 2010 as an attempt to improve compatibility. RC4 […]
U.S. Air Force Fires General In Charge of Nuclear Missiles
October 12th, 2013Two top officers involved with nuclear weapons have been removed within a couple of days. Via: BBC: The general in charge of the US Air Force’s long-range nuclear missiles has been sacked due to “loss of trust and confidence”, officials have said. The Air Force said Maj Gen Michael Carey’s removal was for “behaviour during […]
Treasury Will Run Out of Borrowed Money by October 17
October 6th, 2013“Or maybe it’s just a date in a video game”: 😉 Via: USA Today: The United States will run out of borrowed money “no later than Oct. 17” unless Congress raises the $16.7 trillion debt limit, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a letter to Congress Wednesday. Lew’s letter marks the first time he has […]
U.S. Capitol Shooting
October 3rd, 2013Update: Miriam Carey Family’s Lawyer Arrested Over Debts Via: Newsday: A lawyer for the family of the woman who was killed after attempting to crash into the White House two weeks ago was arrested Tuesday by federal marshals because he continually failed to pay money owed to various debtors, officials said. The lawyer, Eric Sanders, […]
Aaron Alexis: Washington Navy Yard Shooting
September 16th, 2013Update: SWAT Team ‘Stood Down’ at Mass Shooting Scene Is this the most obviously staged mass shooting ever? Sent in by afterhours. Via: BBC: One of the first teams of heavily armed police to respond to Monday’s shooting in Washington DC was ordered to stand down by superiors, the BBC can reveal. A tactical response […]
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 […]
Connections Between Michael Hastings, Edward Snowden and Barrett Brown — The War With the Security State
August 10th, 2013Via: WhoWhatWhy: At the time of his death in a mysterious one-car crash and explosion, journalist Michael Hastings was researching a story that threatened to expose powerful entities and government-connected figures. That story intersected with the work of two controversial government critics—the hacker Barrett Brown and the on-the-run surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. Any probe into […]
Ace Of Spades For Michael Hastings: DARPA Contractors Take Control Of Moving Vehicles— “And The Next Thing You Know, You’re On The News”
July 25th, 2013In his book, The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings recalled the incident. “We’ll hunt you down and kill you if we don’t like what you write,” the staffer threatened, according to Hastings, who responded: “Well, I get death threats like that about once a year, so […]
Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash
June 19th, 2013Update: Autopsy Shows Journalist Michael Hastings Had Meth, Pot In System At Time Of Fiery Auto Crash Via: The Smoking Gun: The family of journalist Michael Hastings was trying to get him into drug rehab at the time he died in a fiery Los Angeles car wreck, according to a coroner’s report released today. Hastings, […]
Mass Shooting Half Hour After President Obama’s Motorcade Passed Through Area
June 8th, 2013Via: New York Daily News: A berserk black-clad gunman carrying an AR-15 assault weapon went on bloody rampage in Santa Monica on Friday, shooting eight people — six fatally — before cops gunned him down near a college library. The violence erupted about noon during an apparent domestic dispute at a modest, single-story home in […]
