Archive for the 'Coincidence?' Category
PENTAGON DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE FOR HAITI WENT LIVE AFTER EARTHQUAKE HIT
January 20th, 2010Via: NextGov: As personnel representing hundreds of government and nongovernment agencies from around the world rush to the aid of earthquake-devastated Haiti, the Defense Information Systems Agency has launched a Web portal with multiple social networking tools to aid in coordinating their efforts. On Monday, Jean Demay, DISA’s technical manager for the agency’s Transnational Information […]
Former Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and Energy Specialist, Who Was Also Director of Private-Equity Firm EQT Partners, Found Dead in Back of Delivery Van in Munich
January 18th, 2010Via: Bloomberg / Business Week: A director of private-equity firm EQT Partners AB who previously worked for Morgan Stanley may have been murdered as he was trying to sell his Audi A8 luxury sedan, Munich police said. Dirk von Poschinger-Camphausen, 36, was killed by 10 to 13 gunshots, detective Markus Kraus said at a press […]
‘Fonz’ Thanked for Bringing Clinton to NZ
January 11th, 2010Anyone who thinks that U.S. billionaires are good for New Zealand should travel to the U.S. to inspect the aftermath of their handy work. In other news: We just roll over, put our legs in the air, and say ‘do what you like to us’. NZ, US Set to Resume Joint Military Drills Lockheed May […]
Chertoff Shills for Body Scanner Manufacturer
January 5th, 2010Via: Boston Globe: Since the attempted bombing of a US airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports. What he has made little mention of is that the Chertoff Group, his security consulting […]
CIA Attempted to Recruit Bomber
January 1st, 2010Via: BBC: The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan had been courted by the US as a possible informant, US intelligence sources have said. They said he had not undergone the usual full body search before entering the base in Khost province, and so was able to smuggle in an explosive belt. […]
CIA Officers Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
December 31st, 2009Via: BBC: Eight Americans reportedly working for the CIA have died in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the worst against US intelligence officials since 2001. A bomber wearing an explosive vest entered Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost Province, near Pakistan. A Taliban spokesman said one of its members who was working for the Afghan […]
“I don’t understand how he had a valid visa if he was known on the terror watch list.”
December 27th, 2009More: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport: A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport. Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked […]
Henrik Svensmark Heart Attack
December 14th, 2009I’ve only personally seen one person have a heart attack (my dad), but it didn’t look anything like this at all. Does anyone out there—who has witnessed a heart attack (or experienced one personally)—have any comments about this? Is the hit-by-taser looking reaction related to his pace maker? Via: YouTube: On live TV during the […]
Air France Jet Hits Trouble Near AF447 Crash Site
December 11th, 2009Via: CNN: French investigators said they are looking into problems encountered by an Air France jet last month in nearly the same spot over the Atlantic where another Air France jet mysteriously crashed in June. Air France flight 445 was flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Paris, France, the night of Nov. 29 when […]
The Death of Mike Connell
December 5th, 2009Via: Brad Blog: On December 18, 2008, Bush IT expert Mike Connell, a highly skilled pilot, was killed in a sudden crash while flying his small aircraft from Washington DC to his Akron/Canton home airport. The cause of the crash is still unknown and under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. … Although mainly […]
