Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
How the West Created the Islamic State
September 13th, 2014Via: Counterpunch: “This is an organisation that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision which will eventually have to be defeated,” Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference in August. Military action is necessary to halt the spread of the ISIS “cancer,” said President Obama. Yesterday he […]
Council on Foreign Relations: Syrian Rebels Need Al-Qaeda Now
September 12th, 2014Via: The Anti-Media: “The Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in their ranks. By and large, Free Syrian Army (FSA) battalions are tired, divided, chaotic, and ineffective. Feeling abandoned by the West, rebel forces are increasingly demoralized as they square off with the Assad regime’s superior weaponry and professional army. Al-Qaeda fighters, […]
Shocker: GCSB Conducts Mass Surveillance on New Zealanders
September 12th, 2014*yawn* Via: New Zealand Herald: This morning on TV3’s The Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald said that New Zealand’s spying agencies had been conducting mass surveillance on New Zealanders as part of the Five Eyes arrangement between the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. … He said New Zealand spent an “extraordinary […]
Colonel Sabow Reports
September 10th, 2014Via: Bryan Burnett / Meixatech: Evaluation of the gunshot residue, back spatter residue, cranial injuries, blood spatter, the Colonel s bathrobe and the position of the body lead to the conclusion that Colonel James Sabow was murdered and an attempt was made to stage the body to appear that he committed suicide. The Colonel was […]
Israel Rejects New Zealand’s New Ambassador
September 8th, 2014HA! A “protocol principle,” is it? You know, like Mossad trying to obtain New Zealand passports to carry out international assassination operations. Via: AP: New Zealand officials said Monday that Israel has rejected their new ambassador because he is also an envoy to the Palestinian Authority. Since 2008, New Zealand’s ambassadors in Turkey have been […]
Intel’s New Mobile Chips Are Always Listening
September 6th, 2014Via: MIT Technology Review: A new line of mobile chips unveiled by Intel today makes it possible to wake up a laptop or tablet simply by saying “Hello, computer.” Once it has been awoken, the computer can operate as a voice-controlled virtual assistant. You might call out “Hello, computer, what is the weather forecast today?” […]
Syrian Refugees Top 3 Million; Up to 6.5 Million Internally Displaced
August 29th, 2014Via: CBC: Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighbouring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows no sign of abating, the United Nations said. The record figure is one million refugees more than a year ago, while a further 6.5 million are displaced within Syria, meaning that […]
Federal Cybersecurity Director Found Guilty on Child Porn Charges
August 28th, 2014Tor, Tor, Tor. Via: Wired: As the acting cybersecurity chief of a federal agency, Timothy DeFoggi should have been well versed in the digital footprints users leave behind online when they visit web sites and download images. But DeFoggi—convicted today in Nebraska on three child porn charges including conspiracy to solicit and distribute child porn—must […]
The Surveillance Engine: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google
August 26th, 2014Via: First Look: The National Security Agency is secretly providing data to nearly two dozen U.S. government agencies with a “Google-like” search engine built to share more than 850 billion records about phone calls, emails, cellphone locations, and internet chats, according to classified documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents provide the first definitive evidence […]
Lockheed Martin Buys MIT-Spinoff Sun Catalytix
August 25th, 2014Goin’ black. Via: IBTimes: Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) said Monday its purchase of Sun Catalytix Corporation, which developed technology to extract hydrogen from sunlight, will add to “existing Lockheed Martin capabilities in the area of energy management and efficiency.” Founded in 2008 by renowned chemist and professor Daniel Nocera, Sun Catalytix aimed to develop an […]
