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White House Memo on Assassinating Americans

February 6th, 2013

Via: NBC: Legal experts expressed grave reservations Tuesday about an Obama administration memo concluding that the United States can order the killing of American citizens believed to be affiliated with al-Qaida — with one saying the White House was acting as “judge, jury and executioner.” The experts said that the memo, first obtained by NBC […]

The Spy Novelist Who Knows Too Much

February 2nd, 2013

I wonder what these novels contain about 9/11… Via: New York Times: Last June, a pulp-fiction thriller was published in Paris under the title “Le Chemin de Damas.” Its lurid green-and-black cover featured a busty woman clutching a pistol, and its plot included the requisite car chases, explosions and sexual conquests. Unlike most paperbacks, though, […]

‘Is Mali the Next Afghanistan?’

January 21st, 2013

In other news: Al Qaeda Terrorists Were Working for BP; Witness Describes One Terrorist Speaking with a ‘Perfect English Accent Via: McClatchy: The war rages about cities with names such as Goa and Timbuktu, in a sparsely populated, mostly flat, dusty and landlocked country in northwest Africa. The combatants include a nomadic Berber people known […]

Inspection Team Headed to Pa. Nuclear Plant

January 16th, 2013

UPDATE: MALICIOUS VIRUS SHUTTERED U.S. POWER PLANT Via: Reuters: A computer virus attacked a turbine control system at a U.S. power company last fall when a technician unknowingly inserted an infected USB computer drive into the network, keeping a plant off line for three weeks, according to a report posted on a U.S. government website. […]

Aaron H. Swartz: One of Three Reddit Co-Founders Committed Suicide

January 12th, 2013

Via: MIT – The Tech: Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City yesterday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment to The Tech. Swartz was 26. “The tragic and heartbreaking information you received is, regrettably, true,” confirmed Swartz’ attorney, Elliot R. Peters of Kecker and Van Nest, […]

Unwitting Sensors: How DoD is Exploiting Social Media

January 7th, 2013

Via: Defense News: On any given day, 400 million short messages are typed or thumbed onto Twitter, and that’s just a fraction of the total communications sent through a social media universe that includes Facebook, Google+, chat rooms, bulletin boards and many other electronic forums. The messages are as diverse as all the conversations in […]

How Bankers Help Drug Traffickers and Terrorists

January 5th, 2013

Via: New York Times: LAST month, HSBC admitted in court pleadings that it had allowed big Mexican and Colombian drug cartels to launder at least $881 million. The bank also admitted to using various schemes to move hundreds of millions of dollars to nations subject to trade sanctions, including Iran, Cuba and Sudan, in violation […]

Computer Crime Groups Thoroughly Infiltrated by FBI

December 29th, 2012

Via: Guardian: The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established. Cyber policing units have had such success […]

‘Apparent Suicide’ of U.S. Navy Seal in Afghanistan

December 27th, 2012

Hint: Many are being tricked by nonsense on this one. If you want to comment, please use extra discernment with links to external sites on this one. Via: Guardian: US military officials are investigating the apparent suicide of a Navy Seal commander in Afghanistan. Navy Seal Commander Job W Price, 42, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, died […]

Real Headline: MI6 Codebreaker Gareth Williams ‘Probably Locked Himself Into Sports Bag’