Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Syrian Rebels Get Influx of Arms with Gulf Neighbors’ Money, U.S. Coordination
May 17th, 2012I’ll just cut and past my commentary from, Obama Administration Moves to Aid Syrian Opposition: In the piece below, we read that this, “Stops short of providing any direct military assistance to the armed opposition.” If you want to read detailed, voluminous accounts of how the U.S. covertly and illegally provides weapons to any state […]
Violent Criminal on Federal Payroll as Informant
May 14th, 2012Via: Seattle Times: Despite a history of abusing women and violent behavior in prison, Joshua Allan Jackson managed to become a federal informant, trigger a citywide Seattle police alert and hold a 18-year-old woman as his sexual prisoner. … For all of this, the 34-year-old Jackson would be just another habitual criminal except for one […]
California: Large Search for FBI Agent Who Worked in ‘National Security Affairs’
May 13th, 2012Update: Body of Missing FBI Agent Found in Burbank Obviously, temperature and humidity will affect this, but if the hikers smelled the corpse, what does that say about when Ivens died? Via: KABC: The body of missing FBI agent Stephen Ivens has been found in a wooded area in Burbank, police confirmed on Tuesday. Authorities […]
Germany: Man Dies from Poison Umbrella Stab
May 13th, 2012The name of the victim hasn’t been released. Via: The Local – Germany: A German man has died after being stabbed in the backside by a stranger wielding a poison umbrella which injected him with mercury, fatally poisoning him. Police have admitted they have been left at a loss by the attack, which took place […]
NSA Not Required to Reveal Any Dealings with Google
May 12th, 2012Via: AFP: The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled Friday. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA need not confirm or deny any relationship with […]
Chinese Physicists Teleport Photons Over 100 Kilometers
May 12th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: So these guys clearly have their eye on the possibility of satellite-based quantum cryptography which would provide ultra secure communications around the world. That’s in stark contrast to the few kilometres that are possible with commercial quantum cryptography gear. Of course, data rates are likely to be slow and the rapidly […]
Spy School Teaches the Basics of Intelligence Gathering to Kids, Teens
May 11th, 2012Lesson #1: Try not to crash jets with tons of cocaine on board. Mmmkay? Via: Tampa Bay Online: Spy School — a Tampa Bay History Center program specially designed for teens — will instruct youngsters about surveillance, information gathering and disguise. Agents and experts will teach children ages 12 to 18, offering tips on how […]
JPMorgan Loses $2 Billion
May 11th, 2012Update: Fitch Downgrades JPMorgan Chase Via: CNN: The closing bell brought no relief for JPMorgan Chase on Friday, as a major credit rating agency moved to downgrade its debt almost exactly 24 hours after the bank revealed a $2 billion trading loss. Fitch Ratings downgraded both JPMorgan’s short-term and long-term debt, with the latter falling […]
Gareth Williams: Voluntary DNA Screening of MI6 Personnel to Find Killer?
May 9th, 2012Voluntary? What’s the point of making the screening voluntary? Maybe the killer will have a few too many pints and think, “I better go get my DNA screening so they can figure out it’s me.” Also, wouldn’t the SIS have DNA records of all personnel? In a DNA database crazed nuthouse like Britain, it seems […]
‘CIA Unraveled Bomb Plot from Within’
May 9th, 2012Mmm hmm. Via: Washington Post: The latest al-Qaeda bomb plot targeting U.S. aircraft was unraveled from inside the terrorist group by operatives — including a double agent — working on behalf of the CIA and its counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, said U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The Saudi intelligence service played a particularly […]
