Archive for the 'Covert Operations' Category
Congress Fears Chinese Telecom Gear May Phone Home
November 21st, 2011Like U.S. made gear? Via: Wired: Are telecommuniations deals with China good business — or a trojan horse for espionage? Some of Congress’ top intelligence officials are worried it’s the latter. And they’re launching an investigation to find out. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and the […]
As Egyptians Return to Tahrir Square, the Obama Administration Sides with the Military
November 21st, 2011Via: Salon: In the nine months since Hosni Mubarak stepped aside, the Egyptian military has monopolized political decision-making. The SCAF has broken its promise to lift or modify the Emergency Laws, which have been in place since 1981 and give the state sweeping powers to detain citizens and restrict free speech, even though repeal of […]
Judge Declares Law Governing Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Unconstitutional
November 19th, 2011The NSA smiles at the part in bold below. Via: Wall Street Journal: In a succinct one-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas declared that the law authorizing the government to obtain cellphone records without a search warrant was unconstitutional. “The records would show the date, time, […]
Mossad Linked to Iranian Military Blast
November 15th, 2011Via: Guardian: A series of news reports linking Israel’s intelligence agency the Mossad to a blast at a military facility in Iran, in which 17 people were killed and a further 15 wounded, has gained widespread coverage in the Israeli media on Monday. While Iranian officials insist the explosion at the Bid Ganeh base was […]
Rumor Claims Sandusky “Pimped Out” Boys to Rich Donors
November 10th, 2011See: The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska by John W. DeCamp ISGP Jeffrey Epstein: Billionaire Pedophile Kept Secret Journal Which Listed Under-Aged Victims, Celebrity Guests He ‘Entertained’ — Update: Joe Paterno Dies Via: Reuters: Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, the winningest coach in major college football history who was fired […]
‘Socialbots’ Invade Facebook: Cull 250GB of Private Data
November 5th, 2011Via: PC World: Facebook was recently invaded by a robot army created by four researchers to demonstrate the ease at which online social networks can be maliciously exploited by the unscrupulous. With a horde of 102 bogus Facebook friends, the University of British Columbia researchers showed that they could harvest personal information on members not […]
CIA’s Vengeful Librarians
November 5th, 2011Here’s one for your Complete Lack of Surprise file folder. Via: AP: In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets — up to 5 million a day. At the agency’s Open Source Center, a team known affectionately as the “vengeful librarians” also pores over Facebook, newspapers, […]
CIA Assassinates 16 Year Old American from Denver
October 30th, 2011Via: Time: A wave of CIA drone strikes targeting al-Qaeda figures in Yemen is stoking widespread anger there that U.S. policy is cruel and misguided, prioritizing counterterrorism over a genuine solution to the country’s raging political crisis. Politics has never been a concern to Sam al-Homiganyi and his fellow teenagers. This month, though, they were […]
Which U.S. Organization Bought Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat System?
October 30th, 2011I’ve been watching Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat saga for over a year, and it just took a turn for the weird. Cryptogon is read by all of the alphabet agencies, military branches, some members of the Congress (or their staffs), and the White House. Someone reading this post could know the answer to this simple question: […]
Syria Using U.S. Made Web Surveillance and Censorship Systems
October 29th, 2011These boxes are probably rooted by NSA. The Syrians are clueless enough to have allowed them to phone home, so, my guess is that Uncle is on board too. Via: Cnet: Blue Coat Systems has confirmed that its devices were being used by Syria to censor the Web and said it is investigating how they […]
