Archive for the 'War' Category
Radioactive Material Stolen in Iraq from Oil Company — ISIS Dirty Bomb?
February 17th, 2016WND threat from Saddam Hussein: Not so much. And now, in the Post-Mission-Accomplished era… Via: Reuters: Iraq is searching for “highly dangerous” radioactive material stolen last year, according to an environment ministry document and seven security, environmental and provincial officials who fear it could be used as a weapon if acquired by Islamic State. The […]
The NSA’s SKYNET Program May be Killing Thousands of Innocent People
February 16th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: In 2014, the former director of both the CIA and NSA proclaimed that “we kill people based on metadata.” Now, a new examination of previously published Snowden documents suggests that many of those people may have been innocent. Last year, The Intercept published documents detailing the NSA’s SKYNET programme. According to the […]
Russia Warns Saudis: Deploying Ground Troops in Syria Would Unleash ‘A New World War’
February 13th, 2016Via: National Post: Gaziantep, Turkey — Russia on Thursday night warned of “a new world war” in Syria after Persian Gulf states threatened to send in ground forces to the conflict. Foreign and defence ministers of the leading nations backing different factions in Syria met in Munich and Brussels Thursday following the collapse of the […]
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy Arrested by FBI in Portland
February 11th, 2016Via: Oregonian: Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who touched off one armed showdown with federal authorities and applauded another started in Oregon by his sons, was arrested late Wednesday at Portland International Airport and faces federal charges related to the 2014 standoff at his ranch. Bundy, 74, was booked into the downtown Multnomah County jail […]
FBI Moves In On Four Malheur Holdouts
February 10th, 2016Over: Last Four Occupiers Surrender at Malheur Refuge Via: Oregonian: The occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, undertaken 41 days ago with guns and threats, ended Thursday with the peaceful surrender of four holdouts after an hourlong negotiation with the last protester. Those taken into custody by the FBI were David Fry, 27, of […]
Top U.S. Intelligence Official Calls Gene Editing a WMD Threat
February 10th, 2016…scientists have previously speculated about whether CRISPR could be used to make “killer mosquitoes.” Your what hurts? Via: MIT Technology Review: Genome editing is a weapon of mass destruction. That’s according to James Clapper, U.S. director of national intelligence, who on Tuesday, in the annual worldwide threat assessment report of the U.S. intelligence community, added […]
The Hidden Legacy of 70 Years of Atomic Weaponry: At Least 33,480 Americans Dead
February 5th, 2016Via: McClatchy: Byron Vaigneur watched as a brownish sludge containing plutonium broke through the wall of his office on Oct. 3, 1975, and began puddling four feet from his desk at the Savannah River nuclear weapons plant in South Carolina. The radiation from the plutonium likely started attacking his body instantly. He’d later develop breast […]
Military Leaders: Register Women for Draft
February 2nd, 2016Via: Military Times: The Army and Marine Corps’ top uniformed leaders both backed making women register for the draft as all combat roles are opened to them in coming months, a sweeping social change that could complicate the military’s gender integration plans. Both services, along with the Navy, have begun work to open all military […]
NSA’s Hacker-in-Chief: We Don’t Need Zero-Days To Get Inside Your Network
January 31st, 2016I’m posting this for people in network management and security rolls who have to deal with managers who don’t really get it. This talk isn’t for you IT people, because you already know all of this. It’s for the people who block you from trying to do your job effectively. And this is just for […]
F-35 Software Overrun with Bugs, DoD Testing Chief Warns
January 29th, 2016Via: Ars Technica: The F-35’s flight plan appears to have delays written all over it. A previously unreleased memo from Michael Gilmore, the Department of Defense’s director for Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), details a list of problems that will likely hold up the testing of the final configuration of the aircraft—and will mean the […]
