Archive for the 'War' Category
‘After Boston, Lawmakers See Case for Use of Drones to Kill Americans’
April 24th, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: In the aftermath of the Boston bombing standoff that ended last Friday, lawmakers have changed their tune on whether a drone should ever be used to target an American citizen on U.S. soil. The use of drones to kill American citizens is not “inherently illegal,” as long as that […]
After U.S. Troops Leave, Armed Drones Will Patrol Afghanistan’s Opium Poppy Farms Skies
April 23rd, 2013
Via: Wired: One of the major elements of Afghanistan’s air war will remain after most U.S. troops have headed home, the U.S. military command confirmed today. Armed drones, operated by the U.S., will remain over Afghanistan after 2014. “I come back to the remotely piloted aircraft,” Air Force Maj. Gen. H.D. Polumbo, the commander of […]
Filmmaker Claims CIA Kept Innocent Man Jailed to Cover Up Drug Trafficking
April 23rd, 2013Via: Wired: “This is a story about an extreme miscarriage of justice. It involves the CIA, the US Army and a shitload of cocaine.” … In 1980 the courts alleged that Elaine Tyree’s murder was financially motivated — Tyree, stationed at Fort Devens, had taken out life insurance policies in the months preceding his wife’s […]
Watertown: Police Engaged In Prolonged Gunbattle with Multiple Suspects
April 19th, 2013I’ve merged this into the main Boston Marathon Bombing thread. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Captured Via: CBS: A flurry of applause at the scene of a standoff between police and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev signaled his capture Friday night. After a nearly two-hour standoff in a Watertown neighborhood, Tsarnaev was taken from the scene by […]
Attacks on Bay Area Data and Electricity Transmission Infrastructure
April 17th, 2013Via: CBS: In apparent acts of “sabotage” in the South Bay early Tuesday, someone cut fiber optic cables, knocking out some 911 service, and then fired a rifle at a PG&E substation, Santa Clara County’s sheriff said. The vandal’s objective appears to have been “shutting down the system,” Sheriff Laurie Smith said at a news […]
Boston Marathon Bombing
April 16th, 2013Was Boston Bombers’ ‘Uncle Ruslan’ with the CIA? Via: Mad Cow Productions: The uncle of the two men who set off bombs at the Boston Marathon, who struck the only grace note in an otherwise horrific week, worked as a “consultant” for the Agency for International Development (USAID) a U.S. Government Agency often used for […]
Contractors’ Next Payday: Commando Logistics for Africa Shadow Wars
April 15th, 2013Via: Wired: Here’s how serious the U.S. is about its African war on terror. The Pentagon is preparing to spend millions to create a privatized flying taxi service to fly its commandos everywhere from Libya to Congo. That’s according to details in a recent solicitation notice for a Defense Department contract worth up to $50 […]
DARPA Cyber Chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko Heads To Google
April 15th, 2013Via: The Security Ledger: Noted hacker and innovator Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a project manager for cyber security research at DARPA for the past three years- will be setting up shop in the Googleplex, according to a post on his Twitter feed.
‘News Is Bad for You – And Giving up Reading it Will Make You Happier’
April 15th, 2013“I hear from people who had read Cryptogon for years, and report to me how their quality of life improved dramatically since shutting out this type of information.” —Comment to Cryptogon reader Via: Guardian: News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. […]
Cliodynamics
April 14th, 2013Via: Wired: In Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction saga Foundation, mathematics professor Hari Seldon predicts the future using what he calls psychohistory. Drawing on mathematical models that describe what happened in the past, he anticipates what will happen next, including the fall of the Galactic Empire. That may seem like fanciful stuff. But Peter Turchin […]
