Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Bush Regime Knew Guantánamo Prisoners Were Innocent
April 9th, 2010Via: Times: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld covered up that hundreds of innocent men were sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp because they feared that releasing them would harm the push for war in Iraq and the broader War on Terror, according to a new document obtained by The Times. The […]
Major U.S. Banks Masked Risk Levels
April 9th, 2010Via: Reuters: Major U.S. banks temporarily lowered their debt levels just before reporting in the past five quarters, making it appear their balance sheets were less risky, the Wall Street Journal said, citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper said on Friday 18 banks, including Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan Stanley, […]
FDA Suppressed Imaging Safety Concerns
April 7th, 2010Via: AP: A former Food and Drug Administration scientist said Tuesday his job was eliminated after he raised concerns about the risks of radiation exposure from high-grade medical scanning. Dr. Julian Nicholas told an audience of imaging specialists that he and other FDA staffers “were pressured to change their scientific opinion,” by managers in the […]
Not The Onion: More Job Seekers Opting for Cosmetic Procedures
April 6th, 2010Here’s one for your When Batshit Insanity Just Doesn’t Cut It file folder. Via: CBS News: In this troubled economy, you may be thinking about beefing up your resume or adding to your portfolio, but how about going under the knife? As CBS 2’s Mai Martinez found, hundreds of people in the Chicago area are […]
No Criminal Charges Likely in AIG Collapse
April 6th, 2010Don’t crack the seal on the AIG mess. Oh no. The smell alone would be too much to handle. Via: CBS News: CBS NEWS has learned that former AIG executive Joseph Cassano – the prime focus of the investigation into its collapse – will meet with Department of Justice attorneys next week in what will […]
Brian Lehrer Live: Wikileaks and Whistle-Blowers
April 3rd, 2010Interview with John Young and Glenn Greenwald. Wikileaks and Whistle-blowers from Brian Lehrer Live on Vimeo.
CIA Propaganda Strategies for Western Europe on Afghanistan
March 27th, 2010Via: WikiLeaks: This classified CIA analysis from March, outlines possible PR-strategies to shore up public support in Germany and France for a continued war in Afghanistan. After the dutch government fell on the issue of dutch troops in Afghanistan last month, the CIA became worried that similar events could happen in the countries that post […]
WikiLeaks Statement on Recent Events
March 26th, 2010Via: WikiLeaks: EDITORIAL:U.S. must stop spying on WikiLeaks Fri Mar 26 08:44:46 UTC 2010 Over the last few years, WikiLeaks has been the subject of hostile acts by security organizations. In the developing world, these range from the appalling assassination of two related human rights lawyers in Nairobi last March (an armed attack on my […]
WikiLeaks Indicating Their Personnel Are Under Physical Surveillance
March 25th, 2010There is a WikiLeaks tweet related to a, “Pentagon murder-coverup” that isn’t appearing in their feed, however, it does show up as an individual tweet via the permalink. It states: # WikiLeaks to reveal Pentagon murder-coverup at US National Press Club, Apr 5, 9am; contact press-club@sunshinepress.org It was posted at 6:43 AM Mar 22nd. The […]
Madoff Programmers Face Charges for Creating Software that Generated Bogus Trading Records
March 23rd, 2010Via: Register: A federal grand jury has indicted two computer programmers on fraud and conspiracy charges for developing programs used by Bernard Madoff to cook the books in his billion-dollar ponzi scheme. Jerome O’Hara and George Perez knowingly created the programs that removed or altered key data contained in reports submitted to regulators in the […]
