Archive for February, 2008
Bush Orders Clampdown on Flights to U.S.
February 11th, 2008Via: Guardian: The US administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including allowing armed guards on all flights from Europe to America by US airlines. The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of […]
U.S. Loses Prison Camp Records of Bin Laden’s Driver
February 11th, 2008One for your My-Dog-Ate-It file. Via: Reuters: The U.S. military has lost a year’s worth of records describing the Guantanamo interrogation and confinement of Osama bin Laden’s driver, a prosecutor said at the Yemeni captive’s war court hearing on Thursday. Lawyers for the driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, asked for the records to support their argument […]
January Earnings
February 11th, 2008Earnings from all sources on Cryptogon and Farmlet came to a total of $1568.28*, or more than 3x the minimum monthly goal of $500. Thank you. Out of the thousands of people who read Cryptogon, a couple of dozen are regular or semi regular cash contributors. Their generosity has always provided the bulk of the […]
Maui: Wave Power Converters Will Supply 2.7 Megawatts of Electricity
February 11th, 2008Mmm hmm. Via: The Energy Blog: Oceanlinx, an Australian wave energy company, announced plans for a $20 million project to install three floating wave energy converters (WECs), i.e. wave-powered turbine platforms, to supply up to 2.7MW of electricity to the island of Maui, Hawaii. The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Renewable Hawaii, […]
Germany: Seven Megawatt Wind Turbines
February 11th, 2008Woh. Look at the size of those monsters! Can they make top soil? * chuckle * Via: Metaefficient: The world’s largest wind turbine is now the Enercon E-126. This turbine has a rotor blade length of 126 meters (413 feet). The E-126 is a more sophisticated version of the E-112, formerly the world’s largest wind […]
Bomb ‘Hoax’ Leads to Air Evacuation of Oil Platform
February 11th, 2008I thought that the Magic Anchor was still on the loose! Via: Independent: The Special Boat Service and the RAF joined a huge emergency response to reports of a bomb on a North Sea oil platform, which included plans to evacuate more than 500 people. The Special Boat Service and the RAF joined a huge […]
Boston Police to Go Door to Door in Poor Neighborhoods, Asking to Search Homes for Illegal Guns
February 11th, 2008Oh sure. Via: Boston Globe: As Boston police prepare to go into some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, knock on doors of private houses, and ask if they can search for illegal guns without a warrant, officials are trying to pitch the idea of the plan as friendly cooperation to residents who still see […]
CIA Case Officer Tries to Get American Student to Engage in Espionage Activities: Hilarity Ensues
February 10th, 2008This is a gross simplification of how the game works. Inside every U.S. Embassy there are some number of CIA employees who are posing as U.S. Foreign Service personnel. (All countries do the same thing with employees of their respective intelligence agencies and their foreign embassies; this is not unique to the U.S.) Of the […]
G7 Approves IMF Gold Sales
February 10th, 2008Via: Reuters: The Group of Seven rich nations on Saturday approved the sale of gold by the International Monetary Fund from April as part of a broad reform of its budget, Italian Economy Minister Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa said. “There was an acceptance among the G7 that resources should be raised by selling gold,” Padoa-Schioppa, who is […]
The FBI and InfraGard
February 9th, 2008Via: Progressive: Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does—and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to […]
