Archive for September, 2009
British Secret Intelligence Service Calls the Cops on Itself
September 14th, 2009Via: Telegraph: The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has referred an unidentified case involving alleged complicity in torture to the Attorney General who has in turn referred it on to the Metropolitan Police, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. The police are already investigating MI5, the Security Service, over allegations that they colluded in the torture of […]
North Korea: Starving in Silence
September 14th, 2009Via: Globe and Mail: In a country where citizens are subjected to ceaseless propaganda telling them that they live in a socialist paradise, it’s the silence that tells the other side of the story. You can stand in the middle of some Pyongyang streets, even at rush hour, and hear only the occasional sound of […]
Danish Government Stops Publication of Book Written by Special Forces Soldier
September 14th, 2009Via: Copenhagen Post: A 42-year-old Special Forces soldier may be jailed for revealing sensitive information in a book about the elite force’s missions in Afghanistan. Sgt First Class Thomas Rathsack’s book ‘Jæger – i krig med eliten’ (‘Hunter – at war with the elite’) was due out on 25 September. But the Defence Command has […]
Cops Drawing Blood of Suspected Drunk Drivers
September 14th, 2009Via: AP: When police officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he’ll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver’s arms, as he tries to search for a plump, bouncy vein. “I was looking at people’s arms […]
Venezuela to Develop Nuclear Energy With Russian Help
September 14th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said the South American country plans to develop a nuclear energy program with Russia and doesn’t want to build an atomic bomb. Chavez said that the country’s oil and gas reserves won’t last forever and the government will seek alternative energy sources. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin agreed to […]
The Ghost Fleet of the Recession
September 14th, 2009It’s the Daily Mail, but this somewhat interesting anyway. Right off the bat, however, there’s a serious howler that I’ve got to clear up before I post a link to this: “The biggest and most secretive gathering of ships in maritime history…” Maybe the author of the piece below isn’t aware of what happened during […]
Wells Fargo Executive Squats in Home of Madoff-Duped Couple
September 14th, 2009UPDATE: Fired: Moving to contain a public relations mess, Wells Fargo & Co. fired a top executive accused of using a bank-owned Malibu beach house to entertain her family and friends. Cheronda Guyton, a senior vice president responsible for commercial foreclosed properties, broke company rules barring personal use of bank property, Wells Fargo said in […]
Internet Firms Help Canadian Courts ID Authors of Controversial Email
September 14th, 2009Related: The Ugly Truth About Online Anonymity Via: Daily Finance: Internet users everywhere would do well to take heed. Your emails — and maybe even your Google searches — could be one subpoena away from the prying eyes of federal authorities, not to mention private litigants.
Police Seeking Missing Yale Student Find Body Inside Wall
September 14th, 2009Maybe the authorities should interview people who hang out inside the tomb. Possibly Related: Dead Scientists Via: New York Times: It was supposed to have been Annie Le’s wedding night. But hours after the missing Yale graduate student was to have been married, investigators found a body stuffed inside a wall of the lab building […]
Philadelphia’s Libraries Scheduled to Close Starting October 2 Due to Budget Deadlock
September 14th, 2009I honestly thought that this story wasn’t real at first, but it’s real. All Free Library of Philadelphia Branch, Regional and Central Libraries Closed Effective Close of Business October 2, 2009 Via: Los Angeles Times: In a dramatic move, the Philadelphia Free Library System announced today that it will close all branch, regional and central […]
