Archive for February, 2010
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions After January Earnings Miss
February 4th, 2010Well done, guys! There are several new contributors here, as well as core supporters who have given far too much already. Thank you very much. Pookie $75 Ivan $69.23 RM $25 RM $25 (Farmlet) DS $20 SC $20 DH $15 AT €20 KM £30 KC $40 JR £10 FB $50 MS CA$25 CJ $9.99 CH […]
Police Want Point and Click Access to Private Email
February 4th, 2010Via: Cnet: Anyone with an e-mail account likely knows that police can peek inside it if they have a paper search warrant. But cybercrime investigators are frustrated by the speed of traditional methods of faxing, mailing, or e-mailing companies these documents. They’re pushing for the creation of a national Web interface linking police computers with […]
GOOGLE NOW WORKING WITH NSA
February 4th, 2010Via: Washington Post: The world’s largest Internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity. Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted […]
The Dollar: I Don’t Try to Divine Much Meaning From the Squiggly Wigglies
February 4th, 2010Short to medium outlook dollar bears and gold bulls: Stay the course as long as the downtrending channel on the USDX remains intact. Keep in mind, however, that a move up and out of the downtrending channel on the USDX above could mean substantial pain in the weeks and months ahead for dollar bears and […]
U.S. Doing ‘Scientific Research’ to Boost Interrogations
February 4th, 2010Via: AFP: An elite US interrogation unit will conduct “scientific research” to find better ways of questioning top suspected terrorists, US intelligence director Dennis Blair said Wednesday. “It is going to do scientific research on that long-neglected area,” Blair told the House Intelligence Committee, without elaborating on the nature of the techniques being tested. A […]
Bernanke Says Federal Reserve Faces ‘Enormous Challenges’
February 4th, 2010Slather on an extra layer of warpaint on Maria Bartiromo and let’s hear more about the jobless recovery and the green shoots. Via: Bloomberg: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told his staff today that the U.S. central bank faces “enormous challenges” as he was sworn in for a second four- year term. “This institution, […]
And Now: Unemployment Data Worse Than Previously Stated
February 4th, 2010I’m sure everyone is shocked. * duh * * drool * Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. may lose 824,000 jobs when the government releases its annual revision to employment data on Feb. 5, showing the labor market was in worse shape during the recession than known at the time.
Ron Paul Warns of Social Unrest and Martial Law
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February 3rd, 2010U.S. Plans Crewless Anti Submarine Warfare Ships
February 3rd, 2010Via: Register: Those splendid brainboxes at DARPA – the Pentagon’s in-house bazaar of the bizarre – have outdone themselves this time. They now plan an entirely uncrewed, automated ghost frigate able to cruise the oceans of the world for months or years on end without human input. The new project is called Anti-submarine warfare Continuous […]
