Archive for July, 2010
Pentagon Workers Tied to Child Porn
July 24th, 2010Via: Boston Globe: Federal investigators have identified several dozen Pentagon officials and contractors with high-level security clearances who allegedly purchased and downloaded child pornography, including an undisclosed number who used their government computers to obtain the illegal material, according to investigative reports. The investigations have included employees of the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance […]
Netanyahu Admits on Video He Deceived U.S. to Destroy Oslo Accord
July 24th, 2010Via: The National: The contents of a secretly recorded video threaten to gravely embarrass not only Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister but also the US administration of Barack Obama. The film was shot, apparently without Mr Netanyahu’s knowledge, nine years ago, when the government of Ariel Sharon had started reinvading the main cities of […]
Pay Czar Will Not Fight Banks on $1.6 Billion in Executive Pay; Shaming Them Is Enough
July 24th, 2010Via: AP: For all his tough talk about excessive pay for bankers, the Obama administration’s pay czar let the executives go without a fight. Kenneth Feinberg announced Friday that he would not try to recoup $1.6 billion in compensation given to top executives at bailed-out banks because he thought shaming them was punishment enough. His […]
U.S. War Crimes: Cancer Rate in Fallujah Worse than Hiroshima
July 23rd, 2010Via: Global Research: The Iraqi city of Fallujah continues to suffer the ghastly consequences of a US military onslaught in late 2004. According to the authors of a new study, “Cancer, Infant Mortality and Birth Sex-Ratio in Fallujah, Iraq 2005–2009,” the people of Fallujah are experiencing higher rates of cancer, leukemia, infant mortality, and sexual […]
Australia: 90% of Web Surveillance Document Censored to Stop ‘Premature Unnecessary Debate’
July 23rd, 2010Via: Sydney Morning Herald: The federal government has censored approximately 90 per cent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians’ web surfing, obtained under freedom of information (FoI) laws, out of fear the document could cause “premature unnecessary debate”. The government has been consulting with the internet industry over the […]
European Banks “Stress Test” Nonsense
July 23rd, 2010Seven of 91 banks failed (breaking on CNBC), but note the part in bold below. Via: Bloomberg: The 91 banks undergoing stress tests were examined on European sovereign debt losses only for the bonds they trade, rather than those they hold to maturity, which may make the tests easier to pass. Portfolios of sovereign five-year […]
Information About DHS FOIA Requesters Reported to Political Staff
July 23rd, 2010Via: AP: For at least a year, the Homeland Security Department detoured hundreds of requests for federal records to senior political advisers for highly unusual scrutiny, probing for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive, according to nearly 1,000 pages of internal e-mails obtained by The Associated Press. The department abandoned […]
One Economic Chart That You Should Permanently Burn Into Your Memory
July 23rd, 2010Via: Economic Collapse Blog:
Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions
July 23rd, 2010In other Scum and Villainy news: Panel Hits Rangel with Ethics Violations. Via: Gallup: Gallup’s 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year. Eleven percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in Congress, down from 17% in […]
Marine at Heart of Camp Pendleton Stolen Files Case Dies
July 22nd, 2010Via: AP: A Marine Corps colonel accused of leaking classified information to an anti-terrorism unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has died. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department says Larry J. Richards was suffering brain, kidney and liver problems when he died Saturday at his home in Lake Arrowhead. He was 52. Richards […]
