Archive for January, 2011
Atrocities at Philadelphia Abortion Clinic
January 21st, 2011My guess is that there has been some level of official complicity in the operation of this slaughterhouse for decades; the article alludes to this. Multiple coverups must have occurred to have kept this psychopath out of the regulatory spotlight for so long. Via: MSNBC: A doctor whose abortion clinic was a filthy, foul-smelling “house […]
Blackwater’s Prince Building Mercenary Force with Apartheid-Era ‘Hit Squad’ Officer
January 21st, 2011Via: Raw Story: According to news reports published Thursday, Prince has partnered with an African-based security company, Saracen International, to win security contracts from the Somali government that would see the mercenaries fight the on-land part of the war against Somali high-seas pirates, and would also go after al-Shabab, the Islamist militant group that has […]
FAA Warns of Ongoing GPS Issues in Southeastern U.S. Due to Defense Department ‘Tests’
January 21st, 2011Interestingly (instinctively?), Cryptogon readers have been buying Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass by Harold Gatty for years. This one gets a tick in the Social Engineering box because of how the machine gets people to internalize and rely on whiz bang technology that can then be withdrawn with the flip of a switch. […]
Bankruptcy Considered for States
January 21st, 2011How much longer can appearances be maintained? Will people continue to believe the U.S. is solvent if large states start to pack it in? Remember Meredith Whitney in States Will Need Federal Bailout Within a Year? There was a lot of scorn directed at her after that. Well… Via: New York Times: Policy makers are […]
IRELAND: FIVE MINISTERS QUIT IN TWO DAYS
January 20th, 2011Via: BBC: There has been uproar in the Irish parliament after five ministers quit the cabinet inside two days, with a sixth expected to join them. It was confirmed overnight that four had tendered their resignations, joining Foreign Minister Micheal Martin, who stood down on Tuesday. The enterprise minister is said to be also planning […]
AIRprint Device Reads Fingerprints from Two Meters Away
January 20th, 2011Via: Technology Review: Over the years, fingerprinting has evolved from an inky mess to pressing fingers on sensor screens to even a few touch-free systems that work at a short distance. Now a company has developed a prototype of a device that can scan fingerprints from up to two meters away, an approach that could […]
Utah City May Use Blimp as Anti-Crime Spy in the Sky
January 19th, 2011Via: Reuters: A proposed unmanned floating airship surveillance system is being hailed by city officials in Ogden, Utah as one way to fight crime in its neighborhoods. “We believe it will be a deterrent to crime when it is out and about and will help us solve crimes more quickly when they do occur,” Ogden […]
Smartphones: Radio Firmware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Take Control of iPhone or Android Devices
January 19th, 2011Via: InfoWorld: More than three years after the iPhone was first hacked, computer security experts think they’ve found a whole new way to break into mobile phones — one that could become a big headache for Apple, or for smartphone makers using Google’s Android software. In a presentation set for next week’s Black Hat conference […]
Not The Onion: NSA Turns to Smart Phones for Recruitment
January 19th, 2011Via: Defense Systems: Having a smart phone may give you an advantage if you’re looking for a job with the National Security Agency. The agency on Jan. 13 announced the launch of two new smartphone applications that are part of NSA’s largest hiring effort in recent years. The NSA Career Links Smartphone application—which is available […]
JTF2 Command ‘Encouraged’ War crimes, Soldier Alleges
January 19th, 2011Via: CBC: A member of Canada’s elite special forces unit says he felt his peers were being “encouraged” by the Canadian Forces chain of command to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, according to new documents obtained by CBC News. The documents from the military ombudsman’s office show the member of the covert unit Joint Task […]
