Archive for May, 2012
Restricted U.S. Army Internment and Resettlement Operations Manual
May 4th, 2012Via: Public Intelligence: The goal of military police conducting detainee operations is to provide stability within the population, its institutions, and its infrastructure. In this rapidly changing and dynamic strategic environment, U.S. forces will compete with local populations for the same space, routes, and resources. The modular force’s ability to positively influence and shape the […]
More Americans Stashing Cash in Home Safes
May 4th, 2012My guess is that the chances of people being robbed by the police are much higher than the chances of being robbed by more traditional criminals. Remember: In the eyes of the police, cash is evidence of criminal activity. Via: Smart Money: One thing that isn’t driving the safe boom, apparently, is crime. Indeed, U.S. […]
Young Italians Flock to Become Shepherds
May 4th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Pay is poor and the hours are long, but there is job security, fresh air and as much pecorino cheese as you can eat. As Italy’s unemployment rate topped 10pc this week, it emerged that young people are flocking to become shepherds. Traditionally the preserve of older men, the profession has recently attracted […]
Obama Regime Wants Prosecutors to Have Easier Access to Cell Phone Records
May 4th, 2012Via: Reuters: The U.S. Congress should pass a law to give investigators freer access to certain cellphone records, an Obama administration official said on Thursday, in remarks that raised concern among advocates of civil liberties and privacy. Jason Weinstein, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s criminal division, argued that requirements for warrants […]
UC San Diego Student Left Unattended for Five Days in DEA Cell
May 4th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: Elected officials are demanding answers after Daniel Chong, a 23-year-old UC San Diego student, was left unattended for five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration detention cell. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) called on U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. asking for an “immediate and thorough” Department of Justice investigation into […]
Unmasked: Meet The FBI’s Bridge Bomb Plot Snitch
May 3rd, 2012Via: The Smoking Gun: The paid informant who helped orchestrate the FBI sting that resulted in the arrest of five anarchists for allegedly plotting to blow up an Ohio bridge is a convicted felon who was arrested on bad check and theft charges in the midst of his cooperation with federal investigators, The Smoking Gun […]
KBR on Shortlist to Run UK Police Services
May 3rd, 2012Via: Guardian: A US Pentagon contractor that was involved in building Guantánamo Bay is on a shortlist of seven private consortiums bidding for a £1.5bn contract to run key policing services in the West Midlands and Surrey. The Texas-based, Kellogg Brown & Root, which was sold off by the controversial Halliburton corporation in 2007, is […]
Secrets in Plain Sight
May 2nd, 2012Via: Secrets in Plain Sight: Secrets In Plain Sight is an awe inspiring exploration of great art, architecture, and urban design which skillfully unveils an unlikely intersection of geometry, politics, numerical philosophy, religious mysticism, new physics, music, astronomy, and world history. Exploring key monuments and their positions in Egypt, Stonehenge, Jerusalem, Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, […]
Fast and Furious: Grenades
May 2nd, 2012Via: Daily Caller: In a shocking development in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation, documents show Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns. The emails also show Obama administration officials acknowledging that they may lose track of grenades but would still be able to accomplish […]
All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future
May 2nd, 2012Via: Wired: Fighter pilot Mary “Missy” Cummings saw it coming while landing her F/A-18 supersonic jet on a Navy aircraft carrier — the world-changing disruption barreling toward the present. Instead of landing the multi-million-dollar machine on the small deck of the ship herself in the 1990s, a computer accomplished the tricky feat for her. “Here […]
