Archive for May, 2013
IRS Targeted Groups Critical of Government
May 13th, 2013Via: Washington Post: At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials singled out for scrutiny not only groups with “tea party” or “patriot” in their names but also nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by […]
Crap Cannon: Israel Sprays Putrid Liquid for Crowd Control, Collective Punishment
May 12th, 2013Via: Russia Today:
Auditor: 100,000 Dashcam Videos Disappear from SPD Database
May 12th, 2013Your what hurts? Via: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: More than 100,000 dashcam videos have disappeared from the Seattle Police Department, prompting city investigators to recommend the department do a better job of tracking and saving those videos.
Bill Gates, Jeb Bush, Oprah and Warren Buffett Meeting on South Carolina Island
May 12th, 2013Via: WBTW: Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is spending time in the Lowcountry. WCBD confirmed the American business magnate is at the Sanctuary on Kiawah Island. Suspicion was raised when nearly 20 very expensive jets were seen lined up at the Charleston International Airport on Johns […]
Bloomberg Spied on Market Data Subscribers
May 11th, 2013Via: CNN: That was the unsettling realization Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) executives came to a few weeks ago when a Bloomberg reporter inadvertently revealed the surveillance capabilities reporters from the news and financial data provider have over users of Bloomberg terminals. Traders throughout the financial world depend on Bloomberg terminals for real-time data on […]
Cops Beat Woman For Filming Another Beating
May 11th, 2013Via: Alternet: Baltimore police beat up a woman and smashed her camera for filming them beating up a man, telling her: “You want to film something bitch? Film this!” the woman claims in court.
Cryptogon Reader Sent $20
May 11th, 2013MW sent $20 back in April. Thank you.
Police Practice for Gunbattle with… ‘Angry Parents at a School’
May 11th, 2013[???] Via: KOMO Repost by MoxNews:
Former Dictator Efraín Ríos Montt Convicted of Genocide in Guatemala
May 11th, 2013“President Ríos Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment. … I know he wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans and to promote social justice.” —U.S. President Ronald Regan, 1982 Via: Independent: Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt’s conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing […]
FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant
May 11th, 2013Via: ACLU: New documents from the FBI and U.S. Attorneys’ offices paint a troubling picture of the government’s email surveillance practices. Not only does the FBI claim it can read emails and other electronic communications without a warrant—even after a federal appeals court ruled that doing so violates the Fourth Amendment—but the documents strongly suggest […]
