Archive for July, 2013
The New Warrior Cop Is Out of Control
July 8th, 2013Via: Salon: SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise. Book: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko
Mexican Police Chief Killed with Rifle from Fast and Furious Program
July 8th, 2013Via: Los Angeles Times: A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF’s Fast and Furious controversy was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records, suggesting that weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have now made it into the hands of violent […]
In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of NSA
July 7th, 2013…people possibly involved in nuclear proliferation, espionage, cyberattacks and _____
Deutsche Boerse to Launch Cloud Exchange to Trade Computing Power
July 6th, 2013Via: Reuters: German financial markets operator Deutsche Boerse is planning to commoditize computing power with the launch early next year of the world’s first independent exchange for trading cloud computing capacity. The advent of cloud computing, whereby a remote network of computers is made available online, has not only enabled users to ditch much of […]
Dozens Killed in Egypt as Gunfire and Running Battles Erupted in Several Cities
July 6th, 2013Via: AP: Egyptian officials say the country’s interim president has held talks with the army chief and interior minister following a deadly day of clashes across the country that killed at least 30 people. Adly Mansour met with army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who is also the defense minister, as well as Interior Minister Mohammed […]
And Now… Talking Train Window Advertisements
July 6th, 2013When I saw this yesterday, I was sure that it was a hoax. I guess it’s real. Via: BBC: A German firm is proposing to transmit adverts via train windows so that the sound appears to “come from inside the user’s head” when passengers lean against them. The idea would use bone conduction technology, a […]
North Carolina National Guard Rapid Reaction Force Civil Unrest Training Photos
July 6th, 2013Via: Public Intelligence: The following photos depict soldiers from the 252nd Combined Arms Battalion training in June for their role as a “rapid reaction force” capable of responding anywhere in the state of North Carolina within “four to eight hours with additional forces arriving within 24 to 36 hours.” The same unit trained in March […]
Frenchelon Stories Making the Rounds
July 5th, 2013The ECHELON Trigger Words Generator has used the term Frenchelon since around 2001. Via: ZDnet: An investigative report by French daily paper Le Monde has uncovered what it calls the “French Big Brother”: Its own local version of the PRISM-like systems in place in the US and the UK. Le Monde’s report states that French […]
99% of Android Devices Vulnerable to Exploit
July 5th, 2013Via: BlueBox: The Bluebox Security research team – Bluebox Labs – recently discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that allows a hacker to modify APK code without breaking an application’s cryptographic signature, to turn any legitimate application into a malicious Trojan, completely unnoticed by the app store, the phone, or the end user. The […]
U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement
July 3rd, 2013Via: New York Times: Leslie James Pickering noticed something odd in his mail last September: A handwritten card, apparently delivered by mistake, with instructions for postal workers to pay special attention to the letters and packages sent to his home. “Show all mail to supv” — supervisor — “for copying prior to going out on […]
