Archive for August, 2013
Militants Execute at Least 25 Policemen in Northern Sinai
August 19th, 2013Via: Independent: Bloody violence has continued today as Egyptian security officials say suspected militants have ambushed two police minibuses in northern Sinai, firing rocket-propelled grenades at the vehicles. The attack is believed to have been carried out as the two vehicles were driving through a village near the border town of Rafah in the volatile […]
Egyptian Government Admits Killing Islamists in Custody
August 19th, 2013Via: Globe and Mail: The Egyptian government acknowledged that its security forces killed 36 Islamists in its custody Sunday, as the military leaders and the country’s Islamists vowed to keep up their fight over Egypt’s future. The news of the deaths came on a day in which there appeared to be a pause in the […]
Britain Tries to Intimidate Greenwald by Detaining His Partner
August 19th, 2013Via: Guardian: At 6:30 am this morning my time – 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US – I received a telephone call from someone who identified himself as a “security official at Heathrow airport.” He told me that my partner, David Miranda, had been “detained” at the London airport “under Schedule 7 […]
Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid
August 18th, 2013Via: Huffington Post: A small organic farm in Arlington, Texas, was the target of a massive police action last week that included aerial surveillance, a SWAT raid and a 10-hour search. Members of the local police raiding party had a search warrant for marijuana plants, which they failed to find at the Garden of Eden […]
Scotland Yard Examines Claims that Diana, Princess of Wales Was Murdered by a Member of the British Military
August 18th, 2013Via: Telegraph: Scotland Yard has launched an investigation into new claims that Diana, Princess of Wales was murdered by a member of the British military. It said that it had asked specialist detectives to examine new allegations and evidence passed to it “recently”. The move was approved by Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, its most senior officer. […]
Apple Patents Kill Switch for Mobile Devices Because: “Covert Police or Government Operations May Require Complete ‘Blackout’ Conditions.”
August 18th, 2013Via: United States Patent 8,254,902: As wireless devices such as cellular telephones, pagers, personal media devices and smartphones become ubiquitous, more and more people are carrying these devices in various social and professional settings. The result is that these wireless devices can often annoy, frustrate, and even threaten people in sensitive venues. … Covert police […]
507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices
August 18th, 2013There’s a website that shows animations of some of the designs: 507movements.com Book: 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices by Henry T. Brown (One of the most popular books with Cryptogon readers.)
New Software Forces You to Pay Attention During Company Training
August 18th, 2013Attending to multiple streams of information and entertainment while studying, doing homework, or even sitting in class has become common behavior among young people—so common that many of them rarely write a paper or complete a problem set any other way. —Students can’t resist multitasking, and it’s impairing their memory And now… Via: Bloomberg: Online […]
New Mexico: Scientology’s ‘Alien Space Cathedral and Spaceship Landing Pad’
August 17th, 2013Wow! haha Man, this is a good one. Via: Daily Mail: MailOnline can today reveal the first close-up pictures of the Church of Scientology’s ‘alien space cathedral’ built in a remote part of the New Mexico desert. The mysterious building which leads to an underground vault sits next to two giant symbols carved into the […]
Two US Senators on Intelligence Committee: Thousands of Annual Violations by NSA of Its Own Restrictions Were ‘The Tip of The Iceberg’
August 17th, 2013Via: Guardian: Two US senators on the intelligence committee said on Friday that thousands of annual violations by the National Security Agency on its own restrictions were “the tip of the iceberg.” “The executive branch has now confirmed that the rules, regulations and court-imposed standards for protecting the privacy of Americans’ have been violated thousands […]
