Archive for June, 2014
Civil Forfeiture Scam: Cops In Texas Seize Millions By ‘Policing for Profit’
June 6th, 2014Via: Forbes: Texas law enforcement are continuing to enrich themselves using a little-known legal doctrine known as civil forfeiture, according to a new series of investigative reports. Under civil forfeiture, property can be forfeited even if its owner has never been charged with a crime. In these proceedings, accused criminals have more rights than innocent […]
Why Was the FBI Investigating Michael Hastings’ Reporting on Bowe Bergdahl?
June 6th, 2014Via: Vice: Three years into the disappearance of Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings — the journalist whose reporting cost General Stanley McChrystal his job — wrote a Rolling Stone story on the missing soldier, a piece which the magazine called “the definitive first account of Bowe Bergdahl.” Hastings, who died in a car accident […]
Empire of Prisons: How the United States Is Spreading Mass Incarceration Around the World
June 6th, 2014Via: Counterpunch: The United States, which leads the world in imprisonment rates, is exporting its model of mass incarceration to developing countries around the world. This “prison imperialism” is one of the foundational components to the infrastructure of Empire. Along with the militarization of police forces and borders, mass incarceration enables neoliberal economies to manage […]
Vodafone Reveals Direct Access by Governments to Customer Data
June 6th, 2014Via: New York Times: A number of countries have direct access to the communication network run by the British telecom company Vodafone. The revelation comes in a privacy report released on Friday by Vodafone, the world’s second-largest carrier behind China Mobile, that included information about how governments regularly requested data about the company’s users. Vodafone […]
Readers Keep Cryptogon Going in June
June 6th, 2014Wow, look at this. The situation for June is looking a lot less grim than it did a day ago. Thanks very much! JK $20 JB $20 DS $50 DR $25 KM £40 CB $20 BS $20 TB $50 KH $50 PW £10 RH $10 ML $10
After Texting Girlfriend Too Much In The Dark, Chinese Man Suffers Detached Retina
June 5th, 2014Via: MedicalDaily: A 26-year-old man from China suffered a detached retina after hours of texting his girlfriend in the dark, using his cell phone messaging app, WeChat. He was required to undergo emergency surgery after his eyesight became plagued with sudden flashes and he discovered his left eye’s retina had become detached. Retinal detachment — […]
Earnings for March, April and May
June 5th, 2014Many thanks to the those of you who supported Cryptogon in March, April and May. Missing the minimum monthly earnings goal ($1000) for three months in a row means that it’s probably time to start winding down my efforts on Cryptogon. I’m doing a disservice to my family by allocating time to this without seeing […]
Overseas Processing Centre 1 (OPC-1)
June 5th, 2014Via: Register: Above-top-secret details of Britain’s covert surveillance programme – including the location of a clandestine British base tapping undersea cables in the Middle East – have so far remained secret, despite being leaked by fugitive NSA sysadmin Edward Snowden. Government pressure has meant that some media organisations, despite being in possession of these facts, […]
PSYOP Breaking Down? ‘The American Dream Is Out of Reach’
June 4th, 2014Via: CNN: The American Dream is impossible to achieve in this country. So say nearly 6 in 10 people who responded to CNNMoney’s American Dream Poll, conducted by ORC International. They feel the dream — however they define it — is out of reach. Young adults, age 18 to 34, are most likely to feel […]
12 Reasons Why New Zealand’s Economic Bubble Will End In Disaster
June 4th, 2014This was on the front page of the most read rag in New Zealand a couple of days ago: A two-bedroom home with its original 1950s bathroom and kitchen and not in one of Auckland’s hottest suburbs has sold for $1.08 million. That compares with a home that was larger, newer, on a bigger section […]
