Tag: corruption
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may clearinghouse
policestate2008real life ministry of love is being built*26 yrs after gibson, pentagon defines ‘cyberspace’*comcast is hiring an internet snoop for the feds*US: possible gov’t laptop breach?*mega corp lawsuit against youtube threatens internet freedom*air force aims for ‘full control’ of ‘any and all’ computers*air force colonel wants to build a military botnet*dns trouble knocks nsa off…
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cops & customs agents caught smuggling drugs
from paul joseph watson: Following last September’s crash of a Gulfstream jet used by the CIA for torture flights that contained 4 tonnes of cocaine, more customs officials and cops have been caught in drug smuggling and drug dealing rackets. Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and officer John Ajello face narcotics, bribery and conspiracy charges after…
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ny priest caught stealing from collection plate
from ap: A parish priest was arrested and charged on Friday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts, including a fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The priest, the Rev. Patrick Dunne, 63, was arraigned on a grand larceny charge, Janet DiFiore, the Westchester district attorney, said. If convicted, he could be…
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missing bilions & war crimes evidence
pentagon can’t account for $15 billionfrom washington post: The inspector general for the Defense Department said yesterday that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $15 billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses to rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns that were bought from contractors in the Iraq reconstruction effort. The…
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former cia official indicted anew in bribery case
from ap: A new indictment of a former top CIA official alleges that he received bribes in the form of “sexual companionship” in exchange for helping a friend get an edge in landing multimillion-dollar contracts from the agency. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday obtained a superseding indictment against Kyle “Dusty” Foggo, who as…
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collateral 43: it’s a man’s world
from collateral news: This week’s episode looks at a Department of Defense report titled “Sexual Assault in the Military” (900kb PDF) and wonders if the official number of 2,688 cases of “rape, sodomy and indecent assault” in 2007 is just the tip of the iceberg.
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US-Trained Forces Reportedly Helping Mexican Cartels
from houston chronicle: As many as 200 U.S.-trained Mexican security personnel have defected to drug cartels to carry out killings on both sides of the border and as far north as Dallas, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Humble, told Congress on Wednesday.The renegade members of Mexico’s elite counter-narcotics teams trained at Fort Benning, Ga., have switched sides,…
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states seize citizens’ property to balance their budgets
from abc: The 50 U.S. states are holding more than $32 billion worth of unclaimed property that they’re supposed to safeguard for their citizens. But a “Good Morning America” investigation found some states aggressively seize property that isn’t really unclaimed and then use the money — your money — to balance their budgets. related: house…
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pentagon sorry for cremating soldiers at pet facility
from raw replay/washington post: The U.S. military has, since 2001, cremated some of the remains of American service members killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere at a Delaware facility that also cremates pets, a practice that ended yesterday when the Pentagon banned the arrangement. The facility, located in an industrial park near Dover Air Force…
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cameras, cops, confiscation & corruption
in more public places, cameras are on watchfrom boston globe: Over the past few years, some patrons of Lexington’s Cary Memorial Library have had the misfortune of encountering a person exposing himself. Five such incidents, along with vandalism that destroyed about $13,000 worth of property, prompted library officials and police to consider installing surveillance cameras,…
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collateral 41: privileged disinformation
from collateral news: If you subscribe to the common wisdom, you probably think politicians are corrupt. If you’re a reasonably well-informed citizen, at least you know their names. But imagine if you weren’t permitted to know the identity of your congressperson or senator. Imagine that congress met & voted on laws in secret. Would you…
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private portland citizen issues parking ticket to cop
from raw replay: An attorney has filed an illegal parking complaint against a Portland police officer. Eric Bryant says he was sitting at a restaurant in the trendy Northwest part of town when Officer Chad Stensgaard parked his patrol car next to a “No Parking” sign and walked inside to wait for his food. Bryant…
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condi must go dot com
from brasscheck tv: There’s a campaign in the works to force Condoleezza Rice to resign as Secretary of State. There are many good reasons for it. Here’s just one: One of the more bizarre characters in the Bush White House, Condoleezza Rice has managed to hang on while others – the Secretary of Defense, the…
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oklahoma sheriff ran sex-slave operation from jail
from koco: An Oklahoma sheriff resigned after an investigation reveals he was running a sex-slave operation from his jail, police said. Michael Burgess surrendered to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents and posted bond Wednesday night, hours after he resigned as Custer County sheriff amid 35 felony charges, including accusations of forcible oral sodomy, kidnapping,…
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dcctv, red teams, red lights & washed-up drones
surveillance quietly expands in district of criminalsfrom washington times: Smile, Washington – the cameras are rolling whether you know it or not. Police and homeland security officials say they will not post signs around the more than 5,200 cameras being consolidated into one network under an initiative announced by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty… The first…