Tag: corruption
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zombie computers, pocket lie detectors & stolen laptops
zombie computers decried as imminent nat’l threatfrom threat level: Gangs of thousands of zombie home computers grinding out spam, committing fraud and overpowering websites are the most vexing net threat today, according to law enforcement and security professionals… at the RSA 2008 security conference entitled “Protecting the Homeland: Winning the Botnet Battle,” which was marked…
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only users lose guns (& laptops): dea plagued by loss
from washington times: More than 90 weapons and 230 laptop computers belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration have turned up missing over the past five years and, despite efforts by the agency to address weaknesses in tracking the items, “significant deficiencies” remain, a report said yesterday. The lost and stolen weapons include pistols, rifles, shotguns…
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pentagon mistakenly sends icbm parts to taiwan
from danger room: Well, it’s not as bad as mistakenly sending nuclear-armed cruise missiles for a ride across the United States, but it’s not good either. The Pentagon today announced that it had mistakenly sent fuses for intercontinental ballistic missiles to Taiwan. Oops. No nuclear components were involved, however. Apparently, Taiwan was supposed to get…
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navy fires admiral accused of lying
from abc: A top Navy admiral has been fired for misleading Pentagon investigators looking into allegations he had an inappropriate relationship in 1990 while assigned to the White House as the military aide to then-President George H. W. Bush. Vice Adm. John “Boomer” Stufflebeem was relieved of his position as director of the Navy staff…
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china locks down as protests blow up
beijing sends in tanks as tibet eruptsfrom guardian: China flooded the streets of Lhasa with riot police, yesterday, as the international community urged an end to the bloodshed in Tibet that has already claimed at least 10 – possibly dozens more – lives… “The army and police forbid us from walking down the road, so…
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pentagon tries to memory hole new report
cancels plan for broad public release of report that debunks neocon lie of saddam/bin laden linkfrom steve watson: The Pentagon has blocked the scheduled release of a definitive report that found no pre-Iraq war link between late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. The report (3.39mb PDF), which is based on 600,000 official Iraqi…
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ap probe finds drugs in drinking water
from ap: A vast array of pharmaceuticals – including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones – have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows. To be sure, the concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are tiny, measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion,…
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fire fallon, dhs crimes, pandemic drills & hagee
bush may fire fallon for someone more ‘pliable’from thinkprogress: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called CENTCOM commander Adm. William Fallon “one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today.” Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and has consistently battled the Bush administration to avoid a confrontation with Iran, calling officials’ war-mongering “not helpful.” Privately, he…
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nuke standards slipping
from danger room: Last year, a B-52 mistakenly loaded with nuclear weapons took a trip across the United States, sparking concerns about the safety of U.S. nuclear arsenal. The important question, however, is whether this incident was an isolated snafu, or indicative of deeper problems in the nuclear world. Some are arguing it is indeed…
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bird flu, nazi loot, wilkes fraud, rule by law & nyfd spies
indonesia’s health minister: bird flu a US bioweaponfrom paul joseph watson: Indonesia’s Health Minister has implicated the U.S. government in an international conspiracy to develop the bird flu virus into a deadly bio-weapon in a new book which is also endorsed by Indonesia’s President. Indonesia has been worst hit by the bird flu virus, with…
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los alamos: nuke violations & classified info breaches
from danger room: There have been so many security and safety meltdowns at Los Alamos over the last five years, it’s hard to keep ’em all straight (well, at least the ones that don’t involved meth labs). But now, the investigators at the Government Accountability Office have put a half-decade of scandals into a single…
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9/11 updates: foreknowledge, memorials & lies
fox5 foreknowledge of wtc7 collapse UPDATE2: Upon further review, it looks as if this was reported a few minutes after the actual collapse at 5:20 PM, so it might not have been a live shot. So it isn’t as damning as the BBC and CNN clips are, but it is still strong evidence indicating that…
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radiation pills, blackwater ills, gold & a ‘gannon moment’
white house drops anti-radiation pill planfrom upi: The Bush administration has dropped a program to distribute anti-radiation pills to citizens who live near nuclear reactors, officials said. John Marburger, U.S. President George Bush’s top science adviser, said Monday the over-the-counter potassium iodide pills “offer negligible additional protection” against radiation exposure and there were more effective…
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satellites, chavez, rfid & army ranger coke sting
broken US spy satellite could fall to earth from time: A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday. The satellite, which can no longer be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it…
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china hushes up olympic deaths
from the australian: China has systematically covered up the accidental deaths of at least 10 workers, and perhaps many more, in a rush to construct the futuristic “bird’s nest” stadium in Beijing for this summer’s Olympic Games… Witnesses have told The Sunday Times of seeing workers plummet to their deaths from the perilous heights of…