Tag: spies
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cia, criminals in action: spies like US & algerian rape
jailed cia spy enlisted oregonian son to collect from russian agentsfrom washington times: Even after becoming the highest-ranking CIA agent ever convicted of espionage, Harold James Nicholson continued running spy games, prosecutors say. In fact, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Nicholson made it a family affair. Nicholson, 58, and his 24-year-old son, Nathaniel James…
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9/11 updates: secret trials, white house moles & hero myths
judge’s order could keep public from hearing details of 9/11 trialsfrom washington post: The military judge overseeing proceedings against five of the men accused of planning the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks signed an order designed to protect classified information that is so broad it could prevent public scrutiny of the most important trial at Guantanamo…
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nsa agents admit spying on americans
from raw replay: ABC’s Brian Ross talked to NSA agents who admit spying on phone calls of Americans that have nothing to do with terrorism investigations. Brian Ross reported: “Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropped on as they called…
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mukasey/mueller powergrab: informants, spies & lies
from washington post: Justice Department officials released new guidelines yesterday that empower FBI agents to use intrusive techniques to gather intelligence within the United States, alarming civil liberties groups and Democratic lawmakers who worry that they invite privacy violations and other abuses. The new road map allows investigators to recruit informants, employ physical surveillance and…
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declassified docs shed new light on aipac espionage
from sun herald: More than one thousand documents released under Freedom of Information Act filings reveal details of a secret battle that raged between founders of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and top US law enforcement officials. The new book “America’s Defense Line: The Justice Department’s Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as…
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bullets, bombs, benazir, fbi spy, quarantines, drugs & hitler
bullet shortage affects policefrom ap: A nationwide spike in demand for small-arms ammunition and the skyrocketing cost of raw materials to make the bullets have forced some law enforcement agencies in Washington state to plan their orders further in advance. On average, the cost of ammunition has increased by 67 percent between 2004 and this…
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julia child was an oss spy
from ap: Famed chef Julia Child shared a secret with Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg and Chicago White Sox catcher Moe Berg at a time when the Nazis threatened the world. They served in an international spy ring managed by the Office of Strategic Services, an early version of the CIA created in World War…
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police informants, infiltrators, protests & peace groups
police spied on activists in marylandfrom washington post: Undercover Maryland State Police officers conducted surveillance on war protesters and death penalty opponents, including some in Takoma Park, for more than a year while Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. was governor, documents released yesterday show. Detailed intelligence reports logged by at least two agents in the police…
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9/11: arizona, truth rising, odigo, art students & ksm
william pepper on the 9/11 ballot initiativefrom 9/11 blogger: William Pepper is “following the money” and working with the Jersey Girls on 9/11 lawsuits. This is video from June 4, 2008, in LA… karen & blair hungry for 9/11 truth in arizonafrom 9/11 blogger: State Senator Karen Johnson brings Blair Gadsby and 9/11 Truth to…
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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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prof accused of passing drone tech to china
from danger rom: A retired university professor is accused of passing information to China about high-tech work on drones. J. Reece Roth, a 70-year old professor who used to work at the University of Tennessee’s Plasma Sciences Lab got caught up in the complex web of regulations that surrounds non-classified data subject to export controls.…
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pnac, un, nra, ocp, at&t, apra & bg
pnac site goes downfrom thinkprogress: Eleven years ago, the neoconservative Project for a New American Century (PNAC) set out its statement of principles advocating the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, putting the country on the road to a preventative invasion of Iraq. Signatories included future Iraq war architects Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, and Elliott…
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israel might have many more spies here
from cq politics: The elderly New Jersey man arrested last week on charges of spying for Israel years ago was probably still working for the Jewish state’s espionage service in tandem with another, as yet unidentified spy, former American intelligence officials say… The handler was named only as “CC-1,” or co-conspirator 1, in the criminal…
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former US army engineer accused of spying for israel
from voa: The Department of Justice says federal authorities arrested Ben-Ami Kadish, a U.S. citizen and mechanical engineer, on charges of taking part in a conspiracy to disclose national defense information to Israel. Kadish, formerly employed at the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center in New Jersey, is accused of taking classified material…
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military to ‘recruit or hire bloggers’ & intellipedia
military report: secretly ‘recruit or hire bloggers’from danger room: A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested “clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers.” Since the start of the Iraq war, there’s been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs – and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction…