Tag: uk
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cyber storm II gets started
from fcw: The private sector owns more than three-quarters of the country’s critical infrastructure. A large-scale, successful, coordinated attack could cripple the country’s economy. A cyberattack can originate in one country and pass through several others before reaching its target. That dark side of cyberspace is the backdrop for this week’s Cyber Storm II exercise,…
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sleeper cells, prison swells & uk troops in kansas
islamist sleeper cell in scotland yard?from sydney morning herald: Scotland Yard refuses to comment on a report that an al-Qaeda sleeper cell has infiltrated London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters. The News Of The World published a story yesterday stating Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, had identified four London police officers who were passing on Scotland Yard…
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robotwars, saic, target cities, l-rad & vampire cams
automated killer robots ‘threat to humanity’from afp: Increasingly autonomous, gun-totting robots developed for warfare could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and may one day unleash a robot arms race, a top expert on artificial intelligence told AFP. “They pose a threat to humanity,” said University of Sheffield professor Noel Sharkey ahead of a…
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cloud seeding, quake, b2 crash, wargames & details
cloud seeding controversy from kvii: Cloud seeding aims to maximize moisture in clouds and produce rainfall… Planes shoot flares of silver iodide into clouds in both the target area and the buffer zone…with only the goal of making it rain in the target area. Leading those in buffer zone to say…their rain is being stolen.…
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hillary, hollowed-out book, nau, fraudsters & al-CIAda
dallas cop killed while escorting hillary from cbs2: A Dallas police motorcycle officer who crashed and died Friday while escorting Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton’s motorcade to a campaign rally has been identified, CBS station KTVT-TV, in Dallas reported. Senior Cpl. Victor Lozada, a 20-year veteran of the department, was killed in the accident.…
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UK School Had Cameras In the Bathroom
A school has been forced to remove CCTV cameras they installed in the students’ toilets after furious protests from pupils and parents.
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military mind control, global fatting & immoral nukes
report: nonlethal weapons could target brain & mimic schizophreniafrom danger room: Of all the crazy, bizarre less-lethal weapons that have been proposed, the use of microwaves to target the human mind remains the most disturbing. The question has always been: is this anything more than urban myth? We may not have the final answer to…
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critics attack sonic youth blaster
from danger room: Sonic blasters are all the rage these day, but one device used in the United Kingdom that specifically targets teenagers is attracting criticism, reports CNN: The Children’s Commissioner for England, who oversees children’s rights, has called for a ban on the ultra-sonic gadget, known as “The Mosquito,” which disperses young people by…
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‘euros accepted’ signs invade new york city
from reuters: In the latest example that the U.S. dollar ain’t what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise. “We had decided that money is money and we’ll take it and just do the exchange whenever we can with our…
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fight the net, biometric heathrow, nyc geiger & 9/11 dreams
pentagon: internet needs to be dealt with as if an enemy ‘weapons system’from knowledge-driven revolution: The Pentagon’s Information Operations Roadmap (2.26mb PDF) is blunt about the fact that an internet, with the potential for free speech, is in direct opposition to their goals. The internet needs to be dealt with as if it were an…
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cctv camera microphones to be axed
but not literally this time… from telegraph: Hidden microphones mounted on CCTV cameras which can eavesdrop on private conversations in the street are set to be outlawed, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose. Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, believes that the cameras are a serious breach of civil liberties. Britain has 4.5million CCTV cameras which capture…
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random breathalyzer tests planned for uk motorists
from telegraph: Motorists face being subjected to random breath-testing as part of the biggest shake-up of drink-drive laws since the introduction of the breathalyser 40 years ago, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Ministers are convinced that tougher enforcement is the key to cutting the number of alcohol-related road deaths. Their plans for random testing will…
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FTSE hits biggest low since 9/11
from itv: The FTSE 100 Index has plummeted by 323.5 points to close at 5578.2 – its biggest one-day points drop since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001. The FTSE 100 nosedived by 5.5 per cent as fears of a US recession sparked a global sell-off. Shares across Europe also dived and Asian stock…
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uk offers nerve gas veterans £3m & apology
from guardian: The Ministry of Defence is to offer compensation and an apology to the Porton Down victims of secret chemical testing, it was reported today. It is understood £3m will be made available between the 360 veterans who claim they were tricked into becoming “human guinea pigs” for nerve gas experiments. The ex-servicemen say…
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uk prisoners ‘to be chipped like dogs’
Hi-tech ‘satellite’ tagging planned in order to create more space in jails. Civil rights groups and probation officers furious at ‘degrading’ scheme from independent/cryptogon: Ministers are planning to implant “machine-readable” microchips under the skin of thousands of offenders as part of an expansion of the electronic tagging scheme that would create more space in British…