17:17 09 August 2013 by Michael Slezak For similar stories, visit the GM Organisms Topic Guide Genetically modified foods have an image problem all over the world. Field trials of GM wheat were targeted last year in the UK,… Read More ›
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Spain vows to defend its Gibraltar interests while British fleet sails in (coincidentally, of course)
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ Oliver Wright, Adam Withnall Friday, 9 August 2013 Spain will take “all legal measures” to protect its interests in its row with Gibraltar, its Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy… Read More ›
Report: IRS agents used secret DEA data to make cases against taxpayers, covered up where the info came from
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 15:12 EST, 8 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:15 EST, 8 August 2013 An outdated version of a manual distributed to Internal Revenue Service agents showed them how to hide the origin of intelligence on… Read More ›
Revealed: How the NSA will spy on you if you just put the word Osama in an email, text message or Facebook chat
An message sent to a cousin named Osama may now be enough to make any American a target of surveillance The information was couched in a set of rules leaked by Edward Snowden about a 2008 domestic surveillance law The… Read More ›
Britain sends rapid reaction force of warships to visit Gibraltar / Spain threatens to close part of its airspace to Britain
British navy warships to visit Gibraltar amid diplomatic row Exclusive: Britain has said a rapid reaction force of warships will visit Gibraltar on its way to naval exercises in the Mediterranean, even as the fierce diplomatic row over the disputed… Read More ›
Unhappy With U.S. Foreign Policy? Pentagon Says You Might Be A ‘High Threat’ : “Hema”
Matt Sledge Become a fan msledge@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/07/2013 11:36 am EDT | Updated: 08/07/2013 5:19 pm EDT Watch out for “Hema.” A security training test created by a Defense Department agency warns federal workers that they should consider the hypothetical Indian-American woman… Read More ›
CNN boss Jeff Zucker’s son, 15, resigns hours after it’s revealed Cory Booker’s start up put him on the advisory board and gave him stock options
Cory Booker helped found a video aggregation start up site called Waywire Financial disclosure forms show that he appointed Jeff Zucker’s 15-year-old son Andrew on the company’s advisory board Andrew has since quit after his role was publicized Google’s Eric… Read More ›
Rich Kids of Instagram inspires new reality series starring mega-wealthy 20-somethings living extravagant lifestyles in Beverly Hills – Peasants Revolt Anyone?
By Margot Peppers PUBLISHED: 14:04 EST, 7 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:40 EST, 7 August 2013 The stars of Rich Kids of Instagram, the Tumblr dedicated to teens and 20-somethings living extremely lavish lifestyles, are set to become reality… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia dangles $15 billion arms deal in front of Russia in exchange for dropping Assad – report
Saudi Arabia dangles lucrative arms deal in front of Russia in exchange for dropping Assad – report Published time: August 07, 2013 20:12 Edited time: August 07, 2013 T-90 tank – like one of 150 Russia previously planned to supply… Read More ›
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was ‘king of the party’ at sex soirées, claim French investigators
Disgraced former IMF chief has been charged with ‘aggravated pimping’, along with 12 other people Anne Penketh Wednesday, 7 August 2013 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, disgraced former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was the “linchpin” and “party king” of an… Read More ›
Disturbing report alleges killings of 450 Kurds in Syria / Kurds have begun Mobilization
Published time: August 07, 2013 04:52 Unconfirmed reports have emerged detailing a new massacre in which 450 Kurds – including 120 children – were allegedly slaughtered by al-Qaeda-linked rebels fighting against the Syrian government. The report has sparked international concern…. Read More ›
Japan unveils largest warship since WWII as tensions with China grow
independent.co.uk — Aug 07 Japan has unveiled its biggest warship since the Second World War, leading to fears that the conflict over disputed islands between it and China could escalate. The 19,500-tonne behemoth, described as a destroyer but with the… Read More ›
Anti-American (Obama) music video from Egypt goes viral [VIDEO]
EEV: This is posted not just because it is anti-American. It is posted to fully comprehend the firestorm this administration has unleashed for its unwavering support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi was democratically elected, but that does not give any political official the right… Read More ›
Documents: Attorney General Eric Holder billed taxpayers for more than $4 MILLION in travel in less than 4 years
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 16:40 EST, 5 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:46 EST, 5 August 2013 Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the April 2011 convention of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, charging taxpayers … Read More ›
Freed paedophile rearrested in Spain after Morocco pardon fiasco / A Spy?
Release of Daniel Galván on Sunday after serving barely two years of 30-year sentence sparked riots outside Morocco’s parliament Stephen Burgen in Barcelona theguardian.com, Monday 5 August 2013 18.08 EDT Demonstrators in Morocco protest against the release of… Read More ›
US embassy closures used to bolster case for NSA surveillance programs / embassies and consulates were going to be closed anyways in accordance with local custom and practice for the bulk of the week for the Eid celebration
Congress told that NSA monitoring led to interception of al-Qaida threats but privacy campaigners fear ulterior political motives Spencer Ackerman and Dan Roberts in Washington theguardian.com, Monday 5 August 2013 16.30 EDT Motorists drive past the US embassy in… Read More ›
Charging Kid Who Played Doctor Wasn’t Malicious / 6-year-old charged with sexual assault
By LORRAINE BAILEY CHICAGO (CN) – It was “poor judgment,” but not unconstitutional, to charge a 6-year-old with sexual assault after he played doctor with other children, the 7th Circuit ruled. D.B., as he is named in the court record,… Read More ›
Syrian “rebels” executed 450 women and children
Photo: EPA Terrorists and militants of the extremist groups “Dzhebhat-en-Nusra” and “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” who are fighting against the Syrain army attempting to overthrow the president have committed a new massacre in the north of Syria…. Read More ›
Life sentences for 17 ringleaders of Turkey’s ‘Deep State’ coup plot as epic trial concludes with 300 verdicts
Landmark prosecution to unravel underground ‘terrorist’ organisation Ergenekon concludes with scores of lengthy jail terms, sparking anti-government protests Justin Vela Monday, 5 August 2013 A Turkish court has issued heavy sentences in a long-running court case involving nearly 300 defendants… Read More ›
Secret US drug agency unit passing surveillance information to authorities ( Special Operations Division, or SOD )
Wiretaps and telephone records are being funnelled across the country to launch criminal investigations of Americans Reuters in Washington theguardian.com, Monday 5 August 2013 10.38 EDT Federal agents are trained to ‘recreate’ the investigative trail to effectively cover up… Read More ›
NSA’s ‘Homeland’ includes Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America
Posted By Josh Peterson On 7:15 PM 08/02/2013 In Politics Americans now have responsibility for a bunch of new places they can’t find on a map. It turns out that the National Security Agency considers Canada, Greenland, Mexico and parts of… Read More ›
Japan moves to safeguard border islands
Construction of port facilities is under way at Okinotorishima island in Ogasawara village, Tokyo. News Desk The Yomiuri Shimbun Publication Date : 05-08-2013 These remote islands serve as points for defining territorial waters and exclusive economic zones With… Read More ›
Egypt denies Turkish PM Gaza entry
Recep Tayyip Erdogan Photo: EPA Egypt’s new authorities have denied Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan entry to the Gaza Strip, the local media reported on Sunday. According to the Al-Youm Al-Sabia Internet portal, Cairo has notified Ankara that “the… Read More ›
Greece arrests German man on suspicion of spying for Turkey
Police say 72-year-old admits photographing military buildings on island of Chios for people he believes are Turkish nationals Reuters in Athens theguardian.com, Sunday 4 August 2013 12.45 EDT Greek coastguard officers watch over a harbour in Chios. Last Tuesday a… Read More ›
Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA / Suggesting a new Shadow Government
Documents provided by two House members demonstrate how they are blocked from exercising any oversight over domestic surveillance • Morgan Griffith’s requests for NSA information • Alan Grayson’s requests for NSA information Glenn Greenwald theguardian.com, Sunday 4 August 2013 08.26… Read More ›
This 7-Year-Old Is Banned From Talking About Fracking—Ever
A settlement reached with four natural gas companies insisted that a couple’s children should also be barred from discussing fracking. By Kate Sheppard | Fri Aug. 2, 2013 9:50 AM PDT When a property owner reaches a settlement with an… Read More ›
Canadians Warned To Avoid Sex
August 2, 2013: Canadian intelligence (CSIS) recently issued a warning to government officials (and the general public, especially businessmen) to beware of foreign countries that are increasingly using the honey trap (sexual entrapment) technique to coerce foreigners into spying for… Read More ›
Huge leak of tritium feared in Fukushima
Kyodo Aug 3, 2013 Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that an estimated 20 trillion to 40 trillion becquerels of tritium from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean since May 2011.The utility reported… Read More ›
Is new yakuza journal good news for Japan?
by Jake Adelstein Aug 3, 2013 If you’re a well-connected Japanese gangster, you now have your own newspaper to keep you abreast of underworld life. Another perk of the job.Japan’s yakuza are a different lot. They have office buildings, business… Read More ›
Spain warns ‘the party is over’ as Gibraltar row escalates
UK Foreign Office warns ‘it will not compromise’ on Britain’s sovereignty over Gibraltar Heather Saul Sunday, 4 August 2013 The Foreign Office has said today that the UK “will not compromise” after the Spanish Government threatened to take a… Read More ›
Turkey: Great Kurdistan, a potential nightmare for Erdogan
Syrian Kurds toward autonomous entity, border heating up 29 July, 13:46 (by Francesco Cerri). (ANSAmed) – ANKARA – Over two years since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, the situation developing in the warn-torn country is looking increasingly… Read More ›
Afghanistan: Taliban backers win £100m in US contracts
Washington politicians demand tighter controls to stop cash for reconstruction from going to supporters of Afghan insurgency Jonathan Owen Sunday, 4 August 2013 The US government has awarded more than $150m (£98m) in contracts to companies and individuals in Afghanistan… Read More ›
Big 3 Accused of Price-Fixing for Fracking
By CAMERON LANGFORD ShareThis HOUSTON (CN) – Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes used their 60 percent share of U.S. fracking services to fix and raise prices, a petroleum company claims in federal antitrust class action. Cherry Canyon Resources accuses… Read More ›
Colin Powell’s letter in response to the Guccifer Hack
EEV : Posting this letter via the Smoking Gun with thanks. In addition thank you to Guccifer for continuing to expose the level of compromise at the upper echelons of our security network.
Employer Tipped Off Police To Pressure Cooker And Backpack Searches, Not Google
EEV: Updated:2 AUG 2013 Current article proceeds : Still does not explain how the FBI does not know that quinoa is not a typical bomb making material. Alexia Tsotsis Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the… Read More ›
Colin Powell admits to sending ‘very personal’ emails to a Romanian diplomat but DENIES having an affair as a hacker threatens to leak their intimate messages
The 76-year-old former secretary of state said he met Corina Cretu, a 45-year-old member of the European Parliament, 10 years ago He said they began emailing each other in 2005 and ‘the emails became of a very personal nature but… Read More ›
The Pre-Snowden NSA leaks – Bumblehive, Operation Thinthread, Going Dark, Stingray, Trapwire, Total Information Awarness, etc..
Editors Note ( Ralph Turchiano ) – This is a requested Re-post from 2013 The Intelligence community began to lose control prior to Snowden. The Boston Bombing event resulted in over zealous Intelligence Consultants revealing trade secrets. Then Following the… Read More ›
Kim Jong who? Meet the cabal that really runs North Korea
Geoffrey CainAugust 1, 2013 06:01 Add Geoffrey Cain to your circles Follow @geoffrey_cain Legend aside, the boy despot doesn’t do everything himself. Here’s the power pantheon he shares power with. The Workers’ Party of Korea includes the other power players… Read More ›
Spanish premier denies slush funds allegations / Rajoy in Parliament: Barcenas lied, I will not resign
01 August, 16:06 (ANSAmed) – MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy spoke Thursday in Parliament, denying allegations that his Partido Popular had ever held slush funds. Rajoy said that former treasurer Luis Barcenas had told ”lies and accused us… Read More ›
For Congress, ‘it’s classified’ is new equivalent of ‘none of your business’
McClatchy Washington Bureau Posted on Tue, Jul. 30, 2013 By Ali Watkins | McClatchy Washington Bureau last updated: July 30, 2013 05:12:33 PM WASHINGTON — ] The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reportedly gave its approval last week to an… Read More ›
White House presses for team of ‘nudge’ experts to sway American behavior
By Cheryl K. Chumley – The Washington Times Tuesday, July 30, 2013 The White House has kicked off several federal projects aimed at influencing how Americans react to certain policy reforms, going so far as to solicit behavior… Read More ›
Government launches program to Modify the Behavior of bureaucrats and citizens through clinical experimentation
Federal ‘nudge squad’ led by 20-something wunderkind gears up to change Americans’ behaviors – for our own good By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 14:00 EST, 30 July 2013 | UPDATED: 14:06 EST, 30 July 2013 Maya Shankar is… Read More ›
Hollywood’s in need of a hero – to recover its money from China
Beijing accused of taking box office receipts from American studios Tim Walker Tuesday, 30 July 2013 China is likely to become the world’s biggest film market within the next five years, making it a potential source of vast profits for… Read More ›
And you thought $16.7trillion was bad… Leading economist says U.S. national debt is actually $86.8TRILLION
By David Martosko In Washington PUBLISHED: 15:27 EST, 29 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:56 EST, 29 July 2013 The U.S. government’s books are in the red by more than $86.8trillion, according to an influential University of California San Diego… Read More ›
Newspaper: Strauss-Kahn may take up position of Serbian govt’s advisor
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS BELGRADE, July 30 (Itar-Tass) – Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn may take up the position of an advisor to Serbia’s government, the newspaper Danas says in its Tuesday edition. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister… Read More ›
That’s a bit rich: Only 28 per cent of millionaires think they’re wealthy
A study by UBS found that only 28 per cent of investors with $1-$5 million feel rich Only 60 per cent with $5 million or more think they are wealthy The average annual income in America is $51,500 The rich… Read More ›
US quickly approaching 3rd world status as massive poverty sets in
Sunday, 28 July 2013 Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Survey data exclusive… Read More ›
Researchers show how a major GPS flaw could allow terrorists and hackers to hijack commercial ships and planes
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 20:29 EST, 27 July 2013 | UPDATED: 20:29 EST, 27 July 2013 The world’s GPS system is vulnerable to terrorists and hackers who could use it to hijack ships, including commercial airliners and cruise… Read More ›
Iconic Ground Zero photo was nearly excluded from museum for being too ‘rah-rah’ American
By MELISSA KLEIN Last Updated: 5:47 AM, July 28, 2013 Posted: 12:03 AM, July 28, 2013 This iconic picture of firefighters raising the stars and stripes in the rubble of Ground Zero was nearly excluded from the 9/11… Read More ›
Chinese police allege Glaxo sales reps trained to offer sexual bribes
Chinese police have released new details of GlaxoSmithKline’s alleged crimes in China, claiming that sales representatives were given “clear directives” to offer bribes to doctors and were trained to cater “to their pleasures.” Xinhua reported that a woman, named as… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 