Source: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 02:17 PM Author: Reuters By Emma Thomasson ZURICH, June 28 (Reuters) – Swiss prosecutors have charged a German IT expert with selling client data from private bank Julius Baer BAER.VX in Zurich to the German… Read More ›
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Top prelate, spy, broker arrested in Vatican bank probe
IOR woes continue, Vatican will collaborate ‘fully’ with judges 28 June, 13:15 (ANSAmed) – ROME – Italian police on Friday arrested a prelate in charge of Vatican accounts, a member of Italy’s domestic intelligence service and a… Read More ›
The UK Bans Two Prominent American Bloggers From Entering the Country
Jun. 26, 2013 11:59pm Mike Opelka (This story has been updated.) On Wednesday, two American citizens were told that their opinions were a danger to the UK and as such, they were banned from visiting the country. Pamela Geller and… Read More ›
Turkish PM’s treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists
Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s attack on presenter for BBC’s Turkish service as a warning to them all Constanze Letsch in Istanbul guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 14.00 EDT Erdogan took offence at the BBC’s coverage of anti-government protests…. Read More ›
US Senators Warn of Soviet Revival, Want ‘Consequences’ Over Snowden
Jun. 25, 2013 – 06:00AM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | WASHINGTON — Senators from both US political parties on Tuesday urged the Obama administration to take steps forcing Moscow to suffer “consequences” for refusing to hand over NSA leaker… Read More ›
New Bill Gives Gov. Jerry Brown Power for Secret Talks ( under the guise of public security )
By WILLIAM DOTINGA SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that adds his name to the list of people with whom local governments can talk secretly, under the guise of public security. Typically, the public… Read More ›
27 killed as rioting hits Xinjiang
Knife-wielding mobs attacked police stations, the local government building and a construction site, stabbing people and setting fire to police cars. -China Daily/ANN Cui Jia, Wang Xiaodong Thu, Jun 27, 2013 China Daily/Asia News Network XINJIANG – Riots left 27… Read More ›
New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online distribution include the following
EEV: Links are still operational as of 26 JUN 2013 – From the FAS.ORG Science and Technology in the 113th Congress, and More from CRS New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld… Read More ›
Feds Cracking Down on Classified Gatekeepers / federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees
By ADAM KLASFELD WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees – a crime that prosecutors say is becoming increasingly common. The U.S. government had indicted Ramon Davila in 2011 for… Read More ›
Satellite images show tunnelling at N. Korea test site
AFP Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 SEOUL – Satellite imagery has revealed new tunnelling work at North Korea’s nuclear test site, but nothing that points to an imminent detonation, a US research institute said Wednesday. The activity appears to have begun… Read More ›
Exclusive: Met supergrass scandal – corrupt private investigators infiltrate witness-protection programme
Police officers knew for years about the crucial security breach – but did nothing Tom Harper Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Scotland Yard is embroiled in a new corruption crisis after it emerged that senior officers knew for years that criminal… Read More ›
‘I feel like a trapped animal’: U.S. executive is held HOSTAGE by staff at Beijing medical supply plant in dispute over pay
Chip Starnes, 42, said he was being kept captive by scores of workers He said they were demanding severance packages The workers were expecting wire transfers by Tuesday said Mr Starnes By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 07:20 EST, 24 June 2013… Read More ›
Obama’s Africa trip will cost taxpayers $100 mln
Published time: June 24, 2013 18:53 U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.(Reuters / Kevin Lamarque) President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa is estimated to cost American taxpayers $100 million – a hefty travel expense that… Read More ›
Dozens dead as Syrian war spreads to Sidon in Lebanon
Snipers out on the streets as Lebanese army scours city for anti-Hezbollah cleric Richard Hall Monday, 24 June 2013 Sniper fire echoed across the Lebanese city of Sidon last night as violence fuelled by the civil war in neighbouring Syria… Read More ›
It pays to use slave labour, says watchdog
Gangmasters Licensing Authority is dismayed at tiny fines levied on unscrupulous employers Emily Dugan Sunday, 23 June 2013 Sentences for criminal bosses who use forced labour are “unduly lenient” and do not deter modern slavery, the head of Britain’s worker… Read More ›
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie orders flags at half-mast for funeral of ‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini
EEV: All life is valuable; However, Chris Christie is misunderstanding why we the lower the flags of this country at half-mast. He should apologize to the many who die in service to this country and his kind. Gandolfini’s cause of… Read More ›
‘YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE S***’: Photographer blasted as ‘poor, miserable social climber’ by wealthy Chilean couple who kept nanny ‘as slave’ after he requested payment for his work
Email came from Micky Hurley, 35 – a New York socialite from a prominent Chilean families who called the photographer ‘lower class’ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:31 EST, 21 June 2013 | UPDATED: 23:31 EST, 21 June 2013 … Read More ›
Facebook removes pic of Syrian rebel smiling with beheaded Christian
Posted By Josh Peterson On 5:48 PM 06/21/2013 In World | Facebook stumbled into the heated debate over Syrian intervention after it removed a graphic photo depicting a Syrian rebel holding the decapitated head of a Christian man over a… Read More ›
Brazil protests: riot police scatter crowds in Rio : estimates of 2 million people on the streets
Clashes in several other cities, with estimates of 2 million people on the streets Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 June 2013 00.35 EDT Bonfires lit by demonstrators in Rio. Photograph: Reuters The streets of central… Read More ›
Stoning to death is a fair punishment – expert
© Flickr.com/potaufeu/cc-by Deaths by firing squad, lethal injection, or even the electric chair are all acceptable forms of the capital punishment in the West. Though, in some parts of the world death by stoning is legally upheld, but scolded upon… Read More ›
Woman sleeps with boyfriend with her family in the house
EEV: Enjoy what makes headlines in the rest of the world The Star/Asia News Network Friday, Jun 21, 2013 A twenty-year-old woman was caught sleeping in a room with her boyfriend although her family, including her grandmother, was in the… Read More ›
Government spent more than $16 billion on advertising, marketing in last decade
Requested Repost from Nov 2012 EEV: As all of us in the U.S. have experienced the barrage of dull, poorly done, depressing, fear driven Government during our favorite T.V. or Radio programs. For me personally the Government advertising has become so bizarre… Read More ›
Crowd of 30,000 overruns police cordon ahead of Brazil football match (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Published time: June 19, 2013 22:34 Edited time: June 20, 2013 00:07 Anti-riot police officers carry a wounded demonstrator as clashes erupt in Fortaleza on June 19, 2013.(AFP Photo / Yuri Cortez) Violent clashes have erupted in the… Read More ›
Swiss Govt rejects deal, won’t let US Govt see Bank Accts….
Wednesday, 19 June 2013 Swiss parliament rejected a bill designed to resolve a dispute over undeclared bank accounts held by U.S. citizens, potentially setting the stage for American prosecution of the country’s banks. Members of parliament’s lower house voted… Read More ›
Journalist who brought down U.S. general is killed in Los Angeles car crash
Source: Reuters – Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:35 AM Author: Reuters LOS ANGELES, June 18 (Reuters) – Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general… Read More ›
Czech PM forced to resign after female chief-of-staff who was ‘also his lover used secret service agents to spy on his wife’
Petr Necas was under pressure since 7 colleagues charged with bribery Chief of staff Jana Nagyova charged with ordering agents to spy on wife She is also accused of bribing MPs to resign in return for state-firm jobs By Matt… Read More ›
Chinese supercomputer world’s fastest – Processor designed by U.S. firm Intel
Technology Jun. 18, 2013 – 07:00AM JST ( 12 ) BEIJING — A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a U.S. machine which now ranks second. Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed… Read More ›
Kentucky middle school student,14, faces up to 1 year in jail over NRA t-shirt
The 14-year-old student has no prior criminal record Insists he was only exercising his right to freedom of speech Logan Middle School, where the incident occurred, has a statue of a gun holding man out front By Daily Mail Reporter… Read More ›
Egyptian President Mursi names a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city of Luxor over a decade ago as governor of that province on Sunday
Egypt’s Mursi tightens Islamist grip with governor appointments Sunday Jun 16, 2013 | Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi named a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city… Read More ›
I have watched Barack Obama transform into the security president
During his 10 years as the Observer’s correspondent in America, Paul Harris has seen a new toughness from the once fiery campaigner Paul Harris in New York The Observer, Saturday 15 June 2013 11.11 EDT Barack Obama giving… Read More ›
Czech PM Petr Necas to resign over aide and spying scandal
Petr Necas told a televised briefing that he was aware of his “political responsibility” Related Stories More pressure on Czech PM to quit Czech mate? PM faces lurid claims Czech PM aide held in police raids Czech Prime Minister Petr… Read More ›
GCHQ surveillance – the documents
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2013/jun/16/gchq-surveillance-the-documents?guni=Network TOP SECRET STRAP1 Economic crisis [edited for classification] Sigint continues to provide occasional high-value, sensitive and timely reports. More strategically, a key focus for the Prime Minister is the G20 heads of state meeting in London on 2 April…. Read More ›
Avril Haines- New Female CIA Deputy
EEV: Story posted for second source validation. June 13, 2013 by Jen President Obama’s pick for deputy director of the CIA, set to replace outgoing deputy director Michael Morell and putting a woman for the first time in one of… Read More ›
Avril Haines, new CIA #2, ran indie bookstore remembered for ’90s ‘erotica nights’
EEV: Originally thought the report was a plant. Even though it is not a reflection on her abilities, this story now appears validated. – By The Reliable Source, Published: June 13, 2013 at 10:57 am For the baby boomers, it… Read More ›
Protesters who return to Taksim are terrorist supporters – Turkish minister
Published time: June 16, 2013 12:04 Edited time: June 16, 2013 12:40 Activists returning to Taksim Square will be considered “supporters or members of a terror group,” Turkey’s EU minister told local media. This comes after police bulldozed the tent… Read More ›
IRS spent more than $121 million on travel charge cards for employees and ‘leniently’ disciplined those who abused them: Report
Report finds that more than 1,000 IRS employees abused their government-issued charge cards IRS officials demonstrated a pattern of being overly lenient when punishing employees who misused charge cards, or who failed to pay their bill on time By Daily… Read More ›
Tony Blair strongly denies affair with Wendi Deng as outrageous rumours sweep the internet over reason behind Murdoch divorce
Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce in New York Supreme Court on Thursday Wendi Deng is Murdoch’s third wife – they were together for 14 years Pair were married in 1999 after meeting in Hong Kong two years before Previous… Read More ›
What makes good people do bad things? The mere smell of money can make people behave unethically
Researchers from Harvard and University of Utah found that the mere promise of money is enough to cause people to make unethical decisions Results of the study found people would engage in insider trading and lying if they stood to … Read More ›
Rich are running out of mansions to buy
Robert Frank CNBC Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage There are fewer mansions available in the richest areas of the country, but this mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. is available for a cool $34.9 million. While housing inventory is… Read More ›
Revealed: State Department employs ‘TWO THOUSAND agents with criminal records or checkered backgrounds’
Revelations made in memo to State Deputy Inspector General Harold Geisel The 2012 memo was written by a team leader in the IG’s Office The person asserts that the hiring process is flawed Previous memo revealed State Department called off… Read More ›
NYU accused of KICKING OUT blind Chinese dissident over lucrative building deal with Communist government
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources By JAMES COVERT Last Updated: 9:04 AM, June 13, 2013 Posted: 3:03 AM, June 13, 2013 EXCLUSIVE NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in… Read More ›
‘The smell of burning flesh filled the room’: Workers reveal hellish conditions in Chinese labour camp where man hid letter pleading for help that was found U.S. store’s decorations box
American woman found plea for help in Halloween decorations she bought Letter came from Chinese labour camp worker who has now come forward He wrote workers were suffering ‘torturement, beat and rude remark’ Inmates at the labour camp work seven… Read More ›
N.J. Superior Court Judge Suspended After and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend,
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (CN) – A recently appointed Superior Court judge was suspended without pay after being arrested and charged with hindering police who were trying to arrest an armed robbery suspect, her boyfriend, the Newark Star-Ledger… Read More ›
Violence, Corruption in Utah Police Force : Accusations of assassinations and systemic corruption
By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – Police shot a young woman to death “assassination style” as she sat in her car, amid “widespread and systemic corruption” in the undercover drug force, the woman’s… Read More ›
The CIA’s deputy director announced his shock retirement following a 33 year career at the agency today. / His replacement will be White House lawyer Avril D. Haines
Michael Morell, 54, made a joint statement with CIA Director John O. Brennan this afternoon explaining that he wants to devote more time to his family. He is married with three college aged children. Departing and arriving: Michael Morell,… Read More ›
Erdogan: Protest ‘will be over in 24 hours’ – Published time: June 12, 2013 19:57
The Turkish Prime Minister says protests at Taksim Square and Gezi Park ‘will be over in 24 hours.’ This comes hours after Tayyip Erdogan met a group of activists, in an attempt to start dialog, and vowed to… Read More ›
Violence of security forces in Taksim Square ‘unprecedented’ says Amnesty International
Demonstrators stockpiling face masks and goggles to protect against tear gas, and rebuilding barricades that have been destroyed Richard Hall Thursday, 13 June 2013 Protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square are preparing for further clashes with police, as a leading rights… Read More ›
Erdogan of Turkey crosses the Rubicon, adopts hard line against demonstrators (Warning Graphic Includes Death)
Turkey: police occupy Taksim, Erdogan adopts hard line Premier attacks, we will cut Gezi Park trees 11 June, 19:50 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, JUNE 11 – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has adopted a hard line against demonstrators who have… Read More ›
Exclusive: UK is warned it is losing fight against modern slavery
In many cases, victims of trafficking – rather than the criminal bosses – are prosecuted Emily Dugan Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain risks “losing the fight” against human trafficking unless the criminal justice system urgently improves its response to the… Read More ›
Who is the unnamed U.S. Ambassador who ‘solicited prostitutes in public parks?’ Damning internal memo reveals disgrace of top diplomat
EEV: This article has been updated with the accused Ambassador at the following link: https://engineeringevil.com/2013/06/13/revealed-state-department-employs-two-thousand-agents-with-criminal-records-or-checkered-backgrounds/ An internal memo obtained by CBS News reveals specific instances where investigations were ‘influenced, manipulated or simply called off’ One investigation regarded allegations that… Read More ›