30 Jun 2013 BERLIN (AFP) The European Union was one of the “targets” of Washington’s huge Internet spy programme, with bugs hidden in EU offices in Brussels and the United States, German weekly Der Spiegel said in an edition to be… Read More ›
United States
Paper: NSA gets data from UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France
Sunday, 30 June 2013 The NSA has been working with at least seven European other countries to collect personal communications data, according to Wayne Madsen, a former NSA contractor who has come forward because he does not think the… Read More ›
US Man faces 13 years in jail for writing message in chalk against a Bank
Saturday, 29 June 2013 You know things are not well when Ecaudor offers the US Government $25 million in Human Rights training. The US can sure use the money. A San Diego man could be found guilty of a series… Read More ›
U.S. approves a horse slaughterhouse, sees two more plants
Source: Reuters – Sat, 29 Jun 2013 12:08 AM Author: Reuters * Animal welfare groups say they will sue to prevent slaughter * Congress may vote soon on whether to reinstate slaughter ban WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) – A… Read More ›
Chinese wind-turbine firm charged with stealing US trade secrets
Sinovel Wind Group accused of illegally downloading software from former supplier American Superconductor guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 05.38 EDT A worker paints wind turbines in Guangdong, China. Photograph: Tyrone Siu/Reuters China‘s largest wind-turbine company has been charged… Read More ›
US army blocks access to Guardian website to preserve ‘network hygiene’
Military admits to filtering reports and content relating to government surveillance programs for thousands of personnel Spencer Ackerman and Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 28 June 2013 11.42 EDT The Pentagon insisted the Department of Defense was… Read More ›
Study finds dramatic increase in hospitalization of US children with inflammatory bowel disease
Contact: Alicia Reale alicia.reale@uhhospitals.org 216-844-5158 University Hospitals Case Medical Center Researchers from UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital report reasons behind the increase are unclear The largest investigation to date has found a dramatic increase in the number of hospitalizations… Read More ›
WikiLeaks volunteer was a paid informant for the FBI
Posted By Wired On 12:22 PM 06/27/2013 In World | On an August workday in 2011, a cherubic 18-year-old Icelandic man named Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson walked through the stately doors of the U.S. embassy in Reykjavík, his jacket pocket concealing… Read More ›
Switzerland charges man with selling bank’s client data to Germany
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 ›
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 ›
How the NSA is still harvesting your online data
Files show vast scale of current NSA metadata programs, with one stream alone celebrating ‘one trillion records processed’ Glenn Greenwald and Spencer Ackerman guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 June 2013 11.03 EDT The NSA collects and analyzes significant amounts of data from US… 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 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 ›
Magnitsky affair: Russia has allowed suspected killers of a whistleblowing lawyer to escape with impunity, says damning report
Council of Europe investigation into death of tax specialist who uncovered a $230m fraud against the state rubbishes Russian version of events Cahal Milmo Tuesday, 25 June 2013 Russia has allowed the suspected killers of a whistleblowing lawyer to escape… 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 ›
Dietary fructose causes liver damage in animal model, study finds
Contact: Marguerite Beck marbeck@wakehealth.edu 336-716-2415 Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 19, 2013 – The role of dietary fructose in the development of obesity and fatty liver diseases remains controversial, with previous studies indicating that the problems… Read More ›
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Take Prescription Drugs, Mayo Clinic, Olmsted Medical Center Find
Germ fighters, antidepressants, opioids top list; women, elderly likelier to have prescriptions Wednesday, June 19, 2013 CORRECTION: Corrects fourth most commonly prescribed drugs to drugs used to lower lipids rather than drugs to control blood pressure, and adds Olmsted Medical… 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 ›
GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world’s communications
Exclusive: British spy agency collects and stores vast quantities of global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories and calls, and shares them with NSA, latest documents from Edward Snowden reveal Ewen MacAskill, Julian Borger, Nick Hopkins, Nick Davies and James… Read More ›
Mysterious privacy board touted by Obama has deep government ties – Even worse may all be a Lie
Privacy & Civil Liberties Board at the heart of Obama’s effort to address NSA surveillance scandal is itself a Washington enigma Dan Roberts in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 June 2013 13.33 EDT A security guard at 2100 K Street in… 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 ›
Infections increase risk of mood disorders
Contact: Michael Eriksen Benrós benros@ncrr.dk 45-26-25-52-39 Aarhus University New research shows that every third person who is diagnosed for the first time with a mood disorder has been admitted to hospital with an infection prior to the diagnosis New research… Read More ›
Exposure to BPA in developing prostate increases risk of later cancer
Contact: Sharon Parmet sparmet@uic.edu 312-413-2695 University of Illinois at Chicago Ubiquitous plasticisers could have long term health effects Early exposure to BPA (bisphenol A) – an additive commonly found in plastic water bottles and soup can liners – causes an… Read More ›
Short-term antidepressant use, stress, high-fat diet linked to long-term weight gain
Contact: Jenni Glenn Gingery jgingery@endocrine.org 301-941-0240 The Endocrine Society SAN FRANCISCO—- Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal study finds. The results were presented Sunday… Read More ›
The shocking list of foods readily available in US grocery stores that are BANNED in other countries for containing dangerous chemicals
In Singapore, you can get sentenced to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine for using a chemical in food products that’s common in frozen dinners Mtn Dew and products used to keep carpets from catching on fire are… 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 ›
DoD Calls Out China On Cyber Spying
Jun. 19, 2013 – 09:50AM | By Staff report | Filed Under C4ISR Journal The Pentagon for the first time is making direct allegations that China’s government and military are behind widespread cyber spying. Previously, the U.S. had tried to… 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 ›
DoD: If You See A Leaked NSA Document, Press SHIFT And DELETE To Get Rid Of It
from the this-again dept We saw this back when Wikileaks released a bunch of documents and the Defense Department and other government agencies told employees that they weren’t allowed to look at any of the documents, even though they were… 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 ›
Exposed: Edward Erin, the doctor whose faked asthma drug test results proved fatal
Fabricated research was not discovered until Edward Erin tried to poison his girlfriend John Lawless Monday, 17 June 2013 A British doctor faked test results during clinical trials for an asthma drug in which one person died and others contracted… Read More ›
The Syrian conflict is looking like a replay of the Spanish Civil War, which paved the way for World War II.
Italian DM: Will Syria Boil Over Into Regional Conflict? Jun. 16, 2013 – 11:10AM | By TOM KINGTON | Italian Defense Minister Mario Mauro (File photo / Agence France-Presse) ROME — Italy’s new defense minister has a dire warning for… 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 ›
HPV vaccine issues trigger health notice: Japan has issued a nationwide notice that cervical cancer vaccinations should no longer be recommended for girls aged 12 to 16 because several adverse reactions
Speaking out: Mika Matsufuji (center), who represents a parents’ association of cervical cancer vaccination victims, answers reporters’ questions Friday at the health ministry in Tokyo. | KYODO Kyodo Jun 15, 2013 Article history Online: Jun 15, 2013 Print: Jun 16,… Read More ›
Reducing unnecessary and high-dose pediatric CT scans could cut associated cancers by 62 percent
Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study examining trends in X-ray computed tomography (CT) use in children in the United States has found that reducing unnecessary scans and lowering the… Read More ›
Investigation into safety of new diabetes drugs — will manufacturers release their data?
Contact: Emma Dickinson edickinson@bmj.com 44-207-383-6529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Joint BMJ/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation The BMJ and Channel 4 Dispatches investigated and found that evidence suggesting potential harm from the drugs in industry studies has not been published. Some independent studies… 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 ›
Europe warns US: Do what you like to Americans, but Do Not spy on Europeans
Wednesday, 12 June 2013 The EU has warned President Barack Obama’s administration of “grave adverse consequences” to the rights of European citizens from a huge US Internet surveillance programme, officials said Wednesday. Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner, wrote… Read More ›
Americans start operation “Troll the NSA”
Tuesday, 11 June 2013 An operation to troll the NSA has started up online in a bid to jam the spy scanners. The plan is to ‘test’ the system by sending a message full of terrorist buzz words to… Read More ›
Americans widely back NSA phone tracking: poll
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A solid majority of Americans support the US government’s programs tracking telephone records to try to uncover terror, a Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found Monday. Despite US intelligence concerns raised by contractor Edward Snowden’s leak… Read More ›
US diplomatic security accused in sex, drugs cover-up
11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats, an official said. State Department diplomatic security agents are responsible for… Read More ›
William Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ
The Foreign Secretary will appear before the House of Commons tomorrow to try to allay concerns about the Prism spy scheme which enables the USA’s spy agency to mine data from Facebook and other web companies Andy McSmith Sunday, 9… Read More ›
NSA sucks realtime data from FIFTY companies
Companies are all compelled by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to hand over any information requested under the law, but they’re not required to make access easier PRISM data-mining program was launched in 2007 with approval from special federal judges… Read More ›
Sebastian Pinera, President Of Chile, Breaks White House Protocol By Sitting At Barack Obama’s Desk (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Posted: 06/07/2013 4:34 pm EDT | Updated: 06/07/2013 5:37 pm “I’m going to sit at the President of the United States’ desk,” said Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as he sat down at the Resolute Desk in the Oval… Read More ›
Boundless Informant: the NSA’s secret tool to track global surveillance data
Revealed: The NSA’s powerful tool for cataloguing data – including figures on US collection • Boundless Informant: mission outlined in four slides • Read the NSA’s frequently asked questions document Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill guardian.co.uk, Saturday 8… Read More ›
Spy program shows just how well US knows its people
17:35 07 June 2013 by Hal Hodson For similar stories, visit the Crime and Forensics Topic Guide They’re watching you (Image: Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The US government is watching every digital move that Americans make. More than 115 million people… Read More ›
‘Missile defense killer’: Russia finalizes testing on prototype ICBM
Published time: June 08, 2013 14:08 The high-speed lift of the Topol missile launching. (RIA Novosti / Vladimir Rodionov) Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces have reported a successful launch of a next-generation ICBM that can supposedly pierce any anti-ballistic… Read More ›
Link to Anonymous Leaked PRISM-related NSA docs
EEV: Always Click with Caution Link to Anonymous leaks more PRISM-related NSA docs Primary Page: http://thedocs.hostzi.com/ 2010 EA Conf_RA Track Presentation_20100506.ppt 3170_01.pdf 514401Doddirectoritenetworks.pdf 6212_01.pdf 800001pDirectoriteDodinfoenterprise.pdf DT-12-COI-Glossary.pdf DoDAF-DM2_CMP_v1-0_FINAL_2011-10-03r1.docx DoD_NetOps_Strategic_Vision.pdf EATransitionStrategy.pdf NSI_EE.pdf insa-spies.pdf netcentric_jfc-1.pdf security_clearance.pdf
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