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July 31, 2007
NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort
The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001. The disclosure makes clear that a controversial National Security Agency program was part of a much broader operation than the president previously described.
The disclosure by Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, appears to be the first time that the administration has publicly acknowledged that Bush's order included undisclosed activities beyond the warrantless surveillance of e-mails and phone calls that Bush confirmed in December 2005.
U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan
The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.
Outsourcing Intelligence: How Bush Gets His National Intelligence from Private Companies
The unprecedented involvement of private corporations in the Iraq War has been well documented. Private soldiers working for Blackwater USA,Triple Canopy and others provide security services against military-level threats, and they regularly engage in combat.
But what is not generally known is that the secret side of the Iraq War and the larger "war on terror" is also conducted by private corporations, fielding private spies. The reach of these corporations has extended into the Oval Office. Corporations are heavily involved in creating the analytical products that underlie the nation's most important and most sensitive national security document, the President's Daily Brief (PDB).
Hackers, defenders target security, iPhones, MySpace and more
Oil Settles Above $78, Setting Record
Oil futures settled at a record high above $78 Tuesday on expectations that crude inventories fell last week and reports of new violence in Nigeria, a large oil producer and key supplier to the U.S.
Retired General Censured in Tillman Case
The Army censured a retired three-star general Tuesday for a "perfect storm of mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership" after the 2004 friendly-fire death in Afghanistan of Army Ranger Pat Tillman.
The Fear Factor
By Ron Paul
M.I.A.: 190,000 Guns Given to Iraqi Forces
The Pentagon "cannot ensure that U.S.-funded equipment has reached Iraqi security forces," according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Not only did Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) fail to "maintain a centralized record of all equipment distributed to Iraqi forces before December 2005." But there's "a discrepancy of at least 190,000 weapons between data reported by the former MNSTC-I commander and the property books," too.
Youth terror suspects freed
Two youths originally arrested during what was being billed as Canada’s largest antiterrorism bust are no longer facing charges.
Cheney on Trip to Ashcroft's Hospital Bedside: "I Don't Recall"
From Dick Cheney's interview with Larry King: Q In that regard, The New York Times... reports it was you who dispatched Gonzales and Andy Card to then-Attorney General John Ashcroft's hospital in 2004 to push Ashcroft to certify the President's [sic] intelligence-gathering program. Was it you? THE VICE PRESIDENT [sic]: I don't recall... And I don't recall that I gave instructions to that effect.
Bloomberg in new controversy over sex lawsuit
A possible presidential bid by Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York, could be threatened by new details of a sexual harassment lawsuit that alleged he said "kill it!" to an executive who told him that she was pregnant.
US officials say Iraq role to last years, cost more
President George W. Bush's nominee to be top military adviser said on Tuesday the United States will be in Iraq for "years not months" and a Pentagon official said the war was costing even more than expected.
FBI, Congress: Sibel Edmonds case 'unclassified'
Former FBI translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds is the most gagged woman in US history. Attorney General John Ashcroft twice invoked the rarely used States Secrets Privilege in her case under the guise of classified secrets and protecting national security.
Infrared 'vision' promises more road tolls
A computer vision system that automatically counts the number of people inside a vehicle could make it easier to charge road tolls based upon the number of occupants, and monitor high-occupancy vehicle lanes, researchers say.
NASA probing space shuttle cabin leak
A week before Endeavour's planned liftoff, NASA was analyzing a cabin leak in the space shuttle Tuesday.
The leak was detected over the weekend. NASA thought it fixed the problem by tightening a loose bolt, but testing Monday night confirmed air was still escaping from the crew cabin.
IDF forces accused of desecrating Palestinian graves
Palestinians accused IDF soldiers Tuesday of desecrating graves in the Merah-Bakar village located south of the West Bank city of Hebron.
In Violation of Federal Law, Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Are Destroyed or Missing
Two-thirds of Ohio counties have destroyed or lost their 2004 presidential ballots and related election records, according to letters from county election officials to the Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner.
Buying shotgun shells will put a bigger hole in your wallet
Prices have been going up for at least a year, and they will go up again in September. Overall, prices on shotgun and rifle shells, along with components for loading, have increased more than 50 percent since Sept. 1.
U.S. Stocks Retreat on Subprime Concern; American Home Mortgage Plummets
U.S. stocks fell after troubled American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. said it lacks cash to fund new loans and traders speculated Apple Inc. will cut production of its widely touted iPhone. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index posted its biggest monthly decline in three years.
Ronald Hadley Stark: The Man Behind the LSD Curtain
The curse of doing research out here in Weirdoland is that the really fascinating people are nearly impossible to do research on. For instance, when you're covertly running the world's largest LSD manufacturing and smuggling operation for the CIA, you're not going to be doing interviews in Newsweek or publishing an autobiography.
Bombing of Mexican Pipelines Puzzles Security Experts
The July 5 and July 10 bomb attacks on natural gas pipelines in central Mexico led to the temporary shutdown of factories in several industrial cities and raised fears about the country becoming a target for terrorists. A small leftist insurgent group took responsibility for the attacks, but security experts are still puzzled over the incident and worry about possible future acts of sabotage.
Monitoring People's Thoughts Through Warrantless Searches
The Bush administration attempt to legalize warrantless searches and claim that they do not need a warrant to intercept and monitor generated signals (energy) such as email, faxes, etc., is steeped in a history of ongoing fraud and conspiracy.
Pentagon to implant microchips in soldiers' brains
The Department of Defense is planning to implant microchips in soldiers' brains for monitoring their health information, and has already awarded a $1.6 million contract to the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development of an implantable "biochip".
Flashback - Super-soldiers may get brain-chip
US military experts are attempting to create an army of super-human soldiers who will be more intelligent and deadly thanks to a microchip implanted in their brains.
Scientists believe the implant will vastly improve the memory of troops so that they can recall every detail of their training and become more effective fighters.
Researchers at the University of Southern California's bio-engineering department have created the chip, which acts in exactly the same way as the hippocampus the part of the brain that deals with memory.
Insider Info on the FBI's Spyware
Tucked into an affidavit filed by an FBI agent last month was the first hard evidence that federal agents are equipped with more than automatic pistols and handcuffs: The agency was asking a federal judge to let it infect a PC with spyware so they could finger its owner.
Britain will take troops out of Iraq regardless of US, says PM
Gordon Brown has paved the way for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq by telling George Bush he would not delay their exit in order to show unity with the United States.
Sen. Rockefeller’s Memo To Cheney Preceded TIA Defunding By One Day
Test scores slow under No Child Left Behind reforms, gauged by states/federal assessment
As Congress reviews federal efforts to boost student performance, new research published in Educational Researcher (ER) reports that progress in raising test scores was stronger before No Child Left Behind was approved in 2002, compared with the four years following enactment of the law.
UN inspects Iran nuke site
A group of UN atomic inspectors on Monday visited a heavy water reactor in Iran that is one of the key Western concerns over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme, officials said.
British Military Spending Millions on Spin Doctors
Britain's defence chiefs are spending millions of pounds on more than 1,000 spin doctors to improve the public image of the armed forces, but admit that they have no idea who these PRs are or whether they are having an impact.
Resistance is ‘legitimate right’: Palestinian PM
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad insisted that resistance is “legitimate right” after militants criticised the word’s omission from his cabinet programme, Egyptian state media reported on Monday.
September 11th Advocates' Open Letter To All Senate Judiciary Committee Members
Impeachment as Political Solution to Iraq War
By James Rothenberg
Neocons Salivate Over Hillary
It should come as no surprise prominent neocons are gushing over Hillary Clinton, as noted by the Seattle Times. Fred Barnes of the neocon house organ, the Weekly Standard, couldn’t contain his admiration for the Bilderberger Queen.
ABC: Americans Want To Be Surveilled
Poll indicates majority want to give up liberty for security
BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan
A BP (BP) refinery in Indiana will be allowed to continue to dump mercury into Lake Michigan under a permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
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