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Looking for mentions of myself on Twitter, I found out that I am not alone: my name is being used by people who aren’t me more often than Israeli spies do it. Which neatly brings us to a blog post by another Jeff Stein, espionage writer for The Washington Post. Commenting on the alleged Israeli [...]
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“Eternal vigilance, and the useless humiliation of being nude to a roomful of idiots, is the price of freedom,” is a quote that never was said. Seriously, I looked it up. A wise man did, however, once say this: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty [...]
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The FBI collected more than 2,000 records on U.S. telephone calls by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or by persuading phone companies to provide them, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday… FBI broke law in phone searches: report | Reuters
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Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say. Shia fighters are said to have used off-the-shelf software programs such as SkyGrabber to capture the footage. Iraq insurgents ‘hack into video feeds from US drones’ (via BBC News) More: Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos (via [...]
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A German passport belonging to Said Bahaji, a close associate of Sept. 11 lead hijacker Mohammed Atta in the 2001 attacks, was among documents recovered this week by Pakistani troops from an abandoned militant compound in Shawangai. Pakistan Finds Passport of Alleged 9/11 Operative (via WSJ.com)
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In an interview today with Democracy Now!, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill discusses recently broken news that the C.I.A. hired Blackwater to form terrorist assassination squads. PART 1 OF MY DEMOCRACY NOW! INTERVIEW ON THE CIA… (via RebelReports) PART 2 OF MY DEMOCRACY NOW! INTERVIEW ON THE CIA… (via RebelReports) More articles: C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help [...]
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A former Blackwater employee and an ex-US Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements [claiming] the company's owner, Erik Prince, may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. Sounds creepy, huh? [...]
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Anybody know of more soldiers refusing to server in the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Seems like more should be… Private Agosto said he lost faith in the war efforts abroad after returning in late 2007 from a 13-month stint in Iraq, in which he worked with computers and saw no combat. Soldier Who [...]
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This piracy simulation game is cute and clever, but not recommended for those without tons of time on their hand to waste tweaking their virtual privateer negotiating skills. Cutthroat Capitalism: The Game
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