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Military Monitored Planned Parenthood, Supremacists
The U.S. military monitored Planned Parenthood and a white supremacist group as part of the government’s security preparations for the 2002 Olympics in Utah, according to new documents released by the Department of Defense. The U.S.
Continue reading »Report: Programmer Conned the CIA, Pentagon Into Buying Bogus Anti-Terror Code
A programmer who claims he produced software that detected hidden terrorist messages in Al Jazeera broadcasts was responsible for a false alert in 2003 that grounded international flights and raised the government’s security level, according to a remarkable story published by Playboy . The developer also allegedly faked software demonstrations and conned the Pentagon and others into investing in a program that fellow workers suspect never existed or couldn’t do what the developer claimed. In December 2003, DHS secretary Tom Ridge announced a terror alert based on intelligence from “credible sources” about imminent attacks that “could either rival or exceed what we experienced on September 11.” Dozens of French, British and Mexican commercial “flights of interest” were canceled, and news agencies were reporting that the threats extended to “power plants, dams and even oil facilities in Alaska.” Playboy says the source of the intelligence was never revealed publicly.
Continue reading »UK to adopt corporate 3 Strikes plan
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The clock is now ticking In the face of massive consumer read voters outrage and objections not only from ISPs, but also from police and intelligence services, British politicians say they’re nonetheless determined to turn the corporate entertainment Three Strikes bidniz plan into UK law. “People who persistently download illegal content will be cut off from the net, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has announced,” says the BBC . The plan would have the UK government working as a taxpayer-funded Hollywood and Big Music enforcement agency with ISPs as online copyright police, acting against their own customers.
Continue reading »Anti-filesharing laws revive crypto fears for spooks
Blinded by Mandy The UK’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies fear the government’s anti-illegal filesharing plans will lead to a rise in encryption, scuppering their own efforts to monitor the internet, it’s claimed today.… ?
Continue reading »Wanted: Cyber Warriors and Media Sanitizers
Defense and intelligence contractor Raytheon is moving into the lucrative realm of cyber warfare, and wants to hire hundreds of “cyber warriors” to “play offense and defense,” according to an advertisement on the company’s web site. “President Obama recently announced that cyber security is one of our country’s most urgent national security priorities,” reads the ad. “Raytheon is answering that call by hiring more cyber warriors this year to help fight the digital cyber war.” The ad says the company has 250 positions available in its Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) division.
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