Monthly Archives: March 2013

U.S. flies nuclear-capable stealth bombers over South Korea

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“The United States said two nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers flew ‘deterrence’ missions over South Korea on Thursday.  The deployment of the stealth bombers was clearly meant to deliver a potent message to Pyongyang about the US commitment to defending South Korea against any aggression as military tensions on the Korean peninsula soar.  It came shortly after the North severed its last-remaining military hotline with South Korea.  US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told his South Korean counterpart that Seoul could rely on all the military protection the United States has to offer — nuclear, conventional and missile defence.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/28/u-s-flies-stealth-bombers-over-south-korea/

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Repeal the “War on Terror”

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“When Congress approved the post-911 ‘Authorization for Use of Military Force’ on September 14, 2001, Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California was the only member of the House to vote against it. The Authorization for Use of Military Force has been used to justify torture, warrantless surveillance, and now summary execution of terror suspects – including at least three US citizens, among them a 16-year-old boy – by drone strikes.  That measure is the American equivalent of the ‘Enabling Act’ passed by the German Reichstag in 1933 – a blank check for both foreign military adventurism and domestic repression.”

http://prolibertate.us/index.php/repeal-the-war-on-terror-1?blog=7

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Amazon enters $600M deal to develop CIA cloud

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“Amazon Web Services has worked with companies such as Netflix, Instagram, and Pinterest. But the cloud computing service may sign with a different kind of client: the Central Intelligence Agency.  Federal Computer Weekly reports that Amazon has entered a 10-year, $600 million contract with the CIA. FCW says it learned from anonymous sources that Amazon will build a cloud-computing contract for the agency.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2013/0321/Amazon-enters-600M-deal-to-develop-CIA-cloud

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FBI Pursuing Real-Time Gmail Spying Powers as “Top Priority” for 2013

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“Despite the pervasiveness of law enforcement surveillance of digital communication, the FBI still has a difficult time monitoring Gmail, Google Voice, and Dropbox in real time. But that may change soon, because the bureau says it has made gaining more powers to wiretap all forms of Internet conversation and cloud storage a ‘top priority’ this year.  FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann said that the FBI wants the power to mandate real-time surveillance of everything from Dropbox and online games (‘the chat feature in Scrabble’) to Gmail and Google Voice. ‘Those communications are being used for criminal conversations,’ he said.”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/03/26/andrew_weissmann_fbi_wants_real_time_gmail_dropbox_spying_power.html

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Homeland Security Using Video Games to Recruit Top Students as Cyber Warriors

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“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is seeking up to 600 new student hackers to combat what they claim is the increasing danger of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure throughout the country.  Rather than the normal propaganda techniques used to lure young Americans into other branches of the government, Homeland Security is taking a different route which includes the use of sophisticated video games to essentially promote job opportunities within their agency to young impressionable high school students.”

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/03/dhs-video-games-recruit-cyber-warriors.html

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Creator of drone casualties visualization hopes data will ‘shock’ people

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“Wesley Grubbs of Pitch Interactive told HuffPost Live on Tuesday that he created an interactive graph of the U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan to highlight civilian causalities. ‘We want to shock people,’ he explained. ‘What we tried to do though with this was not just shock people with the number of casualties, but to shock people with the amount of information that we really don’t know.’  The data visualization illustrates the number of casualties from drone strikes in Pakistan between 2004 and 2013, categorizing the victims as either children, civilians, alleged combatants, or high-profile targets.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/26/creator-of-drone-causalities-visualization-hopes-data-will-shock-people/

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One Man Blocking Arizona Anti-NDAA Bill

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“Arizona has the chance to become the first state in America to enact real protections for its citizens against the NDAA. HB 2573, introduced by Rep. Carl Seel, passed Committee 6-2 last month, and passed the Rules Committee yesterday.   Yet, one Representative does not see the tide turning to liberty. Representative Andy Tobin is currently blocking HB 2573 from receiving a full House vote. He is willing to kill protection for the people of Arizona, and allow the Federal government to trample the rights of his constituents.”

http://pandaunite.org/ndaa-one-man-blocking-arizona-anti-ndaa-bill/

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Inside Oklahoma’s Quest To Dominate The American Drone Industry

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“Oklahoma businesspeople, academics, and politicians are collaborating through an organization named USA-OK, which aims to make the heartland state the focal point of American UAV development. A quasi-affiliated group, the Governor’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Council (PDF), was formed via an executive order from Governor Mary Fallin in 2011. Both organizations are lobbying for commercial drone test sites in Oklahoma and increased government assistance in luring more large military contractors to the state.  Oklahoma is already home to approximately 15 companies servicing the UAV industry.”

http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/gov-fallin-and-steve-mckeevers-drone-questing-collaboration/

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Welcome to Sulphur Springs, Where the Police Chief is a Murderer

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“Last April, the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement reinstated Brackney’s ‘peace officer’ certification.  All that he needed now was a job opening – and one was soon created in Sulphur Springs.  Between late 2010 and March 25 of this year, residents of Sulphur Springs had known the singular blessing of living in a community devoid of police. There hasn’t been a murder in Sulphur Springs in recent memory. By hiring a murderer as police chief, the people who presume to rule that tiny village managed to handle both the supply and demand side of law enforcement, as it were.  Arkansas is riddled with tiny towns afflicted with police who are not merely corrupt, but demented.”

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2013/03/welcome-to-sulphur-springs-when-police.html

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Cops running out of bullets? Thank the NRA

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“Dayne Pryor is the chief of police in Rollingwood, Texas, a small suburb of Austin. ‘I’ve been in law enforcement for 31 years and I’ve been a chief for eight years,’ he sighs. ‘And it’s just one of those things that I never thought I’d have a problem with, especially being in Texas.’  Pryor’s problem, he explains to Salon, is that he’s having trouble finding ammunition and firearms for his officers, thanks to a national shortage. The cause? A run on supply from gun lovers afraid that Congress or state legislatures will impose new gun control laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.”

http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/cops_are_running_out_of_bullets_thank_the_nra/

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