PARIS – U.S. troops and contractors inflicted considerable damage on the historic Iraqi site of Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world' most important archaeological sites, experts for UNESCO said Thursday.
The U.N. cultural agency vowed to make Babylon a World Heritage site and prevent similar vandalism in future wars.
Once home to the famed Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the… Continue
By Alister Bull
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A proposal from a long-time congressional foe of the Federal Reserve that could give lawmakers sway over monetary policy has won the support of a majority in the House of Representatives, alarming officials at the U.S. central bank.
The Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, put forward by Republican Representative Ron Paul of Texas, now has 250 co-sponsors in the House. It will get air-time on Thursday during a congressional hearing on… Continue
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I think I’ve become quite good a waking people up to the truth of 9/11 and other assorted atrocities.
I'm in marketing (yes, I know Bill Hicks said I should kill myself) but, I’ve found that it’s possible to use my powers for good. It’s best to use subtly and to never raise your voice when speaking with the uninitiated. People like to feel like they are making up their own mind. Most people hate to be mentally pushed in one way or another. Therefore, the best tactic is to start… Continue
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Spencer Ackerman yesterday attended a Senate hearing at which the DOD's General Counsel, Jeh Johnson, testified. As Ackerman highlighted, Johnson actually said that even for those detainees to whom the Obama administration deigns to give a real trial in a real court, the President has the power to continue to imprison them indefinitely even if they are… Continue
By Mark Levine, AlterNet. Posted July 9, 2009.
Shock: It seems the FBI cares more about protecting its illegal surveillance methods than following leads to stop terrorism.
The recent shooting at the Holocaust Museum serves as a stark reminder to us all that murderous racial and religious hatred still endures in America. One would expect the FBI to infiltrate and prosecute individuals and organizations that… Continue
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Air Force Aims for ‘Full Control’ of ‘Any and All’ Computers
By Noah Shachtman | May 13, 2008
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to — and "full control" of — any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries’ information infrastructure completely undetected."
The government is growing increasingly interested…
WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself.
The new twist in the charge is that it is being… Continue
The government of New Zealand has ordered an initial supply of 300,000 doses of H1N1 shots, according to a statement issued Monday – that in spite of the ongoing criminal investigation into Baxter’s contamination of 72 kilos of vaccine material with live bird flu virus in Austria this February, and in spite of the evidence that the “swine flu” is an artificial (genetic) virus that was deliberately… Continue
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By Matthew Shaer | 07.08.09A series of attacks on computer networks in South Korea and the US was apparently the work of North Korean hackers, several news agencies are reporting today. The attacks, which targeted the White House, the Pentagon, and the Washington Post, among other high-level institutions, are raising concerns that the long-simmering conflict with North Korea is expanding into a dangerous new theater.
According to Seoul’s National Intelligence Service, the “attacks… Continue
Under the rubric of cybersecurity, the Obama administration is moving forward with a Bush regime program to screen state computer traffic on private-sector networks,… Continue
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Detectives will be required to consider accessing telephone and internet records during every investigation under new plans to increase police use of communications data.
The policy is likely to significantly increase the number of requests for data received by ISPs and telephone operators.
Just as every investigation currently has to include a strategy to make use of its subjects' financial records, soon CID officers will be trained to always draw up a plan to probe their… Continue
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After having a conversation about the Craft with Chat GPT a few weeks ago (https://youtu.be/i8KBPzlvXac), this week I thought we'd explore the world of Artif...