May 4, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
First American Arrested Using Predator Drone Surveillance The small town of Lakota, North Dakota, became an unexpected battleground over domestic drone use in 2012 when one of its residents became the first known American citizen to be arrested with the assistance of...
May 4, 2012 | Nature Body Mind
Most people have experienced the peculiar sensation of walking into a room and immediately forgetting why they went there. It happens at home, at work, and everywhere in between. The usual explanations involve distraction, insufficient attention, or simple...
May 4, 2012 | Metaphysics, Nature Body Mind
Buckminster Fullerene: From Nanotechnology Curiosity to Longevity Research Buckminster fullerene molecules — naturally occurring spherical structures composed of 60 carbon atoms, commonly known as “bucky balls” — had long been the subject of speculation...
May 4, 2012 | Events & Assassinations
A Weapons Expert Found Dead Near Porton Down In April 2012, the body of Dr. Richard Holmes, a 48-year-old weapons expert, was discovered in a field approximately four miles from the Porton Down defense research facility in Wiltshire, England. Holmes had gone missing...
May 4, 2012 | Government Agenda
The scope of government surveillance in the United States extends far beyond what most citizens realize. With nearly 4,000 federal, state, and local organizations working on domestic counterterrorism — as documented by the Washington Post’s investigation into...
May 4, 2012 | Anonymous, News
From the very first release of ‘AntiSec’ related hashtags, Anonymous king-pin Sabu was under full control of the FBI. It is clear this was a red-herring to help promote the cyber-surveillance police state currently undergoing rapid deployment....
Apr 30, 2012 | Abuses of Power
Police Subpoenas Reveal the Full Scope of Facebook Data Collection In April 2012, documents uncovered during an investigation revealed exactly what law enforcement receives when it subpoenas a Facebook user’s data. The answer was far more comprehensive than most...
Apr 29, 2012 | Events & Assassinations, Satire
The Official Narrative of the September 11 Attacks According to the accepted account, on the morning of September 11, 2001, nineteen individuals armed with box cutters — allegedly coordinated by a man reportedly dependent on kidney dialysis, operating from a remote...
Apr 28, 2012 | Abuses of Power
The FBI’s ambitions to monitor social media in real time raise fundamental questions about the balance between national security and individual privacy. In early 2012, the bureau began soliciting the technology industry for help building an open-source...
Apr 28, 2012 | Nature Body Mind
Dr. Leonard Coldwell states that every cancer can be cured within 16 weeks. Dr. Coldwell states how that’s possible in this...
Apr 28, 2012 | Activism, Video
Jacob Appelbaum: WikiLeaks Volunteer Subjected to Persistent Government Surveillance Jacob Appelbaum, a computer security researcher and volunteer with the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, became one of the most visible examples of government surveillance targeting...
Apr 27, 2012 | Anonymous
The Anonymous collective has been one of the most debated phenomena of the digital age — a decentralized, leaderless network that defies conventional definitions of organization, activism, and protest. A satirical manifesto that circulated in early internet forums...
Apr 27, 2012 | Globalist Corporations
The Origins and Structure of Snopes Snopes.com, widely regarded as one of the internet’s foremost fact-checking resources, was founded and operated by David and Barbara Mikkelson from their home in the San Fernando Valley, California. The site began as a hobby...
Apr 27, 2012 | WAR: By Design
Two independent investigations published in early 2012 presented substantial new evidence that CIA drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas were killing civilians at higher rates than official accounts acknowledged. Associated Press Field Investigation The...
Apr 27, 2012 | WAR: By Design
In early 2012, the Kony 2012 viral campaign generated unprecedented public attention toward Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. While the campaign presented itself as a humanitarian effort to bring a war criminal to justice, a number of...
Apr 27, 2012 | Anonymous
Border Interrogations Over Encryption Software Nadim Kobeissi, the developer behind the open-source encrypted chat application Cryptocat, reported being detained and interrogated at the U.S.-Canadian border in mid-2012. According to Kobeissi, it was his fourth DHS...
Apr 27, 2012 | Anonymous
Bitcoin’s Anonymity Problem Bitcoin is frequently described as an anonymous digital currency, but this characterization is misleading. While it may be possible to conduct transactions in ways that obscure identity, the public nature of the blockchain means that...
Apr 27, 2012 | Globalist Corporations
Industrial farming practices that depend on chemical inputs and genetically engineered crops have drawn scrutiny not only for their public health implications but also for their environmental footprint. The following examines ten areas where major agribusiness...
Apr 27, 2012 | Extra-Dimensional
The National Atomic Testing Museum Launches an Area 51 Exhibit In April 2012, the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas opened what was described as the world’s first official museum exhibit dedicated to Area 51. The exhibit arrived after more than three...
Apr 27, 2012 | Nature Body Mind, Survivalism
Shaahin Cheyene: From Herbal Pioneer to Filmmaker Shaahin Cheyene is an Iranian-born writer, filmmaker, lecturer, and herbalist based in Los Angeles, California. Over the course of more than 15 years, Cheyene traveled extensively and worked alongside healers and...
Apr 27, 2012 | Secret Societies
The Illuminati may be the most enduring conspiracy theory in modern culture. It connects eighteenth-century Bavarian secret societies to twenty-first-century pop stars, weaves together global finance with music video symbolism, and somehow manages to implicate both...
Apr 27, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
What Was CISPA and Why Did It Matter? The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 3523) emerged in late 2011 as a proposed amendment to the National Security Act of 1947. Introduced by Representatives Mike Rogers (D-MI) and C.A. “Dutch”...
Apr 27, 2012 | Extra-Dimensional, Taboo Terminology
The State of the American Economy in 2012 The American electoral landscape of 2012 was shaped by economic forces that few voters fully understood. President Obama inherited two wars, a collapsed stock market, and massive national debt. While the Dow had climbed back...
Apr 26, 2012 | News
The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Before the Shooting The February 2012 shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida became one of the most divisive cases in recent American history. While most early media...
Apr 26, 2012 | Abuses of Power, News
Journalists Targeted After Investigating Pentagon Contractors In 2012, two USA Today employees became the targets of a coordinated online disinformation and harassment campaign shortly after making inquiries to intelligence contractors with ties to the U.S. military....
