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ATF Mexican gun-smuggling sting scrutinized
Newly released U.S. records and assertions by a government whistle-blower support allegations that government agents allowed hundreds of firearms to be smuggled across the Arizona border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The records, released by a member of...
ATF: It’s illegal for medical marijuana users to own, buy guns
Federal firearms regulators are telling gun shops it’s illegal for someone who uses marijuana to own or buy guns or ammunition, regardless of whether states have passed laws allowing patients to use the drug for medicinal purposes. In an open letter to all federal...
Julian Assange Accuser Linked to CIA-Connected Anti-Castro Groups
Anna Ardin's Anti-Castro Connections Exposed The primary accuser in the Swedish sexual assault case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange maintained notable connections to anti-Castro organizations with documented ties to U.S. intelligence agencies. Investigative...
Are You Targeted?
Are you targeted? (Yes, you are.) “The program”, explained It’s a brainwashing program. Brainwashed people don’t know they’re brainwashed. The disturbing things you experience are real. The narrative is in your mind. Your imagination has been primed by a single...
AMERICAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Translate this Page! EMA CONCENTRATION CAMPS: Locations and Executive Orders There over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty....
Codex Alimentarius and Global Food Control Laws
As global governance frameworks accelerate the integration of national economies, controlling the food supply has become a critical lever for those driving centralized authority. This dynamic explains the surge of domestic legislation worldwide that mirrors directives...
Steve Pieczenik: Bin Laden Died 2001, 9/11 Was a Stand Down Operation
Senior Defense Official Claims Osama Died From Genetic Illness Before 2002 Dr. Steve R. Pieczenik, a highly credentialed former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State who served under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, made explosive allegations during a May 2011 radio...
How the House Extended PATRIOT Act Surveillance Powers in 2011
House Maneuvered to Extend PATRIOT Act Surveillance Powers in 2011 In February 2011, the US House of Representatives executed a procedural maneuver to ensure the extension of three expiring surveillance provisions within the PATRIOT Act. After an initial attempt to...
Classified TSA Report Exposes Body Scanner and Pat-Down Failure Rates
Classified TSA Report Reveals Alarming Failure Rates In October 2011, Congressman John L. Mica, the Florida Republican who chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, told reporters that a forthcoming classified report on the TSA's first decade...
Domestic Terrorist Labels: How 60 Minutes and the FBI Framed the Sovereign Citizen Movement
In May 2011, CBS aired a 60 Minutes segment on "sovereign citizens," a movement the FBI had designated as a domestic terror threat. The segment brought renewed attention to how government agencies and mainstream media collaborate to define the boundaries of acceptable...
Ahmad Wali Karzai: CIA-Linked Afghan Drug Lord Killed by Own Bodyguard
Ahmad Wali Karzai Assassinated by His Own Security Chief On July 12, 2011, Ahmad Wali Karzai — the half-brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai — was shot dead by Sardar Mohammed, the head of his personal security detail. Mohammed, described as a trusted friend,...
Gelareh Bagherzadeh
Gelareh Bagherzadeh, died Jan. 17, when she was shot outside her home. Detectives investigating the murder of an Iranian molecular scientist gunned down in her car as she drove home believe she was followed or that someone was waiting for her. Bagherzadeh was struck...
How Android Helped Carriers Kill Net Neutrality
The story of how Google's Android operating system reshaped the mobile industry is often told as a triumph of open-source innovation. But beneath that narrative lies a more complicated history involving broken promises, carrier alliances, and the quiet dismantling of...
How the FBI Applied Domestic Terrorism Labels to Food and Environmental Activists
The FBI's Expanding Definition of Domestic Terrorism In the years following the September 11 attacks, the FBI broadened its domestic terrorism investigations to include environmental, animal rights, and food activism groups. Documents obtained through the Freedom of...
History of FBI Wiretapping & Telecommunications Spying
Courtesy of Cryptome’s link distribution, we get a glimpse into the mind of 1952 (an era when crypto on land lines was very limited, indeed). We get to see how the US tapped and how it worked with the phone company to tap others – in the course of determining that...
Security Protocols of Instant Messaging Applications
How safe is instant messaging? A security and privacy survey The number of interested parties eager to listen in on your online conversations, including what you type through instant messaging, has never been higher. It's trivial to monitor unencrypted wireless...
How to Beat Facial Recognition & the Surveillance State
Big Brother is watching you, though probably not in the ways most of us would imagine. Sure, the cameras at banks or airport checkpoints may be on the lookout for robbers or would-be terrorists, using facial recognition technology to match pictures to existing ones....
Stallman, Founder of GNU/Linux Predicted NDAA & SOPA
Richard Stallman Was Right All Along: Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled...
CDC Data Shows Zero Deaths From Raw Milk in Over a Decade
Zero Deaths Linked to Raw Milk in Over a Decade The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly acknowledged a striking fact: not a single death in the United States could be directly attributed to the consumption of raw milk products over an 11-year...
Yet Another Iran Nuke Scientist Assassinated
Iran: Israel, US killed nuke scientist 2012-01-11 18:49 Tehran - An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a Tehran car bombing on Wednesday that the Islamic republic immediately blamed on Israel and the United States, worsening a tense international standoff over...
Top 5 Deathbed ‘Regrets’
By Bronnie Ware (who worked for years nursing the dying) For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People...
86 Senators that voted for SOPA
Here are all 86 Senators who voted for NDAA. Let them know how you feel about it! Akaka, Daniel K. - (D - HI) Class I 141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-6361 Web Form: www.akaka.senate.gov/email-senator-akaka.cfm Alexander, Lamar - (R -...
Pentagon authorizes physicists to disclose space-time ‘cloaking’
DCMX Reminder: "if they are telling us about it in the mainstream media, they've had it for 15 years, at least." Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said they had devised a "time cloak" that briefly makes an event undetectable. The laboratory device manipulates...
Scientists discover evidence of ‘morality’ in the Animal Kingdom
Fairness: Dominant wolves learn from a young age to play down their strength Until recently it was thought that only humans had the ability to experience complex thought and emotions. However in recent years it has been uncovered by ecologists that animals do have a...
US States Continue Allowing Prisons For Profit
State using area prisoners to answer DMV calls COXSACKIE - Inside a converted dormitory is a set-up that could pass for any typical office until you notice that all the workers are wearing prison jump suits. When New Yorkers place calls to DMV's general purpose...
EARTH: Space Station Orbit Timelapse
Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night 2. Aurora Borealis and eastern United States at Night 3. Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia 4. Aurora...
Why Federal Domain Seizures Violate the Constitution
The arrest of Bryan McCarthy, the 32-year-old founder of ChannelSurfing.net, on criminal copyright infringement charges in 2011 reignited a fierce national debate. At its core was a troubling question: does the federal government have the constitutional authority to...
FBI Surplus Store Guidelines Classified Emergency Preparedness Purchases as Suspicious
FBI Guidelines Target Emergency Preparedness as Suspicious Activity In 2011, the FBI distributed a set of guidelines titled Communities Against Terrorism to military surplus stores across Colorado. The document outlined behaviors and purchasing patterns that store...
H1N1 Pandemic Deaths in Children Linked to Hidden MRSA Co-Infections
The 2009 H1N1 Pandemic and Pediatric Deaths During the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, news coverage frequently highlighted alarming reports of previously healthy children becoming critically ill and dying from what was attributed to the swine flu. Many of these young...
POLICE ENCOUNTERS: Top 3 Things To Remember
Flex your rights: The top 3 things to do in every police encounter Dealing with police in the U.S. can be a touchy situation, no matter who you are, where you’re going, or what you’re up to. That’s why three law enforcement experts attending the 2011 Drug Policy...