Guantanamo suicides a 'PR move'
• BBC News[Spinning suicide to see what sticks.] A top US official has described the suicides of three detainees at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a "good PR move to draw attention".
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Judge rules VoIP must allow government easedropping
• PC WorldA U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling requiring VoIP providers to give law enforcement agencies wiretapping capabilities is legal, a court ruled today. Providers must allow wiretapping by May 14, 2007.
Security information on 1,500 nuclear weapons personnel stolen
• ReutersA computer hacker got into the U.S. agency that guards the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and stole the personal records of at least 1,500 employees and contractors, a senior U.S. lawmaker said on Friday.
Kids more likely to watch computer screen than TV screen
• ReutersIn households with children, the screen being watched is more likely to be a PC than a television. "Today's kids are digital natives whose activities are fundamentally different than previous generations," she said.
Artificial sight allow blind to see
• ReutersA legally blind poet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has designed a "seeing machine" that allows people with limited vision to see faces of friends, read or study the layouts of buildings they intend to visit.
DOJ Dismisses Felony Tax Prosecution -- With Prejudice -- After PRA Defense Raised
• We The PeopleOn May 12, 2006 in Peoria, Illinois, the attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) begged the court to dismiss all charges against IRS victim Robert Lawrence in federal District Court. The motion for dismissal came on the heels of a surprise
9/11 Whistleblower: Richard Andrew Grove (Transcript)
• Richard Andrew GroveJ. Edgar Hoover once said: “The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a Conspiracy so monstrous- he simply cannot believe it exists”… & he would know… as I believe that Hoover is someone who spoke from experience, not conjecture.
Bloggers replacing Media as the most impactful information source.
• BY JEFF ZELENY - Chicago TribuneForget the rise and fall of Howard Dean in the 2004 presidential campaign? - a more sophisticated chapter is opening. R's & D's know emerging technologies will rewrite the rules of American politics, much as television did four decades ago.
US about to sack Ramadi like they did Fallouja
• Los Angeles TimesFears of an imminent offensive by the U.S. troops massed around the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi intensified Saturday, with residents pouring out of the city to escape what they describe as a mounting humanitarian crisis.
Judge may decide if government spying on Americans is legal
• Reuters[It has come to this, and I wouldn't count on the judiciary. What the government wants, and they want this badly, the government gets.] The NSA's domestic spying program faces a challenge that could decide eavesdropping without a court order
Records for 150,000 Colorado Voters Missing
• Associated PressRecords containing personal information on more than 150,000 voters are missing at city election offices, and officials are trying to determine if the files were lost, moved or stolen. [Who cares? They sell your information anyway.]
Flashback - Adminstration nicks plan to kill Zarqawi in 2002
• ZFactsBy Spring, 2002, he was known to be planning attacks against the West and in June the Pentagon drew up detailed plans to hit his base in Iraq. He was behind the October 2002 assassination of an American diplomat in Jordan. But, Mr Bush rejected any
Public Secrets
• Washington PostWhy does The Washington Post willingly publish"classifed" information affecting national security? Should Post journalists and others who reveal the government's secrets be subject to criminal prosecution for doing so? These question,
The Case of the Missing $21 Billion
• CounterpunchDuring the days of the Nixon Watergate scandal investigation, reporter Bob Woodward was famously advisded by his mysterious source, Deep Throat, to "follow the money" as a way of cracking the story. Well, there's a lot of money to foll
Guantanamo suicides 'acts of war' against the USA
• BBCThe camp commander said the two Saudis and a Yemeni were "committed" and had killed themselves in "an act of asymmetric warfare waged against us".
U.S. Mad Cow Cases Result From Rare Strain
• Associated PressTwo cases of mad cow disease in Texas and Alabama seem to have resulted from a mysterious strain that could appear spontaneously in cattle.
At Site of Attack on Zarqawi, All That's Left Are Questions
• New York TimesIt seemed puzzling, too, given the destruction and the condition of the other bodies, how Mr. Zarqawi's head and upper body — shown on televisions across the world — could have remained largely intact.
al-Zarqawi bombed and beaten
• Time magazineHe was still alive and moaning from an injury to his head when American helicopters and Humvees arrived at the scene. It had taken seven Iraqi men to drag him from the rubble minutes after the American air strike on the farmhouse where he was staying
Was Al-Zarqawi Beaten After Bombing?
• Associated PressAn Iraqi man who was one of the first people on the scene of the U.S. airstrike targeting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said he saw American troops beating a man who had a beard like the al Qaeda leader.
Cuban Students punished for Internet scheme
• Miami HeraldFive Cuban university students were suspended for up to five years for violations that their information technology school deemed ''very grave'': running chat rooms and using school servers to sell Internet access to others. Cuba**
Doctors push for taxes and legal restrictions on "bad" foods
• ReutersAmericans' unhealthy eating habits will be the target of the top US physicians' group when it votes on resolutions calling for reducing salt in food and for taxes on sugary soft drinks. The American Medical Association plans to focus on the
RuBee Offers an Alternative to RFID
• PC MagazineThe IEEE has started work on a new protocol—a standard called IEEE 1902.1 also known as RuBee—that is expected to give retailers and manufacturers an attractive alternative to RFID for many applications, especially item-level efforts.
FDA Task Force Releases RFID Recommendations
• PC MagazineThe Food and Drug Administration's Counterfeit Drug Task Force announced its recommendations for the pharmaceutical industry regarding the use of radio-frequency identification technology to fight the proliferation of some 35 million counterfeit
Colombian and Peruvian Elections Prove Stalin Was Right
Stephen LendmanThe Truth about the Staged "Demonstration Elections" in Colombia and Peru.
The Evolution of Dance - Very Entertaining! :)
• Judson Laipply - Google VideoA nice break and something to share with Friends and Family.
An Island Called Liberty
• Joseph SpechtThis book is a cross between Dr. Seuss and Ayn's Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Inside is the story of a right friendly land, Where people were quick to lend a free hand.With the best of intentions they passed many laws, To fix what they felt were q
Bricklin Updates Collaborative Spreadsheet
• Associated PressBefore 1979, when Bricklin released the first spreadsheet, known as VisiCalc, personal computers still mainly were programming toys for hobbyists. VisiCalc changed that. By allowing businesses and households to automate their financial management
ISPs Evolve, Diversify Amid Competition
• Associated Press"The state of the independent ISPs today is a sad one," said Dane Jasper, president of the California ISP Association. "What we are selling today is by and large a commodity. Fast Internet is fast Internet."
EchoStar, DirecTV to Resell Broadband
• Associated PressTargeting rural homes, satellite-TV providers EchoStar Communications Corp. and DirecTV Inc. will resell broadband Internet access via satellite from WildBlue Communications Inc., WildBlue said.
China's Thirst for Oil Rattles Old Order
• Associated PressChina's surging appetite for energy is engraved in the landscape of this gritty port city: waterfront piles of coal, gas pipes snaking along grimy roads, and tankers anchored amid islands where pirates once lurked.
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