The past few years have seen Mildenhall’s mission focus turn increasingly toward Africa, working with operations such as Mali and Libya. An official said the addition of personnel and aircraft did not necessarily mean more missions for the 352nd.
Daily Archives: 17. August 2013
Verizon Rewarded for Records Release With $10 Billion Government Contract
Verizon’s willingness to give the federal government unfettered access to its customers’ phone records is paying off handsomely for the telecommunications giant.
Verizon announced on August 16:
The U.S. Department of the Interior has selected Verizon to participate in a $10 billion, 10-year contract to provide cloud and hosting services. This is potentially one of Verizon‘s largest federal cloud contracts to date.
Obama has not delivered on May’s promise of transparency on drones
In fact, since May, the White House has not officially released any new information on drone strikes (though leaks still abound). While NSA surveillance has taken center-stage, the government’s policy of secrecy and obfuscation on drones persists, too. Past critics of the drone program – ranging from Senator Rand Paul (Republican, Kentucky) to Senator Ron Wyden (Democrat, Oregon) – should take notice. It is time to renew and expand the demand for answers about who is being killed.
Ecuador’s president denounces Chevron as ‘enemy of our country’
The case is still alive and Correa says the company has spent $400 million and hired an army of hundreds of lawyers to discredit the government and get the ruling overturned on appeal in the country’s highest court.
Paper: Voyager 1 Leaves Solar System
Voyager “is truly beginning its travels through the Milky Way,“ said University of Maryland research scientist Marc Swisdak, lead author of a new paper published online this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Fehlerhafte Gefängnissoftware ließ Hochsicherheitstrakt-Türen öffnen
Bereits ein Monat zuvor wurden die Türen des Hochsicherheitstrakts auf mysteriöse Art und Weise geöffnet, eine Untersuchung ergab jedoch nichts. Nach dem Vorfall, bei dem niemand verletzt wurde, installierten Techniker eine zusätzliche Sicherheitsfunktion. Trotzdem wurden ein Monat später erneut die Zellentüren unbeabsichtigt geöffnet.
Pro-Junta-Position brachte irreparablen Schaden für die Glaubwürdigkeit der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Ägypten
Präsident Obamas Reden kreisen ständig um den Anspruch, dass seine Administration in Ägypten nicht Partei ergriffen habe, weisen hin auf Kritik seitens der neuen Junta und der alten gestürzten Regierung als Beweis dafür, dass man keine Partei ergreife. Dieses Argument kauft allerdings niemand, nachdem die Dollars der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika weiterhin milliardenweise an das Militär fliessen.
Und wer fängt jetzt wieder die Militärs ein, ihr Penner?
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Kennt Ihr meinen Lieblingsspruch aus Jurassic Park? „Wie ich es hasse, immer recht zu halten.“
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Egypt is waging „war“ against extremism-presidency
Egypt is facing „war by the forces of extremism“ and will confront it with „security measures within the framework of law,“ Mostafa Hegazy, adviser to Egypt‘s interim president said.
Friday violence in Egypt killed 173 people: Health Ministry
The ministry said 1,330 people were wounded nationwide, with 596 hurt in the Cairo clashes.
Egypt arrests 1,004 at Friday‘s Muslim Brotherhood protests
Egyptian authorities arrested 1,004 „elements“ of the Muslim Brotherhood during nationwide protests on Friday, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Gewalt in Ägypten: Mit aller Macht gegen die Muslimbrüder
Der Präsidentenberater wählte drastische Worte: „Ägypten befindet sich in einem Krieg gegen die Kräfte des Extremismus“, sagte Mustafa Higasi am Samstag vor Journalisten in Kairo. Regierung und Armee würden weiter gegen jeden vorgehen, der sich der staatlichen Ordnung entgegenstelle. „Wir werden mit aller Macht gegen die Terroristen vorgehen, die den ägyptischen Staat zerstören wollen“, warnte er.
Egypt’s disastrous bloodshed requires urgent impartial investigation
On 15 August, Amnesty International researchers visited the Iman Mosque, which was converted into a makeshift morgue after family members brought in relatives killed in the Rabaa al-Adawiya sit-in, as well as some of those evacuated from Rabaa al-Adawiya hospital.
At the time of the visit, there were 98 dead bodies inside, among them eight charred corpses – it is unknown whether they were burnt alive or after dying. Lists with names of 265 people had been hung on the mosque’s walls. Volunteers said that two more unidentified bodies had been brought in.
Diana death: New information assessed by Scotland Yard
A Met Police spokesman said that the force would „not discuss the source of the information“ it was assessing.
Gewalt in Ägypten: Militärchef soll Friedensabkommen verhindert haben
Der inzwischen zurückgetretene ägyptische Vize-Präsident Mohamed ElBaradei habe Militärchef Abel Fattah al-Sisi aber offenbar nicht dazu bewegen können, dem Friedensabkommen zuzustimmen. Dem Bericht zufolge war unter anderem eine Untersuchung zu den Vorwürfen zwischen beiden Lagern geplant.
Statistik des Tages: Google für zwei Minuten kaputt, 40% Einbruch im weltweiten Internet-Traffic. Wow. SO abhängig sind wir von denen!
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At a Cairo cafe, a man slipped away to report on his phone that a Wapo journalist was asking questions. Just like the old days.
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briefly detained & man with baton discussed with officers which group would deal with us. Others have similar stories.
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going on right under their noses without police/military showing any willingness to step in. Colleague and I were
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the point too complex to convey in 140 characters – security services did ofc do their job at times, but attacks also
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Does anyone know anything about the whereabouts of Brazilian journalist @hugobachega?
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Klangexpedition durch Ton und Tal
13 Musiker wandern in 10 Tagen von Süd nach Nord durch die Schweiz und verbinden mit 50 Klangevents die Festivals Alpentöne und Neue Musik Rümlingen. Die Ensemblemitglieder sind zu Fuss, per Bus, Zug, Schiff und Gondelbahn unterwegs – und treten mit den Soundscapes und lokalen Musikerinnen und Musiker der verschiedenen Stationen in einen mal improvisierten und mal komponierten Dialog. Norient wandert mit und bloggt täglich in Bild, Ton, Video und Text.
Analysis: As Obama dithers, the region is spinning out of control
“Every year, the U.S. Congress appropriates more than $1 billion in military aid to Egypt. But that money never gets to Egypt. It goes to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, then to a trust fund at the Treasury and, finally, out to U.S. military contractors that make the tanks and fighter jets that ultimately get sent to Egypt,” begins an illuminating report aired on NPR last week.
Many of the M1A1 Abrams tanks that the United States sends to Egypt never make it out of the warehouse, insists Shana Marshall of the Institute of Middle East Studies at George Washington University.
MTR014 Frequencies Of The Mind 2
Artists make the music, we make the records, you will have an audiosonic mindtrick that will haunt inside your mind for the rest of your life!
Spies Are Reading My Blog
I should be gigging in New Zealand now but I am not
I‘m stuck at Narita instead
I should be singing in Dunedin, smoking kiwi pot
And chilling with the kiwi reds
But when I showed up at the airport to board my flight
I was handed somebody‘s cell phone
Suddenly the future didn‘t look so bright
And I entered the Twilight Zone
The woman on the line said hello
I‘m from Immigration
You may have a ticket but you can‘t go
To our great island nation
I felt like I‘d been hit in the face
With a big old kiwi log
But then I felt the Stasi‘s cold embrace
When she said I‘ve been reading your blog
The spies are reading my blog The introduction and the prologue
And if that‘s so, it just might be true That they‘re watching this video, too
David Rovics – the banned PRISM tour
While he has been hanging around in a hotel David Rovics created a new song – Spies Are Reading My Blog.
i‘ve been called a terrorist by my friends because i supported president morsi
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Anti-Coup Alliance Statement on ‘Friday of Anger’ Murderous Crimes by Coup Commanders
These barbaric atrocities also prove that the coup has been broken, and that the putschists have no alternative but to admit defeat and act accordingly. The will of the people cannot be defeated.
The Anti-Coup, Pro-Legitimacy National Alliance holds the coup commanders and collaborators fully responsible for these horrid crimes. The Alliance also appeals to all human rights organizations and all free and honest people in the world to condemn these crimes and seek to stop the bloodshed and loss of innocent lives.
The Alliance reiterates its continued commitment to peaceful protest in all its activities. Our peacefulness is stronger than their bullets.
‚There Have Been Some Compliance Incidents‘: NSA Violates Surveillance Rules Multiple Times a Day
The Washington Post reported last night that the NSA has been violating restrictions on surveillance powers thousands of times a year. My first reaction was that the revelation was „jaw-dropping,“ and that‘s my second reaction, too. The rules around government surveillance are so permissive that it is difficult to comprehend how the intelligence community could possibly have managed to violate them so often.
UPDATED: Security forces clear majority of protesters from mosque in #Cairo as talks are held with ones still inside
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Pittsburgh is at the forefront of an unruly food movement: Permaculture
Permaculture was pioneered by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in Tasmania in the 1970s. Mr. Holmgren’s 12 principles remain the bedrock of a system that has evolved over the past 40 years:
Sheik fath masjed confirms that the minarrah doesnt have an entrance from the inside,whoever is up there isnt from inside
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