(16. Juni 2006) Das neuste System kommt jetzt aus der Weltraumtechnik. Dabei werden Kameras in Zeppeline eingebaut. Die Polizei in Köln ist begeistert.

EPIC has obtained new documents detailing the Department of Army’s use of surveillance blimps over the nation’s capital. The documents include thirty heavily redacted pages of equipment descriptions and data. In May EPIC filed suit against the Department of the Army to obtain details about a sophisticated tracking and targeting system that will be deployed over Washington, DC during the next three years. JLENS is comprised of two 250′ blimps.

Warum auf der Tonaufzeichnung der Blackboxen angeblich von den Piloten nichts zu hören sein soll ist damit ein Rätsel. Die bisherige Aussage der Kommission lautet nämlich, die Piloten hätten nichts über den Vorfall im Cockpit ausgesagt, obwohl alle Geräusche und auch die Stimmen aufgezeichnet werden. Nach diesem geänderten Ablauf müsste doch genug Zeit gewesen sein, damit die Piloten sich äussern über was los ist und welche Notfallmassnahmen sie einleiten.

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European Union institutions are considering deploying troops in Africa to help deal with the Ebola epidemic, European Commission sources said Friday.

(24. Juli) With several military operations underway in the former colonies of French West Africa, Paris has decided to reorganize its deployments with an eye to providing a more mobile and coordinated military response to threats from terrorists, insurgents or other forces intent on disturbing the security of France’s African backyard.

The stuff we already disclosed is too dangerous to disclose.

The Defense Department destroyed nearly half a billion dollars worth of defective Italian aircraft that U.S. taxpayers bought for Afghanistan and then sold the scrap for $32,000, according to an agency watchdog.

„The ship is scheduled to conduct routine operations which include, combined training, maritime security operations, and theatre security cooperation events. These interactions among allies and partner nations reaffirm the maritime relationships and commitment to the security and stability within the Black Sea region.“

The American military base in Deveselu is one of the two European land-based interceptor sites for a NATO missile shield, which is strongly opposed by Russia.

Turkish diplomatic and military sources confirmed that Lt. Gen. Erdal Öztürk, the head of the Chief of Staff’s Operation Division, will represent Turkey at the meeting that will take place on Oct. 13 and 14 in the U.S. instead of his superior, Necdet Özel.
The gathering will be the first of its kind for the coalition established to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Top military officials from nearly 20 countries are expected to be present at the meeting that will be held at a military base in the U.S.

Projects for rearmament and modernization of the army must be tied down with raising the innovation capacity of military industry. That is what Bulgarian caretaker Prime Minister Prof. Georgi Bliznashki said after a meeting with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning Heinrich Brauss, press service of the government announced.
The high NATO representative is paying a visit to Bulgaria to take part in the Industrial Forum in Sofia, which gathered representatives of the Bulgarian defence industry, NATO agencies and academic circles.

Timmermans, the new first vice-president of the European Commission, expressed his regret that relatives of the 298 victims of the disaster were faced with new information, before they were informed about it themselves.
„The MH17 disaster is close to my heart, I really feel with the relatives,“ he stated. „The last thing I want to do is to aggravate their suffering in any way. I should not have said it.“

Ab in den Knast und fertig ist die Laube. Das können sie ja dann dem Richter erzählen, dass sie bisher immer dachten, die Gesetze gälten für sie nicht. WTF?

„Laut Kleine-Welt-Phänomen lässt sich zwischen jeden zwei beliebigen Menschen auf der Erde eine Verbindung über nur sechs Ebenen herstellen.“

Russland hat unwiderlegbare Beweise für Waffenlieferungen und die Entsendung von Militärberatern in die Ukraine durch einige westliche Staaten, wie Leonid Sluzki, Vorsitzender des Duma-Ausschusses für GUS-Angelegenheiten, eurasische Integration und Beziehungen mit Landsleuten im Ausland, mitteilte.

Attorney General Jesus Murillo said on Thursday the motive behind the apparent massacre of dozens of student teachers, who went missing after clashing with police in Iguala in the volatile, gang-ridden state of Guerrero on Sept. 26, was not yet clear.

The policemen in Bingol were doing damage assesment from the protests when they were shot dead with long barrelled weapons. The four terrorists who killed the police were shot while being pursued by police, Bingol Governorate said in a written statement. (…)
Deputy Police Chief Sahin died on the scene, while Chief Inspector Hatipoglu died in Bingol State Hospital.

Sitzt der Schock so tief, oder geben Journalisten zu verstehen, dass sie Rücktrittsaufforderungen an Minister Klug nicht thematisieren sollen? Oder resignieren all jene, die Minister Darabos permanent zusetzten, weil sie das Gefühl haben, der Zug sei ohnehin abgefahren? Es müsste einen permanenten empörten Aufschrei geben, wenn das Bundesheer derart an die Wand gedrängt wird, doch bislang kam er nur sehr verhalten.

Das Protokoll von Netzpolitik.org der gestrigen Vernehmung einer Zeugin aus dem Bundesnachrichtendienst im N.S.A.-Untersuchungsausschuss des Bundestages vorzulesen ist nicht Intention dieses kurzen Kommentars. Dies ist vielmehr die Warnung an all die Vollidioten und VersagerInnen, die diesen Tiefen Staat an die Macht gelassen haben, nach systemrelevanten Schwachsinn nicht auch noch in Resignation zu verfallen.

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The OXCART would fly at about 90.000 feed, at Mach 3.3. It would also become the predecessor to the Air Force´s better known SR-71 Blackbird. The CIA and the Air Force jointly also had the ultimate reconnaissance system under way in a parallel developement, the CORONA satellite, the first in a long series that would eventially replace all over-flights, including the OXCART.

He recently delivered remarks at MIRcon in Washington, explaining exactly how simple it is for Americans to avoid the sort of domestic surveillance they always assumed they‘d never have to worry about (you know, because of the Constitution and its various amendments, etc.). And remember, this man is asking $1 million a month to rent his brain.

„Our data‘s in there (NSA databases), my data‘s in there. If I talk to an Al Qaeda operative, the chances of my data being looked at is really good, so I try not to do that. If you don‘t want to you shouldn‘t either,“ he told MIRcon delegates.

Der konkrete Opa erzählt aus dem ELINT-Nähkästchen, wie man anhand aufgefangenen gegnerischen Radar-Signalen die Position und Fähigkeiten der Radarstellungen bestimmt. Nicht nur für Technikinteressierte eine interessante Lektüre (die haben u.a. den Mond als Reflektor benutzt, um damit die Sowjetunion zu kartografieren).

A San Francisco federal appeals court heard arguments today in an activist lawsuit seeking to ban National Security Letters, or NSLs, as unconstitutional. NSLs are one of the more controversial tools used by the FBI to conduct investigations, as they include a gag order preventing the recipient from talking about the fact that they got an NSL.

(15. März 2013) Ultra-secret national security letters that come with a gag order on the recipient are an unconstitutional impingement on free speech, a federal judge in California ruled in a decision released Friday.