On Monday, a federal jury sentenced the former owner of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America to 28 years in prison for his role in one of the largest salmonella outbreaks in US history. As District Judge W. Louis Sands explained about the case: „these acts were driven simply by the desire to profit and to protect profits notwithstanding the known risks [from Salmonella]. This is commonly and accurately referred to as greed.“
Daily Archives: 23. September 2015
Peanut Corporation of America
Peanut Corporation of America was owned by Stewart Parnell, 61,[84] who was also president and CEO of the company.[52][85][86] Parnell served on the US Department of Agriculture‘s Peanut Standards Board, which sets quality and handling standards for peanuts.[85] He was first appointed by Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to the position in 2005,[87] and was reappointed for another term that would have expired in 2011,[85] however, on February 5, 2009, the USDA announced that the new Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack had removed Parnell from the board
Obama‘s Islamic State War Czar Stepping Down
President Barack Obama is about to lose the man he hand-picked to build the war effort against the Islamic State. Retired General John Allen will be stepping down as envoy to the global coalition this fall, and the White House is searching for a replacement to be the face of Americaâs flailing effort to destroy the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq.
Neue Klage wg Schwarzer Donnerstag: „Man hat sich zu einem Verbrechen verabredet“ D. Reicherter im Interview #s21
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Pentagon announces transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Saudi Arabia
Shalabi was transferred „to the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,“ the Pentagon said, marking the second detainee departure from Guantanamo in less than a week. The Pentagon last Thursday said Younis Abdurrahman Chekkouri, a Moroccan detainee held since 2002, had been returned to his home country.
Lenovo sammelt seit fast einem Jahr Nutzerdaten
Ein dritter Fall von fraglichem Umgang mit Nutzerdaten ist bei Lenovo bekanntgeworden. Auf GerÀten der Thinkpad-, Thinkcentre- und Thinkstation-Modellreihen kann sich Lenovo-Software befinden, die seit fast einem Jahr das Nutzerverhalten beobachtet.
Die CIA will cyber werden
Auch die Venture-Capital-AktivitĂ€ten der CIA sollen im DDI gebĂŒndelt werden. Mit dem Unternehmen In-Q-Tel investiert die CIA seit vielen Jahren in Technologiefirmen. Die Firma verfĂŒgte kurzzeitig ĂŒber Aktien von Google, nachdem der Suchmaschinenkonzern von In-Q-Tel das Karten-Startup Keyhole gekauft hatte. Die Keyhole-Technologie ist heute Basis von Google Earth. Auch in die Sicherheitsfirma Fireeye und das Unternehmen Palantir investierte die CIA auf diesem Weg
Russian president opens Moscow Grand Mosque
The unveiling ceremony of the 20,000-square-meter mosque, known as the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, in the Russian capital was attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and a host of other guests.
Verfassungsgericht: Regierung entscheidet âausnahmsweiseâ selbst ĂŒber MilitĂ€reinsatz
Karlsruhe: Regierung musste wĂ€hrend Vorbereitung der Libyen-Invasion in 2011 kein Mandat des Bundestages fĂŒr bewaffneten Bundeswehr-Einsatz einholen, auch nicht im Nachhinein. Geklagt hatte die Fraktion BĂŒndnis 90/Die GrĂŒnen, deren FĂŒhrung vor dem MilitĂ€reinsatz in Libyen selbst eingeweiht gewesen war.
MilitĂ€r in Kolumbien muss sich fĂŒr „Falsos Positivos“ verantworten
In Kolumbien hat das Oberste Gericht die Armee fĂŒr den Tod dreier Zivilisten zu einer EntschĂ€digungszahlung in Höhe von 1.300 Millonen Pesos (rund 386.000 Euro) an deren Familienangehörige verurteilt…
Möglicherweise könnte diese Rechtsprechung als PrĂ€zedensfall dienen und in Zukunft zur AufklĂ€rung weiterer FĂ€lle von „Falsos Positivos“ in Kolumbien beitragen.
„Volksgericht“ in Kolumbien gegen Bergbaukonzerne
Am 3. und 4. Oktober wird in der kolumbianischen Stadt Rioacha ein „Volkstribunal“ tagen, das sich kritisch mit der Arbeit multinationaler Konzerne auseinandersetzen wird, die im Verwaltungsbezirk La Guajira im Nordosten des Landes tĂ€tig sind und denen Menschenrechtsverletzungen vorgeworfen werden.
Politicians should witness âdirect consequences of their lust for warâ â Labour MP
The Norwich MP, who served a tour of Afghanistan as a reservist in 2009, also criticized the tendency of many MPs to see bombing as a default choice when it came to foreign policy issues. âIâm tired of it. As someone who, to be quite frank, has had my fill on my short tour of Afghanistan of death and mayhem,â Lewis told the Politics Home website.
âI sometimes think if we had a few more MPs in there seeing the direct consequences of their lust for war, maybe theyâd think twice about it,â he added.
IDF shoots 18yo Palestinian woman 10 times, lets her die in street
An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was shot by Israeli troops at a Hebron checkpoint for allegedly refusing to show her purse or face and âtrying to attackâ a soldier. She died of multiple wounds in a hospital after bleeding in the street for 30 minutes.
Wie das FBI einen Internet-Unternehmer zum Schweigen bringt
Das FBI wollte von Merrill Informationen ĂŒber seine Kunden. Doch dieser lehnte ab und klagte. Vor Gericht hat Merrill mehrfach gewonnen.
For the first time ever, a judge has invalidated a secret Patriot Act warrant
Calyx is a privacy-oriented ISP. In 2004, the FBI brought its owner, Nicholas Merrill, a National Security Letter — one of the USA Patriot Act‘s secret search warrants, which comes with a gag order prohibiting the recipient from ever disclosing its existence.
Federal Court Invalidates 11-Year-old FBI gag order on National Security Letter recipient Nicholas Merrill
A federal district court has ordered the FBI to lift an eleven-year- old gag order imposed on Nicholas Merrill forbidding him from speaking about a National Security Letter (âNSLâ) that the FBI served on him in 2004. The ruling marks the first time that an NSL gag order has been lifted in full since the PATRIOT Act vastly expanded the scope of the FBIâs NSL authority in 2001. Mr. Merrill, the executive director of the Calyx Institute, is represented by law students and supervising attorneys of the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, a program of Yale Law Schoolâs Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression and Information Society Project.
VerlÀngerung der Terrorgesetze bis 2021 nun im Bundestag
Wie Radio Utopie bereits berichtete, lĂ€uft am 10. Januar 2016 zum dritten Mal das deutsche Pendant zum âPatriot Actâ aus: das âTerrorismusbekĂ€mpfungsergĂ€nzungsgesetzâ (von 2001 bis 2006 âTerrorismusbekĂ€mpfungsgesetzâ). Damit laufen folgende âSicherheitsgesetzeâ in ihrer jetzigen Form aus: das Artikel 10-Gesetz (Gesetz zur BeschrĂ€nkung des Brief-, Post- und Fernmeldegeheimnisses), das Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetz, das BND-Gesetz (Gesetz ĂŒber den Bundesnachrichtendienst), das Bundeskriminalamtgesetz (Gesetz ĂŒber das Bundeskriminalamt und die Zusammenarbeit des Bundes und der LĂ€nder in kriminalpolizeilichen Angelegenheiten), das (Gesetz ĂŒber den militĂ€rischen Abschirmdienst), das SicherheitsĂŒberprĂŒfungsgesetz und das StraĂenverkehrsgesetz.
FĂŒr die Informationsindustrie und die âwie gelĂ€hmtâ agierende parlamentarische âOppositionâ von Die Linke und BĂŒndnis 90/Die GrĂŒnen ist das offenkundig nicht von Interesse. Stattdessen wird auf allen Ebenen dazu geschwiegen, dass die Regierung den âdeutschen Patriot Actâ nun bis 2021 verlĂ€ngern lassen will.
Mehrheit der Deutschen glaubt laut Umfrage an AuĂerirdische: Köln (dpa)
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Regierung will Terrorgesetze verschÀrfen
Im Fall eines terroristischen Attentats in Schweden soll die Nationale Einsatztruppe der Polizei zur BekĂ€mpfung von Terrorismus nach Vorstellung der Regierung kĂŒnftig Hilfe vom MilitĂ€r und von Einsatztruppen anderer LĂ€ndern anfordern können. Die Regierung schlĂ€gt auĂerdem vor, die Allgemeinheit per sms vor drohenden Terrorangriffen zu warnen.
„Anti-Terrorgesetze machen nichts besser“
Renata Schmidtkunz besucht Britta Böhler in Amsterdam und spricht mit ihr darĂŒber, wie die Angst vor dem Terror die Demokratien Europas gefĂ€hrdet.
Geheime Verhandlungen mit Nato-Eliteverband
(18.September) Die Zeitung Svenska Dagbladet veröffentlichte am Freitag einen Bericht ĂŒber ein internes Dokument, in dem die aktive Teilnahme an der sogenannten Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) empfohlen wird. JEF fĂŒhrt einen Nato-Bereitschaftsverband mit dem Namen VJTF an, der Ende 2014 als Reaktion auf die Krise in der Ostukraine und auf der Krim eingerichtet wurde. Schweden ist nicht Mitglied der Nato, wĂŒrde aber ĂŒber diesem Wege an einem möglichen Nato-Einsatz etwa im Baltikum beteiligt werden.
On U.S. visit, China‘s president seeks to reassure on trade, security
Xi, delivering a keynote address to some 650 business executives and other guests in Seattle, touched on a litany of issues that have strained U.S.-China ties.
U.S., India agree to jointly train peacekeepers in Africa
The United States and India agreed on Tuesday to train troops in six African countries before they are deployed to U.N. peacekeeping missions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
He spoke after meetings with his Indian counterpart, Shushma Swaraj, on economic and security ties, which have been growing between their two countries given shared concerns about China‘s rise in Asia.
Obama set to get pledges for thousands of U.N. peacekeepers: official
Some 50 world leaders, more than a third from Europe, are set to pledge thousands of troops and police, equipment or training for United Nations peacekeeping missions during a summit that will be chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, a U.S. official said.
S. Korea to retest fuel efficiency of Volkswagen vehicles: sources
Subject to the retest will likely be the A3 and the A7 of Audi, the luxury brand of Volkswagen. The two models passed the previous fuel efficiency tests.
The move is in line with the environment ministry‘s plan to conduct emission tests on Volkswagen vehicle models, including the Golf and the Jetta and the Audi A3. The emission test will be done „in the middle of October,“ a government official said.
Government-Mandated Parental Spyware Found To Be Leaking Personal Data At An Alarming Rate
A few months ago, the South Korean government strongly suggested parents load their children‘s cell phones up with government-approved spyware. It recommended an app called „Smart Sheriff.“
UPDATE 2 â Turkey appoints two new ministers after resignations
Turkeyâs prime minister named two new members of the countryâs interim government Tuesday, following the resignations of Peoplesâ Democratic Party ministers earlier in the day.
Beril Dedeoglu was appointed EU minister, with responsibilities as Turkeyâs chief negotiator with the bloc, while Mustafa Cuneyd Duzyol was named
Pro-Kurdish ministers quit Turkish cabinet amid tension over violence
(22.September) On Tuesday, Turkey‘s only two HDP cabinet ministers, EU Minister Ali Haydar Konca and Development Minister Muslum Dogan, said they would resign from Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu‘s month-old caretaker government.
Italy opens probe into VW scandal
Italy‘s transport and infrastructure ministry said Tuesday that it has launched an inquiry after Volkswagen admitted rigging car emissions tests. The ministry expressed „concern“ and said it was seeking answers both from the carmaker and from KBA, Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, the main testing facility for these cars.
MilitÀrdiktatur : Zivilklage gegen Volkswagen in Brasilien
Das Arbeiterforum fĂŒr Wahrheit, Gerechtigkeit und Reparation war 2012 von Brasiliens linksgerichteter Staatschefin Dilma Rousseff eingesetzt worden, um die Verbrechen wĂ€hrend der MilitĂ€rdiktatur zu untersuchen. „Mitarbeiter von Volkswagen waren Opfer von Folter und illegaler Festnahme, andere wurden entlassen und auf schwarze Listen gesetzt, illegal ĂŒberwacht“, erklĂ€rte die AnwĂ€ltin Rosa Cardoso, die mehrere mutmaĂliche Opfer vertritt.
Der wahre Preis des FĂŒnf-Euro-Shirts
Die Menschen besitzen heute etwa viermal mehr Kleidung als 1980. Daher werden 80.000 Tonnen Altkleidung pro Jahr in Ăsterreich entsorgt. Gleichzeitig ist die Textilbranche die gröĂte chemieverbrauchende Industrie. Allein an Pestiziden, die auf Baumwollfelder gesprĂŒht werden, sterben jĂ€hrlich zwei bis drei Millionen Menschen.
EFF Urges State Appeals Court to Protect Twitter Parodies
Courts have long recognized that the First Amendment protects parodies, and last Friday, EFF filed a âfriend of the courtâ brief urging a state court of appeals in Michigan to apply the same protections to parodies posted on Twitter as to parodies everywhere else.
UN Condemns Ukrainian Government Cover-Ups
On September 18th, the UNâs Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights headlined âStatement of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns Ukraine: Lives lost in an accountability vacuum,â and condemned there the current Ukrainian Government in strong language, regarding not only the coup which had brought them to power in February 2014, but regarding also the massacre of the people who on 2 May 2014 had been peacefully demonstrating in Odessa against the coup. Specifically, the ongoing cover-ups by the Ukrainian Government concerning both of these matters were condemned by him.
Saudi Arabia: Juvenile prisoner faces ‚death by crucifixion‘ after appeal is dismissed
Ali is just one of a number of young protestors including Dawoud Hussain al-Marhoon, who have been sentenced to death following involvement in anti-government protests. In January 2015, prominent Saudi blogger Raif Al-Badawi received the first of 1000 lashes as part of his sentence for his statements criticising the Saudi regime in 2012.
In a post to the NGO‘s website Foa added: „Saudi Arabia‘s wave of executions since the start of this year has provoked widespread disgust. But these killings, if they are allowed to go ahead, will mark a new low.“