CIA gives Blackwater firm new $100 million contract
Jeff Stein The Washington Post The Central Intelligence Agency has hired Xe Services, the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide, to guard its…
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Coast Guard Reports 2 DEATHS in Oil Spill Cleanup Effort
Two people involved in the Gulf oil spill cleanup effort have died, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. Fox News Meantime, tens of thousands of gallons…
The Snitch Syndrome: Did Wired Target Bradley Manning?
by Justin Raimondo, June 18, 2010 – AntiWar.com The more one looks at the Bradley Manning case, the stranger the whole thing seems. SPC Manning, you’ll…
Pentagon revives Rumsfeld-era domestic spying unit
Raw Story Daniel Tencer The Pentagon’s spy unit has quietly begun to rebuild a database for tracking potential terrorist threats that was shut down after…
Homeland Security Targets Children: FEMA Video Game
FEMA, DHS Back Disaster Hero Game GamePolitics.com Legacy Interactive has announced plans to create a web-based game designed to teach kids how to prepare for…
US may ‘microwave’ Afghan targets
PressTV The US military may be testing a controversial weapon that focuses microwave energy with a so-called “goodbye effect” on targets in Afghanistan, a report…
U.S. and Israel Prepare for War with Iran
Report: U.S., Israeli warships cross Suez Canal toward Red Sea By Jack Khoury – Haaretz Egypt opposition angered at government for allowing the fleet of…
Feel The Pain (Ray)
U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan Wired The U.S. mission in Afghanistan centers around swaying locals to its side. And there’s no better persuasion tool…
Crude Sucking Barges STOPPED By Coast Guard
By DAVID MUIR and BRADLEY BLACKBURN – ABC News Eight days ago, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal ordered barges to begin vacuuming crude oil out of…
BP Hires Private Security Contractors to Guard ‘black water’
The Raw Story If they had hired Blackwater, the firm would have had a particularly appropriate sounding name for the job: guarding tar-stained beaches. In…
Drones Over U.S. Skies if FAA Bows to Pressure
One only has to look at how drones have been used in the Middle East to realize that this would be an exceedingly bad idea…