Monday, June 13, 2011
Wikileaks copycats accused
of slippery terms of service
The Wall Street Journal and al Jazeera sites reserve the right to revoke anonymity of whistleblowers, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a watchdog group.
"The success of Wikileaks in obtaining and releasing information has inspired mainstream media outlets to develop copycat sites, including ones run by the Wall Street Journal and Al-Jazeera," EFF said. "EFF's review of the terms of services of these sites reveals that they aren't adequately protecting the security and privacy of sources."
For example, said EFF, terms of service for Al-Jazeera's site give the administrators flexibility to "share personally identifiable information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or where we believe it is necessary."
"The success of Wikileaks in obtaining and releasing information has inspired mainstream media outlets to develop copycat sites, including ones run by the Wall Street Journal and Al-Jazeera," EFF said. "EFF's review of the terms of services of these sites reveals that they aren't adequately protecting the security and privacy of sources."
For example, said EFF, terms of service for Al-Jazeera's site give the administrators flexibility to "share personally identifiable information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or where we believe it is necessary."
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Deadly E. coli outbreak
latest in a parade of woes
Corrected version of report published June 10, 2011
Many scourges of humanity were either eradicated or greatly suppressed during the last century. Yet, contagious diseases continue to pose severe threats to nations rich and poor, experts say.
The outbreak of a vicious strain of E. coli, known as 0104:H4, in Germany is the latest example of the emergence of a new form of an old disease now resistant to antibiotics and the antibodies of the human immune system. It appears that 0104:H4 picked up resistance to a whole range of antibiotics. The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria is a relentless problem, with hospitals becoming increasingly prone to such contamination.
However, little is publicly known about how 0104:H4 acquired the set of genes necessary for such resistance. The usual suspect is overuse of antibiotics, which brings about what scientists call "selective pressure" to breed the occasional mutants resistant to particular drugs.
On occasion, however, experimental pathogens escape from a laboratory and cause deadly outbreaks. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a routine research tool of molecular biologists. E. coli is perhaps the most studied of all the types of bacteria, because of its availability and genetic properties. E. coli strains occur naturally in the human gastrointestinal system and are generally benign, as are most research strains used by scientists. However, scientists find it relatively easy to breed drug-resistant pathogens for either research or biowar purposes (though bioweapons require further processing).
Research into E. coli and other pathogens has burgeoned in recent years because of the explosion of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
The focal point of the 0104:H4 outbreak Lubeck, Germany, home to the University of Lubeck, a center of medical and biolical research. However, the deadly pathogen -- which could not be linked to specific fresh produce -- is not known to be an escaped research strain. There is no indication as to whether any of the kitchen staff of the Kartoffelkeller pub might have been exposed to an errant research strain.
An example of an escaped pathogen occurred in another German incident in 1967, when a horrific disease jumped from research monkeys to humans.
In years past, there have been several instances of biowar lab accidents resulting in numerous deaths, according to Ken Alibek, a former top manager of Mikhail Gorbachev's vast treaty-breaking bioweapons production program, as noted in his book Biohazard that he wrote with Stephen Handelman [Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World -- Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It (Random House 1999).]
The modern "global village" also provides a network for rapid dispersion of strange pathoghens that have lurked for centuries in jungles before infecting loggers or other human intruders, according to Frank Ryan, M.D., in his book Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and into the Future (Little Brown 1997).
The "global village effect" was demonstrated in the 1918 influenza global pandemic -- which killed between 25 million and 100 million -- when American troop trains and ships spread the contagion after clueless military commanders failed to heed experts and impose timely quarantines. One theory is that the harsh flu strain jumped from a host animal in central Kansas and spread to a nearby camp jammed with young soldiers, according to John M. Barry in The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (Viking 2004).
In the case of 0104:H4 outbreak, authorities have succeeded in limiting its deadly toll by destroying food supplies and by the public's decision to avoid fresh vegetables. However, experts warn, pathogens which spread by tactile contact, blood transfer or inhalation are not so easily controlled.
In 1993, a strain of E. coli known as 0157:H7 and first identified in 1982 caused a severe food-borne outbreak of bloody diarrhea in the states of Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California, killing four children and sickening 500 other people, with 56 developing kidney failure, according to Ryan. http://www.fprbooks.com/page17.htm. Ryan's description of the symptoms is very close to those cited in the German outbreak. The U.S. outbreak was tied to hamburger meat, whereas the German incident was tied to vegetables, possibly sprouts.
Numerous new or newly identified forms of bacteria pose threats to humanity, including a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis that is currently vexing health authorities worldwide. In the United States, health units make strenuous efforts to make sure TB victims submit to a long, unpleasant regimen of medicine. And yet the disease, once among the worst of scourges and thought to have been conquered, is making a comeback, striking people with weakened immune systems and respiratory problems.
Between 1975 and 1994, Ryan reports, 14 emergent bacterial diseases were identified, including Lyme disease, Legionnaires disease, toxic shock syndrome, two forms of cat scratch disease, the "flesh eating bug" (Beta hemolytic streptococcus), and the seventh cholera pandemic (Vibrio cholerae 0139).
In addition, plague remains a threat, killing a few people around the world every now and then. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001622/. Plague is carried by a rat flea, meaning that the flea's bite can be deadly. Once the blood-borne disease reaches a victim's lungs, pneumonia often occurs. Once this happens, danger of contagion increases exponentially as sneezing and coughing disseminates the bacteria through the air.
For centuries, before the advent of antibacterial drugs, plague -- bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic -- wreaked havoc among Asian and European populations. In the 14th Century, between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died of plague. In 1900, San Francisco was struck by a plague outbreak.
However, the possibility exists that the plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis, could morph into an antibiotic-resistant form. Given the vagaries of human interactions with fellow humans and with the environment, it is difficult to say whether Yersinia pestis faces selective pressure to evolve to such a form.
Emergent viruses pose a severe menace. As explained by Ryan, a virus may co-evolve with a particular species. The virus, which lives benignly in a particular species of plant or animal, serves as a defensive force against species competing for the same food supply, attacking and often annihilating competitors of the host which stray into the wrong habitat.
As humans increasingly infringe into rain forests, such viruses may jump species, moving from, perhaps, monkeys to humans.
In the case of influenza, various species of birds host strains that pose little threat to them. Humans exposed to massive doses of bird-borne flu will often sicken and die, but the disease isn't contagious to other humans. However, occasionally a flu virus morphs in a human or other host, such as a pig, and then becomes contagious to humans.
Though some may assume that the ferociousness of the 1918 outbreak was unique, there is in fact little reason to think such an outbreak won't happen again. Though a vaccine can be tailored to a specific strain, the contagion can outpace inoculation efforts, as was demonstrated in the recent outbreak of swine flu (which proved fatal to some, but which may have weakened as it spread). It often happens that people are inoculated for one strain, only to be infected by an unforeseen strain.
Between 1930 and 1995, according to Ryan, 39 dangerous viruses emerged to afflict humans, including two strains of the notorious AIDS virus, HIV-1 and HIV-2, both traced to African monkeys. Another is Hepatitis C, which damages kidneys and is spread by blood transfusions and unsanitized hypodermic syringes used by addicts.
Ebola Zaire virus, struck Africans with hemorrhagic fever at 90 percent lethality, while Ebola Sudan had a 50 percent lethality rate. In Bolivia (South America), Machupo virus, which also yields a hemorrhagic fever, had high lethality.
Ryan reports that both the United States and Britain had close calls with Ebola.
In 1967, an Ebola class of hemorrhagic fever with 30 percent lethality, broke out in Marburg, Germany.
The outbreak, according to a Wikipedia page, involved 25 primary infections, with 7 deaths, and 6 secondary cases, with no deaths. The primary infections were in laboratory staff exposed to the Marburg virus while working with monkeys or their tissues. The secondary cases involved two doctors, a nurse, a post-mortem attendant, and the wife of a veterinarian. All secondary cases had direct contact, usually involving blood, with a primary case. Both doctors became infected through accidental skin pricks when drawing blood from patients.
In 1993, a disease known as Sin Nombre Hantavirus emerged on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. The highly lethal virus, which had a preference for young adults, was found to be spread by local rodents, which had proliferated because of abnormally mild weather attributed to the El Nino weather pattern.
According to bioweapons expert Alibek, the Soviet Union weaponized Marburg virus so that it could be used to decimate populations. As happens on occasion in viral studies, a scientist suffered excruciating illness and death after a laboratory accident, Alibek said.
In 1979, a Soviet anthrax production plant in Sverdlovsk leaked aerosol anthrax into the community and numerous people died. The Soviets conducted a massive coverup, attributing the deaths to contaminated meat, Alibek said. Suspicions in the United States were quelled by a Soviet presentation that was accepted by sympathetic American experts, he said.
Alibek wrote that in northwestern China, "satellite photos detected what appeared to be a large fermenting plant and a biocontainment lab close to a nuclear testing ground," adding: "Intelligence sources found evidence of two epidemics of hemorrhagic fever in the area in the late 1980s, where these diseases were previously unknown. Our analyst concluded that they were caused by an accident in a lab where Chinese scientists were weaponizing viral diseases."
An outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002 in China also drew suspicion, though natural causes are deemed more likely. See
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3580
Alibek tells of American research into germ warfare in World War II. Curiously, making pathogenic powder and sprinkling it on letters was among techniques considered. The anthrax attacks targeting politicians and journalists occurred two years later. The pathogen was delivered as dust sprinkled on mail.
After Alibek's deputy, Vladimir Pasechnik, defected to England, Britain and America confronted the Soviets with the biowar treaty violation. However, said Alibek, he was told that President George H.W. Bush and British leaders had decided against informing the American and British peoples of the defector's disclosures, not wishing to undermine Gorbachev's position.
Taking advantage of the eradication of smallpox, the Soviets developed an especially dreadful form and kept vast stores of the weaponized substance in the event of war with the United States, Alibek wrote. The Soviets had led the drive to eradicate the disease through isolation and vaccination, he said. Once vaccinations were no longer necessary for the planet's inhabitants, the Soviet military saw a golden opportunity for a powerful mass casualty weapon, he said.
Alibek reported that he had discovered that Soviet troops had unleashed germ war weapons against the Germans during Hitler's drive on Stalingrad. However, a shift in the winds also afflicted the Soviets, he said. Nonetheless, the German onslaught was temporarily, and perhaps critically, blunted.
In another instance, Q fever was unleashed on German troops on rest-and-recreation leave in the Crimea, according to a report obtained by Alibek.
In addition, Soviet Laboratory 12 developed numerous toxins and other biological agents
for use in assassinations by the KGB, Alibek said.
During World War II, Alibek reports, Japan dropped porcelain bombs filled with billions of plague-infected fleas over Manchuria. Bacteria cannot pass through certain porcelains (though viruses can).
The Soviet biowar program developed many other such mass casualty weapons, Alibek said.
Numerous virology links
http://www.virology.net/garryfavweb12.html
Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC journal)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/
Naming viruses
http://www.ictvdb.org/
New math in HIV fight (WSJ)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303936704576397491582757396.html
Biotech or bioterror: a global dilemma
http://www.angelfire.com/ult/znewz1/bioterror.html
Biotech, bioterror, emergent disease
http://www.zkea.com/
latest in a parade of woes
Corrected version of report published June 10, 2011
Many scourges of humanity were either eradicated or greatly suppressed during the last century. Yet, contagious diseases continue to pose severe threats to nations rich and poor, experts say.
The outbreak of a vicious strain of E. coli, known as 0104:H4, in Germany is the latest example of the emergence of a new form of an old disease now resistant to antibiotics and the antibodies of the human immune system. It appears that 0104:H4 picked up resistance to a whole range of antibiotics. The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria is a relentless problem, with hospitals becoming increasingly prone to such contamination.
However, little is publicly known about how 0104:H4 acquired the set of genes necessary for such resistance. The usual suspect is overuse of antibiotics, which brings about what scientists call "selective pressure" to breed the occasional mutants resistant to particular drugs.
On occasion, however, experimental pathogens escape from a laboratory and cause deadly outbreaks. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a routine research tool of molecular biologists. E. coli is perhaps the most studied of all the types of bacteria, because of its availability and genetic properties. E. coli strains occur naturally in the human gastrointestinal system and are generally benign, as are most research strains used by scientists. However, scientists find it relatively easy to breed drug-resistant pathogens for either research or biowar purposes (though bioweapons require further processing).
Research into E. coli and other pathogens has burgeoned in recent years because of the explosion of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
The focal point of the 0104:H4 outbreak Lubeck, Germany, home to the University of Lubeck, a center of medical and biolical research. However, the deadly pathogen -- which could not be linked to specific fresh produce -- is not known to be an escaped research strain. There is no indication as to whether any of the kitchen staff of the Kartoffelkeller pub might have been exposed to an errant research strain.
An example of an escaped pathogen occurred in another German incident in 1967, when a horrific disease jumped from research monkeys to humans.
In years past, there have been several instances of biowar lab accidents resulting in numerous deaths, according to Ken Alibek, a former top manager of Mikhail Gorbachev's vast treaty-breaking bioweapons production program, as noted in his book Biohazard that he wrote with Stephen Handelman [Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World -- Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It (Random House 1999).]
The modern "global village" also provides a network for rapid dispersion of strange pathoghens that have lurked for centuries in jungles before infecting loggers or other human intruders, according to Frank Ryan, M.D., in his book Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues Out of the Present and into the Future (Little Brown 1997).
The "global village effect" was demonstrated in the 1918 influenza global pandemic -- which killed between 25 million and 100 million -- when American troop trains and ships spread the contagion after clueless military commanders failed to heed experts and impose timely quarantines. One theory is that the harsh flu strain jumped from a host animal in central Kansas and spread to a nearby camp jammed with young soldiers, according to John M. Barry in The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (Viking 2004).
In the case of 0104:H4 outbreak, authorities have succeeded in limiting its deadly toll by destroying food supplies and by the public's decision to avoid fresh vegetables. However, experts warn, pathogens which spread by tactile contact, blood transfer or inhalation are not so easily controlled.
In 1993, a strain of E. coli known as 0157:H7 and first identified in 1982 caused a severe food-borne outbreak of bloody diarrhea in the states of Washington, Idaho, Nevada and California, killing four children and sickening 500 other people, with 56 developing kidney failure, according to Ryan. http://www.fprbooks.com/page17.htm. Ryan's description of the symptoms is very close to those cited in the German outbreak. The U.S. outbreak was tied to hamburger meat, whereas the German incident was tied to vegetables, possibly sprouts.
Numerous new or newly identified forms of bacteria pose threats to humanity, including a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis that is currently vexing health authorities worldwide. In the United States, health units make strenuous efforts to make sure TB victims submit to a long, unpleasant regimen of medicine. And yet the disease, once among the worst of scourges and thought to have been conquered, is making a comeback, striking people with weakened immune systems and respiratory problems.
Between 1975 and 1994, Ryan reports, 14 emergent bacterial diseases were identified, including Lyme disease, Legionnaires disease, toxic shock syndrome, two forms of cat scratch disease, the "flesh eating bug" (Beta hemolytic streptococcus), and the seventh cholera pandemic (Vibrio cholerae 0139).
In addition, plague remains a threat, killing a few people around the world every now and then. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001622/. Plague is carried by a rat flea, meaning that the flea's bite can be deadly. Once the blood-borne disease reaches a victim's lungs, pneumonia often occurs. Once this happens, danger of contagion increases exponentially as sneezing and coughing disseminates the bacteria through the air.
For centuries, before the advent of antibacterial drugs, plague -- bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic -- wreaked havoc among Asian and European populations. In the 14th Century, between a quarter and a third of Europe's population died of plague. In 1900, San Francisco was struck by a plague outbreak.
However, the possibility exists that the plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis, could morph into an antibiotic-resistant form. Given the vagaries of human interactions with fellow humans and with the environment, it is difficult to say whether Yersinia pestis faces selective pressure to evolve to such a form.
Emergent viruses pose a severe menace. As explained by Ryan, a virus may co-evolve with a particular species. The virus, which lives benignly in a particular species of plant or animal, serves as a defensive force against species competing for the same food supply, attacking and often annihilating competitors of the host which stray into the wrong habitat.
As humans increasingly infringe into rain forests, such viruses may jump species, moving from, perhaps, monkeys to humans.
In the case of influenza, various species of birds host strains that pose little threat to them. Humans exposed to massive doses of bird-borne flu will often sicken and die, but the disease isn't contagious to other humans. However, occasionally a flu virus morphs in a human or other host, such as a pig, and then becomes contagious to humans.
Though some may assume that the ferociousness of the 1918 outbreak was unique, there is in fact little reason to think such an outbreak won't happen again. Though a vaccine can be tailored to a specific strain, the contagion can outpace inoculation efforts, as was demonstrated in the recent outbreak of swine flu (which proved fatal to some, but which may have weakened as it spread). It often happens that people are inoculated for one strain, only to be infected by an unforeseen strain.
Between 1930 and 1995, according to Ryan, 39 dangerous viruses emerged to afflict humans, including two strains of the notorious AIDS virus, HIV-1 and HIV-2, both traced to African monkeys. Another is Hepatitis C, which damages kidneys and is spread by blood transfusions and unsanitized hypodermic syringes used by addicts.
Ebola Zaire virus, struck Africans with hemorrhagic fever at 90 percent lethality, while Ebola Sudan had a 50 percent lethality rate. In Bolivia (South America), Machupo virus, which also yields a hemorrhagic fever, had high lethality.
Ryan reports that both the United States and Britain had close calls with Ebola.
In 1967, an Ebola class of hemorrhagic fever with 30 percent lethality, broke out in Marburg, Germany.
The outbreak, according to a Wikipedia page, involved 25 primary infections, with 7 deaths, and 6 secondary cases, with no deaths. The primary infections were in laboratory staff exposed to the Marburg virus while working with monkeys or their tissues. The secondary cases involved two doctors, a nurse, a post-mortem attendant, and the wife of a veterinarian. All secondary cases had direct contact, usually involving blood, with a primary case. Both doctors became infected through accidental skin pricks when drawing blood from patients.
In 1993, a disease known as Sin Nombre Hantavirus emerged on a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. The highly lethal virus, which had a preference for young adults, was found to be spread by local rodents, which had proliferated because of abnormally mild weather attributed to the El Nino weather pattern.
According to bioweapons expert Alibek, the Soviet Union weaponized Marburg virus so that it could be used to decimate populations. As happens on occasion in viral studies, a scientist suffered excruciating illness and death after a laboratory accident, Alibek said.
In 1979, a Soviet anthrax production plant in Sverdlovsk leaked aerosol anthrax into the community and numerous people died. The Soviets conducted a massive coverup, attributing the deaths to contaminated meat, Alibek said. Suspicions in the United States were quelled by a Soviet presentation that was accepted by sympathetic American experts, he said.
Alibek wrote that in northwestern China, "satellite photos detected what appeared to be a large fermenting plant and a biocontainment lab close to a nuclear testing ground," adding: "Intelligence sources found evidence of two epidemics of hemorrhagic fever in the area in the late 1980s, where these diseases were previously unknown. Our analyst concluded that they were caused by an accident in a lab where Chinese scientists were weaponizing viral diseases."
An outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in 2002 in China also drew suspicion, though natural causes are deemed more likely. See
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3580
Alibek tells of American research into germ warfare in World War II. Curiously, making pathogenic powder and sprinkling it on letters was among techniques considered. The anthrax attacks targeting politicians and journalists occurred two years later. The pathogen was delivered as dust sprinkled on mail.
After Alibek's deputy, Vladimir Pasechnik, defected to England, Britain and America confronted the Soviets with the biowar treaty violation. However, said Alibek, he was told that President George H.W. Bush and British leaders had decided against informing the American and British peoples of the defector's disclosures, not wishing to undermine Gorbachev's position.
Taking advantage of the eradication of smallpox, the Soviets developed an especially dreadful form and kept vast stores of the weaponized substance in the event of war with the United States, Alibek wrote. The Soviets had led the drive to eradicate the disease through isolation and vaccination, he said. Once vaccinations were no longer necessary for the planet's inhabitants, the Soviet military saw a golden opportunity for a powerful mass casualty weapon, he said.
Alibek reported that he had discovered that Soviet troops had unleashed germ war weapons against the Germans during Hitler's drive on Stalingrad. However, a shift in the winds also afflicted the Soviets, he said. Nonetheless, the German onslaught was temporarily, and perhaps critically, blunted.
In another instance, Q fever was unleashed on German troops on rest-and-recreation leave in the Crimea, according to a report obtained by Alibek.
In addition, Soviet Laboratory 12 developed numerous toxins and other biological agents
for use in assassinations by the KGB, Alibek said.
During World War II, Alibek reports, Japan dropped porcelain bombs filled with billions of plague-infected fleas over Manchuria. Bacteria cannot pass through certain porcelains (though viruses can).
The Soviet biowar program developed many other such mass casualty weapons, Alibek said.
Numerous virology links
http://www.virology.net/garryfavweb12.html
Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC journal)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/
Naming viruses
http://www.ictvdb.org/
New math in HIV fight (WSJ)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303936704576397491582757396.html
Biotech or bioterror: a global dilemma
http://www.angelfire.com/ult/znewz1/bioterror.html
Biotech, bioterror, emergent disease
http://www.zkea.com/
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Newz from Limbo unveiled
as site for alternative news
In response to a court decision limiting blogger journalistic rights, Newz from Limbo should be understood to be a news site.
Newz from Limbo's editorial content is factual news, interspersed with commentary and opinion.
The hosting mechanism notwithstanding, Newz from Limbo should not be defined as a web log or as 'little more than a community forum.'
Paul Conant, editor of Newz from Limbo, invites news sources to write to NewzfromLimbo=at=gmail=dot=com
The news site title has been modified, a distinctive "z" being used to signify the change in policy.
Those interested in news censorship issues may find this page useful: http://veilside78.blogspot.com/2010/12/anti-censorship-spectrum_23.html
as site for alternative news
In response to a court decision limiting blogger journalistic rights, Newz from Limbo should be understood to be a news site.
Newz from Limbo's editorial content is factual news, interspersed with commentary and opinion.
The hosting mechanism notwithstanding, Newz from Limbo should not be defined as a web log or as 'little more than a community forum.'
Paul Conant, editor of Newz from Limbo, invites news sources to write to NewzfromLimbo=at=gmail=dot=com
The news site title has been modified, a distinctive "z" being used to signify the change in policy.
Those interested in news censorship issues may find this page useful: http://veilside78.blogspot.com/2010/12/anti-censorship-spectrum_23.html
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Naval Intelligence took big hit
during the Sept. 11 attacks
If the official story about the 9/11 attacks is true, then al Qaeda simply got a lucky break when it took out a key component of Naval Intelligence with the Pentagon strike. However, as demonstrated in previous reports by this writer, the official story about 9/11 is a tissue of lies and evasions.
In that case, these questions are raised:
* Was Naval Intelligence's Pentagon command unit made a sacrificial lamb in order to steer suspicion away from Pentagon conspirators? Or
* Was at least part of the reason for the attacks to disable Naval Intelligence, and, if so, why?
There are theories about this topic circulating on the internet, but this writer has not pursued them. However, eyebrows went up over the Sept. 10 statement by Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary at the time, that $2 trillion in Pentagon funds could not be accounted for.
The Navy unit, apparently a command and control center for the Office of Naval Intelligence, would have had major responsibility for reacting to the World Trade Center attacks.
Following is a "fair usage" excerpt from an Aviation Week report, cited by http://wtcdemolition.com/blog/node/2912, of Sept. 17, 2001:
Vice Admiral Darb Ryan "was overheard reporting some of the initial damage assessment, which included spaces belonging to the chief of naval operations (CNO), the Navy’s tactical command center on the D-ring, an operations cell and a Navy intelligence command center. These included up to four special, highly classified, electronically secure areas. Many of the enlisted sailors involved were communications technicians with cryptology training who are key personnel in intelligence gathering and analysis. Some personnel were known to be trapped alive in the wreckage."
The report adds:
"Other Navy personnel confirmed the admiral’s initial assessment and said the dead numbered around 190, 64 on the aircraft. Among them was Lt. Gen. Timothy Maude, who was in the Army support and logistics section. Many others were Navy captains, commanders and lieutenant commanders with offices between the fourth and fifth corridors (the western wedge of the Pentagon). The Navy’s special operations office, which oversees classified programs, had moved out of the spaces only a few days before. All but one of the senior Navy flag officers were out of the building. Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, deputy CNO for warfare requirements and programs, was near the impact area but escaped without injury."
Attempts were made to view government pages listing the Pentagon's 9/11 victims, but none were found. The following list was provided by
http://www.libertyforlife.com/eye-openers/911/pentagon_missile_911_vict.html
The list has the ring of authenticity, but can't be at the moment fully authenticated. However, two Navy unit names listed also appear in news stories, excerpted below, identifying them as Naval Intelligence workers.
A list of the victims:
NAVY PERSONNEL:
Capt. Gerald Francis Deconto, 44, Sandwich, Massachusetts director of current operations and plans U.S. Navy
Capt. Lawrence Daniel Getzfred, 57, Elgin, Nebraska, Navy Command Center U.S. Navy ,
Capt. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Florham Park, New Jersey, head of strategy and concepts branch, U.S. Navy ,
(Retired) Capt. Jack Punches, 51, Clifton, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Cmdr. Dan Frederic Shanower, 40, Naperville, Illinois, Naval Operations, U.S. Navy,
Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, Gray, Maine, U.S. Navy ,
Cmdr. William Howard Donovan, 37, Nunda, New York, Naval Operations U.S. Navy,
Cmdr. Patrick S. Dunn, 39, Fords, New Jersey surface warfare officer, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, Lemoore, California, Navy Intelligence officer, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, 37, Nampa, Idaho watch commander, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford, 32, Drexel, North Carolina, U.S. Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Randolph Elseth, 37, Vestal, New York, U.S. Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Jude Murphy, 38, Flossmoor, Illinois U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Jonas Martin Panik, 26, Mingoville, Pennsylvania, Navy Intelligence officer,U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Naval Command Center, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. J.G. Darin Howard Pontell, 26, Columbia, Maryland Navy Intelligence officer U.S. Navy,
Gerard (Jerry) P. Moran, 39, Upper Marlboro, Maryland engineering contractor, U.S. Navy ,
James Lynch, 55, Manassas, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Nehamon Lyons, 30, Mobile, Alabama, Naval operations specialist second class, U.S. Navy
Angela Houtz, 27, La Plata, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Brady K. Howell, 26, Arlington, Virginia management intern for chief of intelligence, U.S. Navy ,
Gregg Harold Smallwood, 44, Overland Park, Kansas chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy ,
Ronald John Hemenway, 37, Shawnee, Kansas electronics technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Kentucky aerographer's mate first class, U.S. Navy ,
Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, Newark, Delaware aerographer's mate second class, U.S. Navy ,
Johnnie Doctor, 32, Jacksonville, Florida information systems technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, Woodbridge, Virginia storekeeper third class, U.S. Navy ,
Julian Cooper, 39, Springdale, Maryland Navy contractor ,
Marvin Woods, 58, Great Mills, Maryland Navy contractor,
Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, Lake Charles, Louisiana information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Donald McArthur Young, 41, Roanoke, Virginia chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy ,
Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, California Naval Operations Tele.yeoman second class, U.S. Navy
Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, Waldorf, Maryland information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Christopher Lee Burford, 23, Hubert, N.C. Naval Operations,electronics technician third class, U.S. Navy
Daniel Martin Caballero, 21, Houston, Texas electronics technician third class, U.S. Navy ,
Judith Jones, 53, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Navy,
Brian Anthony Moss, 34, Sperry, Oklahoma electronics technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Khang Nguyen, 41, Fairfax, Virginia Navy contractor ,
Michael Allen Noeth, 30, New York, New York illustrator/draftsman second class, U.S. Navy ,
Joseph John Pycior, 39, Carlstadt, New Jersey aviation warfare systems operator first class, U.S. Navy ,
Marsha Dianah Ratchford, 34, Prichard, Alabama information systems technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
ARMY
Lt. Col. Dean E. Matteson, executive officer for the Army Information Management Support Center 57, California U.S. Army ,
Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude, 53, Fort Myer, Virginia deputy chief of staff for personnel, U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. David M. Scales, 45, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Canfield D. Boone, 54, Clifton, Virginia ,U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Jerry Don Dickerson, 41, operations research and systems analysis Durant, Mississippi U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Dennis M. Johnson, 48, Port Edwards, Wisconsin U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Stephen Neil Hyland, 45, Burke, Virginia personnel issues, U.S. Army ,
(Retired) Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith, 55, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Karl W. Teepe, Centreville, Virginia,[LTC Army Ret. Budget analyst, Army Defense Intelligency Agency.]
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/kwteepe.htm
Maj. Kip P. Taylor, 38, McLean, Virginia adjutant general's corps, U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Karen Wagner, 40, Texas U.S. Army
Maj. Clifford L. Patterson, 33, Alexandria, Virginia U.S. Army
Maj. Wallace Cole Hogan, 40, Florida, General's aide, U.S. Army
Maj. Steve Long, 39, Georgia U.S. Army ,
Maj. Ronald D. Milam, 33, Washington, D.C. assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Army
Spc. Craig Amundson, 28, Fort Belvoir, Virginia multimedia illustrator for deputy chief of staff of personnel, U.S. Army,
Sgt. First Class Jose Calderon, 44, Puerto Rico, U.S. Army
Angelene C. Carter, 51, Forrestville, Maryland, accountant, U.S. Army
Spc. Craig Amundson, 28, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, multimedia illustrator for deputy chief of staff of personnel, U.S. Army ,
(Retired) Master Sgt. Max Beilke, 69, Laurel, Maryland, civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Sharon Carver, 38, Waldorf, Maryland, accountant, U.S. Army ,
John J. Chada, 55, Manassas, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Rosa Maria (Rosemary) Chapa, 64, Springfield, Virginia, Defense Intelligence Agency ,
Ada Davis, 57, Camp Springs, Maryland accountant, U.S. Army
Amelia V. Fields, 36, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Cortz Ghee, 54, Reisterstown, Maryland, budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Brenda C. Gibson, 59, Falls Church, Virginia budgeting and accounting, U.S. Army ,
Ron Golinski, 60, Columbia, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Diane M. Hale-McKinzy, 38, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Carolyn B. Halmon, 49, Washington, D.C. budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Sheila Hein, 51, University Park, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Jimmie Ira Holley, 54, Lanham, Maryland accountant ,
Peggie Hurt, 36, Crewe, Virginia accountant, U.S. Army ,
Sgt. Maj. Lacey B. Ivory, 43, Woodbridge, Virginia U.S. Army ,
Carrie Blagburn, 48, Temple Hills, Maryland, civilian budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Martha Reszke, 36, Stafford, Virginia budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Brenda Kegler, 49, Washington, D.C. budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
David W. Laychak, 40, Manassas, Virginia civilian budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, 36, Hillside, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Shelley A. Marshall, 37, Marbury, Maryland budget analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency ,
Teresa Martin, 45, Stafford, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Ada L. Mason, 50, Springfield, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Robert J. Maxwell, 53, Manassas, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Molly McKenzie, 38, Dale City, Virginia [b]budget analyst[/b], U.S. Army
Edna L. Stephens, 53, Washington, D.C.budget analyst, U.S. Army
Patricia E. (Patti) Mickley, 41, Springfield, Virginia financial manager, Defense Department ,
Robert E. Russell, 52, Oxon Hill, Maryland civilian budgetary supervisor, U.S. Army ,
Antoinette Sherman, 35, Forest Heights, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army,
Odessa V. Morris, 54, Upper Marlboro, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Ted Moy, 48, Silver Spring, Maryland program manager, U.S. Army ,
Diana B. Padro, 55, Woodbridge, Virginia accountant, U.S. Army ,
Spc. Chin Sun Pak, 25, Oklahoma U.S. Army ,
Deborah Ramsaur, 45, Annandale, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Rhonda Rasmussen, 44, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Cecelia E. Richard, 41, Fort Washington, Maryland accounting technician, U.S. Army ,
Edward V. Rowenhorst, 32, Lake Ridge, Virginia civilian accountant, U.S. Army ,
Judy Rowlett, 44, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
William R. Ruth, 57, Maryland Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class, U.S. Army ,
Charles E. Sabin, 54, Burke, Virginia civilian employee, Defense Intelligence Agency
Marjorie C. Salamone, 53, Springfield, Virginia budget program analyst, U.S. Army ,
Janice Scott, 46, Springfield, Virginia civilian Budget Analyst, U.S. Army ,
Michael L. Selves, 53, Fairfax, Virginia information management support center director, U.S. Army ,
Marian Serva, 47, Stafford, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Don Simmons, 58, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Cheryle D. Sincock, 53, Dale City, Virginia administrative assistant, U.S. Army
Patricia J. Statz, 41, Takoma Park, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army
Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland, 52, Woodbridge, Virginia, senior adviser on personnel issues to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army
Sandra Taylor, 50, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Sgt. Tamara Thurman, 25, Brewton, Alabama classified employee, U.S. Army
Willie Q. Troy, 51, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, program analyst, U.S. Army
Meta Waller, 60, Alexandria, Virginia programs specialist, U.S. Army
Staff Sgt. Maudlyn A. White, 38, St. Croix, Virgin Islands U.S. Army
Sandra L. White, 44, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Maj. Dwayne Williams, 40, Jacksonville, Alabama U.S. Army
Lisa Young, 36, Germantown, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army
[OTHER VICTIMS]
Donna Bowen, 42 ,Pentagon communications representative, Verizon Communications
Gerald P. Fisher, 57, Potomac, Maryland Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., .[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Sandra N. Foster, 41, Clinton, Maryland [civilian employee, Defense Intelligence Agency ]
Robert J. Hymel, Woodbridge, Virginia, civilian management analyst
Edmond Young, 22, Owings, Maryland, BTG Inc. [[Software, Info Svces]
Ernest M. Willcher, 62, North Potomac, Maryland Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Terrance M. Lynch, 49, Alexandria, Virginia consultant, Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. .[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Allen Boyle, 30, Fredericksburg,[Defense contractor] Virginia
Scott Powell, 35, Silver Spring, Maryland BTG Inc. [[Software, Info Svces]
Pentagon Employee Angie Houtz Missed by Many
Washington
22 October 2001
The weekend of September 8, Angie Houtz celebrated her 27th birthday with her family, including her grandmother and mother, Julie Shontere.
“That was the last time I saw her,†recalls her mother.
Angie had just returned from a week on a Navy frigate.
"She flew in Friday, drove to Ocean City, and met us at the beach, plopped down on that bed, and had a big smile on her face," says her mother. "And she said, ‘You know Mom, I had a good time, and I know why people join the Navy.’ She said, ‘It was that wonderful,’ and she said 'if I wasn’t too old, I should think about that.'"
Days later, on Tuesday, September 11, Angie Houtz, a civilian analyst with the Office of Naval Intelligence, died in the terrorist plane attack on the Pentagon.
http://www.WorldNewsSite.com
during the Sept. 11 attacks
If the official story about the 9/11 attacks is true, then al Qaeda simply got a lucky break when it took out a key component of Naval Intelligence with the Pentagon strike. However, as demonstrated in previous reports by this writer, the official story about 9/11 is a tissue of lies and evasions.
In that case, these questions are raised:
* Was Naval Intelligence's Pentagon command unit made a sacrificial lamb in order to steer suspicion away from Pentagon conspirators? Or
* Was at least part of the reason for the attacks to disable Naval Intelligence, and, if so, why?
There are theories about this topic circulating on the internet, but this writer has not pursued them. However, eyebrows went up over the Sept. 10 statement by Donald Rumsfeld, defense secretary at the time, that $2 trillion in Pentagon funds could not be accounted for.
The Navy unit, apparently a command and control center for the Office of Naval Intelligence, would have had major responsibility for reacting to the World Trade Center attacks.
Following is a "fair usage" excerpt from an Aviation Week report, cited by http://wtcdemolition.com/blog/node/2912, of Sept. 17, 2001:
Vice Admiral Darb Ryan "was overheard reporting some of the initial damage assessment, which included spaces belonging to the chief of naval operations (CNO), the Navy’s tactical command center on the D-ring, an operations cell and a Navy intelligence command center. These included up to four special, highly classified, electronically secure areas. Many of the enlisted sailors involved were communications technicians with cryptology training who are key personnel in intelligence gathering and analysis. Some personnel were known to be trapped alive in the wreckage."
The report adds:
"Other Navy personnel confirmed the admiral’s initial assessment and said the dead numbered around 190, 64 on the aircraft. Among them was Lt. Gen. Timothy Maude, who was in the Army support and logistics section. Many others were Navy captains, commanders and lieutenant commanders with offices between the fourth and fifth corridors (the western wedge of the Pentagon). The Navy’s special operations office, which oversees classified programs, had moved out of the spaces only a few days before. All but one of the senior Navy flag officers were out of the building. Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, deputy CNO for warfare requirements and programs, was near the impact area but escaped without injury."
Attempts were made to view government pages listing the Pentagon's 9/11 victims, but none were found. The following list was provided by
http://www.libertyforlife.com/eye-openers/911/pentagon_missile_911_vict.html
The list has the ring of authenticity, but can't be at the moment fully authenticated. However, two Navy unit names listed also appear in news stories, excerpted below, identifying them as Naval Intelligence workers.
A list of the victims:
NAVY PERSONNEL:
Capt. Gerald Francis Deconto, 44, Sandwich, Massachusetts director of current operations and plans U.S. Navy
Capt. Lawrence Daniel Getzfred, 57, Elgin, Nebraska, Navy Command Center U.S. Navy ,
Capt. Robert Edward Dolan, 43, Florham Park, New Jersey, head of strategy and concepts branch, U.S. Navy ,
(Retired) Capt. Jack Punches, 51, Clifton, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Cmdr. Dan Frederic Shanower, 40, Naperville, Illinois, Naval Operations, U.S. Navy,
Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, Gray, Maine, U.S. Navy ,
Cmdr. William Howard Donovan, 37, Nunda, New York, Naval Operations U.S. Navy,
Cmdr. Patrick S. Dunn, 39, Fords, New Jersey surface warfare officer, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Otis Vincent Tolbert, 38, Lemoore, California, Navy Intelligence officer, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Ronald James Vauk, 37, Nampa, Idaho watch commander, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Cmdr. Eric Allen Cranford, 32, Drexel, North Carolina, U.S. Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Randolph Elseth, 37, Vestal, New York, U.S. Navy
Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Jude Murphy, 38, Flossmoor, Illinois U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Jonas Martin Panik, 26, Mingoville, Pennsylvania, Navy Intelligence officer,U.S. Navy ,
Lt. Michael Scott Lamana, 31, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Naval Command Center, U.S. Navy ,
Lt. J.G. Darin Howard Pontell, 26, Columbia, Maryland Navy Intelligence officer U.S. Navy,
Gerard (Jerry) P. Moran, 39, Upper Marlboro, Maryland engineering contractor, U.S. Navy ,
James Lynch, 55, Manassas, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Nehamon Lyons, 30, Mobile, Alabama, Naval operations specialist second class, U.S. Navy
Angela Houtz, 27, La Plata, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Navy ,
Brady K. Howell, 26, Arlington, Virginia management intern for chief of intelligence, U.S. Navy ,
Gregg Harold Smallwood, 44, Overland Park, Kansas chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy ,
Ronald John Hemenway, 37, Shawnee, Kansas electronics technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Kentucky aerographer's mate first class, U.S. Navy ,
Matthew Michael Flocco, 21, Newark, Delaware aerographer's mate second class, U.S. Navy ,
Johnnie Doctor, 32, Jacksonville, Florida information systems technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
Jamie Lynn Fallon, 23, Woodbridge, Virginia storekeeper third class, U.S. Navy ,
Julian Cooper, 39, Springdale, Maryland Navy contractor ,
Marvin Woods, 58, Great Mills, Maryland Navy contractor,
Kevin Wayne Yokum, 27, Lake Charles, Louisiana information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Donald McArthur Young, 41, Roanoke, Virginia chief information systems technician, U.S. Navy ,
Melissa Rose Barnes, 27, Redlands, California Naval Operations Tele.yeoman second class, U.S. Navy
Kris Romeo Bishundat, 23, Waldorf, Maryland information systems technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Christopher Lee Burford, 23, Hubert, N.C. Naval Operations,electronics technician third class, U.S. Navy
Daniel Martin Caballero, 21, Houston, Texas electronics technician third class, U.S. Navy ,
Judith Jones, 53, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Navy,
Brian Anthony Moss, 34, Sperry, Oklahoma electronics technician second class, U.S. Navy ,
Khang Nguyen, 41, Fairfax, Virginia Navy contractor ,
Michael Allen Noeth, 30, New York, New York illustrator/draftsman second class, U.S. Navy ,
Joseph John Pycior, 39, Carlstadt, New Jersey aviation warfare systems operator first class, U.S. Navy ,
Marsha Dianah Ratchford, 34, Prichard, Alabama information systems technician first class, U.S. Navy ,
ARMY
Lt. Col. Dean E. Matteson, executive officer for the Army Information Management Support Center 57, California U.S. Army ,
Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude, 53, Fort Myer, Virginia deputy chief of staff for personnel, U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. David M. Scales, 45, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Canfield D. Boone, 54, Clifton, Virginia ,U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Jerry Don Dickerson, 41, operations research and systems analysis Durant, Mississippi U.S. Army ,
Lt. Col. Dennis M. Johnson, 48, Port Edwards, Wisconsin U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Stephen Neil Hyland, 45, Burke, Virginia personnel issues, U.S. Army ,
(Retired) Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith, 55, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Karl W. Teepe, Centreville, Virginia,[LTC Army Ret. Budget analyst, Army Defense Intelligency Agency.]
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/kwteepe.htm
Maj. Kip P. Taylor, 38, McLean, Virginia adjutant general's corps, U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Karen Wagner, 40, Texas U.S. Army
Maj. Clifford L. Patterson, 33, Alexandria, Virginia U.S. Army
Maj. Wallace Cole Hogan, 40, Florida, General's aide, U.S. Army
Maj. Steve Long, 39, Georgia U.S. Army ,
Maj. Ronald D. Milam, 33, Washington, D.C. assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Army
Spc. Craig Amundson, 28, Fort Belvoir, Virginia multimedia illustrator for deputy chief of staff of personnel, U.S. Army,
Sgt. First Class Jose Calderon, 44, Puerto Rico, U.S. Army
Angelene C. Carter, 51, Forrestville, Maryland, accountant, U.S. Army
Spc. Craig Amundson, 28, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, multimedia illustrator for deputy chief of staff of personnel, U.S. Army ,
(Retired) Master Sgt. Max Beilke, 69, Laurel, Maryland, civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Sharon Carver, 38, Waldorf, Maryland, accountant, U.S. Army ,
John J. Chada, 55, Manassas, Virginia, civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Rosa Maria (Rosemary) Chapa, 64, Springfield, Virginia, Defense Intelligence Agency ,
Ada Davis, 57, Camp Springs, Maryland accountant, U.S. Army
Amelia V. Fields, 36, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Cortz Ghee, 54, Reisterstown, Maryland, budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Brenda C. Gibson, 59, Falls Church, Virginia budgeting and accounting, U.S. Army ,
Ron Golinski, 60, Columbia, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Diane M. Hale-McKinzy, 38, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Carolyn B. Halmon, 49, Washington, D.C. budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Sheila Hein, 51, University Park, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Jimmie Ira Holley, 54, Lanham, Maryland accountant ,
Peggie Hurt, 36, Crewe, Virginia accountant, U.S. Army ,
Sgt. Maj. Lacey B. Ivory, 43, Woodbridge, Virginia U.S. Army ,
Carrie Blagburn, 48, Temple Hills, Maryland, civilian budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Martha Reszke, 36, Stafford, Virginia budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Brenda Kegler, 49, Washington, D.C. budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
David W. Laychak, 40, Manassas, Virginia civilian budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Samantha Lightbourn-Allen, 36, Hillside, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Shelley A. Marshall, 37, Marbury, Maryland budget analyst, Defense Intelligence Agency ,
Teresa Martin, 45, Stafford, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Ada L. Mason, 50, Springfield, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Robert J. Maxwell, 53, Manassas, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Molly McKenzie, 38, Dale City, Virginia [b]budget analyst[/b], U.S. Army
Edna L. Stephens, 53, Washington, D.C.budget analyst, U.S. Army
Patricia E. (Patti) Mickley, 41, Springfield, Virginia financial manager, Defense Department ,
Robert E. Russell, 52, Oxon Hill, Maryland civilian budgetary supervisor, U.S. Army ,
Antoinette Sherman, 35, Forest Heights, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army,
Odessa V. Morris, 54, Upper Marlboro, Maryland budget analyst, U.S. Army ,
Ted Moy, 48, Silver Spring, Maryland program manager, U.S. Army ,
Diana B. Padro, 55, Woodbridge, Virginia accountant, U.S. Army ,
Spc. Chin Sun Pak, 25, Oklahoma U.S. Army ,
Deborah Ramsaur, 45, Annandale, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Rhonda Rasmussen, 44, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
Cecelia E. Richard, 41, Fort Washington, Maryland accounting technician, U.S. Army ,
Edward V. Rowenhorst, 32, Lake Ridge, Virginia civilian accountant, U.S. Army ,
Judy Rowlett, 44, Woodbridge, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army ,
William R. Ruth, 57, Maryland Chief Warrant Officer 4th Class, U.S. Army ,
Charles E. Sabin, 54, Burke, Virginia civilian employee, Defense Intelligence Agency
Marjorie C. Salamone, 53, Springfield, Virginia budget program analyst, U.S. Army ,
Janice Scott, 46, Springfield, Virginia civilian Budget Analyst, U.S. Army ,
Michael L. Selves, 53, Fairfax, Virginia information management support center director, U.S. Army ,
Marian Serva, 47, Stafford, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Don Simmons, 58, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Cheryle D. Sincock, 53, Dale City, Virginia administrative assistant, U.S. Army
Patricia J. Statz, 41, Takoma Park, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army
Sgt. Maj. Larry Strickland, 52, Woodbridge, Virginia, senior adviser on personnel issues to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army
Sandra Taylor, 50, Alexandria, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Sgt. Tamara Thurman, 25, Brewton, Alabama classified employee, U.S. Army
Willie Q. Troy, 51, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, program analyst, U.S. Army
Meta Waller, 60, Alexandria, Virginia programs specialist, U.S. Army
Staff Sgt. Maudlyn A. White, 38, St. Croix, Virgin Islands U.S. Army
Sandra L. White, 44, Dumfries, Virginia civilian employee, U.S. Army
Maj. Dwayne Williams, 40, Jacksonville, Alabama U.S. Army
Lisa Young, 36, Germantown, Maryland civilian employee, U.S. Army
[OTHER VICTIMS]
Donna Bowen, 42 ,Pentagon communications representative, Verizon Communications
Gerald P. Fisher, 57, Potomac, Maryland Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., .[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Sandra N. Foster, 41, Clinton, Maryland [civilian employee, Defense Intelligence Agency ]
Robert J. Hymel, Woodbridge, Virginia, civilian management analyst
Edmond Young, 22, Owings, Maryland, BTG Inc. [[Software, Info Svces]
Ernest M. Willcher, 62, North Potomac, Maryland Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc.[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Terrance M. Lynch, 49, Alexandria, Virginia consultant, Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc. .[ Sr. mgmt consultant]
Allen Boyle, 30, Fredericksburg,[Defense contractor] Virginia
Scott Powell, 35, Silver Spring, Maryland BTG Inc. [[Software, Info Svces]
Pentagon Employee Angie Houtz Missed by Many
Washington
22 October 2001
The weekend of September 8, Angie Houtz celebrated her 27th birthday with her family, including her grandmother and mother, Julie Shontere.
“That was the last time I saw her,†recalls her mother.
Angie had just returned from a week on a Navy frigate.
"She flew in Friday, drove to Ocean City, and met us at the beach, plopped down on that bed, and had a big smile on her face," says her mother. "And she said, ‘You know Mom, I had a good time, and I know why people join the Navy.’ She said, ‘It was that wonderful,’ and she said 'if I wasn’t too old, I should think about that.'"
Days later, on Tuesday, September 11, Angie Houtz, a civilian analyst with the Office of Naval Intelligence, died in the terrorist plane attack on the Pentagon.
http://www.WorldNewsSite.com
Naval intelligence officer killed in Pentagon attack
September 20, 2001|
By Crystal Yednak, Tribune staff reporter.
By Crystal Yednak, Tribune staff reporter.
A charismatic leader who delivered daily intelligence briefings to the secretary of the Navy and senior Navy officials, Cmdr. Dan Shanower was being groomed for higher positions, said his supervisor, Rear Adm. Rick Porterfield.
"He was one of our very best young officers with unlimited potential," said Porterfield, who is director of naval intelligence.
The Defense Department has confirmed that Cmdr. Shanower, 40, was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon.
"He was one of our very best young officers with unlimited potential," said Porterfield, who is director of naval intelligence.
The Defense Department has confirmed that Cmdr. Shanower, 40, was killed in the Sept. 11 attack on the Pentagon.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Is it wise to grant the feds
power to block web sites?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is raising alarm over a measure it sees as a maneuver to grant the federal government power to directly censor the internet.
According to the foundation, "The dangerous PROTECT IP Internet censorship bill (or PIPA) seeks to grant the government new powers to force ISPs and search engines to redirect or dump users' attempts to reach websites' URLs, all in the name of stopping websites 'dedicated to infringing activities.' Big media and its allies in Congress are billing the PROTECT IP Act as a new way to prevent online infringement, but Internet rights advocates know that PIPA would invite Internet security risks, threaten online speech, and hamper Internet innovation."
It is certainly true that a powerful group is striving for absolutist information and news control. The problem with alternative sources of information is that it makes the federal-big government propaganda machine potentially unstable. A law that gives the Justice Department power to block sites would without a doubt be abused as clever Justice Department lawyers devise legal technicalities that can be used to stretch the plain language meaning of the law. In addition, the Justice Department might very well keep these interpretations secret, as well as keeping its role secret in the blockade of sites.
power to block web sites?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is raising alarm over a measure it sees as a maneuver to grant the federal government power to directly censor the internet.
According to the foundation, "The dangerous PROTECT IP Internet censorship bill (or PIPA) seeks to grant the government new powers to force ISPs and search engines to redirect or dump users' attempts to reach websites' URLs, all in the name of stopping websites 'dedicated to infringing activities.' Big media and its allies in Congress are billing the PROTECT IP Act as a new way to prevent online infringement, but Internet rights advocates know that PIPA would invite Internet security risks, threaten online speech, and hamper Internet innovation."
It is certainly true that a powerful group is striving for absolutist information and news control. The problem with alternative sources of information is that it makes the federal-big government propaganda machine potentially unstable. A law that gives the Justice Department power to block sites would without a doubt be abused as clever Justice Department lawyers devise legal technicalities that can be used to stretch the plain language meaning of the law. In addition, the Justice Department might very well keep these interpretations secret, as well as keeping its role secret in the blockade of sites.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Insurers conduct inquiry
into a 9/11 building crash
An FOIA advocate offered the following material concerning the third skyscraper that collapsed on Sept. 11, 2011 (it contained the CIA New York station). This material was copied from a site for journalists. The man who posted it has no affiliation with Newz from Limbo. He requested that his name be removed from this post immediately after Newz from Limbo published a post on the media's taboo on domestic communism and its impact on the 2012 presidential campaign.[For background, see my report
9/11 probers skipped key forensic tests
http://www.angelfire.com/ult/znewz1/trade7.html]
MASSIVE WTC DOCUMENT RELEASE BY NIST
By Michael Ravnitzky , mikerav@verizon.net
The National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST - has supplied a
massive quantity of documents in response to two FOIA requests it received
in 2008 regarding the World Trade Center disaster.
First: On November 20, 2008, the law firm Gennet, Kallmann, Antin &
Robinson, representing Consolidated Edison and its insurers, submitted a
FOIA request seeking a wide variety of documents about the collapse of the
WTC Building 7. Attorney Michael S. Leavy at Gennet, Kallmann filed four
FOIA requests in all, copies of which are posted here by NIST:
http://wtc.nist.gov/FOIA/FOIArequests09_15_42_63_88.pdf
The primary request was number 09-15 and the following notes apply primarily
to that NIST FOIA request number.
Over the next three and a half years, the fruits of these requests were
quite sizable. The firm paid for the costs of search, review and
duplication.
For example, in the fourth interim response, NIST released 4,965 images on
15 CD-ROM disks, and one external hard drive.
The first, second, third, and fifth interim responses were comprised of a
small number of electronic files/images.
In the sixth interim response, NIST released 6,681 files and images.
In the seventh interim response, NIST released 784 files on 35 CD-ROM disks.
In the eighth interim response, NIST released 27,563 files and images on 13
CD-ROM disks.
In the ninth interim response, NIST released 1,529 files and images on two
CD-ROM disks.
In the tenth interim response, NIST released 1,856 files and images on 3
CD-ROM disks.
In the eleventh interim response, NIST released 191 files - photos and video
clips - on five CD-ROMS, and 11 full length videos on eleven disks.
In the twelfth interim response, NIST released 6,739 photos and vidoes on 21
disks.
In the thirteenth interim response, NIST released 50 images scanned from
hard copy photos and three full length videos on three disks.
In the fourteenth interim response, NIST released 222 full length videos on
261 disks, and 2,343 images on 37 disks.
In the fifteenth interim response, NIST released 7,406 images on a disk.
In the sixteenth interim response, NIST released 59,818 images on 27 disks,
and 34 video files on 4 disks. Along with the sixteenth interim response,
NIST provided a Vaughn Index of the records that are being withheld along
with the reasons for withholding those records, or why they are privileged
from release.
In the seventeenth interim response, NIST released 953 images on 126 disks.
NIST is still in the process of supplying rolling releases.
These materials have, in general, not been made available online or
elsewhere.
You can ask NIST for a copy of the files, images, videos and documents
released to date to the Gennet, Kallmann law firm in FOIA request 09-15.
Since these records have already been retrieved and reviewed, charges should
be limited to duplication costs only. You might wish to specify receiving
the files on a hard drive given the large number of images and files
available.
===
Another wide-ranging FOIA request concerning the WTC 7 Building Collapse was
filed on November 20, 2008 by the Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP law
firm and associate attorney Kimberly C. Spiering, who represent Citigroup in
WTC related litigation. This request, designated as 09-13, also resulted in
voluminous records provided on disk.
You can ask NIST for an electronic copy of the records provided to Cleary
Gottlieb in request 09-13 if you wish.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Wikileaks ignites revolution
in global media coverage
You may think Wikileaks is old news. But take a gander at a typical Google news alert for 'Wikileaks':
Wikileaks: Pakistani Military Taught to Dislike US
Voice of America
The 2008 cables obtained by the WikiLeaks website and other media organizations discusses classes for military officers at Pakistan's National Defense University. In one cable, a US military officer who attended classes at the military university said ...
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WikiLeaks Is Not Happy with Its Frontline Treatment
The Atlantic Wire
By John Hudson 10:09 AM ET On Tuesday night, PBS-Frontline aired a sweeping documentary on WikiLeaks exploring the role of Bradley Manning in the organization and the controversy surrounding the group's mission. Already, the documentary has divided ...
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The Atlantic Wire
West feared Zim civil war in 2008 - WikiLeaks
The Zimbabwean
HARARE - The international community had made contingency plans for a possible civil war in Zimbabwe in 2008 as parties haggled over a power-sharing formula following disputed presidential polls. (Pictured: Mugabe and Tsvangirai) A leaked diplomatic ...
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Obama to address British Parliament...WikiLeaks: Pakistan military trained in ...
9&10 News
The cable, obtained by WikiLeaks, suggests that anti-American sentiment is deeply ingrained in the military, which has received more than $10 billion in American aid since 2001. EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — More deadly storms in the central US, ...
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WikiLeaks: Zardari would have handed over AQ Khan if 'he had his way'
The Express Tribune
In a separate meeting, former President Pervez Musharraf had also assured the US ambassador that Pakistan had no plans to release AQ Khan. PHOTO: FILE Co-chariman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Asif Ali Zardari, had told the United States (US) ...
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The Express Tribune
US persuaded Turkey, France to stop Pakistan-bound ships: WikiLeaks
The Nation, Pakistan
The United States had persuaded Turkey and France in 2008 to stop ships navigating in their respective territorial waters with consignments for Pakistan, claims WikiLeaks. The Turkish government had demanded proofs from the US instead of evidence and ...
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The Nation, Pakistan
WikiLeaks: How Najib overcame the Kartika dilemma
Free Malaysia Today
Details of the confidential cable sent in 2010 were leaked by WikiLeaks to popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who had published the cable in his Malaysia Today website today. “That the GOM (government of Malaysia) chose to cane three anonymous women, ...es both the GOJ's paralysis over the issue as the Golding administration flails for new legal points on which to delay a decision, as well as the PNP's (People's National Party) determination to use the issue as a means of ...
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Free Malaysia Today
WIKILEAKS flashback
Jamaica Gleaner
"The imbroglio illustrates both the GOJ's paralysis over the issue as the Golding administration flails for new legal points on which to delay a decision, as well as the PNP's (People's National Party) determination to use the issue as a means of ...
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DPM, US Embassy Responds To WikiLeaks Report
The Bahama Journal
By Sasha L. Lightbourne Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said he is not bothered by a leaked report from WikiLeaks, which detailed how the prime minister reportedly had no confidence in Mr. Symonette becoming the leader of the Free National ...
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EDITORIAL - WikiLeaks, transparency and the right to know
Jamaica Gleaner
We do not, of course, mean to equate these WikiLeaks cables with either the Pentagon Papers or the Watergate secrets revealed by the Washington Post's Deep Throat source. However, they help to shine light on important aspects of public policy, ...
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Defending diplomacy against WikiLeaks
Jamaica Observer
This reality has triggered a spate of disparate assessments of the impact of Wikileaks' release of thousands of US confidential diplomatic dispatches. The consequences for the conduct of diplomacy are far-reaching and go beyond US fundamental values of ...
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WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners Of Guantanamo (Part Two of Five)
The Public Record
By Andy Worthington As I explained last week in the first part of this five-part series, one of the great publicity coups in WikiLeaks' recent release of classified military documents relating to the majority of the 779 prisoners held at Guantánamo was ...
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The Public Record
Pakistan army's next generation 'anti-American, devout Muslims'
Telegraph.co.uk
The Pakistan Army's next generation of leaders are anti-American, devout Muslims who believe in wild conspiracy theories, a senior United States Army colonel told State Department officials in a cable released by WikiLeaks. By Dean Nelson, South Asia ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
PM briefed a dozen times on WikiLeaks
iT News
Dr McCarthy noted that Australia was referenced in 200 of the 12600 cables released by Wikileaks to date. Dr McCarthy chaired a Wikileaks taskforce which included the departments of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Defence, Attorney-General's and Foreign ...
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Terrorism very real: ASIO chief
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Irvine, who rarely speaks in public, also discussed the role of ASIO - the only intelligence agency given a statutory role to spy on Australian citizens - in relation to WikiLeaks and the leaking of hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables. ...
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Frontline on Wikileaks
Boing Boing
PBS Frontline aired an episode on the Wikileaks saga tonight: "WikiSecrets." You can watch the video online here, and you can also buy a DVD or download via iTunes. Casual reactions I'm reading from journalists on Twitter who have followed the story ...
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Twitter says to protect users' right to self-defense
Reuters
WikiLeaks' Twitter page is seen on a computer screen in Singapore January 9, 2011. A US court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation into the release of hundreds ...
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Reuters
WikiLeaks: Karachi gangs outnumber police
Foreign Policy (blog)
A 2009 WikiLeaks cable released yesterday adds new context to the discussion following last weekend's assault on a Pakistani naval base in Karachi. The Cable, signed by Consul General Stephen Fakan, surveys the threat posed by the city's armed ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
Wikileaks Says Posada's Pardon Followed Bribe
Ahora.cu
By Eva Barajas / redaccion@ahora.cu / Tuesday, 24 May 2011 09:07 The Wikileaks website has revealed that former Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso was bribed into pardoning terrorists Luis Posada Carriles, Guillermo Novo, Pedro Remón and Gaspar ...
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Visa revocation a fitting penalty
Jamaica Gleaner
The Gleaner's recent series pertaining to WikiLeaks' disclosure of the American embassy's cables has revealed stuff about corruption in Jamaica that we already knew existed. The difference is the weight carried by this source of information - Jamaicans ...
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The truth is beyond opinion
BusinessWorld Online
It tackled the motion, "This House believes that the world is better off with WikiLeaks." The Debates, facilitated by Tim Sebastian, the award-winning former BBC correspondent and interviewer, were based on a centuries-old format, refined by the famous ...
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Views of WikiLeaks controversy vary depending on age, politics of the ...
Media Newswire (press release)
The recent WikiLeaks controversy represents a crucial step in citizen journalism, and its portrayal in the media largely depends on the age and ideology of the reporting newspaper, TV station or online site, a graduate class at Eastern Michigan ...
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Pakistan snubbed US over Hafeez Saeed?
Washington Bangla Radio
Islamabad, May 24 (IBNS): The lack of cooperation from Pakistani government allowed alleged 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafeez Saeed to avoid being questioned by American interrogators, secret US diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks say. ...
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Bran: Documents show 'true democracy' denied to Bahamians for years
Bahamas Tribune
By PAUL G TURNQUEST CITING the close working relationship between the leaders of the PLP and FNM in recently revealed Wikileaks documents, DNA leader Branville McCartney said it should now be painfully obvious that "true democracy" has been denied to ...
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Pakistani politician jokes about charming the religious with "long beards ...
Real Time News, India
The wikileaks cable has given a rare glimpse of the hard-nosed practicality of Pakistani administrators. Speaking to the Bryan Hunt, Principal Officer at the US Consulate in Lahore, Shahbaz Sharif, chief minister of the Punjab province, ...
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UAE must "understand the needs" of big neighbors like Iran to survive: Wikileaks
Real Time News, India
A cable leaked by Wikileaks reports the UAE Central Bank governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi as urging the US not to ask for "impossible things" if it wants cooperation from the gulf state, sandwiched between Saudi Arabia on the south and Iran on the ...
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Trial by twitter
BBC News
The decision was taken following pressure by journalists and activists covering the extradition hearing of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Lord Judge said: "The use of an unobtrusive, hand-held, virtually silent piece of modern equipment for the ...
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BBC News
India's political prince battles criticism
Fox News
But a series of electoral setbacks, an embarrassing Wikileaks revelation and his accusation, without proof, that police killed and raped protesting farmers in an opposition-led state has left some questioning whether Gandhi has the skill, experience or ...
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Military Orders Millions of Employees to Spy on Each Other
Gizmodo
Sam Biddle —The faces at the Pentagon are still mighty red since WikiLeaks. And they don't want a repeat. A new directive from the Department of Defense aims at squelching leaks—by deputizing a massive number of employees as involuntary snitches. ...
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High Tide: From Iranian And Venezuelan Defiance To Khodorkovsky Conviction Upheld
Wall Street Journal (blog)
(Jakarta Post) Uganda's president named a new prime minister, a move that shocked analysts because of allegations raised in WikiLeaks cables saying he took bribes from Italian oil giant Eni SpA. Both he and Eni denied the allegations. ...
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US dissatisfied over Pak attitude at UN: WikiLeaks
Pakistan Observer
Chennai—As Pakistan continued to vote against US positions and interests at the United Nations despite its ties with Washington, the US Mission to the UN expressed apprehension that other member states would be emboldened to do the same. ...
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We have no right to be surprised
DAWN.com
I'm certainly disgusted and alarmed to learn from WikiLeaks via Dawn.com that the US special operations forces deployed secretly on joint operations with Pakistani troops as early as 2009, but I'm not surprised. Are you? You shouldn't be. ...
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DAWN.com
Obama accused “prejudicing” Bradley Manning's trial
The Voice of Russia
Ann Clwyd – the chairwoman of the parliamentary group on human rights - accuses Mr. Obama for prejudicing the trial of the alleged WikiLeaks source – Bradley Manning. It seems that the Manning problem is to become one of the most significant threats to ...
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The Voice of Russia
Uganda names bribes-claim minister new PM
Reuters
Mbabazi was one of two ministers the US ambassador to Uganda, Jerry P. Lanier, urged his government to impose travel bans on over corruption, according to cables posted on WikiLeaks last year. [ID:nLDE6B911I] "The president described Amama Mbabazi as ...
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Arab Media Forum 2011 Tackles Region's Unfolding Revolts
Huffington Post (blog)
Another prickly issue was a session on the media's use of Wikileaks cables and whether they translated into open source information or misleading data, and, the price paid for such public disclosures. "It's very valuable historical information," said ...
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'Duplicitous' Pakistani military faces growing calls for accountability
The National
Much of the content of the new leaks was already in the public domain before the original WikiLeaks revelations in November 2010. What is notable, however, is the timing of the fresh releases. Coming so soon after the killing on May 2 of Osama bin ...
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The National
Data Leakage During a Time of Economic Recession
informIT
In many ways, we have the proliferation of data leak sites such as Wikileaks and Cryptome to thank for putting the issue in the forefront of the news and in the minds of business executives. The Wikileaks' publications and the bonanza of media coverage ...
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Blogs12 new results for Wikileaks
NewsDaily: Anti-Americanism rife in Pakistan army institution ...
By Zeeshan Haider
Officers received training biased against the United States at a prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to Wikileaks, underscoring concerns that anti-Americanism in the country's powerful military is growing amid strains with ...
NewsDaily: Top Headlines - http://newsdaily.com/?q=Save+Us+From+Berlusconi
Pam's House Blend:: Facebook posts show WikiLeaks suspect's anger ...
By Pam Spaulding
WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning was a passionate gay-rights activist who angrily chafed against the military's ban on openly gay service members, an archive of the jailed U.S. Army private's Facebook page, examined by The Lookout , ...
Pam's House Blend - Front Page - http://www.pamshouseblend.com/
Tim's El Salvador Blog: The El Salvador WikiLeaks cables
By Tim
WikiLeaks has provided some 942 US diplomatic cables related to El Salvador to the online periodical El Faro. The cables cover the time period from 2003 through 2008 under the Bush administration in Washington and the Flores and Saca ...
Tim's El Salvador Blog - http://luterano.blogspot.com/
Frontline on Wikileaks | MyGeist
By cool
PBS Frontline aired an episode on the Wikileaks saga tonight: “WikiSecrets,” produced by Martin Smith. You can watch the video online here, and you can also buy a DVD or download via iTunes. Casual reactions I'm reading from journalists ...
MyGeist - http://mygeist.com/
Media Law Prof Blog: Wikileaks and National Security
By Media Law Prof
The WikiLeaks website has dominated global media headlines since June 2010, when it first released a series of documents speaking to national security issues. Since then, WikiLeaks administrators have overseen two further series of ...
Media Law Prof Blog - http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/
Wikileaks. Cable 48368 « IDL Reporteros
By admin
Wikileaks. Alberto Fujimori. Miércoles, 25 Mayo de 2011. Últimas: ¿Quién pagó a los chuponeadores? | Wikileaks. Cable 68387 | Wikileaks. Cable 60170 | Wikileaks . Cable 48368 | Wikileaks. Cable 38338 |. Wikileaks. Cable 48368 ...
IDL Reporteros - http://idl-reporteros.pe/
Wikileaks: U.S. Cables on the Mohawks « The Speed of Dreams
By Enaemaehkiw Túpac Keshena
The US Embassies in Montreal and Quebec monitored Mohawks and Indigenous activists. In a series of cables released by Wikileaks in May, the US Ambassadors in Canada make it clear that no one wants to fight the Mohawks. ...
The Speed of Dreams - http://bermudaradical.wordpress.com/
Salam Fayyad on Qatar: from Wikileaks | SHOAH
By admin
Salam Fayyad on Qatar: from Wikileaks. Posted on25 May 2011. NOVANEWS. It is hilarious when small US puppets, like this Salam Fayyad, thinks that they can sway US policies. ”PA Prime Minister Fayyad, meeting with Under Secretary of the ...
SHOAH - http://www.shoah.org.uk/
Shalala, Gunn, WikiLeaks Spox at 'Lean' PR Seminar
By nospam@example.com (Jack O'Dwyer)
Final speaker is Birgitta Jonsdottir, Member of Parliament of Iceland and a “ Wikileaks volunteer” who was a spokeswoman for the controversial group. Members of Seminar include Kathleen Matthews, executive VP, global communications, ...
O'Dwyer's Blog: Covering PR,... - http://www.odwyerpr.com/blog/
Anti-Americanism rife in Pakistan army institution: Wikileaks ...
By admin
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Officers received training biased against the United States at a prestigious Pakistan army institution, according to Wikileaks, underscoring concern that anti-Americanism in the country's powerful military is ...
American Think Tank - http://www.americanthinktank.net/
Was US ignorant about Bhutto's security fears: WikiLeaks | MAARS News
By Debaman Guin
Benazir Bhutto had returned from exile after 8 years to contest for the Pakistan elections and was quite fearful about her security. She asked the US to evaluate her security and if needed suggest additional resources to provide the ...
MAARS News - http://news.maars.net/
WikiLeaks: How Najib overcame the Kartika dilemma « Hornbill Unleashed
By Hornbill Unleashed
Details of the confidential cable sent in 2010 were leaked by WikiLeaks to popular blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin who had published the cable in his Malaysia Today website today. “That the GOM (government of Malaysia) chose to cane three ...
Hornbill Unleashed - http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/
Web1 new result for Wikileaks
Ex-WikiLeaks spokesman attacks Assange gag orders | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former WikiLeaks spokesman has condemned Julian Assange for demanding workers for the website sign confidentiality agreements ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-wikileaks-idUSTRE74B7D020110512
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