Archive for the 'Assassination' Category
Short Video About UAV Combat Operations
November 17th, 2009I wonder if Captain Dan is allowed to have a Bobblehead Jesus on the “flight” deck?
U.S. Needs Hit Squads, ‘Manhunting Agency’
November 4th, 2009Ah, so now we can pretend that the U.S. hasn’t had this capability for decades?
Via: Wired:
CIA director Leon Panetta got into hot water with Congress, after he revealed an agency program to hunt down and kill terrorists. A recent report from the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations University argues that the CIA didn’t go far [...]
British Nuclear Expert’s 17th Floor UN Death Plunge ‘Was Not Suicide’
November 2nd, 2009People familiar with the dead biologists/scientists phenomenon, note the part in bold below.
On the perception management side of things, why am I having to link to the Daily Mail for this story? Is this part of how assassinations are managed? Put a story like this next to a feature about Posh Spice’s new hair style [...]
U.S. Air Force Bug Bots
November 2nd, 2009Jeffry Picower, Madoff Investor, Found Dead at Home
October 26th, 2009For the first time, I’m preemptively adding a story, this story, to the Assassination category.
—The Desperate Final Hours of the World’s Biggest Ever Financial Fraud
Six readers submitted this one. Thanks.
Via: Bloomberg:
Jeffry Picower, the philanthropist alleged to have withdrawn more than $7.2 billion from Bernard Madoff’s investment company, was found dead today at his home in [...]
Two UN Employees Killed in Falls from Same Building Over Four Week Period
October 22nd, 2009According to Austrian Times, the dead man’s name is Timothy Hampton.
Via: Telegraph:
The 47-year-old man, who has not been named, died after falling more than 120ft to the bottom of a stairwell.
He worked for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, an international agency charged with uncovering illicit nuclear tests.
A UN spokesman in the Austrian capital said there [...]
So Many Threats to Federal Officials that Secret Service May Curtail Investigations Into Financial Crimes
October 20th, 2009Wow, the Internet Tuff Guys are out in force on this one, leaving stupid comments all over the place—perfect for COINTEL purposes.
Via: Boston Globe:
The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government [...]
Shooting of Prominent IMF Economist Baffles Police
October 12th, 2009“It had to be random?”
Is that the new “Probable Suicide”?
Via: WJLA:
Police are still looking for clues after a prominent economist was shot in the garage of his upscale home.
Ashoka Mody has been identified in an email to his fellow employees at the International Monetary Fund as the man shot Thursday night around 7:30 in his [...]
‘Two Bodies’ on Mafia Waste Ship
September 25th, 2009Via: BBC:
Investigators in Italy examining a shipwreck containing possible radioactive waste say they may have found two bodies on board.
An underwater camera also showed pictures of orange barrels, with the word “toxic” on their side.
The boat lies in 500m of water off the south-western coast of Italy.
Officials say they believe the vessel may have been [...]
University of Chicago Professor Dies from Exposure to Plague
September 23rd, 2009Definitely one for the dead biologists list.
Via: ABC News:
A University of Chicago researcher died after being exposed to a strain of bacteria that causes plague. And Malcolm Casadaban’s family wants answers.
The Chicago Department of Public Health says there’s no sign anyone else was exposed to the bacteria.
The tragic irony is that Professor Casadaban had been [...]
