Archive for August, 2009
French Government Document on Swine Flu Vaccination Program
August 31st, 2009I have no idea how credible the English translation is since I don’t read French at all. However, there are many Cryptogon readers in France so I thought I would post this in case it is useful for any reason. Via: The Flu Case: The document dated August 21st and signed by the French Health […]
‘Blood Oath’ Sealed Stanford Deal, Court Is Told
August 31st, 2009Via: New York Times: R. Allen Stanford’s relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most. At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a “brotherhood ceremony” that Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar […]
Marc Faber: Lateline Business Interview
August 31st, 2009Via: YouTube:
The World’s 50 Safest Banks
August 31st, 2009For whatever it’s worth… Via: Global Finance: With bank stability still high on corporate and investor agendas, Global Finance publishes its 18th annual list of the world’s safest banks.
What Every American Should be Made to Learn About the IG Torture Report
August 31st, 2009Via: Salon: The fact that we are not really bothered any more by taking helpless detainees in our custody and (a) threatening to blow their brains out, torture them with drills, rape their mothers, and murder their children; (b) choking them until they pass out; (c) pouring water down their throats to drown them; (d) […]
FBI Investigating Laptops Sent to U.S. Governors
August 31st, 2009Via: Computer World: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to figure out who is sending laptop computers to state governors across the U.S., including West Virginia Governor Joe Mahchin and Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal. Some state officials are worried that they may contain malicious software. According to sources familiar with the investigation, other […]
Cheney Says Cooperation with CIA Probe “Will Depend”
August 31st, 2009Via: Reuters: Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he might refuse to speak with a prosecutor investigating suspected CIA prisoner abuses, a probe he branded as political and bad for national security. Cheney has been one of the fiercest critics of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision last week to name a new special prosecutor […]
Backbone of Complex Networks of Corporations: The Flow of Control
August 31st, 2009From: Backbone of Complex Networks of Corporations: The Flow of Control, by J.B. Glattfelder, S. Battiston: Having identified important shareholders in the global markets, it is now also possible to address the following questions. Who holds the power in an increasingly globalized world? How important are individual people compared to the sphere of influence of […]
In 2006 a New Zealand Woman Was Held in a Psychiatric Ward for Saying 9/11 Was an Inside Job
August 31st, 2009Here’s the formal apology letter from the Northland DHB. Via: Clare Swinney: I was wrongly diagnosed as delusional by the psychiatric staff of Ward 7 at Northland Base Hospital in Whangarei and held hospital against my will for 11 days in mid-2006, because I maintained the attacks of 9/11 were orchestrated by criminal elements inside […]
Cryptogon Readers Sign Up For Hosting With BlueHost
August 31st, 2009Thanks to the owners of the following domains for signing up for hosting with BlueHost: themtspace.com mode1.co.nz postalverde.com Cryptogon received $270.
