Archive for May, 2010
At Least 10 Dead as Israel Attacks Gaza Aid Flotilla
May 31st, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: Israeli naval ships seized control of a protest flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring several dozen, the Israeli military said. “Israel expresses sorrow for those killed in the takeover,” the Israeli Cabinet said in a statement, according to one Hebrew-language […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
May 31st, 2010Eileen sent $100. DB sent $10. JA sent $20. Thank you.
Detonating Nuclear Bomb at BP Oil Spill Site… Might Produce a Bad Result
May 31st, 2010See: Obama Sends Bomb, Mars Experts to Fix BP Oil Spill: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu signaled his lack of confidence in the industry experts trying to control BP Plc’s leaking oil well by hand-picking a team of scientists with reputations for creative problem solving. Dispatched to Houston by President Barack Obama to deal with […]
Toolkit: A Look at the Gear That Experts Use to Spy on Spies
May 31st, 2010Via: Wired: When companies like Archer Daniels Midland and Liberty Mutual Insurance are worried that someone is bugging their boardrooms or tapping their phone lines, they call Kevin Murray. He heads one of the most sophisticated surveillance-detection firms this side of the FBI. Wired asked Murray about the bevy of gizmos he and his staff […]
France Warns on Credit Rating
May 31st, 2010Via: Reuters: France admitted on Sunday that keeping its top-notch credit rating would be “a stretch” without some tough budget decisions, following German hints that Berlin may resort to raising taxes to help bring down its deficit. Euro zone trade unions are preparing for possible confrontations in the coming week if governments impose austerity measures […]
How to Get a Written Apology from the U.S. Government for Being Mistakenly Added to the Terrorist No Fly List
May 31st, 2010Via: ABC News: The United States has issued a written apology to a jet-setting billionaire businessman with close ties to former President Bill Clinton whose name was added to the no-fly list in the wake of the attempted Christmas day bombing of an American passenger plane.
Greece Urged to Give Up Euro
May 31st, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m not sure how much of this is piece is short-the-euro hype, but here it is in any event. Just be aware that the shortside euro trade has been VERY easy money lately. When the mainstream news is going with the […]
BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts
May 31st, 2010Via: Muckety: Daniel Gross of Slate poses the question: How do we punish BP? The options he suggests – boycotting BP products, charging for the cleanup, even nationalizing the company – are less than satisfying. Here’s another possibility: How about barring BP from the federal trough? According to USASpending.gov, BP has received more than $9 […]
Israel Stations Nuclear Missile Subs Off Iran
May 31st, 2010Via: Times: Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline. The first has been sent in response to Israeli fears that ballistic missiles developed by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, a political and military organisation in Lebanon, could hit sites in Israel, including air […]
MATT SIMMONS: THERE’S ANOTHER, MUCH LARGER LEAK THAN THE ONE WE’RE BEING SHOWN, CALL IN THE MILITARY, NUKE THE WELL
May 30th, 2010The person who sent this wrote, “Thanks for your work, Kevin. We’re heading to the hills.” Might not be a bad idea. Via: Bloomberg: Matt Simmons, founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Co., talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about BP Plc’s leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Research Credit: […]
