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Jack Henderson

Author of Circumference of Darkness (entitled Maximum Impact in the UK)

Inside the bad-ass world of military research

May 18, 2009 · Comments Off on Inside the bad-ass world of military research

Few science teams can match the flash and audacity of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  Last week DARPA …

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Forbes: Audit the Federal Reserve, by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

May 16, 2009 · Comments Off on Forbes: Audit the Federal Reserve, by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

The Federal Reserve’s recent and unprecedented actions in the realm of monetary policy have provoked a backlash among the American …

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1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

May 11, 2009 · Comments Off on 1984: The masterpiece that killed George Orwell

from The Guardian In 1946 Observer editor David Astor lent George Orwell a remote Scottish farmhouse in which to write …

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G20 police ‘used undercover men to incite crowds’

May 10, 2009 · Comments Off on G20 police ‘used undercover men to incite crowds’

from The Guardian An MP who was involved in last month’s G20 protests in London is to call for an …

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Botnet master hits the kill switch, takes down 100,000 PCs

May 9, 2009 · Comments Off on Botnet master hits the kill switch, takes down 100,000 PCs

Those behind the Zeus botnet recently decided to press the big red button, bluescreening 100,000 computers around the globe. Security …

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Earth’s Magnetic Field Hisses Due to Distant “Chorus”

May 8, 2009 · Comments Off on Earth’s Magnetic Field Hisses Due to Distant “Chorus”

from National Geographic Thousands of miles above Earth, a cosmic chorus is filling the heavens with a mysterious, low frequency …

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Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour

May 5, 2009 · Comments Off on Researchers hijack botnet, score 56,000 passwords in an hour

The Torpig botnet was hijacked by the good guys for ten days earlier this year before its controllers issued an …

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Colossal spy airships get $400,000,000 reality check

April 29, 2009 · 2 Comments on Colossal spy airships get $400,000,000 reality check

From NetworkWorld.com US scientists this week got the go-ahead to build a roughly 1/3-scale model of a stratospheric airship that …

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Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending

December 12, 2008 · 1 Comment on Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion in Lending

The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency …

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New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US

October 6, 2008 · Comments Off on New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US

An appropriations bill signed by President Bush last week allows the controversial National Applications Office to begin operating a stringently …

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House ignores Bush, rejects $700B bailout bill

September 29, 2008 · 1 Comment on House ignores Bush, rejects $700B bailout bill

The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue package, ignoring urgent pleas from President Bush and bipartisan congressional …

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Anthrax Scientist Kills Himself

August 1, 2008 · Comments Off on Anthrax Scientist Kills Himself

From the Washington Post A top U.S. biodefense researcher has apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about …

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