gareth williams was poisoned

Trowbridge H Ford writes in, "Gareth Williams And Gudrun Loftus Murdered To Avoid Their Becoming More George Blakes", an interesting tale about international spying. Gareth Williams and Gudrun Loftus were apparently working together to expose unflattering activities of the British and German governments. Williams, a British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) employee, who worked with MI6 and the NSA, and Loftus, an Oxford University lecturer, paid for their efforts with their lives.

Trowbridge's analysis is worth reading to explore alternative views of current events. Williams, in the picture at left, appears sick. Trowbridge believes Williams was the victim of poisonous mushrooms. It's concluded by Trowbridge, both, knew too much and could embarass the British government, leaving only murder as an alternative to reign in the spys! Williams also crosses paths with the Russian spy Anna Chapman. Trowbridge enlightens how perpetrators may link up behind the scenes. It's an interesting read and some of the damaging evidence secreted by Williams and Loftus was turned over to Wikileaks!

nsa's newest recruiters

Danger Room reports newest recruiters for NSA reside on their kids page. Yes, there exists a kids page. The article "NSA's Newest Recruiters: Cartoon-Leopard Twins," relates how the "...surveillance and cryptology crew at NSA has the right online companions for you: Cy and Cyndi, a pair of anthropomorphic snow leopards now kickin' it with the CryptoKids, the Puzzle Palace's team of cartoon animal hackers...". Cy and Cyndi are known as the Cybertwins wear gaming headgear, talk into hands-free mobile devices and teach youth about proper online hygiene. This would just seem squirrelly if this kind of youth campaign weren't so scary?

defcon 8/26: dirty tricks & moon rocks

realtime track of x-37b: US military’s top secret x-37b shuttle 'disappeared' for 2wks, changed orbit*
flashback: military launches x-37b*
secretive mini-shuttles, dirty tricks spy sats & more*
sweden pulls wikileaks warrant*
video: scientists hack into cars' computers & control brakes, engine*
flashback: austin hacker disables more than 100 cars remotely*
missing moon rock unveiled in colorado*

video: physicist kaku talks aliens on msnbc*

defense official discloses cyberattack

or: dod & cfr vs usb
from washington post: Now it is official: The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. military laptop on a post in the Middle East in 2008. In an article to be published Wednesday discussing the Pentagon's cyberstrategy, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III says malicious code placed on the drive by a foreign intelligence agency uploaded itself onto a network run by the U.S. military's Central Command. "That code spread undetected on both classified and unclassified systems, establishing what amounted to a digital beachhead, from which data could be transferred to servers under foreign control," he says in the Foreign Affairs article.

update: insiders doubt hack was foreign spy attack

google wi-spy lawsuits head to silicon valley court

from ars technica: Whether Google is liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open WiFi routers across the United States is to be aired out in a Silicon Valley federal court. Eight proposed class-actions from across the country that seek unspecified monetary damages from Google were consolidated this week and transferred to US District Judge James Ware in San Jose, California. Another five cases are likely to join. The lawsuits allege Google violated federal and state privacy laws in collecting fragments of data from unencrypted wireless networks as its fleet of camera-equipped cars moseyed through neighborhoods snapping pictures for its Street View program... The deep-pocketed Google maintains that it did nothing wrong, and is likely to put up a fierce and costly defense. Google, in response to government inquiries and lawsuits, claims it is lawful to use packet-sniffing tools readily available on the internet to spy on and download payload data from others using the same open WiFi access point.

defcon 7/22: bleaker for bloggers

false flag cyber attack could takedown the internet*
obama joins un to dictate acceptable behavior on the net*
feds ignore 1st amendment, shut down 1000s of blogs*
google launches coverup of 'google spies' story*
google's china changes in line with law*
wikileaks reopens for leakers*

defcon 6/24: more leaks & lawsuits

video: ellsberg says US might 'assassinate' wikileaks head*
wikileaks founder drops 'mass spying' hint*
the strange & consequential case of bradley manning, adrian lamo & wikileaks*
darpa taking fire for its cyberwar range*
judge rules dmca protects youtube in viacom lawsuit*

defcon 5/20: dumb f*cks, spy planes & bar codes

facebook founder called trusting users 'dumb fucks'*
facebook alternatives: a look at 9 social networks you could switch to*
facebook scrambles to close hole exposing private data*
most browsers leave fingerprint that can identify users*
students to be given access to laptop spy photos*
will machines take over the world? the scientific turning point*
report: secret space plane likely an orbiting spy*
1st wedding performed by a robot*
where's jimmy? just google his bar code*
obama's regulatory czar pushes creepy plan for legally controlling internet info*
3,000 officers switch to cyberspace specialty*
hack attacks mounted on car control systems*
pakistan extends facebook ban to youtube*

mi5 'slashing staff' to boost overall computer skills

aging spies unable to use the internet
from telegraph: Having battled Islamic extremists, Irish Republican terrorists and Russian spies, some of the veteran intelligence officers of MI5 are encountering a foe they cannot master: information technology ... The Security Service is launching an unprecedented round of redundancies to improve the overall level of computer skills among its staff. Despite an expanding budget, MI5 is laying off employees in order to hire new intelligence officers and support staff with better command of information technology and other “deployable” skills. The redundancy programme has set tongues wagging in Whitehall, with civil servants in other departments joking about a “James Bond generation” of elderly spies being put out to pasture because they can’t use the internet and don't understand the world of Twitter or Facebook. The plan was disclosed by Jonathan Evans, the director-general of MI5.