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Hackers take down website of bank that froze WikiLeaks funds
A group of Internet activists calling themselves Operation Payback have taken credit for shutting down the website of a bank that earlier Monday froze funds belonging to WikiLeaks. Announcing its successful hack on a Twitter account, the group declared, “We will fire at anyone that tries to censor WikiLeaks.” Earlier…
Ex-German leader: Bush lying about Iraq in new book
Former President George W. Bush just isn’t telling the truth, says one ex-world leader in a position to know. In his new book Decision Points, Bush claims that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder offered him full-fledged support should he decide to invade Iraq. Bush wrote that Schroeder told him, “What is…
Pastor convicted of stalking abortion doctors
A North Carolina pastor and director of a conservative Christian organization was found guilty Monday of stalking four doctors who perform abortions. Sixty-two-year-old Rev. Flip Benham, director of Operation Save America, was sentenced in Mecklenburg court to two years probation for posting wild west-style “Wanted” posters that showed the name…
Watch: Rachel Maddow comments on Olbermann suspension
During her Friday evening program, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow delivered a comment on that network’s suspension of host Keith Olbermann for his unapproved donations to three Democratic candidates. In the process, she also managed to zing The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart for having drawn what many see as a false equivalence…
US orders probe of aid worker’s death in Afghanistan
LONDON (AFP) – The US has ordered a probe into the death of a British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan amid fears she may have been killed by a grenade detonated by American troops attempting to rescue her. The top US commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, ordered the investigation…
Denmark ‘lobotomized mentally handicapped’ until 1983: historian
COPENHAGEN — Many mentally handicapped Danes, including children, were lobotomised between 1947 and 1983, and many died from the operation, a historian behind a soon-to-be-published book on the topic told Danish media Thursday. “Doctors did not count on curing them completely, but wanted to pacify them, perhaps to better their…
Pentagon may apply preemptive warfare policy to the Internet
Grappling with matters of law and policy governing the United States military’s cyber-warfare capabilities, Pentagon planners are eying ways of making preemptive strikes across the Internet part of America’s toolbox. In a piece for Foreign Affairs, the publication of globalist policy group The Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Secretary of…
Canadian pot growers used black bears to guard operation
Police said Wednesday they were astonished to find at least 14 wild black bears guarding an illegal marijuana growing operation after a recent raid on the property in westernmost Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Fred Mansveld said police believe two growers arrested in the raid had used dog food…
Afghan military operation goes badly wrong: NY Times
An Afghan operation to flush out Taliban rebels and showcase growing military competence has turned into a debacle, with many troops dead or captured and commanders pleading for help, The New York Times reported Friday. A senior US official with knowledge of the mission — apparently not coordinated in advance…
US lays out ‘static kill’ timeline, vows to have Gulf well sealed by mid-August
US officials laid out Monday a detailed timeline of how BP plans to permanently plug the Gulf of Mexico oil well, saying the all-important “static kill” would begin in one week’s time. By Saturday or Sunday at the latest, a final 2,000 feet (600 meters) of casing will be inserted…
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