Gender Identity? His Alter ego is named Breanna?
What does any of this have to do with the fact that he had access to files in the military and copied them to a disc, all while knowing that he was not supposed to because he signed a non-disclosure agreement.
What a Little Bitch !
ABCnews
Bradley Manning's defense team breezed through testimony from the only two witnesses they called today, setting the stage for closing arguments tomorrow that will likely focus on Manning's female alter-ego, Breanna, his violent erratic behavior and the leadership failures within Manning's unit.
Manning did not testify or provide a written statement on his own behalf, as part of the Article 32 pre-trial hearing that will determine whether Manning's case will be recommended for a court martial.
From the start of the six-day hearing, defense attorneys consistently raised the issue of his gender-identity disorder.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Manning Defense Focuses on Female Alter-Ego and Erratic Behavior
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Sprint disables Carrier IQ software on its handsets
At least Sprint manned up a bit and said that , yes they are using carrier IQ throughout their service.
Unlike others.
All people with smartphones should be pissed off about the whole Carrier IQ fiasco, the level that this was implemented at is unprecedented and extremely intrusive into peoples lives and privacy.
Each phone carrier should be sued for large sums of cash for knowingly doing what is essentially illegal for a hacker to do, and the money collected should be paid directly to the phone owners, NOT THE GOVERNMENT.
Computerworld
Sprint, the biggest user of Carrier IQ's software, said Friday it has disabled use of the tool in response to customer concerns.
The wireless carrier is no longer collecting data using the tool and is evaluating its options regarding the software going forward, the company said in an emailed statement.
"We have weighed customer concerns and we have disabled use of the tool so that diagnostic information and data is no longer being collected," the statement said. "At Sprint, we work hard to earn the trust of our customers and believe this course of action is in the best interest of our business and customers."
On Thursday, Sprint disclosed that it had installed Carrier IQ's controversial software on 26 million of its handsets. In a letter to Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Thursday, Sprint said it had been using Carrier IQ's software since 2006. The company said it had been using the software only to collect network- and device-related information for quality-of-service-related purposes.
Franken had earlier sent a letter to Sprint, AT&T and several other companies demanding details on their use of Carrier IQ's software. Franken's letter was prompted by security researcher Trevor Eckhart's disclosure last month that Carrier IQ's software could be used to conduct highly intrusive tracking of mobile phone users.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Iran Makes New Claim It Downed U.S. Drone
If the drone that went down is an RQ-170, and if it is largely, or partially, intact, it is possible that the technological secrets of the advanced aircraft could be compromised.
Not good, but I don't think Iran is smart enough to do anything with the technology in the RQ-170 within the next 10-20 years or so; they just ain't that bright.
the wall street journal
Iran said on Sunday that it shot down a U.S. stealth drone near the country's eastern border, but U.S. officials in Afghanistan said the craft could instead be an unmanned reconnaissance plane that veered off course and crashed last week.
Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a military official who said Tehran had downed an RQ-170 Sentinel, the U.S. Air Force's stealth drone.
U.S. and NATO officials wouldn't say what kind of American drone had disappeared, but U.S. officials said there was no indication that the aircraft had been shot down by the Iranians. One American official said the drone likely suffered from a mechanical failure.
American officials said they believe that after the remote pilots lost control of the aircraft, the drone crashed in an unknown location.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Syrian Spies in the U.S.
A Syrian American gathering info on other Syrians who have been speaking out against the Syrian Government, in order to what?
“silence, intimidate and potentially harm the protesters.”
How Islamic is that.
The New York Times
The Justice Department on Wednesday accused a Syrian-American man of secretly working for a Syrian intelligence service. It said he collected information about people in the United States who were protesting the Syrian government’s crackdown on the country’s pro-democracy movement, as part of a scheme to “silence, intimidate and potentially harm the protesters.”
The man, Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, a resident of Leesburg, Va., was arrested on Tuesday and charged with six offenses, including serving as a foreign agent without registering and making false statements, authorities said. They described him as a naturalized American citizen born in Syria.
“The ability to assemble and protest is a cherished right in the United States, and it’s troubling that a U.S. citizen from Leesburg is accused of working with the Syrian government to identify and intimidate those who exercise that right,” said Neil H. MacBride, the United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Spying for another country is a serious threat to our national security, especially when it threatens the ability of U.S. citizens to engage in political speech within our own borders.”
Thursday, June 30, 2011
China is already blocking Google +
China not liking the great Google Spy networks new social network Google+.
I can't blame them, I don't like social Networks either.
But as Ironic as it is, China the biggest spy country does not want the biggest spy network in its internet.
International Business Times
Just a day after its limited release,China swiftly decided to block Google + , highlighting once again the country's strict censorship practices.
China swiftly decided to block Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have been increasingly used in the last few years to denounce authoritarian regimes and their repression of the population. Egyptians and Tunisians organized their protests using Facebook and Twitter, driving crowds into the streets and ultimately wrestling power from entrenched dictators. In Libya, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain too, among others, social media has been instrumental in orchestrating political uprisings and denouncing the use of violence by the security forces.
Fearing the consequences of allowing the new social media to be widely used, the Chinese communist regime has banned citizens from accessing Google's fledgling social network, Google+, according to watchdog sites JustPing and Greatfirewallofchina.org.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Google facing US antitrust probe
No surprise here, the Google spy network is known for their tactics of redirection and acquiring personal information.
Nothing will come of this though, Google is too big too do anything about and and the FTC... just a little bit too ignorant and blind to see anything.
So a big waste of taxpayer dollars to find out what we all know, and ultimately do nothing about.
BBC
US federal regulators are preparing to issue court orders to Google and other companies as part of a probe into practices in Google's search engine business, US media report.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to open a formal inquiry within the next several days, the Wall Street Journal said.
The FTC is looking at whether Google manipulates its search results to steer users to its own sites and services.
Google has not commented on the matter.
Google's competitors argue that the search giant, which handles roughly two out of every three internet searches in the US, has used its dominant standing in search to improperly promote its other products, like mapping, shopping and travel websites.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Iran says American woman detained on spy charges
Why the Hell are there still Americans going to Iran?
Ignorance?
Stupidity?
foxnews
Iranian authorities have detained a 55-year-old American woman on spying charges, a state-owned newspaper reported Thursday.
The daily IRAN said Hall Talayan had spying equipment hidden on her body when customs authorities detained her in the border town of Nordouz, 370 miles northwest of the capital Tehran. The report said Talayan arrived in Iran from neighboring Armenia without a visa. It did not say when she was detained.
Talayan is the fourth American Iran has arrested and accused of spying in less than two years.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Clooney, Google, U.N. watch Sudan using satellites
Can you Play a Spy or a secret agent type character in a movie and then become one in real life?
I think it a little odd that all these Hollywood Actors,
Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman and producer Jerry Weintraub.
Are willing to venture into spy satellites to watch over a "Possible" Conflict area.
How long before they join forces with other big business's to do the same here?
(Reuters) - Groups including the United Nations, Harvard University, Google Inc and an organization co-founded by actor George Clooney are launching a project using satellites to "watch" Sudan for war crimes before a vote that could split the African country in two.
The Satellite Sentinel Project, which begins on Wednesday, is meant to provide an "early warning system" for human rights and security violations before the January 9 referendum on whether to divide Sudan into north and south.
"We want to let potential perpetrators of genocide and other war crimes know that we're watching, the world is watching," Clooney said in a statement.
The satellite project received funding for six months from Not On Our Watch, an organization co-founded by Clooney and his Hollywood friends, actors Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, David Pressman and producer Jerry Weintraub.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Is National Security Behind Google's Wi-Fi Spying?
How come we keep seeing the Government involved in so many internet ventures .
Perfect Citizen
The FBI and Blogerty(Questionable)
Obama wanting control
Obama wants your info
Foxnews
Has search and advertising giant Google been tracking you just to sell you stuff -- or is it because the U.S. government asked it to? A congressional hearing Thursday may have raised more questions than answers.
Since May, Google has been in hot water worldwide over the information it collected during its street-mapping projects. European regulators have been pressing the company since it was revealed that Google collected information from Wi-Fi networks as its street-view vans cruised neighborhoods around the globe. The information Google gathered included e-mail fragments and passwords, alarming politicians and privacy and security advocates in Germany, France, and Spain.
Recently, the Washington Post noted as part of a two-year investigation into America's intelligence community that Google supplies special mapping and search products to the U.S. military and intelligence community, with some Google employees enjoying top secret clearance to work with the government. That news has consumer advocates and politicians asking exactly what information Google has collected -- and why.
"Is there some relationship between Google and the NSA (National Security Agency)?" asked Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group. "Was this data shared with intelligence agencies in America? It's a question. We just want a straight answer." The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) civil-liberties organization has also weighed in, demanding that Google "grow up."
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Phantom Eye hydrogen-powered spy plane unveiled
The Phantom Eye can stay in the air for 4 Days , at 65.000 feet .
BBC
Boeing has unveiled its unmanned hydrogen-powered spy plane which can fly non-stop for up to four days.
The high-altitude plane, called Phantom Eye, will remain aloft at 20,000m (65,000ft), according to the company.
The demonstrator will be shipped to Nasa's Dryden Flight Research Center in California later this summer to prepare for its first flight in early 2011.
Boeing says the aircraft could eventually carry out "persistent intelligence and surveillance".
It is a product of the company's secretive Phantom Works research and development arm.
Boeing says the aircraft is capable of long endurance flights because of its "lighter" and "more powerful" hydrogen fuel system.
"We flew Condor [the company's previous reconnaissance drone] for 60 hours in 1989 on regular jet fuel, and that was the maximum," said Chris Haddox from Boeing Phantom Works. "Now we're talking 96 hours."
Monday, June 28, 2010
FBI breaks up alleged Russian spy ring in deep cover
The Russians aare coming the Russians are coming ...
Oh Damn , they were already here !
This is nice you know , Russian spies living here in the U.S. with one thing in mind , Changing the Policies of the U.S.
Yes it is Bullshit , Yes we have probably done the same thing , so what you gonna do ?
Well I would start with letting Obama Know that You should ALWAYS keep your guard up ! Especially when it comes to Communists ! Even when they are acting like your BFF , they have a Knife right at your Back !
GaurdianUK
The FBI has arrested 10 alleged Russian spies and broken up a "long-term, deep cover" network of agents across America's east coast sent to infiltrate policy making circles.
The cracking of the alleged spy ring, the largest discovered in the US since the collapse of communism, came days after Barack Obama praised Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president, at the White House as a "solid and reliable partner".
In a charge sheet that might have been taken from a cold war thriller, the FBI alleges that the Russian intelligence service, the SVR, had sent the 10 spies, and possibly many more, to live in the US many years ago under false names, with the intent of becoming so Americanised they could gather information without raising suspicion. Some of the agents lived as married couples.
The FBI said that it intercepted SVR messages, sent by "Moscow centre", to two of the accused spies.
"You were sent to USA for long-term service trip. Your education, your bank accounts, car, house, etc – all these serve one goal: fulfil your main mission, ie, to search and develop ties in policymaking circles in US and send intels (intelligence reports) to C (Centre)," the intercepted message said, according to the indictment. The FBI does not give any indication as to how successful the alleged agents were.
The arrests were made at Arlington in Virginia, near the Pentagon and CIA headquarters, and in New York, Boston and New Jersey. The justice department said one other alleged spy was being sought.
All the 10 have been charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government. They face up to five years in prison if convicted, although it is possible that more serious charges will be added.
The alleged spies are also accused of money laundering, which carries lengthy prison sentences.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Plastic bags to be put over Birmingham 'terror cameras'
Muslims will cry about anything .
The U.K. has the more Security cameras trained on it's citizens , Than any other country in the world , It is something These citizens all have to deal with in their everyday lives .
Except for Muslims , They feel they need to know where every camera is , nobody else waking the streets of the U.k Know or really even care , But the muslims feel as though they are the only ones being watched
BBC
Bags are to be put over dozens of surveillance cameras in parts of Birmingham with large Muslim populations, after local objections.
Safer Birmingham Partnership (SBP) said 218 cameras were put up, including hidden ones, mainly in the Washwood Heath and Sparkbrook districts.
The cameras were financed through a counter-terrorism fund, but the SBP said they would tackle all crime.
Councillor Salma Yaqoob said people had lost faith in the authorities.
The Respect Party councillor for Sparkbrook said: "In terms of reassurance it's going to take a lot more than plastic bags.
"The residents have lost faith with the authorities for their sneaky handling of the way they went about this and will not be reassured until they have been told the locations of the hidden cameras too."
SBP - a partnership of the police, the city council and other agencies - said 72 cameras had been placed covertly but that they would not be covered by the plastic bags.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Chinese man convicted on U.S. smuggling charges
Smuggling , Money laundering , stealing encryption devices made for the Military .
Yeah 45 years might do the trick for this one , but I bet he gets a lighter sentence !
(Reuters) - A U.S. jury convicted a Chinese national of trying to illegally smuggle to China sensitive communications gear used by the U.S. military and intelligence agencies, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Chi Tong Kuok, from Macau, China, was convicted on four counts related to attempting to have the equipment sent to Macau and Hong Kong. The equipment included an encryption device for Internet communications for the U.S. military made under contract by the National Security Agency, prosecutors said.
Additionally, he tried to buy a GPS device used by the U.S. and NATO militaries and a device used by American and NATO forces to load encryption software into their communications devices, they said.
U.S. law bans the export of such devices without permission from the State Department.
A San Diego jury convicted Kuok on all four counts late on Tuesday, including conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws, smuggling, and money laundering. He could face up to 45 years in prison. Sentencing has been scheduled for August 23.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Army spy plane picked up Faisal Shahzad's phone calls
It seems like an Army spy plane that was circling above New York City was able to eaves drop on Faisal Shahzad's phone calls. They intercepted his call to Emeriates Airlines and quickly dispatched the FBI to JFK airport to apprehend him. Wired
Investigators were able to track wannabe terrorist Faisal Shahzad through his anonymous, pre-paid cell phone — exactly how, they won’t say. But there was a tantalizing explanation posted — and then quickly yanked — from the website of WCBS TV. “In the end, it was secret Army intelligence planes that did him in. Armed with his cell phone number, they circled the skies over the New York area, intercepting a call to Emirates Airlines reservations, before scrambling to catch him at John F. Kennedy International Airport.”
Jeremy Scahill, relying on a source in U.S. Special Operations, says those planes were likely RC-12s, equipped with a Guardrail Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) system. The planes are designed to pluck all kinds of communications from the air. But from the ground, they could easily be mistaken for an executive aircraft. The RC-12 is based on the Hawker-Beechcraft King Air B200 suit-carrier. And while earlier versions of the aircraft were covered in odd-looking antennas, the latest aircraft are far less conspicuous.[...]
It sucks up everything. We’ve got these things in Jalalabad [Afghanistan]. We routinely fly these things over Khandahar. When I say everything, I mean BlueTooth would be effected, even the wave length that PlayStation controllers are on. They suck up everything. That’s the point,” Scahill’s source tells him.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
U2 Spy Plane Flies High Again
This is awesome , the U2 spy plane still in use today ,helping the troops and saving money by not coming up with a new plane when we have one that still works well !
Foxnews
The U2 spy aircraft, famed for high-altitude Cold War espionage missions over the Soviet Union, is enjoying a new lease of life in Afghanistan as the best spotter of Taliban roadside bombs in the allies’ arsenal.
Four years ago, the Pentagon wanted to retire the aircraft, which took its first test flight more than half a century ago. Since being fitted with new sensors and communications equipment, however, it has become an indispensable eye-in-the-sky for NATO forces.
From its 70,000-foot cruising altitude, the U2's high-resolution camera is capable of spotting slight changes in the country’s dry mud paths where Taliban forces often bury improvised explosive device.
U.S. military officials said that in the lead-up to the recent operation to seize Marjah in central Helmand from the Taliban, a U2 — nicknamed Dragon Lady because of its long wingspan — spotted almost 150 suspected bombs dug into roads and at planned helicopter landing sites around the town.
Its success in this new role is a remarkable transformation in the fortunes of the U2. It was designed in secrecy and began flying spy missions in 1956. In April 1960, a U2 piloted by Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union and, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the aircraft uncovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
Although it has been used in every major conflict involving the U.S. since the 1960s, the Pentagon believed that it had outlived its usefulness and wanted it replaced — until Congress saved it from military obsolescence.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Pakistani Taliban quiz Mehsud kin over "spying"
A senior intelligence official said Mehsud's father-in-law, Ikramuddin Mehsud, his son, one of his brothers and a nephew had been detained by the Taliban on suspicion they had passed on information about Mehsud's whereabouts.
More Hilarity out of Pakistan , Now Mehsuds Family members are being detained over Baitullahs , Departure from the Planet !
Either way it is a good thing , If they did not do it and are Killed , We have less Militants to deal with !
If they did do it and are killed for it , We have less Militants to deal with ,and we have A family of Taliban Turning in the Taliban , And the rest of the Monkeys ,scurrying around like idiots wondering who else is a Spy !
Another Win , Win brought to us by the Taliban !
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban have detained four relatives of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, believed to have been killed this month in a U.S. missile strike, on suspicion of tipping off authorities about his whereabouts, security officials said.
Pakistani and U.S. officials are almost certain Mehsud, head of the Pakistani Taliban, was killed when a missile fired by a U.S. pilotless drone aircraft hit his father-in-law's house in South Waziristan on the Afghan border on August 5.
Mehsud's aides have denied his death.
Pakistan and U.S. officials have said the militants appeared to be in disarray after Mehsud's death, with reports of infighting between factions vying to take command.
A senior intelligence official said Mehsud's father-in-law, Ikramuddin Mehsud, his son, one of his brothers and a nephew had been detained by the Taliban on suspicion they had passed on information about Mehsud's whereabouts.
"They were arrested two days ago and are being interrogated by the Taliban in Sararogha," one of the intelligence agency officials, who declined to be identified, said on Saturday, referring to a Mehsud stronghold in South Waziristan.
Another intelligence official and an influential ethnic Pashtun tribal elder in the region also said the family members had been detained.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Spy gave shuttle secrets to China
A spy is a spy , and should be treated as one ! When giving our "Enemies" the goods for our space program or any defense issues , Spies should be brought up on charges and the Death penalty should be given ( When found Guilty ) Screw the life sentance B.S ! 
BBC News
A Chinese-born engineer in the United States has been found guilty of passing space shuttle technology secrets to China, for more than 30 years.
Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 73, is the first person to be found guilty under a federal law, introduced in 1996, to counter economic espionage.
Mr Chung worked for Rockwell International, and then Boeing, until the FBI investigation began in 2006.
He will be sentenced in November, and could spend decades in prison.
A court statement said the judge in California had found Chung guilty of economic espionage, acting as a foreign agent and making false statements to the FBI.
The trial began on 2 June.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Senior British Army officer loses BlackBerry in China
"Maj Gen Berragan will have had access and briefing papers on a myriad of secret defence subjects,"
From Telegraph
Major General Gerry Berragan, 51, was reportedly pickpocketed as he travelled by train and immediately notified the Ministry of Defence in London of the theft.That makes me feel better. Whats to stop the "pick pocket" from selling the Blackberry to Chinese spy agents?
The BlackBerry phone and personal organiser is capable of storing and sending thousands of emails and could have revealed military secrets.
The security breach was considered so serious that the new Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth is said to have been informed and ordered an investigation.[...]
The loss is the latest to afflict the MoD since it was revealed that 700 of the department's laptops were lost in the past five years.
But despite concerns about China overtaking Russia in spying on the West and its military secrets, a senior MoD source told the Sun the BlackBerry theft was not thought to be suspicious.
Friday, June 5, 2009
U.S. Charges Couple With Spying for Cuba
A three year investigation into this couple ! At there age there will probably not be much done to them ! but for 30 years of giving Diplomatic info to the Communist state , They should rot in a nice U.S prison ! I can think of one in Cuba , Since they love the little country so much , It is the least we can do for them !
New York Times....
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department charged Friday that a former State Department analyst and his wife worked as spies for Cuba for nearly 30 years, using a short-wave radio to pass on secret diplomatic information to their Cuban handlers.
Officials said the couple, Walter K. Myers, 72, and Gwendolyn S. Myers, 71, received little in the way of compensation from the Cubans except for the short-wave radio and some travel expenses. Rather, the officials said, the couple appears to have been driven by their strong affinity for Cuba and their bitterness toward “American imperialism.”
“We think they did it because they love Cuba,” said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case.
The Myerses, who live in Washington, were arrested on Thursday and charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday with serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government and wire fraud. A defense lawyer declined to comment on the charges.
