This is really creepy. It doesn’t look like there’s much on this story yet, but apparently Glenn Greenwald was contacted about it because he was mentioned in the leaked report (pdf). There are also news reports being made right now downplaying the the BoA documents, which could be a PR effort on their part. The… Continue reading Bank of America hired private intel to target WikiLeaks
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Qur’an burning vs. WikiLeaks
Stars and Stripes KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. David Petraeus on Wednesday ratcheted up his condemnation of plans by a small Florida church to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by burning copies of the Quran, likening the popular outrage that would follow in Afghanistan to the reaction in Iraq to photographs of… Continue reading Qur’an burning vs. WikiLeaks
Drain Clogs – 07-27-2010
FreeRepublic.com is getting sued by a lawyer who buys up content rights from newspapers and then sues blogs that reprint the content. Basically, he’s a Copyright Troll, which is like a Patent Troll. He’s also a giant douchebag if this Wired write-up is to be believed. He has to be bad because we’re siding with… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 07-27-2010
Drain Clogs – 06-07-2010
A man who admitted he leaked the Wikileaks Iraq tape that showed US troops killing civilians has been arrested. That makes much more sense than punishing the troops who murdered civilians!~ Helen Thomas has announced her immediate retirement as fallout from her recent very controversial comments over Israel. In a story that broke Friday and… Continue reading Drain Clogs – 06-07-2010