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Investigators Utilize Breast Implants to I.D. Mutilated Body

redflagz — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:00:48 +0000

“Her teeth had been pulled out and her fingers cut off, apparently to impede her identification. Investigators used the serial numbers on her breast implants to identify her, a spokesman for the Orange County’s district attorney’s office said.”

via Ryan Jenkins’ parents ‘help TV star evade capture over Playboy model’s murder’ – Telegraph.

My Way News – AP sources: Report reveals CIA methods

redflagz — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:44:16 +0000

“The CIA’s inspector general reveals that agency interrogators conducted mock executions of terror suspects.”

via My Way News – AP sources: Report reveals CIA methods.

This shows a complete lack of creativity. That’s the problem with most government employees – they lack creativity. Poor form, fellas. Poor form.

How did suspect in model’s killing get on TV show?

redflagz — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:02:37 +0000

The company says it didn’t know of Ryan Alexander Jenkins’ domestic violence case in Canada because of a Canadian court clerk’s error.

via How did suspect in model’s killing get on TV show? — latimes.com.

Well, it was someone’s clerical error alright.

AP source: CIA hired contractor to kill al-Qaida – Yahoo! News

redflagz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:20:09 +0000

The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects.

via AP source: CIA hired contractor to kill al-Qaida – Yahoo! News.

I'm not sure which is more disturbing: the CIA hiring private companies to kill people in secrecy, or that Blackwater couldn't find any bad guys.

Lawyer: FBI Paid and Trained Operative to Provoke Right-Wing Extremism

redflagz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:02:06 +0000

A notorious New Jersey “hate blogger” charged in June with threatening to kill judges and lawmakers was secretly an FBI agent provocateur paid to disseminate right-wing rhetoric, his attorney said Wednesday.

via Lawyer: FBI Paid Right-Wing Blogger Charged With Threats | Threat Level | Wired.com.

Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle – WSJ.com

redflagz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:40:37 +0000

“He agreed to become an informant for the Secret Service following his arrest, say Justice Department officials. In November 2004, the government permitted him to move from New Jersey to Florida. Much of the subsequent hacking took place there, according to court records.”

via Arrest in Epic Cyber Swindle – WSJ.com.

Your tax dollars at work. Who supervises the Secret Service informants? Apparently no one.

Prosecutors say Secret Service informant stole 130M credit card numbers

redflagz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:52:36 +0000

Gonzalez is a former informant for the U.S. Secret Service who helped the agency hunt hackers, authorities say. The agency later found out that he had also been working with criminals and feeding them information on ongoing investigations, even warning off at least one individual, according to authorities.

via My Way News – Prosecutors say man stole 130M credit card numbers.

Seriously? Maybe a little more background research and some supervision was in order? Psych profile?

Fifth U.S. State Dept. staffer pleads guilty to passport snooping

redflagz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:49:35 +0000

Fifth person pleads guilty to passport snooping.
Government Employees Gone Wild! Another example illustrating how the government can’t protect you. It can’t protect itself.

Corporate spying: Deutsche case highlights a fine line

redflagz — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:58:43 +0000

“People have realised that in some cases companies know more about them than the state or the police,” she adds. “The recent cases have been a wake-up call.”

Hartbeespoort Dam News

redflagz — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:37:47 +0000

A family who spent one night at a Broederstroom holiday resort has sworn never to return to the Hartbeespoort area as tourists again.
Not only was the chalet in which Aamenah Waja and her family were staying burgled but the resort management was unsympathetic and, she said, made them feel as if they were the criminals. On their way home the next morning, the Waja family saw with what ease burglars could enter and leave the resort when they discovered a stepladder over the fence.

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No excuse for this kind of lax security!