Erik Prince: I ‘Cooperated’ With Mueller The Trumpworld insider is under scrutiny for his alleged backchanneling with Russia, his work for China, and his plans for Afghanistan. He defends it all in a new interview. 06.19.18 EXCLUSIVE BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY Erik Prince, the founder of private security company Blackwater, has found himself embroiled in special counsel…
THE RED LINE CROSSED, IN THE CROSS-HAIRS, AT TRIGGER POINT — WAITING FOR AN OCTOBER SURPRISE By John Helmer, Moscow First there was the red-line announcement. On Friday in Athens there was the cross-hairs statement. By the month of October, the month before the US presidential election, there will be the trigger point. The US…
NSA Said to Exploit Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years By Michael Riley Apr 11, 2014 April 11 (Bloomberg) — Ghostery Senior Director of Research Andy Kahl and Bloomberg’s Michael Riley discuss the NSA’s knowledge of the Heartbleed bug on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” (Source: Bloomberg) The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at…
Brooklyn, Black And Latino Men Who Experienced “Stop-And-Frisk” Applaud Judge’s Ruling “It would be so beautiful if cops treated people with respect, period. They show up and treat you like you killed somebody.”posted on August 12, 2013 Adrian Carrasquillo Kelvin Jannette, of Brooklyn. Macey Foronda, BuzzFeed After a federal judge ruled New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” police policy to…
U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say By Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie Tate, Tuesday, June 19, 1:07 PM The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear…
By Gordon Corera The new film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, premiered at the Venice Film Festival last week, has been praised for its atmospheric depiction of 1970s London. But how firmly is John Le Carre’s novel rooted in reality? (Spoiler alert: Key plot details revealed below) Trying to establish the precise relationship between…
Here are a few things the framers did not know about: World War II. DNA. Sexting. Airplanes. The atom. Television. Medicare. Collateralized debt obligations. The germ theory of disease. Miniskirts. The internal combustion engine. Computers. Antibiotics. Lady Gaga. People on the right and left constantly ask what the framers would say about…
Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder Adam Ferguson/VII Network Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, has a new project. By MARK MAZZETTI and EMILY B. HAGER Published: May 14, 2011 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside…
As evidenced by this year’s “Arab spring,” Osama Bin Laden’s political influence began to wane even before his death.