Wednesday, 24 September 2008

US Homeland Security FAST Becoming Thought Police

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making quick progress on its Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) or Project Hostile Intent as it was called originally, which is designed to detect hostile thoughts, or thought crime as it’s known in Orwellian-speak.

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Thursday, 24 July 2008

NASA Astronaut Reveals Alien Coverup: 60 Years Of Conspiracy.

Dr Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut and record holder for the longest ever moon walk has claimed that aliens made numerous visits to Earth during his career with NASA, but that each one was carefully covered up.


Mitchell (pictured below) described the creatures as ‘little people who look strange to us’ and that they look similar to the traditional image of aliens like E.T. with large eyes and a small frame.


Such a highly accomplished man who is privy to sensitive information may give credence to the alien coverup conspiracy. He claims that information about the coverup has slowly leaked out and that he has been privileged to be briefed on some of it.

Mitchell, who is now 77, has said that our technology is “not nearly as sophisticated” as theirs and that “had they been hostile”, we wouldn’t be around anymore.

Dr Mitchell broke his silence on Kerrang! radio and said “This is really starting to open up. I think we’re headed for real disclosure and some serious organisations are moving in that direction.”

A NASA spokesman played down the comments in a statement which said, “NASA does not track UFOs. NASA is not involved in any sort of cover up about alien life on this planet or anywhere in the universe. They added, “Dr Mitchell is a great American, but we do not share his opinions on this issue.”

Is this man for real? Or was he on the moon too long? Have your say in the comments.



Sources:
Daily Mail
Herald Sun

Thursday, 22 May 2008

Blogger Arrested Over Racist Comments

A Chinese man, 24 years of age was arrested on Tuesday in Singapore, charged with posting racist comments on his blog, according to the Singapore Police Force.

He only indended the remark to be read by his close friends and was shocked by the furore caused by his blog entry.

The comments were directed at a passenger he encountered on Singapore’s train system, reported the local media.


The blogger allegedly wrote, according to The New Paper,
“There he sat, unaffected by his surroundings, smelling like he didn’t showered (sic) in years and wore some really scary dirty clothes.” The report said the blogger made “offensive” comments about the man’s race.

Commments made with the “deliberate intention of wounding the religious or racial feelings of any person” can, under Singaporean law, land an individual with a jail term of up to three years plus a fine.

The Singaporean government is quick to clamp down on any public comments that could cause tension between the country’s ethnic groups. Tensions between the Chinese and Malay communities erupted into riots in 1964 leaving 36 dead and hundreds injured.

The man plans to make an apology online, according to the report.

Photo credit: Flickr’s filipe ferreira

Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Government to Log Every Call, Text and Email

The UK government is planning to log details of the Internet usage of every UK citizen plus every phone call they make and every text message and email they send.

The database has been proposed as yet another method of combating terrorism and will be introduced in the Queen’s speech in November as the new Communications Data Bill.

The plan is to hold all data for a period of twelve months, during which time it can be accessed by security services and police that hold a court order.

“Holding large collections of data is always risky. The more data that is collected and stored, the bigger the problem when the data is lost, traded or stolen,” said assistant Information Commissioner Jonathan Bamford.


Bamford also said, “Defeating crime and terrorism is of the utmost importance, but we are not aware of any pressing need to justify the government holding this sort of data.”

There have been concerns raised about the unprecedented size of the data to be collected. Over three billion emails are sent every day in the UK, along with 50 billion text messages each year.

“The database would have to manage exponentially growing volumes of ‘unstructured’ data,” said Chris Dean, director at independent IT consultancy DWM Group.

Dean added, “The huge amount of information generated by emails, phone calls and web browsing will make the task of collating and retrieving information on demand enormous.”

Getting this bill through parliament will be tricky. David Davis, Shadow Home Secretary, has referred to the database as more of a threat than a support in stopping crime. Liberal Democrats are also gearing up to fight the move.

“Ministers have taken leave of their senses if they think that this proposal is compatible with a free country and a free people,” said Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Chris Huhne.

Huhne also commented, “Given its appalling track record of data loss, this government simply cannot be trusted with private information. This is an Orwellian step too far.”