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The No-Fly List Part I - America's Maginot Line
Snip: DCBureau.org’s National Security News Service obtained a copy of the March 2006 no-fly list when it arrived over the transom without a hint of who sent it. We established its authenticity through TSA and CIA sources. TSA representatives have told some media outlets the list is a secret/sensitive document. In fact, it is not classified as secret but only as sensitive — an administrative classification. As expected, it is dominated by Arabic names — the first third of the list begins with the letter A. What is unexpected is that the list is a mess, filled with names of dead people, Irish Republican Army fund-raisers, and others who have never been a threat to air travel. “The list is a joke,” a high-level official of United Airlines says. We investigated the accuracy of the no-fly list. The goal was to determine its value in protecting the nation’s air transportation system. The result of that investigation reveals a government dominated by national security organizations that continue to heavily censor the information they share with one another and TSA and the airlines. More disturbing, terrorists who present a real threat to aviation have been deliberately left off the no-fly list..................
3 charged in scheme to illegally export technology
Snip: Authorities say a Southern California man has been charged along with two Iranians in a conspiracy to illegally export technology to Iran. The FBI says in a statement that 56-year-old Jirair Avanessian of Glendale was arrested Monday at his home. He was indicted in December along with Farhoud Masoumian and Amirhossein Sairafi on multiple charges including smuggling, money laundering and violating trade sanctions imposed on Iran. Sairafi was arrested this week in Germany. An arrest warrant has been issued for Masoumian.
From October 17, 2009 Criminals steal nuclear material, then demand ransom for its return
Snip: Criminals in Argentina steal cesium-137 from a drilling company, then demand $500,000 and threaten "to make this city glow" if they did not get the money. It took two armed men no more than three minutes to break into an underground bunker in Argentina, swipe a canister of radioactive material, and make a quick getaway after tying up the lone security guard on duty at the facility.
China hacked Google to steal US industrial secrets
Snips: The recent attacks seem to have targeted companies in strategic industries in which China is lagging, industry experts said to the Washington Post. The attacks on defense companies were aimed at gaining information on weapons systems, experts said, while those on tech firms sought valuable source code that powers software applications. The attacks also focused on obtaining information about political dissidents.
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