Monthly Archives: May 2013

Japan has suspended some imports of U.S. wheat after genetically engineered wheat was found on an Oregon farm. The Agriculture Department announced the discovery of the modified wheat on Wednesday. No genetically engineered wheat has been approved for U.S. farming.. … Continue reading →

there is a mysterious, five-story, underground facility that the Army Corps of Engineers was going to oversee for the Israel Defense Forces. It was called “Site 911” and was to include the usual stuff: shock-resistant doors, protection from nonionizing radiation and … Continue reading →

On September 25, 1997, the Israeli secret service tried to kill Khaled Meshaal, the Palestinian political leader of the Hamas movement. A six-member team had arrived in the Jordanian capital, Amman, a week before the date set for the assassination … Continue reading →

For the first time, the United States has officially disclosed plans to develop counterattack measures against foreign nations’ cyberattacks. General Keith Alexander, chief of the military’s Cyber Command and the NSA, told Congress yesterday the military is training 13 teams … Continue reading →

The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen … Continue reading →

It appears anything on the phone in Russia could be taped.  No right of privacy there.  Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials … Continue reading →

The Transportation Security Administration is taking another step back from its one-size-fits-all security screening that requires all airline passengers to remove their belts, shoes and coats at checkpoints. The agency already makes some exceptions, including allowing some frequent travelers who … Continue reading →

But there must be more to it.  Where is the bomber? The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama … Continue reading →

The ideal situation for Israel and Nato is that Assad repents and wants a democracy.  The Sarin gas ploy is a joke and no one is falling for it.  Israel hates Hezbollah so any chance of them getting better weapons is going … Continue reading →