Have you ever wanted to own one of those Top Secret cables that Wikileaks publishes? Well, now you can. It seems that the whistle blowing organization has fallen upon hard times and is selling “memorabilia items” on eBay. According to AFP, some of the items for sale are: • A copy of a cable about [...]
Archive for October, 2011
WikiLeaks Opens Up Ebay Auctions to Desperately Raise Funds
Posted by Dennis in October 3rd, 2011
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Posted in: Stories from the Web Tags: ebay auctions, Julian Assange, unauthorized biography, wikileaks
Top Secret NRO Cold War Spy Satellites Finally Revealed
Posted by Dennis in October 2nd, 2011
Posted in: Government Intelligence, Strange History Tags: air and space museum, cold war satellites, gambit, hexagon, smithsonian
On Sept. 17, 2011, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport, VA provided its firsts glimpse of several top secret satellites from the Cold War. Three of the United States National Reconnaissance Office most closely guarded secret satellites, the KH-7 GAMBIT, the KH-8 GAMBIT 3 and the KH-9 HEXAGON, was [...]
WikiLeaks Proves Al Jazeera Changed Coverage for American Officials
Posted by Dennis in October 2nd, 2011
Posted in: Corruption and Crime, Government Intelligence Tags: al jazeera, censorship, defense department, dod, wikileaks
On September 20th, Al Jazeera, the pan-Arab news network, had its top news director step down. According to WikiLeaks, the news director, Wadah Khanfar, had modified the network’s coverage of the Iraq war in response to pressure from the United States. It seems that WikiLeaks came into possession of a series of documents that stated [...]
Georgia General Assembly Attempts to Secretly Settle Discrimination Claim for $80,000
Posted by Dennis in October 1st, 2011
Posted in: Corruption and Crime Tags: discrimination claim, discrimination lawsuit, georgia, georgia general assembly
Recently, news broke about the state of Georgia cutting a secret $80,000 check to settle a discrimination a lawsuit. At this point, not much else is known. Through an open records request, the ABC affiliate in Atlanta Georgia, WSBTV 2, was able to confirm that the Georgia General Assembly cut the check to a law [...]
Is the Obesity Epidemic a Weight-Loss Industry Fraud?
Posted by GabriellePickard in October 1st, 2011
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately one-third (33%) of U.S. adults are obese and approximately 12.5 million (17%) of children and adolescents aged 2 – 19 are obese. According to a 28-year study, which was published in Bloomberg, 68% of Americans were found to be seriously overweight or obese. Although the [...]
