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UK banks abandon eurozone over Greek default fears
June 19, 2011
Senior sources have revealed that leading banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered, have radically reduced the amount of unsecured lending they are prepared to make available to eurozone banks, raising the prospect of a new credit crunch for the European banking system. Standard Chartered is understood to have withdrawn tens of billions of pounds from the eurozone inter-bank lending market in recent months and cut its overall exposure by two-thirds in the past few weeks as it has become...
June 19, 2011
Senior sources have revealed that leading banks, including Barclays and Standard Chartered, have radically reduced the amount of unsecured lending they are prepared to make available to eurozone banks, raising the prospect of a new credit crunch for the European banking system. Standard Chartered is understood to have withdrawn tens of billions of pounds from the eurozone inter-bank lending market in recent months and cut its overall exposure by two-thirds in the past few weeks as it has become...
Why Germany must exit the euro
June 19, 2011
Imagine you’re in charge of Europe. Not, I grant you, the opportunity of a lifetime, but let’s narrow down the job description to one specific question. The only way you can save the single currency is to eject one country from the eurozone. So, who is it to be? You might be tempted this weekend to say Greece, for understandable reasons. Not only is it facing almost certain default, it has been a constant thorn in the side of the euro – spending too much, saving too little, and displaying...
June 19, 2011
Imagine you’re in charge of Europe. Not, I grant you, the opportunity of a lifetime, but let’s narrow down the job description to one specific question. The only way you can save the single currency is to eject one country from the eurozone. So, who is it to be? You might be tempted this weekend to say Greece, for understandable reasons. Not only is it facing almost certain default, it has been a constant thorn in the side of the euro – spending too much, saving too little, and displaying...
New DNA profiling technology could tell police who suspects are in under an hour
June 19, 2011
It could mark the end of the traditional television sleuth drama. A new device that can identify suspects from DNA left at the scene of a crime in under an hour is set to transform the way police track down criminals. The portable technology, which is about the same size as piece of airline carry on luggage, uses a rapid form of DNA profiling to produce a genetic fingerprint from blood, saliva and skin cells left at crime scenes. Without leaving the scene of the crime, the device,...
June 19, 2011
It could mark the end of the traditional television sleuth drama. A new device that can identify suspects from DNA left at the scene of a crime in under an hour is set to transform the way police track down criminals. The portable technology, which is about the same size as piece of airline carry on luggage, uses a rapid form of DNA profiling to produce a genetic fingerprint from blood, saliva and skin cells left at crime scenes. Without leaving the scene of the crime, the device,...
Video Exposing Google CEO Schmidt Censored by You Tube
June 19, 2011
Google-owned You Tube has sensationally censored a video clip showing CEO Eric Schmidt at the 2011 Bilderberg Group conference, by removing the “honors” associated with the Alex Jones Channel and preventing the clip from going viral, while You Tube has also threatened to terminate the account altogether after baseless accusations of racism were made against an Obama Joker video for the second time. Google chief Eric Schmidt betrayed his notorious disregard for online privacy in 2009 when he told...
June 19, 2011
Google-owned You Tube has sensationally censored a video clip showing CEO Eric Schmidt at the 2011 Bilderberg Group conference, by removing the “honors” associated with the Alex Jones Channel and preventing the clip from going viral, while You Tube has also threatened to terminate the account altogether after baseless accusations of racism were made against an Obama Joker video for the second time. Google chief Eric Schmidt betrayed his notorious disregard for online privacy in 2009 when he told...
Osama bin Laden Charges Dropped After Al Qaeda Leader’s Death
June 17, 2011
Osama bin Laden is in the clear. Federal prosecutors have elected to drop hundreds of criminal charges against the al Qaeda leader and architect of the 9/11 terror attacks because he will be unable to appear in court to answer them. Bin Laden was indicted back in 1998 in the Southern District of New York for his role in the al Qaeda attack on the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 200 people, including a dozen Americans. Several superseding indictments in the same federal...
June 17, 2011
Osama bin Laden is in the clear. Federal prosecutors have elected to drop hundreds of criminal charges against the al Qaeda leader and architect of the 9/11 terror attacks because he will be unable to appear in court to answer them. Bin Laden was indicted back in 1998 in the Southern District of New York for his role in the al Qaeda attack on the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, which killed more than 200 people, including a dozen Americans. Several superseding indictments in the same federal...
Marine Corps Reserve Corporal Arrested in Pentagon Bomb Scare
June 17, 2011
A Marine Corps Reserve lance corporal who was carrying suspected bomb making materials and pro-al Qaeda literature was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery early this morning, triggering a bomb scare that snarled Washington's morning rush hour. The FBI, however, determined that the material in the man's backpack was harmless. "There was not a device and the products found are determined right now to be inert," said Brenda Heck, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the FBI. The material...
June 17, 2011
A Marine Corps Reserve lance corporal who was carrying suspected bomb making materials and pro-al Qaeda literature was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery early this morning, triggering a bomb scare that snarled Washington's morning rush hour. The FBI, however, determined that the material in the man's backpack was harmless. "There was not a device and the products found are determined right now to be inert," said Brenda Heck, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the FBI. The material...
Texas State Officials Groped By TSA As “Punishment”
June 17, 2011
Agents admit forceful pat-downs were conducted when officials opted out from body scanners As the resurrected TSA anti-groping bill cleared the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and gathered enough support to pass both chambers, Texas state officials have recounted disturbing stories that highlight how the TSA is using forceful pat-downs as a form of “punishment” to those who opt out of the full body scanners. “Let me put this delicately. I was still feeling the effects of the pat-down...
June 17, 2011
Agents admit forceful pat-downs were conducted when officials opted out from body scanners As the resurrected TSA anti-groping bill cleared the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, and gathered enough support to pass both chambers, Texas state officials have recounted disturbing stories that highlight how the TSA is using forceful pat-downs as a form of “punishment” to those who opt out of the full body scanners. “Let me put this delicately. I was still feeling the effects of the pat-down...
U.S. Homeland Security Committee demands TSA explain reports of racial profiling at Newark airport
June 17, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican...
June 17, 2011
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee said they want the head of the Transportation Security Administration to explain how racial profiling became a common practice among TSA screeners at Newark Liberty International Airport. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) are both seeking answers from TSA Administrator John Pistole, after a federal report found several behavior detection officers, or BDOs, had singled out Mexican...
Ex-Spy Alleges Bush White House Sought to Discredit Critic
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information...
June 16, 2011
WASHINGTON — A former senior C.I.A. official says that officials in the Bush White House sought damaging personal information...
Internet Eyes lambasted for failing to encrypt CCTV footage
June 16, 2011
Big Brother Watch has long had concerns about Internet Eyes, the website allowing armchair voyeurs to monitor private CCTV cameras from the comfort of their computer. Back in March one of the first schemes in three outlets of Budgens in Norfolk was shut down barely a week after it launched after concerned customers complained to the shop owner about the intrusive system. 4973
June 16, 2011
Big Brother Watch has long had concerns about Internet Eyes, the website allowing armchair voyeurs to monitor private CCTV cameras from the comfort of their computer. Back in March one of the first schemes in three outlets of Budgens in Norfolk was shut down barely a week after it launched after concerned customers complained to the shop owner about the intrusive system. 4973
