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Alleged Iran plot may have violated U.N. treaty

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Jeremy Pelofsky - Oct. 13 (News Analysis) - An alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may have violated a U.N. treaty protecting diplomats and could escalate the crisis to an international court.

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The $2 Billion UBS Incident: 'Rogue Trader' My Ass

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Rolling Stone - By Matt Taibbi - Sep. 15 (Investigative Report) - There is much hand-wringing in the financial press today as the UBS incident has reminded the whole world that all of the banks were almost certainly lying their asses off over the last three years, when they all pledged to pull back from risky prop trading.

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Lessons from a gay student's killing

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Sandy Banks - Sep. 06 (News Report) - Neither family was satisfied when the jury deadlocked last week in the trial of an Oxnard teenager charged with murdering a gay middle-school classmate before stunned students in an English class. The parents of the dead boy, Larry King, stormed out of court when the mistrial was announced. The mother of defendant Brandon McInerney buried her face in her hands, slumped and sobbed.

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WikiLeaks: Iraqi children in U.S. raid shot in head, U.N. says

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

McClatchy - By Matthew Schofield - Sep. 01 (News Report) - A U.S. diplomatic cable made public by WikiLeaks provides evidence that U.S. troops executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old infant, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence, during a controversial 2006 incident in the central Iraqi town of Ishaqi.

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Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Rolling Stone - By Matt Taibbi - Aug. 17 (Investigative Report) - Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, has his slate wiped clean every time the cops fail to make a case. No more Lifetime channel specials where the murderer is unveiled after

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Facebook users jailed over 'riot that never was'

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Aug. 17 (News Report) - Two British men have been sentenced to four years in prison for trying to organize riots on Facebook, according to reports.

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What did Nixon say?

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Rick Perlstein - Aug. 09 (News Report) - A judge says the disgraced president's grand jury testimony, the one time he was required to tell the truth of Watergate, should be unsealed. Prepare to be shocked anew by the politician's venality.

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Report: Global Cyberattack Under Way for 5 Years

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Mark Hamrick - Aug. 04 (News Report) - A computer security firm says cybercriminals have spent at least the past five years targeting more than 70 government entities, nonprofit groups and corporations around the world to steal troves of data.

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Lawyer: Norway Suspect Wanted A Revolution : NPR

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - Jul. 24 (News Report) - The man blamed for attacks on Norway's government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 93 dead said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said Sunday. A manifesto he published online, which police are poring over and said was posted the day of the attack, ranted against Muslim immigration to Europe and vowed revenge on "indigenous Europeans," whom he accused of betraying their heritage. It added that they would be punished for their "treasonous acts." "The calculated cynicism in it is really staggering," Goran Skaalmo, an investigative reporter in Norway, told NPR's Linda Wertheimer. "He calls the operation in Oslo the 'ultimate love gift' at one time. He says in the foreword that to put this whole work together has cost him 370,000 euros. Also, he sees himself as a European hero."

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Phone hacking also rife under Piers Morgan at Mirror, claims ex-reporter

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - Jul. 23 (News Report) - James Hipwell, who worked as a financial journalist under the editorship of Piers Morgan, said the practice was "seen as a bit of a wheeze" and offered to give evidence to the public inquiry into hacking ordered by David Cameron. Hacking also took place

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Hacking Testimony Is Disputed

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Cassell Bryan Low, Paul Sonne, Steve Stecklow - Jul. 22 (News Report) - Two former executives broke ranks with News Corp. for the first time on Thursday over whether James Murdoch knew in 2008 that the phone-hacking scandal at the company's now-defunct U.K. tabloid likely involved more than just one rogue reporter, as the company had long maintained.

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How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Jonathan Richards, Alex Graul, Martin Shuttleworth, Mariana Santos, Ranjit Dhaliwal, Alastair Dant - Jul. 14 (Special Report) - The Murdochs' decision to close the News of the World was greeted with a frenzy on Twitter. The Guardian has analysed half a million tweets sent with the #notw hashtag over the past four days to capture…

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Strauss-Kahn Case Faces Test in Hearing

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jim Dwyer, William K. Rashbaum, John Eligon - Jun. 30 (News Report) - The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked her in his Manhattan hotel suite in May, according to two well-placed law enforcement officials.

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Halethorpe Man Spills Secrets of International Cybercrime Takedown

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Arbutus Patch - By Bruce Goldfarb - Jun. 30 (News) - "I do whatever I feel is right," says the "gray hat" hacker, of leaks made in LulzSec case.

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Hacker attack cripples al-Qaida on web

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Pete Williams - Jun. 29 (News) - Computer hackers shut down al-Qaida's ability to communicate its messages to the world through the Internet, interrupting the group's flow of videos and communiqués, according to a terrorism expert.

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A little house of secrets on the Great Plains

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Kelly Carr, Brian Grow - Jun. 28 (Investigative Report) - A Reuters investigation has found the house at 2710 Thomes Avenue serves as a little Cayman Island on the Great Plains. It is the headquarters for Wyoming Corporate Services, a business-incorporation specialist that establishes firms which can be used as "shell" companies, paper entities able to hide assets.

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Mexican troops replace police in half a state that borders Texas

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Mariano Castillo - Jun. 25 (News) - Mexican troops fanned out across the border state of Tamaulipas this weekend, taking over security operations in half the state's cities and towns.

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PBS says its website has been hacked for the 2nd time in a month, with little data stolen

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Jun. 25 (News) - PBS says its website has been hacked for at least the second time in a month — the latest in a string of intrusions into such sites as Sony, Lockheed Martin, Nintendo and others.

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Critic of ATF gun-trafficking program raised no objection when briefed last year

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Jerry Markon, Sari Horwitz - Jun. 22 (News Report) - A chief Republican critic of a controversial U.S. anti-gun-trafficking operation was briefed on ATF’s “Fast and Furious” program last year and did not express any opposition, sources familiar with the classified briefing said Tuesday.

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La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:27:54 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Sara Miller Llana - Jun. 22 (News) - La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.

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Dark corners of the net

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Jane Wakefield - Jun. 15 (Investigative Report) - Hackers are secretive but they are also social. What can we learn about hackers from the conversations they have online?

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Nearly 600 Arrested in Asian Swindling Ring

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael Wines - Jun. 11 (Breaking News) - The sweep was reported to have shut down 161 boiler-room operations in Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, each employing sophisticated frauds.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of IMF

Thu, 19 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Howard Schneider, Zachary A. Goldfarb - May. 19 (News) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, who is facing attempted rape charges in New York, announced his resignation late Wednesday night.

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Cops arrest alleged cannibal after finding human stew

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - By Staff writers - May. 17 (News) - Russian authorities arrested a man Tuesday in connection with dismembered body parts that were scattered around Moscow, police said according to reports.

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French Watchdog Reins In Media Coverage of IMF Chief

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Thomas Varela, Gabriele Parussini - May. 17 (News) - France's broadcasting watchdog called on the country's television channels to be extremely cautious in showing footage of International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs, a practice that contravenes French law.

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