"Federal agents have launched a criminal investigation of instructors who claim they can teach job applicants how to pass lie detector tests
as part of the Obama administration's unprecedented crackdown on
security violators and leakers.
The criminal inquiry, which hasn't been
acknowledged publicly, is aimed at discouraging criminals and spies from
infiltrating the U.S. government by using the polygraph-beating
techniques, which are said to include controlled breathing, muscle
tensing, tongue biting and mental arithmetic.
So far, authorities have
targeted at least two instructors, one of whom has pleaded guilty to
federal charges, several people familiar with the investigation told
McClatchy. Investigators confiscated business records from the two men,
which included the names of as many as 5,000 people who'd sought
polygraph-beating advice.
U.S. agencies have determined that at least 20
of them applied for government and federal contracting jobs, and at
least half of that group was hired, including by the National Security
Agency.
By attempting to prosecute the instructors, federal officials
are adopting a controversial legal stance that sharing such information
should be treated as a crime and isn't protected under the First
Amendment in some circumstances."
"NBC News is reporting that 'The owner of an encrypted email service used by ex-NSA contractor
Edward Snowden said he has been threatened with criminal charges
for refusing to comply with a secret surveillance order to turn over
information about his customers. "I could be arrested for this action,"
Ladar Levison told NBC News about his decision to shut down his company,
Lavabit LLC, in protest over a secret court order he had received from a
federal court that is overseeing the investigation into Snowden.''"
"So what if Google knows where I'm planning my next vacation and
suggests hotels for me? Sure, it's creepy, but is there really any harm
in companies tracking my info to target ads to me? Professor Ryan Calo
(UW law) is out with a new paper that demonstrates the real harm
behind these practices, making consumers vulnerable to making decisions
that go against their self-interest (ie: predatory lending, price
inflation, etc). The Atlantic has an article today that outlines the new research."
"When you've got a wacky high-tech idea (Think Steve Jobs) that will cost a lot of
money, head to
China. Lockheed Martin is the latest company to heed this
advice. For decades, Lockheed has investigated ocean thermal energy conversion,
in which the temperature difference between warm surface water and cold
deep water is leveraged to produce power.
Just a few years ago, the
company was working with the Navy and discussing a possible OTEC pilot project in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. That idea has since been scrapped, and Lockheed is now partnering with a Chinese resort developer
to build the 10-MW pilot plant off the coast of southern China.
Lockheed hasn't disclosed the cost of building this plant, but outside
experts say it might cost more than $300 million."
"According to the Washington Post: 'The leader of the secret court
that is supposed to provide critical oversight of the government's vast
spying programs said that its ability to do so is limited and that it must trust the government to report when it improperly spies on Americans.
The chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said the
court lacks the tools to independently verify how often the
government's surveillance breaks the court's rules that aim to protect
Americans' privacy.
Without taking drastic steps, it also cannot check
the veracity of the government's assertions that the violations its
staff members report are unintentional mistakes.' President Obama said
in June, 'We also have federal judges that we've put in place who are
not subject to political pressure. They've got lifetime tenure as
federal judges, and they're empowered to look over our shoulder at the
executive branch to make sure that these programs aren't being abused.' Not so much, Mr. President."
The National Security Agency has an intelligence problem: It won’t admit how dumb it is.
White House Tried To Interfere With Washington Post's Report, And To Change Quotes From NSA
Feds Threaten To Arrest Lavabit Founder For Shutting Down His Service
Obsession: The Dark Side of Steve Jobs' Triumphs
Another reason why Apple stock may take a hit is the quality is dropping fast?
Did you know that Harrison ford likes to point when he is angry?
An app that gets 2.5 billion page views a month (More then all of CNN) that you have never heard of. This is hugh!
An app where there are no chances to stand out above the crowd, all are equal at all times.
Remember David's one stone shot into the forehead of the giant Goliath in the Bible? This kid has David's skill set. Watch as he hits three objects down in a row at the beginning of this vid!
The latest "Bait and Implicate" scam by Disneyland?
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