One cannot overstate the importance of Thursday night’s Delta 4-Heavy launch from Cape Canaveral to national security, a mission by the massive rocket that will deploy “the largest satellite in the world” to hear the whispers of evil…
The clandestine payload going up this time, known only by its launch identification number of
NROL-32, is widely believed to be an essential eavesdropping spacecraft that requires the powerful lift provided by the Delta 4-Heavy to reach its listening post…
…this new spacecraft supposedly will unfurl an extremely lightweight but
gigantically huge umbrella-like antenna to overhear enemy communications and aid U.S. intelligence.
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IL – Student journalists for Northwestern University’s Medill Innocence Project wore hidden recorders to secretly tape their interviews with witnesses as part of their investigation into an alleged wrongful conviction in the murder of a Harvey security guard, prosecutors told a Cook County judge today…
“I would put the parties on notice that a cell phone wire was used at least once by students with other witnesses,” Stack said.
In Illinois, it is illegal to record anyone without their knowledge or consent — without court authorization. (more)
Steven Soderbergh is an awful busy director, normally banging out at least a film a year. But it’s been a while since he did something blockbuster wise which may now all change.
According to The Heat Vision Blog, the Oscar winning director of
Ocean’s 11 and
Traffic is developing a big screen adaptation of the classic 60s series,
The Man From UNCLE. The show involved lots of espionage and spying, and was co-created by the man behind
James Bond,
Ian Flemming. Apparently Warner Bros. have been trying to get a film version made for about 15 years. (
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I had the experience of seeing Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney work together on a spy theme show. They are great. Hope this project brings them together once more. U.N.C.L.E. was everyone’s favorite.
Guttenberg, NJ – Police officers here were shocked to find a hidden camera in a police station ceiling and officials disclosed last week that it was placed there as part of an internal investigation...
A lawyer representing the Guttenberg Police Benevolent Association said the surveillance is a violation of the privacy of PBA members and the camera is in an area where female prisoners are strip-searched. Police brass say the area is never used for strip-searches.
“It was part of an investigation being done by the Police Department,” Guttenberg Mayor Gerald Drasheff confirmed. The mayor said the probe is ongoing and refused to say any more on the surveillance at police headquarters on Park Avenue. (more) (Guttenberg)
According to Spanish sources, a few months ago Mr. Ignacio Cambrero has discovered a bug in his personal laptop. After it was by Mr. Cambrero, the Spanish Intelligence services determined that the signals sent from the device went to a computer housed at the headquarters of ENTV, the Algerian state television Service.
The Spanish services who proceeded to disable the device, have determined that this kind of chip can only be installed through a physical contact with the computer. This means that Ignacio Cembrero’s computer was implanted with the device during his visit to Algeria or from a contact with an “Algerian official”. (
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The clandestine payload going up this time, known only by its launch identification number of NROL-32, is widely believed to be an essential eavesdropping spacecraft that requires the powerful lift provided by the Delta 4-Heavy to reach its listening post…
