It’s a must-read article for anyone serious about homeland security.* “It,” in this case, is a post published today by Bruce Perens. Notably, it includes an insightful analysis of a little-reported infrastructure attack that took place just after midnight April 9 in the Northern California city of Morgan Hill. Though I won’t pretend to be [...]
Was Morgan Hill Attack a ‘Dry Run’ by Terrorists?
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: · bruce perens, california, cyber attack, cyberattack, Dry Run, Homeland Security, janet napolitano, morgan hill, napolitano, Northwest Flight 327, perens, Terrorism, Terrorist
Disclosure Measure to be Introduced to FERA Bill
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced today at a press conference with Sens. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), David Vitter (R-La.) and John Ensign (R-Nev.), his intention to introduce an amendment to S.386, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (FERA), a measure that would require recipients of [...]
Tags: · david vitter, DeMint, ensign, fera, fraud enforcement and recovery act, Inhofe, James Inhofe, Jim DeMint, Jim Inhofe, john ensign, sen. david vitter, Sen. James Inhofe, Sen. Jim DeMint, sen. jim inhofe, sen. john ensign, senate environment and public works committee, tarp, tarp recipients, troubled assets, troubled assets relief program, vitter
Blogger Investigating $27 Billion Lawsuit Against Chevron, Sending Correspondent to Ecuador (Updated)
April 22nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
“Big Oil” is under siege. Nowhere, however, are the stakes higher than in Ecuador. Within six months, a judge in that country is expected to issue a decision in a class-action environmental lawsuit that could cost San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Oil Company $27 billion. To learn more about the case, I will soon travel with [...]
Tags: · amazon defense coalition, Big Oil, chevron, chevron latin america, chevron oil, chevron oil company, class-action environmental lawsuit, Class-Action Lawsuit, Columbia, ecuador, environmental lawsuit, oil, oriente, oriente basin, pollution, quito, south america, Spin
Freddie Mac’s Acting CFO Commits Suicide
April 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
David Kellerman, acting chief financial officer at Freddie Mac, was found dead this morning at his Vienna, Va., home, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to numerous media reports, including one by WTOP radio in Washington, D.C. Now, the speculation begins. Some wonder if there’s more to the story. Upon hearing news of Kellerman’s [...]
Tags: · ceo david m. moffett, Clinton, david kellerman, david kellerman suicide, david m. moffett, fort marcy park, freddie mac, freddie mac cfo, freddie mac chief financial officer, vince foster, White House, wtop
