ARMY: US army looks to replace soldiers with robots
ATROCITY: EUGENICS attack on the biology of humanity
ATROCITY: UK Court Rules Against Pakistani Victim of US Drone Attack
Phi Beta Iota: When legal challenges to persistent atrocities fail, violent alternatives will emerge.
BOOK: Life at the Speed of Light – From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life
CORRUPTION: Vatican money laundering
CYBER: 750,000+ Phishing and SPAM emails Launched from “Thingbots” Including Televisions, Fridge
CYBER: Aaron Swartz Film on Struggles for Online Freedom
CYBER: Email and password theft in Germany (millions)
CYBER: How cyber criminals are using the cloud
CYBER: Militarization of the Internet (YouTube)
FOOD: Global Waste in Contrast to Overpopulation Concerns and Humanitarian Aid
HUMAN RIGHTS: World Report 2014
MEDIA: Nate Thayer, Pol Pot, Ethics (or Not) in Journalism
NSA: Alfred McCoy: it's about blackmail (TomDispatch)
NSA: Govt retaining documents thought to detail unknown NSA programs
NSA: Most Americans now oppose the NSA program
Those surveyed now split 45%-43% on whether Snowden's disclosures have helped or harmed the public interest.
NSA: Potentialies of COMINT for Strategic Warning (1953)
NSA: We are all suspects (Robert Scheer, Truthdig)
SECURITY: Sochi Olympics terrorism threat: Two more ‘black widow' suspects identified
SYRIA: Anti-jihadist revolt (Brookings)
SYRIA: Assad accused of striking secret deals with al-Qa'ida over gas and oil
SYRIA: PR Stunt Greasing Skids for “Humanitarian” Invasion of Syria?
Phi Beta Iota: The neo-cons embedded across the USG have not given up — traitors allowed to flourish in a government characterized by ignorance and blind loyalty to ideologically-motivated and financially-corrupt political actors. The US has destabilized Iraq and Libya. To destabilize Syria, the last Christian state in the area, is to seriously test God's patience.
SYRIA: the bookkeepin
SYRIA: Torture Report
Phi Beta Iota: UK cannot be trusted — this could be poodle-propaganda and a deliberate creative product seeking to undermine the Assad regime.
SYRIA: US and Saudi Arabia supporting rebels to attack ISIS