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The NSA’s Huge New Data Center Keeps Having Meltdowns and No One Knows Why

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Source: 2012 The Big Picture - 10/09/13

 

I was thinking maybe sabotage by the good guys; insiders, or what have you. Whatever works—as long as the data centre doesn’t work!  The Universe works according to our Constitution and is on OUR side.   ~ BP

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“BREAKING NEWS: NSA Data Center in Utah is rocked by explosions 

BLUFFDALE, UTAH — Massive electrical surges at a data storage facility for the National Security Agency have led to the destruction of hugely expensive machinery and delayed its opening for a year, officials revealed Tuesday.”

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Police Officers Spied On Moral Monday Protesters

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PressTV.ir - 10/09/13, AT/HJ
 

A woman is arrested as protesters rally during “Moral Monday” demonstrations at the General Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, July 8, 2013.

A woman is arrested as protesters rally during “Moral Monday” demonstrations at the General Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina, Monday, July 8, 2013.
 
 
North Carolina police covertly spied on protesters who were part of the widespread 'Moral Monday' demonstrations that shook the state this summer, according to testimony given at a trial for a protester who was arrested in an act of civil disobedience.


At the hearing of Saladin Muammad, a US Army veteran and labor activist arrested on May 13 while at a Moral Monday protest, General Assembly Police Chief Jeff Weaver testified that he received advanced intelligence reports from officers about protesters' plans ahead of events in which arrests were made.

Obama to choose Yellen for top Fed job, markets relieved

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Reuters - 10/09/13, Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason

 

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen addresses the 29th National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington March 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen addresses the 29th National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington March 4, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron

 

The nomination will put Yellen on course to be the first woman to lead the institution in its 100-year history. The advocate for aggressive action to stimulate U.S. economic growth through low interest rates and large-scale bond purchases would replace Ben Bernanke, whose second term as Fed chairman expires on January 31.

 

Bahrainis hold demonstrations against Al Khalifa regime

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PressTV.ir - 10/08/13, MN/AS

 

File photo shows an anti-regime demonstration in Bahrain.

File photo shows an anti-regime demonstration in Bahrain.
 
 
Bahrainis have taken to the streets in the northeastern island of Sitra for the sixth consecutive day to denounce the Al Khalifa regime’s unrelenting crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
 
 
On Monday, people from all walks of life attended marches in Sitra to demand reforms and an end to the decades-old rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.

 

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Government Officials Not Told About GCHQ Spying Programmes, Says Chris Huhne

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Cabinet was told nothing about GCHQ spying programmes,
says Chris Huhne

The Guardian - 10/06/13, Nick Hopkins and Matthew Taylor

 

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Chris Huhne questions whether the Home Office deliberately misled parliament over the surveillance capabilities of GCHQ, pictured. Photograph: GCHQ/MoD/EPA

 

Cabinet ministers and members of the national security council were told nothing about the existence and scale of the vast data-gathering programmes run by British and American intelligence agencies, a former member of the government has revealed.
 

Dozens play chess in public to defy SF crackdown

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Yahoo! News - 10/06/13, Paul Elias/AP

 

 

At least for an afternoon, the chess players were back at the usual spot they've occupied for years along downtown San Francisco's busy Market Street.

 

But instead of hustling a dollar here and a dollar there with deft openings and clever traps, the mostly homeless players and their supporters were playing Sunday in defiance of a recent police crackdown and ban on the public games. And they were backed by a brass band and several homeless advocates who helped organize the three-hour "chess-in" under bright, blue skies on a hot San Francisco afternoon.

 

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8 Lawmakers Arrested at Immigration Protest

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The New York Times - 10/08/13, Julia Preston

 

Conservatives questioned how the rally could be held on the Mall, a national park, while the government was shut down. Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times

 

As several thousand demonstrators rallied around them, eight members of the House of Representatives were arrested on Tuesday outside the Capitol in a protest to push Congress to pass broad immigration legislation that includes a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

The representatives arrested were Joseph Crowley and Charles B. Rangel of New York, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Al Green of Texas, Luis V. Gutierrez and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona and John Lewis of Georgia. More than 150 other protesters, many from labor unions and immigrant organizations, were also arrested after they sat down and linked arms in the same street.

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