RT.com
Published: 31 July, 2012, 23:53
A US military judge ruled that WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, 24, will have the right to access documents that prosecutors may have been hiding, which assess the effect of his crime on US national security.

The suspect’s defense lawyer’s claim that prosecutors were hiding reports by government agencies that could help Manning’s case. These reports, including assessments by the State Department, the FBI and the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (Oncix), measured the impact that the leaked classified documents had on national security.

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WeeWarrior.Wordpress.com
March 18, 2011


I discovered this tidbit when researching the antipode for the Japanese earthquake, which turned out to be in the ocean off the eastern coast of Brazil. I noticed that the Sandwich Islands had experienced a round of earthquakes recently, so I searched for those terms and here’s what I found, posted on March 6, 2011! At first I was just a bit impressed that he had issued this warning about a major earth movement just 5 days before the big earthquake, but I am not easily impressed by predictions, I consider them a turkey shoot, you’re bound to hit something every once in awhile. But as I listened to his video, I became aware of the background music and became even more interested when he mentioned they were recorded in a Tibetan cave that had begun ”singing.”

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LATimes.com
By Tony Perry and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
July 28, 2012, 8:52 p.m.

Educators visit Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to watch exercises, gain a more nuanced view of the military and maybe recommend it to students.

Staff Sgt. James McFalin gets some laughs as he tells educators from L.A. and Sacramento about Marine recruits’ training. The teachers were participating in a four-day workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, designed to counterbalance opposition to recruitment of high school students. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times / July 24, 2012)

SAN DIEGO — The bellowing from the drill instructors began as soon as the newcomers arrived. "GET OFF THE BUS!" barked one D.I.

RT.com

Published: 30 July, 2012, 15:06

HSBC has set aside nearly $2bln to cover potential money-laundering charges as the bank’s pre-tax profits surpass $12 billion, making it one of the most profitable lenders in the world.

­The bank profited primarily from $4.3bn in asset sales. HSBC has had to set aside $1.3bln to cover UK miss-selling compensation and $700 million to cover possible US fines over money laundering accusations.

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IrishTimes.com

Compiled by MARY HANNIGAN
Wednesday, August 1, 2012

In that a UFO over the Olympics? You bet it is

When Kevin Coakley walked in to his local branch of William Hill in Cardiff on Friday and asked for the odds on a UFO appearing over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony, you’d have to bet a bit of giggling went on behind the counter. Still, he was given odds of 1000-1 so he put on a quid, and sat back and waited.

You probably know what happened next: a flying object was spotted over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony. Whether it’s unidentified is the issue, though, with Goodyear claiming it was probably one of their blimps being used by NBC.

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