http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sabotage/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:17:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286027/posts The wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Internet networking site Facebook, prompting astonishment among security experts and calls for an enquiry. Sir John Sawers was appointed last month to take over as head of the Secret Intelligence Service in November. The agency, popularly known as M16, has emerged from the shadows in recent years but its employees are still bound by strict secrecy rules. In what the Mail on Sunday called an "extraordinary lapse", the new spy chief's wife, Lady Shelley Sawers, posted family pictures and details of... Times of Malta http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286027/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:17:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226398/posts The fiber-optic outage—actually sabotage—in the Bay Area on Thursday reveals a dirty little secret: Our infrastructure is ridiculously vulnerable and it only takes a few vandals (or terrorists) to bring communication to its knees. While it’s unclear what exactly happened, AT&T is offering a $100,000 reward to find the vandals that cut into fiber optic wires and whacked everything from hosting centers—including a few of our own—911 calls and other communication (a href="http://www.techmeme.com/090409/p105#a090409p105">Techmeme). Sam said it best: . That’s not going to change. The big question: How are we going to protect those big wires? ZDNet News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226398/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225987/posts (04-09) 16:37 PDT SAN JOSE -- Vandals cut fiber-optic cable lines belonging to AT&T at two locations early today, knocking out phones and access to 911 emergency services to thousands of residential customers and businesses in southern Santa Clara County, in Santa Cruz and San Benito counties and along the Peninsula, authorities said. Four AT&T fiber-optic cables in an underground vault were severed shortly before 1:30 a.m. along Monterey Highway north of Blossom Hill Road in south San Jose, police Sgt. Ronnie Lopez said. Four more underground cables, at least two of which belong to AT&T, were cut about two... SF GATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225987/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:10:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213871/posts Congress: The spectacle of the very same people responsible for one of the nation's great financial calamities angling to be given even more control to fix the problem would be funny if it weren't so tragic.Rep. Barney Frank, the Democrat who sits atop Congress' efforts to deal with the financial crisis, has enough chutzpah for 100 politicians — which is saying a lot. In comments before testimony from both Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed chief Ben Bernanke Tuesday, Frank said he wants to regulate pay on Wall Street — even for companies that aren't getting bailouts. And he called... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213871/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212279/posts President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, touching off “an even more destructive recession and potentially depression.” His remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by an incredulous Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times while discussing the perilous state of the world’s economy. “You're sitting here. And you're— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, "I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money—”... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212279/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:20:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185361/posts This is not the kind of stimulus our economy needs to get back on its feet when our banks still struggle with solvency. The new spending pathetically "repeats the mistakes that got us here," says Robert Albertson, a principal at Sandler O'Neill and a former Goldman Sachs. Only private businesses create job multiplication and true future spending power," says Albertson. "That requires a savings and investment program, not a doomed spending program. The latter tact ate up the resource base for six years during the 1930s Depression, with little or no effect on unemployment." Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185361/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:58:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183310/posts "Convicted in France of insider trading, Soros specializes in weakening or collapsing the currencies of entire nations for his own selfish interests. He is known as the man who broke the Bank of England. His power is such that his statements alone can cause currencies to go up or down." Accuracy in Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183310/posts#comment Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:53:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178624/posts A citizen of India, Rajendrasinh B. Makwana attempted to sabotage the computer database at Fannie Mae. He was, according to news reports, employed as a so-called temporary foreign worker who had been authorized to work in the United States temporarily under the provisions of the H1B visa that had been issued to him. Here’s how this appalling situation can be summed up: This is the real threat to society, not the sinking of Fannie Mae. But the strange case of Makwana does bring up a number of issues. The main one is the use of H1B visa workers – and... FamilySecurityMatters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2178624/posts#comment Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2169530/posts If you ever had any doubt how much McCain wanted to lose read this. Read this article: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-22/republicans-for-obama/full/ This is the handler he put in charge of Sarah Palin who: Arranged the Couric Interview Bought the $150,000 Clothes and then reported it Knifed Sarah after they lost Used to work for CBS Was an liberal in the hen house Republicans are dumb!!! I hate us sometimes. The Daily Beast http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2169530/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:06:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146769/posts The £12m defences of the most heavily guarded power station in Britain have been breached by a single person who, under the eyes of CCTV cameras, climbed two three-metre (10ft) razor-wired, electrified security fences, walked into the station and crashed a giant 500MW turbine before leaving a calling card reading "no new coal". He walked out the same way and hopped back over the fence. All power from the coal and oil-powered Kingsnorth station in Kent was halted for four hours, in which time it is thought the mystery saboteur's actions reduced UK climate change emissions by 2%. Enough electricity... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2146769/posts#comment Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136686/posts link only copy right http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3832790&c=AME&s=AIR defense news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136686/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:15:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts SNIPPET: "A French couple arrested in connection with a series of anarchist attacks on the country's rail network have been linked by the FBI to a bomb attack in New York." ARTICLE SNIPPET: "French anti-terrorist police are holding 10 alleged members of a violent anarchist movement suspected of sabotaging power cables on high speed TGV train lines. But it now transpires that the alleged culprits were netted thanks to information from the FBI, which allegedly linked two of them to the home-made bomb attack on an army recruitment centre in New York's Times Square in March. Julien Coupat, 34, the... TELEGRAPH.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131947/posts#comment Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:46:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129023/posts Aides blast accusations, not from Mitt camp By Dave Wedge Saturday, November 8, 2008 - Mitt Romney’s camp is firing back at reports his foot soldiers are behind a brutal smear campaign against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in a backdoor strategy to position the former Bay State governor for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. “It’s a completely absurd allegation that is totally divorced from the truth,” Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom said. Fox News, the New York Times [NYT] and Newsweek have reported on a host of criticisms of Palin, including that she threw tantrums that made staffers cry and didn’t... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129023/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:27:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096727/posts Step 1:Democrats create an economic crisis Step 2:Democrats profit from the crisis Step 3:Democrats blame Republicans for the crisis Step 4:Democrats use voter anger to gain power Step 5:Democrats use power to erode capitalist system and implement quasi-socialist programs. Here is a diagram of the relationships and interconnectivity of this cabal. Here is a powerpoint presentation of how this happened and which politicians got the most money (hint: they're all Democrats, one is running for president, and at least one sits on the committee that is supposed to oversee the banking industry. You getting this? The Republicans tried 18... Modern Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096727/posts#comment Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:36:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092829/posts Former President Bill Clinton was hesitant to characterize Barack Obama as a "great man" Sunday, a phrase he had no qualms using last week to describe Obama's rival John McCain. Clinton told NBC's Tom Brokaw that it was only earlier this month in Harlem that he and Obama had their "first conversation." He said he had spoken with Obama before, but only in passing. Clinton then explained what he meant in characterizing McCain as a "great man." "I think his greatness is that he keeps trying to come back to service without ever asking people to cut him any slack... cnn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092829/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085573/posts The damage being done to stocks through short selling, where Wall Street’s most legendary institutions are losing value at alarming rates, could be the work of financial terrorism. Cramer’s been talking to the short sellers he knows, and that’s the theory they’ve been putting forward. His sources said that it’s doubtful that the market’s traditional short sellers are behind the negative action we’ve seen lately. So there is the possibility that someone else has been trying to wreak havoc in the markets rather than just profit from the problems of Goldman Sachs [GS 108.00 -6.50 (-5.68%) ], Morgan Stanley [MS... CNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085573/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:20:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085459/posts Is Hillary Clinton masterminding an underground effort to undermine His Holiness, Lord Barack Obama? Some think so. “Well, she can’t endorse McCain outright, that would ruin her future chances at the Presidency,” said one insider. “But she’s still blistering mad at being abandoned by her party and that this nobody from Illinois took her place.” Inside sources claim the Former Hillary for President Campaign is now the Unseat Obama Campaign. They are telling people to keep acting like they support Obama, telling the pollsters they are for Obama - even put signs in their yard - and then vote McCain... Free America Underground http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085459/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:34:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074296/posts I’m told by a McCain aide that the teleprompter operator mistakenly rolled through the applause lines throughout the speech. So he rolled over the first two lines of the next paragraph after applause. But she was unfazed by it. NR The Corner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074296/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:01:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/554529/posts While the remains of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York and Washington, DC's Pentagon are "ground zero" for the horrible destruction wrought by foreign terrorists, the nation's forests, research labs, resorts and housing developments have long been "ground zero" for domestic environmentally-driven "ecoterrorists." There may be diabolical links between the two forces. There is a strong possibility that Animal Liberation Front (ALF) terrorists have come into possession of Anthrax as the result of having invaded laboratories that have been researching the disease. This certainly merits investigation as a source for the Anthrax attacks. The fact ... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/554529/posts#comment Tue, 23 Oct 2001 11:49:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074218/posts At almost exactly 10 PM Eastern, my Brighthouse cable went completely black. My dad, who lives on the other side of town, called and said that he's having the same problem. I've tried calling Brighthouse and their line is constantly busy, so it must be affecting a large number of people. My dad and I, of course, smell something fishy, especially since my Internet service, which is also provided by Brighthouse on the same cable, is working just fine. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074218/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 02:13:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055489/posts House Speaker adjourns Congress to prevent debate on offshore drilling that could give U.S. relief from oil prices. The Democratic Party advertises itself as the party of the “working person” while denouncing Republicans as the party of “the rich.” In Northeast Pennsylvania, the Democrats still hold to their tradition of standing up for the working person. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), however, just did her best to destroy American jobs, maintain high oil prices (which translate into higher prices for necessities like food, heat, and work-related transportation), and keep the stock market on a downward path. It is well known that a... IsraPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055489/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:42:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055309/posts 08/01/2008 Ex-Boeing employee is charged in vandalism case By: Timothy Logue , tlogue@delcotimes.com A former Boeing Co. aircraft mechanic is facing up to 10 years in prison and $500,000 in fines and restitution for severing a bundle of wires on a Chinook helicopter. Advertisement Matthew Kevin Montgomery of Trevose was formally charged Thursday with a felony count of willfully damaging property under contract to the federal government. Montgomery, 33, severed a "two-inch bundle of over 150 electrical wires running between the cockpit and body" of the $23.8 million helicopter, according to a federal charging document. Some of the wires were... Delco Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055309/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:18:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034595/posts Armed youths blew up a Nigerian crude oil pipeline operated by U.S. major Chevron, a militant group said on Saturday, cutting more output from the world's eighth largest oil exporter. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said it was contacted by youths claiming responsibility for Thursday's attack on Chevron's Abiteye-Olero crude pipeline. The military said about 120,000 barrels per day of crude oil production was shut by the sabotage. "For production to have stopped, this shows the damage was serious," said the government's Army Brigadier-General Wuyep Rintip, head of the Joint Task Force in the western... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034595/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018948/posts An employee has been arrested in the vandalism of an aircraft in a Philadelphia-area Boeing plant, U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan said Tuesday. Inspectors found a cut wire in a Chinook helicopter and a washer left inside another, Philadelphia television station KYW-TV reported. Police said Matthew Montgomery, a Boeing employee for 18 months, was charged with damaging one aircraft. Officials said at least one other suspect was wanted in connection with the damage of another aircraft. UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018948/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 01:09:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016497/posts RIDLEY PARK, Pa.—Two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday as it offered a reward in the case. Federal officials were handing out fliers to workers at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant listing a $5,000 reward in the damaging of the two H-47 Chinook helicopters. "We have determined that this was a deliberate act and not an accident," said Ken Maupin, resident agent in charge of the Philadelphia area office of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service, at a news conference outside the plant. The Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016497/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 20:44:21 GMT