Security: Mystery gas, Who Directs Foreign Policy? Beware China's traps, 10 Most 'Spiked' Stories

Security: Mystery gas hits passengers

This is an Australian story but it should be a wake-up call for all of us.

Mystery gas hits passengers Daniel Hoare, Steve Creedy, February 22, 2005, via Canada Free Press

There was a chemical which rapidly dissipated; 47 were hospitalized. The terminal for Virgin Blue and Regional Express were affected. It makes you wonder, does it not?




Security: Canada's "independent" foreign policy

Canada's "independent" foreign policy Al Gordon, 2005/02/16

Let me see... Non-democratic China dictates to Canada what our foreign policy should be toward democratic Taiwan, even to the point of Canada not allowing a democratically-electred Taiwanese representative to visit his family in Canada.

And the Palestinian Authority dictates to Pierre Pettigrew, our Minister of Foreign Affairs, what Canada's foreign policy must be toward Yasser Arafat. Mahmoud Abbas says that Canada must honor the greaetst killer of Jews since Adolf Hitler, and our Foreign Minister meekly obliges.

. . . Beijing. . . Dalai Lama. . . Tamil Tigers [. . . . ]

There is more.




Security: Beware China's traps

Beware China's traps James T. Hackett, Feb. 22, 05, Washington Times. James T. Hackett is a contributing writer to The Washington Times and is based in San Diego.

As the Bush administration concentrates on the multiple problems of the Middle East and moves to improve relations with Europe, it must take care not to ignore the traps set by China. With more than 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, an anti-American regime in Iran determined to acquire nuclear weapons, an unhelpful government in Syria, and a rare chance for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the Middle East is naturally the focus of administration attention.

But the Chinese pot simmers on the back burner and could boil over if not carefully watched. With the U.S. heavily committed in the Middle East and eager to end North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Beijing sees a chance for a free hand with Taiwan in exchange for helping control North Korea.

China's growing economic prosperity gives it leverage. Last year, the U.S. trade deficit with China rose to $162 billion. Our purchases are making China a fat cat nation with enough cash to buy everything in sight. What it wants most is modern weapons that will give it the capability to both strike Taiwan and fight off the U.S. Pacific Fleet. [. . . . ]

Security: Identity-theft case the latest in a series

Identity-theft case the latest in a series Tom Ramstack, Feb. 22, 05, Washington Times

The Choice Point Inc. identity theft case follows similar incidents recently that show the vulnerability of consumers to electronic fraud.

[. . . . ] Obtaining personal financial information can be as easy as stealing mail sent by a bank or looking at workplace records of customers and fellow employees, she said.

Most often, thieves steal the information from checkbooks or wallets, according to the Better Business Bureau. Only 12 percent of identity theft results from computer crimes. [. . . . ]

Read this one -- lots of examples -- even from "45,000 former military and intelligence workers", "30,000 students and staff members", "blood donors" and others. One perpetrator was "a former help-desk worker for Teledata Communications Inc.".




Security: -- WND's 'Operation Spike' pinpoints major events media ignored

The year's 10 most underreported stories

America's vulnerability to a nuclear terrorist attack tops the list of the 10 most "spiked" or underreported stories of the last year, according to an annual WND survey.

Around the close of each year, most news organizations present their retrospective replays of what they consider to have been the top news stories in the previous 12 months.

However, -- WND's 'Operation Spike' pinpoints major events media ignored the editors of WorldNetDaily always have found it more newsworthy to publish a compilation of the most important unreported or underreported news events of the year – to bring forth perhaps for one last time major news stories that were undeservedly "spiked" by the establishment press. [. . . . ]

I don't know who contribute to this site but they are good!

If you are pressed for time, just go to this site and read the items in bold and get hooked into reading now or return lster for the details.