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Robert Bob Levinson živ u Iranu nakon 10 godina od nestanka

2011-12-13T08:53:00.000-08:00

Bivši agent, kojije u mirovinu iz FBI-a otišao prije više od 10 godina, nestao je s iranskogotoka Kiša 2007. dok je kao privatni istražitelj istraživao krijumčarenjecigareta. Obitelj bivšeg agenta FBI-a Roberta Levinsona (63), nestalog u ožujku2007. u Iranu, objavila je u petak na internetu videosnimku na kojoj se vidi daga drže nepoznati otmičari i na kojoj moli SAD da mu pomogne vratiti se kući.Na videu Levinson govori slabim glasom i izgleda ispijeno, ali nema tragovaozljeda. "Dobro su postupali prema meni, ali mi je potrebna pomoć američkevlade da bih odgovorio na zahtjeve skupine koja me drži zatočenog već tri i polgodine", izgovara Levinson (63), otac sedmero djece, na snimci koja traje54 sekunde.

Euro Millions

2011-11-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

There are nine countries currently participating in EuroMillions. In alphabetical order, these are Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. This makes EuroMillions one of the biggest lotteries on the planet - and certainly one of the most exciting! Euro Millions is a European lottery that takes place twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Whereas national lotteries are generally limited to the residents of one particular country, the Euro Millions lottery pools the stakes of the participating European countries. This obviously makes the prizes a great deal larger than in national lotteries even in normal circumstances. But because the main prize pool is “rolled over” to the next draw if there is no jackpot winner, prizes can - after a few weeks without a winner - be as high as 185 million Euros. The rollover jackpot eluded EuroMillions players in the game on Friday 28 October. The main numbers drawn in that game were 16, 17, 20, 39 and 50, and the Lucky Star numbers were 04 and 08. The jackpot was worth €26.9 million (£23.7 million) but because no player matched all five main numbers plus both Lucky Stars, the sum has been rolled over, giving the jackpot in the next game this Tuesday 1 November an estimated value of€33 million (around £29 million). - (31st October 2011)

Najbrže rasući kladioničarski blog u svijetu

2011-02-05T13:18:00.000-08:00

Talijanski loto najbrže je rastući blog na servisu blogspot. To je specijalizirani web portal namjenjen osobama koje se klade u kladionici ili koje igraju online loto 6/90 talijanske lutrije Sisal. U samo nekoliko mjeseci stranica je dosegla gotovo 100 000 otvaranja. Svakoga dana stranicu posjećuje od 200 - 300 posjetitelja i taj trend se povećava. Reklamiranje na stranici donosi i dobru posjetu stranicama oglašivača tako da su sve tri strane zadovoljne. Na stranici Talijanski loto nalaze se linkovi na sve značajnije loto stranice u svijetu, mogu se pogledati rezultati gotovo svih igara, povremeno se objavljuju analize izvlačenja brojeva talijanskog lota a gotovo svakodnevno donose se i rezultati igre talijanski loto. Rezultat za talijanski loto možete vidjeti gotovo u realnom vremenu sa izvlačenjem talijanskog lota tako da već oko 20,20 sati svi u svijetu mogu pogledati rezultat i to prije nego ga objavi i službena stranica. Osim toga stranica talijanski loto donosi i vijesti iz raznog područja života, sporta, društva, politike i rada raznih udruga. Vlasnik stranice je nepoznat ali dobro je poznat svojim korisnicima koji su sa više od 70% ocjenili stranicu kao korisnu ili dobru.

Are the young Croatian engineers find the right path to hydrogen?

2011-02-03T01:07:00.000-08:00

EUROPE - CROATIA - Slow combustion in the cylinders of a car problem is why catalysts otto and diesel engines usually inflicted problems to their owners when they need to change. This problem started in Croatia to deal with commercial company "Trgomar" from Bjelovar, near Zagreb. Adviser on the project with Adam Filić leader Tomislav Pavicic note that motor vehicle with a built HHO generator safely pass the eco test during technical inspection of vehicles, as harmful gases completely absent. This is the only such project in Croatia, which began an enterprise. Trgomar d.o.o. decided to produce test series of the generator and caused a lot of time in the public interest. A lot invested in equipment for testing of materials suitable for the final product. Set for installation in a vehicle so in the first series production costs around 600 USD depending on engine power, in which it is fitted. Compared with prices HHO generator in the world, their generator costs the same, a certified service technician in the company Trgomar Ltd. take two to three hours for installation of generators in the vehicle. Can save up to 50 percent fuel, which depends on the condition of the engine, the type of car, and driving style. The next goal is to make engines that consume only water, but it will be only when the sale of patent HHO generator earn enough to pay for testing the new system, which is often very expensive process. Basis HHO generator is electrolysis of water which water is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen atoms. After that, hydrogen is injected into the engine cylinders where accelerates combustion of gasoline or diesel. Past practice has shown that iskoristivos HHO generators can be expected only in the long run and not in city driving and engine idling. Otherwise, the HHO generator using solar energy can easily get the electricity and gas for welding. This topic in the world is a lot of deals, so we hope that the young Croatian enthusiasts familiar with all the good and bad sides of this eco-system that would be called for cheating their customers.

Lice i naličje američke politike

2010-11-29T11:53:00.000-08:00

Četvrt milijuna povjerljivih brzojava američke diplomacije, koje je pribavila internetska stranica WikiLeaks, u nedjelju su otkrili naličje američke vanjske politike, pravo mišljenje američkih dipomata o drugim zemljama i njihovim čelnicima, pogađanje iza zatvorenih vrata američkih veleposlanstava i druge metode s kojima SAD čuva svoj utjecaj u svijetu.
Povjerljivi dokumenti u nedjelju nisu objavljeni na WikiLeaksu, jer je tzv. DDOS 'cyber' napad tu web stranicu učinio nedostupnom korisnicima, već je o njima izvijestilo pet svjetskih medija kojima je WikiLeaks dokumente prethodno dao na uvid - The New York Times, britanski The Guardian, francuski Le Monde, španjolski El Pais i njemački tjednik Der Spiegel.
Objava povjerljive diplomatske prepiske, većinom iz zadnje tri godine, stvara izuzetne neugodnosti State Departmentu, koji ju je do zadnjega trenutka nastojao spriječiti.

Pahoru ponuđen spoj s Obamom ali samo uzeo par zatvorenika iz Guantanama "Brzojavi koje je pribavio WikiLeaks osvijetlili tajne diplomatske kanale", naslov je članka u The New York Timesu, koji ističe da prepiska 270 veleposlanstava i konzulata sa State Departmentom, sadrži "četvrt milijuna povjerljivih diplomatskih brzojava koji daju uvid bez presedana u pogađanja koja se odvijaju u veleposlanstvima diljem svijeta, okrutno iskrena stajališta o stranim čelnicima, i otvorene procjene nuklearnih i terorističkih prijetnji".
List ocjenjuje kako dokumenti pokazuju da gotovo desetljeće nakon terorističkih napada 11. rujna 2001., "duboka sjena terorizma i dalje dominira u odnosima SAD-a sa svijetom". Dokumenti govore o naporima Obamine administracije da zaustavi nuklearni program Irana i mogući udar Izraela na Iran, da nađe pouzdanog partnera u Pakistanu za borbu s Al Qaidom, kako se nosi s rastom Kine i povlačenjem Rusije od demokracije.
List citira i konkretne dokumente, primjerice, spominje kako su američki diplomati vršili pritisak na Sloveniju da uzme zatočenike iz Guantanama, ako želi sastanak s predsjednikom Barackom Obamom.
NY Times u opširnom napisu ne spominje ni jedan dokument koji je vezan uz diplomatsku prepisku iz Hrvatske, dok Der Spiegel donosi svojevrsnu kartu objavljenih dokumenata, koja potvrđuje da postoje i oni koji su vezani uz Hrvatsku, ali List ne spominje njihov sadržaj.
Međutim, prema pisanju Guardiana, koji je sistematski obradio sve dopise, među njima se nalazi i 1.686 telegrama poslanih u State Department iz zagrebačkog veleposlanstva.
Najviše dokumenata, njih 1185 je iz razdoblja od 2006. do 2010., dok je prvih pet iz 1991. godine. Iz 1995., kada je bila i operacija 'Oluja', je 55 dokumenata, a najviše ih je, čak 288, iz prošle godine.
Oznaku tajno i vrlo tajno nose 24 dokumenata, dok ih većina nosi oznaku neklasificirano i klasificirano - samo za službeno osoblje.
Konkretniji podaci objavljeni su samo o dva dokumenta. Prvi je iz srpnja 2009. U kojem američka državna tajnica Hillary Clinton od američke misije pri UN-u traži informacije o stavovima Hrvatske o Sudanu, Iranu, ženskim pravima i borbi protiv terorizma. Drugi dokument je iz rujna 2009., o sastanku Phillipa H. Gordona, pomoćnika američke državne tajnice za Europu i Euroaziju s dužnosnicima Francuske u Parizu. Na tom sastanku Gordon spominje rješavanje pitanja granice Hrvatske i Slovenije kao nešto što će biti riješeno.
Der Spiegel navodi kako je gledište koje američki diplomati imaju o zemljama u kojima su akreditirani "povremeno nevjerojatno mračno". Gledano njihovim očima, cijele zemlje izgledaju zaglibljene u korupciji, primjerice Kenija.
Turska, prema izvješćima iz veleposlanstva SAD u Ankari, klizi u nestabilni islamizam vođena vladom suženog vidokruga, premijera Recepa Erdogana, koji se oslanja na skupinu nekompetetnih savjetnika. Prognozira se da je vjerojatno ne čeka budućnost u Europskoj uniji.
Veleposlanik SAD-a u depeši iz Moskve opisuje suparništvo dvojice ruskih čelnika, predsjednika Dmitrija Medvedeva i premijera Vladimira Putina, opisujući prvoga kao "blijedog i neodlučnog", bez "imalo razmetljivosti" potonjega.
Za njemačku kancelarku Angelu Merkel u dokumentima se kaže da izbjegava rizik i da je "rijetko kad kreativna".
Dokumenti pokazuju kako članovi njemačke koalicijske vlade ogovaraju svoje kolege u razgovoru s američkim veleposlanikom Philipom Murphyem. Primjerice ministar obrane Karl-Theodor Guttenberg kaže Murphyu da je ministar vanjskih poslova Guido Westerwelle "stvarna prepreka" zahtjevu SAD-a za povećanje njemačkog kontigenta u Afganistanu.
Za kralja Abdullaha u Saudijskoj Arabiji se navodi da ne podnosi svoje susjede u Iranu, te da izražava prezir prema tamošnjem teokratskom režimu, koji smatra "nestabilnim".
Državna tajnica Hillary Clinton saznala je od posebnog "promatrača Irana" u glavnom gradu Azerbajdžana Bakuu, o svađi tijekom sastanka iranskog Vrhovnog vijeća za nacionalnu sigurnost, u kojoj je gnjevni načelnik Glavnog stožera Revolucionarne garde Mohammed Ali Jafari, navodno ošamario predsjednika Mahmouda Ahmadinejada jer je, uglavnom konzervativni predsjednik, iznenađujuće, zagovarao slobodu tiska.
Objavljeni dokumenti uključuju 243.270 diplomatskih brzojava koje su američka veleposlanstva uputila State Departmentu i 8.017 smjernica koje je State Department poslao u svoje diplomatske ispostava diljem svijeta.
Nikada prije u povijesti neka velesila nije izgubila kontrolu nad takvom ogromnom količinom tako osjetljivih informacija, navodi Der Spiegel, ističući kako je objava dokumenata "uzdrmala povjerenje američkih partnera".
Bijela kuća u nedjelju je najoštrije osudila objavu dokumenata Wikileaksa kao "neovlašteno otkrivanje klasificiranih dokumenata i osjetljivih podataka za nacionalnu sigurnost".
- Takvo će objavljivanje dovesti u opasnost naše diplomate, obavještajne profesionalace i ljude diljem svijeta... i može duboko utjecati ne samo na američke vanjskopolitičke interese, već i na one američkih saveznika i prijatelja diljem svijeta.
To je treći udar Wikileaksa na SAD u posljednih šest mjeseci, nakon objave 400 tisuća dokumenata iz rata u Iraku u listopadu, i 70 tisuća dokumenata iz rata u Afganistanu u travnju.
Brzojavi s Bliskog istoka pokazuju slabosti supersile, gdje Washington uvijek brani svoj vitalni interes za osiguranje udjela u rezervama nafte, no isto tako postaje igračka različitih interesa. Uvučen je u neprijateljstva između Arapa i Izraelaca, šiijita i sunita, između islamista i sekularista, između despota i kraljeva. Često je pouka dokumenata da arapski čelnici koriste prijateljstvo s Washingtonom, kako bi proširili svoje vlastite pozicije moći.
Dokumenti također otkrivaju da SAD od 2007. bezuspješno nastoji ukloniti visokoobogaćeni uran iz Pakistana.
Oni također opisuju kako SAD razmatra mogućnost kolapsa Sjeverne Koreje, te ujedinjenje u jedinstvenu Koreju pod vodstvom vlade u Seoulu, i kako bi na to reagirala Kina.
Kao primjer korupcije u Afganistanu ističe se posjet potpredsjednika Ahmed Zia Massouda prošle godine Ujedinjenim Arapskim Emiratima, kada je američka Agencija za suzbijanje trgovine drogom (DEA) otkrila da na put nosi 52 milijuna dolara u gotovini.
Na kraju je Massoudu "dopušteno da zadrži novac bez otkrivanja podrijetla ili odredišta", navodi NY Times.
Američki diplomati iz Rima izvijestili su 2009. o izvanredno bliskim odnosima između ruskog premijera Vladimira Putina i talijanskog premijera Silvia Berlusconija, uključujući "raskošne darove i unosne energetske ugovore", ukazujući kako se Berlusconi sve više pojavljuje kao glasnogovornik Putina.
Opisana su i bezuspješna nastojanja SAD-a da spriječi Siriju u naoružavanju gerilaca Hezbollaha u Libanonu.
The New York Times ističe kako nije objavio dijelove dokumenata koji sadrže imena nekih ljudi koji su razgovarali privatno s američkim diplomatima i mogu biti u opasnosti ako su javno identificirani, kao i one dijelove diplomatskih brzojava čije bi objavljivanje moglo ugroziti američke obavještajne operacije. (Hina)

The secret discovery of the Italian lottery, superenalotto

2010-11-14T12:57:00.000-08:00

Italienisch Lotto - Kroatische populäre Blog "italienische Lotto 6 / 90", vermittelt die Nachricht von der größten Gewinne in der italienischen Lotto-Geschichte. 70 Spieler der italienischen Lotterie ist zwischen ihnen mehr als 177.000.000 € eingeteilt. Dieser Sieg war auf 133 kommend zieht. Kroatische populäre Blog "italienische Lotto" folgt die Ereignisse rund um den italienischen Lotto-Spiel. Blog ist die Webadresse http://sreca-lotto.blogspot.com/ Die italienische SuperEnalotto ist eine modifizierte Version des glorreichen Enalotto der 1950er Jahre. Re-1997 ins Leben gerufen, hat die Formel der Einfachheit und der Anzahl der Rekord-Gewinne gemacht im Lotto so beliebt, dass die Italiener angeblich verbringen mehr als US $ 38000000000 ein Jahr auf Lotterie zu spielen. Eines der größten Lotterie in Italien ist der SuperEnalotto, die aus Italien als Antwort auf die Power Ball Spiel, das in den USA gespielt wird gedacht werden kann. Enalotto seit über einem halben Jahrhundert und die moderne SuperEnalotto Spiel wurde von Sisal betrieben seit 1996. SuperEnalotto gespielt wird jeden Dienstag, Donnerstag und Samstag. Die Spieler wählen sechs Zahlen zwischen 1 zum 90. Spieler können auch wählen, um eine "SuperStar" spielen - nicht gerade ein Bonus Ball aber eine, die ihnen helfen, einen Trostpreis zu erreichen, sollten sie verpassen den Jackpot kann. Wenn Sie nicht auf Superenalotto Auslauf bekommen können, war die am besten zu spielen ist über das Banner Link oben onoline.

Italian lotto - Croatian popular blog "Italian Lotto 6 / 90," conveyed the news of the biggest gains in the Italian lottery in history. 70 players of Italian lottery is divided between them more than 177 million euros. This win was coming to 133 draws. Croatian popular blog "Italian lotto" follows the events surrounding the Italian lotto game. Blog is the web address http://sreca-lotto.blogspot.com. The Italian SuperEnalotto is a modified version of the glorious Enalotto of the 1950s. Re-launched in 1997, the formula's simplicity and number of record-breaking wins has made the lottery so popular that Italians Reportedly spend over U.S. $ 38 billion a year on lottery play. One of the biggest lottery game in Italy is the SuperEnalotto, Which can be thought of as Italy's answer to the Power Ball game that is played in the USA. Enalotto has been around for over half a century, and the modern SuperEnalotto game has been operated by Sisal since 1996th SuperEnalotto is played every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Players choose six numbers from 1 to 90th Players can also choose to play a "SuperStar" - not exactly a bonus ball but one that can help them to Achieve a consolation prize should they miss out on the jackpot. If you can not get to a superenalotto outlet, the best was to play is onoline via the banner link above.

Lotto italiano - croato popolare blog "italiano Lotto 6 / 90", ha trasmesso la notizia che in Italia e' stato vinta la piu' grande vincita in storia della loteria italiana. Il premio e' stato vinto e condiviso da 70 giocatori del lotto, 177 milioni di euro. Ultime 133 estrazoni non erano vinte. Lo blog popolare croato "lotto italiano" segue le vicende del gioco del lotto italiano. Indirizzo del blog e' http://sreca-lotto.blogspot.com. L'italiano SuperEnalotto è una versione modificata del Enalotto gloriosa del 1950. Re-lanciata nel 1997, la semplicità della formula e il numero di vittorie da record ha reso così popolare la lotteria che gli italiani spendono più di quanto risulta, 38 miliardi di dollari l'anno per giocare alla lotteria. Uno del più grande gioco di lotteria in Italia è il SuperEnalotto, che può essere pensato come risposta d'Italia per il gioco Power Ball che si gioca negli Stati Uniti. Enalotto è stato intorno per più di mezzo secolo, e il gioco moderno SuperEnalotto e' gestito dalla Sisal SuperEnalotto dal 1996 e si gioca ogni Martedì, Giovedi e Sabato. I giocatori possono scegliere sei numeri da 1 fino a 90, giocatori possono anche scegliere di giocare una "Superstar" - non esattamente una palla bonus ma uno che può aiutarli ad ottenere un premio di consolazione in caso di perdere il jackpot. Se non è possibile arrivare al premio di superenalotto,si puo' giocare onoline tramite il link banner qui sopra.

Analysis of the Italian lottery winnings 30th October

2010-11-01T06:27:00.000-07:00

The 130th round of the Italian lottery played 30th October in which he hit a winning combination in which there were 70 winners who shared more than 177 million euros, which each received about 2.5 million suggests that the combination of a relatively easily predictable. In fact it's been 113 in the draw which is not matched by any winning combination and this combination is worth considering. The winning numbers were 4-26-40-54-55-67. According to statistics, this year the Italian lottery draw number 4 is drawn 13 times what it among the more frequent and the number 26 which was drawn 13 times, number 40 was drawn 9 times, number 54 is drawn 17 times, the number of 55 12 times the number 67 is also 17 times. So all the Italian lottery numbers drawn in 130 school were to be expected because their frequency is higher this year than nearly every 10 time. The two were drawn an average of every 7 times so it is no wonder that now and in the winning combination. Viewed from the aspect of long-term statistics that we have since 1997 only the number 55 is among the top 10 issues and the total has so far drawn 128 times. Among other numbers 4 and 40 are also at the top while the other 26, 54 and 67 are among the less frequently drawn numbers. Overall it is impossible to predict the winning combination of game but the system is possible because it is paid to the more numbers that are more likely to draw but it does not guarantee winning. I bet on because I play so I choose only one of the more frequently those who are frequent because the event is received we guarantee a satisfactory profit. Currently waiting for number 1, which is long overdue from the statistical analysis and evaluation, but I know it will happen soon his appearance that we will bring along a decent income to continue and increase my overall score by the thousand.

Država čisti račune s građevinarima

2009-04-20T22:48:00.001-07:00

Popis društava, čijim će se dionicama isplatiti prava kojima je država svojedobno platila građevinske radove na obnovi nakon Domovinskog rata, utvrđen je na posljednjoj sjednici Upravnog odbora prije desetak dana. Tom je prigodom Vedran Duvnjak, predsjednik HFP-a, elaborirao kako je preostalo za poništavanje još oko 44 milijuna kuna prava nakon dražbe organizirane u siječnju. Tada su ponuđeni paketi u ukupno 112 društava, a poništeno je oko 16,5 milijuna prava udjelima u ukupno 32 poduzeća. Među značajnijim ponuđenim paketima na dražbi bit će i 8,8 posto dionica varaždinske Koke, 2,28 posto dionica splitskog Jadroplova, te 13,4 posto vukovarskog Berga. Luka Rijeka, čijih se 4 posto dionica nudi po početnoj cijeni od 25 kuna, prodaje se četvrtinu ispod nominale, a na burzi stoji oko 130 kuna. Slobodna Dalmacija, za koju je u tijeku javna ponuda EPH od 70 kuna po dionici, ima početnu cijenu od 17,5 kuna. Zbog pritiska uglavnom drugih dioničara, nezadovoljnih prodajom debelo ispod nominalne i tržišne vrijednosti dionica, tijekom dražbe povučeno je bilo čak 12 paketa. U dva najeksponiranija slučaja, hotelima Makarska i Luka Rijeka, formalno su dionice povučene zbog sudskog rješenja u slučaju makarskih hotela, odnosno slabog interesa u slučaju Luke Rijeka. Ipak, dionice Luke Rijeka ponovno su uvrštene na popis za novu dražbu, i to prema rasporedu za idući utorak, 28. travnja. Vedran Duvnjak priznaje kako dražbe ne postižu očekivan učinak pripetavanja jer se ono umjesto na cijeni dionica preselilo na prava, kojima je cijena bila znatno narasla. U međuvremenu je, nakon posljednje dražbe i žestokih reakcija javnosti, o temi prava održan sastanak između predstavnika HFP-a, Hanfe i Državnog odvjetništva, koji očigledno nisu našli razloga za reakciju. Duvnjak pojašnjava kako je prema prospektu pravo neograničeno prenosivo pa su time HFP-u ruke vezane. Budući da se dražbe provode od listopada 2000. godine i da su najvećim dijelom poništene (izdano ih je ukupno 1,6 milijardi kuna, a steklo oko 350 građevinskih tvrtki), HFP želi prije skoroga gašenja institucije i osnivanja Agencije za upravljanje državnom imovinom konačno završiti s namirenjem kapitalnih izdataka prema toj osnovi. "Ovaj način možda nije najprihvatljiviji jer se ne postiže pripetavanje cijenom dionica, već prava, ali je obveza po odluci Vlade", objašnjenje je Duvnjaka zašto se još ne traži drugi način zatvaranja tog duga, osobito u okolnostima u kojima se nalazi trgovina na burzi. Među vrednijim dioničkim paketima, koji će se naći na predstojećem krugu dražbi pravima, bit će Dioki, čijih će se 147.482 dionice, nominalno vrijedne 35,4 milijuna kuna, nuditi po početnoj cijeni od 8,8 milijuna kuna, što je upola manje u odnosu na cijene koje na burzi postiže dionica Diokija

American in Moscow Spy Trial Claims Victory on Key Evidence

2008-12-26T05:55:00.000-08:00

A lawyer for an American businessman charged with espionage said today that the judge hearing the case had admitted a crucial piece of evidence that could help to exonerate him. The lawyer, Pavel Astakhov, said the judge let the defense submit documents today showing that the businessman, Edmond Pope, and a professor at Bauman State Technical University, Anatoly Babkin, had been trading unclassified information about torpedo technology when they were arrested in April. Both sides had also agreed in writing that any technical reports acquired by Mr. Pope could contain nothing but unclassified information. ''This confirms that all information in these reports was unclassified and of course this will help to exonerate my client,'' Mr. Astakhov said. The judge, Nina S. Barkova, had repeatedly rejected defense requests, and Mr. Astakhov said the admission now, late in the trial, means that the documents could not be used ''in full measure'' in Mr. Pope's defense. Still, he added, he could use them in closing arguments. He said he expected that the trial would conclude in about a week. Mr. Pope, a former career naval intelligence officer, has been on trial since Oct. 18. Since his arrest, he has been held in a Moscow prison cell and has complained of poor health. He suffers from a rare form of bone cancer, in remission before he traveled to Russia earlier this year as a private businessman to acquire Russian marine and naval technologies. President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and a number of members of Congress have called on President Vladimir V. Putin to release Mr. Pope, if not for lack of evidence then for health reasons, but Mr. Putin has insisted that the judicial process go forward. The State Department issued an advisory to American businessmen last summer, warning that trade in high-technology items in Russia could subject them to unwarranted espionage allegations in light of the Pope case. Russian officials in turn accused Washington of undermining the foreign investment and trade climate in Russia. It was not immediately clear whether the developments today would help Mr. Pope overcome earlier testimony heard by the Moscow court. That testimony stated that documents seized by Russian Federal Security Service officers when they arrested Mr. Pope and Professor Babkin, a senior scientist at the Bauman state university, included classified information about the Squall torpedo system. Much of the legal wrangling in the closed-door trial that began Oct. 18 has turned on the question of whether Mr. Pope was trying to purchase unclassified, or ''open'' information about the Squall propulsion system, or whether the transaction included classified material.
By PATRICK E. TYLER
Published: November 28, 2000

Industrial espionage

2008-12-01T05:29:00.000-08:00

Industrial espionage is an attempt to gain access to information about a company’s plans, products, clients or trade secrets. In most cases, such conduct, especially when it involves accessing trade secrets is illegal. Sometimes rival companies will search through public records in order to make guesses about a company’s actions. However, when the search goes from the public to the private, industrial espionage is an illegal act and punishable with jail time and financial penalties.
Although the Mission Impossible type of industrial espionage does exist, more frequently spying on another company is fairly mundane. Frequently, spies gain access to private information by finding someone who works for the spied upon company. If this person can be bribed, coerced or blackmailed to get such information, then this is essentially industrial espionage.
Often a recently laid off or fired employee may be disgruntled enough to give out private information for a small or large price. Alternately, some simply want to pad their income while still working for a company. Penalties for a person giving private information away can include quickly being fired, and criminal charges. This is particularly the case when an employee signs confidentiality agreements, or is working on government projects for which he or she has security clearance.
Another fairly common industrial espionage practice is hacking into a company’s computer system in order to obtain private information. Some hackers might use the names or personal information about clients to quickly steal money from them. Others use computer industrial espionage to steal information that might be sold to other companies for a price. Some might use this method as a form of insider trading, to gain information about decisions that would affect stock prices.
Industrial espionage does not frequently resort to violence, since the goal is to obtain a company’s information without the company being aware of the theft. Once the company suspects industrial espionage, they may be able to quickly change access codes, alert customers that their information may have been stolen, or may change their plans to thwart the competitive efforts of a suspected rival company.
The goal for the spy is to get in and out of the information field without being noticed. However, many do note the spy’s attempt. This is particularly the case when industrial espionage involves spyware, programs which give more complete information about a company’s computer user. These programs can allow one to hack into the private files of another computer, or record the keystrokes of a keyboard user. It is estimated that many governments and corporations may use spyware against each other, but spyware does leave behind traces.
In all, most companies expect some form of industrial espionage to be practiced against them. In fact large companies often employ security personnel that work specifically to guard against such spying. Since frequently rival companies or individuals are not caught, it is unlikely that industrial espionage will cease to exist.

Još ima radioaktivnih gromobrana po Hrvatskoj !

2008-09-25T08:51:00.000-07:00

SINJ - U krugu tvornice Dalmatinke instalirana su četiri, a u Ciglani jedan radioaktivni gromobran. Oni su davno trebali biti uklonjeni jer u slučaju nestručnog rukovanja ili havarije ti uređaji predstavljaju veliku opasnost za zdravlje ljudi. Provjerite što je s tim gromobranima - sugerirao nam je putem telefona jedan upućeni Sinjanin. Svojedobno je postavljanje radioaktivnih gromobrana bilo pomodarstvo koje nije zaobišlo ni Sinj. Takve uređaje za koje se tvrdilo da su najefikasnija obrana od munje bili su instalirani na zgradi Općine, u krugu nekadašnjeg trgovačkog poduzeća Konkurent, Ciglane i Dalmatinke. Sa zgrade općine i iz kruga Konkurenta radioaktivni gromobrani davno su uklonjeni. Tko ih je uklonio i kako je zbrinut radioaktivni materijal iz njih nismo uspjeli saznati. Ostali su oni u Ciglani i Dalmatinki.Još je 1999. propisana zabrana ugradnje radioaktivnih gromobrana na području cijele Hrvatske, a za do tada ugrađene naloženo je da se moraju ukloniti do 2005. uz obvezu zbrinjavanja u njih ugrađenog radioaktivnog materijala. Tako izvještava Jutarnji list od 19.09.08. pa sada koristi ovu informaciju.

" Face book for spies " A-Space

2008-09-08T23:23:00.000-07:00

When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off.

A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.

But that's not the case at the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency, where bosses are encouraging their staff members to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying.
"It's every bit Facebook and YouTube for spies, but it's much, much more," said Michael Wertheimer, assistant deputy director of national intelligence for analysis.
The program is called A-Space, and it's a social-networking site for analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Instead of posting thoughts about the new Avenged Sevenfold album or Jessica Alba movie, CIA analysts could use A-Space to share information and opinion about al Qaeda movements in the Middle East or Russian naval maneuvers in the Black Sea.
The new A-Space site has been undergoing testing for months and launches officially for the nation's entire intelligence community September 22.

"It's a place where not only spies can meet but share data they've never been able to share before," Wertheimer said. "This is going to give them for the first time a chance to think out loud, think in public amongst their peers, under the protection of an A-Space umbrella."
Wertheimer demonstrated the program to CNN to show how analysts will use it to collaborate.
"One perfect example is if Osama bin Laden comes out with a new video. How is that video obtained? Where are the very sensitive secret sources we may have to put into a context that's not apparent to the rest of the world?" Wertheimer asked.
"In the past, whoever captured that video or captured information about the video kept it in-house. It's highly classified, because it has so very short a shelf life. That information is considered critical to our understanding."
The goal of A-Space, like intelligence analysis in general, is to protect the United States by assessing all the information available to the spy agencies. Missing crucial data can have enormous implications, such as an FBI agent who sent an e-mail before September 11, 2001, warning of people learning to fly airplanes but not learning to land them.
"There was the question, 'Was that a dot that failed to connect?' Well, that person did this via e-mail," Wertheimer said. "A-Space is the kind of place where you can log that observation and know that your fellow analysts can see that."

Even though Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites that inspired A-Space are predominantly the domain of young people, there apparently is no such generational divide on A-Space.
"We have found that participation in A-Space crosses every conceivable age line and experience line. People are excited, no matter what age group," Wertheimer said.
Of course, the material on A-Space is highly classified, so it won't be available for the public. Only intelligence personnel with the proper security clearance, and a reason to be examining particular information, can access the site. The creators of A-Space do not want it to be used by some future double agent such as Jonathan Pollard or Robert Hanssen to steal America's 21st-century secrets.
"We're building [a] mechanism to alert that behavior. We call that, for lack of a better term, the MasterCard, where someone is using their credit card in a way they've never used it before, and it alerts so that maybe that credit card has been stolen," Wertheimer said. "Same thing here. We're going to actually do patterns on the way people use A-Space."
Yes, analysts can collect friends on A-Space the way people can on Facebook. But nobody outside the intelligence community will ever know -- because they're secret. ( from CNN,com)

Espionage history ( wikipedia)

2008-09-07T02:45:00.000-07:00

Incidents of espionage are well documented throughout history. The ancient writings of Chinese and Indian military strategists such as Sun-Tzuand Chanakya contain information on deception and subversion. Chanakya's student Chandragupta Maurya, founder of the Maurya Empire, made use of assassinations, spies and secret agents, which are described in Chanakya's Arthasastra. The ancient Egyptians had a thoroughly developed system for the acquisition of intelligence, and the Hebrews used spies as well, as in the story of Rahab. Feudal Japan often usedninja to gather intelligence. More recently, spies played a significant part in Elizabethan England (see Francis Walsingham). Many modern espionage methods were well established even then. [1]
The Cold War involved intense espionage activity between the United States of America and its allies and the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China and their allies, particularly related to nuclear weapons secrets. Recently, espionage agencies have targeted the illegal drug trade and those considered to be terrorists.
Different intelligence services value certain intelligence collection techniques over others. The former Soviet Union, for example, preferred human sources over research in open sources, while the United States has tended to emphasize technological methods such as SIGINT and IMINT. Both Soviet civilian (KGB) and military intelligence (GRU [2]) officer were judged by the number of agents they recruited.