We haven’t heard much from the News Corp/Murdoch hacking scandal lately. I think that is all about to change: A former News of the World reporter has alleged that there was a massive cover-up of phone hacking at the paper. Clive Goodman, the former royal reporter jailed for his role in phone hacking, wrote a […]
Over the weekend someone hacked a Fox News twitter feed and made some malicious posts: A series of alarming Twitter posts about President Obama appeared on Fox News’s Twitter account for political news early Monday morning, and the Web site for the cable television network said it was a victim of hacking. The Twitter account, […]
The ports deal goes down so Bush pushes for another deal with Dubai– President Bush is expected on Friday to announce his approval of a deal under which a Dubai-owned company would take control of nine plants in the United States that manufacture parts for American military vehicles and aircraft, say two administration officials familiar […]
Republican congressional leaders told President Bush Thursday the House and Senate both appear ready to block a Dubai-owned company from taking over operations at several U.S. ports, GOP officials said.
While the AP spent tonight reporting on the passing of the Patriot Act as a major victory for Republicans, the Washington Post was busy getting an article ready for tomorrow’s print edition. That article talks about a House GOP effort to block the Dubai ports deal: Efforts by the White House to hold off legislation […]
Guto Harri the BBC North America Business correspondent has reported on security concerns that have been raised in the USA over the takeover of another British company by a Dubai government owned company: Security concerns have been prompted in the US by the takeover of a second British firm by a Dubai-based company. The Doncasters […]
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was not aware a Dubai-owned company was seeking to operate terminals in six U.S. ports and that his agency was leading the review until after the deal’s approval, an administration official said yesterday. Mr. Chertoff’s spokesman, Russ Knocke, told The Washington Times the issue rose no higher than the department’s […]
An investigative division of the Pentagon has decided to turn the investigation of the no-bid contracts for Iraq, which were awarded to Halliburton over to the Justice Department for a possible criminal probe. The news came from Democratic Senators who have been holding hearings into the alleged contract abuse. The New York Times has more […]