Indian Journalists, Forest Rangers Battle Sand Mafia
You heard me. “Sand Mafia.” Forest rangers in Chandigarh, India were physically attacked this week by sand-mining mobsters for...
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Paramilitary Drug Gang PR Flacks Finally Get Their Public Image Under Control
Does good press really come from the barrel of an AR-15? Or is that just Silicon Valley? In an...
Italian Police Brace for (Actual) Mafia Wars
An article in Time describes the deployment of 80 new Italian police officers in Calabria, where anti-Mafia officials are...
Official: vb.ly Link Shortener Seized by Libyan Government
UPDATE Feb 23: In light of the current Libyan crisis, read this analysis on current use of .ly domains...
ZeuS Attack! £6 Million UK Ring and LinkedIn Spam
Remember ZeuS? It’s a Trojan that steals banking information by keystroke logging, and according to the BBC, it’s still...
Portrait of a Troll: Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell
I think a book profiling the everyday, offline lives of digital serial stalkers and trolls would be fascinating. Chilling...
John Sweeney Revisits the Church of Scientology
The BBC’s John Sweeney investigated the Chrurch of Scientology back in 2007 and had a now-infamous meltdown during the...
Los Alamos Spy Case Factual Error
The exciting world of nuclear policy and nuclear-weapons science blogs are positively abuzz — and Lord knows those cats...
Ex-Colombo Capo Michael Franzese on God’s Plan
Former Colombo crime family captain turned born-again preacher Michael Franzese gave Nightline a meaty interview yesterday about his departure...
Iconic Artist Banksy Interviewed (and Photographed!)
Laughing Squid alerts me to a momentous interview with iconic guerrilla street artist Banksy, in today’s issue of UK...