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The company, long in the public eye, has been known for brutal tactics and as a mercenary for the US State Department in countries where the US has boots on the ground. What hasnt been known, however, is that the same company was handling intelligence ops for publicly-traded US companies.
via Walt Disney, Monsanto discovered among Blackwater’s hidden clients | Raw Story.
This is what the headline would read if the US did what Great Britain’s Ministry of Defence did in 2006.
QinetiQ is the British equivalent of Area 51, D.A.R.P.A., Los Alamos, Sandia, and M.I.T. all rolled into one . They are often referenced as the inspiration for the James Bond “Q-Division” from the Ian Fleming 007 series of spy novels.
In 2006 the company was floated on the London Stock exchange.
Nowhere is the Anglo-American “special relationship” more evident than with this organization. QinetiQ, along with B.A.E.S., is one of the largest defense contractors in the war on terror.
It’s extremely controversial because two civil servants became multi-millionaires when the offering took place.
Super cool. But still a little scary, considering it’s a protein. I worry about prions.
Loyola University researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.The finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD, of Loyola University Health System.
The final piece from END:CIV is both a reality check and a call to arms.
PLANS to build a state-of-the-art library next to Republican catastrophe Sarah Palin are causing outrage across mainstream America.
via The Daily Mash – OUTRAGE OVER PLANS TO BUILD LIBRARY NEXT TO SARAH PALIN.
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