Sacred Honor Lost – 24 Oct
What is Sacred Honor? Government & Contractors Anyone with information relating to waste, fraud, and abuse in government contracting to contact the FBI’s Procurement Fraud Working Group Hotline at 1-877-NO-BRIBE or securely over the Internet at https://tips.fbi.gov/. Navy Official Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scheme at Naval Air Station North Island The official, Kenneth Paul Ramos, […]
S. Korean Company Indicted for Stealing DuPont’s Trade Secrets
Look at the methodology: Targeted current DuPont employees Targeted former DuPont employees; hired them as consultants Former DuPont employees were asked to get information from current DuPont employees Hotel room meetings, including one to tell DuPont employee how to steal info without leaving evidence Top Executives at Kolon Industries Indicted for Stealing DuPont’s Kevlar […]
Government Waste Addendum
Reading through the Wastebook 2012 summary sheet, you just can’t make this stuff up! As Will Rogers once said, “I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.” Here are some funny doozies from the list (although the joke is on We the Taxpayers, and that’s not very funny): • Relive […]
Wastebook 2012: Waste in the Government
Talk about outrageouse Waste, Fraud and Abuse: our nation is burdened by a $16,000,000,000.000 (TRILLION) debt yet our government keeps spending money on irrelevant projects and does nothing to stop it. A commenter on the below Washington Times article said it best: “The foolish waste reported in this article is only the tip of the […]
Huawei probed for security, espionage risk
CBS 60 Minutes: If you’re concerned about the decline of American economic power and the rise of China, then there is no better case study than Huawei. Chances are you’ve never heard of this Chinese technology giant, but in the space of 25 years it’s become the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world; […]
Procurement Network for Russian Military and Intelligence Operating in the U.S. and Russia Indicted
The Russians are still after our military technology and will get it anyway they can. Kazakhstan-born man charged in NY with being secret Russian agent in military electronics plot (AP) An American success story of an immigrant from Kazakhstan who made millions off his Texas export firm took a Cold War-era turn on Wednesday when […]
Lured by Promises of Wealth, FBI Agent Was Drawn Into Fraud Scheme
Lured by Promises of Wealth, F.B.I. Agent Was Drawn Into Fraud Scheme, Prosecutors Say Robert Lustyik, an F.B.I. agent in New York, is charged with participating in a multimillion-dollar international plot that involved an Army lieutenant colonel and a defense contractor. (New York Times) . . . The prosecutors say that the contractor, Michael Taylor, […]
Employee of Defense Contractor Convicted of Exporting Sensitive Military Technology to China
FBI, 26 September 2012 Former Employee of New Jersey Defense Contractor Convicted of Exporting Sensitive Military Technology to China; Stole Trade Secrets from Morris County Company NEWARK—A federal jury today convicted a former employee of a New Jersey-based defense contractor of exporting sensitive U.S. military technology to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), stealing trade […]
Sacred Honor Lost – 1 Oct
What is Sacred Honor? Government Former Jefferson Parish President Pleads Guilty Took numerous bribes totaling over $60,000 while parish president. Conspired with other Jefferson Parish officials to steal taxpayer funds. Former Member of Port Authority Board Indicted Obtained property not due to him or his Port Authority office including free and discounted home improvements […]
Hacking humans is highly effective way to access government and corporate networks
Click for larger graphic “Everybody has their trigger. A good social engineer will find that trigger.” — Bruce M. Snell, director of technical marketing at McAfee Security Systems National Security community government and corporate networks being targeted. From the Washington Post’s series “Zero Day: The Threat in Cyberspace“– In cyberattacks, hacking humans is highly effective […]
DICE Roundup 26 Sept
podcast no longer available —————————————— EVERY American citizen, whether Democrat, Republican or Independent, needs to watch this movie, Obama’s America 2016: Obama’s America 2016 website —————————————— American High School Band Marches with Hammer & Sickle (Fox News) A Pennsylvania high school marching band is raising eyebrows with a halftime performance that commemorates the Russian revolution, […]
VIDEO: The Star Spangled Banner by Madison Rising
Outrageously, a radio talk show host said America’s national anthem was “stupid and embarrassing.” There is nothing stupid and embarrassing about it and a US Navy veteran and his up-and-coming Madison Rising rock band has set out to prove it. Watch this great video and turn up the volume LOUD to hear this awesome song. Can you […]
Insider Threat: Chicago engineer arrested for stealing trade secrets
Former CME Group Software Engineer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Globex Computer Trade Secrets While Planning to Improve Electronic Trading in China (FBI, 19 Sept 12) CHICAGO—A former senior software engineer for Chicago-based CME Group Inc. pleaded guilty today to theft of trade secrets for stealing computer source code and other proprietary information while at the […]
Sacred Honor Lost – 25 Sept 12
For background information, see Our Sacred Honor page. The links below are to FBI news releases and only cover from 5 September to 25 September 2012. Government Professionals Former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Manager Sentenced to Six Years in Prison in Bribery and Kickback Scheme Customs and Border Protection Officer Charged for Assisting Fugitive to Avoid […]
Case Closure: Insider Threat Hanjuan Jin Gets 4 Years in Prison
Finally a closure to the Hanjuan Jin espionage case, an Insider Threat who worked at Motorola. I love this quote by the judge during sentencing: “It is a technical world that we live in, and the most important thing this country can do is protect its trade secrets.” Motorola trade secrets thief gets 4-year term […]
Two Chinese Nationals Charged with Stealing Trade Secrets in Missouri
Chinese ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE in the Heartland of our Country: From United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – David M. Ketchmark, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced two Chinese nationals were charged in federal court today with attempting to pay $100,000 for stolen trade secrets from Pittsburgh Corning […]
Guard at US Consulate in China admits effort to sell classified info and access
INSIDER THREAT: An American selling America out for $3 million: Bryan Underwood 32 years old (born 1980) Former US Marine Civilian security guard at the US consulate in Guangzhou, China Held Top Secret security clearance Lost $170,000 in the stock market Tried to volunteer to China’s intelligence service to be a spy for money “His greed […]
American Character is at Stake
A recommended article in the Wall Street Journal why increasing entitlements and dependence on the state are damaging to the American character and turning us into a nation of “Takers”: Are Entitlements Corrupting Us? YES The American republic has endured for well over two centuries, but over the past 50 years, the apparatus of American governance has […]
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