Russia building anti-satellite weapons

AP

Thursday, 5 March 2009

 
Russia is working on anti-satellite weapons to match technologies developed by other nations and will speed up modernization of its nuclear forces, a deputy defense minister was quoted as saying today.
 
The statement by Gen. Valentin Popovkin signaled the government’s intention to pursue its ambitious plans to strengthen the military despite the money [...]

U.S. Air Force Study Proposed 2009 Influenza Pandemic in 1996

Kurt Nimmo
Infowars
March 5, 2009
On June 17, 1996, the U.S. Air Force released Air Force 2025, “a study designed to comply with a directive from the chief of staff of the Air Force to examine the concepts, capabilities, and technologies the United States will require to remain the dominant air and space force in the future.” In [...]

Fed Refuses to Release Bank Data, Insists on Secrecy

Mark Pittman
Bloomberg
March 5, 2009
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors receives daily reports on loans to banks and securities firms, the institution said in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Bloomberg News.
The Fed refused yesterday to disclose the names of the borrowers and the loans, alleging that it would cast “a stigma” [...]