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Every phone call. Every text message. Every mouse click. Our virtual footprints have to route through somewhere on the way to their destinations. And the prying eyes of the U.S. government is there every step of the way. Copies of your private digital details just may be stored on Uncle Sam's cloud inside an unassuming building in the desert. This week's episode is America's Dark Web - The NSA's Utah Data Center. Click here for this week's show notes. Click here to sign up for our Patreon and receive hundreds of hours of bonus content. Please click here to leave a review and tell us what you think of the show. Please consider supporting the companies that support us! -Sinisterhood is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/SINISTER -Go to Zocdoc.com/CREEPY and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor today

EPISODE 114 | All Your Base Are Belong to Us – US Military Installations The United States spends more on their military than the next nine countries combined. With around 450 bases (or maybe 500 or maybe 750 or maybe 800 or even more) operating more than 111,000 installations in 80 or more countries, there's a lot to keep track of. In fact, no one is really sure how accurate those numbers are, since a lot of places are deemed classified or even top secret, and yes, cover stories have sometimes been deployed. Some of the things we do know about are pretty interesting and often sad or infuriating, depending on your outlook. And yet that's not enough for some folks, who feel the need to fill in the gaps with long, complicated conspiracy narratives that are better suited to novels than anywhere else.  Like what we do? 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SECTIONS 02:43 - Living in Danger - "Wargames", NORAD, Cheyenne Mountain, Mount Yamantau and the Perimeter System 08:14 - Happy Nation - Granite Mountain, Utah Data Center and PRISM; Dugway Proving Ground, CHASE and the Sheep Kill Incident; the Deseret Test Center at Fort Douglas, Project 112 and SHAD; Nellis AFB, Pahute Mesa and the Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range 17:14 - Waiting for Magic - Area 51, OXCART/D-21/Tagboard, Operation Diamond, AQUATONE and the U2, Majestic 12 stuff, the alien autopsy, Sean David Morton, Bob Lazar, Dan Burisch, Bill Moore, Storm Area 51, the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository and the Tonopah Test Range, Area 6  23:08 - The Sign - Edwards AFB, Plant 42 and Site 10; 1957 UFO sighting at Kirtland AFB, Paul Bennewitz, Richard Doty and Yucca Mountain 32:03 - Always Have, Always Will - Wright-Patterson AFB, Hangar 18 and T-2; Camp Hero, the Montauk Project, Lab 257 on Plum Island; COG sites - Mount Weather and TWA flight 514; Raven Rock and Site R 37:23 - Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry - Fort Detrick, USAMRIID, Building 470, Operation Whitecoat, Operation INFEKTION/Denver 42:34 - Don't Turn Around - Fort Hunt and P.O. Box 1142, Camp Peary and The Farm (Veritania) 46:03 - All That She Wants - The Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Hangar 511 47:49 - Wheel of Fortune - James Casbolt's DUMBs Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info EPISODE 31 | Scammers, Inc. - MJ-12, Bennewitz & Serpo EPISODE 44 | The Philadelphia Experiment & the Montauk Project - Time Tunnel Vision EPSIODE 85 | Project Pegasus - Mars and Beyond! EPISODE 94 | Peek-A-Boo: Project Star Gate THE UNITED STATES SPENDS MORE ON DEFENSE THAN THE NEXT 9 COUNTRIES COMBINED The World's 30 Strangest Military Bases in Popular Mechanics Listverse's 10 Not-So-Secret Classified Military Installations No Trespassing: America's Ultra-Secret Sites on Spyscape 10 Military Bases More Secret Than Area 51 on Serve Most Interesting TOP SECRET US Military Facilities on Covert Cabal channel (video) 15 Most Secret Military Bases on Top Fives channel (video) 15 Most ADVANCED Military Bases on Top Fives channel (video) Worlds Most Famous Secret Bases on Sideprojects channel (video) 13 secrets of NORAD and Cheyenne Mountain on Denver ABC 7 The Granite Mountain Records Vault - take the virtual tour Military Mystery Solved: Two Guys Out-Googled Google for an Image of Secretive US Base on LiveScience Tolicha Peak Electronic Combat Range at Otherhand.org UFOs seen near Nellis Air Force Base which is home to aliens, conspiracy theorist claims Revealed: How Area 51 Hid Secret Craft  Alien Autopsy video  Area 51 warning: Man shot dead for trying to enter military base The Secret Facility "Hangar 18" Crashed UFOs in Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (video) Air Force Names Wright-Patterson's Hangar 18 as Newest Software Factory How the Death of 6,000 Sheep Spurred the American Debate on Chemical Weapons National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) ALIEN WAR and The Horrors of Dulce Underground Base on The Why Files channel (video) Long hidden, a Nazi-interrogation unit gets its due Spy School Confidential: CIA Officers Spill Secrets About ‘the Farm' on Spyscape EX-CIA AGENT TELLS OF SIX-WEEK PEARY COURSE extract from the Richmond Times Dispatch, 1972 Operation Whitecoat on PBS Religion & Ethics Weekly Article on Hangar 511 titled Hangar Life James Casbolt MI6 -Buried Alive pdf Underground Bases, Missing Children and Extra-Terrestrials 2006 testimony by James Casbolt Agent Buried Alive - a whole bunch of Casbolt/Project Mannequin stuff  Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. 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We are joined by Architect and Lecturer Donal Lally to discuss the impact of technology on the environment. His work explores the unintended consequences of human activity around the world, with particular emphasis on the social and environmental implications of data storage facilities in Ireland. Donal shares how this relationship is creatively demonstrated through Entanglement, a visual representation of both how technology and the environment are intertwined, and about Ireland's unique history and role in communications technology. Resources discussed in this episode: Entanglement exhibitStates of Entanglement: Data In the Irish Landscape bookAnnex InstagramAnnex TwitterDonal's zero degree machineDonal Lally TwitterData flows and water woes: The Utah Data Center by Mél HoganHost: Jennifer Hetzel Have an idea for an episode? You can reach Jennifer at jrhetz@gmail.comLike the show? Do us a favor and rate / review the show on iTunes, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts from.You can always reach us at EpicallyGeeky.comYou can also find us on FaceBook, Twitter and Instagram.You can find us on iTunes here: https://apple.co/2RV2Iq2You can find us on Stitcher here: https://bit.ly/2B4O4GTYou can find us on Google Podcast: http://bit.ly/3aDGWn6You can find us on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2vxR7nuYou can find us on Pandora here: https://bit.ly/3bQmRKKYou can find us on Amazon Music here: https://amzn.to/3rORGEVYou can find us on Audible here: https://adbl.co/38JYvAmYou can find us on YouTube here: http://bit.ly/2Fz524tMusic by: Peter Emerson Jazz

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

If you're building a website or web-app, there's a good chance that you want people to find it so that they will access it. These days this mostly means that you want it to appear in the relevant search engine results pages (SERP). In this episode we are joined by Martin Splitt, DevRel at Google for the Search & Web ecosystem, who explains in detail how search engines work, and what developers and SEOs need to know and do in order to be on their good side. Panel Aimee Knight AJ O'Neal Dan Shappir Steve Edwards Guest Martin Splitt Sponsors Dexecure Dev Heroes Accelerator JavaScript Error and Performance Monitoring | Sentry Links Devchat.tv | JSJ 428: The Alphabet Soup of Performance Measurements Picks AJ- What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe AJ- How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe AJ- Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe AJ- From Microsoft, Oracle, etc to NSA Data Center (Google Map) AJ- Square Stone Wheel (Test Institute Stone and Stone Caveman User Focus Group) Dan- How to Systematically Debug Your CSS Just Like You Would Your JavaScript? Martin- The curious tale of Tegel’s Boeing 707 Martin- Escaped cloned female mutant crayfish take over Belgian cemetery Martin- Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Resource Steve- In Plain Sight (TV Series 2008-2012)

My friend Alex and I try to visit the Utah Data Center, 20 miles south of my house in Salt Lake City.DONATE BY TEXT 801-876-1913Check out The Sonosopher, a documentary about Alex Caldiero.James Bamford's article on the Utah Data Center in Wired Magazine.Music from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.

My friend Alex and I try to visit the Utah Data Center, 20 miles south of my house in Salt Lake City.DONATE BY TEXT 801-876-1913Check out The Sonosopher, a documentary about Alex Caldiero.James Bamford's article on the Utah Data Center in Wired Magazine.Music from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.

In this episode, we welcome back Justin Carrol. He’s going to share with us the reality of Vault 7 WikiLeak domestic spying info dump. And we answer the question: Is your smart home sending the CIA and NSA pictures of your pepper junk. First of all, some argue we're living in the age of George Orwell's 1984. Others would claim we are fast approaching Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. We posit the present and future seems like it will be more like This Perfect Day by Ira Levin. The reality is domestic spying is here, regardless of what it looks like exactly. And it is being conducted by corporations and government agencies alike, as it turns out. But, most noteworthy, there are measures you can take to protect yourself. And we discuss all of this in this episode: Vault 7 WikiLeaks and Domestic Spying Topics Discussed: First, what is the Vault 7 WikiLeaks dump The difference between how Chelsea Manning leaked information and how Edward Snowden leaked information What will other spy agencies do with the WikiLeaks release Is the Vault 7 WikiLeaks release a severe security risk for our country Why does Vault 7 and other leaks matter The real-world limitations of intelligence gather, processing, and domestic spying The real hacking capabilities of the CIA and the implications on your privacy Using out of band communication techniques to protect your confidentiality and tinfoil hat The Utah Data Center status How vulnerable the average person is Basic steps preppers can take to secure their computers and communications Are our smart homes sending the CIA and NSA pictures of our prepper junk Is Google spying on you The DDOS threat from smart home devices The future of domestic spying Why your metadata matters more than you think ~ ITRH Black Hats here: http://www.intherabbithole.com/product/black-itrh-hat/ ~ Become a supporting member here: http://www.itrh.net ~ Resources from this episode can be found at: http://www.intherabbithole.com/e209

Everyone believes in "standards" don't they? So what could possibly be wrong with "Common Core" (the US education system's "Common Core State Standards Initiative")? After all, is it not "a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English... created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life, regardless of where they live"? Not according to Dr. Duke Pesta, professor of English at The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, who joins us for an extended and detailed interview on the genesis, content and ideology of Common Core - a scheme, he argues, designed to inhibit critical thinking and produce a world of compliant drones for the corporate-fascist State. (For show notes, please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Everyone believes in "standards" don't they? So what could possibly be wrong with "Common Core" (the US education system's "Common Core State Standards Initiative")? After all, is it not "a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English... created to ensure that all students graduate from high school with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in college, career, and life, regardless of where they live"? Not according to Dr. Duke Pesta, professor of English at The University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, who joins us for an extended and detailed interview on the genesis, content and ideology of Common Core - a scheme, he argues, designed to inhibit critical thinking and produce a world of compliant drones for the corporate-fascist State. (For show notes, please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

We take a close look at the Violence Against Women Act re-authorization as the President signs it into law. We also look at the continuing resolution passed by the House, which funds defense while leaving the rest of the government in chaos. S. 47: Violence Against Women Re-Authorization Act of 2013... Was signed by the President! This one is law. President Obama signs VAWA on March 7, 2013 Definition Changes Adds stalking and date rape to the list of offenses. Includes cyber stalking in the definition of stalking. Replaces "spouses" with "parties' Indian Affairs Adds "sex trafficking" and "stalking" to eligible grant programs for Indian women Allows Indian tribes to have jurisdiction over domestic violence crimes unless neither the victim or defendant are Indians. Includes D.C., Indian tribes, and Puerto Rico in the grant funding (decreases funding) Immigrants Allows children to stay in U.S. on their victimized parent's U Visa even if they turn 21 while the VISA is pending New Programs Grants for training programs for law enforcement and medical personnel Funding for pro-bono legal assistance for victims Protects the confidentiality of child victims of domestic violence or sexual assault Protects students from violence stemming from their immigrant status and gender identity Grants for elder abuse training; Defines "elder" as someone over the age of 50 Prevents victims from being evicted from public housing because they were involved in a domestic violence incident, however, the violent person can be evicted. Public housing authorities will need to transfer victims to new housing if their safety is at risk and they request the transfer. Orders an audit of unprocessed DNA evidence for sexual assault crimes that haven't passed the statute of limitations. Program ends 12/31/18. Prohibits any lobbying activity in relation to DNA audit grants and prohibits violators from receiving a grant for at least 5 years. 6 months after President Obama signs the bill, DHS has to publish final standards for the punishment of sexual assault in immigrant prisons, including private prisons. Prevents marriage brokers from providing information on minors Penalty Changes Penalty for assault with intent to murder is limited to 20 years and a fine Penalty for assault by attempted suffocation limited to 10 years and a fine… suffocation is regardless of intent or visible injury Report Comptroller General of the United States will issue a report to Congress in two years on the use of foreign labor contractors by U.S. employers. It will include the role of labor recruiters that provide low-wage foreigners to companies, the effectiveness of current regulators enforcement of laws already on the books, describe the jobs the foreigners are doing and how many of them are here, and identify abuses of foreigners including use of fees and debts. Funding Deletes ‘‘non- profit, non-governmental victim services or-ganizations,'' or "non-profit, private" programs and replaces it with ‘‘victim service providers, staff from population specific organizations,' in a couple of sections; but not all. Prohibits grants from going to non-profits with offshore tax havens Prohibits more than $20,000 of grant money from going towards conferences Vast majority of funding going DOWN Human Trafficking Title 12: Secretary of State will establish a fund (amount unknown) to give to foreign governments to prevent human trafficking. Orders them to come up with a strategy and suggest ways for oversight; very broad. Qualifying gov'ts need to have high prevalence of trafficking and a "demonstrated political motivation" to address it. Funding can be terminated if State determines the country is doing things contrary to our national interest or doesn't "adhere to it's responsibilities" under the agreement. Issues four grants up to $2 million each for combatting sex trafficking of minors. One of the grants needs to go to a small state with less than 5 million people. Most of the money needs to go towards residential care of minor victims of sex trafficking. Overhead can't exceed 3%. Recipients need to match the grant for every year they get the gov't money and their match percentage goes up every year the grant is renewed, topping out at 50% on their third year. Program good for four years. Decreases funding by half, from 20 to 10 million for law enforcement grants for trafficking. Increases funding for victims in other countries from 12.5 million to 14.5 million/year H.R. 933: House Continuing Resolution Right now, we are in the middle of two crisis': The sequester is one, an unfunded government that would have to shut down on March 27th is the other. This bill does nothing to solve the sequester. In fact, it expressly keeps it in place. Two of the 12 appropriations categories are funded until the end of the year in the responsible appropriations way in this bill. The other 10 are funded as a continuing resolution, that keeps the funding at old chaotic levels. The House did real work on the Defense appropriations; the Senate is going to change everything on the domestic side as this bill has a real chance of becoming law. In the defense section of the bill, I looked at what items were dramatically over-funded in comparison to what was requested by President Obama and the military. Fighter Jets Boeing F/A-18E/F fighter jets would be given $605 million more than was requested for 11 new airplanes. Boeing/Northrup EA-18G Growler fighter jets are the electronic warfare version of the Boeing F/A-18E/F. They would be given $45 million for 15 new aircraft. Budget request from the military for this item: $0. $0 request, given $45 million for 15 new aircraft Ships/Submarines General Dynamics Virginia Class nuclear submarines would be given $778 million more than requested. These submarines are built in two locations, which makes the submarines more expensive but the program is designed to keep both shipyards in operation. Location #1: General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT. The Representative in Groton, CT is Joe Courtney; his top campaign contributors are General Dynamics and Northrup Grumman. Location #2: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company. The Representative in Newport News, VA is Rob Wittman; he is on the Armed Services Committee & his top campaign contributor is Northrup Grumman. --- Northrup Grumman LPD-17 naval ship would be constructed at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, VA for $263 million. Budget request for this item: $0. The Representative in Newport News, VA is Rob Wittman; he sits on the Armed Services Committee and his top campaign contributor is Northrup Grumman. --- A DDG-51 Destroyer would be ordered for $1 billion. No one requested this ship. DDG-51 Destroyers are built in either Bath, ME by General Dynamic's Bath Iron Works or in Newport News, VA by Huntington Ingalls Industries (formerly Northrup Grumman). Lockheed is the lead contractor for the DDG-51 combat system Lockheed Martin [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="525"] C-130 Bad-ass Cargo Plane[/caption] Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes would be given $180 million. Budget request: $0. --- Lockheed Martin KC-130J aerial refueling planes would be given $130 million more than requested for 2 additional planes. --- Lockheed HC-130J Coast Guard search & rescue planes would be given $126 million more than requested for 2 extra planes. --- Lockheed MC-130J Special Forces transport planes also given $126 million more than requested for 2 extra planes. --- C-130 planes are manufactured in Marietta, GA and Lockheed brags that it's "the longest continuously operating aircraft production line in history." The Representative in Marietta, GA is Phil Gingrey. Phil Gingrey's second largest campaign contributor is Lockheed Martin. --- C-27J cargo aircraft, manufactured by an Italian company but whose engines and systems are produced by Lockheed Martin, would be given $138 million. Budget request: $0. Drones Northrup Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drones would be given $107 million more than requested in order to increase the fleet to 21 drones. Pentagon was unimpressed with the RQ-4 Global Hawk's performance after deploying them to Japan after the earthquake/tsunami and after they were used in Libya. March 2012: Air Force announced they will put the 14 Global Hawks they already have into storage, and 4 under construction would go directing into the "bone-yard" Northrup launched a multimedia campaign to block the cuts. Global Hawk's are produced in Palmdale, CA. The Representative for that district is Buck McKeon, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Buck McKeon's top 5 campaign contributors: Lockheed Martin General Dynamics Northrup Grumman General Atomics Boeing [caption id="" align="alignright" width="327"] MQ-9 Reaper Predator Drone[/caption] --- General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper predator drones would be given $155 million more than requested so the Air Force can order twelve more. Then Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force said in 2006 about the predator drones: "We've moved from using UAVs primarily in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance roles before Operation Iraqi Freedom, to a true hunter-killer role with the Reaper." Missile Defense Systems Raytheon's Patriot missile defense system would be given $300 million more than requested to increase the program. --- Aegis ballistic missile defense system would be over-funded by $189 million to buy 17 additional Raytheon SM-3 interceptors, which are ship-based missile interceptors designed to shoot down short & intermediate range ballistic missiles and have been used to shoot down satellites. Israel [caption id="" align="alignright" width="360"] Emanuel Yellin[/caption] Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system would be given $211 million. Budget request: $0. Iron Dome manufactured by a Israel-owned defense technology company, but U.S. is trying to get a co-production deal like they have on their other missile defense system which is co-produced by Boeing Upper tier/Arrow programs are the "other" missile defense programs partnered with Boeing. David's sling is a third missile defense system for Israel that partners with Raytheon. The Upper Tier/Arrow and David's Sling missile programs together were given $169 million more than requested. Total in unrequested money given to Israel for missile defense: $380 million. Miscellaneous Appropriations Advanced hypersonic weapon program which "aims to develop a system to deliver a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within one hour" overfunded by $90 million. --- Defense Rapid Innovation Fund, which is supposed to funnel Department of Defense contracts to small businesses was given $250 million. Budget Request: $0. --- $5+ billion for the Afghanistan security forces (all of it requested). --- "Miscellaneous equipment" would be given to every branch of the military. Total = $1.5 billion. None of these funds were requested. Creepy Spy Sh*t Camp Williams in Utah - location of the Utah Data Center was given $191,414,000 (all of it requested). Total Classified Programs: $31,309,229,000 = $900 million more than was requested. Good News Over-funded medical research by $635 million. Things that will be studied include: substance abuse alzheimers autism breast cancer gulf war illness lung cancer MS ovarian cancer prostate cancer traumatic brain injuries vision AIDS prevention Net totals appropriated to Defense: $622 billion was spent in 2012 $597 billion requested for 2013 $598 billion given in this bill … More than requested  

Wired correspondent James Bamford describes the $2 billion Utah Data Center that is being constructed for the National Security Agency. It’s expected to be up and running in 2013 and will house their database for all forms of communication—emails, cell phone calls, Internet searches, and even bookstore purchases.

WHAT IS THE LARGEST DATA CENTER IN AMERICA, LOCATED IN UTAH, KEEPING TRACK OF? Basil and Gonz discuss Internet tracking, the NSA’s controversial Utah Data Center as reported by the Wired article, The NSA is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say), British telecom’s “Soul Catcher” implants, and the spiritual questions that we will […]