Monthly Archives: February 2023

2023-02-26: News Headlines

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-25). Did Legendary "Gonzo" Journalist Hunter Thompson Frighten Those in the Deep State So Much, He Had to Be Taken Out? covertactionmagazine.com Hunter S. Thompson's death 18 years ago remains suspicious. He left no suicide note and, according to the official story, supposedly shot himself while on the phone with his wife in mid-conversation—though she never heard any gunshots. The night before his death, Hunter told a friend: "They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-02-25). Whistleblowers In Film: 'Three Days Of The Condor' (1975). thedissenter.org By September 1975, when "Three Days of the Condor" was released, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been exposed for spying on thousands of antiwar and Black liberation activists. | The CIA had been implicated in the coup in Chile that resulted in the assassination of socialist President Salvador Allende. CIA plots to murder Congo President Patrice Lumumba, Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo, and Cuban President Fidel Castro were revealed two months later. | Senator Frank Church, who chaired the intelligence committee investigation into the CIA, described covert action as a "sem…

Anmol Arora, Ananya Arora (2023-02-25). [Correspondence] The promise of large language models in health care. thelancet.com The past few months have seen a rapid acceleration of innovation in the field of generative artificial intelligence with large language models (LLMs), capturing academic, media, and public attention. GPT-3, BERT, and ChatGPT are examples of LLMs that have been trained on swathes of the internet to produce impressive responses to human queries. The ability of these generalised LLMs to write fiction, develop computer code, and speculate on the future has prompted recognition that we are approaching artificial general intelligence for the first time.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-25). Corrupt Mexican drug czar "had a very close relationship for many years with U.S. intelligence," says Mexican security analyst. mronline.org CIA has a 15-20,000-page dossier on Genaro García Luna that, if ever released, would cause a political scandal bigger than Watergate, according to former CIA contract pilot.

Editor (2023-02-25). From Russiagate With Love. scheerpost.com

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-25). Did Legendary "Gonzo" Journalist Hunter Thompson Frighten Those in the Deep State So Much, He Had to Be Taken Out? covertactionmagazine.com Hunter S. Thompson's death 18 years ago remains suspicious. He left no suicide note and, according to the official story, supposedly shot himself while on the phone with his wife in mid-conversation—though she never heard any gunshots. The night before his death, Hunter told a friend: "They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-02-25). Whistleblowers In Film: 'Three Days Of The Condor' (1975). thedissenter.org By September 1975, when "Three Days of the Condor" was released, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had been exposed for spying on thousands of antiwar and Black liberation activists. | The CIA had been implicated in the coup in Chile that resulted in the assassination of socialist President Salvador Allende. CIA plots to murder Congo President Patrice Lumumba, Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo, and Cuban President Fidel Castro were revealed two months later. | Senator Frank Church, who chaired the intelligence committee investigation into the CIA, described covert action as a "sem…

Anmol Arora, Ananya Arora (2023-02-25). [Correspondence] The promise of large language models in health care. thelancet.com The past few months have seen a rapid acceleration of innovation in the field of generative artificial intelligence with large language models (LLMs), capturing academic, media, and public attention. GPT-3, BERT, and ChatGPT are examples of LLMs that have been trained on swathes of the internet to produce impressive responses to human queries. The ability of these generalised LLMs to write fiction, develop computer code, and speculate on the future has prompted recognition that we are approaching artificial general intelligence for the first time.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-02-25). Corrupt Mexican drug czar "had a very close relationship for many years with U.S. intelligence," says Mexican security analyst. mronline.org CIA has a 15-20,000-page dossier on Genaro García Luna that, if ever released, would cause a political scandal bigger than Watergate, according to former CIA contract pilot.

Editor (2023-02-25). From Russiagate With Love. scheerpost.com

Kurt Nimmo (2023-02-26). Biden, Supreme Court Move to Make It Difficult to Sue Norfolk Southern. globalresearch.ca

Marjorie Cohn (2023-02-25). Arkansas's Anti-BDS Law Remains in Effect Because SCOTUS Refused to Review It. truthout.org While the far right Israeli regime escalates its repression of Palestinians, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to disturb an Arkansas law that requires government contractors to certify they are not boycotting Israel or "Israeli-controlled territories." The high court didn't specifically uphold Arkansas's anti-boycott law. However, the court declined to review the case because there were not four… |

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2023-02-25: News Headlines

Anmol Arora, Ananya Arora (2023-02-25). [Correspondence] The promise of large language models in health care. thelancet.com The past few months have seen a rapid acceleration of innovation in the field of generative artificial intelligence with large language models (LLMs), capturing academic, media, and public attention. GPT-3, BERT, and ChatGPT are examples of LLMs that have been trained on swathes of the internet to produce impressive responses to human queries. The ability of these generalised LLMs to write fiction, develop computer code, and speculate on the future has prompted recognition that we are approaching artificial general intelligence for the first time.

Anonymous669 (2023-02-24). Turkey Says Its Intelligence 'Neutralized' Mastermind Behind Istanbul Bombing In Syria. southfront.org Alleged PKK/YPG commander Halil Menci, via Twitter. | The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) has "neutralized" a senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its Syrian affiliate the People's Protection Units (YPG) who played a key role in the planning and implementation of the last year bombing in Istanbul, the Anadolu Agency reported on February 24, citing security sources. | According to the sources, the commander, Halil Menci, was "neutralized" in a special operation that took place n…

americanthinker (2023-02-24). China's Spying Goes Far Beyond Balloons. americanthinker.com When adversarial nations fly unidentified objects over our borders, we're paralyzed by the threat. Meanwhile, most of us whitewash the daily micro-intrusions we accept at a much more frequent pace. Check out what's going on with your robovac.

Editor (2023-02-24). Ray McGovern: The Last Chance to Avoid World War III? scheerpost.com The CIA expert and Russia specialist who served seven presidents under risks of nuclear war is alarmed that the war in Ukraine has brought us to the most dangerous moment yet.




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