Daily Rotten Archives October 2, 2001 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 What's on Moussaoui's Hard Drive? Newsweek | Submitted by: Soylent Zacarias Moussaoui was arrested by the FBI on August 17, his computer and hard drive seized. It contained some very interesting information, but permission was not given to search the disk until after September 11. Wind patterns, crop dusting, the works. Moussaoui attracted suspicion when he wanted to learn to fly but didn't care about taking off or landing. Read article... Baby Bones used in Nuke Tests BBC | Submitted by: Soylent Between 1954 and 1970, the bones of 3400 children in the UK were used for nuclear weapons testing without parental consent. The bones were destroyed to test for Strontium 90 residues. This whole thing is reminiscent of VD testing performed on American blacks last century. Read article... Meat Is Murder Weapon News Wales | Submitted by: Soylent "The [Farmer's union of Wales] was appalled when it discovered earlier this year that tons of illegal bush meat - including antelope, monkey and rat - was routinely smuggled into the UK for sale at shops and restaurants." Explores why vulnerabilities in the UK food import system can be exploited by biological weapons. Read article... How American Intelligence Fucked Up The New Yorker | Submitted by: Soylent One of the best articles on the CIA/FBI intelligence botch: "C.I.A. surveillance apartments were closed and wiretaps turned off throughout the Middle East and Europe. "We'll never know the losses we had in terms of not capitalizing on the Soviet collapse," a retired official said. Former high-level Soviet officials with intelligence information or other data were rebuffed. "Walk-ins were turned away. It was stunning, and, as far as I knew, nobody fought it." Read article... Priceless Art Destroyed in Towers Times | Submitted by: Soylent "The art destroyed on September 11 had a total estimated value of $100 million. Except for a tapestry by Miró and a piece by Jean Dubuffet, the public art was almost all by Americans and the city's large tribe of art lovers are only just coming to terms with the loss." Read article... Rodney King Arrested. Again. Associated Press | Submitted by: Soylent Rodney King, the man whose filmed beating inspired 1500 fires in Los Angeles, was arrested for indecent exposure (about this we would like to hear more) and for being under the influence of a psychedlic drug probably PCP. King was last arrested a month ago on a drug charge. Oh, Rodney. Read article...