ECB President Mario Draghi has been chosen as the FT’s Person of the Year 2012 for his commitment to do “whatever it takes” to save the eurozone.
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Daily Archives: 21 December 2012
Homeland Security is building a $4 billion 170-acre complex for 17,000 employees
Further proof that the fiscal cliff hysteria is sheer nonsense.
The US Department of Homeland Security, despite budget cuts and construction delays, is planning to add 17,000 employees into its consolidated headquarters in southeast Washington. The department broke ground at their new headquarters in 2009 and was originally scheduled for completion in 2016. The new complex is now scheduled for completion in 2022.
The 4.5 million square-foot “federal mini-city for the Department of Homeland Security” on the site of the former infamous psychiatric St. Elizabeths Hospital and is the largest federal construction job since the pentagon was built in the 1940s. The construction of the project was originally expected to cost $3.4 billion but is now going to cost at least $4 billion and is expected to “create 16,000 direct construction jobs”. (Read more)
Anonymous hack hundreds of Israeli websites, delete Foreign Ministry database in support of Gaza
From last month:
Hacker group Anonymous has launched a massive attack named #OpIsrael on almost 700 Israeli websites, protesting against Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza. Israeli media confirmed the group’s move.
ÂThe hackers reportedly took down websites ranging from high-profile governmental structures such as the Foreign Ministry to local tourism companies’ pages. (Read more)
When Government Kills Students
