On June 24, 2011, EPIC released documents obtained from DHS as a result of EPIC’s lawsuit.

FOIA documents via EPIC law suit reveal cancer threat:

In a FOIA lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, EPIC has just obtained documents concerning the radiation risks of TSA’s airport body scanner program. The documents include agency emails, radiation studies, memoranda of agreement concerning radiation testing programs, and results of some radiation tests. One document set reveals that even after TSA employees identified cancer clusters possibly linked to radiation exposure, the agency failed to issue employees dosimeters – safety devices that could assess the level of radiation exposure.

Another document indicates that the DHS mischaracterized the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, stating that NIST “affirmed the safety” of full body scanners. The documents obtained by EPIC reveal that NIST disputed that characterization and stated that the Institute did not, in fact, test the devices. Also, a Johns Hopkins University study revealed that radiation zones around body scanners could exceed the “General Public Dose Limit.”

On page 2 it says:

Quite a few TSO’s consistently complain to me [as I am sure they are complaining to TSA] about their concern over the growing number of TSOs working here that have been diagnosed as having cancer and of their concerns that TSA’s utilized technology may be to blame.

The disclosed documents include agency emails, radiation studies, memoranda of agreement concerning radiation testing programs, and results of some radiation tests.

The documents raise new questions concerning the radiation risks posed by the TSA full body scanner program. The records demonstrate:

-TSA employees have identified cancer clusters allegedly linked to radiation exposure while operating body scanners and other screening technology. However, the agency failed to issue employees dosimeters – safety devices that would warn of radiation exposure.

-The DHS has publicly mischaracterized the findings of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, stating that NIST “affirmed the safety” of full body scanners. NIST stated that the Institute did not, in fact, test full body scanners for safety, and that the Institute does not do product testing.

- A Johns Hopkins University study revealed that radiation zones around body scanners could exceed the “General Public Dose Limit.”

-A NIST study warns airport screeners to avoid standing next to full body scanners.

Check out the full document HERE

Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilisations within the next two decades, Andrei Finkelstein, a top Russian astronomer said.

“The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms … Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years,” said Finkelstein.

The director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Applied Astronomy Institute was speaking at an international forum dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life.

He said that 10% of the known planets circling suns in the galaxy resemble Earth.

If water can be found there, then so can life, he said, adding that aliens would most likely resemble humans with two arms, two legs and a head.

“They may have different colour skin, but even we have that,” he said.

Finkelstein’s institute runs a programme similar to SETI which was launched in the 1960s to watch for and beam out radio signals to outer space.

“The whole time we have been searching for extraterrestrial civilisations, we have mainly been waiting for messages from space and not the other way,” he said.

The man behind WikiLeaks says his website’s revelations are just the tip of the iceberg. In an exclusive interview with RT, Julian Assange said it is only a matter of time before damaging information that Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo Spying Tools for US intelligence becomes known.

What the hell is this? Optical illusion, Project Bluebeam, Fata Morgana, mirage, fake?

An amazing video news report from China of an ‘optical illusion’ that appeared at approximately 5 PM, local time on Thursday in eastern China at the Tunxi section of the Xin’an River in Huangshan City, the mirage, a spectacular skyline of a city and mountains.

According to the news report in the video, the latest ‘optical illusion’, one of several that have been recently seen in the area. We wondered, does anyone know the identity of the ‘mystery’ city? Was the optical illusion a ‘real city’?

Video of ‘city skyline’ optical illusion filmed in Huangshan, China, on Thursday, June 16, 2011:

In 2005, an earlier ‘optical illusion’ was seen by thousands of residents of Penglai City for ‘four hours’. The illusion or mirage, clear enough to see ”bustling cars as well as crowds of people all clearly visible’.

It must be noted that some people have raised concerns about this story and video. All reports of this story cite the link below. We cannot find any verifiable Chinese source for this story either…

Source: Death By 1000 Papercuts