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Thursday, 21 April 2011 21:30

Protesters Interrupt Obama to Sing Support for Manning

Updated at 4:10 p.m to identify the female protester who led the song.

Protesters supporting WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning managed to infiltrate a private fundraiser for President Barack Obama on Thursday morning in San Francisco, interrupting his remarks with a song.

As Obama was speaking at the $5,000-a-plate breakfast fundraiser, California activist Naomi Pitcairn (above), sitting at one of the tables, began humming and singing a modified version of the song “Where’s Our Change?”, decrying Manning’s treatment in prison. Pitcairn removed her blazer and shirt to reveal a T-shirt with a p...

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Best Sun Images From Solar Space Telescope's First Year

By Lisa Grossman
April 21, 2011 |
3:06 pm |
Categories: Space

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Carder Pleads Guilty to Fraud Involving $36M in Losses

A hacker and carder has pleaded guilty to trafficking in more than half a million stolen card numbers that resulted in $36 million in fraud losses.

Rogelio Hackett, Jr., 26, pleaded guilty Thursday in Virginia to one count of access device fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.

The hacker was arrested in 2009 for selling stolen bank card numbers in online criminal forums and IRC chatrooms. When authorities searched his home at the time, they found more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers on his computers and in e-mail accounts. According to court records (.pdf), more than $36...

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