Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 June 2012

Just heard former US Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld on the Laura Ingraham radio show being very critical of President Obama's supervision of the CIA 'kill list' .... that this is NOT the job of a U.S. President. He also added that the last time a President had such a 'hands on' involvement on military/covert operations was President Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam war. Over the years I have been both a supporter and critic of Donald Rumsfeld .... but on this issue he is right.

a BBC documentary now airing in Britain, reveals that not only did British officials provide the Japanese with all the technology and know-how they used to attack Pearl Harbor, but that for 20 years, a distinguished British peer fed them so much crucial military information that, without his actions, the attack might never have happened.

Espionage software that was recently found targeting Iranian computers contains advanced Bluetooth capabilities, taking malware to new heights by allowing attackers to physically stalk their victims… could even surveil smartphones not infected by the malware…. With a size of 20 megabytes, Flame is a massive piece of malware whose discovery might be the security equivalent of oceanographers finding a previously unknown sea. Expect new factoids to trickle out steadily for the foreseeable future. [h/t Drudge]

Some folks have accused me of “fabricating” quotations I attributed to Army Brig. Gen. Neil Tolley regarding U.S. surveillance operations in North Korea. [Tale of one reporter's trial and victory in the information wars.]

China's censors have blocked internet access to the terms "six four", "23", "candle" and "never forget", broadening already extensive efforts to silence talk about the 23rd anniversary of the bloody 4 June crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. [h/t Drudge]