BlackListedNews.com | Headlines - February 11, 2010

http://www.blacklistednews.com/ How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country's already bloated deficit.

The FBI knows where you have been and where you are going The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little-known law-enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy issue of the 21st century: the collection of cell-phone "tracking" records that identify the physical locations where the phones have been.

The Great Highway Robbery Continues: How The FDIC Is Legally Transferring Billions In Taxpayer Money To Hedge Funds

Henry Paulson: My close ties with Wall Street were ‘a huge help’ One thing most Democrats and Republicans around the nation seem to agree on is that their government is too cozy with Wall Street -- and that that's not a good thing.

Franco-German bailout of Athens expected to avert euro collapse Germany and France are tomorrow expected to move to guarantee Greek solvency and to shore up the euro against assault from gamblers on the financial markets.

Citi plans crisis derivatives Credit specialists at Citi are considering launching the first derivatives intended to pay out in the event of a financial crisis. The firm has drawn up plans for a tradable liquidity index, known as the CLX, on which products could be structured that allow buyers to hedge a spike in funding costs.

Security guards do nothing as 15-year-old girl is beaten The 15-year-old girl thought the three security guards in the Seattle bus tunnel would protect her from attack. She was wrong.

U.S. Claims Right To Assassinate Americans Overseas Without Trials Aping the assassination tactics of Josef Stalin, the U.S. has created an illegal “hit list” of Americans abroad marked for murder.

India to test new 5000-km nuclear missile within year India aims to test a new nuclear-capable missile with a 5000-km (3,100-mile) range, a top military scientist said on Wednesday, a move that could complicate security in a volatile region.