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HSBC’s $1.9 Billion Settlement and the Men on the Hill
By
Pam Martens
On July 17 of this year, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations released a 330-page report on banking giant HSBC,
together with 100 documents and internal emails, evincing a culture
of hubris and potentially criminal actions when it came to U.S. banking
laws.
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice and multiple other U.S.
regulators will tie all that up with a tidy red bow for a settlement of $1.921
billion; a small nick in HSBC’s profits of $22 billion last year. HSBC
released a statement saying it was “profoundly sorry.” Read More
New York City police arrest artist who created drone satires
By
Sandy English
A satirical poster on the potential use of drones by the NYPD
Last week, The New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested
Essam Attia, an artist who had designed and surreptitiously placed satirical
posters dealing with the NYPD’s potential use of pilotless drone aircraft.
Attia and a team posed as maintenance workers who routinely replace
advertisements in plastic cases at bus stops and other public locations. The
posters simulated NYPD public service announcements and depict drones
firing missiles at fleeing civilians. One of the posters says, “NYPD drones:
Protection when you least expect it.” An NYPD logo appears at the bottom
of the image.