No Agenda Episode 408: "Odious Debt" (2012-05-13)

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John C. Dvorak:
This is just asking for trouble
Jingle:
[music] Adam Curry, John C. Dvorak
Adam Curry:
It's Sunday, May thirteenth, two-thousand and twelve (2012-05-13). Time for your Gitmo Nation Media Assassination, Episode four zero eight (408)
Jingle:
[music] This, is No Agenda [music]
Adam Curry:
Happy Mothers' Day! From Camp Mofo here, in the capital of the Drone Star State, Austin, Teh-has [phonetic] (Texas), In the mornin' everybody, I'm Adam Curry.
John C. Dvorak:
And from Northern Silicon Vally for a cloudy, kind of gloomy Mothers' Day, I'm John C. Dvorak
Jingle:
[music] It's Crackpot and Buzzkill
In The Mornin'!
Adam Curry:
Cinco de Mayo!
John C. Dvorak:
heh heh heh
Adam Curry:
Yeah, we did, for those of you who don't know, we missed an important... ritual
John C. Dvorak:
An important superstition
Adam Curry:
Yeah, that's what ritual is, it's a superstition
RED ALERT RED ALERT RED ALERT RED ALERT JOHN
John C. Dvorak:
No
Adam Curry:
Yes, Red Alert! We've got a red alert, one of our own is being hunted down and we have to help him. One of our very own Sys-Admins, Techno-Experts.
Adam Curry:
One of our fellow nerds and geeks. They're hunting him, they're gonna kill him, if you see him, you gotta save him and protect him
Clip (Speaker 1):
... agent has been missing for more than twenty-four (24) hours and there are concerns about his mental state, Eye-Witness News reporter Amy Powell is live in Burbank with the latest on the search.
Adam Curry:
Have you heard about this?
John C. Dvorak:
No
Adam Curry:
This is the FBI agent who worked in National Security. He's been missing for, wow, twenty-four (24) hours. And they fear he's going to kill himself, he's on the run.
John C. Dvorak:
Oh, so they're going to kill him, is that what you're say...
Adam Curry:
Yes! Of course they're going to kill him! He knows something, he's obviously a Techno Expert
John C. Dvorak:
And so this is sending the word out.
Adam Curry:
Ohh, I mean... listen, this is press conferences, everything, you know, it's like: if your child goes missing...
John C. Dvorak:
There's probably code in here that says 'look, if you see this guy, shoot him'
Adam Curry:
Lets listen
Clip (Speaker 1):
Amy?
Clip (Speaker 2):
John, colleagues say this was a well-liked FBI agent. Right now, there's no indication that he's a victim of foul play, but they say he was very upset bef-
Adam Curry:
Interesting. How come, he's not dead and they're already talking about being... he's... there's no... he's a victim of foul play? They don't even know if he's dead, there's no evidence he's dead yet. Already they're talking about 'no evidence of foul play'
Clip (Speaker 2):
-fore he disappeared, that's why several law enforcement agencies are working desperately to find him.
Stephen Ivans was last seen by family members on Thursday evening. Authorities believe the thirty-five (35) year old FBI Agent walked away from his home on the seventeen hundred (1700) block of Scott road early Friday morning.
Clip (Speaker 2):
Investigators say Ivans was distraught, and possibly thinking about killing himself. His hand gun was not found in his home.
Adam Curry:
Woo!
Clip (Speaker 3):
I can't get into the details of why we think he's suicidal
Adam Curry:
Other than he found something out we don't want you to know so we gotta go kill him?
Clip (Speaker 3):
But, we have been in discussion with his family and based on the overall circumstances, we believe there's that potential
Clip (Speaker 2):
A bloodhound traced a scent indicating Ivans, an avid runner and hiker, may have gone to the Verdugo Mountains.
Clip (Speaker 2):
Today, dozens of investigators from the Burbank Police Department, the FBI, and the LA County Sheriff's Department searched a wilderness park in the Burbank area
Clip (Speaker 4):
We don't know how far he could have gone in, he could have slipped and fallen, there's many many
John C. Dvorak:
oh brother
Adam Curry:
[laughter]
He's an avid hiker, but he could have slipped and fallen
John C. Dvorak:
yeah
Clip (Speaker 2):
Ivans has been an FBI agent for three (3) years, working in National Security. Authorities don't believe the married father of a one (1) year old boy was involved in any criminal activity.
Adam Curry:
uh huh?
Clip (Speaker 3):
He's a very good agent, um, and he's done a great job in the Los Angeles Area, and that's why we're taking this very seriously and want to make sure that we are able to find him
Adam Curry:
Mmhm? I'm tellin... and they show a picture of the guy where he looks all deranged
John C. Dvorak:
Oh really
Adam Curry:
yeah, you should google the picture
John C. Dvorak:
what's his name again?
Adam Curry:
Uh, Stephen Ivans I think is his name, lemme just check
Yeah, this is bad, this is very very bad.
John C. Dvorak:
Oh yeah, no, this guy is... they're targeting him for something.
Adam Curry:
Yeah. Oh yeah.
Adam Curry:
This is no, no doubt in my mind.
If your kid goes missing for twenty-four (24) hours they don't even care
John C. Dvorak:
No, until they're gone fourty-eight (48) or something.
Adam Curry:
Yeah, Stephen Ivans, with a 'p-h'.
John C. Dvorak:
No, I've got a... I put a 'v'
Adam Curry:
No, 'S-T-E-P-H...'
Yeah, so, we gotta protect this guy 'cause clearly he knows something, he found out something, he's a very very...
John C. Dvorak:
he looks like a wonk
Adam Curry:
Well, that's what... of course, they always take a... use a where "you got any crazy pictures of him?" "yeah, hold on. I'm sure got something from the shop."
John C. Dvorak:
Meanwhile they have to shoot this Mexican because obviously he screwed up their scheme for this year.
Adam Curry:
Perfect. Well don't mess around you stupid Mexican
John C. Dvorak:
So anyway...
Adam Curry:
That's very good.
John C. Dvorak:
... that's my complaint about racing.
Adam Curry:
So I have, you know, in our, we have kind of a new quest which I'm liking. We find all these bull crap non profit organizations. And...
John C. Dvorak:
Oh yeah
Adam Curry:
...how they operate
John C. Dvorak:
We could just do a show on that.
Adam Curry:
Well I like doing one or two an episode. So go to Mobile Active dog org. Um, while you're looking at that site, I'll read you the subtext here. "A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact", and this is basically, it's a jobs site. And it's like "Jobs! Check out current tech in mobile in social change positions!"
John C. Dvorak:
Who is this guy in the thing with the, this guy with the head gear on.
Adam Curry:
It's the kind of guy they are looking for
Adam Curry:
So this is uh, y'know, here's like, "Human Rights Watch is seeking a Researcher on the Internet and Human Rights." So these are techno experts. This is where you get recruited.
John C. Dvorak:
"The Chiapas Institute of Health (ISECH) is looking to fill some technical positions for the Mesoamerican Health Initiative project in Mexico." This is a bunch of, this is a front for some spies.
Adam Curry:
Okay, so if you find out who this organization is, they are a fully owned subsidiary of the non profit technology network, the NTN and the website for that is NTEN dot org.