- PICRIC ACID HAZARDS (PDF) (oag.ca.gov)
Every couple months, an article appears in the local paper about a bomb disposal team removing picric acid that was found in a laboratory. The material is usually taken to be blown up. So why is picric acid considered so dangerous? Well, let’s look at the history of the use of Picric Acid and see what can be done to avoid those types of situations.
- Gitmo Files (wikileaks.org)
In its latest release of classified US documents, WikiLeaks is shining the light of truth on a notorious icon of the Bush administration’s “War on Terror” — the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which opened on January 11, 2002, and remains open under President Obama, despite his promise to close the much-criticized facility within a year of taking office.