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...Moreover, Connor says that his museum heists were not malicious. “Anytime I took something major from the museum it was with the intent of giving it back,” he says—albeit at a profit to himself. Still, he does admit to keeping and selling many of the pieces that he stole...
...security measures with the media, these stored pieces are well-secured with deadlocks on vaults keeping potential thieves out. This seems wise; Connor, for instance, has stolen much from storage rooms in his lifetime. “One of the rarest items and the most valuable items that I took was a Renoir,” he says. “That was from storage [and] was never reported missing...
...transplant took place at El Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon in Madrid, where Alvarez spent this past summer working as a clinical intern...
...what Hawaiian women looked like before races became mixed in Hawaii, as well as this mythology of the hula girl, which is another paradise, a utopian situation. These pictures are masculine and primitive-looking. I’m also interested in the hegemony of the photographers and filmmakers; they took on the role of imperialists coming into indigenous lands to represent people devoid of a personal or cultural history. I’ve also just had this flash about the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. These guys were hazed and forced to perform sex with each other; the photographs are shocking...
Even before the POGO letter to Secretary Clinton, the ArmorGroup contract was under scrutiny. The State Department issued the first of eight "deficiency letters" in July 2007, the same month ArmorGroup took over embassy security. But after each complaint, the company somehow persuaded the State Department that the problems were being addressed. In April 2008 the State Department's contracting officer warned this was the company's "final opportunity" to correct shortcomings, and a September 2008 letter declared termination was being considered. In the end, however, the department renewed the contract until July...