McConnell claims that Serco time-on-tag operatives transferred offenders' tags to stay-at-home doppelgangers and sent an alibied team in the Lloyd's Register crew to survey the rig on March 12-16 2010 when they allegedly hired disgruntled workers to sabotage the abandonment cement job and place IEDs under the helideck for remote ignition through Serco's C4ISR Segment 2 / Spiral 2 hardware on the National Security Cutter class ship, USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL 751).
Prequel 1: #2098: Marine Links Serco Time-On-Tag Offenders to U.S. Coastguard Red Switch Saboteurs, Deepwater Horizon Cement-Bond Bomb
BP “grossly negligent”: U.S. Judge
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Fire
Electronic Tagging of Offenders
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"Study: Deepwater Horizon workers were afraid to report safety issues
By Allan
Chernoff, CNN
July 22, 2010 7:08
p.m. EDT
Transocean
commissioned the survey of about half its staff aboard the Deepwater Horizon.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Report: Deepwater
Horizon workers feared reprisal for reporting safety-related actions
The study was
conducted by an outside consultant in March
The oil rig exploded
the night of April 20
(CNN) -- A
confidential report on safety conditions aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig,
conducted about one month before the rig's explosion, points to widespread fear
of reprisal for reporting employee mistakes that could undermine safety aboard
the rig.
"There was a
stated fear of reprisal related specifically to the reporting of dropped
objects," states an executive summary of the report obtained by CNN.
"Only 46.3
percent of participants felt that, if their actions led to a potentially risky
situation (e.g., forgetting to do something, damaging equipment, dropping an
object from height), they could report it without any fear of reprisal,"
the report states.
Transocean, the rig
operator, commissioned the survey of about 40 employees, about half its staff
aboard the Deepwater Horizon.
The report concluded,
"Deepwater Horizon was relatively strong in many of the core aspects of
safety management." But it also uncovered fear among workers of suffering
reprisal for reporting conditions that could lead to a "risky"
situation onboard the rig.
The study also found
some Transocean employees entered fake data to try to circumvent a safety
system, according to a person familiar with the full report.
The study was based on
surveys conducted March 12-16 by Lloyd's Register Group, a consultant that
analyzes the safety of business processes and products. The Deepwater Horizon
rig exploded the night of April 20 while drilling BP's Macondo oil well. Two
days later it sank. The Lloyd's report was completed afterwards; it is dated
May 11.
Lloyd's said it was
retained by Transocean to "proactively understand their safety culture and
assess the equipment on the Deepwater Horizon." Transocean has
commissioned safety surveys of its staff aboard 20 other drilling rigs.
A spokesperson for
Transocean insisted the study of employees aboard Deepwater Horizon reflected
the company's commitment to safety.
"This rig did go
seven years without a lost-time incident or any major environmental
accidents," said spokesman Lou Colasuonno. "This rig was exhibit-A
for a well-run rig."
In assessing the safety
culture onboard the rig, the consultants gave ratings of between 2.9 to 3.5 on
a scale of 1 to 5 for policies such as leadership, communication, training and
monitoring.
A separate report by a
different Transocean consultant on the Deepwater Horizon's equipment cited at
least 26 components and systems out of 129 categories on the rig that were in
"bad" or "poor" condition, according to a report in
Thursday's New York Times.
Transocean's spokesman
told CNN all equipment on the Deepwater Horizon was in line with government
guidelines. "Every device met regulatory standards," Colasuonno said."
"At Inland Revenue a formal assessment lasting one week was carried out
by two assessors from Lloyds Register, assisted by two usability specialists
from Serco Usability Services who identified opportunities for process
improvement [Serco and Lloyd's Register time-on-tag offenders are allegedly engaged
in citizen surveillance and forfeiture fund frauds through the UK's Inland Revenue and U.S. IRS]. A total of
13 stakeholders associated with the trial project at different levels in Inland
Revenue and EDS were interviewed in twelve 3-hour sessions. A conventional
software process assessment procedure based on SPICE (ISO 15504) was used. This
produced a detailed profile and rich information about where improvements would
be beneficial. At a feedback meeting on the last day, it provided the basis for
an agreed set of improvement activities."
“Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible
"Transocean … Between March
22nd and 24th of 2010, the Department of Homeland Security and
the US Coast Guard conducted drills that they called “Oil Spills of National
Significance”. What an amazing
stroke of luck that DHS and our Coast Guard was so well prepared in proximity
to the April 20, 2010 BP oil spill event. It kind of reminds one of the drill
simulating 9/11 when we prepared for terrorists who might fly planes into
tall buildings while effecting a communications blackout during the drill which
prevented a shoot down of the four planes hijacked on 9/11. This oil spill
drill also reminds one of the London subway bombers drill scheduled for the
same day as the alleged “terrorist event."
..
Also, do you remember when it was revealed that Goldman Sachs shorted
Transocean stock immediately before the explosions sank the rig? This clearly meant that the preferred Transocean insiders had their stock values insured against
the impending collapse of their stock’s value. This is a blatant example of
foreknowledge plain and simple!
Readers might recall that in Part Five that it was revealed that Transocean insured the Deepwater Horizon oil rig with Lloyds of London shortly before the “accident?” Transocean did not just insure their oil rig, they double insured the rig and Transocean unashamedly walked away with a $270 million dollar profit immediately following the explosion. I think even the MSM would have a hard time spinning these facts. Instead, the MSM just fails to report the facts as they occurred."
"Schlumberger says its crew left Horizon day of fire
SAN FRANCISCO Thu
May 20, 2010 3:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Schlumberger Ltd,
the world's largest oilfield services company, said on Wednesday it had a crew
on the Deepwater Horizon that departed only hours before the explosion and fire
that engulfed the rig.
The company, which had
not previously revealed its work on the Horizon, said in an emailed statement
that it performed wireline services for BP Plc on the rig in March and April,
completing the last services on April 15 and leaving a crew on standby in case
any more were needed.
"On the morning
of April 20, 2010, BP notified the Schlumberger crew that it could return to its home base in Louisiana,"
Schlumberger said in a statement, which a company spokesman confirmed by phone.
He declined to comment further.
Wireline services
relate to any aspect of well measurement logging that employs an electrical
cable to lower tools into the borehole and to transmit data.
The wireline standby
crew departed the Horizon at about 11 a.m. on one of BP's regularly scheduled
helicopter flights, Schlumberger said. The explosion occurred at about 10 p.m.
that night, and the rig sank into the Gulf of Mexico two days
later as a massive leak from the well started.
Other oilfield
services companies whose names were attached to the Horizon have seen their
share prices battered due to fears about liability over the loss of the rig and
11 workers, and the resulting environmental damage of the oil spill.
Shares of Halliburton
Co, which did various services on the Transocean-owned rig including well
cementing, are down 22 percent since it sank. Shares of Cameron International Corp, maker of the rig's blowout preventer, are
down 23 percent.
Schlumberger shares
have fallen about 8 percent over the same period.
(Reporting by Braden Reddall; Editing by Bernard Orr and Lincoln Feast)"
"Marine biology student Albert Andry III and his three high school
buddies Ryan Chaisson, Wes Bourg, and Dustin King were fishing in Andry's
26-foot catamaran, the Endorfin, the afternoon and evening of April 20, 2010.
They had experienced a great afternoon catching blackfins around BP’s "Amberjack Rig 109" –and had decided to spend the night 50 miles offshore under
the protective shelter of the Deepwater Horizon rig, fishing for baitfish to be
used the next day. [Serco TOTO – Time On Tag Offenders – and the Coast Guard
allegedly fitted the Endorfin with the Red Switch Network devices needed to
trigger the cement-bond incendiary bombs].
They were about 100 yards from the Deepwater Horizon when the massive rig'slights suddenly went out, and then the first of a series of massive booms shook the rig. Immediately, Andry began videotaping the sequence of events. His amazing tape can be viewed on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
They were about 100 yards from the Deepwater Horizon when the massive rig'slights suddenly went out, and then the first of a series of massive booms shook the rig. Immediately, Andry began videotaping the sequence of events. His amazing tape can be viewed on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?
"Admiral Thad W. Allen assumed the duties of the 23rd Commandant of the
U.S. Coast Guard on May 25th, 2006. During his tenure as the top
officer of the nation's oldest continuous sea service he led the effort to
reform and modernize all aspects of the Coast Guard, thereby "improving
and sustaining Mission Execution." As Admiral Allen continually
stated his ultimate aim was to make the Coast Guard a "change-centric"
organization capable of quickly and efficiently adapting to meet the growing
and ever-changing demands of the future. Additionally he was the first
high ranking member of the Federal government to embrace social media,
pioneering the effort to connect to his audience through all manners of digital
technology.
Although his
Modernization program was an important aspect of what Admiral Allen
accomplished during his tenure, he also led the service during a time when it
responded to a number of significant national and international incidents,
including hurricanes, floods, search-and-rescue cases, oil spills and other
environmental incidents. He led the effort to explore the changing
Arctic, solidified the Coast Guard's relationships with the nation's other armed
services and Federal partners, and reached out to the private sector to gain
their input and trust. During his
final months in office he led the Coast Guard's exemplary response to the
earthquake in Haiti and then, first as Commandant and concurrently as the
National Incident Commander, he led the nation's response to the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill [and, allegedly, the spoliation of evidence of Serco's of deployment
time-on-tag offenders with Lloyd's Register alibis and the use of Coast Guard’s C4ISR systems for remote
ignition of a helideck IED], holding the latter post well after his tenure as
Commandant had come to a close.
Admiral Allen
completed his four-year term as Commandant on 25 May 2010 and he officially
retired from the Coast Guard on 30 June 2010."
"For information on customer satisfaction with regard to the services
provided, please contact our EAGLE II Program Manager.
U.S. Coast Guard,
Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS) Program Office Support
Under this Prime
contract, Serco provides software development, logistics and program
management support to the CG-LIMS acquisition program office at Coast Guard
Headquarters.
U.S. Coast Guard, Cutter C4ISR Support via Navy SPAWAR Sea Enterprise I
Under this Navy single
award IDIQ, Serco supported the installation of the AN/USC-38(V)9 EHF SATCOM
system for the USCGC BERTHOLF (WMSL-750)by performing a topside Optical
Blockage Survey to determine the optimum location for the antennas. We also
installed the navigation system (NAVSSI) and upgraded the software along with
installing AN/USQ-144H(V)2 ADNS for the new National Security Cutter class.
U.S. Coast Guard,
Cutter C4ISR Support via Navy SPAWAR Sea Enterprise II
Under this Navy
multi-award IDIQ, Serco installed new C4ISR Segment 2/Spiral 2 hardware and
software on the USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL 751), one of the new National Security
Cutter class ships.
U.S. Coast Guard,
Joint Harbor Operations Centers via SPAWAR Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems
Under this Navy single
award IDIQ, Serco designed, installed and continues to provide lifecycle
logistics support to deploy Navy command control and sensor management systems
at four Coast Guard Sector Command Centers in San Diego, Los Angeles/Long Beach,
Seattle and Jacksonville, FL.
DHS, Customs and
Border Protection, Advanced Wireless System via SPAWAR Naval Electronic
Surveillance Systems
Under this Navy single
award IDIQ, Serco is providing engineering and logistics support to modernize
CBP’s mission critical Advanced Wireless System consisting of remote sites at
seven CBP Sectors across the entire Southern Border.
DHS, USCIS Records
Operations Centers Support Services
Under this contract,
Serco performed large-scale records management services at NRC, including
millions of file transactions per year. Productivity enhancements
improved handling of over 25 million files that are in continual movement and
while quality improvements resulted in zero quality failures in the life of the
contract.
DHS, USCIS Service
Center Operations Support Services (SCOSS)
Under this contract, Serco provides records management services to
support the adjudication of applications and petitions from persons seeking
immigration benefits [Serco deploys time-on-tag offenders to
sabotage U.S. assets worldwide]. This includes the management of
agency databases and operations of USCIS tracking systems and mainframe
information systems as well as biometric data collection and processing.
Air Force Space
Command (AFSPC), C4I2TSR Engineering and Technical Support (ETS)
Under this large,
single-award IDIQ contract for the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Serco
delivers mission-critical systems and network engineering, installations and
testing, O&M, software development and sustainment, data and information
sharing, information assurance, and combat/disaster response services to DoD
and Federal civilian agencies.
Navy, SPAWAR Naval
Electronic Surveillance Systems (NESS)
Under this single
award IDIQ contract for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR),
Serco designs, develops, installs, and maintains numerous C4ISR systems to aid
DoD and DHS agencies in achieving critical missions including border and port
security."
By Deane
Barker on July 5, 2005
Martha Stewart calls lockdown ‘hideous’: Martha Stewart was in an interview
with Vanity Fair when she made this remark. By merely saying this, I
bet she violated some intellectual property law somewhere.
Asked about the
electronic monitoring device she must wear on her ankle — she has complained
repeatedly that it irritates her skin — Stewart says she knows how to remove
it.
"I watched them put it
on. You can figure out how to get it off,” she is quoted as saying. “It’s on
the Internet. I looked it up."
Her publicist’s eyes
“widened with alarm” when Stewart made the remark. The article didn’t say
whether Stewart claimed ever to have taken off the device.
Her lawyer is likely
dead from a heart attack by now.
….. I have read Martha's statement and through
research of my own I can confirm the possibilities of these actions. I have yet
to find anything online that has provided a step by step instruction like she
has hinted towards; however, there are a few sites that provide enough
information to be of use to anyone desperate enough. Though I do not condone
the following actions, I will relay the information that can be found online.
You can put 2 and 2 together yourself. The
ankle unit sends an in-range signal every 38 seconds. This is the window for
those who didn't catch that. If someone were to try and tamper with the unit you
have to bypass 1 or all of 3 fields. The first is optical sensor that prevents
a cutting of the band itself. Next, is a metal contact if the band is forced
open with the screws taken out. Finally, there is an encryption method of the
RF signal to prevent duplication. All three methods are good except for one
overlooked flaw. One in theory could remove the pins, and using the window of
38 seconds, step outside of the signals range to remove the unit then
reassemble the unit stepping back into the signal's range. If done correctly, the receiving unit will never receive the
tamper signal and the wearer in theory would then be allowed to roam without
worry of authority presence. NOTE1: I
do not condone anyone trying this method or any other for it is unlawful to
break any of the rules set in place while under house arrest and the
participating party will therefore be sent back to jail subject to the PO's
request. NOTE2: This 38 second window can only be confirmed with the
DigitalTecnologies-2000 HMU4 Solution. Other HMU's will no doubt have a
different timing sequence. NOTE3: Though this method can be misused, I have no
doubt that future models will render this method useless. For example, in
theory the ankle unit could send the tamper signal until the receiver responds
leaving a window pointless. Other useful information can be found throughout
the internet on how the units work and their relationship with each other;
however, I only listed the most pertinent for this method. - See more at: http://gadgetopia.com/post/
"Serco loses Docklands Light Railway contract to the French
The new DLR contract
will start on December 7, 2014
Published: 04
July 2014
Serco has lost a £125
million-a year contract to run the Docklands Light Railway to a joint venture
partly controlled by the French government.
The outsourcing giant
had been operating the DLR since 1997 but was beaten by Keolis and Amey Rail in
the tendering process. Keolis’ major shareholder is France’s state rail
operator, SNCF.
The news is a huge
blow to Serco’s new boss Rupert Soames, who yesterday admitted he expected to
write down the value of some of Serco’s largest contracts.
The company, which
operates the Boris bike scheme, has been under intense pressure since last year
when it was found to have overcharged the Government on contracts to tag
offenders.
It has already
downgraded its 2014 profit forecasts three times and launched a share placing
to raise cash.
David Stretch,
managing director of Serco’s transport business, said: "We are obviously
disappointed that we have not been selected to continue to manage and operate
the DLR.
“We will continue to
provide DLR passengers with the best possible service until the new operator
starts later this year and we will work closely with them to ensure a seamless
handover."
Serco said the DLR
contract had generated about £90 million, or 2%, of its annual revenues at a
margin “significantly below the average level the group achieves on its
contracts”. The seven-year Keolis contract is worth £700 million.
TfL’s managing
director of London Underground and Rail, Mike Brown, said: "The DLR is a rail
network that continues to support regeneration across a huge area of London and
the economic growth of the city as a whole.
"The decision to
appoint Keolis Amey Docklands was reached after a thorough and competitive
procurement process, which will ensure the DLR continues to deliver an
ever-improving high-quality, value-for-money service."
Yours sincerely,
Field McConnell, United States Naval Academy, 1971; Forensic Economist; 30 year airline and 22 year military pilot; 23,000 hours of safety; Tel: 715 307 8222
David Hawkins Tel: 604 542-0891 Forensic Economist; former leader of oil-well blow-out teams; now sponsors Grand Juries in CSI Crime and Safety Investigation
Field McConnell, United States Naval Academy, 1971; Forensic Economist; 30 year airline and 22 year military pilot; 23,000 hours of safety; Tel: 715 307 8222
David Hawkins Tel: 604 542-0891 Forensic Economist; former leader of oil-well blow-out teams; now sponsors Grand Juries in CSI Crime and Safety Investigation
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