Hounsell

John Hounsell WNC delivers the news online from 1,750 newspapers, broadcasts and blogs in 130 countries.

Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011

Yet WNC is "one of the least known" of the many databases Mr. Price tracks—a fact painfully well known to John Hounsell .

Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011

Mr. Hounsell, 61 years old, works in a Commerce Department outpost here in Virginia—a branch that pays for itself by selling government-generated information.

Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011

Mr. Hounsell spends his days mailing letters in English to faraway newspapers or radio stations, pleading for clearance.

Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011

Mr. Hounsell's promotions tout WNC as "compiled by intelligence experts" and "not filtered by Western biases."

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To keep axis-of-evil raw material online at World News Connection, including the latest speeches by a certain North African colonel, Mr. Hounsell has asked that their names remain an open secret.

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"A guy in Baluchistan got back," Mr. Hounsell recalled.

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Last week we posted the Drops Chair by designer Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen, and now today she has sent us her Treat Bowls, which use recycled lampshade frames with thread (yarn) to make colorful bowls.

Treat Bowls by Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen 2009

"Right now, I'm contacting new sources," Mr. Hounsell said, opening a spreadsheet on his screen.

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His desk radio played quietly one day as Mr. Hounsell opened WNC's search page.

Today's News, Brought to You by Your Friends at the CIA Barry Newman 2011