10 June 2013
Day: June 10, 2013
Rewriting History – Iraq and the BBC Glove Puppets By Matt Carr
10 June, 2013 — Information Clearing House
I watched the first part of the BBC’s ‘History of the Iraq War‘ series, and I have no intention of watching any more, because it won’t do my blood pressure any good.
ICH 10 June 2013: Exposed: Obama’s Turnkey Tyranny
10 June 2013 — Information Clearing House
From The Trojan Horse To The Golden Calf-The Power Of Deceit
By William A. Cook
We may weep for the innocents slaughtered in the fulfillment of the Zionist dream that took America to war against Iraq, and Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and Syria, and the ultimate goal of Israel, Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35229.htm
When the Surveillance State Is Used to Investigate and Prosecute Whistleblowers, the Occupy Movement and Environmental Activists By Mark Karlin
10 June 2013 — Buzzflash at Truthout
It’s worth noting that a noticeable number of progressives are protesting not the expanded government invasion of privacy under President Obama, but rather those sites, such as BuzzFlash at Truthout, who are harshly critical of Obama for justifying a secret system of massive spying on individuals.
Is This the REAL Reason for the Government Spying On Americans?
10 June, 2013 — WashingtonsBlog
Are Emergency Plans Meant Only for Nuclear War the Real Justification for Spying?
To understand the scope, extent and reason that the government spies on all Americans, you have to understand what has happened to our Constitutional form of government since 9/11.
RAF drone attacks ‘break rights law’ By Paddy McGuffin
10 June 2013 — Morning Star
Top lawyers concluded today that British drone attacks on Afghanistan are almost certainly illegal.
Video: "On a Slippery Slope to a Totalitarian State": NSA Whistleblower Rejects Gov’t Defense of Spying
10 June 2013 — Democracy Now!
As Director of National Intelligence James Clapper warns the recent leaks could “render great damage to our intelligence capabilities,” we speak to William Binney, a former top official at the National Security Agency, and Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who has broken the NSA spying stories. Binney spent almost 40 years at the agency but resigned after Sept. 11 over concerns about growing domestic surveillance. He spent time as director of the NSA’s World Geopolitical and Military Analysis Reporting Group and was a senior NSA crypto-mathematician largely responsible for automating the agency’s worldwide eavesdropping network. “The government is not trying to protect [secrets about NSA surveillance] from the terrorists,” Binney says. “It’s trying to protect knowledge of that program from the citizens of the United States.” Continue reading
President Obama’s Data Harvesting Program: NSA as Pollster, PRISM as MISO By John Stanton
10 June 2013 — Boiling Frogs
“And to the comfort offered by senators Chambliss, Graham, and Feinstein, who ask us to sleep well and sleep long, there is a simple reply. In what country do they think they are living, and under what constitution?”
US data mining system technical details murky
7 June 2013 — Spacewar Daily
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) — The US government’s vast online data collection system revealed this week could tap into companies like Google and Facebook without the knowledge of top executives, experts said.
Video: Netanyahu Says it's Anti-Semitism to Accuse Israel of War Crimes or Violating Human Rights
10 June 2013 — The Real Network
Shir Hever: At the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, the Israeli military and political leadership’s attacks on critics reflects Israel’s isolation and the strength of the boycott campaign (inc. transcript). Continue reading
Video: Netanyahu Says it’s Anti-Semitism to Accuse Israel of War Crimes or Violating Human Rights
10 June 2013 — The Real Network
Shir Hever: At the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, the Israeli military and political leadership’s attacks on critics reflects Israel’s isolation and the strength of the boycott campaign (inc. transcript). Continue reading
The NSA’s Greatest Hits: “We’re the Only Ones Not Spying on the American people” By Burkely Hermann
10 June 2013 — Global Research
The title of this piece comes from a statement by the NSA director on spying right before the recent stories on mass surveillance broke.
