14 June 2013 — RIA Novosti
The Syrian government on Friday called recent White House claims about the use of chemical weapons in Syria “a statement full of lies based on fabricated information.”
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Stalin's personal archives available
14 June 2013 — Pravda
About 100,000 documents from the archives of Joseph Stalin and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union became available to the general public. The legendary leader is presented in the materials as both a statesman and the man he was in every day life.
Video: James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander’s Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar
14 June 2013 — Democracy Now!
As the U.S. vows to take “all necessary steps” to pursue whistleblower Edward Snowden, James Bamford joins us to discuss the National Security Agency’s secret expansion of government surveillance and cyberwarfare. In his latest reporting for Wired magazine, Bamford profiles NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander and connects the dots on PRISM, phone surveillance and the NSA’s massive spy center in Bluffdale, Utah. Says Bamford of Alexander: “Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come close to his degree of power, the number of people under his command, the expanse of his rule, the length of his reign or the depth of his secrecy.” The author of “The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America,” Bamford has covered the National Security Agency for the last three decades, after helping expose its existence in the 1980s (inc. transcript).
The National Security Agency: A Global Superpower By Wayne Madsen
13 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Recent revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency is conducting massive meta-data vacuuming of the phone calls and Internet transactions of tens of millions of Americans and, perhaps, billions of people around the world, with little or no effective oversight by President Obama, the U.S. Congress, or the federal court system means that the intelligence agency has become, in its own right, a global superpower.
Permanent Washington’s Backlash to Edward Snowden BY DAVID SIROTA
14 June 2013 — In These Times
The attacks on the NSA whistleblower reveal some ugly truths about America
Whether in celebrity culture or in our Facebook-mediated interactions, we live in the age of the human being as a public brand. So there’s nothing surprising about the reaction to this week’s disclosures about the National Security Agency’s unprecedented surveillance program. In our cult-of-personality society, that reaction has been predictably—and unfortunately—focused less on the agency’s possible crimes against the entire country than on Edward Snowden, the government contractor who disclosed the wrongdoing.
Permanent Washington’s Backlash to Edward Snowden BY DAVID SIROTA
14 June 2013 — In These Times
The attacks on the NSA whistleblower reveal some ugly truths about America
Whether in celebrity culture or in our Facebook-mediated interactions, we live in the age of the human being as a public brand. So there’s nothing surprising about the reaction to this week’s disclosures about the National Security Agency’s unprecedented surveillance program. In our cult-of-personality society, that reaction has been predictably—and unfortunately—focused less on the agency’s possible crimes against the entire country than on Edward Snowden, the government contractor who disclosed the wrongdoing.
Wikileaks Newslinks 14 June 2013
14 June 2013 — williambowles.info
‘WikiLeaks founder Assange did not request asylum in India’
Hindustan Times
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has never requested for asylum in India, government said on Thursday, rebutting his claim that he had written to external affairs ministry through the Indian high commissioner in London. “We have checked our records and …
Bradley Manning Newslinks 14 June 2014
14 June 2013 — williambowles.info
Bradley Manning vs Edward Snowden: Comparing America’s whistleblowers
globalnews.ca
In this handout photo provided by The Guardian, Edward Snowden (left) speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. In the image on the right, U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted as he leaves a military court at the end of the first of a three-day …
Who Killed the Syrian Peace Talks? The Rebels have been Defeated. Is the War Over? By Shamus Cooke
13 June 2013 — Global Research
The long awaited Syrian peace talks — instigated by power brokers Russia and the United States — had already passed their initial due date, and are now officially stillborn.
ICH 13 June 2013: Rebels Defeated – US Plays WMD Card
13 June 2013 — Information Clearing House
As Rebels Defeated – US Plays WMD Card
US to Give Military Support to Syrian Rebels as ‘Red Line’ Crossed
By RT
After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country’s insurgency, thus crossing a ‘red line,’ the Obama administration has decided to start sending arms to anti-Assad rebels.
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VTJP Occupied Palestine and Israel News and Articles 13 June 2013
13 June 2013 — VTJP
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International Middle East Media Center
Zahalka: “Government, Police, Responsible For Escalating Settler Violence”
IMEMC – [Wednesday June 13] Arab Member of Israeli Knesset (MK) Jamal Zahalka of the National Democratic Assembly sent an urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovich, demanding him to act on stopping the escalating “Price Tag” attacks carried out extremist Israeli youths. …
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US Chemical Weapons Report on Syria ‘Cooked’ – Russian MP
14 June 2013 — RIA Novosti
A US government report concluding Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, crossing what US President Barack Obama has previously described as a “red line,” is a fabrication, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday.
Syria: The Mother of All Battles
14 June 2013 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The Syrian army is successfully expanding its most important operation since the beginning of the civil war, launched on June 9 of this year. This operation, «Northern Storm», is aimed at liberating the opposition’s main stronghold – the city of Aleppo, the country’s largest city and most important economic center, located near the Turkish border – from rebel forces.
What We DO Know About Chemical Weapons In Syria
13 June 2013 — Moon of Alabama
The White House now claims that the Syrian Arab Army has used chemical weapons: Continue reading
Video: US to give military support to Syrian rebels as ‘red line' crossed
13 June 2013 — RT
After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country’s insurgency, thus crossing a ‘red line,’ the Obama administration has decided to start sending arms to anti-Assad rebels for the first time, officials say. Continue reading
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