National Security State

July 6, 2013

The Hero’s Reward and the Judgment of History By Andrew Levine

Governments abhor transparency, and governments lie. To keep them (comparatively) honest, an engaged and informed citizenry is indispensable. That requires media that are aggressive and probing, and that are not afraid to speak the truth. We have precious little of that in the United States today. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

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July 6, 2013

The Snowden Affair and the Destruction of Effective Democracy in Europe By Diana Johnstone

Certainly, the facts of NSA spying are significant. But many people suspected that something of the sort was going on. The refusal of France, Italy and Portugal to allow the private aircraft of the President of Bolivia to cross their airspace on the mere suspicion that Edward Snowden might be aboard is rather more astonishing. Continue reading

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July 6, 2013

‘Free from imperial persecution’: Venezuela offers Snowden asylum

On Friday Nicaragua also said that it would “gladly receive” Snowden, who is still holed up in a transit section of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport since fleeing Hong Kong twelve days ago, and give him asylum, “if circumstances permit.” Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Venezuela

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July 4, 2013

Iceland Congress puts forward bill to grant Snowden citizenship By Patrick Henningsen

One day before members of the Icelandic Parliament are due to break for summer vacation, leaders of three political parties have submitted a special piece of legislation which would make NSA whistleblower and fugitive, Edward Snowden, a citizen of Iceland. Continue reading

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July 4, 2013

Snowden asylum case: ‘European leaders are slavishly obedient to American policy’

In the debate between security and privacy the US government went way too far in the direction of security, but the European leaders are obedient to American policy, Gerolf Annemans, member of the Belgian Vlaams Belang party, told RT. Continue reading

Europe, National Security State, USA

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July 4, 2013

Snowden’s next stop: Latin America split on Snowden extradition

The regional block’s reaction will mark a “new era of Latin American sovereignty,” Eva Golinger, attorney and author, told RT. Continue reading

Europe, Latin America, National Security State, USA

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July 4, 2013

Edward Snowden: Planet without a visa By Bill Van Auken

Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor who courageously exposed secret and unconstitutional US spying programs targeting millions of people in the US and around the world, is now unable to find a single government prepared to grant him the democratic right of asylum. Continue reading

Europe, National Security State, USA

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July 4, 2013

UK parliament’s intelligence and security committee cancels questioning of UK spy agencies By Robert Stevens

The ISC, established by the Intelligence Services Act 1994, is tasked with overseeing the work of the intelligence services. It is composed of former ministers, appointed by the prime minister, in consultations with the Leader of the Opposition–the Labour Party. Its workings are kept secret and the prime minister filters its reports to Parliament. Continue reading

National Security State, UK

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July 3, 2013

‘It’s appropriate EU countries should have attempted to catch Snowden’

What Edward Snowden revealed concerns intelligence sharing between the European Union and America, the American and European intelligence agencies work “hand in glove,” John Laughland, from the Institute of Democracy and Cooperation in Paris, told RT. Continue reading

Europe, National Security State, USA

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July 3, 2013

GCHQ sells your information to big corporations

Journalist Steve Boggan had gate-crashed ‘Secret Work in an Open Society’, an invite only gathering organized by MI5’s then Director General Stephen Lander. Britain’s domestic security service, he found, was quietly offering to sell secrets to companies such as Rolls-Royce, BP, Ernst & Young, arms firm BAe Systems and to a bank since proven to… Continue reading

National Security State, UK

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July 3, 2013

‘Infiltrated from all sides’: Bug found in London’s Ecuadorian embassy

A hidden microphone has been discovered in the Ecuadorian ambassador’s office in London, said Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino. He denounced the find as yet more evidence of the loss of ethics at an international level in government relations. Continue reading

National Security State, UK

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July 2, 2013

Venezuela ready to help Snowden, but final decision with people – Maduro to RT

Caracas is ready to help NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but will “leave the decision to the people” when considering his request for asylum, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has told RT in an exclusive interview. Continue reading

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July 2, 2013

Schieffer Hopes the Government Will Explain Its Secret Spying Program to Him By Peter Hart

This weekend CBS Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer (6/30/13) did a segment on the latest revelations about NSA surveillance. And who better to interview than… well, the former head of the NSA and CIA, Michael Hayden. Continue reading

Media, National Security State, USA

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July 2, 2013

Video: Is Whistle-blowing a Form of Free Speech?

Michael Ratner: Recognized by countries all over the world, whistle-blowing is a form of political opinion that is protected by the Refugee Convention Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

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July 2, 2013

Snowden’s Cry for Help Is a Cry for America By Pam Martens

In July 2002, less than a year after Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, Nancy Chang, then Senior Litigation Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, published a prophetic and comprehensive book about the legislation titled: Silencing Political Dissent: How Post-September 11 Anti-terrorism Measures Threaten our Civil Liberties. Continue reading

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July 2, 2013

US-EU fallout: Eavesdropping on the free trade

“Snowden did ask to stay in Russia. However, when he found out Russia’s position on the matter and the associated conditions he decided not to stay in Russia,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Snowden is still held up in a Moscow airport and has issued asylum bids to 15 countries, the spokesman added. Continue reading

National Security State, Russia, USA

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July 2, 2013

Ecuador ‘helped Snowden by mistake,’ asylum in doubt

Correa told The Guardian that Quito will not be involved in financing or organizing Snowden’s travel from Moscow, specifying that the fugitive leaker would have to reach Ecuadorian soil before the government considers protecting him from American law enforcement. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

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July 2, 2013

Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow

On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not permit any diplomatic “wheeling and dealing” over my case. Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my… Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

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July 1, 2013

Source: NSA Spied on Chávez in Rome

The DataGate? It began in Rome when the National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the visit of Hugo Chávez. In May 2006, U.S. secret services organized a massive espionage operation against the Venezuelan president. The Italian capital was intercepted for a week. Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Venezuela

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July 1, 2013

New Documents Shed Light on NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance

An unnamed “senior administration official” confirmed the existence of a Bush-era surveillance program which gobbled-up “vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans,” but claimed, without evidence, that “it ended in 2001,” according to The Guardian. Continue reading

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