National Security State
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Statewatch News 2 March 2012: Counter-terrorism, “policy laundering” and the FATF – legalising surveillance, regulating civil society
A new report published today by the Transnational Institute and Statewatch: examines the global framework for countering-terrorist financing developed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other international law enforcement bodies. The 68 page report includes a thorough examination of the impact of FATF’s ‘Special Recommendation VIII’ on countering the threat of terrorist financing… Continue reading
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Top Social Media Websites Caught Censoring Controversial Content By Washington’s Blog
Facebook pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based upon a censorship list. For example, Facebook deletes accounts created by Palestinian resistance groups. Continue reading
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Stephen Lendman: ORWELLIAN DRONES – “Eye in the Sky” Spying on Americans
Predator drones perform sanitized killing on the cheap compared to manned aircraft. Independent experts believe militants are hit about 2% of the time. All others are noncombatants, despite official disclaimers. Continue reading
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Anonymous calls for anti-ACTA rallies, Poland suspends bill — RT
A wolf in sheep’s clothing – that’s how ACTA opponents have described the international copyright treaty. Thousands are to protest in Sweden on Saturday while in Poland the legislation has been suspended after attacks on government websites. Continue reading
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Will rendition of this man land MPs in jail for war crimes?
British ministers could be found guilty of war crimes if the US refuses to hand back a Pakistani citizen held without charge in Afghanistan for seven years. Continue reading
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CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns — RT
With demonstrators suspecting governmental assistance in the crackdowns clobbering Occupy Wall Street encampments, the CIA is trying to distance itself from divulging any incriminating evidence regarding their role in the raids. Continue reading
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New Riot Police Shields Will Suffocate Protestors With Acoustic Waves
Raytheon has a patent pending now for a new police shield that produces a low-frequency sound which resonates with the respiratory tract, making it hard to breathe. According to the patent, the intensity could be increased from causing discomfort to the point where targets become ‘temporarily incapacitated’. Continue reading
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The Constitution Is Dead: The Gradual Transition towards an Orwellian Police State By Devon DB
Many in America still believe that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that politicians, both Republican and Democrat alike, still hold that view and ensure that any and all legislation passed does not violate it. However, in today’s America, the Constitution is effectively a null and void document, nothing more than… Continue reading
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Unknown Snipers and Western Backed Regime Change: a Short History By Gearóid Ó Colmáin
Unknown snipers played a pivotal role throughout the so-called ‘Arab Spring Revolutions’ yet, in spite of reports of their presence in the mainstream media, surprisingly little attention has been paid to to their purpose and role. Continue reading
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Pentagon could bomb enemy hackers — RT
A US Department of Defense report has outlined how the American military plans to respond to foreign hacker attacks. We’re talking all-out retaliation, both in cyberspace, and in real life. Continue reading
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Firm holds 1 million on anti-terror list
U.S. security firm Regulatory DataCorp says it has more than 1 million people and groups on its anti-terror database that it wants to market to government and private-sector clients worldwide. Continue reading
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Report your local anarchist: Network for Police Monitoring
For the time being, holding anarchist sympathies is not a crime – although presumably any gossip, however dubious and ill-informed, will be passed on by borough-level SO15 Counter Terrorism Liaison Officers to the feverish data collectors at the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit. Are the Metropolitan Police simply starting to run low on ‘Islamists’ to… Continue reading
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ECHELON: The Global Eavesdropping Scheme Dwarfs Murdoch’s “News of the World” By Sherwood Ross
As eavesdroppers go, next to Uncle Sam and John Bull, Rupert Murdoch, the moral force behind Fox News, is an amateur. That’s because a global eavesdropping scheme being run today by the United States and Great Britain dwarfs anything that Rupert Murdoch’s editors at The News of The World (TNTW) ever dared attempt. Continue reading
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Video: Getting Away with Torture
Human rights advocates urge criminal investigations into the Bush administration for torture Continue reading
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US: inspiring attacks from within — RT
Three men convicted of trying to blow up synagogues in New York have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison. But the case has raised allegations of entrapment, after they were actually incited by the FBI, and handed fake bombs. Continue reading
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Pentagon Ramps-Up Cyberwar Plans By Tom Burghardt
As the Obama administration expands Bush-era surveillance programs over the nation’s electronic communications’ infrastructure, recent media reports provide tantalizing hints of Pentagon plans for waging cyberwar against imperialism’s geopolitical rivals. Continue reading
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9/11 AND AMERICA’S “WAR ON TERRORISM”By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The livelihood of millions of people throughout the World is at stake. It is my sincere hope that the truth will prevail and that the understanding provided in this detailed study will serve the cause of World peace. This objective, however, can only be reached by revealing the falsehoods behind America’s “War on Terrorism” and… Continue reading
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As Smartphone Scandal Grows, Tech Firms Run for Cover, Reap Windfall Profits
Recent revelations that Apple’s iPhone and iPad, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating systems collect, store and transmit records of users’ physical locations to central databases–secretly, and without consent–have ignited a firestorm over Americans’ privacy rights in an age of hypersurveillance. Continue reading
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