Spies-R-Us
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Statewatch News Online, 10 January 2014 (01/14): UK: Mark Duggan family reacts with fury to inquest verdict of lawful killing
10 January 2014 — Statewatch.org e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS 1. UK: Interception Commissioner fails to report on Section 8(4) certificates authorising GCHQ’s mass data collection Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 23 December 2013: UK: Torture victims have “well-founded claim” that UK complicit in their abuse, says High Court
22 December 2013 — Statewatch • e-mail: office@statewatch.org NEWS1. EU: FRA: Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary2. UK: Torture victims have “well-founded claim” that UK complicit in their abuse, says High Court3. UK: RENDITION: Report of the Detainee Inquiry Continue reading
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An NSA Coworker Remembers The Real Edward Snowden: “A Genius Among Geniuses”
The black sweatshirt sold by the civil libertarian Electronic Frontier Foundation featured a parody of the National Security Agency’s logo, with the traditional key in an eagle’s claws replaced by a collection of AT&T cables, and eavesdropping headphones covering the menacing bird’s ears. Snowden wore it regularly to stay warm in the air-conditioned underground NSA… Continue reading
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US pressure on participants of talks over Trans-Pacific Partnership yields no results
After four days of talks over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which took place in Singapore, the participants failed to sign a resolution that would have suited all of them. The only agreement reached at the talks was to resume them later. However, some materials released by Wikileaks show that the reason for this lack of agreement… Continue reading
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Second release of secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement documents
On 13 November 2013 WikiLeaks released the draft text of the crucial Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Intellectual Property chapter during the lead-up to a TPP chief negotiators’ meeting in Salt Lake City on 19-24 November 2013. Today, 9 December 2013, WikiLeaks has released two more secret TPP documents that show the state of negotiations as… Continue reading
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New Statewatch Journal 23 September 2013: Informants, spies and subversion
The intention is not to sort the “good” grasses from the “bad” but rather to interrogate the relationship between states and informers and better understand the role that they play not just in the pursuit of security and criminal justice, but state subversion and the pursuit of profit.” Continue reading
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Video: Manning Conviction Serious Blow To Govt Whistleblowers
Michael Ratner: Bradley Manning’s conviction demonstrates Obama administration’s ‘War on Whistleblowers’ in full effect Continue reading
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Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, faces 130+ yrs in jail on other charges
A US military judge has found Army private Bradley Manning “not guilty” of aiding the enemy. However, he was found guilty of 19 remaining charges, meaning that he still faces the possibility of up to 132 years behind bars. Sentencing begins tomorrow. Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 30 July 2013
30 July 2013 Big Update in Bradley Manning Trial | Video FORT MEADE, Md. (TheBlaze/AP) — Pfc. Bradley Manning will learn Tuesday afternoon whether he will be convicted of aiding the enemy – punishable by life in … Continue reading
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Movie Review: “We Steal Secrets”: A Masterclass in Propaganda. The Assassination of Julian Assange By Jonathan Cook
I have just watched We Steal Secrets, Alex Gibney’s documentary about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. One useful thing I learnt is the difference between a hatchet job and character assassination. Gibney is too clever for a hatchet job, and his propaganda is all the more effective for it. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Newslinks 26 July 2013
26 July 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks Trial Nears Closing Arguments ABC News A military judge is refusing to dismiss theft charges against an Army private who leaked reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. Col. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2013 (12/13) UK News
25 July 2013 — http://www.statewatch.org/ – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. UK: The IPCC has today published their annual statistics on deaths during or following police contact 2. UK: Independent Police Complaints Commission report (IPPC): Metropolitan Police Service handling of complaints alleging race discrimination Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 26 July 2013 (11/13): EU-USA: Data surveillance
25 July 2013 — http://www.statewatch.org/ – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EP Inquiry: Letter from Martin Schulz, MEP, President of the European Parliament to the Council Presidency2. GERMANY-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: ‘Key Partners’: The Secret Link Between Germany and the NSA3. Extract from the Minutes of the 4 July 2013 meeting of COREPER II: EU-US High Level expert group on security Continue reading
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Bradley Manning Newslinks 26 July 2013
26 July 2013 — williambowles.info Bradley Manning’s court-martial for leaking US secrets to WikiLeaks … The trial of Pfc. Bradley Manning enters its eighth week Thursday at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. The former intelligence analyst from Crescent, Okla., is charged … Continue reading
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Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 16 July 2013
16 July 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks trial: judge hears dismissal arguments NDTV Instead, he gave them to WikiLeaks in an attempt to “spark reform” and provoke debate. He said Manning had no way of knowing whether al-Qaida would access the website and said a military report from 2008 showed the government didn’t even know. http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/wikileaks-trial-judge-hears-dismissal-arguments-392767 Continue reading
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