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June 7, 2013

Video: "A Massive Surveillance State": Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies — including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook. The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed the top-secret program, codenamed PRISM, after they obtained several slides from a 41-page training presentation for senior intelligence analysts. It explains how PRISM allows… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

database state, Democracy Now, Glenn Greenwald, GOODMAN, Journal, New York, NSA, prism, privacy, surveillance, Verizon, Video, Wall Street, Washington Post
June 7, 2013

Video: “A Massive Surveillance State”: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails

The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies — including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook. The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed the top-secret program, codenamed PRISM, after they obtained several slides from a 41-page training presentation for senior intelligence analysts. It explains how PRISM allows… Continue reading

Liberties, USA

database state, Democracy Now, Glenn Greenwald, GOODMAN, Journal, New York, NSA, prism, privacy, surveillance, Verizon, Video, Wall Street, Washington Post
June 7, 2013

NO2ID Newsletter (2nd Series) No. 9 – 6th June 2013

7 June 2013 — NO2ID Edited by Daryl Worthington ++ NEW THREAT TO MEDICAL PRIVACY by James Baker Continue reading

Liberties, UK

BBC, database state, health records, NHS, Nick Clegg, NO2ID, privacy, Scotland, surveillance
June 6, 2013

Is the Government Also Monitoring the CONTENT of Our Phone Calls?

The American government is in fact collecting and storing virtually every phone call, purchases, email, text message, internet searches, social media communications, health information, employment history, travel and student records, and virtually all other information of every American. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

CIA, database state, DHS, drones, Government, ICE, land, NSA, rights, security, spying, surveillance, Verizon
May 15, 2013

Freedom of the Press: Obama Justice Department Secretly seized Associated Press Telephone Records By Barry Grey

In a brazen and illegal attack on press freedom, the Obama Justice Department secretly subpoenaed the telephone records of Associated Press editors and journalists and tracked ingoing and outgoing calls on at least 20 telephone lines, including the national headquarters of the press agency and its news bureaus in New York, Hartford and Washington DC.… Continue reading

Media, USA

AP, Associated Press, CIA, data mining, database state, IRS, journalists, New York, Obama, press freedom, surveillance
May 15, 2013

Video: Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges joins us to discuss what could mark the most significant government intrusion on freedom of the press in decades. The Justice Department has acknowledged seizing the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. The phones targeted included the general AP… Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

AP, Chris Hedges, database state, Democracy Now, GOODMAN, intelligence, Justice Department, New York, surveillance, Video, Yemen
May 7, 2013

Statewatch: Austerity, democracy and civil liberties

The Journal has been redesigned and each issue will now have a thematic focus. This issue focuses on the nexus between austerity, civil liberties and democracy. Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

austerity, database state, democracy, EU, Golden Dawn, Journal, liberties, resistance, rights, Statewatch, surveillance, the state, welfare
January 1, 2013

NO2ID: The 2012 round-up: Kiss privacy goodbye

1 January 2013 — NO2ID January 2012 · The year started with a handful of census refuseniks getting fined for not handing over their personal details to the Office of National Statistics. The 2011 census was bigger than ever, and particularly controversial both because of the involvement of BAE systems, and a change in the law that destroys the confidentiality of census information. Continue reading

Liberties, Spies-R-Us, UK

Big Brother, children, database state, DNA, Home Office, Liberal Democrat, liberties, MP, privacy, surveillance
December 6, 2012

Orwellian “Eavesdropping on a Worldwide Scale”: United Nations asks for Control over the World’s Internet

Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. Continue reading

Internet, Liberties, United Nations

conference, database state, Dubai, Global Research, growth, Internet, ITU, resources, surveillance, UN, World Wide Web
December 6, 2012

Orwellian “Eavesdropping on a Worldwide Scale”: United Nations asks for Control over the World’s Internet

Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. Continue reading

Internet, Liberties, United Nations

conference, database state, Dubai, Global Research, growth, Internet, ITU, resources, surveillance, UN, World Wide Web
November 16, 2012

Fighting ‘Terrorism’ or Repressing Democracy? Britain’s System of Mass Surveillance By Dr. Paul Anderson

The focus of critiques of authoritarianism today lies increasingly in the use by liberal governments of ‘exceptional’ powers. These are powers in which an imminent threat to national security is judged to be of such importance as to warrant the restriction of liberties and other socially repressive measures in order to protect national security. ‘Terrorism’… Continue reading

Global Research, National Security State, UK

database state, democracy, EU, Global Research, liberties, London, privacy, security, surveillance, terrorism, the state
October 8, 2012

Statewatch News Online, 8 October 2012: You look foreign: bring your passport, it’s what the UKBA would want

8 October 2012 — Statewatch e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: Western Balkan states held back by lawlessness2. EU: Council of the European Union: Common European Asylum System – State of play3. EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT: FINLAND, DENMARK & SWEDEN4. EU: Council of the European Union: Military Command and Control, JCOs and Auditors letter on Home Affairs funding Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

CIA, database state, dublin, EU, Finland, Italy, Member State, Pakistan, police, privacy, rights, Statewatch, surveillance
August 20, 2012

Statewatch News Online, 20 August 2012 (15/12)

012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. European Court of Human Rights to examine complaint against ban on anonymous prepaid mobile phone cards2. GREECE: Racist Violence Recording Network: Fatal attack on Iraqi in Athens Continue reading

National Security State, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, EEAS, EU, Government, liberties, Migration, NGOs, police, regulation, Statewatch, surveillance, Working Group
June 26, 2012

Statewatch News Online, 26 June 2012 (12/12)

26 June 2012 — http://www.statewatch.org/ – e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. TURKEY: Readmission: Council of the European Union rushes through agreement2. EU: DATA PROTECTION REGULATION: Council of the European Union position3. SLOVAKIA::ECHR rules against deportation of convicted terrorist because of risk of torture4. EU: Statewatch Analysis: The revised ‘Dublin’ rules on responsibility for asylum-seekers: a missed opportunity Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, dublin, EC, EDPS, EU, mining, police, regulation, STATE, surveillance
May 11, 2012

Statewatch 11 May 2012: Support the “Call for an Open Europe”

“Access to documents in the EU is not a “gift” from on high to be packaged, sanitised and manipulated. It is a “right” which is fundamental in a democracy”: Tony Bunyan, Deirdre Curtin and Aidan White in Essays for an Open Europe Continue reading

Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, democracy, e-mail, EC, EU, FOI, freedom of information, regulation, Statewatch, surveillance, Tony Bunyan
March 13, 2012

Statewatch News Online, 13 March 2012 (6/12)

Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org13 March 2012 1. EU-READMISSION: Turkey: Council of the European Union: Synthesis on Member States’ practical experiences2. EU: Council of the European Union: Summary of conclusions of the meeting of the JHA-RELEX Working Party (JAIEX) Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, EC, education, EU, Government, Member State, Statewatch, surveillance, UN
February 22, 2012

Statewatch News Online, 23 February 2012 (4/12)

NEW: Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents: 1976-2000. Unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, EDPS, EU, Home Affairs, regulation, Statewatch, surveillance, talks
February 9, 2012

8 February 2012: Statewatch launches online historical archive of EU Justice and Home Affairs documents

Statewatch today launches a unique online archive of over 4,500 official documents (rising to over 6,500 by the end of 2012) that chart the development of EU justice and home affairs policy over three decades. Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

Civil Liberties, database state, e-mail, EU, Home Affairs, liberties, News Online, PO, Statewatch, surveillance, the state, Tony Bunyan
December 22, 2011

Statewatch News Online, 22 December 2011

Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org 1. EU: ECJ: Judgment: France’s appeal against the judgment of the General Court removing the PMOI the EU 2. UK: POLICE OFFICER ON JURY: ECHR: Police officer’s presence on jury made trial unfair 3. EU: EURO CRISIS: Statewatch Analysis: Draft Agreement on Reinforced Economic Union (REU Treaty) by Steve Peers Continue reading

Europe, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, e-mail, EC, EDPS, EU, PO, riots, Statewatch, surveillance, terrorism
December 1, 2011

Statewatch News Online, 29 November 2011: Criticism of UK Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures mounts

29 November 2011 — Statewatch 1. Statewatch Analysis: The Arab Spring of “Security made in Germany” 2. Statewatch Analysis: Criticism of UK Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures mounts Continue reading

Europe, Liberties, Spies-R-Us, Statewatch

database state, EC, EDPS, EU, France, Home Affairs, Italy, Statewatch, surveillance, terrorism

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