GCHQ

November 21, 2013

US, UK hammered secret deal on all Britons’ private data in last days of Blair

The US National Security Agency has subverted an international agreement in order to save and examine the phone, internet, and other communication records of UK citizens not suspected of any wrongdoing, according to a new report. Continue reading

UK, USA

GCHQ, NSA, privacy, surveillance
November 16, 2013

Police State UK: UN envoy ‘shocked’ by UK’s ‘unacceptable’ persecution of The Guardian over Snowden leaks

A senior United Nations official responsible for freedom of expression has warned that the UK government’s response to revelations of mass surveillance by Edward Snowden is damaging Britain’s reputation for press freedom and investigative journalism. Continue reading

UK

d-notice, GCHQ, NSA, snowden, surveillance, the guardian
November 14, 2013

Police State UK: Britain’s Surveillance State By Stephen Dorril, Tom Mills

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has revealed the existence of an international network of mass surveillance in which Britain’s GCHQ plays a central role, working closely with European partners, but subordinate to the United States. Stephen Dorril is the founding co-editor of Lobster and a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield. He has worked as… Continue reading

UK

database state, GCHQ, NSA, police state, privacy, snowden, surveillance
November 11, 2013

Police State UK: UK spy agency possibly with help of NSA uses LinkedIn to target global mobile traffic exchange

The UK’s intelligence spying agency has been using bogus accounts created on the professional social networking site LinkedIn to target global roaming data exchange companies and spy on the Vienna headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Continue reading

UK, USA

GCHQ, NSA, snowden, surveillance
November 9, 2013

Video: Chris Hedges: The Detention of Greenwald's Partner on Terrorism Charges Amounts to the "Criminalization of Journalism"

Chris Hedges says David Miranda’s detention represents an assault on journalism by the US and its allies. Continue reading

Videos

GCHQ, miranda, NSA, snowden, surveillance
November 9, 2013

Police State UK: David Miranda challenges his detention under Terrorism Act at High Court By Robert Stevens

The High Court in London concluded a two-day hearing Thursday after David Miranda, the Brazilian partner of the former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, challenged his nine-hour detention under anti-terror legislation at Heathrow Airport on August 18 as unlawful. Continue reading

UK

GCHQ, greenwald, miranda, NSA, police state, snowden
November 8, 2013

Police State UK: The National Security State – grilling wouldn’t scare a puppy

As feared, yesterday’s “grilling” consisted of friendly and open-ended questions – resulting in few specific answers and barely anything not already on the public record. These public servants presided over blanket surveillance of the entire population without public, parliamentary or democratic mandate. Yet they faced questioning that wouldn’t have scared a puppy. Continue reading

UK

community, GCHQ, intelligence, MI5, MI6, NSA, rights, security, snowden, surveillance
November 6, 2013

Corpwatch: Six Telecom Companies Face Formal Complaint for Collusion With UK Spy Agency

Six global telecommunications companies – British Telecom, Interoute, Level Three, Verizon Enterprise, Viatel and Vodafone Cable – are the subject of a formal complaint by Privacy International for potential violation of human rights such as the right to privacy and freedom of expression. Continue reading

UK

British Telecom, CORPWATCH, GCHQ, privacy, surveillance, Verizon, Vodafone Cable
November 6, 2013

Police State UK: The NSA spy scandal and the attack on press freedom By Chris Marsden

Recently released police documents on the August 18 arrest and questioning at London’s Heathrow airport of David Miranda, the domestic partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald, are a serious warning on the advanced stage of the decay of democracy in Britain and internationally. Continue reading

Liberties, Media

Chris Marsden, GCHQ, miranda, NSA, police, press freedom, security, snowden, surveillance, terrorism, WSWS
November 5, 2013

Legal Expert: “Under [the Government’s] Definition, The Pentagon Papers Could Be Treated As The Same Act As The 9-11 Bombings”

As we’ve documented ad nauseum, the American and British governments are treating whistleblowers and reporters as terrorists. Continue reading

UK, USA

GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, Government, intellectuals, NBC, NSA, Pentagon, security, surveillance, terrorism
November 4, 2013

Police State UK: US, UK governments defend police-state spying By Patrick Martin

The US and British governments have stepped up their campaign of repression and victimization against Edward Snowden and his allies for exposing the worldwide police-state spying by the US National Security Agency and the British GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). Continue reading

UK, USA

GCHQ, intelligence, NSA, Patrick Martin, police, police state, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, terrorism, WSWS
November 4, 2013

Police State UK: British response to surveillance leaks ‘eroding’ freedom – human rights groups

Seventy human rights organizations from 40 different countries came together to write the letter to Cameron, stating their concern with the British reaction to revelations of mass surveillance – including increased pressure on media outlets reporting on the leaks and the closure of public interest debates dealing with the subject. Continue reading

UK

GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, greenwald, New York, NSA, RT, security, snowden, surveillance
November 3, 2013

Police State UK: New threats against the Guardian newspaper and Snowden in Westminster debate By Chris Marsden

Tthe [parliamentary] debate sponsored by three MPs underscored the degree to which all three main parties are intent on suppressing evidence of mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). The debate—called by Julian Huppert of the Liberal Democrats, Conservative Dominic Raab, and the Labour Party’s Tom Watson—renewed… Continue reading

UK

Chris Marsden, d-notice, edward snowden, GCHQ, intelligence, newspapers, Prime Minister, security, spying, surveillance, the guardian, WSWS
November 2, 2013

Police State UK: Kick starting a movement against mass surveillance By Anthony Barnett

We are sleepwalking into despotism. Especially here in Britain. The fact of the nascent despotism is obvious. The UK state is developing systems of total surveillance to collect the metadata that maps the pattern of everyone’s relationships, movements, reading and communications. At the same time it is creating secret courts that will protect its use… Continue reading

Events, UK

culture, GCHQ, metadata, MI5, security, surveillance, the state
November 2, 2013

Police State UK: Britain’s GCHQ shepherding mass surveillance operations throughout Europe

British intelligence agency GCHQ has helped counterpart entities in France, Germany, Spain, and Sweden develop methods of mass surveillance of internet and phone traffic in the last five years, a new report reveals. Continue reading

UK

Europe, GCHQ, Germany, intelligence, IP, MI5, NSA, RT, snowden, Spain, surveillance
October 28, 2013

Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (18/13): full background coverage on EU-UK-USA Data Surveillance

28 October 2013 — Statewatch News Online, 28 October 2013 (18/13) Home page: http://www.statewatch.org/ e-mail: office@statewatch.org Continue reading

Europe, Statewatch

EU, GCHQ, intelligence, NSA, surveillance
October 28, 2013

As Europe Erupts Over US Spying, NSA Chief Says Government Must Stop Media By Glenn Greenwald

The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger over new revelations about pervasive NSAsurveillance on their population and democratically elected leaders. Continue reading

UK, USA

Europe, GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, Government, NSA, press freedom, rights, snowden, spying, surveillance
October 26, 2013

Police State UK: ‘Press handling with talking heads’: Snowden files reveal enormous GCHQ efforts to escape legal challenge

The UK’s spy agency GCHQ was doing whatever it could to avoid igniting a “damaging public debate” and a subsequent possibility of a legal threat over its surveillance practices and cooperation with telecoms, new Snowden papers reveal. Continue reading

UK

GCHQ, Government, Home Office, intelligence, MI5, MI6, NSA, PR, privacy, RT, snowden, surveillance
October 22, 2013

Media Lens: Journalist Or Activist? Smearing Glenn Greenwald By David Edwards

Modern thought control is dependent on subliminal communication. Messages influencing key perceptions are delivered unseen, unnoticed, with minimal public awareness of what is happening or why. Continue reading

Media Lens

Daily Mail, David Edwards, GCHQ, Glenn Greenwald, Iraq, journalists, newspapers, NSA, Paul, snowden, the guardian
October 22, 2013

Police State UK: The witch-hunt of Britain’s Guardian newspaper By Julie Hyland

Raids on newspaper offices, the forced destruction of computer drives and threats to arrest journalists are actions more commonly associated with military dictatorships. But this is exactly what has been meted out against the Guardian, with threats of worse to come. Continue reading

Media

GCHQ, journalists, MI5, NSA, Prime Minister, security, snowden, the guardian, the state, WSWS

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