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Government Stops Glenn Greenwald from Publishing His Big Snowden Revelation … But Others Will Release ALL of the Snowden Documents to Prevent a War
A month ago, Glenn Greenwald announced that he was going to publish his biggest story yet: the names of those the NSA has been spying on. Earlier today, Greenwald tweeted that he would finally publish the story tonight at midnight. Continue reading
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Reddit Censors Big Story About Government Manipulation and Disruption of the Internet
The moderators at the giant r/news reddit (with over 2 million subscribed readers) repeatedly killed the Greenwald/Snowden story on government manipulation and disruption of the Internet … widely acknowledged to be one of the most important stories ever leaked by Snowden. Continue reading
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UK police threaten Guardian editor with terrorism charges over Snowden leaks
British police have launched an investigation into whether the Guardian committed “potential” terrorism offenses by publishing the incriminating NSA and GCHQ documents leaked earlier this year by Edward Snowden. Continue reading
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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
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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
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The Accelerating Assault on Journalism
U.S. soldier Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning’s 35-year sentence represents the harshest punishment issued to date for providing media with evidence of government wrongdoing (Forbes, 8/21/13). She is the first whistleblower to be convicted under the Espionage Act, ratifying the new reality that those who give the press information that the government wants to keep secret… Continue reading
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Snowden ‘not the source’ of Middle East surveillance leak – Guardian
The Guardian insists that the latest leaks published by the Independent revealing a UK-backed internet-monitoring station in the Middle East were not from Snowden. “I have never provided any journalistic materials to the Independent,” the paper cites him. He speculated that the UK government intentionally leaked the materials to create the impression that the release… Continue reading
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David Miranda’s detention and the raid on Britain’s Guardian newspaper By Judy Hyland
Events of the last week provide chilling confirmation of the police state apparatus built up by successive British governments on the pretext of the “war on terror.” They demonstrate how invocations of “national security” are used to justify anti-democratic conspiracies against working people and intimidate and punish anyone who dares to reveal the truth. Continue reading
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Miranda detention: UK’s actions ‘incompatible’ with Human Rights Convention – Council of Europe
The Guardian’s partial legal victory over the UK government’s seizure of documents still bodes badly for press freedom and is incompatible with EU convention, Daniel Holtgen, Director of Communications at the Council of Europe told RT. Continue reading
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Guardian editor says newspaper forced to destroy hard drives By Thomas Gaist
In a comment published Monday, Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger wrote that he and other Guardian journalists were faced with unofficial threats of legal action by the British government, and therefore were forced to destroy hard drives containing material from whistle blower Edward Snowden. Continue reading
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Detention of Glenn Greenwald’s partner approved at highest levels of US and UK governments By Thomas Gaist and Joseph Kishore
The detention of Miranda was a blatant act of political intimidation directed at all those who seek to reveal crimes and conspiracies against democratic rights carried out by the British and US governments, including former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Continue reading
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America’s assault on a free press moves into high gear: Detention of Greenwald Partner in London Clearly Came on US Orders By Dave Lindorff
It is becoming perfectly clear that the outrageous detention of American journalist Glenn Greenwald’s Brazilian partner David Miranda by British police during a flight transfer at London’s Heathrow Airport was, behind the scenes, the work of US intelligence authorities. Continue reading
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The Guardian: Downing St. involved in ‘Snowden materials’ destruction order
The effort to seize or destroy the Snowden-related documents held at the Guardian’s London office was handled by senior Whitehall officials, who answered directly to Number 10 Downing Street, Rusbridger said during an interview with BBC News on Tuesday. Continue reading
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More aggressive’: Greenwald vows to publish more secrets after UK detains partner
Glen Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who first published secrets leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, promised Monday to release more documents, saying the UK would be “sorry” for detaining his partner for nine hours. Continue reading
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Welcome to Heathrow
An apposite comment on the nine-hour detention of David Miranda at Heathrow Airport under the pretext of anti-terrorism laws simply because he is the partner of Glenn Greenwald by political cartoonist William Banzai. Continue reading
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Detaining My Partner: A Failed Attempt At Intimidation By Glenn Greenwald
At 6:30 am this morning my time – 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US – I received a telephone call from someone who identified himself as a “security official at Heathrow airport.” He told me that my partner, David Miranda, had been “detained” at the London airport “under Schedule 7 of the… Continue reading
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Video: Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?
The Obama administration has announced it will keep 19 diplomatic posts in North Africa and the Middle East closed for up to a week, due to fears of a possible militant threat. On Sunday, Senator Saxby Chambliss, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the decision to close the embassies was based on… Continue reading
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Washington Post’s WikiLeaks/Snowden/Greenwald Conspiracy Theory By Peter Hart
To Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus (7/9/13), something about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden just doesn’t smell right. Lucky for him he gets space in a prestigious newspaper to work out his hunch–apparently without any editors or factcheckers to get in his way. Continue reading