secrecy
-
SPECIAL OPS NOW DEFINES THE PENTAGON'S EXPANDING WARS By Danny Schechter
He’s the consummate Special Ops warrior and wants more special ops forces, more drones and, most significantly, more “autonomy” (read, power) to position “his” troops in more places. He is now lobbying to expand his “freedom” by building a bigger personal arsenal of undercover operatives under his command. Continue reading
-
WikiLeaks Newslinks 9-10 February 2012
10 February 2012 — williambowles.info 012 WikiLeaks cables: Philippine bank secrecy laws under fire ABS CBN News … The US government had criticized Philippine laws and local court rulings that block investigation and prosecution of suspected corrupt government officials, according to several US embassy cables published by anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/02/09/12/wikileaks-cables-philippine-bank–secrecy-laws-under-fire Continue reading
-
ACTA: “Usurps Congressional Authority”, “Threatens Numerous Public Interests”, “Backroom Special Interest Deal”, a “Masquerade”
Now everyone is talking about ACTA. But – because ACTA is complicated, and is just starting to receive coverage – most are not sure exactly what ACTA really is, or why we should be concerned about it. We’ll give you an executive summary of what you need to know. Continue reading
-
Wikileaks Newslinks 18 December 2011
18 December 2011 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks investigators ‘feared Bradley Manning had links to foreign agents’ The Guardian At a preliminary hearing in the case of Private Bradley Manning – the soldier suspected of being a WikiLeaks source – an army computer crimes specialist spoke of his initial concerns of involvement by an overseas agency, noting Continue reading
-
Bradley Manning Newslinks 13-14 December 2011
14 December 2011 — williambowles.info 14 December 2011 Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks Suspect, Seen As Patriot And Traitor Huffington Post By DAVID DISHNEAU 12/14/11 01:23 AM ET AP FORT MEADE, Md. — The document in which Pfc. Bradley Manning allegedly confessed to giving classified information to WikiLeaks also includes a rationale that has made him a Continue reading
-
Bradley Manning Newslinks for 17 June 2011
17 June 2011 — williambowles.info News in Brief: Manning Supporter Silent Before Grand Jury, and More … truthout David House, a computer expert and Bradley Manning supporter, evoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer any questions beyond providing his name and address before a federal grand jury in Arlington, Virginia, yesterday, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading
-
Low-End High Design and the Butterfly Effect By Greg Lindsay
In 2004, MediaTek sold 3 million of its chips [3]; six years later, its sales had soared to 500 million, more than a third of the worldwide market. Nearly half of those went to shanzhai. The sudden ability to design, manufacture, and ship millions of dirt-cheap handsets in total secrecy led to an explosion in… Continue reading
-
Bilderberg: Death of Democracy Behind Closed Doors By grtv
Heads of state, CEOs and NATO officials are gathering at the top secret Bilderberg conference this week in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Are the global elite meeting to carve up the world or is this just simply a talk shop? With these meetings perhaps shaping the future of the globe, why is the media not being… Continue reading
-
In 2002, Bilderbergers agreed to start war on Iraq – investigative journalist — RT
The Bilderberg conference, a gathering of the world’s political and financial elite with a veil of secrecy enforced by an army of security guards and a full-scale media blackout, is now underway in Switzerland. Continue reading
-
Preview of CNN’s WikiLeaks Special Coming This Sunday: ‘Mission’ Implausible By Greg Mitchell
Like the PBS Frontline producers, the CNN team appears to believe that quoting Assange alone balances a brigade of critics. This, of course, is silly. Many viewers, naturally, take anything the subject of criticism says with huge grains of salt especially when no one else rises to his or her defense (besides figures in masks). Continue reading
-
National Security Archive Update, December 16, 2010: Archive Director Tom Blanton decries “Wikimania”
Blanton reminded lawmakers that the Nixon administration had once considered firebombing the Brookings Institution building to destroy a copy of the Pentagon Papers, and that President Gerald Ford had vetoed the Freedom of Information Act in reaction to government leaks–only to be overruled by the U.S. Congress. Continue reading
-
Wikileaks and ‘cablegate’ – a threat to national security or a step forward for transparency?
With its latest release, Wikileaks has attracted an unprecedented amount of attention, sparking international debate and sharply dividing commentators, both political and media. The 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables were shared with the Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El Pais, and the Guardian passed them on to the New York Times. Some of the stories… Continue reading
-
Is WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange a Hero? Glenn Greenwald Debates Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News
WikiLeaks is coming under attack from all sides. The U.S. government and embassies around the world are criticizing the whistleblowing group for releasing a massive trove of secret State Department cables. The WikiLeaks website is struggling to stay online just days after Amazon pulled the site from its servers following political pressure. The U.S. State… Continue reading
-
New Obama Order Standardizes and Limits Pseudo-Secrets
President Obama’s new Executive Order on “Controlled Unclassified Information” issued today builds on recommendations from open government groups and the findings of the National Security Archive’s 2006 audit of “Pseudo-Secrets” that uncovered 28 different and uncoordinated policies on marking and restricting official unclassified information. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 