security

July 5, 2013

VTJP Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel News & Articles 4 July 2013: The ongoing humiliation of Palestinian prisoners

4 July 2013 — VTJP News International Middle East Media CenterIsrael Denies Al-Eesawy Urgently Needed Medical AttentionIMEMC – The Hurryyat Legal Center has reported that the Israeli Prison Authority is denying Palestinian detainee, Samer Al-Eesawy, access to urgently needed medical attention and medications, and refuses to grant him medical checkups. … Continue reading

VTJP Palestine/Israel

bank, Egypt, Gaza, Israel, PA, PR, security
July 4, 2013

Why millions of Egyptians wanted Morsi out By Abayomi Azikiwe

The only real hope for Egypt is the formation of a government of national unity where the progressive forces are at the centre of the emerging political dispensation Continue reading

Egypt

constitution, Egypt, elections, mursi, Muslim Brotherhood, progressive, security
July 4, 2013

Snowden asylum case: ‘European leaders are slavishly obedient to American policy’

In the debate between security and privacy the US government went way too far in the direction of security, but the European leaders are obedient to American policy, Gerolf Annemans, member of the Belgian Vlaams Belang party, told RT. Continue reading

Europe, National Security State, USA

EU, France, GA, morales, NSA, political asylum, privacy, RT, security, snowden, spying
July 4, 2013

UK parliament’s intelligence and security committee cancels questioning of UK spy agencies By Robert Stevens

The ISC, established by the Intelligence Services Act 1994, is tasked with overseeing the work of the intelligence services. It is composed of former ministers, appointed by the prime minister, in consultations with the Leader of the Opposition–the Labour Party. Its workings are kept secret and the prime minister filters its reports to Parliament. Continue reading

National Security State, UK

GCHQ, intelligence, MI6, NSA, parliament, security, spying, WSWS
July 3, 2013

‘Full military coup’ underway in Egypt, tanks & APCs seen on streets

A military coup is underway in Egypt, according to Mohamed Morsi’s national security adviser and a Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson. Security forces have placed a travel ban on Morsi and a number of top Brotherhood officials, according to AFP sources. Continue reading

Egypt

AFP, Cairo, coup, Egypt, morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, President Mohamed Morsi, Reuters, RT, security
July 3, 2013

'Full military coup' underway in Egypt, tanks & APCs seen on streets

A military coup is underway in Egypt, according to Mohamed Morsi’s national security adviser and a Muslim Brotherhood spokesperson. Security forces have placed a travel ban on Morsi and a number of top Brotherhood officials, according to AFP sources. Continue reading

Egypt

AFP, Cairo, coup, Egypt, morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, President Mohamed Morsi, Reuters, RT, security
July 3, 2013

‘Infiltrated from all sides’: Bug found in London’s Ecuadorian embassy

A hidden microphone has been discovered in the Ecuadorian ambassador’s office in London, said Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino. He denounced the find as yet more evidence of the loss of ethics at an international level in government relations. Continue reading

National Security State, UK

assange, Ecuador, Foreign Minister, Julian Assange, London, RT, security, surveillance, talks
July 1, 2013

‘British police secretly operated outside democratic control for years’

Peter Francis revealed that 20 years ago he had worked as an undercover cop in the Metropolitan Police Force’s secret Special Demonstrations Squad (SDS). Francis said he was tasked to dig up dirt which the Met could use to discredit the family of murdered black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, and thereby derail their campaign for a… Continue reading

National Security State, UK

crime, democracy, intelligence, Metropolitan Police, MI5, peter francis, police, RT, security, Stephen Lawrence, terrorism
June 30, 2013

Behind the Curtain of America’s Security State By William Boardman

On March 12, 2013, the Director of National Intelligence apparently committed perjury in his sworn testimony to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. There is little likelihood of his being criminally charged, but we’ll get back to that. Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, community, data mining, database state, Global Research, intelligence, interview, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, NSA, prism, privacy, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, WikiLeaks
June 30, 2013

Revealed: secret European deals to hand over private data to America

At least six European Union countries in addition to Britain have been colluding with the US over the mass harvesting of personal communications data, according to a former contractor to America’s National Security Agency, who said the public should not be “kept in the dark”. Continue reading

Europe, National Security State, USA

EU, France, Germany, intelligence, NSA, parliament, security, snowden, surveillance, Wayne Madsen
June 28, 2013

NSA is All about Preserving the Power of the Aristocracy in a Dystopian World By Wayne MADSEN

The National Security Agency (NSA) has launched yet another high-powered charm offensive. The world’s largest communications and cyber-warfare intelligence agency insists that it unprecedented surveillance infrastructure exists merely to protect U.S. national security from terrorists and foreign intelligence agents. In fact, the NSA conducts massive political and economic intelligence gathering in order to preserve the… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

GCHQ, intelligence, MADSEN, NSA, Obama, security, Strategic Culture, surveillance, United States
June 27, 2013

Blowing the whistle: There Are NO Proper Channels a Whistleblower Can Use

Polls show that Americans know the government is spying on all of us for improper purposes … but that many Americans are unsure whether or not the whistleblowers who brought us that information should be prosecuted. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State, USA

community, Congress, Espionage Act, intelligence, Justice Department, NSA, security, snowden, spying, Thomas Drake, whistle blowers, Whistleblower, William Binney
June 26, 2013

US Expands Global Electronic Surveillance By Andrei Akulov

A huge proportion of global Internet traffic flows through networks controlled by the United States because eight of 15 global tier 1 telecommunications companies are American, the majors like AT&T, Century Link, XO Communications and Verizon. The social media services are mostly provided by giants headquartered in the United States, like Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

CIA, facebook, Google, Internet, liberties, NSA, prism, privacy, rights, security, snowden, Strategic Culture, surveillance, Twitter, United States
June 25, 2013

Video: Sibel Edmonds Unplugged with James Corbett on Still-Hoover’s FBI, NSA, Whistleblowers & Much More

In this remarkable conversation, Sibel Edmonds reflects on Russ Tice’s recent revelations to Boiling Frogs Post and The Corbett Report that the NSA has wiretapped top government officials for years. Edmonds discusses from her own experience how the FBI collects dirt on Congressman and public officials for use as political leverage. Continue reading

National Security State, USA, Videos

BFP, Boiling Frogs, FBI, Government, James Corbett, NSA, security, Sibel Edmonds, Video, Whistleblowers
June 24, 2013

Under Electronic Surveillance of US Special Services By Nil NIKANDROV

The CIA and the NSA (the US National Security Agency) whistleblower Edward Snowden (who temporarily had found refuge in Hong Kong and now [is someplace else]) has demonstrated once more the global reach of US electronic surveillance which, no doubt, is a kind of criminal activity. He looked really deep into what the NSA does… Continue reading

National Security State, USA

Booz Allen, Brazil, Cuba, data mining, database state, Internet, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, prism, privacy, security, snowden, spying, Strategic Culture, surveillance, United States, Venezuela, Verint, WikiLeaks
June 24, 2013

Is the Government Spying On You Through Your Own Computer’s Webcam Or Microphone?

We documented earlier today that – if you are near your smart phone – the NSA or private parties could remotely activate your microphone and camera and spy on you. Continue reading

National Security State

Apple, Booz Allen, data mining, database state, Google, Government, Iran, James Bamford, James Clapper, Microsoft, NSA, PC, prism, privacy, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, WikiLeaks
June 24, 2013

The SINGLE Most Important Step to Protect Yourself from Government Spying

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and the leading electronic privacy group – the Electronic Frontier Foundation – say that encryption helps to protect privacy. On the other hand, Tech Dirt points out that the NSA might consider you suspicious if you encrypt information, and so hold onto your data until they can decrypt it. Continue reading

Liberties, National Security State

Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Government, hackers, intelligence, NSA, privacy, security, spying
June 23, 2013

Lebanon is Being Prepared for Sedition as a Front in the Syrian War Mahdi Darius NAZEMROAYA

The flames of division and fighting in Syria are being fanned into Lebanon. The US and its allies could be working with their Lebanese partners and proxies to ignite and internal conflict. The small Arab republic is politically divided and is in a governmental state of limbo. There is also a growing vacuum within the… Continue reading

Lebanon, Syria

Arab, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Nazemroaya, security, Strategic Culture, Syria
June 23, 2013

Video: 'Russia safe for Snowden for now as it will not be pressured'

Russia is “a very safe place” for the NSA leaker Edward Snowden as it will not be pressured by the US, former MI5 agent Annie Machon told RT as the whistleblower arrived in Moscow reportedly en route to a third country. Continue reading

National Security State, Videos

Booz Allen, China, data mining, database state, Iceland, James Bamford, James Clapper, Moscow, Narus, NSA, prism, privacy, RT, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, Verint, Video, WikiLeaks
June 23, 2013

“Intelligence,” Corporatism, and the Dance of Death By Arthur Silber

You may at first think the following is a bad joke, but I assure you it is not a joke at all. At the very end of this NYT story about Booz Allen and the complex interconnections between nominally “private” business and the national intelligence community, we read: But the legal warnings at the end… Continue reading

National Security State

Arthur Silber, Booz Allen, data mining, database state, England, intelligence, Italy, James Bamford, James Clapper, Narus, NYT, prism, privacy, security, snowden, spying, surveillance, United States, Verint, WikiLeaks

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