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June 24, 2013

NSA Spying: So They Are Listening In, After All By Tom Burghardt

Despite a stream of mendacious twaddle from President Obama, congressional grifters and spook agency mouthpieces like Office of the Director of National Intelligence head James Clapper, FBI Director Robert Mueller and NSA chief General Keith Alexander, it turns out our guardians are listening in to America’s, and most of the world’s, telephone conversations after all. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Washington v. Edward Snowden: The “Russia -China Connection” By Stephen Lendman

Snowden’s targeted for doing the right thing. He exposed US wrongdoing. He did so responsibly, legally, and at great risk. He sacrificed financial security and potential freedom. He deserves praise, not prosecution Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

US: One Step Removed From Full-Blown Fascism By Rob Urie

The history of recent decades has government spy agencies hiring ‘private’ companies to carry out the activities they are legally prohibited from carrying out. This makes government assertions regarding spying on citizens a game of three-card monte—the testimony of government officials is calculated to be irrelevant to actual activities. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Our man in Quito By Pepe Escobar

It takes a former CIA asset to beat US “intelligence” – more like intel deprivation. The story of Edward Snowden’s escape from Hong Kong is textbook. This correspondent, at dim sum on Sunday, was alerted by a source; “Get ready for something big; he’s leaving soon.” That was about 12:30 pm Hong Kong time. In… Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Democratic rights are at stake in fight to defend Edward Snowden By Barry Grey

There is something profoundly unsettling about seeing a young person fleeing a vindictive government for having exposed a massive political conspiracy against the democratic rights of the American people and the people of the world. Continue reading

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June 24, 2013

Wikileaks Newslinks 24 June 2013

24 June 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks: Snowden going to Ecuador to seek asylum Boston.com Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said his government has received a request for asylum from Snowden. WikiLeaks, which is giving Snowden legal assistance, said his asylum request would be formally processed once he arrived in Ecuador, the same country … http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/2013/06/23/wikileaks-snowden-requested-legal-help-safety/pga1udk7ZNJfr4nQnYKZCO/story.html Continue reading

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June 23, 2013

Video: ‘Snowden exposes criminals, criminals are going for him now’

Information that NSA leaker Edward Snowden is exposing can lead to trials against those involved in war crimes in Afghanistan or Iraq or in money laundering and that is why “the West is so afraid,” investigative journalist Tony Gosling told RT. Continue reading

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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

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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

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June 23, 2013

Follow the Money: The Secret Heart of the Secret State By Chris Floyd

In a series of powerful, insightful essays, Silber has, among other things, laid bare the dangers of the oddly circumscribed ‘gatekeeper’ approach of the journalistic guardians (at, ironically, the Guardian) of Snowden’s secrets, particularly their slow drip-feed of carefully self-censored tidbits from the famous Powerpoint presentation that Snowden secreted from the bowels of the United… Continue reading

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June 23, 2013

Wikileaks Newslinks 23 June 2013

23 June 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks’ Assange urges support for Snowden, slams Obama ‘betrayal’ CNN London (CNN) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged the world Saturday to “stand with” Edward Snowden, the man who admitted leaking top-secret details about U.S. surveillance programs, according to the text of a speech posted on Twitter. http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/22/world/europe/uk-wikileaks-assange/index.html Continue reading

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June 23, 2013

Video: NSA leaker Snowden arrives in Moscow en route to ‘third country’ with WikiLeaks help

The plane carrying whistleblower Edward Snowden has landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The former CIA contractor, who left Hong Kong in a bid to elude US extradition on espionage charges, is on his way to a ‘third country’ via Russia. Continue reading

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June 23, 2013

The Stunning Hypocrisy of the U.S. Government

At a press conference to discuss the accusations, an N.S.A. spokesman surprised observers by announcing the spying charges against Mr. Snowden with a totally straight face. “These charges send a clear message,” the spokesman said. “In the United States, you can’t spy on people.” Continue reading

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June 22, 2013

Britain’s Surveillance State: The Secret Ops of the “Government Communications Headquarters” (GCHQ) By Colin Todhunter

For many people, personal privacy vs widespread surveillance has been a major issue for decades. However, some thought it might have been happening but chose to downplay it. Others didn’t want to know and just didn’t care. Edward Snowden’s recent revelations indicate it is happening and that we should all care. Continue reading

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June 22, 2013

Petition To Preemptively Pardon Ed Snowden Reaches Goal Of 100k Signatures

The Whitehouse petition to pre-emptively pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for “crimes he may have committed while blowing the whistle” has reached its goal of 100,000 signatures. This means that the U.S. Administration, by its own rules, need to take it seriously enough to craft a response to it. Continue reading

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June 22, 2013

Communications of millions subject to US-UK spying By Eric London

The leak is the latest in a series that have left the US and UK governments scurrying to cover up their deeply antidemocratic maneuvers with scripted lies. It comes one day after the release of secret FISA Court documents showing the NSA has almost complete latitude to monitor the communications of US residents Continue reading

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June 21, 2013

Wikileaks / Bradley Manning Newslinks 21 June 2013

21 June 2013 — williambowles.info WikiLeaks plane ‘ready’ to bring Snowden to Iceland Times of India REYKJAVIK: A chartered private jet is ready to bring US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to Iceland from Hong Kong, a businessman connected to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said on late Thursday. “Everything is ready on our side and the plane … http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/WikiLeaks-plane-ready-to-bring-Snowden-to-Iceland/articleshow/20693314.cms Continue reading

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June 20, 2013

Video: NSA Whistleblower: NSA Spying On – and Blackmailing – Top Government Officials and Military Officers

They went after members of Congress, both Senate and the House, especially on the intelligence committees and on the armed services committees and some of the–and judicial. But they went after other ones, too. They went after lawyers and law firms. All kinds of–heaps of lawyers and law firms. They went after judges. Continue reading

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June 20, 2013

Clapper misleads Congress By Leroy Pletton

Why would Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper feel he could get away with misleading Congress? Pretend a program he knew exists, does not exist? Giving false or misleading information in federal jurisdiction is a felony under federal law 18 USC § 1001 (banning committing both false and misleading [statements]). Continue reading

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June 20, 2013

Understanding the latest leaks is understanding the rise of a new fascism By John Pilger

In his book, ‘Propaganda’, published in 1928, Edward Bernays wrote: “The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.” Continue reading

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