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2013/08/16

Eagle: NSA Has Violated Privacy Rules Thousands of Times, Audit Finds

NSA violated privacy rules thousands of times, audit finds Transgressions ranged from serious legal violations to typos that led to unintended data collection, according to documents supplied to The Washington Post. The National Security Agency exceeded its legal authority and broke agency rules thousands of times since it was granted broader powers in 2008, according …

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2013/08/142013/08/14

Jean Lievens: The Rise of the Internet Dissidents — With Global Reach, Who Cannot Be Repressed

The Rise of the Internet Dissidents Manning, Snowden and Assange by NOZOMI HAYASE CounterPunch, 13 August 2013 NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s volcanic revelations of ubiquitous US surveillance are in their third month. The aftershocks felt around the world continue. As Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum, the White House fell into anger and dismay. Computer scientist Nadia Heninger argued that …

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2013/08/062013/08/06

Mini-Me: Argentine President Opposes Security Council Veto, Deepens Latin American Rejection of NATO, OAS, and UN — Palestine and Malvinas Cited

Huh? Argentine president takes on Security Council veto Associated Press, 6 August 2013 Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez used the opportunity of presiding over the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday to take aim at the veto power of its five permanent members _ the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. Fernandez also …

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2013/08/03

Marcus Aurelius: Germany Ends Spying Pact with US & UK

Public flogging for US with German wet noodle. Snowden’s fault. Germany ends Cold War spying pact with US, Britain By FRANK JORDANS AP, 2 August 2013 Germany canceled a Cold War-era surveillance pact with the United States and Britain on Friday in response to revelations by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden about those countries’ …

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2013/08/032013/08/03

Noam Chomsky: US and Canada Virtually Expelled from South America

On Morales and Snowden, US & Canada Virtually Being Expelled from the Hemisphere On July 9, the Organization of American States held a special session to discuss the shocking behavior of the European states that had refused to allow the government plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales to enter their airspace. Morales was flying home …

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2013/08/012013/08/01

Berto Jongman: NSA Gives GCQQ at Least £100m

How much to the Germans and others? Exclusive: NSA pays £100m in secret funding for GCHQ The US government has paid at least £100m to the UK spy agency GCHQ over the last three years to secure access to and influence over Britain’s intelligence gathering programmes. The top secret payments are set out in documents …

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