This is an important victory. It requires the government to retire the absurd claim that the CIA‘s interest in the targeted killing program is a secret, and it will make it more difficult for the government to deflect questions about the program‘s scope and legal basis. It also means that the CIA will have to explain what records it is withholding, and on what grounds it is withholding them.
Daily Archives: 15. März 2013
Israelischer General behauptet, dass eine ‚50.000 Mann starke’ iranische Streitmacht in Syrien existiert
Es gibt zwar noch immer keinen Beweis, aber der israelische Generalmajor Aviv Kochavi hat eine Beschuldigung der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika von Anfang Februar wiederholt, es gäbe eine geheime riesige iranische Armee, die in Syrien operiert, und sagte, sie hätten eine Streitmacht von 50.000 Mann geschaffen, die Assad stützen und den Krieg nach seinem Sturz weiterführen sollte
Appeals court rejects CIA’s argument over acknowledging drone operations
The court ruled that a blanket denial is neither “logical nor plausible” after administration officials from the president on down discussed targeted killing operations.
Putin signs law banning opening of foreign bank branches in RF
According to the amendments, the notion of branches of foreign banks is removed from the Laws “On banks and Banking Activity,” “On the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia),” “On Currency Regulation and Currency Control.”
State Duma imposes high fines for swear words in mass media
The fines have remained unchanged as compared to those in the bill adopted in the first reading: individuals will have to pay 2,000-3,000 roubles (U.S. $1=RUB 30.76), officials, from 5,000 to 20,000 rubles, and legal entities from 20,000 to 200,000 rubles for using profanity-laden language in the media.
Den Siegern die Beute
IN DEN Tagen nach den israelischen Wahlen, ließ Yair Lapid, der große Sieger, wissen, dass er der nächste Außenminister sein möchte.
U.N. Drone Inquisitor Says It’s Time to End Robot War in Pakistan
After days of meeting with Pakistani officials, the United Nations official investigating Washington’s global campaign of drone strikes attacked the legal and strategic basis for the robotic war in its biggest battlefield. And he raised doubts over whether Americans operating the drones can actually distinguish terrorists from average Pakistanis.
Source: U.S.-trained rebels return to Syria
The first Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military and intelligence officers in Jordan returned to Syria on Thursday, a senior rebel spokesman told CNN.
Cases of Greek starving children increase
Two days earlier, the director of an elementary school from Trikala wrote an open letter about a six-year-old child in her class. “After almost a week of school absence, the child returned to school, emaciated, cachectic, with trembling all over his body. The parents of this little child are unemployed. They live in a slum. They lack even the bread.“
Tourism: Greece; Macedonia Palace in Thessaloniki reopens
Historic hotel welcomes many visitors from Israel and Russia
EU Summit: Cyprus under spotlight, one more year to Portugal
The first day of the summit ended on Thursday confirming the ideological fracture between austerity and growth though partial progress was made towards a compromise on speeding growth by slightly softening austerity policies.
The cheek of it – German political comedy nicks gags from Yes Minister
A political satire about a politician who quits because he plagiarised his doctorate has been exposed – for plagiarising, reports the Times
Putin Names Aide Nabiullina to Head Russian Central Bank
President Vladimir Putin picked a member of his inner circle to lead Russia’s central bank after government calls for lower borrowing costs fell on deaf ears.
Russia’s central bank can avoid “putinisation”
Elvira Nabiullina has the worst possible credential for the job of head of the Russian central bank: she is a close ally of Vladimir Putin. The former economy minister, currently the Russian president’s chief economic adviser, will take the new post in June.
Obama will Druck auf Iran fortsetzen
Auch andere Druckmittel auf Teheran sollten nicht ausgeschlossen werden, so Obama.
Reuters Editor Faces 10 Years In Prison Because Vandalism Is A Federal Crime When It Involves Computers
In what seems like a pretty cut and dry case, Reuters editor Matthew Keys has been indicted for letting some hackers into the content management system of his former employer, Tribune, after he was fired.
Syria crisis: Cameron and Hollande fail to convince EU to arm rebels – live
Cameron hints he and Hollande may go it alone
Wäre Assad tatsächlich Diktator, hätte er Walid al-Muallem bereits erschiessen lassen
https://t.co/mQnTOxPalC
Germany Merkel: Ready to Discuss Syria Arms Embargo But Issue Very Complicated
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Berlin is ready to discuss lifting the European Union‘s arms embargo on Syria, but stressed that the issue is „very complicated.“
EU – Gipfel: Entscheidung über Zypern-Rettung und Syrien-Debatte in Brüssel
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel ist bereit, die bisherige Ablehnung von Waffenlieferungen an Syriens Opposition zu überdenken.
ANSAmed – Today‘s events in the Mediterranean
BRUSSELS – European heads of states and government Summit DAMASCUS – Second anniversary of uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Lacher des Tages: „Drohnen schaffen Arbeitsplätze“.
So argumentiert der Lobbyverband „Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International“.
Die StopRFID-Seiten des FoeBuD e.V.
Während sich Wirtschaft und Politik fieberhaft und nahezu täglich neue Anwendungsmöglichkeiten für die kleinen RFID-Schnüffelchips ausdenken, behalten wir, der FoeBuD e.V. in Bielefeld, die Folgen dieser neuen Technik für unsere Menschen- und Bürgerrechte im Blick. Mit Erfolg.
RFID in der ec-Karte deaktivieren
Nachdem ich kürzlich schrieb, dass ec-Karten auch per RFID auszulesen sind, fragt der eine oder andere, wie sich das verhindern lässt.
Die gute Nachricht: Die FU Berlin will Vorlesungsinhalte im Internet bereitstellen.
Die schlechte Nachricht:
„Die Nutzung soll exklusiv mit der iTunes-Software möglich sein.“
Some 50 percent of Russians trust Putin – public opinion poll
According to the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM), the level of confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin was virtually unchanged over the past year and reached 50 percent and the level of confidence in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev rose from 22 to 25 percent.
Medvedev is ‘dead man walking’ as Putin undoes his Russian reforms
somewhere between Mr. Medvedev’s term as president from 2008 to 2012 and Mr. Putin’s return to the presidency in May, the political romance faded.