General Alexander did not elaborate on what kinds of information the N.S.A. would disclose, beyond saying that it would involve statistics about the programs in question.
Daily Archives: 13. Juni 2013
Robert Mueller just wants your metadata
while Mueller did claim that the dragnet program would have prevented 9/11 (ignoring that the FBI had authority to get the information in question at the time, and that a number of other bureaucratic failures may have contributed to the intelligence community‘s failure to prevent the attack, too), his favorite justification for gathering all the metadata from all US phone calls amounts to „because we can“.
The audience listen as Julian Assange tells the story of his meeting with Google CEO
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Assange sets out his stall for Senate ticket
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange says that if elected to the Australian Senate, he and his new political party will press for stronger safeguards for personal privacy against surveillance by security agencies.
Astronauts of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft enter Tiangong-1 orbiter
The astronauts of the Shenzhou-10 spacecraft entered space module Tiangong-1 on Thursday afternoon, said the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC).
Zeitung: Berlusconi fragte Geheimdienst nach „Eliminierung“ Gaddafis
„Können Sie nicht Gaddafi eliminieren?“, berichtete die Zeitung „Il Fatto Quotidiano“ am Donnerstag unter Verweis auf eine „informierte“ Quelle. Nach Angaben der Zeitung war Berlusconi über seine einstigen engen Beziehungen zu dem libyschen „Tyrann“ besorgt und wollte sich von diesem distanzieren.
Sayyed Nasrallah to Speak on Friday
The speech will be broadcast on al-Manar TV at 5:00 p.m. (local time), during a ceremony organized by Hezbollah for the occasion of Hezbollah’s Wounded Veterans day.
60. Ubuweb
Geld sei keins im Spiel, so der kanadische Dichter Christian Bök, der die Website vorstellte. Die Arbeit werde ehrenamtlich geleistet, der Speicherplatz auf den Servern sei gespendet, und die Kunstwerke seien schlicht gestohlen. Beklage sich jemand, werde das Werk vom Netz genommen, doch dazu komme es fast nie. Die meisten Dichter freuten sich über die Aufmerksamkeit, und Geld verdiene mit Dichtung ohnehin niemand.
Syria calls on UN to condemn massacre of Hatla in Deir Ezzor
„The terrorists also looted, burglarized the citizens‘ properties, burned their houses and attacked and sabotaged the worship places… the websites have broadcasted videotapes documenting Jabhat al-Nusra massacre, instigated by one of the sheikhs of salafis in Kuwait called Shafi al-Ajami who is involved in funding and sending thousands of jihadists into Syria,“ the Foreign Ministry said in two identical letters sent to the UN Secretary General and President of the security Council.
Obama considers Syria moves, Assad turns guns on north
U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to take new action to help Syria‘s rebels, the White House said on Thursday
BBC abandons £100m digital project
The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was intended to transform the way staff developed, used and shared video and audio material and was seen as an important part of a move of resources to Salford.
Labour to abstain on next month‘s EU referendum bill
Labour is to abstain on the private member‘s bill introducing a referendum on Britain‘s membership of the European Union by 2017.
The bill sponsored by Conservative backbencher James Wharton is due to have its second reading on 5 July and the Labour decision was denounced as weak by the Tory chairman, Grant Shapps.
Voraussetzungen, engste
Politik ist die Kunst, seine Meinung zu ändern, ohne dass es jemand merkt. Die Grünen sind gar nicht so schlecht darin. Hier zum Beispiel, bei „sog. Spähsoftware wie etwa Trojanern“. Diese hässlichen Dinger lehnen die Grünen natürlich ab, eine „heimliche Onlinedurchsuchung“ darf es nicht geben. Zumindest solange nicht gerade Wahlkampf ist. Dummerweise hat der soeben begonnen, daher müssen nun die „engsten V.“ die Aufgabe eines einfachen „Nein“ übernehmen. Plötzlich ist der Einsatz von Spähsoftware „unter engsten V“ rechtlich zulässig, obwohl dabei das Grundrecht auf die Gewährleistung der Vertraulichkeit und Integrität informationstechnischer Systeme verletzt wird.
Der EU-Generalanwalt findet Fingerabdrücke in Pässen in Ordnung.
Das ist deshalb signifikant, weil der EuGH im Allgemeinen seiner Meinung folgt.
Turkish PM to hold late night meeting with group of protesters, artists
Two names from the Taksim Solidarity Platform, which has been at the centre of the protests since the first day, are included in this second delegation unlike the first group that met Erdoğan yesterday, which was criticized as lacking representation.
Gewalt gegen Demonstranten: US-Regierung ermahnt türkische Regierung
Außenminister John Kerry habe mit seinem türkischen Kollegen Ahmet Davutoglu über die Vorgänge gesprochen. Ob es auch zu einem Gespräch von Präsident Barack Obama mit Erdogan kam, ließ Carney unbeantwortet.
NSU-Ausschuss will V-Mann-Führer von «Krokus» befragen
So will «Krokus» den Behörden kurz nach der Ermordung der Polizistin Michele Kiesewetter in Heilbronn gemeldet haben, dass Rechtsextremisten versuchten, etwas über den Gesundheitszustand von Kiesewetters schwer verletztem Kollegen herauszufinden.
FBI director: government reviewing Google request to disclose Fisa orders – live updates
• FBI‘s Robert Mueller testifies before Senate committee
• Suggests surveillance programs could have stopped 9/11
• Mueller defends surveillance programs as legal and needed
• Exposure of NSA programs harms national security, he says
Udall, Wyden Call On National Security Agency Director to Clarify Comments on Effectiveness of Phone Data Collection Program
Senators Mark Udall and Ron Wyden, who serve on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called on Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, to clarify his statements that the surveillance programs disclosed through leaks over the past week have helped avert „dozens of terrorist attacks“ in recent years.
Sensenbrenner: Obama Administration’s NSA Assurances ‘a Bunch of Bunk’
In an interview on Laura Ingraham’s radio show Wednesday morning, the Republican congressman from Wisconsin reiterated his concerns that the administration and the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court have gone far beyond what the PATRIOT Act intended.
Obama so: Wir haben die Abgeordneten umfassend gebrieft! Ein Mitarbeiter so: Psst, naja, äh, „umfassend“ ist vielleicht etwas zuviel gesagt
Obama so: Na dann briefen wir sie halt jetzt schnell.
Hear That Deafening Silence From AT&T And Verizon About NSA Surveillance?
Declan McCullagh, over at News.com, is pointing out a key point: while the tech companies have loudly denied handing over tons of data to the feds, notice that AT&T and Verizon have remained silent.
Ein holländischer Cloud-Provider erzählt mal, wie die NSA bei ihnen ankam und Daten wollte.
Auf der anderen Seite schreiben sie auch, dass der holländische Inlandsgeheimdienst AIVD „Dauergast“ bei ihnen ist.
Czech cabinet in crisis after police sweep government offices
Hundreds of officers from the organized crime unit took part in an operation that included sweeps of the government headquarters, the defense ministry, and other locations. One of Necas‘ closest aides, Jana Nagyova, was among those detained.
Would you mourn the end of Hollywood?
Veteran directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have predicted the ‚implosion‘ of the traditional Hollywood cinema industry, with high-profile productions more likely to appear on pay-TV networks such as HBO than in movie theatres. Would you feel sad about the end of Hollywood cinema?
NSA Infringed Adam Hart-Davis‘ Photograph For Its PRISM Logo
Well, it turns out that the prism image that they used is being used without permission. The photo was actually taken by Adam Hart-Davis, a well-known BBC presenter.
Norway‘s opposition stretches poll lead as elections loom
Norway‘s centre-right opposition widened an already big lead over the ruling Labor Party in opinion polls, putting it firmly on course to win elections in less than three months, a fresh poll showed on Thursday.
Rep. Peter King Lies About Glenn Greenwald, Uses Those Lies To Say Greenwald Should Be Arrested & Prosecuted
We already mentioned how terrorist supporter Rep. Pete King has said that journalists reporting on government leaks exposing blatant abuse of power should be prosecuted, and rather than admit that he misspoke, he appears to be doubling down… by flat out lying. He went on Fox News to specifically call out Glenn Greenwald and claim that legal action should be taken against him, mainly based on the entirely false claim that Greenwald is threatening to reveal the names of CIA agents and assets. The problem is this is not true. Greenwald has made no such threats or even suggested anything like that. But King bases his entire attack on Greenwald on these false claims.
U.S. spy programs raise ire at home, overseas
„There‘s very little trust in the government, and that‘s for good reason,“ said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. „We‘re our own worst enemy.“
A senior U.S. intelligence official said there are no plans to scrap the programs that, despite the backlash, continue to receive widespread if cautious support within Congress.
Editorial: Bipartisan Blessings; NSA Program Arouses Little Anger
As it turns out, one major program has apparently been enthusiastically supported by Democratic and Republican leaders alike in Congress over the past few years: secret mass surveillance of the American people. We guess there’s nothing like contravening the Fourth Amendment to bring people together.
NSA surveillance: Guardian poll finds majority in US want greater oversight
Poll finds two-thirds of Americans want NSA‘s role reviewed, and 56% find current congressional oversight insufficient
Big Brother im Vollchecker-Modus
Tolles neues Fotoblog: Obama is checking your email
Ethiopia ratifies Nile treaty in snub to Egypt
Ethiopia‘s parliament unanimously ratified on Thursday a treaty that strips Egypt of its right to the lion‘s share of the Nile river waters, raising the political temperature in a dispute between Cairo and Addis Ababa over the construction of a dam.