Wie die britische Zeitung „Guardian“ berichtet, wurden bei zwei G20-Treffen in London im Jahr 2009 die Handys von Politikern und Funktionären anderer teilnehmender Staaten vom britischen Geheimdienst abgehört. Auch sollen E-Mails mitgelesen worden sein.
Daily Archives: 16. Juni 2013
Kirchgemeinden sollen Hausrecht an Bundeswehr abgeben
„Das Hausrecht der Kirche ist ein ganz hohes Gut, welches selbst in der DDR und in der Nazi-Zeit verteidigt wurde“, zitiert das ND (online) die Kritik eines Kirchenmitglieds, wie sie im Freitag wiedergegeben wurde.
House Passes Ban on Drone Strikes Against US Citizens
SEC. 12l. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DRONES TO KILL UNITED STATES CITIZENS.
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Department of Defense may not use a drone to kill a citizen of the United States.
ROLAND DUMAS BALANCE SUR L‘INTERVENTION OCCIDENTALE EN SYRIE !
L‘ancien ministre des affaires étrangères Roland Dumas se lâche sur l‘intervention de l‘occident en syrie … A VOIR !
Britain prepared for war in Syria two years before the crisis flared up, France‘s former FM says
“They even asked me to join them in my capacity as a foreign minister, but I declined,“ he added.
March starts at Snowden rally in Hong Kong | June 15, 2013
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Jordan asks U.S. to keep patriot missile launchers, F-16 warplanes
Jordan asked the United States to keep some of the weapons that will be used in the Eager Lion military exercise in the country, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
My creeping concern that the NSA leaker is not who he purports to be …
I hate to do this but I feel obligated to share, as the story unfolds, my creeping concern that the NSA leaker is not who he purports to be, and that the motivations involved in the story may be more complex than they appear to be. This is in no way to detract from the great courage of Glenn Greenwald in reporting the story, and the gutsiness of the Guardian in showcasing this kind of reporting, which is a service to America that US media is not performing at all. It is just to raise some cautions as the story unfolds, and to raise some questions about how it is unfolding, based on my experience with high-level political messaging.
Lothar König erhält Thüringer Demokratiepreis
Lothar König trat schon vor der Wende gegen einen repressiven DDR-Staat ein und organisierte Montagsdemonstrationen. Seit 1990 ist er in der JG-Stadtmitte in Jena tätig und hat dieses Jugendzentrum, nachdem Neonazis die Räumlichkeiten verwüstet hatten, neu aufgebaut. Er engagiert sich politisch gegen Rechts, arbeitet mit alternativen Jugendlichen und erntete dafür gerade in den 1990ern wenig Anerkennung, sondern Unverständnis und Ablehnung.
How Hollywood softened us up for NSA surveillance
From Enemy of the State to Eagle Eye to Minority Report, US films have accustomed us to the idea that we are constantly being watched
The RAI is public financing for the parties
Public financing of the parties has disappeared from the scene, from the first, second and third pages of the newspapers. The famous tweet sent by Captain Findus of the Council of Ministers, a sign of an awareness of new technologies, a tweet that announced the end of the billions of euro raked in by the parties, is by now, just History. Or rather, a story for fools, the ones that say „It’s true – I’ve read it in the newspaper!“, „It’s a fact- I’ve seen it on TV!“. The money from public financing – Letta Nephew and the psycho dwarf have held onto that nice and tight. And no one yet knows who has been the beneficiary of the work of Lusi, the treasurer who always pays out twice.
Syria: Britain has made no decision to arm the opposition, says Cameron – video
David Cameron discusses the crisis in Syria at a joint press conference with president Vladimir Putin at 10 Downing Street on Sunday.
Daniel Suarez erklärt, warum autonome Killerdrohnen eine schlechte Idee sind.
Mit einer Argumentation, die ihr wahrscheinlich noch nicht gehört habt.
Putin: Thema Syrien-Friedenskonferenz ist weiterhin aktuell
„Mehr noch: Ich teile voll und ganz die Meinung des britischen Premiers, dass dies offenbar eines der wahrscheinlichsten, der zweckmäßigsten und der annehmbarsten Mittel für die Lösung des Syrien-Problems ist“, fügte Putin hinzu.
Putin backs Assad and warns west against arming Syrian rebels
Russian president says backing ‚those who kill their enemies and eat their organs‘ flouts Europe‘s humanitarian values
Syria: Cameron and Putin In Talks Ahead Of G8
David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held talks on the Syrian crisis amid fears that differences between Moscow and the West are pushing the two sides towards a new Cold War.
Ecuador minister arrives in UK for Assange talks
Ecuador‘s foreign minister is due to arrive in the UK for talks with his British counterpart over the situation of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Escobar: Obama starts Syria war to deviate from Snowden scandal
CIA whistle blower Edward Snowden has reportedly been stopped from flying to the UK. The man who lifted the lid on America‘s secret surveillance activities is being pursued by Washington.
Über 8000 Menschen demonstrieren gegen Stuttgart 21 – Bilderdokumentation
Über 8000 Menschen demonstrierten am Samstagabend auf dem Stuttgarter Schlossplatz gegen Stuttgart 21. Im Anschluss gab es einen Demozug an den sich einige Spontandemozüge durch Stuttgart anschlossen.
Cheney defends NSA programs, says Snowden a ‚traitor,‘ Obama ‚lacks credibility‘
“It was 19 guys with box cutters and airplane tickets,” but the next time it could have been a “nuclear attack,” the 72-year-old Cheney said.
Cheney says NSA monitoring could have prevented 9/11
The former No. 2 in the Bush administration defended the NSA‘s ability to monitor phone and email data, and labeled as a „traitor“ the analyst who has admitted to having leaked details about the classified program.
Obama doesn‘t think NSA programs violated Americans‘ privacy, WH says
McDonough would not say, however, that the government is entirely in the right in its collection of phone records and mining of data from the servers of nine major Internet companies: „If there‘s problems, we‘re gonna get to the bottom of them,“ he said.
Greek PM dismisses talk of early election over TV closure
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Sunday dismissed talk of an early election over the abrupt closure of the state broadcaster, which brought protests from viewers, workers, the opposition and his coalition partners.
Rebel brigades check loyalist advances in Aleppo: opposition
So far, Assad‘s forces have not made a major sweep into rebel areas, but given the size of the city and its position near Turkey allowing supplies to the opposition, it would be a major victory for the government if it were to regain Aleppo.
Nick Clegg: providing a British military solution to Syria is ‚fanciful‘ – video
Nick Clegg discusses the conflict in Syria on Sunday, in the wake of the US announcing its intentions to arm Syrian rebels.
Berlin, Zynismus Maximus: Staats- und Parteifunktionäre Uhl und Wiefelspütz fordern “deutsches Google”
Über das Nachrichten(dienst)magazin “Spiegel” fordern diejenigen Kollaborateure, die den Ausbau des Polizeistaats seit Kriegsausbruch in 2001 stets unterstützt haben – namentlich Hans-Peter Uhl und Dieter Wiefelspütz – jetzt genau die Alternative zu den in den U.S.A. basierten Internet-Magnaten, deren Erfindung und Entwicklung sie selbst in Deutschland durch ihren Kontrollwahn, korrupte, unfähige, bräsige, neidische Unfähigkeit und verlogene, heimtückische Zerstörungswut gegenüber unabhängigen Medienmachern und nicht am Tropfe irgendwelche “Sponsoren” hängenden Unternehmen nichts als sabotiert haben. Und als Begründung für ihre glänzende Idee (wie sind die bloß da drauf gekommen?) führen diese Leuchttürme des Parlamentarismus – die noch jedes Attentat bzw dessen Androhung zur Ermächtigung derjenigen benutzten die es hätten verhindern müssen – genau die “Überwachung” des Internets (z.B. durch den Bundesnachrichtendienst) an von der sie angeblich nichts wussten.
“Katalysator und Kern einer neuen Bürgerbewegung”
Text und Video der Rede von Albrecht Müller, Planungschef im Bundeskanzleramt bei Helmut Schmidt und Willy Brandt, heute Herausgeber der NachDenkSeiten.de, auf der gestrigen Demonstration der Stuttgarter Bürgerbewegung gegen das urbane Umbauprogramm “Stuttgart 21″ (S21).
Der Bundesüberwachungsminister informiert: Unsere US-Freunde dürfen uns natürlich überwachen
Wenn die NSA flächendeckend das Netz überwacht, dann muss man sie einfach vor Kritik in Schutz nehmen, dachte sich wohl unser Bundesüberwachungsminister Hans-Peter Friedrich und dankte zugleich für die “gute Zusammenarbeit”
What Was That You Said About Hacking?
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Pillars of secret government stand as vows to make government more accountable are put to test
It’s as if the United States has two governments, one open and one very much not. President Barack Obama leads both, trying not to butt heads with himself.
This Week in Civil Liberties (06/14/2013)
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging NSA‘s Patriot Act Phone Surveillance
Nick Clegg: arming Syrian rebels is not the right thing to do now
Deputy prime minister says it would be fanciful to think Britain can provide solution to conflict
100, 75, 50 Years Ago
1938 Britain Offers to Suspend Bombings
LONDON — In response to the pressure of public opinion in the United States and other countries, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announced today [June 16] that Britain would abandon its “humane” aerial bombing in India, Palestine, Southern Arabia and Irak if such practices stood in the way of a general agreement to abolish bombing from the air as exemplified at its worst in Spain and China.
#Prism – Aufklärung gelöst: US-Senatsmitarbeiter dürfen einfach keine geleakten Dokumente sehen
Wäre ja noch schöner, wenn die sich einfach so aus offen zugänglichen Quellen informieren dürften, während es einen Dienstweg gibt. Nachher stellen die noch komische Fragen!
Retired Federal Judge: Your Faith In Secret Surveillance Court Is Dramatically Misplaced
„Two reasons: One … The Fourth Amendment frameworks have been substantially diluted in the ordinary police case. One can only imagine what the dilution is in a national security setting. Two, the people who make it on the FISA court, who are appointed to the FISA court, are not judges like me. Enough said.“
Überwachungsskandal: NSA hört offenbar Telefone ohne Gerichtsbeschluss ab
Die NSA hat laut einem US-Abgeordneten bestätigt, dass der Geheimdienst Telefonate ohne Gerichtsbeschluss abhört – auch von US-Bürgern. Welche das sind, entscheidet jeweils ein NSA-Analyst. Derweil streiten Google und Twitter mit Microsoft um die Veröffentlichung der Fisa-Anfragen.
Isaiah Berlin‘s letters reveal his despair at the ‚growth of barbarism‘
Berlin despaired of some of the younger generation – in terms that have a very contemporary ring. In a letter from 1968, he wrote: „I feel depressed by the rapid growth of barbarism – I daresay every generation has … This generation is complacently ignorant, uses mechanical formulae to dispose of anything that may be difficult or complicated, hates history.“
The future in 2050: more speakers at FutureFest
Anab Jain, Designer:
Companies have been patenting the human genome for a long time now, which could create a whole new trend of globalisation around genetic material. New advances in biotechnology will have increasing political and economic implications and we may find ourselves asking what it means to be human in a biotech world.
„Alone in the Dark“: Von den Anfängen des Survival-Horrors
Nach dem die „Games von Gestern“ aufgrund defekter Zeitmaschine – der DeLorean hatte einen Motorschaden und Ersatzteile sind heutzutage rar – pausieren mussten, ist es wieder an der Zeit für einen Ausflug in alte Zeiten. Wir treten aufs Pedal und nehmen mit Vollgas Kurs auf das Jahr 1992.
Nadler Decries Failure to Close Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
“Because of this momentous challenge to the founding principles of the United States—that no person may be deprived of liberty without due process of law, and certainly not indefinitely without due process of law—we must close the detention facility at GTMO now in order to restore our national honor,” said Rep. Nadler. “The time to close Guantanamo is NOW! It is a stain on our national honor.”
Below are Rep. Nadler‘s remarks as delivered on the House floor. For video of these remarks, click here.
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls. That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too.
Gestern: Dieser Snowden, der lügt doch!1!! Soviel Zugriff wie der gesagt hat hat gar keiner!1!!. Heute: NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants.
Hups… äh… bedauerliches Missverständnis.
NSA‘s Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Given how much time we‘ve spent on the NSA surveillance story this week, we thought it would only be fair to allow the NSA a chance to speak for itself, and so we offered up our standard „favorite Techdirt posts of the week“ post to the NSA. I think we may have accidentally signed ourselves up for PRISM in doing so, but such is life.
North Korea wants to hold high-level talks with U.S.
North Korea on Sunday offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, only days after it canceled planned official talks with South Korea for the first time in over two years.
Syria crisis: David Cameron and Vladimir Putin to meet for talks
Putin has made no secret of his opposition to any move by the west to supply arms to the Syrian opposition.
He responded to the recent lifting of the EU arms embargo by reaffirming his intention to supply the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, with sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles in order to deter „hotheads“ from intervening in the conflict.
Zeitung: USA liefern leichte Waffen an Regime-Gegner in Syrien von geheimen Stützpunkten in Türkei
„Katar und Saudi-Arabien haben von Anfang an auf den Zeitpunkt gewartet, wenn sie schwere Waffen liefern könnten“, zitiert das Blatt Will McCants, Analyst von CNA Analysis and Solutions und ehemaliger Antiterror-Berater im US-Außenamt.
DIY YouTube directors to self-regulate under new censorship scheme
The sheer amount of private video footage uploaded on popular sites such as YouTube means there is no way any board could tackle it. „The volume is so great that it became clear the answer was to get those who are making and posting the films to rate them for users,“ said Austin.
Orescharski begrüsst Rücktrittsbereitschaft von Peewski
Die Vorsitzenden der Parlamentsfraktionen, welche die Regierung unterstützen, hätten Orescharski versichert, dass sie eine Aufhebung des Beschlusses der Volksversammlung über die Ernennung von Peewski zum neuen Geheimdienstchef initiieren würden.
Bulgaria to replace new security chief after public backlash
About 8,000 people rallied in downtown Sofia for a second day, chanting „Mafia!“ and „Resignation!“.
Analysis: Iran moderate‘s poll triumph is mandate for change
That Rohani, a former nuclear negotiator, trounced hardline „Principlist“ rivals most loyal to the theocratic system and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Friday‘s contest left many in the Islamic Republic in shock
Sensation: Bundesnachrichtendienst spioniert an Internet-Knoten
Die relevanten Stellen der Veröffentlichung, von der ich tatsächlich ausgehen muss dass sie nicht nur einen Schwachkopf, sondern Millionen davon in dieser unserer Bananenrepublik überraschen wird, sind die folgenden:
100-Millionen-Programm: BND will Internet-Überwachung massiv ausweiten
Der Auslandsgeheimdienst treibt das Programm trotz des Abhörskandals des US-Geheimdienstes NSA und dessen Spähprogramm Prism voran. Mit den neuen Kapazitäten möchte der BND – ähnlich wie die NSA – sicherstellen, dass der grenzüberschreitende Datenverkehr möglichst umfassend überwacht werden kann.
CHP leader: Operation to Gezi Park is a crime against humanity
“I call my people: The most important power you have in this resistance is your rightness and peacefulness. You are right and strong. You should know that the world’s common humanity conscience is proud of you.”
Police conduct crackdown on protests in Taksim Square, storm Gezi Park
Police intervened once again in Istanbul‘s Taksim Square using tear gas and water cannons to quell the protesters an hour after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ultimatum to evacuate the Gezi Park before tomorrow. REUTERS photo
Everyone who enters Taksim Square will be treated as a terrorist: Turkish EU Minister
Everyone who enters Istanbul‘s Taksim Square, the heart of nearly 20-day-long protests against the government, will be considered a terrorist, Turkey‘s European Union minister said in a televised interview today.