Both the EU-US passenger name record (PNR) and the terrorist financial tracking programme (TFTP) agreements are currently up for annual review.

Die Deutsche Post arbeitet enger mit US-Behörden zusammen, als bislang bekannt war. Derzeit finde zu Testzwecken „eine Übermittlung von Daten im Zusammenhang mit Sendungen in die USA“ statt. Ziel sei es, Vereinfachungen bei der Zollabfertigung zu erreichen, erklärte das Unternehmen Welt.de.

Bereits vergangene Woche hatte Telepolis auf Geheimabkommen zwischen der Bundesrepublik und den Siegermächten von 1968 hingewiesen, die das damals erlassene G-10-Gesetz heimlich unterliefen und noch immer in Kraft sind

“Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”: U.S.-Geheimdienste machen in Deutschland was sie wollen, seit 1968 Geheimabkommen mit allen Regierungen Westdeutschlands und der Berliner Republik.

Das geht auf eine Verwaltungsvereinbarung von 1968 zurück. Die sichert zu, dass die Deutschen dann Rohdaten übergeben müssen.

„Wie die F.A.S. erfuhr, wird die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den amerikanischen Geheimdiensten und dem BND durch mehrere Absichtserklärungen geregelt, die weiterhin als streng geheim eingestuft sind.“

Die Zusammenarbeit soll auf Vereinbarungen beruhen, die die USA noch mit der früheren Bundesrepublik geschlossen hat. Sie stammten teilweise noch aus den 50er und 60er Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts, berichtet die Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung (FAS).

“Those decisions were taken by Spain, France, Portugal and Italy,” says State Department

But a Reuters cameraman outside the office in the centre of the city said he saw no sign of a raid.

„Wir werden bis Montag warten, um zu wissen, ob er seinen Wunsch bestätigt, Asyl in Venezuela zu bekommen“, wird der venezolanische Außenminister Elias Jaua von Reuters zitiert.

Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden said the US National Security Agency operates broad secret spying partnerships with other western governments now complaining about its programmes, in an interview published on Sunday.

America‘s National Security Agency works closely with Germany and other Western states on a ‚no questions asked‘-basis, former NSA employee Edward Snowden said in comments that undermine Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s indignant talk of „Cold War“ tactics.

The Nour Party embodies Wahhabism, the fanatical interpretation of Islam that is the sole official religious doctrine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The media have tiptoed around the authentic character of the Nour Party, with leading sources noting only that the Nour Party’s program is derived from or influenced by Saudi Wahhabism. But the Nour Party reproduces Wahhabism – the ideology that inspired Osama Bin Laden – in its entirety.

The Salafist Nour party and the Jamaa Islamia in Egypt have both vocalized opposition to the appointment of Mohammad ElBaradei as new prime minister of the country.

„We respect Baradei‘s management record but we need a technocrat, not a politician,“

The Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, the FJP, reaffirms its total rejection of the military coup in Egypt and vows to continue protest activities, along with millions of pro-democracy Egyptians, until it restores power to the legitimate, elected President.

(17.Mai) This might especially occur in cities such as Port Said, Suez, Alexandria, Desouk, Kafr el-Sheikh, Metoubes and al-Mansoura, which were the sites of political clashes with the Brotherhood, thus giving the Al-Nour Party a chance to gain further support among its traditional popular base.

Nour is facing criticism for its stance. Many Morsi supporters at a rally Friday denounced Nour as betraying the country‘s first Islamist president. Ironically, in the eyes of strict Salafists, Nour made the same mistake as the Brotherhood: sacrificing religious principles for political power.

„Nour is now finding itself somewhat ostracized within the mainstream Islamist movement because of its support for military intervention,“ said Sultan.

„Syrien ist bereits bedauerlicherweise von einem Bürgerkrieg erfasst, Ägypten geht in die gleiche Richtung“, äußerte Putin am Sonntag bei einem Arbeitsbesuch in Astana. „Es wäre zu wünschen, dass dem ägyptischen Volk dieses Los erspart bleibt.“

(06.07.) In line with that position, the United States categorically rejects the false claims propagated by some in Egypt that we are working with specific political parties or movements to dictate how Egypt’s transition should proceed. We remain committed to the Egyptian people and their aspirations for democracy, economy opportunity, and dignity. But the future path of Egypt can only be determined by the Egyptian people.

(05.07.) The nature of military conflict and the methods of its development and conduct are changing before our very eyes. We are seeing development of robotised combat systems and high-precision weapons. Colleagues, the specialists know that these high-precision weapons come close to strategic weapons in capability and ultimately are affecting the global balance of power.

Militarisation of outer space and cyberspace continues. There is broader use of special operations methods and soft power instruments. We need to take all of these factors into account in our practical work.

On July 3, 2013 Egypt’s army commander, the Defense Minister, mounted a full-fledged coup d’état against the legitimate elected President of Egypt and suspended the Constitution endorsed by popular referendum on December 25, 2012.

We declare illegal, null and void all decrees issued and actions taken by the Defense Minister, and say as follows:

(1) The Elected President of Egypt, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, did not resign nor transfer any of his powers to any person or entity, including the Defense Minister, who was appointed by the President himself.

(2) Announcing the military coup, the Defense Minister also suspended the Egyptian Constitution approved by the Egyptian people in 2012 in a most credible, fair and free referendum, although this Constitution itself is the legal basis and source of the Defense Minister’s legitimacy, and does not allow any authority to suspend, repeal or abolish any of its provisions.

(3) The Defense Minister appointed Judge Adli Mansour, Chief Justice of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, as the country‘s president, in an unprecedented move where a minister „appoints“ a President of State.

(4) All Constitutional Court judges, including judge Adli Mansour, were appointed by the President of the Republic according to a Mubarak-era law. Hence, the appointment of Judge Adli Mansour as President by the Defense Minister is a manifest violation of the Constitution and legal provisions. The decree was issued by someone who had no authority to do so, to appoint as President someone who had no right to take that position.

(5) The Defense Minister’s decree to suspend the Constitution is null and void. Therefore the constitutional situation remains as it were. The elected legitimate president remains unchanged and those who mounted the coup remain outside the law and the Constitution.

Finally, the Democracy Defense Front calls on all states as well as international and regional organizations and all the free world not to deal with the illegitimate coup government, and to stand firm with the Egyptian people in their quest to regain their democracy and their Constitution.

God bless Egypt – free and civilian democracy

Qatar has lent Egypt more than $7 billion since Mursi was elected president a year ago, but other Gulf countries have remained aloof. Analysts said they were wary of Mursi‘s Muslim Brotherhood.

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the conversations between Hagel and General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi lasted more than two hours, showing the intensive contacts Washington is having with the military leader following last week‘s overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi.

The presence of Republican Guards in the studios of state broadcasting headquarters on Wednesday, the day the army staged its takeover, was an early sign that state media would reprise their traditional role as loyal servants of a military-backed administration.

Bolivia offered asylum on Saturday to former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, joining leftist allies Venezuela and Nicaragua in defiance of Washington, which is demanding his arrest for divulging details of secret U.S. spy programs.

One airport officer did board the aircraft on Tuesday to find out why it had landed in Vienna reporting technical problems, but „there was no formal inspection“, Austrian President Heinz Fischer told Kurier newspaper.

Venezuela said on Saturday it had not had any contact with former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, a day after President Nicolas Maduro offered him asylum in defiance of Washington.

Der Präsident des Bundesnachrichtendienst (B.N.D.) Gerhard Schindler hat in der Sitzung des “Parlamentarischen Kontrollgremiums” der Geheimdienste des Deutschen Bundestages am 3. Juli (wir berichteten) die Zusammenarbeit mit der National Security Agency (N.S.A.) bestätigt. Dies gaben nun offenbar Mitglieder des P.K.G. über den “Spiegel” bekannt. Zudem veröffentlichte das Blatt heute Aussagen von Edward Snowdern aus “verschlüsselten emails”, welche dieser noch vor dem 9. Juni, der Bekanntgabe von Edward Snowden als der Quelle des “Guardian”, mit Jacob Appelbaum und Laura Poitras wechselte.

Nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen ist die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Amerikanern und BND offenbar intensiver als bislang bekannt.