Als ich vor Jahren das George W. Bush-Regime als Polizeistaat bezeichnete, wurden auf dem rechten Flügel die Augenbrauen gehoben. Als ich das Obama Regime als den noch schlimmeren Polizeistaat bezeichnete, verdrehten die Liberalen ihre Augen. Ach wie gut! Jetzt bin ich nicht länger umstritten. Jeder sagt das.

Was bekommt der Iran als Gegenleistung für diese Geste seines guten Willens? Neue Sanktionen seitens der Administration der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika nach Absprache mit Israel, das gemeinsam mit den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika seit Jahrzehnten geheime und Stellvertreterkriege gegen den Iran geführt hat.

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MI5 was still in contact with Islamist fanatic Michael Adebolajo just months before he murdered soldier Lee Rigby, it has been claimed.

Given the earlier reports suggesting that the „independent“ task force set up to review the NSA‘s activities had come back with a list of suggestions for changes that were mostly cosmetic, rather than substantive, it was a bit of a surprise to see the White House come out today to say that those earlier reports were incorrect and that they were releasing the report in full today (way ahead of schedule). And, now the report is out. After giving it a single read (300+ pages), it is a lot more substantial than many of us expected

32-year NSA Veteran Who Created Mass Surveillance System Says Government Use of Data Gathered Through Spying “Is a Totalitarian Process”

ladimir Putin says he has never met or worked with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, but says he envies the former contractor. In his annual news conference on Thursday, the Russian president says Russia has made no attempt to extract information from Snowden, who is living in his country after seeking asylum there

One of the National Security Agency‘s primary defenses against criticism has been that it is subject to robust oversight from all three branches of the federal government. In the past week, however, all three branches have called for reform.

NSA oversight was never as robust as the „three branches“ claim, which the agency has made repeatedly. (One quick example, from an August presentation: „all three branches of our government exercise oversight over NSA‘s use of [FISA] authority.“ Or just do a Google search.)

Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Faysal Mikdad, said that the massacre committed by armed terrorist groups against citizens in Adraa al-Omalia (workers) city in Damascus suburbs will terrify the world when its full reality is exposed.

A Russian diplomat signaled on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should refrain from statements suggesting he might seek re-election because it could fuel tension before planned peace talks.

An official inquiry has found that British agents may have been „inappropriately involved“ in the rendition and ill-treatment of terrorist suspects. In a statement to the Commons, Kenneth Clarke, the minister without portfolio, said that the 27 questions raised by the inquiry by Sir Peter Gibson, which never got the chance to finish its work because criminal proceedings are underway, would be investigated by parliament‘s intelligence and security committee.