Daily Archives: 6. Juni 2014


06.06.2014 - 23:13 [ Global Research ]

Hillary Clinton: Warmonger for the Bankster Elite

Everything we see on television, an increasingly on the internet, “often surpasses expectations of media subservience to government propaganda,” as Edward S. Herman noted nearly two decades ago. Only the alternative media, which naturally suffers from its own flaws, is free to tell the truth.

06.06.2014 - 22:41 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Das finnische Modell

Flexibel, nicht permanent
Ähnlich wie Washington positioniert sich auch Berlin. „Es ist wichtig, dass wir die Rückversicherung unserer östlichen Partner so gestalten, dass wir multinational, aber rotierend und flexibel, … nicht statisch, nicht permanent … anwesend sein werden“, wird Bundesverteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen zitiert.[8] Ähnlich wie die Anbindung der Ukraine an das westliche Kriegsbündnis ohne ihren offiziellen Beitritt scheint das Vorgehen der NATO-Staaten auch in diesem Falle geeignet, ihre militärischen Aktivitäten unter Vermeidung russischer Abwehrreaktionen deutlich nach Osten auszuweiten.

06.06.2014 - 22:38 [ German Foreign Policy ]

Die sudetendeutsche Versöhnung

Am morgigen Samstag erhält ein langjähriger „Grünen“-Politiker die höchste Auszeichung der „Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft“. Milan Horáček, der für die deutschen „Grünen“ erst im Bundestag, später im Europaparlament saß und die Prager Außenstelle ihrer Parteistiftung aufbaute, wird von der „Vertriebenen“-Organisation auf ihrem diesjährigen „Sudetendeutschen Tag“ mit dem „Europäischen Karlspreis“ ausgezeichnet – für „Verdienste um eine gerechte Völkerordnung in Mitteleuropa“. Horáček hat sich immer wieder für Forderungen der „Vertriebenen“-Verbände eingesetzt

06.06.2014 - 21:45 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

In Harm‘s Way: The Dangers of a World Without Net Neutrality

Last month the FCC released its proposal for America’s new network neutrality rules. Unfortunately, the agency’s proposal included rules that would permit Internet providers to prioritize certain websites, e.g., make deals with some services for a faster and better path to subscribers. While the FCC claims it is not endorsing such deals, the proposed rules will inevitably be read as exactly that.

06.06.2014 - 21:39 [ antikrieg.com ]

Obama sagt Schottland, es soll sich nicht von Britannien trennen

In einer Pressekonferenz am Ende des G7-Gipfels hat Präsident Obama die schottischen Wähler aufgefordert, gegen die Unabhängigkeit zu stimmen, indem er sagte, dass es nicht im Interesse Amerikas gelegen ist, wenn Schottland unabhängig von Britannien ist.

06.06.2014 - 17:57 [ NewEurope ]

Networks and information security topped the agenda of the Council οf Telecommunications Ministers

The basic element for improving EU readiness to respond to threats against networks and information security is the cooperation between various existing stakeholders. It was established that there is a general convergence of views as regards most provisions of this Directive, and that such convergence was evident in the progress report of the Council.

06.06.2014 - 17:45 [ NewEurope ]

Scotland, Crimea, East Ukraine Eye Energy On Independence

“With the Crimea reportedly on the shelf of the Black Sea, there is Chornomor Naftohaz, which is an old enterprise that has rights to develop oil and gas fields in the area but now it’s technically a Russian enterprise since it belonged to Ukraine,” Slava Smolyaninov, chief strategist at UralSib Financial Corp in Moscow, told New Europe on June 6, adding that Ukraine threatened to sue Russia over Chornomor Naftohaz and over underground storages of natural gas in Crimea.

06.06.2014 - 17:13 [ Dissident Voice ]

The Better Nature of Less Evil Angels — Exceptionalism Debunked

Just reading Paul Craig Roberts in his latest piece and the interview with Gary. Interesting stuff, and I’m glad Paul Craig Roberts is around criticizing Empire and the US mindset, both political and corporate. Hats off there. But this glinty thing, about a new “deleted morality,” or when he talks to Gary about a time when he grew up and was a man and you could not look yourself in the mirror if you had done something abhorrent, morally wrong, and against your fellow human. Here, the two quips, then my take….

06.06.2014 - 16:53 [ War Starts Here Camp ]

NATO-Manöver? Könnt ihr vergessen!

Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, liebe NachbarInnen und Projekte, die Spatzen pfeifen es von den Dächern, zwischen dem 12. und 23. Mai, werden die Regionen zwischen Celle und Magdeburg zu einem der größten Truppenaufmarschgebiete in Europa. JAWTEX (Joint Air Warfare Tactical Exercise) ist das größte und „wichtigste“ NATO Manöver seit den 80ern, das direkt vor unserer Haustür bzw. über unseren Köpfen stattfinden soll.

06.06.2014 - 16:41 [ antikrieg.com ]

Obama, Cameron stellen Forderungen, geben Russland einen Monat Zeit

Indem sie weiterhin die Spannungen mit Russland eskalierten, stellten Präsident Obama und der britische Premierminister David Cameron heute ein Ultimatum, in dem sie Russlands Präsident Putin mit einer Reihe von Forderungen konfrontierten, die er bis Ende des Monats zu erfüllen oder mit größeren Sanktionen zu rechnen hat.

06.06.2014 - 12:49 [ Radio Utopie ]

Ziercke und das BKA haben ein Problem: uns.

(28. August 2008) Berlin: Da sitzt er wieder. Man muss schliesslich auch mal was tun für sein Geld. Jörg Ziercke, Präsident des Bundeskriminalamtes, ging diesmal richtig in die Offensive, suchte nicht das persönliche Gespräch mit der Presse (wer weiss, wer weiss) sondern gab gleich eine Pressekonferenz.

Ziel war die Abschaffung des Internets wie wir es sind.

06.06.2014 - 12:39 [ Vodafone / Google ]

Law Enforcement Disclosure Report

Given the lack of clarity in the law, we asked the authorities for guidance and were advised that we were not permitted to disclose any of the information we hold related to agency and authority demands for lawful interception and access to communications data. Subsequent to this, other operators in Germany began to publish information related to some of the law enforcement demands they have received and we understand that publication may now be permissible.

However, we are concerned that the information disclosed to date may in fact act as a significant barrier to the kind of meaningful transparency necessary to maintain public trust in Germany. Whilst other operators appear to be following a methodology similar to that used by Vodafone Germany in recording statistics related to law enforcement demands (and indeed the demand volumes recorded for Vodafone Germany are closely comparable to those reported by other operators of a similar scale), other operators’ disclosures to date:

• present only a partial view of law enforcement demands (for example, they exclude the effect of German agency and authority automated access systems which allow rapid and large-scale interrogation of a central database of customer records);

• cannot be reconciled with the authorities’ publication of the number of warrants issued each year (with the potential for significant confusion as a result of wide variations in recording and reporting approaches, as explained earlier in this report); and

• remain potentially unlawful and therefore subject to prohibition in future, notwithstanding the authorities’ assurances received immediately prior to publication of this report.

06.06.2014 - 12:13 [ Vodafone ]

Law Enforcement Disclosure Report

Furthermore, it is also clear that certain categories of agency and authority demand have been omitted from local operators’ publications, either to comply with legal restrictions (in the case of Australia) or (in Germany) for reasons not disclosed to us.

06.06.2014 - 11:51 [ Vodafone ]

Law Enforcement Disclosure Report

Germany:

In this report we provide an overview of some of the
legal powers under the law of Germany that government
agencies have to order Vodafone’s assistance with
conducting real-time interception and disclosure of data
about Vodafone’s customers.

1. PROVISION OF REAL-TIME LAWFUL INTERCEPTION ASSISTANCE

Sec. 110 TKG requires operators of telecommunication
systems used to provide telecommunication services to
the public (as further specified in Sec. 3 TKG) to maintain
the technical facilities, and to make the organisational
arrangements, to execute telecommunication interception
measures expressly provided for by law. This includes the
obligation to maintain interception capabilities to execute
any interception order without delay (including, in particular,
handing over a copy of the requested communication). (…)

There is a dispute if and to what extent the operator of a
telecommunication system is entitled to file a complaint
(according to Sec. 98(2) or 304(2) StPO) against an
interception order issued under Sec. 100a StPO, though it
is recognized that there is no legal obligation to verify or
challenge the lawfulness of an interception order.

Article 10 Act
There is no ex-ante judicial control for measures under
the Article 10 Act, i.e. no court order or warrant is required.
However, the interception measures pursuant to Sec. 3, 5 and
8 G10 require a written order by the Ministry of the Interior (or the relevant highest state authority) following an application by one of the public authorities authorised under the respective provision.

06.06.2014 - 11:22 [ Kreml ]

Meeting with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron

Vladimir Putin met with Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron.

The two leaders discussed various issues concerning their bilateral relations, including the topic of revitalising the Russian-British dialogue, which is currently on hold. A great deal of attention was given to searching for ways to settle the crisis in Ukraine.

06.06.2014 - 11:21 [ Gazetta del Sud ]

Informant says Berlusconi ex-undersecretary ‚cosa nostra‘

In a judicial meeting, Camorra clan member and informant Roberto Vargas described Cosentino as „cosa nostra“ (our thing), a reference to Mafia membership and said that the politician had met with Casalesi head Francesco „Sandokan“ Schiavone to talk about contracts and politics. „Cosentino met with Sandokan after his release in 1993 and before the Spartacus raid (1995).“