The FBI has admitted to gathering secret intelligence about the annual Burning Man festival since 2010.
In response to a request under the 2012 Freedom of Information Act, the security service said its Special Events Management unit has kept files on festival-goers, known as ‚burners‘ – to ‚aid in the prevention of terrorist activites and intelligence collection‘.
The precedent for Obama’s appointment of Barron was George W. Bush’s appointment of Jay Scott Bybee to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bybee was John Yoo’s Justice (sic) Department colleague who co-authored the “legal” memos justifying torture despite US federal statutory law and international law prohibiting torture. Everyone knew that torture was illegal, including those practicing it, but these two fiends provided a legal pass for the practitioners of torture. Not even Pinochet in Chile went this far.
Egypt plans to deluge the area along the border with the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip with water in an attempt to destroy the underground tunnels between the country and the Palestinian territory.
(1.September) The spokesperson for foreign and security policy of the European Commission, Catherine Ray, told journalists that, “We indeed put a team in place a team within the EEAS to work on it, and they will start working on it as of September. They are now in full shape.”(…)
The special team will be part of the European External Action Service (EEAS) and will be based in its headquarters in Brussels.
The question UK voters will have to answer in the planned referendum on their country‘s membership of the EU will probably indicate a clear „remain or leave“ alternative, the British government said on Tuesday (1 September).(…)
„We have concerns about the proposed ‘yes/no’ question“, the Electoral Commission said in its report.
chikowitz is founder and executive chairman of Paramount Group, an arms manufacturer that deals with defense, internal security and peacekeeping forces. Before he started selling and making weapons, Ichikowitz traveled throughout Africa studying African literature… In addition to his role at Paramount Group, Ichikowitz is the executive chairman of private equity group TransAfrica Capital, which invests in scientific research and development projects.
(1.September) In seinem Artikel „Casdorffs Agenda. Exodus aus zerfallenen Staaten“, wieder unter „Politik“, nicht aber unter „Meinung“ veröffentlicht, schwafelt der Meisterschwurbeler von Staaten, die wie von Geisterhand „zerfallen“ sind und nun einen Großteil der Flüchtlinge aus der Region stellen. Dabei läßt er in manipulativer Weise drei Dinge außer Acht:
Der frühere Staatssekretär im Verteidigungsministerium und ehemalige Vizepräsident der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der OSZE Willy Wimmer sprach am 1. September in der St. Ägidienkirche in Hannover auf Einladung des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes. In Gedenken an den Jahrestag des Kriegsausbruchs 1939 befasst sich Wimmer mit der Frage, warum die Deutschen heute wieder gegen Russland in Stellung gebracht werden. Wimmer forderte in Anwesenheit von Medien Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck dazu auf, sich bei seiner Reise in die USA dafür einzusetzen, dass die Amerikaner ihre Kriegspolitik beenden. Diese schürt nicht nur Spannungen mit Russland, sie ist auch für Tod, Flucht und Vertreibung verantwortlich, sei es in Afghanistan, dem Irak oder in Syrien.
Die Demonstrationen wurden organisiert von Svoboda und der Radikalen Partei, um gegen ein Abkommen zu protestieren, das dem ethnisch russischen Osten einige Autonomie gewährleisten sollte, eine Bemühung, um den anhaltenden Bürgerkrieg aufzulösen.
Years of attempts to craft legislation that would promote sharing of cyber threat information within industry and government have gone nowhere. And this year’s efforts are facing the same kind of criticism – that what government calls “sharing” amounts to surveillance
„Wir firmieren ab heute unter Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH. In einigen Bereichen wird es noch etwas dauern, bis das Logo gänzlich verschwunden ist, so zum Beispiel in den Shops oder auch in der Benutzeroberfläche unseres EPGs der DVRs und Receiver.“ Vodafone hatte den TV-Kabelnetzbetreiber für 10,7 Milliarden Euro übernommen, um einen eigenen Zugang zum Festnetz zu bekommen.
Neuer Tarif mit Drosselung
“Obviously it was very exciting to open up a folder full of materials that were sort of hidden away in a filing cabinet that no one ever looks at, and find a manuscript for the ‘Good Morning to You’ song, which eventually evolved into the ‘Happy Birthday’ song that is so known worldwide.”
Das jetzt gefundene Liederbuchaus dem Jahr 1890 enthält eine ganze Reihe von Kinderliedern. Darunter befindet sich auch das Lied „Good Morning to You“, aus dem sich später das heute bekannte „Happy Birthday to You“ entwickelte. Bislang waren keine so frühen Manuskripte bekannt. Time Warner, beziehungsweise dessen Vermarktungsfirma Warner / Chappell, beanspruchte erst 1935 erstmals Urheberrechtsschutz – die Differenz dürfte für den Konzern nur schwer zu erklären sein.
Over 20 agents for the real estate corporation RE/MAX Israel, working in at least eight offices, are selling many millions of dollars worth of illegal properties in over 15 settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Mondoweiss has compiled a non-exhaustive list of RE/MAX Israel offices and agents engaging in these illegal transactions.
In 2014, the Electronic Intifada revealed that the real estate company was selling illegal Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, both of which are recognized as occupied territories under international law.
A 2013 United Nations report maintains that RE/MAX International, which is headquartered in the US, can be “held accountable” for RE/MAX Israel‘s illegal activity.
Unctad: Militäroffensiven haben Palästinensergebiet schweren wirtschaftlichen Schaden zugefügt
Israel versucht mit rassistischen Vorgehensweisen gegen Muslime und sogar auch gegen Christen, sie aus den besetzten Gebieten zu vertreiben.
But Consuelo Morales, who heads the Citizens Supporting Human Rights (CADHAC), said authorities told her organization that 31,000 bone fragments were found since the grave was detected earlier this year.
Space travel is one of the few facets of international cooperation between Russia and the West that has remained unaffected by the Ukraine crisis.
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has awarded the contract for the supply of six gas turbine turbo compressor units to Siemens AG, TAP reported on September 2.
Half of these items will be installed in TAP’s compressor station near Kipoi, in Greece, and the remaining half at TAP’s compressor station near Fier, in Albania.
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There is a fierce battle going on in Washington, with progressive and pro-diplomacy organizations facing off against pro-Israel organizations to prevent a veto-proof vote to kill President Obama’s deal with Iran.
These anti-deal organizations are joined by a number of hawkish figures whose last great foreign policy foray was America’s last diplomatic catastrophe: the Iraq war. Here are 10 Iraq war supporters now trying to kill our best chance for a just peace with Iran:
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(25.August) The closest-yet views of Ceres, delivered by NASA‘s Dawn spacecraft, show the small world‘s features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres‘ tall, conical mountain; crater formation features and narrow, braided fractures.
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Ahed is the blond teen on the far left of the widely-published photo of a violent confrontation between Palestinian women and children, and an Israeli soldier in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh.
Constantin Schreiber arbeitet für das arabische Programm Al Jazeeras in Ägypten. Er schildert, wie die Freiheit zerstört wird und wie beschämend Deutschlands Rolle ist.
Aufgrund offener Mitgliedsbeiträge an die Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer (GDL) und wegen gewerkschaftsschädigenden Verhaltens hat der geschäftsführende Vorstand der GDL gemäß Satzung den Ausschluss von Manfred Schell, Sven Grünwoldt und Thorsten Weske zum 1. September 2015 beschlossen.
NATO‘s six new command and control centers have become operational across Central and Eastern Europe as part of the bloc‘s large-scale campaign aimed at increasing its military presence close to Russia‘s borders.
In einem Spitzengespräch mit dem Vorstandschef Carsten Spohr habe Lufthansa auf den Plänen beharrt, Flugzeuge ins Ausland auszuflaggen und damit Arbeitsplätze aus Deutschland zu verlagern, teilte die Gewerkschaft mit. Daher seien nun Streiks der Piloten wieder jederzeit möglich.
NASA‘s Cassini mission is no stranger to the mysterious Saturn moon Enceladus — the icy world contains a sub-surface ocean and, through vast chasms etched through the moon‘s south pole, powerful geysers blast water vapor into space.
Ever since the crisis in Syria began I have been repeating that the Russians are not, repeat, not coming!! (see here, here and here) and, so far, the Russians never showed up. Of course, it is possible that this time around they might.
Again, the first part of the rumor about sending advisors, sharing intelligence and delivering weapons makes more sense to me.
The deployment of the NATO troops in the Spanish city of Zaragoza entails risks for the local population and the environment, that is being concealed from the public, Miguel Martinez Tomey, responsible for EU affairs in the Chunta Aragonesista political party, told Sputnik.