New details are emerging about how AT&T has been spying on Americans for profit with a secret plan called Project Hemisphere. The Daily Beast reports AT&T is keeping private call records and selling the information to authorities investigating everything from the war on drugs to Medicaid fraud. AT&T reportedly has been retaining every call, text message, Skype chat or other communication that has passed through its infrastructure. Some of the records date back to 1987.
Daily Archives: 29. Oktober 2016
Whistleblower’s Wife Appeals to Obama for Husband‘s Release
The wife of jailed CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling is appearing at a news conference at Washington DC’s National Press Club Friday, appealing to US President Barack Obama to grant a presidential pardon to her husband, currently serving three and a half years for leaking classified documents to the press.
Breaking Silence, Wife of Jailed CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Seeks Presidential Pardon
In an unprecedented news conference today, the spouse of a jailed CIA whistleblower is speaking out. Holly Sterling, the wife of imprisoned former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, will appear at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to appeal for a presidential pardon. Sterling is serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence for leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen about a failed U.S. effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear program.
Totkranker C.I.A.-Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling: Hilferuf aus U.S.-Gefängnis
(August 2016) Die Verurteilung von Jeffrey Sterling zu drei Jahren Gefängnis in 2015 erregte ausserordentliches Aufsehen und Kritik weit über die Grenzen der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika hinaus. Viele internationalen Organisationen wie Reporter ohne Grenzen setzten sich für den Angeklagten ein und forderten von U.S.-Präsident Barack Obama dessen Begnadigung.
Dass Malaysia Schiffe von China kauft, ist ein weiterer Schlag gegen die US-Dominanz in der Region
Wenn diese Länder beginnen, ihre Waffen von China zu kaufen, werden sie einen starken Anreiz haben, seerechtliche Konflikte mit China auf diplomatische Weise zu lösen, was ihr Interesse daran, dass (amerikanische) Kriegsschiffe durch das Gebiet fahren, um China zu „konfrontieren“, deutlich einschränken könnte.
Clinton-Mails: FBI handelte gegen Wunsch von Justizministerin
Der FBI-Chef und Republikaner Comey fühlte sich in der E-Mail-Affäre „zur Veröffentlichung verpflichtet“. Lynch sperrte sich zwei Wochen vor der Wahl dagegen.
CHP, AKP in new row over intelligence lists of ‘Gülenists’
The government and the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) are engaged in a new row after the latter’s leader claimed that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was trying to protect some of its allies who had strong links to the Gülen movement, believed to be behind Turkey’s July 15 coup attempt.
Turkish main opposition deputy CHP leader shot wounded
Bülent Tezcan, the deputy chairman of Turkey‘s main opposition Republican People‘s Party (CHP), has been wounded, daily Hürriyet reported on its website on Oct. 29.
Tezcan was shot on his foot while he was in a restaurant in the Aaegean province of Aydın, the report said.
UK to open permanent military base in Bahrain: Report
The military base, which is the first such facility being opened by Britain in 40 years in the Persian Gulf region, will be launched next month, Britain‘s Express newspaper reported on Saturday.
Sweden’s Unethical – And Unlawful – Arms Deals With ‘ISIS-Backing’ Saudis
Further, emails published by WikiLeaks’ Podesta series revealed that Hillary Clinton has been fully aware – already since 2014 – of the fact that both Saudi Arabia and Qatar were financing ISIS.[3] On the other hand, the US government has claimed the responsibility for financing, training and arming so-called “moderate rebels” – the “moderate terrorists” – which together with ISIS maintain a common war against the government of Syria. [4]
SAA reinforcements arrive in Aleppo as Islamists try to cut off government supply line
Furthermore, the SAA‘s Desert Hawks Brigade arrived to Aleppo city on Saturday. This specialized SAA unit arrived from the eastern Aleppo countryside after it was determined that the Islamic State was unlikely to gather another assault on the Kuweiris Airbase following a series of recent territorial setbacks for ISIS in Aleppo province.
The Desert Hawks Brigade is trained specifically in ambush tactics and desert warfare. Notably, this elite SAA unit led the charge to liberate Palmyra from the Islamic State little more than six months ago.
Battle for Aleppo heats up as the Syrian Army stops Islamist offensive in its tracks
As sunset settled over Aleppo city, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) was able to halt a rapid Jaish al-Fateh offensive in the western districts of Aleppo city.
Syria fights off massive Takfiri assault for 2nd day
It said more than 1,500 militants from the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib to the west were attacking government-controlled districts of the city along a front stretching for 15 kilometers.
#Minyan Under the control of #saa west #aleppo now
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#Breaking #Aleppo update : Military source to me SAA recapture most of Minyan town west aleppo , advance still .
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@SayedNajjar1 agree if 3000 project is lost, aleppo will be in grave danger
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Updated map West #Aleppo Minyan area captured by Jaysh al Fath
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Pro-SAA source says attack was hit-run, no major attack reported at the moment
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JFS & Ahrar al-Sham have reportedly attacked a convoy heading to Aleppp on Khanaser highway
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Ahrar Al-Sham begins offensive to cut Khanasser.
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#Syria // #Aleppo // Heavy clashes as rebels engage SAA convoy on the Khansser highway
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#Syria // #Aleppo // Rebel VBIED was able to penetrate SAA defences and explode near an army position bordering the 3000 vicinity.
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Brazil saw more violent deaths than civil-war torn Syria in 2015, report says
There were 58,383 violent deaths in Brazil that year, according a report by the Brazilian Forum for Public Security, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented 55,219 deaths in the conflict-ridden country.
#Syria // #Aleppo // Rebel attack on the Zahra front has been halted. Dozen rebel casualties at least.
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Renewed jihadi & Qaeda assault on west Aleppo today. Suicide car bombs & 100s of rockets hit Zahra area. West govs & media cheer on #Syria
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NEW MAP UPDATE: Battle of #Aleppo. #Syria
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UN slams attack on Russian Embassy in Damascus
United Nations, Oct 29: The UN Security Council has „condemned in the strongest terms“ another mortar shelling on the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus, which caused significant material damage.
Russische UN-Botschaft entdeckt Terrorkämpfer auf US-Waffenruhe-Liste
„Auf der von Washington an Moskau überreichten Liste der Teilnehmer der Waffenruhe in Syrien stehen zwei Gruppierungen, die an der Seite des Islamischen Staates (IS, auch Daesh – Anm. der Red.) kämpfen, und acht, die der al-Nusra-Front angehören. Dass dort auch die Halsabschneider von Ahrar al-Scham und Nureddin Sinki aufgeführt sind, diskreditiert die amerikanische Liste“, heißt es in einer Erklärung auf der Webseite des russischen Außenministeriums.
NATO Confirms Collaboration with International Coalition in Iraq, Syria
(26.10.2016) Jens Stoltenberg said during a press conference that a NATO airborne early warning and control aircraft (AWACS) – which uses radars to track ground targets – provided assistance to international air force sorties on Oct. 20.
US Air Force entschuldigt sich für Annäherung an russischen Jet über Syrien
Ein amerikanisches AWACS-Flugzeug hatte sich nach Angaben des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums am 17. Oktober an eine russische Su-35 im Luftraum über Ostsyrien angenähert.
Inside The Invisible Government: John Pilger On War, Propaganda, Clinton And Trump
What is seldom reported is that both cities would not be occupied by fanatics and ravaged by war if Britain and the United States had not invaded Iraq in 2003. That criminal enterprise was launched on lies strikingly similar to the propaganda that now distorts our understanding of the civil war in Syria.
Uber – Kein Beitrag für Mobilität, Wirtschaftswachstum und Beschäftigung
(25.Oktober) ver.di hat das Geschäftsmodell, aber auch die Risiken des privaten Dienstleisters Uber analysiert. Das Papier steht zum Download bereit.
Mass protest in Seoul against South Korean President
SEOUL: Thousands of protesters held a candlelight rally in the South Korean capital on Saturday (Oct 29), calling on President Park Geun-hye to step down over allegations that allowed a close personal friend to meddle in state affairs.