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Projekt „ANISKI“: Wie der BND mit 150 Millionen Euro Messenger wie WhatsApp entschlüsseln will (Update)
(29.11.2016) Der Bundesnachrichtendienst will 150 Millionen Euro ausgeben, um die Verschlüsselung von Instant-Messengern zu knacken. Das geht aus geheimen Haushaltsunterlagen hervor, die wir veröffentlichen. Der Geheimdienst will auch offensive IT-Operationen durchführen – also Rechner hacken.
Nagelbombe in D – Kind als Terrorist: „Das ist ganz neu in Europa“
„Das hatten wir ja auch schon in Hannover gesehen Anfang des Jahres, auch in Ansbach und Würzburg . Das ist ein neuer Modus Operandi: Dass man Leute quasi über Messengerdienste in Echtzeit steuert“, sagte der deutsche Radikalisierungsforscher. Der Bub soll den beim Islamischen Staat sehr beliebten Messengerdienst Telegram verwendet haben und darüber angeleitet worden sein, einen Anschlag zu verüben.
Faking Hate Crimes: Always A Bad Decision
A Muslim student told police she was the victim of abuse on a subway. After investigating, police say it didn‘t happen. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
FAZ und Verfassungsschutz im „Fake News“-Strudel
Russland verübt Cyberangriffe auf deutsche Politiker und den Bundestag, sagt der Verfassungsschutz. Belege präsentiert er nicht. Die FAZ druckt es trotzdem. Wie „postfaktisch“ sind die Leitmedien?
Abgeordnete verlässt #AfD: „Krasser als die NPD“ (von Rüdiger Soldt, Stuttgart)
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Twitter Cuts Off Fusion Spy Centers’ Access to Social Media Surveillance Tool
As of this week, Twitter has made sure that federally funded fusion centers can no longer use a powerful social media monitoring tool to spy on users. After the ACLU of California discovered the domestic spy centers had access to this tool, provided by Dataminr (a company partly owned by Twitter), Dataminr was forced to comply with Twitter’s clear rule prohibiting use of data for surveillance.
Twitter sent a letter to the ACLU of California this week confirming that Dataminr has terminated access for all fusion center accounts. The letter also makes clear that Dataminr will no longer provide social media surveillance tools to any local, state, or federal government customer.
Verfassungsschutz: „Von einem anderen Land beauftragte Firma“ entdeckte durch „Zufallsfund“ Angriff auf IT-Netz des Bundestages
(12.6.2015) Das Sitzungsprotokoll der IuK-Kommission des Bundestages vom 21. Mai 2015 wirft viele Fragen über den „Hackerangriff“ auf das Parlament auf. Unter anderem die nach der Rolle des Inlandsgeheimdienstes, in diesem „Totalschaden der Demokratie“.
Es folgen Auszüge aus dem Sitzungs-Protokoll der „Kommission des Ältestenrates für den Einsatz neuer Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken und -medien“ (IuK-Kommission) vom 21. Mai 2015, welches Radio Utopie vorliegt.
NSA-Untersuchungsausschuss: Wikileaks-Akten könnten aus Bundestagshack stammen
Die von der Enthüllungsplattform Wikileaks veröffentlichten geheimen Akten aus dem NSA-Untersuchungsausschuss wurden möglicherweise beim Cyberangriff auf den Bundestag 2015 gestohlen.
Beeinflussung der Bundestagswahl : Verfassungsschutz warnt vor Cyberangriffen aus #Russland
(9.12.2016)
Habt ihr das auch gehört?
„Verfassungsschutz macht Russland für Cyberangriffe verantwortlich – Präzise Erkenntnisse über staatliches Vorgehen unter dem Deckmantel von Hackern“
Stand so bei der FAZ.
Government admits that Twitter could be forced to block accounts for UK users
Executive Director Jim Killock said:
“The Government started with age verification, moved onto web censorship and now wants to block Twitter accounts.“
“While these proposals are damaging for free speech, they are also absurd. Some Twitter accounts could be blocked for being associated with a porn site while others will be freely able to share pornography to Twitter users of any age.”
‚Honeymoon ending?‘ Canada‘s Trudeau sees first big drop in polls
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s approval rating has dropped 10 percentage points in the last three months amid rising dissatisfaction with the economy and concern about pipeline approvals, a public opinion poll released on Friday showed.
Greece’s Labor Minister: 125,000 workers earn less than €100 per month
Greece’s labor minister Efi Achtsioglou might have shocked German journalists during a press conference in Berlin on Thursday.
She said that in times of bailout agreements, the minimum wage fell by 22% and by 32% for young workers under 25 years old.
Greece’s Central bank sees economy expanding in 2017, urges end to standoff over Christmas bonus pension
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Aleppo Starts Uncovering Washington’s Evil Designs
In their report, BIRN and OCCRP stated that the acquisition of significant amounts of military weapons from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe for the Syrian opposition were direct controlled by Washington. Earlier, the respected military journal Jane’s Defence Weekly in its article “US arms shipment to Syrian rebels detailed” stated that the US supplies the Syrian opposition with weapons and ammunition from Eastern Europe, and noted that these facts were almost officially recognized by the US Senate.
The economic roots of the Syrian revolution
The conditions of life in the Jezira could not be more distinct from the paradise enjoyed by the Damascus yuppies—both Alawite and Sunni—that were benefiting from a neoliberal boom.
‘It’s So Sad,’ Donald Trump Says of Syria, Promising ‘Safe Zones’
Mr. Trump talked during the campaign about building safe zones, presenting them as a way to stem the tide of refugees into Europe. But this was the first time he had repeated the proposal since he began receiving intelligence briefings.
Ex-CIA chief says Trump risks blame for an attack if he skips briefings
(14.12.2016) Panetta, a former Democratic Congressman who served as CIA director and defense secretary in President Barack Obama‘s first term, told the Arab Strategy Forum, a conference sponsored by the government of Dubai, that Trump‘s aversion „can‘t last.“
Former CIA Head Hayden Urges Trump to Be More Open to Intelligence Community
(14.12.2016) Hayden, a retired Air Force general, headed the U.S. National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and later served as CIA director in former President George W. Bush‘s administration from 2006 to 2009.
Priebus, Trump offer different messages on intelligence briefings
(13.12.2016) even President Obama is worried, telling “The Daily Show” yesterday that the president-elect will be “flying blind” without information from U.S. intelligence agencies.
But according to RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, who’ll soon become White House chief of staff, we have it all wrong. Here’s what Priebus told Fox News this morning:
“[Trump is] doing his intelligence briefings every day and we do the presidential briefing – I think this week we’ll have three presidential briefings in the five days.
Trump Dissing Daily Intelligence Briefing Worsens Rift With CIA
(13.12.2016) To U.S. intelligence agencies, the President’s Daily Brief is a gold mine of classified information from around the world, polished through the night for presentation each morning to the commander-in-chief. To Donald Trump, it’s a mind-numbing repetition of the obvious that he’ll often skip.
Trump: Claims of Russian interference in 2016 race ‚ridiculous,‘ Dems making excuses
(11.12.2016) Trump also was asked about reports that he’s getting just one presidential intelligence briefing a week. Trump said he doesn’t need to be told the same thing every day, saying, “I get it when I need it.”
Gregor Gysi: Wer hätte 1990 gedacht, dass unsere Partei drittstärkste politische Kraft wird?
(22.9.2013) Erstes Statement des Vorsitzenden der Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag, Gregor Gysi, nach Bekanntgabe der ersten Hochrechnungen am 22. September 2013 um 18:30 Uhr
At the Berlin Wall last week. Walls work.
(5.10.2015)
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Announces Key Leadership Appointments for the National Security Council
President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his selection of Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, USA (Ret.) as Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary of the National Security Council and Dr. Monica Crowley as Senior Director of Strategic Communications for the National Security Council.
“The United States is an exceptional country and these are two exceptional individuals who have agreed to fulfill the President-elect’s pledge of putting America first once again,” said Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, USA (Ret.), National Security Advisor-designate. “I am honored to have General Kellogg and Dr. Crowley on the National Security Council team.”
Who Is Trump‘s WORST Cabinet Pick?
Vote for who’s the worst. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
Undermining free speech on campus
(6.12.2016) This legislation is really about something else entirely: Israel. What it does is to endorse an expansive definition of anti-Semitism that was adopted by the State Department in 2010 as a benchmark for diplomats. The problem with the definition is that it unfairly conflates anti-Israel speech with anti-Semitic speech, in a way that, if enforced, would violate the free speech rights of students and professors.
David Friedman, Trump‘s Radical-right Ambassador, Makes Netanyahu Look Like a J Street Lefty
It’s a good thing ambassador-designate David Friedman will have diplomatic immunity; otherwise he might get arrested for incitement.
‘I Will Never Be Able To Forget That Terror’: George Takei Opens Up About WWII Internment On ’22 Minutes With’ Brigitte Quinn
(7.12.2016) In this installment of “22 Minutes,” 1010 WINS anchor Brigitte Quinn talks with George Takei, best known for his role in the original Star Trek series, about his musical Allegiance.
Allegiance is about the internment of a Japanese-American family during World War II and was inspired by Takei’s true-life experiences.
A Trump Datenbank? Attitudes to US Muslims recall internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II
(24.11.2016) And so, the other day, I took notice when Takei sent me an e-mail. He was responding in alarm and anger to continuing reports that the incoming Trump administration may yet fasten onto the idea that they will bar all Muslims from the US, or bar entry to the US by Muslims from violence-prone nations, or just angry Muslims, or perhaps even make all Muslims in America register, or even deport all such people more generally. Or something.
Immigration hardliner says Trump team preparing plans for wall, mulling Muslim registry
(15.11.2016) To implement Trump‘s call for „extreme vetting“ of some Muslim immigrants, Kobach said the immigration policy group could recommend the reinstatement of a national registry of immigrants and visitors who enter the United States on visas from countries where extremist organizations are active.
Kobach helped design the program, known as the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, while serving in Republican President George W. Bush‘s Department of Justice after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States by al Qaeda militants.
Schaeuble & Dijsselbloem officially seized the EU; Commission angry
The European Commission got angry at the chief of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem for issuing a statement announcing the freezing of short-term debt-relief measures for Greece due to social support for low pensioners.
Dijsselbloem had claimed that the institutions had taken the decision. But the EU commission, one of the institutions referred to in the statement, was taken by surprise and criticized the move.
Facebook Announces Its Pilot Plans To ‚Deal‘ With Fake News — Not With Censorship, But With More Info
Facebook is now taking clear steps to try to address what some are calling its „fake news“ problem. As someone who has argued that the fuss over this is massively overhyped and misleading, I actually find Facebook‘s steps here to be fairly sensible, and not a cause for concern — but let‘s dig into the details.
Supreme Court Will Hear A Case That Could Finally Shut Down East Texas As The Patent Troll Mecca
We‘ve been writing about how patent trolls have been flocking to East Texas for ten years now, and little has changed. In fact, as we noted last year, there‘s one judge in East Texas, Judge Rodney Gilstrap, who famously handled 20% of all patent cases filed in the country in 2014. One judge. And that‘s not all the patent cases that come into that court. The towns of Marshall, Texas, and Tyler, Texas, have built a giant industry out of being super friendly to patent trolls. And it‘s ridiculous. But there‘s a case that could put an end to it and the Supreme Court has thankfully agreed to hear it.
Album of the Day: Tony Molina, “Confront the Truth”
“Old Enough to Know” wouldn’t sound out of place on an early Elliott Smith record, guitars pirouetting slowly beneath Molina’s melancholy vocals.
Rede von Muammar Al Gaddafi bei der Generalversammlung der UNO
Das Prinzip des Nichteingreifens in die internen Angelegenheiten von Staaten, ist in der Gründungsurkunde der UNO verankert. Somit hat kein Land das Recht sich in die internen Angelegenheiten eines Landes einzumischen, egal ob es eine Demokratie, eine Diktatur, Sozialistisch oder Kapitalistisch, progressiv oder reaktionär ist. Das ist die Individuelle Verantwortung jedes Landes. Es ist die interne Angelegenheit seiner Einwohner.
WATCH: British Muslims Gather in Show of Strength to Demand Caliphate
Eschewing an alternative demonstration in support of Syria taking place outside Downing Street on the grounds that they did not support the British government, the protesters heard speeches by Moazzam Begg of CAGE, editor of 5Pillars Dilly Hussain, and Hizb ut-Tahrir member Ibtihal Bsis among others.
Aleppo civilians find food stockpile at abandoned rebel depot
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9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo
Winner of the European Short Film Award at the European Film Awards.
In August 2012, Syrian photographer Issa Touma awoke to the dawn of the rebel uprising in the city of Aleppo. He spent the next nine days holed up in his apartment, filming the emerging civil war outside.