Their grandiose goal: an American imperium in the Greater Middle East (and later assumedly a global Pax Americana). They were, in other words, geopolitical dreamers of the first order.
Daily Archives: 6. Januar 2017
Report: Trump Orders Ambassadors Out by Inauguration Day
Ronald E. Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and a career Foreign Service officer, was cited by the Times saying, “I don’t recollect there was ever a guillotine in January where it was just, ‘Everybody out of the pool immediately.’” Diplomats familiar with the situation said the mandate was quite harsh, and issued “without exceptions” in a cable sent Dec. 23.
Boston police should be blocked from buying new surveillance tools
Boston cops have already bent the rules in order to unfairly target Boston’s immigrant communities and communities of color, and harass political activists.
Encrypt the Web
EFF is working to encrypt the web and switch every website from HTTP to HTTPS. Two powerful tools are helping us get there: HTTPS Everywhere, a browser plugin for users, and Certbot, a free and easy-to-use tool for webmasters.
Obama and CNN oddly silent about this intelligence linked plot to interfere in the US election:
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Trump will offenbar Geheimdienste zurechtstutzen
Aufgedunsen und politisiert: So sieht der künftige US-Präsident die Geheimdienste. Einem Medienbericht zufolge will er sie zusammenstreichen.
Ex-CIA chief on Trump‘s distrust in intel: ‚I‘ve never seen anything like this‘
Panetta, a Democrat who led the CIA and later the Defense Department during the Obama administration, was blunt in his interview with Lauer. He sounded dismayed that Trump has taken to Twitter to question intelligence officials’ conclusion from October that Russia was behind cyberattacks on top Democratic Party officials during the presidential campaign.
Former CIA chief James Woolsey leaves Trump transition team
“I was not really called upon to go to meetings or participate in work on the transition,“ Woolsey told Fox News.
Jonathan Sparks, a Woolsey spokesman, released a statement that said the former CIA chief wished Trump the best of luck as president.
Woolsey led the CIA during the first two years of the Clinton administration in 1993-1995.
Trump demands investigation into Russia report leaks
‘‘They got beaten very badly in the election,’’ Trump told the Times. ‘‘They are very embarrassed about it. To some extent, it’s a witch hunt. They just focus on this.’’
The officials — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey — are preparing to point to multiple motives for Moscow’s alleged meddling as they brief Trump on their classified report Friday in New York. They briefed senior lawmakers Friday morning.
Biden rügt Trump: «Werde erwachsen»
An Trump gerichtet, fügte er hinzu: «Sie sind Präsident. Sie müssen etwas tun. Zeigen Sie uns, was Sie haben.» Dabei konnte sich der 74-Jährige ein Grinsen nicht verkneifen.
Trump wieder loswerden
Noch vor Donald Trumps Angelobung wird in den US-Medien bereits erörtert, wie man einen gefährlich inkompetenten und mental instabilen Präsidenten wieder absetzen kann.
Police Scotland ordered to improve after probe into covert work
(2.Januar) The OSC provides independent oversight of public bodies that have powers to conduct covert surveillance and place staff undercover as “human intelligence sources,” through the RIPA and RIPSA laws.
Although the reports are heavily redacted in places, they nevertheless reveal several previously undisclosed failings at the national police force.
I am asking the chairs of the House and Senate committees to investigate top secret intelligence shared with NBC prior to me seeing it.
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‚Hannity‘ Exclusive: Wikileaks‘ Assange: Governments ‚Hate Transparency. They Loathe It‘
„If you don’t know what’s happening in the world with powerful individuals, corporations and governments … immoral actors within the state or within those big corporations prosper,“ Assange said at the conclusion of the interview.
Cold fronts bring wintry chill into India-China ties
The reference point seems to be the UN Security Council Resolution 1172 of June 1998 condemning the nuclear tests conducted by India (and Pakistan), which was adopted unanimously but was in effect a rare joint US-China initiative. The GT article, therefore, takes great exception to the studied indifference of the US and the UN Security Council to India’s recent long-range missile tests.
Kameras und Abschiebungen – Sicherheitspaket von Innensenator Andreas Geisel (SPD) sorgt schon jetzt für Diskussionen
Für Unbehagen bei LINKEN und Grünen sorgt jedoch Punkt 9. »Wir werden deshalb das Berliner Allgemeine Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz (ASOG) für den öffentlichen Raum so ergänzen, das Videoüberwachung anlassbezogen und temporär sowie an ausgewählten kriminalitätsbelasteten Orten als zusätzliches nützliches Instrument für die Berliner Polizei zur Wahrnehmung ihrer Aufgaben einsetzbar wird«, heißt es da.
Geopolitische Vorschau 2017: EU
Die Grundidee darin ist, dass die EU vor der unabwendbaren Wahl steht entweder alle existierenden „Freiheiten“ in die Tonne zu treten und eine richtige Diktatur zu werden um ihren „einheitlichen“ Totalitarismus zu erhalten oder sich zurückzuentwickeln indem sie ihren Mitgliedsstaaten wieder Kompetenzen zurückgibt und damit die Büchse der Pandora im Sinne einer Regionalisierung der EU öffnet. Die USA würden in beiden Fällen strategisch profitieren, womit es auch legitim ist zu erörtern welches von beiden Szenarien Washington bevorzugen würde. Wenn nichts desto trotz das zweite Szenario in Kraft treten würde, welches Trump aufgrund seines ideologischen Hintergrundes befürworten könnte, dann würde dies eine kontinentale Spaltung zwischen Ost und West sowie Nord und Süd bedeuten.
The fine line for police between a ‘hate crime’ and a ‘hate incident’
There is a difference between a hate crime and cruel or hurtful comments, many of which are protected under the 1st Amendment. The law makes it illegal to physically harm someone based on his or her race, religion, national origin, gender or sexual orientation, among other characteristics.
Hate incidents are a different matter. A person on receiving end of a hateful email or racist rant can feel attacked, but police say many of these encounters don’t amount to a crime.
Tube strike: When is it and which lines and stations will be closed?
The strike by Tube station staff on the London Underground will begin on Sunday at 6pm and last for 24 hours.
It will mean millions of Londoners will struggle to get to work on Monday morning as underground services will be „severely restricted“, according to Transport for London (TfL).
Driverless cars will cause congestion on Britain‘s roads to worsen for years, study finds
Researchers found that the performance of driverless cars is dependent on the behaviour of the vehicles around it, so the benefits of the technology may not be felt until they make up the majority of vehicles on the road.
mDUST by VonLichten
released September 11, 2014
Pentagon: „We appreciate use of Turkish air base“
„We certainly will continue to have our conversations with Turkey and make that point clear,“ he said. „It‘s a valuable and important part of our operations and we certainly hope and expect that it will continue.“
Russia to hold meeting on JCPOA accomplishments
The Russian Federation Mission to the United Nations will hold a meeting to discuss accomplishments of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the eve of the first anniversary of the nuclear deal implementation.
Lebanon set to offer five offshore exploration blocks
Production-sharing contracts will enable investors to share any oil and gas output with the Lebanese government, in contrast to service contracts that would pay the companies a fixed fee for whatever they produce, regardless of market prices.
NATO to continue supporting NUG (*National Unity Government)
„NATO believes that diplomatic channels should be used for settlement of current Afghanistan problems, because war is not a solution.“
Protests In Kosovo After France Detains Former Prime Minister (Video)
Demonstrators in Pristina held a protest against France‘s detention of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. A French court on January 5 ordered him to remain in custody pending an extradition request from Serbia on alleged war crimes.
2200 cases, several of them ordinary criminal, transferred to counter-terrorism judicial division (Selliti)
(TAP) – Spokesperson for the counter-terrorism judicial division Sofiene Selliti said nearly 2,200 cases have been transferred to the division since the start of its activities and many of them are not related to terrorism.
Speaking to reporters, on the sidelines of a study day organised by the Higher Institute of the Judiciary on Friday in Tunis, he noted a certain eagerness on the transfer of cases to the judicial division, many of which turned to be ordinary criminal cases after investigation.