Daily Archives: 13. April 2019


13.04.2019 - 23:52 [ Ne York Times ]

Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police

Sensorvault, according to Google employees, includes detailed location records involving at least hundreds of millions of devices worldwide and dating back nearly a decade.

The new orders, sometimes called “geofence” warrants, specify an area and a time period, and Google gathers information from Sensorvault about the devices that were there.

13.04.2019 - 23:37 [ ORF.at ]

Ostlibyen will Offensive auf Tripolis fortsetzen

Die Kämpfe konzentrierten sich zuletzt auf einen ausgedienten Flughafen etwa elf Kilometer vom Stadtzentrum entfernt. Bei einem Angriff der ostlibyschen Armee (LNA) wurde der Hof einer Grundschule getroffen, wie ein Reuters-Reporter beobachten konnte. Laut LNA war das Ziel eigentlich ein Lager der Tripolis-Truppen.

13.04.2019 - 23:27 [ ZDF ]

Regierung sieht Vorteil im Zloty – Polen will vorerst nicht den Euro

Polens Regierungslager hält die eigene nationale Währung für vorteilhafter als einen Beitritt zur Eurozone. Das betonten Ministerpräsident Mateusz Morawiecki und Parteichef Jaroslaw Kaczynski auf einer Konferenz der Regierungspartei Recht und Gerechtigkeit (PiS).

13.04.2019 - 23:25 [ Radio Polen ]

Heiko Maas zu Besuch in Warschau

Bundesaußenminister Heiko Maas weilt zu einem zweitägigen Besuch in Warschau. Zusammen mit anderen Außenministern wird er an dem sogenannten Berliner-Prozess teilnehmen. Im Mittelpunkt des Gipfeltreffens steht die Westbalkanregion

13.04.2019 - 19:36 [ antikrieg.com ]

IWF-Deal für Ecuador ebnete den Weg für Assanges Verhaftung

Die Ausweisung aus der Botschaft war eine lange berichtete Bedingung für den Vertrag

13.04.2019 - 18:39 [ antikrieg.com ]

Die sieben Jahre Lügen über Assange werden jetzt nicht aufhören

Es handelte sich um eine Anfrage nach dem Informationsgesetz durch einen Verbündeten von Assange, nicht um eine Medienstelle, welche Dokumente aufdeckte, die zeigten, dass schwedische Ermittler tatsächlich den Fall gegen Assange bereits 2013 einstellen wollten. Das Vereinigte Königreich bestand jedoch darauf, die Scharade fortzusetzen, damit Assange eingesperrt bleiben konnte. Ein britischer Beamter schickte den Schweden eine E-Mail: „Wagt es nicht, kalte Füße zu bekommen!“

13.04.2019 - 17:12 [ ]

The 7 years of lies about Assange won’t stop now

For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We were told there was no real threat of Assange’s extradition to the United States, that it was all in our fevered imaginations.

For seven years, we have had to listen to a chorus of journalists, politicians and “experts” telling us that Assange was nothing more than a fugitive from justice, and that the British and Swedish legal systems could be relied on to handle his case in full accordance with the law. Barely a “mainstream” voice was raised in his defence in all that time.

13.04.2019 - 16:35 [ Yahoo.com ]

Trump, in talks with South Korea‘s Moon, says sanctions on North Korea to stay in place

Asked by reporters whether he was prepared to ease some sanctions on North Korea, Trump said he and Moon were discussing „certain humanitarian things“ and the possibility of South Korea helping the North with food. He did not rule out participating in a three-way summit with both Kim and Moon.

13.04.2019 - 16:29 [ Spiked ]

In defence of internet freedom

Will internet regulation end the internet as we know it? Has the left turned against the working class? And will cultural appropriation eat itself? Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss on this week’s spiked podcast.

13.04.2019 - 16:22 [ Manu Gómez ‏/ Twitter ]

Tracking near #Libya no position showing: French Air Force E3CF Sentry FAF900 French Navy FA50 FNY5010

13.04.2019 - 15:55 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

EFF Statement on Assange Indictment and Arrest

While the indictment of Julian Assange centers on an alleged attempt to break a password—an attempt that was not apparently successful—it is still, at root, an attack on the publication of leaked material and the most recent act in an almost decade-long effort to punish a whistleblower and the publisher of her leaked material. Several parts of the indictment describe very common journalistic behavior, like using cloud storage or knowingly receiving classified information or redacting identifying information about a source. Other parts make common free software tools like Linux and Jabber seem suspect. And while we are relieved that the government has not chosen to include publication-based charges today, the government can issue additional charges for at least another two months. It should not do so.

13.04.2019 - 15:40 [ Joe Jervis ‏/ Twitter ]

It really is depressing that it is the Right who are now the main defenders of freedom of speech. Those on the Left who do so are labelled as apologists or worse, by people who make personal attacks & smear rather than try to win the argument. #slipperyslope

13.04.2019 - 15:09 [ John Pilger ]

THE ASSANGE ARREST IS A WARNING FROM HISTORY

The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years.

That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for „democratic“ societies. Assange is a political refugee protected by international law, the recipient of asylum under a strict covenant to which Britain is a signatory. The United Nations made this clear in the legal ruling of its Working Party on Arbitrary Detention.

13.04.2019 - 14:52 [ Tulsi Gabbard / Youtube ]

„Humanitarian“ Wars are a Lie

The foreign policy establishment and military industrial complex wage one regime change war after another under the guise of humanitarianism—wars that INCREASE the people’s suffering and devastation in those countries, and strengthen jihadists like al-Qaeda.

13.04.2019 - 12:24 [ Bernie Sanders, US Senator / Twitter ]

Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage. She won‘t back down to Trump‘s racism and hate, and neither will we. The disgusting and dangerous attacks against her must end.

13.04.2019 - 12:17 [ New York Times ]

A DAY OF TERROR: THE ISRAELIS; Spilled Blood Is Seen as Bond That Draws 2 Nations Closer

(12. September 2001)

Asked tonight what the attack meant for relations between the United States and Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister, replied, “It‘s very good.“ Then he edited himself: “Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy.“ He predicted that the attack would “strengthen the bond between our two peoples, because we‘ve experienced terror over so many decades, but the United States has now experienced a massive hemorrhaging of terror.“

13.04.2019 - 12:13 [ HistoryCommons.org ]

Context of ‚(6:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises‘

This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event (6:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD on Alert for Emergency Exercises. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level.

13.04.2019 - 11:45 [ US Government Publishing Office ]

Hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, August 16 and 17, 2004

(15./17. August 2004)

The following five exercise hijack events included a suicide crash into a high-value target. Synopses of exercise results are not available. They were discarded in accordance with DOD directives.

Exercise Name: Vigilant Guardian 01-1
Exercise Date: 23 Oct 00
Participants: HQ NORAD/Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR)/Sectors
Scenario: Weapons of Mass Destruction directed at the United Nations–an individual steals a Federal Express aircraft and plans a suicide attack on the United Nations Building in New York City.
Synopsis of actions: Conducted an interception, exercised command and control and coordinated with external agencies.

Exercise Name: Vigilant Guardian 01-1
Exercise Date: 16 Oct 00
Participants: HQ NORAD/Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center/CONR/
Canadian NORAD Region/Sectors
Scenario: Due to recent arrests involving illegal drug trafficking in Maine, an individual steals a Federal Express plane and plans a suicide attack into the United Nations Building in New York City.
Synopsis of actions: Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 99-3
Exercise Dates: 5 Jun 00
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: Learjet hijacked maintaining tight formation with Canadair airliner, loaded with explosives. Learjet planned to crash into the White House.
Synopsis of actions: Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 00-1
Exercise Dates: 5 Jun 00
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: Communist party faction hijacks aircraft bound from western to eastern United States. High explosives on board. Intends to crash into the Statue of Liberty.
Synopsis of actions: Cross-sector hand over. Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists. Federal Aviation Administration requested assistance.

Exercise Name: Falcon Indian 00-1
Exercise Date: 6 Nov 99
Participants: CONR/Sectors
Scenario: China Air from Los Angeles to JFK airport hijacked east of Colorado Springs by five terrorists. If not intercepted, intends to crash into United Nations building.
Synopsis of actions: Cross-sector hand over. Exercised command and control, coordinated with external agencies and followed hijack checklists.

13.04.2019 - 11:26 [ scribd.com ]

NORAD Exercises Hijack Summary

(2004)

A document entitled „NORAD Exercises Hijack Summary“ from the 9/11 Commission‘s files. It lists air defense training exercises involving hijackings for approximately four years before 9/11. The exercises included a version of ‚Vigilant Guardian‘ in which a suicide hijack targeting New York took place two days before 9/11; the document details 9 versions of Vigilant Guardian which took place the week before 9/11, all of which involve hijacking. A version on 9/6/01 involved a shoot-down by fighter jets. The document is from the Neads Trip 2 of 3 folder, Box 20, Team 8 files, Miles Kara Work Files series. On his blog, Miles Kara confirmed that he created the document, saying it is „one of many work papers I created during my work on the 9-11 Commission Staff“ and „The document was prepared to list what we knew about exercises before we traveled to NORAD Headquarters.“

13.04.2019 - 10:59 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER 11. SEPTEMBER: Duplikat, Drone, Plan

(12. September 2014)

Bereits vor Jahrzehnten entwickelte das Militär der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika den Plan ein eigenes ziviles Passagierflugzeug in der Luft gegen eine unbemannte „Drone“ auszutauschen, um diese dann selbst zur Explosion zu bringen und einen Abschuss vorzutäuschen. Ebenso wurde der Plan einer „Terrorkampagne“ in der eigenen Hauptstadt Washington, sowie die Versenkung eines US-Kriegsschiffes autorisiert. Ziel war es, diese Vorfälle einer feindlichen Macht zu unterstellen, vor der Weltöffentlichkeit das Opfer zu spielen und nachfolgend eine Invasion starten zu können.

Jahr der Entwicklung des Plans: 1962. Zielobjekt: Kuba.

13.04.2019 - 10:51 [ New York Times ]

Declassified Papers Show Anti-Castro Ideas Proposed to Kennedy

(19. November 1997)

“We could blow up a US warship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba,“ the memorandum said.

“We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington,“ it continued. “The terror campaign could be pointed at Cuban refugees seeking haven in the United States. We could sink a boatload of Cubans enroute to Florida (real or simulated).“

The records show that on March 13, 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff endorsed these ideas as “suitable for planning purposes.“ No evidence exists that they were carried out.

13.04.2019 - 10:48 [ smeggys.co.uk ]

Operation Northwoods

Operation Northwoods was a 1962 plan by the U.S. Department of Defense to stage acts of simulated or real terrorism on US soil and against U.S. interests and then put the blame of these acts on Cuba in order to generate U.S. public support for military action against the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. As part of the U.S. government‘s Operation Mongoose anti-Castro initiative, the plan, which was not implemented, called for various false flag actions, including simulated or real state-sponsored acts of terrorism on U.S. and Cuban soil. The plan was proposed by senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Louis Lemnitzer.

13.04.2019 - 10:25 [ Andres Salomon ‏/ Twitter ]

The full CAIR speech. The part that was taken out of context is at 15:17. Watching the full thing, you can clearly see that she‘s talking about all muslim-americans being blamed for 9/11. Never forget that, either. #IStandWithIlhan

13.04.2019 - 10:22 [ Donald J. Trump, Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten / Twitter ]

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

13.04.2019 - 10:17 [ theGuardian.com ]

Ilhan Omar: progressive Democrats condemn Republican smears and urge party to do the same

Rightwing critics have used an edited clip of the “some people did something” comment to falsely claim that Omar does not believe that September 11 was a terrorist attack, that she downplayed or demeaned the seriousness of the attack, and that she is un-American or not loyal to the United States.

Fox News and the New York Post, both owned by Rupert Murdoch, have devoted high-profile coverage to the misleading claims, including a graphic New York Post cover with her quote and an image of the World Trade Center towers in flames.

13.04.2019 - 09:55 [ Haaretz ]

AIPAC-affiliated Democrats Warn Netanyahu Against West Bank Annexation

Four U.S. lawmakers who have long proved staunch supporters of Israel express concern over the prime minister‘s campaign promise ■ Other lawmakers single out Netanyahu‘s ‚full-throated embrace of the far right’s extreme agenda‘

13.04.2019 - 09:44 [ Haaretz ]

Israel Election: Netanyahu Celebrates His Bibistan as the Left Wakes Up to the Dawn of an Old and Darker Day

It happened in 1981, when Shimon Peres rushed to be anointed “the next prime minister of Israel”; in 1996, when Israel went to sleep with PM Peres and woke up with PM Netanyahu; in 2009, when Tzipi Livni declared that “the people have chosen Kadima, and no one will deny them their choice”; in 2015, when Netanyahu garnered six crucial Knesset seats overnight; and once again on Tuesday night, after Channel 12’s exit poll gave Benny Gantz a four-seat advantage over Likud as well as a 60-60 tie between the two political blocs.

13.04.2019 - 09:32 [ telesur ]

Israeli Air Force Strikes Syrian City Masyaf

SANA said rockets were launched by Israeli warplanes from Lebanese airspace at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

13.04.2019 - 09:31 [ Junge Welt ]

Leipzig: Neues »Dienstleistungszentrum« der Polizei. Streit in Linkspartei

Nachdem die Brandenburger Linkspartei erst kürzlich gemeinsam mit ihrem SPD-Koalitionspartner den Ausbau der Befugnisse der Polizei beschlossen und die Beschneidung der Grund- und Freiheitsrechte im Rahmen des neuen Polizeigesetzes auf den Weg gebracht hat, setzt sich der Abschied der »demokratischen Sozialisten« als Bürgerrechtspartei zügig fort. Ausgerechnet im von Antisozialisten und DDR-Hassern gern als »Stadt der friedlichen Revolution« bezeichneten Leipzig sollen Polizei und Geheimdienste zukünftig breite Teile der Bevölkerung bespitzeln.

13.04.2019 - 09:20 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Nach Putsch im Sudan: Chef des Militärrats verkündet Rücktritt

Das teilte Awad Ibn Auf in einer im Staatsfernsehen übertragenen Ansprache mit. Er sagte, General Abdel-Fattah Burhan werde ihm nachfolgen.

13.04.2019 - 09:19 [ Sudan Tribune ]

Ibn Ouf resigns from Sudan’s transitional military council

Sudan’s Defence Minister General Awad Ibn Ouf has stepped down from his position as head of the Transition Military Council on Friday night and appointed a new general to replace him