Daily Archives: 14. Dezember 2019


14.12.2019 - 16:48 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

Die heuchlerische Berichterstattung über die Proteste in Venezuela, Chile und Ecuador

Wie sagte der US-Intellektuelle Noam Chomsky: „Die Hauptfunktion der Massenmedien in den USA besteht darin, die öffentliche Unterstützung für die speziellen Interessen zu mobilisieren, die in der Regierung und im Privatsektor vorherrschen.“

Washington will einen Regime Change in Venezuela, um eine Regierung einzusetzen, die ihren Interessen dient. Das wurde in Ecuador und Chile bereits erreicht, deshalb ignorieren die Medien die staatliche Unterdrückung in diesen Ländern. Aber wenn es sich um Venezuela handelt, gibt es für ihre Heuchelei und ihre Manipulationen keine Grenzen.

30. Oktober

14.12.2019 - 15:20 [ Radio Utopie ]

Die Briten haben die Souveränität gewählt

Ein Kommentar zu den Parlamentswahlen in Großbritannien und dem dort anstehenden Rauswurf der „Europäischen Union“ („Brexit“).

14.12.2019 - 12:22 [ Lauren Kay Johnson / Washington Post ]

I helped write the official lies to sell the Afghanistan war

From July 2009 to March 2010, I served as one of the U.S. Air Force’s designees for a nation-building mission, and I witnessed the disconnect between what happened on the ground and the messages the public heard about it. As my team’s information operations officer, I played a direct role in crafting those messages. I employed “strategic communication” during events like the 2009 Afghan presidential election and directed embedded reporters to only the sunniest stories, keeping them away from disgruntled troops who might not stick to tidy talking points. But my job wasn’t only to mislead the American public: Our information campaign extended to the Afghan people and to higher-ups within the American military itself.

14.12.2019 - 12:15 [ New York Times ]

At Least 23 Soldiers Killed in Insider Attack in Afghanistan

A Taliban infiltrator opened fire on soldiers as they were sleeping in a military base in Ghazni Province, officials said.

14.12.2019 - 12:10 [ ORF.at ]

Mindestens 23 Tote bei Attacke in Afghanistan

Die militant-islamistischen Taliban reklamierten den Anschlag für sich und erklärten, 32 Soldaten getötet zu haben. Für diese Zahl gab es zunächst keine Bestätigung.

Die Taliban hatten die Truppe offenbar unterwandert.

14.12.2019 - 11:54 [ Washington Post ]

The Afghanistan Papers: A secret history of the war – Unguarded nation

“The Afghan forces are better than we thought they were,” Marine Gen. John Allen told Congress in 2012. “The Afghan national security forces are winning,” Army Lt. Gen. Joseph Anderson told reporters in 2014.

But in a trove of confidential government interviews obtained by The Washington Post, U.S., NATO and Afghan officials described their efforts to create an Afghan proxy force as a long-running calamity. With most speaking on the assumption that their remarks would remain private, they depicted the Afghan security forces as incompetent, unmotivated, poorly trained, corrupt and riddled with deserters and infiltrators.

14.12.2019 - 11:47 [ CNN ]

White House further limits officials on Trump‘s foreign leader calls in wake of Ukraine scandal

Earlier in the administration, and during past presidencies, a larger number of officials would be allowed to listen to phone calls with foreign leaders. That includes aides with specific expertise in the countries being phoned or officials focused on an issue set being discussed on the call.

Now, when the President speaks on the phone with world leaders, he‘s joined on the call by just a handful of others appointed by Trump to the highest level of the administration, multiple White House officials say. T

14.12.2019 - 11:33 [ Vice.com ]

How Hackers Are Breaking Into Ring Cameras

In a video obtained by WMC5 courtesy of the family, you can see what the hacker would have seen: A viewpoint that looms over the entire room from where the camera is installed in a far corner, looking down on their beds and dressers while they play. The hacker is heard playing the song „Tiptoe Through the Tulips“ through the device‘s speakers, and when one of the daughters, who is eight years old, stops and asks who‘s there, the hacker says, „It‘s Santa. It‘s your best friend.“

14.12.2019 - 11:26 [ ABC News ]

Ring security camera hacks see homeowners subjected to racial abuse, ransom demands

Multiple U.S. families have reported incidents of Ring camera systems being hacked in recent days, raising questions as to whether the systems are allowing hackers access to people‘s homes, without ever having to set foot inside.

Owners of Ring security cameras in Mississippi, Georgia, Florida and Texas have reported incidents where hackers tormented families with racial slurs, encouraged children into destructive behavior and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin.

14.12.2019 - 10:52 [ NPR.org ]

Lawyer: Bolton Aide Charles Kupperman Fears House Will Reissue Subpoena For Testimony

Kupperman and his previous boss, former national security adviser John Bolton, were close to Trump and counseled the president on Ukraine matters. Kupperman was also listening in on the July 25 call between Trump and the president of Ukraine that triggered a whistleblower complaint. Cooper also represents Bolton, who refused to testify after the White House claimed he and Kupperman were among a small cadre of close advisers to the president who have absolute immunity from congressional subpoenas.

14.12.2019 - 10:36 [ Jerry Dunleavy / Twitter ]

Thes Democrats didn’t even issue a subpoena against Bolton (pictured here) but tell me more about how badly they want him to testify

14.12.2019 - 10:32 [ CBS News ]

House Judiciary Committee approves impeachment of President Trump and sends to House

The articles will now move to the floor for a full House vote next week.

14.12.2019 - 09:46 [ theHill.com ]

Senate Republican calls on Trump to declassify record on FBI surveillance of campaign adviser

“The Inspector General report showed the FBI was willing to do anything in order to spy on Carter Page, including making 17 significant inaccuracies and omissions. The American public deserves to know everything the FBI did,” Kennedy said in a statement Friday.

“I’m asking President Trump to declassify the entire record so that Attorney General Barr and FBI Director Wray can release it to the American people. If the FBI wants to continue the employment of rogue, politically-motivated agents, then let the public read the entire record.”

14.12.2019 - 09:26 [ LA Times ]

2020 candidates threaten to boycott next week’s Democratic debate in L.A. over labor dispute

All seven of the Democratic presidential candidates who have qualified for next week’s scheduled debate in Los Angeles threatened Friday to skip the event to express support for union workers involved in a contract dispute at Loyola Marymount University.

14.12.2019 - 09:14 [ BBC ]

General election 2019: PM to visit north after Labour heartland gains

Boris Johnson is to visit the north of England later, hours after celebrating his party‘s biggest election win for 30 years by sweeping aside Labour in its traditional heartlands.

14.12.2019 - 02:35 [ Reuters ]

Turkish drones escorting drill ships to fly from Turkish Cypriot airport: report

The breakaway Turkish Cypriot cabinet has designated an airport on the disputed island as a base for Turkish drones escorting ships seeking hydrocarbons in the eastern Mediterranean, a news agency said, a move likely to increase tension with the European Union.