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A leading principle of international relations theory is that the
state's highest priority is to ensure security. As Cold War strategist
George F. Kennan formulated the standard view, government is created "to
assure order and justice internally and to provide for the common
defense."The proposition seems plausible, almost self-evident, until we look more closely and ask: Security for whom? For the general population?
For state power itself? For dominant domestic constituencies?
Depending on what we mean, the credibility of the proposition ranges from negligible to very high.
Security for state power is at the high extreme, as illustrated by the efforts that states exert to protect themselves from the scrutiny of their own populations.
In an interview on German TV, Edward J. Snowden said that his "breaking point" was "seeing Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress" by denying the existence of a domestic spying program conducted by the National Security Agency.
Snowden elaborated that "The public had a right to know about these programs. The public had a right to know that which the government is doing in its name, and that which the government is doing against the public."
The same could be justly said by Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning and other courageous figures who acted on the same democratic principle.
The government stance is quite different: The public doesn't have the right to know because security thus is undermined - severely so, as officials assert.
There are several good reasons to be skeptical about such a response. The first is that it's almost completely predictable: When a government's act is exposed, the government reflexively pleads security. The predictable response therefore carries little information.
A second reason for skepticism is the nature of the evidence presented. International relations scholar John Mearsheimer writes that "The Obama administration, not surprisingly, initially claimed that the NSA's spying played a key role in thwarting 54 terrorist plots against the United States, implying it violated the Fourth Amendment for good reason.
"This was a lie, however. Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA director, eventually admitted to Congress that he could claim only one success, and that involved catching a Somali immigrant and three cohorts living in San Diego who had sent $8,500 to a terrorist group in Somalia."..................Read More
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Truthout.........We call these windows of opportunity when the world is looking the other way the english start brush fires-elsewhere in the world or agitating other unstable anti-capitial societies, mostly those with rich natural resources into unrest, Naomi Campbell calls this behavior 'disaster capitalism', Naomi Wolf has explained how a democratic society shuts down; both Naomi's agree this is the definition of fascism, to profit on other humans of 'lesser breeding' misfortune, the very thing most of the good citizens finance by their psyo-lifestyle of perverted Machiavellian sleaze. SLAVERY by any other name is still slavery!
Dahr Jamail, Truthout: Fallujah
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crimes and crimes against humanity in its ongoing attack against the
city, conducted ostensibly against al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State
of Iraq and Syria.
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Iraqi police kill 84 people in Mosul, Fallujah:
Iraqi
police said Monday 84 armed men, including 74 of the Islamic State in
Iraq and Lavent (ISIL), were killed in operations in the Mosul and
Fallujah.
Over 50 people killed in fierce battles, heavy shelling in Syria:
Violent
confrontations took place between opposition forces and forces of the
Syrian regime, the Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC)
announced on Monday.
Syrian army captures village near Yabroud: state TV:
Syrian
troops seized control Monday of a village near the strategic rebel
bastion of Yabroud as they pushed closer to the town near the border
with Lebanon, state television said.
In propaganda exercise?
Saudi Arabia calls on all foreign fighters to leave Syria:
Saudi
Arabia's Cabinet has called for the withdrawal of all foreign fighters
from Syria and is demanding they face international justice if they
committed war crimes there. Riyadh is concerned that Saudi militants in
Syria could turn their weapons on the kingdom.
Bahrain explosion kills 3 police officers: Interior Ministry:
An
explosion that went off while policemen were dispersing demonstrators
in Bahrain killed three police personnel on Monday, the Interior
Ministry said on its Twitter account.
Three killed in US drone attack in east Yemen:
The
attack took place on Monday when the US's unmanned aircraft fired a
missile, which hit a car and killed all the three people on board,
local media reported.
AIPAC Jewish Protestors Talk to Voice of a Moderate :
Video -
Obama: US won't be able to defend Israel if peace talks fail:
Ahead
of meeting with Netanyahu, president says unprecedented 'aggressive
settlement construction' detrimental to peace process
Israel doubles West Bank outpost construction:
Israel central bureau of statistics says work began on 2,534 new housing units in 2013, compared to 1,133 in 2012.
AIPAC presses Obama: Stay firm on Iran:
Pro-Israel
lobby circulates letter calling on Obama to adopt approach to Islamic
republic that, as described, echoes that of Netanyahu.
IAEA: Iran nuclear deal 'implemented as planned':
Rowhani
confirmed that despite "thousands of hours" of inspection, the U.N.'s
atomic watchdog failed to find evidence of military objectives in
Iran's nuclear drive.
MP: Iran to Start Building 2nd N. Power Plant in Bushehr on April 9:
Russia's
Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation announced that Tehran and
Moscow are negotiating on the construction of a second nuclear power
plant in Iran's Southern province of Bushehr.
Turkey: Recordings seem to confirm bribe to Bilal Erdogan's TÜRGEV:
New
audio recordings posted on YouTube over the weekend seem to confirm
bribery involving Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son and other
businesspeople, adding to suspicions that Bilal Erdogan was involved in
corrupt business dealings
Turkish intel in 'damage control' after tapping crisis:
"One
government department," says a Turkish intelligence source, asking not
to be named, "Was suspicious that some of its confidential information
was leaked. It thought the new software it was using could be the
source of the problem.
24 Taliban members killed in Afghanistan:
Afghan
security forces killed 24 Taliban members and wounded three others
during a series of operations in several provinces across Afghanistan
on Sunday, stated Afghanistan's Interior Ministry
Karzai, soon to step down, rages against US:
"There is
no war to be fought in Afghanistan. I believe that much of the
conflict is a creation in which the Afghans suffer," he said.
Gunmen, suicide bombers attack court complex in Pakistani capital, killing 11:
A group
of armed men, including two suicide attackers, stormed a court complex
in the Pakistani capital on Monday in a rare terror attack in the heart
of Islamabad that killed 11 people and wounded dozens.
Ukraine news reports that Russian military issues ultimatums to Ukraine :
Russian
military commanders have reportedly given the Ukrainian navy until 7
p.m. today to surrender and Ukrainian troops stationed on Crimea's
mainland until 5 a.m. tomorrow -- or else they face attack. But the
threats could be part of the war of nerves designed to rattle Ukraine.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-march-3-live-updates-338232.html
Russia Denies It Has Given Ukraine An Ultimatum, Calls It "Utter Nonsense":
The
official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry called Message
agency " utter nonsense " and said that any ultimatums Ukrainian
military in the Crimea was not put.
Kiev Accuses Russia of Violating Ukrainian Airspace:
The
Ukrainian air force scrambled a lone SU-27 interceptor aircraft to
intercept Russian fighter jets that violated Ukrainian airspace twice
early Monday morning.
Obama readies sanctions against Russia:
President
Barack Obama said the Russian president faces diplomatic and economic
isolation unless he ceases his his violation of Ukrainian sovereignty,
and vowed to make Russia's military incursion into the Crimea "a costly
proposition for Russia" through sanctions.
Yanukovich sent letter to Putin asking for Russian military presence in Ukraine:
Russian
Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin says ousted Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovich has sent a letter to Putin asking him to use military
force in Ukraine to restore law and order.
Kerry's threats vs Russia unacceptable, West sides with neo-Nazis - Russian FM:
In the
statement released Monday, the ministry said Kerry's "Cold War"
rhetoric would do nothing to punish "radical extremists" who carried
out the coup, but rather sought to put the focus on Russia.
Billionaires To The Rescue:
The
office of President Oleksandr V. Turchynov announced the two
appointments on Sunday of two billionaires - Sergei Taruta in Donetsk
and Ihor Kolomoysky in Dnipropetrovsk - and more were reportedly under
consideration for positions in the eastern regions.
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to AIPAC: US monitoring Ukraine with 'grave concern':
US
monitoring Ukraine with 'grave concern': He added that the White House
is prepared to provide the new officials in Kiev with as much financial
support they need to fix their crisis-hit economy.
Western attempts to isolate Russia are doomed - Russian MP: "
And we
have not heard that any statements were made by the overwhelming
majority of countries, including the big ones - the leading countries -
such as China, India and some others, over the decisions taken by
Russia yesterday," Pushkov said.
Emerging Stocks Sink on Ukraine as Russia Slumps Most in 5 Years:
Emerging-market
stocks fell the most in a month, spurred the worst selloff in the
Micex Index (INDEXCF) since 2008 and sent the ruble tumbling even as
the central bank raised interest rates.
Police: Suspected Islamic militants kill 3 policemen in northern Nigeria:
Police
spokesman Aminu Abubakar says they were killed Monday while pursuing
four gunmen on motorcycles who attacked a checkpoint on a road from
Katsina to Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city.
Libya moves parliament to five-star Tripoli hotel after attack:
Libya's
parliament moved into a five-star Tripoli hotel Monday, a day after
rioters armed with knives and guns stormed the legislature building,
torching furniture, killing a guard and wounding six lawmakers in the
latest episode of turmoil in the country.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/libya-moves-parliament-to-five-star-tripoli-hotel-after-attack-1.1711365
Obama Violating the ideals he pledged to uphold:
The White House is once again weighing whether to kill an American citizen overseas as part of its "targeted killing" program.
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