Thursday, January 16, 2014

"It is yet another Civilized Power, with its banner of the Prince of Peace in one hand and its loot-basket and its butcher-knife in the other. Is there no salvation for us but to adopt Civilization and lift ourselves down to its level?" - Mark Twain


  "The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own" Aldous Huxley - English novelist and critic, 1894-1963


 
"I count myself as a spiritual sister to those the US government has murdered, and I am angry at my powerlessness."  - Karen Kwiatkowski

 "The search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty." - Anne Louise Germaine de Stael    

"My own concern is primarily the terror and violence carried out by my own state, for two reasons. For one thing, because it happens to be the larger component of international violence. But also for a much more important reason than that; namely, I can do something about it. So even if the U.S. was responsible for 2 percent of the violence in the world instead of the majority of it, it would be that 2 percent I would be primarily responsible for. And that is a simple ethical judgment. That is, the ethical value of one's actions depends on their anticipated and predictable consequences. It is very easy to denounce the atrocities of someone else. That has about as much ethical value as denouncing atrocities that took place in the 18th century." - Noam Chomsky











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Anonymous Presents - The Day We Fight Back













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  TRANSCRIPT: Another NSA Whistleblower, Russell Tice

By Liu Wei on Jan 16, 2014
Edward Snowden and his revelations are a very big deal. But he isn't the only NSA whistleblower. One who has not gotten anywhere as much attention as he deserves is Russell Tice. Wait til you hear what he has to say.

  'The Americans Lied' 

Trans-Atlantic 'No-Spy' Deal on the Rocks

Last summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised her citizens a pact which would prohibit US spying on German citizens. But since then, Washington has shown little interest in pursuing such a treaty. Now, officials in Germany fear the deal is dead.

  NSA Dishfire presentation on text message collection – key extracts

Documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal program codenamed 'Dishfire' collects up to 200 million text messages a day from around the globe. A further program known as 'Prefer' conducted automated analysis on the texts

• Revealed: NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep


NSA collects millions of text messages daily in 'untargeted' global sweep

• NSA extracts location, contacts and financial transactions
• 'Dishfire' program sweeps up 'pretty much everything it can'
• GCHQ using database to search metadata from UK numbers
 • Dishfire presentation on text message collection – key extracts


 

February 11th 2014 is


The Day We Fight Back


Against Mass Surveillance

 

(Photo: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-160092755/stock-photo-washington-october-protesters-rally-against-mass-surveillance-during-an-event-organized-by.html?src=t-7byyzOfrxalq9ziB7YKQ-1-71" target="_blank"> Protesters rally against mass surveillance during an event organized by the group Stop Watching Us in Washington, DC on October 26, 2013. </a> via Shutterstock)(Photo: Protesters rally against mass surveillance during an event organized by the group Stop Watching Us in Washington, DC on October 26, 2013 via Shutterstock) Thursday, 16 January 2014 12:59 By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Report 

A coalition of privacy and digital-rights organizations is planning a mass online protest against NSA surveillance February 11. But as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down net-neutrality provisions, the protest follows a critical moment for internet freedom.


As President Obama is set to issue new guidelines Friday for his plans to rein in some of the National Security Agency's (NSA) vast dragnet surveillance programs revealed by former NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, a broad coalition of privacy and digital rights organizations is gearing up for a mass online action planned this Febrary 11 to protest ubiquitous electronic surveillance by several governments.

The planned action is reminiscent of the successful internet blackout, which protested the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills in 2012, which would have given law enforcement the authority to block web pages containing copyright infringement violations.
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  Leaked TPP Document Reveals No Regard for Environment in trade agreement

 

Progressives United

Tell Congress: Don't Support TPP
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is nothing short of a disaster: It’s ruinous for our middle class, a huge step back for Internet freedom, and awful for human rights in the countries we trade with.
Tragically, however, this new corporate "free" trade deal is a top priority for the White House and most Republicans. But here’s the thing: In order to pass the TPP, its supporters first need to pass "fast-track" authority that would bypass the normal legislative process.
"Fast-track" authority is an anti-democratic ruse to allow corporate interests to write their own laws with nearly no input from our elected representatives. And it’s the only way a new, jobs-killing trade agreement can pass, because pro-jobs Democrats in Congress would never let such a corporate giveaway survive to see the light of day.
Join progressives fighting to stop "fast-track" authority for the TPP trade deal today.
Congress has a fundamental responsibility to oversee massive agreements like the TPP -- but "fast-track" authority would essentially turn pro-jobs representatives into a rubber stamp for this corporate giveaway: no meaningful hearings, no amendments, and almost no debate on a massive unjust trade deal that’s bigger than NAFTA and promises to do just as much damage to hardworking Americans.
A significant number of House Democrats are appalled by this, and they know that the progressive movement is stronger than ever.
But the White House, corporate lobbyists, and Wall Street are all upping the pressure to pass "fast-track" now to pave the way for the TPP to pass without oversight of all its corporate giveaways.
Congress needs to hear from progressives now, so they know we’re holding them accountable to working people.
Why is it that, time and time again, it’s our working men and women who get punished, squeezed, and ignored by our elected officials? We’ve seen how corporate-backed trade deals like NAFTA devastated our middle class and sent good, family-supporting jobs overseas. Enough. We won’t let corporate interests grease the skids for the biggest jobs-killing "free" trade agreement yet.
Thanks for uniting as a progressive,

Cole Leystra
Executive Director
Progressives United
TAKE ACTION »

 

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Supreme Court Gives Monsanto Full Ability to Sue Farmers

Posted: 15 Jan 2014 10:47 AM PST
15 January 2014
- Do you remember the 2011 lawsuit from the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association 80+ plaintiffs (farmers and small businesses) against Monsanto? They were fighting biotech giant Monsanto's ability to sue them for patent infringement when genetically modified seeds inadvertently appear in organic/conventional fields.

Yes, were talking about the wind or insects carrying GM seeds onto another farm, which to them is considered contamination. But instead of the ability for the farmers to sue for a ruined field, they can be cleaned out in court for not having permission to plant patented seeds.
Monsanto workers have been found trespassing and gathering evidence on farmers' properties. The lawsuit had sought protection from this overreach, as Monsanto has filed 140 of these suits and settled 700 without suing.

 

 




Ukraine's pro-European activists still face physical attacks - #Focus


Cereal protesters: Video of buckwheat attack in Ukraine parliament



ICC Receives "Devastating" Dossier on British War Crimes
By Felicity Arbuthnot
The dossier charges that: ' "those who bear the greatest responsibility" for alleged war crimes "include individuals at the highest levels" of the British Army and political system.'
They Don't Mean Well
Our Government's Hideous Conduct Abroad
By Sheldon Richman
Americans have a strange need to believe that their "leaders" mean well.
'We can't let Israel determine when and where U.S. goes to war,' says Feinstein
By Philip Weiss
The opposition to the warmongers is firming up.
The Truth About Israel's Secret Nuclear Arsenal
Israel has been stealing nuclear secrets and covertly making bombs since the 1950s.
By Julian Borger
The list of nations that secretly sold Israel the material and expertise to make nuclear warheads, or who turned a blind eye to its theft, include today's staunchest campaigners against proliferation: the US, France, Germany, Britain and even Norway.
"Hypocritical beyond belief."
Australia FM: Don't Call Settlements Illegal Under International Law
By Raphael Ahren
Julie Bishop says boycott Israel activists are 'anti-Semitic'
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By Ralph Nader
Medical bills are bloated with waste, redundancy, profiteering, fraud and outrageous over-billing.

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  Hard News  

Bush- Blair Legacy Continues As -
Violence in Iraq kills at least 73 people, PM seeks world's support:
At least eight car bombs exploded in the capital Baghdad, mostly in Shiite areas, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens more.
Eight soldiers killed in Iraq attacks: -
Eight soldiers were killed and two civilians wounded in separate attacks in Ninevah Province and Mosul in north Iraq on Wednesday.
Iraq forces 'lose more ground' in Anbar:
Iraqi forces lost more ground in crisis-hit Anbar province on Wednesday as Sunni gunmen, including those linked to Al-Qaeda, overran two key areas when police abandoned their posts, officials said.
The U.S. is to blame for violence now spiking in Iraq: deputy prime minister:
 "I think you have a legal and moral responsibility to Iraq," Deputy Iraqi Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq told an audience in Washington at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
The American Legacy in Iraq: Op-Ed: :
America bears a large part of the blame for turning Iraq into the basket case it's become. The great majority of Americans don't realize that fact.
Horrifying images of US Marines burning Iraqis prompt military investigation:
The Pentagon confirmed early Wednesday that a formal investigation has been launched after photographs began to surface purportedly showing US troops burning the remains of dead Iraqis.
Senior Ministers In Blair's Government Face Crime Probe Over Iraq 'War Crimes':
Two senior ministers in Tony Blair's government are facing a possible criminal probe over the alleged torture and unlawful killing of hundreds of Iraqis by British soldiers
Jihadists seize Syria town, execute 60:
The jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has seized a town in Syria's Aleppo province, and executed 60 people in other areas
Car bomb kills 26 in north Syrian town:
A car bomb blamed on a radical group linked to al Qaeda killed at least 26 people in a rebel-held city of northern Syria on Wednesday, an opposition monitoring group said.
Syria : Dozens die of starvation in besieged Damascus refugee camp:
Dozens of children, elderly people and others displaced by the Syrian conflict have starved to death in a besieged camp in Damascus, according to reports.
Palestinian minister says Syria rebels blocking Yarmuk aid:
An aid convoy heading to Yarmuk was targeted on Monday "some 100 metres (yards) away from the agreed meeting point," on the edges of the camp, Majdalani said at a press conference in Damascus. He said "the source of fire was known... to be controlled by Al-Nusra Front.
Syria conflict: Half population urgently needs aid - UN:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that half of Syria's population, some 9.3 million people, now "urgently need humanitarian aid".
Syrian refugees forced to let Lebanese landlord marry their 14-year-old daughter :
A 14-year-old girl who escaped the bloody fighting in Syria is being forced to marry a 44-year-old stranger in exchange for her family's safe refuge across the border.
Syrian rebels kill Belgian commander linked to al Qaeda: activists: -
A Belgian commander of al Qaeda-linked forces in Syria was killed in fierce clashes between rival rebel groups for the northern town of Saraqeb on Wednesday, activists said.
Regime advances near Aleppo, ISIS tightens grip on Raqqa:
The Syrian government has retaken territory around the northern city of Aleppo, the military said Tuesday, after two weeks of clashes between rebels and jihadists that have weakened the insurgency against President Bashar Assad.
Turkey: Policemen relieved of duties following discovery of ammunition on buses:
Six police officers who conducted an operation on two passenger buses on which weapons and ammunition were found in the southern province of Adana on Friday have been removed from their posts days after the incident, the media reported on Tuesday.
Voice recording suggests Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) ordered killings of PKK members in Paris:
Cansiz, a top financier for the PKK in Europe, along with two other PKK militants in Paris, were gunned down in an office owned by a PKK-affiliated group on Jan. 9, 2013.
US Murders Farmer In Yemen:
A Yemeni farmer was killed in a U.S. drone strike on Wednesday in what witnesses said was an attack apparently intended for suspected Islamist militants in southeastern Yemen.
The United States' bloody messes in Yemen:
U.S. killed innocent civilians in Yemen: Minister for human rights says:
US demands Netanyahu disavow Ya'alon statements:
White House, State Department issue rare rebuke of defense minister over report he called John Kerry 'messianic, obsessive' on peace talks
Israel, 'big winners' in US spending bill:
The spending bill authorizes $173 million in added funding for Israel's missile systems, including nearly $34 million to improve the Arrow weapon system and $117.2 million for development of the David's Sling short-range ballistic missile system and $22 million for an upper-tier interceptor.
Chutzpah: Jerusalem Councilman Urges Muslims: 'Leave Israel':
"You have many large countries that you can live in. Understand that we returned to Israel to fulfill what is written in the Torah," reads the flier.
Australians honour Sharon's legacy:
Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss described Sharon as "a man of great courage "
Afghanistan: US murders 7 children and one woman in airstrike:
President says: As a result of bombardment by American forces last night, which was conducted... in Siahgird district of Parwan province, one woman and seven children were martyred and one civilian injured," a statement from his office said.
Source: Missing U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl seen in video: -
The U.S. military has obtained new video apparently made by those holding the lone American prisoner of war, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. A U.S. military official told CNN the clip shows the Wood Valley, Idaho, native in diminished health from the effects of close to five years in captivity.
Seven killed as Russian security forces corner suspected militants in Dagestan:
Shootout leaves three security officers and four gunmen dead during sweep for Islamists ahead of Sochi Olympics
Egypt's Prisons Are Full to the Brim with Activists and Journalists:
Over the past three Fridays, Egyptian police have arrested over 700 protesters and killed another 27, according to official figures. There was a time when these numbers would have led the news bulletins; now, they're buried in half-hearted weekend round-ups.
Egypt hired a PR firm to make them look good. Then they arrested the film crew
US student is seeking proof the CIA helped in Mandela's arrest:
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N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers:
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The NSA Can't Tell Bernie Sanders If It's Spying On Him, Because That Would Violate His Privacy :
Sanders had written Alexander in early January to ask if the NSA has or is currently spying "on members of Congress or other American elected officials.
Obama Plans No Significant Changes to NSA Surveillance:
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Blackphone: A smartphone designed to stop spying eyes:
A new smartphone is soon to hit the shelves. Developed by security experts including those from Silent Circle, they say that privacy will be placed in the hand of the user -- and surveillance will be made far more difficult.
Today's ruling against net neutrality: victory for telecoms, blow for rest of us:
The US appeals court ruling will make it more difficult for normal people and start ups to get the internet access they want
North Dakota Man Sentenced to Jail In Controversial Drone-Arrest Case:
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Border-patrol drones being borrowed by other agencies more often than previously known:
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are increasingly borrowing border-patrol drones for domestic surveillance operations, newly released records show, a harbinger of what is expected to become the commonplace use of unmanned aircraft by police.
The US Border Patrol 'Misplaced' the Records for 200 Predator Drone Flights:
Late last year, we reported that the U.S. Border Patrol had lent out its Predator drones 500 times over the past three years. Scratch that, because "newly discovered" data shows that it's actually been 700 times.
New Memo: Kissinger Gave the "Green Light" for Argentina's Dirty War:
"If there are things that have to be done, you should do them quickly. But you must get back quickly to normal procedures." In other words, go ahead with your killing crusade against the leftists.
Mexican army kills at least 3 people in Michoacan state::
"There is no law here. The decisions are taken here in the mountains, in the hideouts of the Knights Templar leaders," Apatzingan Catholic priest Gregorio Lopez told the BBC. "They are the ones who decide. Here the public institutions are mere puppets," said Father Lopez.
NAFTA at 20: A Model for Corporate Rule:
NAFTA gave multinational corporations the right to sue governments to block regulations they don't like, undermining democracy and local sovereignty.
Reform EU or Britain quits -
George Osborne lays down ultimatum: Membership withdrawal threat after Tory MPs sign letter calling for dismantling of Europe's core principles via veto powers
NASA's plan to build homes on the Moon:
Space agency backs 3D print technology which could build base
Pentagon 'big winner' in $1T omnibus bill:
"The big winner is the Defense Department. They should be breaking out champagne in the Pentagon," said Gordon Adams, a defense budget expert and former Clinton official.
North Carolina Just Gave Millionaires A Tax Cut, Raised Taxes On The Poorest 900,000 Working Families:
 The 900,000 poorest working families in North Carolina just got another tax hike from the conservatives who swept state legislature elections in 2010.
Governor: We Cut Unemployment Benefits To Stop People From Moving To North Carolina:
Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) claimed this weekend that gutting the state's unemployment benefits has sent people back to where "they came from," presumably because they moved to the state only to collect "very generous benefits" for unemployment.
Is America becoming a plutocracy? :
More than half of all members of Congress are millionaires. While the US is faced with unprecedented issues surrounding unemployment, food stamps, social assistance and minimum wage rates, it begs the question: has the US turned into a plutocracy?
Tennessee sheriff's deputy fired and arrested for raping woman during traffic stop:
A former sheriff's deputy in Tennessee has been arrested for allegedly forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him during a traffic stop.
When can police search your car?:
While police generally need a warrant to search you or your property - during a traffic stop, police only need probable cause to legally search your vehicle. Probable cause means police must have some facts or evidence to believe you're involved in criminal activity.

 

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Jan 15 at 11:44 AM
Dear friends,



Women are being raped, children found beheaded and thousands are dead already in the Central African Republic, but the EU’s top diplomat just proposed sending in peacekeeping forces, and if Europe acts now we can help stop a slaughter. Click here to take action:

SIGN THE PETITION
A terrible massacre is underway in the heart of Africa — with women being raped, children found beheaded and thousands dead already. But now we have a rare and real opportunity to end the bloodshed.In the Central African Republic, rebel groups are butchering the innocent. The forces fighting them are overmatched and France described CAR as being “on the verge of genocide.” But there’s hope -- the European Union’s top diplomat just proposed sending in peacekeeping forces, and if Europe acts now, it could mean the difference between stability and more slaughter.

In days, EU Ministers will meet to decide on the proposal, but some are still on the fence -- let’s demand action! When 1 million sign we’ll launch a media blitz around the meeting in Brussels and make our voices heard to save lives. Sign now and share with everyone:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/car_a_problem_from_hell_eu7/?bNxfadb&v=34227

It all started when rebel groups staged a coup and started massacring innocent civilians. Then “self-defense” militias orchestrated a series of revenge killings of the most brutal nature. The tit-for-tat brutality spiraled out of control, forcing 1 million civilians to flee for their lives. The killing rose to almost 100 a day in the capital.
Some French and African Union troops are working to try and stop the bloodbath, but they’re simply outnumbered and the country is teetering on a knife’s edge. Most families are too scared to return home -- fearful they’ll be attacked and killed, but peacekeeping reinforcements would help ensure their safety.
The EU’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton just made a proposal to send in troops and France is pushing hard for a stronger peacekeeping presence. Let’s use this moment to force our leaders into action and help spark a lasting peace in the Central African Republic. Sign here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/car_a_problem_from_hell_eu7/?bNxfadb&v=34227

Avaaz members have never been afraid to take on the biggest challenges facing the world, from climate change to violence in Syria -- this is our chance to help stop the single most horrific thing happening to innocent people on the globe right now.

With hope,

Jeremy, Ari, Ian, Anne, Aldine, Alice, Ricken, Mojgone, and the entire Avaaz team

MORE INFORMATION

CAR conflict: Unicef says children 'beheaded'’ (BBC News)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25559693

U.S. Ambassador Visits Central African Republic Amid Bloodshed (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/world/africa/us-ambassador-visits-central-african-republic-amid-bloodshed.html?hp&_r=1&

Central African Republic failures loom large over EU defence summit (EurActiv)
http://www.euractiv.com/future-eu/central-african-republic-symbol-news-532481

Central African Republic crisis out of control (Toronto Star)
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/11/27/central_african_republic_crisis_out_of_control.html

Central African Republic: Where have all the people gone? (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25195929

 

 

  Of what consequence to you, reader, is my obscure individuality?


I live, like you, in a century in which reason submits only to fact and to evidence. My name, like yours, is truth-seeker. My mission is written in these words of the law: Speak without hatred and without fear; tell that which thou knowest.       
  --Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

 



Edward Snowden risked everything to expose mind-boggling and illegal US surveillance -- and now faces solitary confinement and life in prison unless Brazil grants him asylum. Let's send the largest citizen-supported asylum bid in history to President Dilma this week, and win a battle for democracy everywhere:

 SIGN THE PETITION
The world's greatest whistleblower is stuck in the Russian winter, facing solitary confinement, ridicule, and life in prison if US agents grab him. But this week, we could help get him to safety.

Edward Snowden exposed the mind-boggling and illegal level of surveillance the US government is conducting on, well, all of us. His welcome in Russia runs out soon, and he's got nowhere to go. But Brazilian President Dilma is angry at US surveillance and experts say she might brave massive US pressure to consider asylum for Snowden!

This is about much more than one man. If Snowden's act of truth-telling leads to crippling punishment, it sends the wrong signal to abusive governments and whistleblowers everywhere. If 1 million of us take action now, we can send President Dilma the largest citizen-supported asylum bid in history -- click below to safeguard Snowden and defend democracy everywhere:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/send_snowden_home_loc/?binitdb&v=34288

Time is running out on Snowden’s one-year visa. Sharks are circling to drag him back to the US where he is unlikely to face a fair trial, but Brazil’s president Dilma hates mega spy program PRISM, has cancelled a state visit to the US over the issue, and is working to safeguard her people from spying. If she’s to support Snowden, Dilma needs to know she can withstand tough US pressure.

Opponents of giving Snowden asylum say he broke the law and put global security at risk. Some even call him a traitor, and say letting him get away with it could open the floodgates for others. But while Snowden did break the law -- he did so to reveal a massive system of illegal global spying on an industrial scale. Snowden's heroic action can make the world a better and safer place for everyone. And Snowden isn’t just any whistleblower; his revelations have already changed the world for the better. Germany and Brazil have moved to reform privacy protections for citizens. The issue has been addressed openly in the United Nations, and a US court has ruled some forms of NSA spying are illegal. This week US President Obama is going to change the spy practices of the NSA, in reaction to Snowden’s leaks!

President Dilma needs our support to stand up to US pressure. Let’s show her that the world’s people will stand with Brazil if Brazil stands for bravery. Join the world’s biggest asylum request ever, for Snowden:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/send_snowden_home_loc/?binitdb&v=34288

With more than 30 million members around the world -- including 6 million in Brazil -- together we have already been key to protecting our internet from government gag laws. Now we can support the man who has sacrificed so much to protect us from a massive international spy scandal.

With hope and determination,

Joseph, Christoph, Michael, Sayeeda, Ricken and the whole Avaaz Team


MORE INFORMATION:

Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower ( NYTimes)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/opinion/edward-snowden-whistle-blower.html

Brazil urged to give Snowden asylum (Express)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/435646/Brazil-urged-to-give-Snowden-asylum

Brazil's Rousseff calls off state visit to U.S. over spying (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-usa-security-snowden-brazil-idUSBRE98G0VW20130917

Edward Snowden and the NSA files – timeline (The Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-nsa-files-timeline

U.S. Spying Prompts UN Panel to Review Surveillance (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-26/u-s-spying-prompts-un-panel-to-review-surveillance.html

Brazil confirms satellite deal after US spying outcry (The New Age)
http://thenewage.co.za/112997-1021-53-Brazil_confirms_satellite_deal_after_US_spying_outcry

Nine reasons you should care about NSA’s PRISM surveillance (PC Authority)
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/346592,nine-reasons-you-should-care-about-nsa8217s-prism-surveillance.aspx


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