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Reason
by Andrew P. Napolitano

06/13/13

The government says we should trust it. Who in his right mind would do so after this? President Obama says the feds have your phone records but are not listening to your calls and will not read your emails. Who would believe him? James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, testified that the feds were not gathering vast data on Americans. Who would trust him? The NSA says that Congress knew about all this, but its members were prohibited from telling the American people. What kind of a democracy is that?

http://tinyurl.com/lhzpcnc



Sorry, Mr. Obama, the Constitution is not negotiable

Fox News Forum
by US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)

06/12/13

In the United States, we are supposed to have a government that is limited with its parameters established by our Constitution. This notion that the federal government can monitor everyone s phone data is a major departure from how Americans have traditionally viewed the role of government. If this is acceptable practice, as the White House and many in both parties now say it is, then there are literally no constitutional protections that can be guaranteed anymore to citizens...

http://tinyurl.com/levynkz



Covering up indiscriminate killing

Come Home America
by Darryl W. Perry

06/12/13

All in all, Manning s crime is that he is a whistle-blower of government war-crimes. Knowing that war-crimes have been committed, and that members of the military were killing civilians, at times doing so intentionally, it should come as no surprise that the CIA did not always know who it was targeting and killing in drone strikes.

http://tinyurl.com/mq5l8sz



Drones for Jesus

CounterPunch
by David Swanson

06/18/13

Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., was founded by televangelist Jerry Falwell. Its publications carry the slogan 'Training Champions for Christ since 1971.' Some of those champions are now being trained to pilot armed drones, and others to pilot more traditional aircraft, in U.S. wars. For Christ...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/06/18/drones-for-jesus/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Security Wars: Inside the Military s Big, Messy Fight With Palantir, the Company They Pay to Spy on You Online

Stephen Benavides, Truthout: With a single private corporation having access to top secret classified information on everything from military troop movements and terrorist watch lists to everyday movements and communications of common individuals, at what point does it stop? Or is this just the beginning?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16917-security-wars-inside-the-militarys-big-messy-fight-with-palantir-the-company-they-pay-to-spy-on-you-online

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NSA: No Such Agency
http://lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis345.html

Snowden, Spies, and Network
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1288.html

Stop PRISM Surveillance
http://lewrockwell.com/rounds/rounds68.1.html

Orwell Revisited: Privacy in the Age of Surveillance
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead90.1.html

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James Clapper Must Go

By David Sirota

His attempts to mislead the nation, and absurd claims afterward, should get him fired and prosecuted.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35283.htm



Edward Snowden s Worst Fear Has Not Been Realised, Thankfully

Glenn Greenwald

Edward Snowden told me he had only one fear. It was that the disclosures he was making, would fail to trigger a worldwide debate because the public had already been taught to accept that they have no right to privacy in the digital age.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35285.htm



My Creeping Concern That The NSA Leaker Is Not What He Purports To Be...

By Naomi Wolf

Consider that in Eastern Germany, for instance, it was the fear of a machine of surveillance that people believed watched them at all times, rather than the machine itself, that drove compliance and passivity.

http://is.gd/n942mU



Americans' Confidence in Congress Falls to Lowest on Record

Congress ranks last on list of 16 institutions; military earns top spot again.
http://is.gd/fKzJId



Judge Napolitano: We Live In Dangerous Times, Losing Liberty A Slippery Slope

Video
http://is.gd/HZj9WR



Ron Paul: NSA ''Fudged the Figures'' on Terror Plots

Video

Ron Paul says he s not buying the NSA s claim that its surveillance program foiled 50 terror plots.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35345.htm



Irish Parliamentarians Spar Over 'War Criminal' Obama s Summit Visit

By Julian Pecquet

An outspoken liberal lawmaker on Wednesday denounced the U.S. president as a ''war criminal'' for his drone use and his decision to arm the Syrian rebels.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35363.htm



Rand Paul: DNI James Clapper lied, Edward Snowden told the truth -

Video

''I do think that when history looks at this, they are going to contrast the behavior James Clapper, our national intelligence director, with Edward Snowden,'' ''Mr. Clapper lied in Congress, in defiance of the law, in the name of security. Mr. Snowden told the truth in the name of privacy. So I think there will be a judgment, because both of them broke of the law.''

http://is.gd/KCMsBk



Intelligence Director James Clapper Should Resign for 'Lying to Congress,' say Lawmakers

By Adi Robertson

''[Clapper] was here in March and unambiguously lied to Congress,'' Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY).

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35741.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Élites, not Snowden, have betrayed America
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11514/

How James Clapper will get away with perjury
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11520/

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When Drones Guard the Pipeline: Militarizing Fossil Fuels in the East
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/19-7

CIA s Plan to Crush Leaks Gets Leaked
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/27-1

Global Backlash After Leaks Reveal Hypocrisy of US Spying
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/27-7



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14. Juni 2013

''Die USA tun es wieder. 2003 wurde der Irak-Krieg mit einer Biowaffenlüge begonnen. Jetzt konstruiert Obama sich seinen Kriegsgrund für Syrien. Die Beweislage ist ganz, ganz dünn. Vor allem gibt es keinen Beweis dafür, dass ein möglicher Einsatz von Chemiewaffen von Assads Seite durchgeführt wurde'', kommentiert Jan van Aken, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der LINKEN und außenpolitischer Sprecher der Linksfraktion im Bundestag die jüngsten Aussagen der US-Regierung, dass Assad Chemiewaffen in Syrien eingesetzt habe.

Van Aken weiter: ''Selbst wenn tatsächlich Giftgas in Syrien eingesetzt wurde, bleibt völlig offen, wer es eingesetzt hat. Die Behauptung, nur Assad kontrolliere diese Waffen, ist sehr weit hergeholt. Seit der Warnung Obamas von der ''roten Linie'' müssen wir doch damit rechnen, dass Rebellen alles daran setzen, einen Chemiewaffenangriff vorzutäuschen oder gar selbst auszulösen, um damit einen Kriegseintritt der USA zu provozieren. Deshalb ist es richtig, dass die Syrien-Kommission der UNO immer darauf hinweist, dass es nicht möglich sei, die Täter festzustellen. Es spricht einiges dagegen, dass die Chemiewaffen, so sie denn tatsächlich zum Einsatz gekommen sind, von Assads Regierungstruppen eingesetzt wurden. Militärisch macht der Einsatz von kleinsten Mengen Giftgas punktuell an einem Ort überhaupt gar keinen Sinn. Einzelne Giftgranaten bringen taktisch in einem Gefecht kaum messbare Vorteile, während sie strategisch mit dem großen Risiko behaftet ist, dass die USA militärisch angreifen. Ein Einsatz einzelner Chemiegranaten durch die Assad-Truppen wäre deshalb im höchsten Maße irrational.''

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/chemiewaffenpropaganda-obama-ueberschreitet-rote-linie/

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Nicht ohne den Iran

Syrien: No-Fly-Zone, Panzerfäuste und Fragen nach dem Ziel einer militärischen Intervention.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39332/1.html



Amerikanisch-Arabisches Déjà-vu?

Es spricht einiges dagegen, dass das syrische Regime Chemiewaffen eingesetzt hat.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39348/1.html



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By James Bamford

The military has for years been developing offensive capabilities, giving it the power not just to defend the US but to assail its foes.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35267.htm



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US to Give Military Support to Syrian Rebels as 'Red Line' Crossed

By RT

After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country's insurgency, thus crossing a 'red line,' the Obama administration has decided to start sending arms to anti-Assad rebels.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35276.htm



Lest We Forget: The Art of Lying

Video

''Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me''.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35277.htm



Who Killed the Syrian Peace Talks?

By Shamus Cooke

The peace talks are dead because the U.S.-backed rebels are boycotting the negotiations, ruining any hope for peace, while threatening to turn an already-tragic disaster into a Yugoslavia-style catastrophe...or worse.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35273.htm



Obama to step up military support of Syrian rebels

''This is going to be different in both scope and scale in terms of what we are providing,'' said Ben Rhodes, Obama s deputy national security adviser.

http://is.gd/3pytZA


From Information Clearing House



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The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: ''First they came for the whistleblowers, but I was not a whistleblower, so I did not speak up...''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16963-tyranny-is-bipartisan



Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in '70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA s Critics

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!: Now teaching constitutional law and civil liberties at Mount Holyoke College, 1970s whistleblower Chris Pyle says the NSA is known for attacking its critics instead of addressing the problems they expose.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16971-chris-pyle-whistleblower-on-domestic-spying-in-70s-says-be-wary-of-attacks-on-nsas-critics



Understanding Leaks Is Understanding the Rise of a New Fascism

John Pilger, Truthout: The power of truth-tellers like Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17187-understanding-leaks-is-understanding-the-rise-of-a-new-fascism

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Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in 70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA s Critics
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/13

Edward Snowden and the Architecture of Oppression
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-3

Edward Snowden: The Asymmetry of Courage
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-6

Edward Snowden and the Real Issues
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/13-4

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Obama Administration Officials, Guilty of Perjury, Defend Spy Program

By Thomas Gaist

Obama ''certainly believes that Clapper has been straight and direct in the answers that he s given'' claimed Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35264.htm



Put the NSA on Trial

By David Sirota

Perjury before Congress is considered a serious crime.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35265.htm



Clarity from Edward Snowden and Murky Response from Progressive Leaders in Congress

By Norman Solomon

The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, labels his brave whistleblowing ''an act of treason.'' What about the leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35263.htm



How the Government Deceived Congress in the Debate over Surveillance Powers

It s clear Congress has been deceived and DNI Clapper and the Administration should come clean on how, when, and why they scoop up the phone and Internet records of millions of Americans.

http://is.gd/duC08O



Biden in 2006 Debates Obama in 2013 over NSA Spying Program

Video

Watch then-Senator Joe Biden from 2006 as he directly refutes each point made by his boss, President Obama, about the NSA surveillance program at his news conference last week.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35282.htm



Control and Dominance: Understanding the Latest Leaks Is Understanding the Rise of a New Fascism

By John Pilger

Having nurtured old-fashioned fascists around the world, from Latin America to Africa and Indonesia, the genie has risen at home.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35350.htm



Feinstein Promotes Bill to Strengthen NSA s Hand on Warrantless Searches

By Spencer Ackerman

A Senate bill promoted as a surveillance reform would codify the ability of the National Security Agency to search its troves of foreign phone and email communications for Americans' information, and permit law enforcement agencies to search the vast databases as well.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36878.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The NSA and the infrastructure of the Surveillance State

CounterPunch
by Eric Draitser

[T]he political landscape in the United States has so thoroughly devolved that elected officials are more concerned about stopping the whistleblowers and leakers, than about addressing America s continued descent into a fascist police state. Despite all of this, Americans continue to be told that this is the 'sweet land of liberty.' We may be able to buy Nike sneakers and flat screen TVs, but that s not liberty. We may be able to tweet with our iPhones and download our favorite movies, but that s not liberty either. Rather, as George Orwell famously wrote, 'If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear'''...

http://tinyurl.com/kwblpxj



1984 and the surveillance state

Foundation for Economic Education
by Sarah Skwire

06/13/13

In the kind of horrifying coincidence that surely would have prompted one of his more acerbic essays, the news that various U.S. government surveillance agencies have been gathering data from millions of citizens? phones, email accounts, and web searches broke during the week of the 64th publication anniversary of George Orwell s 1984. As the news reports poured in, and as sales of 1984 surged by an astonishing 6,884 percent, a friend asked me whether the PRISM story strikes me as more Orwellian or more Kafkaesque...

http://tinyurl.com/mp58fba


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Tyranny for Profit
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/eric-peters/tyranny-pays/



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Stephen Benavides, Truthout: Right now, companies like Palantir Technologies Inc, Booze Allen Hamilton and i2 are mining your Facebook and Twitter data to discern whether you are a terrorist, have ties to terrorists or maybe just have the potential to someday become one.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16943-outsourced-intelligence-how-the-fbi-and-cia-use-private-contractors-to-monitor-social-media

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Investigate Booz Allen Hamilton, Not Edward Snowden
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/14-9

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How Booz Allen Made the Revolving Door Redundant

By Pratap Chatterjee

Edward Snowden, unexpectedly exposed a powerful and seamless segment of the military-industrial complex, the world of contractors that consumes some 70 percent of this country s 52-billion-dollar intelligence budget.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35326.htm



The Terror Con

By Robert Scheer

Just when the good times for war profiteers seemed to be forever in the past, there came 9/11 and the terrorist enemy, the gift that keeps on giving.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35330.htm



Edward Snowden Says He Sought Booz Allen Hamilton Job To Gather NSA Surveillance Evidence

''My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked,'' he said. ''That is why I accepted that position about three months ago.''

http://is.gd/jUcinj



I Hereby Resign in Protest Effective Immediately

By Brandon Toy

I have served the post-911 Military Industrial complex for 10 years, first as a soldier in Baghdad, and now as a defense contractor.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35561.htm



FBI admits to flying drones over US without warrants

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has used drones for domestic surveillance purposes in the United States at least ten times without obtaining warrants.

http://is.gd/PAHc53



US approves drones for civilian use

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued certificates for two types of unmanned aircraft for civilian use. The move is expected to lead to the first approved commercial drone operation later this summer.

http://is.gd/5Q6Jje


From Information Clearing House

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Booz Allen dangerous mercenary near heart of US government
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11529/



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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Brandon+Toy
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Max Haiven, Truthout: The revelation that key legislation for banking regulation was in fact drafted by Citigroup proves that the lack of change since the 2008 economic crash is no accident.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16911-financial-totalitarianism-the-economic-political-social-and-cultural-rule-of-speculative-capital



Global Power Project, Part 1: Exposing the Transnational Capitalist Class

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: The influence wielded by banks and corporations is not simply through their direct wealth or operations, but through their affiliations and interactions with political and social elites, both nationally and globally.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16965-global-power-project-part-1-exposing-the-transnational-capitalist-class



The Structural Genocide That Is Capitalism

Javier Sethness, Truthout: The internal logic of capitalism results in structural violence that includes genocide, a review of Garry Leech s new book argues.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16887-the-structural-genocide-that-is-capitalism



Challenging Casino Capitalism and Authoritarian Politics in the Age of Disposability

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "There is by now an overwhelming catalogue of evidence revealing the depth and breadth of the corporate- and state-sponsored assaults being waged against democracy in the United States," writes Giroux in this excerpt from his latest book chronicling the war on education and youth.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17176-henry-a-giroux-americas-education-deficit



Why Aren t Americans Fighting Back?

E. Douglas Kihn, Truthout: Within this polarized culture of the haves and the have-nots, the capitalist class has the advantage of knowing who their enemy is and what the endgame is: total domination. Working class Americans must define their desires and define their enemy to do battle with the 1%.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/17498-why-arent-americans-fighting-back



Global Power Project: Banking on Influence With Bank of America

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy: Bank of America is, in short, a profound symbol of much that is wrong on Wall Street: massive fraud, money laundering, racketeering, conspiracy and weighty influence in Washington and beyond.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17644-global-power-project-banking-on-influence-with-bank-of-america



Banking on Influence With Citigroup

Andrew Gavin Marshall, Occupy.com: Like all the big banks, Citigroup is heavily integrated with other dominant institutions in American and international society, which helps explain why the bank can break so many laws and get away with it.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17806-global-power-project-part-7-banking-on-influence-with-citigroup

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Scott Ritter: The problem and the solution
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/spin-1/why-is-america-so-crazy.html

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The Era of Fiat Currency Capitalism
http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p24.1.html

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Capitalism, Democracy, and Elections

By Richard D. Wolff

Real democracy means that important decisions affecting people s lives are made genuinely and equally by the affected people. The capitalist organization of enterprises thus directly contradicts real democracy.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35405.htm



How Unchecked Capitalism Has Brought the World to the Brink of Apocalypse and What We Must Do Now

By Robert Jensen

We have both a moral obligation and practical reasons to work for justice and sustainability.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35503.htm



Health Disparities Between Rich And Poor Areas Are Only Getting Worse

By Tara Culp-Ressler

The United States has significantly worse health outcomes than other wealthy countries. New research documented the increasing reality that health is inextricably linked with wealth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35531.htm



Bankers Own the World And are ultimately destroying it

By Chris Martenson

The Top 50 Companies Own 40% of Eveything.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35650.htm

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Big Banks Making a Buck off Commodity Price Manipulation
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/07/24-0

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Debt ceiling deal: DC wins, Americans lose

US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Campaign For Liberty

10/21/13

Washington, DC, Wall Street, and central bankers around the world rejoiced this week as Congress came to an agreement to end the government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling. The latest spending-and-debt deal was negotiated by Congressional leaders behind closed doors, and was rushed through Congress before most members had time to read it. Now that the bill is passed, we can see that it is a victory for the political class and special interests, but a defeat for the American people...

http://tinyurl.com/mqhf9vc


From Information Clearing House

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Overthrow the Speculators
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/30-3



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/12-8

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New ''Pirates'' Report on Corporate Tax Havens

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: The Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) has just released a report on tax havens that shows, under the guise of cutting deficits, companies are actually pushing a plan to line their pockets while adding to deficits.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16978-new-pirates-report-on-corporate-tax-havens



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Right now, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics, there s approximately one job opening for every 3.1 unemployed persons who are looking for work.

http://is.gd/buZAPp


From Information Clearing House



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http://www.lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano106.html

Modern Communications Technology: Savior or Soma?
http://lewrockwell.com/higgs/higgs187.html

The Dangers of Telling the Truth: Snowden, Assange, and Manning
http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p22.1.html

Smear Brigade Goes After Snowden and Greenwald
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo205.html

Our Un-American Rulers in Washington
http://lewrockwell.com/lazarowitz/lazarowitz74.1.html

US Secret Police Secrets
http://lewrockwell.com/douglas/douglas80.1.html

Prism Exposed: Data Surveillance With Global Implications
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/global-prism-exposed.html

Edward Snowden Is the Educational Wave of the Future
http://lewrockwell.com/orig14/kamenetz1.1.1.html

How the USA Captures Whistleblowers and Other Political Enemies
http://lewrockwell.com/orig11/freeman.p.t9.1.1.html

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Edward Snowden, Resistance and Inverted Totalitarianism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12

Edward Snowden and the NSA Leaks: A Debate With Chris Hedges and Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/12

Protesters Worldwide Rally to Support Whistleblower Edward Snowden
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/12-10

'Tip of the Iceberg': Senators Warn Far More Data May Not Be Safe
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/13-0

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The character of Edward Snowden

Foundation for Economic Education
by Jeffrey A. Tucker

06/11/13

Edward Snowden, age 29 and now temporarily living in Hong Kong, is the overnight sensation who leaked details about the National Security Administration?s (NSA) practice of massive and sweeping surveillance of Americans? browsing habits. He has also provided a model of what it means to live a principled life, even when it comes at personal expense...

http://tinyurl.com/m94er5f


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Greenwald Rages Against GOP Rep. Over Calls To Prosecute Journalists

Video

''I was really staggered that a United States congressman, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, actually could go on national television and make up an accusation, literally fabricated out of whole cloth'''.

http://is.gd/lNJhkS



The Failure of the Rule of Law

The Strange Case of Barrett Brown

By Peter Ludlow

Amid the outrage over the NSA s spying program, the jailing of journalist Barrett Brown points to a deeper and very troubling problem.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35351.htm



Feds Seeking To Silence The Media Over Barrett Brown, After They Locked Him Up For Posting A Link

Brown is the journalist and activist who was arrested on a series of highly questionable charges, mostly focused on taking the astounding step of copying a URL pointing to a bunch of Stratfor emails that people in Anonymous had hacked, and placing it in a chat room.

http://is.gd/ly5azY



Is Homeland Security Preparing for the Next Wall Street Collapse?

By Ellen Brown

Reports are that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is engaged in a massive, covert military buildup. Somebody in government is expecting some serious civil unrest. The question is, why?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36450.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The next head of Homeland Security
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/23979.html

Americans now the target of Homeland Security
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-war-on-terror-is-a-fraud-1/bait-and-switch.html

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Ray Kelly? Seriously? Mr. President, It s Not What You Say; It s What You Do

Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Truthout: President Obama negates everything he said about the Trayvon Martin killing when he supports ''stop and frisk'' NYPD Chief Ray Kelly as Janet Napolitano s successor as head of the Department of Homeland Security.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17733-ray-kelly-seriously-mr-president-its-not-what-you-say-its-what-you-do



Homeland Security Taps Generals to Run Domestic Drone Program: The Rise of Predators at Home

Tom Barry, Truthout: The continuing rise of Predator drones at home has been fueled by the bizarre merger of military influence in domestic affairs and the key role of border hawks in the politics of immigration reform.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17995-homeland-security-taps-generals-to-run-domestic-drone-program-the-rise-of-predators-at-home



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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that foreign intervention in the Syrian civil war is unacceptable because it would result in a new source of terror in the region.

http://is.gd/RHugOo



Putin says Assad could have avoided war, criticizes West

Pointing to violence in Iraq, Libya, Syria and other states, Putin said: ''Why is this happening? Because certain people from outside think that if you shape the whole region...''

http://is.gd/gYXVJV



Poll: Americans oppose intervention in Syria

Asked to pick a response to stop the killing of civilians in Syria, just 15 percent in the poll say they favor U.S. military action, and only 11 percent want to provide arms to the opposition.

http://is.gd/Au5ufs



Puttin' the Pressure on Putin

By Ray McGovern

The United States is one of the few advanced societies that still puts lots of people to death and was caught just last decade torturing detainees at CIA ''black sites''.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35681.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Tom Hussain

''The policy of protesting against drone strikes for public consumption, while working behind the scenes to make them happen, is not on,'' Sharif said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35237.htm



US Kills 18 People In Pakistan

Locals of the area observed the worst kind of terror and fear as four missiles exploded with big bangs in the thickly populated residential area of Serai Darapa Khel.

http://is.gd/msAKVp



Pakistan denounces latest Drone attack

Pakistani officials say the strikes violate the country s sovereignty and that civilian deaths in such ''illegal'' actions are strengthening ranks of the militants.

http://is.gd/xIi5Pv



US Kills 3 People In Pakistan

An airstrike carried out by a US assassination drone has killed three people in Pakistan s North Waziristan tribal area, which borders Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/eaGihV



US Kills 9 people in Pakistan

At least nine suspected militants, including two foreigners, were killed in Pakistan s lawless tribal region in a US drone strike and a separate Pakistan military operation, security officials said on Sunday.

http://is.gd/umKVOX


From Information Clearing House

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Pakistan Taliban Say Killing of Foreign Hikers Retaliation for US Drone Strikes
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/24-2

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Stop Killer drones
http://divergences2.divergences.be/spip.php?article488

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Pakistan: US drone attack kills 17

Al Jazeera [Qatar]

07/03/13

A suspected US drone strike has killed at least 17 people and wounded many others in Pakistan s restive border region, local security officials said. Wednesday s attack is the biggest this year and the second since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took office. According to the intelligence sources the drone has targeted one of the Haqqani s compound in Darpakhel area of the North Waziristan...

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/07/2013735453402946.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Chase Madar, TomDispatch: Bradley Manning has done more for US security than SEAL team 6, says Madar.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16906-how-dystopian-secrecy-contributes-to-clueless-wars



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Mike Lofgren, Truthout: We may have moved beyond Manifest Destiny, but American Exceptionalism is still prevalent in our modern society.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16878-american-exceptionalism-alibi-of-a-nation



Bragging Rights: Eight Exceptional(ly Dumb) American Achievements of the 21st Century

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: President Barack Obama is only the latest in a crowd of public figures who has jumped on the 'American exceptionalism' bandwagon. This particularly American aptitude for doing good forcibly, by killing others, is considered an incontestable fact of earthly life needing no proof.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/19068-bragging-rights-eight-exceptionally-dumb-american-achievements-of-the-twenty-first-century



American Exceptionalism And The Obama Doctrine

Noam Chomsky, Truthout: The recent Obama-Putin tiff over American exceptionalism reignited an ongoing debate over the Obama Doctrine: Is the president veering toward isolationism? Or will he proudly carry the banner of exceptionalism?

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19251-the-obama-doctrine

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8 Shocking Ways America Leads the World

By Lynn Stuart Parramore

The New American Exceptionalism: Number one in obesity, guns, prisoners, anxiety, and more...

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35701.htm



White House Says. 'America Is Exceptional'

Video

White House spokesman Jay Carney said that the administration was 'not surprised' by Putin s words but that Russia 'offers a stark contrast that demonstrates why America is exceptional.'

http://is.gd/cwflXm



Shameful Exceptionalism

By Paul Balles

It s high time for America to replace its shameful exceptionalism with exceptional behaviour it can be rightly proud of.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36299.htm



Delusion, Arrogance and Mendacity

Obama and the Usual American 'DAM' Exceptionalism

By Finian Cunningham

It is like listening to a conman whose initially charming words begin to grate on your sense of reason, truth and forbearance as he fumbles in your pockets.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36337.htm



The Rogue Empire: Chemical Weapons, Syria and American Exceptionalism

By Elizabeth O'Shea

The truth is hard to deny: one of the greatest menaces in the world today remains the US Government.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36369.htm



USA s Cowboy Democracy is Terrorism Dressed in Noble Clothes

By Sergei Vasilenkov

The Americans have decided that they are God s chosen people, that they are exceptional.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36477.htm



Chomsky: All Superpowers Feel Exceptional

Video and Transcript

"Russia under Stalin was uniquely exceptional and magnificent while it was carrying out all kinds of crimes. Hitler pronounced German exceptionalism when he took over Czechoslovakia."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36483.htm



Racism, Colonialism And Exceptionalism

By John Scales Avery

It seems to be possible for nations, and the majority of their citizens, to commit the worst imaginable atrocities, including torture, murder and genocide, while feeling that what they are doing is both noble and good.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36494.htm



Top 5 Ways America is Exceptional

Video

Abby Martin defends the notion of American Exceptionalism, highlighting the categories where the US truly is exceptional, from obesity to war making, but not in the areas that Americans should be proud of such as literacy and environmental protection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRuIJwifcxk


From Information Clearing House

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American Exceptionalism: Putin, the Neocons, and Ron Paul
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/09/daniel-mcadams/american-exceptionalism-2/

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Taking Exception to Exceptionalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/18-6

Obama Tells World: US Is 'Exceptional' But (Don t Worry) Not 'Imperial'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/24-3

The Death of American Exceptionalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/24-4

The American Exceptionalism Sweepstakes
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/26-3

American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/10/04-4

Obama Embraces American Exceptionalism
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/10/18

America, Genocide, and the ?National Interest?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/10-0

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We are exceptional!

Authority!
by Timothy J Taylor

America can t be a global cop, but it ought to act like one in certain situations. 'That s what makes us exceptional,' declared emperor of the planet Earth, Barack Obama. 'With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose sight of that essential truth.' Humility; did he say with humility? Just exactly when during the last century has the United States government ever acted with humility?

http://authoritycon.blogspot.com/2013/09/were-exceptional.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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American exceptionalism means not having to admit US killed hundreds of thousands
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11711/



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Unter der durchschnittlichen Grundsicherung
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/154421



Kleine Rente, früher Tod

Nach einer Analyse der Daten der deutschen Rentenversicherung leben reiche Rentner durchschnittlich 5 Jahre länger.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/40/40064/1.html

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Wie Schwerstbehinderten die Grundsicherung entzogen wird

Ferdinand Schießl leidet an Kinderlähmung und ist aufgrund seiner schweren Behinderung fast rund um die Uhr auf Hilfe angewiesen. Der 56-Jährige sprach mit der ''Süddeutschen'' über den Kampf gegen die Behörden, den es eigentlich gar nicht geben dürfte. Denn das, wofür Schießl kämpft, ist nichts anderes als das Recht auf ein selbstbestimmtes Leben... Weiterlesen:

http://www.gegen-hartz.de/nachrichtenueberhartziv/amt-verweigert-schwerstbehinderten-grundsicherung-9001475.php

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Gute Ausbeutung und Altersarmut: 42 Prozent werden von ihrer gesetzlichen Rente nicht leben können

"Zu den Ergebnissen einer aktuellen Repräsentativumfrage zum Index Gute Ausbeutung (beim DGB-Index heißt es: ?Gute Arbeit?) 2013: So beurteilen die Beschäftigten die Rentenlage..." Zusammenfassung und Bewertung von Reinhold Schramm vom 14.10.2013 (pdf) http://www.labournet.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/rente_schramm.pdf


Aus: LabourNet, 16. Oktober 2013

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Rente: Immer mehr Alte brauchen Sozialhilfe

"Viele alte Menschen müssen zum Sozialamt, weil ihre Rente nicht reicht. Nach Angaben von Statistikern bekommen so viele Leute Grundsicherung wie noch nie. Ein Skandal, warnen Gewerkschafter?" Artikel in der FR online vom 22. Oktober 2013 http://www.fr-online.de/arbeit---soziales/rente-immer-mehr-alte-brauchen-sozialhilfe,1473632,24744936.html

Siehe dazu die Pressemitteilung des Statistischen Bundesamtes vom
22.10.2013: Zahl der Empfänger von Grundsicherung im Alter 2012 um 6,6 % gestiegen https://www.destatis.de/DE/PresseService/Presse/Pressemitteilungen/2013/10/PD13_356_221.html;jsessionid=399A2B9A1512511E47D8AE8284055FC7.cae4


Altersarmut ist jetzt auf YouTube zu sehen. SoVD TV-Reportage zum Internationalen Tag gegen Armut

"?Und dann heißt es immer noch, man soll davon Schuhe kaufen und zum Frisör gehen, das ist dann gar nicht mehr drin?, sagt Christa F., 76 Jahre alt. Sie hat acht Kinder großgezogen, gearbeitet und spürt nun bereits seit Jahren was Armut im Alter bedeutet. Ein Leben mit Witwenrente und Grundsicherung. Das ist für die betroffenen Menschen oft zu wenig zum Leben, und zu viel zum Sterben. Die SoVD TV-Reportage ?Leben in Altersarmut? zeigt was es bedeutet, mit 25 Euro pro Woche auszukommen, um satt zu werden?" Pressemeldung des Sozialverband Deutschland e.V. vom 22. Oktober 2013 im Sozialticker http://www.sozialticker.com/altersarmut-ist-jetzt-auf-youtube-zu-sehen_20131020.html

und die Reportage Leben in Altersarmut bei youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2OZIGakNx4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUBgeByFhcr07LddM1hxkayQ


Aus: LabourNet, 23. Oktober 2013



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/11-8

'Digital Blackwater': NSA Leak Highlights Key Role of Private Contractors
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/11-1

The Unique Danger of Government Surveillance
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/11

Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/11-0

An Administration Ruled by Fear
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11-7

Roll Back the Surveillance State
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/11-2

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Big Money and the NSA Scandal: How Dangerous is the ''Security/Digital Complex''?

Richard Eskow, Campaign for America's Future: Last year Booz Allen Hamilton announced two new contracts with Homeland Security worth a total of $11 billion.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16909-big-money-and-the-nsa-scandal-how-dangerous-is-the-security-digital-complex

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What Is the Government s Agenda?
http://lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts398.html

If Edward Snowden Is a Criminal, Why Aren t the Rest of Us Criminals As Well?
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead89.1.html

The US Spy Leviathan
http://lewrockwell.com/yk/us-spy-leviathan.html

Datagate and the Death of American Liberalism
http://lewrockwell.com/raimondo/raimondo206.html

Trashing the Bill of Rights: Where America Stands Now
http://lewrockwell.com/rosenberg/rosenberg-p23.1.html

On PRISM, Partisanship, and Propaganda
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/prism-partnership-propaganda.html

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How Edward Snowden Exposed a ''Massive Surveillance Apparatus''

Video

''There is this massive surveillance apparatus being gradually constructed in the United States that already has extremely invasive capabilities to monitor and store the communications and other forms of behavior not just of tens of millions of Americans, but of hundreds of millions, probably billions of people, around the globe,'' Greenwald says.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35242.htm



One American Who Isn t For Sale

By Robert Scheer

So it s true, as filmmaker Michael Moore once warned us, the Carlyle Group is Big Brother.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35240.htm



Historic Challenge to Support the Moral Actions of Edward Snowden

By Norman Solomon

Edward Snowden has given aid and comfort to grassroots efforts for democracy. What we do with his brave gift will be our choice.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35235.htm



'It Can t Happen Here' Just Did

By Gene Healy

''Metadata'': Allows the government secretly to track who a target communicates with and where he s physically located. That knowledge can be used to unearth who s leaking to reporters, when and where political opponents are meeting, even who s sleeping with whom.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35247.htm



'Pardon Edward Snowden' Petition

By Deborah Zabarenko

A petition to pardon Edward Snowden, who has acknowledged leaking secret documents from the U.S. National Security Agency, attracted more than 22,000 electronic signatures by Monday afternoon, one day after it was posted on the White House website.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35243.htm



Meet the Contractors Analyzing your Private Data

By Tim Shorrock

Private companies are getting rich probing your personal information for the government. Call it Digital Blackwater.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35241.htm



US Lawmakers Call for Review of Patriot Act After NSA Surveillance Revelations

By Dan Roberts and Spencer Ackerman in Washington

The legislation, which was introduced after the 9/11 attacks, has been cited as the legal basis for the National Security Agency scouring billions of ordinary US telephone records in an effort to combat terrorism.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35239.htm



This is how the government lies

The recent whistleblower revelations have caught Obama administration s Director of National Intelligence in a flat-out lie. But watch how James Clapper tries to weasel out of it. What we would call a lie he calls it 'the least untruthful' answer.

http://is.gd/xaaXvu



NSA Whistleblower: The Ultimate Insider Attack

Snowden said that ''I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to even the President [of the United States] if I had a personal email.''

http://is.gd/lp7ou4



Ron Paul: 'Thankful' for Edward Snowden

Former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas praised NSA leaker Edward Snowden for his part in exposing how much information the government has been collecting from private citizens.

http://is.gd/QFeLr2



Why Is Everyone Totally Okay With The Government Spying On 'Foreigners?'

Americans seem to be fine about any kind of U.S. government spying as long as it s focused on ''foreigners.'' They just go crazy when the same tactics are used on Americans.

http://is.gd/oXu28T



IRS buys spy equipment amid spending scandal

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), already embroiled in a high-profile scandal over its operations, is looking to acquire surveillance equipment that includes cameras concealed in plants, coffee trays and clock radios.

http://is.gd/GL2gtD



US Hacking The World

Edward Snowden: US Government Has Been Hacking Hong Kong and China for Years

By Lana Lam

Snowden said he was releasing the information to demonstrate ''the hypocrisy of the US government when it claims that it does not target civilian infrastructure, unlike its adversaries''.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35251.htm



Whistle-blower Edward Snowden: 'Let Hong Kong People Decide My Fate'

By Lana Lam

''I am not here to hide from justice; I am here to reveal criminality,'' Snowden said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35250.htm



Ron Paul Warns US Government May Assassinate NSA Leaker Snowden

By Jonathan Easley

''I am worried about somebody in our government might kill him with a cruise missile or a drone missile,'' Paul said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35255.htm



Why You Should Worry About The NSA

By Richard A. Clarke

The just-revealed surveillance stretches the law to its breaking point and opens the door to future potential abuses.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35254.htm



27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine

''I can t in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they are secretly building."

http://is.gd/Ilwqr0



Thank NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

ByTake Action

Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

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NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say

Obama administration says NSA data helped make arrests in two important cases, but critics say that simply isn t true.

http://is.gd/Qh6MgO



Thomas Drake: Snowden saw what I saw: surveillance criminally subverting the constitution

Op-Ed

So we refused to be part of the NSA s dark blanket. That is why whistleblowers pay the price for being the backstop of democracy.

http://is.gd/lJ5dhr



India says U.S. spying on internet data of its citizens unacceptable

India is the fifth most tracked country by American intelligence agencies which used a secret data-mining program to keep a tab on the worldwide internet data, according to media reports.

http://is.gd/wzF2vm



FBI sharply increases use of Patriot Act provision to collect US citizens' records

The FBI has dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act to secretly obtain a vast store of business records of U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama, according to recent Justice Department reports to Congress.

http://is.gd/ty9e5f



Ex-NSA Leaker: This Kind Of Surveillance Has No Place In A Democracy

Video

''The Stasi in East Germany would have drooled over this capability''. Thomas Drake, Former NSA Senior Executive.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35271.htm



James Clapper Is A Liar

By Thomas L. McDonald

I know Orwell is getting a heavy workout these days, but one of his lasting contributions to semantics was offering the most potent example of how totalitarian states manipulate language as a tool of control and deception.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35262.htm



Germans accuse U.S. of Stasi tactics before Obama visit

German outrage over a U.S. Internet spying program has broken out ahead of a visit by Barack Obama, with ministers demanding the president provide a full explanation when he lands in Berlin next week and one official likening the tactics to those of the East German Stasi.

http://is.gd/yyHzAL



Europeans 'shocked and angry' by 'unaccountable' American surveillance

The recent NSA leaks have awakened many Europeans to the ''disturbing'' privacy violations regularly committed by the US that their own governments facilitated and may have benefited from, Jim Killock, the executive director of Open Rights Group.

http://is.gd/1E9DX8



Repeal the Patriot Act

By Jim Hightower

Secretly seizing everyone s phone records is, as the ACLU put it, ''beyond Orwellian.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35348.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Internet fascism and the surveillance state

Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ben O'Neill

07/15/13

What is the purpose of telecommunication and internet surveillance? The NSA presents its surveillance operations as being directed toward security issues, claiming that the programs are needed to counter terrorist attacks. Bald assertions of plots foiled are intended to bolster this claim. However, secret NSA documents reveal that their surveillance is used to gather intelligence to achieve political goals for the US government...

http://tinyurl.com/oqmebrk


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Wie hängen die europäischen Ungleichgewichte und die Schuldenberge Südeuropas zusammen?

http://www.gegenblende.de/21-2013/++co++7d078ba4-cddf-11e2-a4bd-52540066f352


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Juni 2013

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Die Welt der Potemkinschen Dörfer des Arbeitsmarktes oder die
'Jobwunder-Märchen'

Das lohndumpende Deutschland außer Kontrolle-'für' ein Ende der
gemeinsamen Eurozone. Kommentierte Presseschau von Volker Bahl vom 1.9.2013 http://www.labournet.de/?p=43343


Aus: LabourNet, 2. September 2013



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Over the last two years there has been a 23 per cent rise in statutory homelessness acceptances while over the last three years there has been a 34 per cent rise.

http://is.gd/UeaglP


From Information Clearing House



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By David Sirota

Is there a way to remain exceptional in ways that benefit us while also being a bit less exceptional in the ways that harm us and others?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35225.htm



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Video

George Orwell s dystopian novel continues to come true in too many ways.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35223.htm



George Orwell s ''1984'': The Movie

Video

Probably the definitive novel of the 20th century, a story that remains eternally fresh and contemporary, and whose terms such as ''Big Brother'', ''doublethink'' and ''newspeak'' have become part of everyday currency.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15531.htm



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Nach Informationen der Washington Post und der britischen Zeitung The Guardian zapfen der US-Geheimdienst NSA und die Bundespolizei FBI direkt die zentralen Rechner und damit die Kundendaten von fünf Internet-Firmen an. Der NSA-Whistleblower, Edward Snowden hat die Datensammlung des NSA enthüllt. Der 29-Jährige ist nach Hongkong geflohen und bittet um die Aufnahme ''in jedem Land, das an Redefreiheit glaubt und dagegen eintritt, die weltweite Privatsphäre zu opfern'', zitiert ihn die Washington Post. Dies könnte auf dieser Erdkugel eng werden... Siehe Informationen und Hintergründe in diesem Dossier. Unser erstes Unzitat dazu: ''Der Chef der Deutschen Polizeigewerkschaft wünscht sich Überwachungs-Methoden wie in den USA auch für Deutschland.''... http://www.labournet.de/interventionen/grundrechte/kommunikationsfreiheit/datenschutz/prism-us-uberwachungsaffare-und-der-nsa-whistleblower/


Aus: LabourNet, 10. Juni 2013

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''Wir hacken jeden überall''

Der NSA-Whistleblower hat sich zu erkennen gegeben, er wolle nicht, dass die USA mit einer riesigen Überwachungsmaschine die Privatsphäre und die Internetfreiheit zerstören.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39289/1.html



Snowden: NSA hackt seit 2009 Internet-Backbones in China und Hongkong

Der NSA-Whistleblower ist in Hongkong untergetaucht und macht den USA weiter das Leben schwer.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39320/1.html



NSA und GCHQ haben Politiker vor und während G20-Treffen belauscht

Passend zum G8-Treffen in Nordirland veröffentlicht der Guardian NSA-Dokumente des Whistleblowers Snowden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39342/1.html

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Snowden über die Macht der NSA: ''Sie werden niemals sicher sein, egal welche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen sie ergreifen.''

''Nach all den Erkenntnissen über die massenhafte Überwachung der amerikanischen NSA stellt sich immer wieder die Frage: wie schützt man sich? Die einfache, wenn auch wenig befriedigende Antwort: gar nicht. Wenn das eigene Bedrohungsszenario den mächtigsten Geheimdienst der Welt beinhaltet, hat man keine Chance?'' Artikel von Andre Meister vom 11.06.2013 bei Netzpolitik http://netzpolitik.org/2013/snowden-uber-die-macht-der-nsa-sie-werden-niemals-sicher-sein-egal-welche-sicherheitsmasnahmen-sie-ergreifen/

Prism-Informant Snowden auf der Flucht Obamas Jagd auf die Wachhunde

''Einst nannte Barack Obama Whistleblower ''Wachhunde gegen Rechtsverletzungen'', als US-Präsident geht er unerbittlich gegen Geheimnisverräter jeglicher Art vor. Auch den Prism-Informanten Edward Snowden dürfte der Zorn der Regierung treffen. Trotzdem hat er Hoffnung?'' Artikel von Johannes Kuhn in Süddeutsche online vom 10. Juni 2013 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/prism-informant-snowden-auf-der-flucht-obamas-jagd-auf-die-wachhunde-1.1692810

video: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'. Video bei The Gardian im Rahmen des Interviews mit ihm: 'If they want to get you, in time they will' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-why und in deutscher Übersetzung aus dem Reuters-Videokanal bei der Süddeutschen online: ''Ich will nicht in einer Gesellschaft leben, die so etwas macht'': Der 29-jährige Techniker Edward Snowden erklärt sich zum Urheber der jüngsten Enthüllungen über die Datensammlung der US-Geheimdienste - und ist sich der Konsequenzen bewusst. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/geheimdienst-techniker-bekennt-sich-zu-prism-enthuellungen-1.1692749


Aus: LabourNet, 11. Juni 2013

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EU-Parlamentarier fordern Aufklärung der US-Internetüberwachung

''Vertreter fast aller Fraktionen im Europaparlament haben sich alarmiert über die Enthüllungen zur Überwachung des Internet-Datenverkehrs von EU-Bürgern durch US-Geheimdienste gezeigt. Vertreter von Konservativen, Sozialisten, Liberalen und Grünen forderten die Europäische Kommission auf, die USA auf dem Gipfeltreffen Ende der Woche zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen. Auch müsse die geplante EU-Datenschutzverordnung rasch vorangetrieben werden. Durch sie werde klargestellt, dass EU-Standards für US-Firmen, die Daten von EU-Bürgern verarbeiten, bindend seien?'' Artikel von Monika Ermert vom 11.06.2013 bei heise online http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/EU-Parlamentarier-fordern-Aufklaerung-der-US-Internetueberwachung-1886399.html


Aus: LabourNet, 13. Juni 2013

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Seite an Seite mit Edward Snowden
https://secure.avaaz.org/de/stop_prism_global_do/

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YES WE SCAN: Impressionen von der Kundgebung

''Um Barack Obama bei seiner Ankunft in Berlin auch gebührend zu empfangen, gab es heute von 13 bis 14 Uhr eine Kundgebung am Checkpoint Charlie. Diese sollte auch als kleine Erinnerung an Frau Merkel dienen, dass doch bitte nicht vergessen werden soll, den Herrn Präsidenten Obama auf die Spionagetätigkeiten seines Geheimdienstes NSA anzusprechen. Für alle die nicht an der Kundgebung teilgenommen haben, gibt es hier ein paar Impressionen?'' Bericht von Nicolas Fennen vom 18.06.2013 bei Netzpolitik https://netzpolitik.org/2013/yes-we-scan-impressionen-von-der-kundgebung/

Siehe dazu:

Überwachungsskandal PRISM: Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. erstattet Anzeige

''Wegen des Verdachts auf Geheimdienstliche Agententätigkeit und Landesverräterische Agententätigkeit (§§ 98, 99 StGB) hat der Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. gestern Anzeige bei der Polizei erstattet. ''Wir gehen davon aus, dass es sich bei PRISM um staatliche Spionage handelt, bei der sowohl private als auch staatliche Geheimnisse ausgeforscht wurden'', so Markus Beckedahl, Vorstand des Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. ''Es liegt nahe, dass es für die entsprechenden Spionageprogramme Unterstützer im In- und Ausland gegeben hat. Beides ist nach dem Strafgesetzbuch kein Kavaliersdelikt, sondern eine Straftat. Polizei und Staatsanwaltschaft müssen nun ermitteln, ob es auch Täter in Deutschland gab.''?" Pressemitteilung vom 18. Juni 2013 https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2013/06/prism-digitale-gesellschaft-e-v-erstattet-anzeige/


Bilder & Berichte von ''Yes, we scan!''-Aktion bei Digitale Gesellschaft https://digitalegesellschaft.de/2013/06/bilder-berichte-von-yes-we-scan-aktion-gegen-prism-nsa/


Das Ziel lautet Totalüberwachung

''Bereits vor knapp zwei Wochen habe ich darauf hingewiesen, dass Prism kein originär amerikanisches Phänomen ist und wir uns auch mit dem beschäftigen sollten, was die deutschen Geheimdienste so treiben. Und kurze Zeit später konnte man auch schon lesen, dass der BND die Internetüberwachung massiv ausbauen will. Das wird flankiert von Aussagen des Bundesinnenministers Hans-Peter Friedrich, der sich bei den USA für Prism bedankte und betonte, man müsse Kontrollverluste über die Kommunikation von Kriminellen durch neue rechtliche und technologische Mittel ausgleichen. Damit wird hinreichend deutlich, dass der BND und die deutsche Innenpolitik das Internet und die Telekommunikation gerne in denselbem Umfang überwachen würden wie die USA und, dass dies derzeit nur an den begrenzten technologischen und personellen Mitteln des BND scheitert?'' Artikel von und bei Thomas Stadler vom 18.6.13 http://www.internet-law.de/2013/06/das-ziel-lautet-totaluberwachung.html


Aus: LabourNet, 19. Juni 2013

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Informant Snowden bekräftigt Vorwürfe zu US-Überwachung

''Edward Snowden, der den aktuellen Skandal um US-Spionage im Internet ins Rollen brachte, hat seine Vorwürfe ausdrücklich bekräftigt. US-amerikanische Geheimdienst-Analysten könnten Zugang zu Informationen bekommen, egal wonach sie suchen, erklärte Snowden am Montag in einem Chat. ''Telefonnummer, E-Mail, Benutzername, Handy-Identifikationsnummer ? es ergibt keinen Unterschied.'' Die Einschränkungen seien nicht technischer, sondern politischer Natur. Kontrollen seien sehr lückenhaft. Snowden versprach weitere konkrete Details dazu?'' Meldung bei heise-news vom 18.06.2013 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Informant-Snowden-bekraeftigt-Vorwuerfe-zu-US-Ueberwachung-1891353.html


NSA-Spionage: Bürger unter Generalverdacht

''Dass US-Dienste auch deutsche Bürger ausspionieren, ist der eine Skandal. Der andere liegt in der Rundum-Überwachung durch unsere eigenen Behörden?'' Artikel von Arno Widmann in der FR online vom 17. Juni 2013 http://www.fr-online.de/meinung/leitartikel-nsa-spionage-buerger-unter-generalverdacht,1472602,23396266.html


Aus: LabourNet, 21. Juni 2013



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http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/nsa-whistleblower-is-libertarian.html

Government Spying: Should We Be Shocked?
http://lewrockwell.com/paul/paul863.html

NSA and the Secret AT&T Spy Room
http://lewrockwell.com/rappoport/rappoport32.1.html

Edward Snowden and the Disruption of Government
http://lewrockwell.com/orig13/steimle2.1.1.html

America s New Normal: Mass Surveillance, Secret Courts and Death to Whistleblowers
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead88.1.html

If You See Something, Say Something
http://lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer272.html

How Snowden Did an End Run Around the NSA and the Obama Administration
http://lewrockwell.com/north/north1287.html

Edward Snowden Is a True Hero
http://lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano105.html

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Edward Snowden, American hero

by Justin Raimondo

06/10/13

Here is someone who gave up a comfortable life in Hawaii as a highly-paid government contractor and now risks jail, 'I do not expect to see home again', and eternal exile. Why did he do it? To give the American people the information they need to decide whether they want to live in a society where government spying on citizens is ubiquitous. His greatest fear? It s not imprisonment, but the fear that his act will change nothing. It?s up to us to make sure his heroic act is not in vain...

http://tinyurl.com/kzzru69



What the state fears most: revelations of the truth about the state

Independent Institute
by Robert Higgs

06/10/13

Why does the U.S. government go to such extraordinary lengths to discredit, punish, and ruin persons such as Daniel Ellsberg, Julian Assange, and, next in line, no doubt, Edward Snowden? The government alleges that these persons give aid and comfort to the nation s enemies and endanger national security. In reality, however, these persons? only 'crime' is to tell the truth to the public about what the U.S. government is doing. By telling the truth about especially important matters, they endanger only the state, by exposing its lies and its hidden crimes for the world to see...

http://tinyurl.com/nwzjhxj



Edward Snowden: Profile in courage

CounterPunch
by Christopher Pyle

06/10/13

Edward Snowden may go down inhistory as one of this nation s most important whistleblowers. He is certainly one of the bravest. The 29-year-old former technical assistant to the CIA and employee of a defense intelligence contractor has admitted to disclosing top secret documents about the National Security Agency s massive violation of the privacy of law-abiding citizens...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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'I Don't Want to Live in a Society That Does These Sort of Things': NSA Whistleblower Revealed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/10

How NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Helped Expose a ''Massive Surveillance Apparatus''
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/06/10-0

Hundreds Rally to Declare ''I Stand with Snowden''
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/10-2

Historic Challenge to Support the Moral Actions of Edward Snowden
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-1

Edward Snowden: Saving Us from the United Stasi of America
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-0

Edward Snowden: Profile in Courage
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/10-6

Over 30,000 Sign Thank-You Note to Edward Snowden
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/06/11-9

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NSA Whistleblower Exposes US Government s ''Architecture of Oppression''

By Thomas Gaist

''The NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America...We collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians.''

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35233.htm



Another Truth-Teller Steps Forward

By Ray McGovern

Why would someone like Snowden, a 29-year-old employee of national-security contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, jeopardize what he calls ''a very comfortable life'' in order to blow the whistle on the U.S. government s abuse of power?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35232.htm



Was Obama Lying Then or Is He Lying Now?

Video

2007: Obama s Speech on Warrantless Wiretapping.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35224.htm



Alleged US security officials said NSA leaker, journalist should be 'disappeared'

A US editor has alleged he overheard security officials saying that the NSA leaker and the Guardian columnist who broke his story should be ''disappeared.''

http://is.gd/72KpQy



US surveillance has 'expanded' under Obama, says Bush s NSA director

The former director of the US National Security Agency has indicated that surveillance programs have ''expanded'' under Barack Obama s time in office and said the spy agency has more powers now than when he was in command.

http://is.gd/kBlRYL



How NSA collects, analyzes phone records

Keeping top-secret tabs on your phone calls: The U.S. government is secretly collecting and analyzing the phone records of millions of Americans.

http://is.gd/GBbdgP



Boundless Informant: the NSA s secret tool to track global surveillance data

The National Security Agency has developed a powerful tool for recording and analysing where its intelligence comes from, raising questions about its repeated assurances to Congress that it cannot keep track of all the surveillance it performs on American communications.

http://is.gd/c44kwf



Eric Holder Refuses To Answer When Asked If Obama Admin Is Spying On Congress

Video
http://is.gd/PrSgyl



10 Things Americans Underestimate About Our Massive Surveillance State: The latest revelations are just the tip of the iceberg.

http://is.gd/xXDga0



Judge Napolitano On NSA Spying

Video

Most Extraordinarily Broad Search Warrant Ever Issued In US History
http://is.gd/DLO6PX



Rand Paul Tells Fox Viewers To Join Lawsuit Against NSA

'I am Going To Challenge This At The Supreme Court': "If we get ten million Americans saying we don t want our phone records looked at, then maybe someone will wake up and something will change in Washington.''

http://is.gd/kmawlp



Police State USA: NSA Building $860 Million Data Center in Maryland

The NSA is already building a massive data center in Utah, investing up to $1.5 billion in a project that will feature up to 1 million square feet of facilities.

http://is.gd/EfwUNs


From Information Clearing House

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Former CIA Employee, Snowden, Blows Whistle on NSA s Dragnet Surveillance

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: ''Just as Bradley Manning s court-martial was getting underway, another brave whistleblower dropped a bombshell into the media: The Obama administration is collecting data on every telephone call we make.''

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16866-former-cia-employee-blows-whistle-on-dragnet-surveillance-of-americans



Sensible Security or American Dystopia: Is It Too Late to Choose?

The Thom Hartmann Program, The Daily Take: The recent revelations out of the NSA have made it clear that, we, the American people, have a choice to make, assuming we haven t already passed the point of no return.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/16885-sensible-security-or-american-dystopia-is-it-too-late-to-choose



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NSA-Dokumente enthüllen die weltweite Lauschaktivität der NSA, Deutschland ist in Europa das Land, aus dem am meisten Daten abgesaugt werden.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39287/1.html



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