Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQBritain’s surveillance agency GCHQ, with aid from the US National Security Agency, intercepted and stored the webcam images of millions of internet users not suspected of wrongdoing, secret documents reveal.
Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music SnippetsSan Francisco – Prof. Lawrence Lessig has settled his lawsuit against an Australian record label over the use of clips of a popular song by the band Phoenix in a lecture that was later posted online. Liberation Music, which represents Phoenix in New Zealand, claimed the clips infringed copyright, demanded YouTube take down the lecture, and then threatened to sue Lessig.
Who is Behind Regime Change? “Revolution Business” NGO Supported by Wall Street and US IntelligenceWho is Behind Regime Change? “Revolution Business” NGO Supported by Wall Street and US Intelligence Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated with Intelligence Firm Stratfor Serbia’s Srdja Popovic is known by many as a leading architect of regime changes in Eastern Europe and elsewhere since the late-1990s, and as one of the co-founders of Otpor!, the U.S.-funded Serbian activist group which overthrew Slobodan Milošević in 2000.
Russian General: “We Are At War” By General Leonid Ivashov26 February 2014 – Before It’s News In an interview published Feb. 5 by km.ru, Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the former foreign relations head of the Russian Ministry of Defense and current president of the Academy of Geopolitical Studies, issued a sharp warning about the nature of the strategic crisis unfolding in Ukraine: “Apparently they [officials of the European Union and U.S.
Judge Tosses Muslim Spying Suit Against NYPD, Says Any Damage Was Caused by Reporters Who Exposed It – The InterceptVoices Judge Tosses Muslim Spying Suit Against NYPD, Says Any Damage Was Caused by Reporters Who Exposed It A federal judge in Newark has thrown out a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for spying on New Jersey Muslims, saying if anyone was at fault, it was the Associated Press for telling people about it.
Finland No. 1, US sinks to 46th in global press freedom rankingsThe United States did not live up to the promise of the First Amendment last year, “far from it,” sinking to 46th in global press freedom rankings, a respected international nonprofit group said Wednesday. The U.S. plummeted 13 slots to 46th overall “amid increased efforts to track down whistle-blowers and the sources of leaks,” Reporters Without Borders warned in an annual report.
Traffic-stop recording led to woman’s wrongful arrest, suit claimsReuters / Jason Arnold A Florida woman has announced that she plans to file suit against the police department that left her locked up for a night after she recorded her conversation with an officer who pulled her over for a routine traffic stop. Lt.
Our Loss of Liberties in a Topsy-Turvy AmericaEach week, libertarian and former Congressman Ron Paul takes the time to talk with Money and Markets’ Charles Goyette on subjects ranging from our schools to the NSA and the Fed. Here are some of his most notable quotes.
Eavesdropping Ensnared Law Firm With Foreign Client – The Boston GlobeNEW YORK – The list of those caught up in the global surveillance net cast by the National Security Agency and its overseas partners, from social media users to foreign heads of state, now includes another entry: US lawyers. A top-secret document, obtained by former NSA contractor Edward J.
Wisdom 2.0Wisdom 2.0 2014 was liveblogged by our friends at MediaShower. Eckhart Tolle, bestselling author of The Power of Now and A New Earth, gave a “meditative lecture” at Wisdom 2.0, leading us on a journey inward that enabled us to experience who we really are. “It’s an amazing thing, this present moment,” he began.
Clapper Reads From the Bush/Cheney/Nixon Playbook to Fear-Monger Over Transparency – The InterceptDispatches Clapper Reads From the Bush/Cheney/Nixon Playbook to Fear-Monger Over Transparency James Clapper, President Obama’s top national security official, is probably best known for having been caught lying outright to Congress about NSA activities, behavior which (as some baseball players found out) happens to be a felony under federal law.
U.S. press freedom suffers under Obama, survey finds – Washington TimesThe Obama administration’s handling of whistleblower Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaks and the investigation of a string of leaks produced a plunge in the country’s rating on press freedoms and government openness, according to a global survey released Tuesday. The U.S.
Sen Rand Paul sues President Obama over NSA call surveillanceUS Senator Rand Paul has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Obama administration and the National Security Agency seeking to halt the NSA’s vast data-surveillance program. Paul, a Kentucky Republican and toast of the tea party movement, promised a ” historic ” fight against the NSA when he announced the suit had been filed Wednesday at a press conference.
Maryland lawmakers eye cutting off water, power to NSA headquartersA group of lawmakers in Maryland has introduced a bill that would deny state support to the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Ft. Meade, Md., which might see electricity and water supplies cut to the intelligence nerve center.
JPMorgan Vice President’s Death Shines Light on Bank’s Close Ties to the CIAJPMorgan Vice President’s Death Shines Light on Bank’s Close Ties to the CIA By Pam Martens and Russ Martens The nonstop crime news swirling around JPMorgan Chase for a solid 18 months has started to feel a little spooky – they do lots of crime but never any time; and with each closed case, a trail of unanswered questions remains in the public’s mind.
The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks’ Most Devious Scam YetIllustration by Victor Juhasz Call it the loophole that destroyed the world. It’s 1999, the tail end of the Clinton years.
Lorde’s Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26 January 2014Update: Lorde’s suppressed Grammy speech makes front-page news in New Zealand Lorde’s censored handwritten Grammy speech Full Transcript (with citations) of Lorde’s speech Lorde Censored: The Queen Bee’s Suppressed Grammy Speech http://wp.me/p3PDmH-7j See the Full Story: Royal Pencil in Print: Lorde’s suppressed Grammy speech makes front-page news in far-flung New Zealand at http://wp.me/p3PDmH-6i Lorde: Thankyou soo…
Lawsuit No Way To Challenge JPMorgan’s $13 Billion SettlementA Washington activist group has sued to derail the Justice Department’s record-setting $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan, laying out a compelling philosophical case against such privately negotiated deals but failing to make a legal argument that a judge will buy.
BofA, Goldman among banks facing $16 billion in finesNEW YORK (MarketWatch) – The settlements of lawsuits so far with major banks pave the way for some $16 billion in additional penalties to be paid by banks including Bank of America and Goldman Sachs Group over mortgage securities sold to government-seized housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.