World-News

By Glenn Greenwald

A top secret NSA document provides context for yesterday s abusive detention of Baraa Shiban.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36342.htm



How I learned to Stop Feeling Safe in My Own Country and Hate Border Agents

Audio and Transcript

Earlier this month, producer Sarah Abdurrahman, her family, and her friends were detained for hours by US Customs and Border Protection on their way home from Canada. Everyone being held was a US citizen, and no one received an explanation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36340.htm



Their American Dream is Now a Nightmare

Feds Raid Family Grocery Store s Checking Account

Video

In January 2013, without warning, the federal government used civil forfeiture to seize all of the money from the Dehkos' store bank account (more than $35,000) even though they have done absolutely nothing wrong.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36345.htm



The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution

Op-Ed

Secrecy is for the convenience of the state. To support military adventures and budgets, vast troves of U.S. government secrets are routinely released not by lone dissident whistle-blowers but rather skilled teams of government officials.

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_government_leakers_who_truly_endanger_america_will_never_face_prosecuti



Glenn Greenwald on Snowden, NSA, GCHQ and Spying

Video

BBC Newsnight

Full Interview.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36423.htm



Metropolitan police detained David Miranda for promoting 'political' causes

Justification for airport detention of partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald alarms human rights groups and Tory MP.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/02/david-miranda-detained-political-causes



GCHQ and European spy agencies worked together on mass surveillance

The German, French, Spanish and Swedish intelligence services have all developed methods of mass surveillance of internet and phone traffic over the past five years in close partnership with Britain s GCHQ eavesdropping agency.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden


From Information Clearing House

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Baraa Shiban: Like David Miranda, I Was Interrogated at a British Airport Under Terrorism Law
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/26

Investigating Detention and Questioning of Yemeni Human Rights Activist at Gatwick
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/09/26

Leaked Memos Reveal GCHQ Efforts to Keep Mass Surveillance Secret
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/25-5

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The language of tyrants

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

11/04/13

If there was ever any doubt that the formerly 'Great' Britain of today has devolved into a stinkhole of authoritarianism, a proposition I advanced in a recent column, it has been dispelled by the news that the British authorities justified the detainment of David Miranda by claiming that, in transporting materials released by Edward Snowden through Heathrow airport, he was engaged in a 'terrorist' act"...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/11/03/the-language-of-tyrants/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tyran
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=authorit
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Britain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=US+citizen
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=the+American+Dream
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Snowden
https://www.google.de/search?q=Baraa+Shiban
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=David+Miranda
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Glenn+Greenwald
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Robert+Scheer
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo

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