“Trust but verify” —William Binney A big part of my motivation in maintaining this blog is an effort to stop information from yesterday being memory-holed. Quite a few of the things I have been talking about will be new for a lot of younger people. 9/11, for example is now a generation ago. So, I expect a lot of people will have a very hazy memory of the events around the story of Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing and got refuge in…
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the U.S. government’s unconstitutional mass surveillance programs, received a Russian passport on Thursday after taking the country’s citizenship oath. “Edward received a Russian passport yesterday and took the oath in accordance with the law,” his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said, according to Russian media. “He is, of course, happy, thanking the Russian Federation for the fact that he received citizenship.” That citizenship comes with an enormously valuable feature: “Under the Constitution of Russia, he…
Edward Snowden said he fears that Julian Assange ‘could be next’ if he faces extradition. John McAfee took died by apparent suicide on Wednesday. News had broken that he would be extradited to the US from Spain. “Europe should not extradite those accused of non-violent crimes to a court system so unfair,” Snowden tweeted. Former NSA consultant and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden tweeted on Wednesday that Julian Assange “could be next,” after antivirus mogul John McAfee died by apparent…
In Leaked Audio, Julian Assange Warns Clinton State Department Lawyer About Cables Stolen From WikiLeaks WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned the Hillary Clinton-led State Department that a rogue employee had stolen a trove of classified cables from the whistleblower organization and was about to release it. Zero Hedge, 16 December, 2020 Leaked audio obtained by Project Veritas reveals that in 2011, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned the Hillary Clinton-led State Department that a rogue employee had stolen a trove of classified cables from…
I don’t go along with the right-wing orientation of this but there is, despite leaving out many elements, a lot of truth in this and the Sky News report. People worry about the Chinese influence but conveniently forget that we already have blanket surveillance. New Zealand’s CCP-style police state SPECIAL REPORT: Home surveillance the ‘future’ for every Chinese citizen Chinese activists who breached a government database have revealed a worrying development which provides a glimpse into the country’s future – surveillance cameras…
