The facts are now clear: the Pentagon’s push to use counterinsurgency tactics against drug traffickers is giving Mexican armed forces the leeway to operate in the airspace above U.S. territory. By Douglas Lucas WhoWhatWhy.com Jul 16, 2014 Blurred Lines: A Mexican military chopper in U.S. airspace, photographed by Texas park rangers. Courtesy of WikiLeaks More
The facts are now clear: the Pentagon’s push to use counterinsurgency tactics against drug traffickers is giving Mexican armed forces the leeway to operate in the airspace above U.S. territory. By Douglas Lucas WhoWhatWhy.com Jul 16, 2014 Blurred Lines: A Mexican military chopper in U.S. airspace, photographed by Texas park rangers. Courtesy of WikiLeaks More
Philip Holloway, a former military attorney, and Coleen Rowley, a retired FBI agent and whistleblower, discuss Snowden Al Jazeera America July 27, 2014 Watch the video here. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise More
Binney explained: “At least 80 percent of fiber-optic cables globally go via the U.S. This is no accident and allows the U.S. to view all communication coming in. At least 80 percent of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the U.S. The NSA lies about what it stores.” by Norman Solomon Common More
The Obama Administration tried to keep secret the expansion of their terrorism watchlist system where “concrete facts” or “irrefutable evidence” isn't needed to deem someone a terrorist. We'll talk with the Intercept reporters who have the document. Huffington Post Originally aired on July 23, 2014 Watch the video here. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up More
By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux The Intercept 23 Jul 2014 The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The More
Over a week ago, The Intercept reported on five Muslim Americans who were targets of NSA and FBI surveillance. Why has this, in comparison to previous major stories on NSA surveillance, received so little mainstream coverage? By: Kevin Gosztola FireDogLake.com July 20, 2014 [partial transcript included below] Deepa Kumar Media coverage of Israel’s assault on Gaza has More
The confirmation Wednesday by a Swedish court of international arrest warrant for Julian Assange demonstrates that "there is a police investigation, but a political persecution," says lawyer and author Eva Golinger. RT.com Published: July 16, 2014 | 22:37 GMT Last updated: July 16, 2014 © REUTERS Note: This article has been translated from Spanish by an More
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The secretive British spy agency GCHQ has developed covert tools to seed the internet with false information, including the ability to manipulate the results of online polls, artificially inflate pageview counts on web sites, “amplif[y]” sanctioned messages on YouTube, and censor video content judged to be “extremist.” DISPATCHES By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept 14 Jul 2014 More
Link to video: Edward Snowden: 'If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that' Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications Exclusive: Whistleblower says NSA revelations mean those with duty to protect confidentiality must urgently upgrade security • Watch Snowden's interview with the Guardian in Moscow • Read a summary More
Link to video: Edward Snowden: 'If I end up in chains in Guantánamo I can live with that' Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications Exclusive: Whistleblower says NSA revelations mean those with duty to protect confidentiality must urgently upgrade security • Watch Snowden's interview with the Guardian in Moscow • Read a summary More
