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The US Spy Hub in the Heart of Australia

August 21, 2017

THE U.S. SPY HUB IN THE HEART OF AUSTRALIA A SHORT DRIVE south of Alice Springs, the second largest population center in Australia’s Northern Territory, there is a high-security compound, code-named “RAINFALL.” The remote base, in the heart of the country’s barren outback, is one of the most important covert surveillance sites in the eastern […]

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How The Fed Helps The US Spy On Foreign Governments

How The Fed Helps The US Spy On Foreign Governments It’s widely known that the Federal Reserve has been tasked by Congress with a “dual mandate” to maintain stable consumer-goods prices, low unemployment and – oh yes – buoyant equity prices. However, as Reuters revealed on Monday, the central bank has another legally binding obligation […]

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Report: British Intelligence Agencies, In Addition to Six Other Nations, Were All Spying on Trump

Report: British Intelligence Agencies, In Addition to Six Other Nations, Were All Spying on Trump About a month ago, Fox suspended Judge Nap for suggesting British intelligence had spied on Donald Trump. The media went hysterical, saying the good judge was filled with UFO styled conspiracy theories. Here was his claim. A spokesman for the […]

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The Surveillance State Did Not Disappear With The Trump Victory: “It Is Still Lurking And Completely Intact”

January 8, 2017

The Surveillance State Did Not Disappear With The Trump Victory: “It Is Still Lurking And Completely Intact” One of the things Donald Trump has really done correctly is to assess his future arena in the areas of intelligence-gathering and operational security. Trump wants to return to a “courier” method of transmitting sensitive information and classified […]

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China Slams US Hacking Accusation As “Groundless Smear Campaign”, Demands Washington Explain Its Own Spying

January 8, 2017

China Slams US Hacking Accusation As “Groundless Smear Campaign”, Demands Washington Explain Its Own Spying While Russia continues to mostly mock and ridicule, and generally take in good humor, the constant allegations by the Obama administration that it “hacked the election”, without actually hacking the election – as in actually rigging or changing the votes – […]

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Republican Senators Use Orlando Shooting to Push for Increased Government Spying Powers

Republican Senators Use Orlando Shooting to Push for Increased Government Spying Powers “This production, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a window into the nationwide scope of the FBI’s surveillance, monitoring, and reporting on peaceful protestors organizing with the Occupy movement. FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil […]

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Cops, spies and journalists: Top Mountie Bob Paulson speaks out

Cops, spies and journalists: Top Mountie Bob Paulson speaks out Spying by officers was not approved, RCMP commissioner says – so officers kept asking In a broad and candid statement to CBC News, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson explains why (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) Terry Milewski has worked in fifty countries during 38 years with the CBC. […]

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Mass surveillance programs futile in fighting terror – Snowden

Mass surveillance programs futile in fighting terror – Snowden Edward Snowden © AutoTracking / YouTube Bulk data gathering programs used by US intelligence have no effect in combating terrorism and have failed to prevent any attacks in their 10 years of operation, whistleblower and former NSA contactor Edward Snowden, claims in a recent interview. “In […]

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One Year after Snowden Warning, How Canada Has Changed

One Year after Snowden Warning, How Canada Has Changed Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s sold-out talk on the power, promise and peril of big data hits a Queen Elizabeth Theatre screen April 5 in Vancouver. A year ago this month, world-famous whistleblower Edward Snowden issued a warning to Canada. Via livestream, he told us our country has one of […]

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New transatlantic data transfer deal sealed with ‘written assurances’ of US spying limitations

February 3, 2016

New transatlantic data transfer deal sealed with ‘written assurances’ of US spying limitations © Sigtryggur Ari / Reuters The US and the EU have agreed on new rules for sharing personal data across the Atlantic that will allegedly better protect Europeans’ privacy from US intelligence agencies after the previous Safe Harbour mechanism was deemed inadequate. […]

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Spying on Congress and Israel: NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own Is Violated

January 1, 2016

Spying on Congress and Israel: NSA Cheerleaders Discover Value of Privacy Only When Their Own Is Violated The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the NSA under President Obama targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top aides for surveillance. In the process, the agency ended up eavesdropping on “the contents of some of their private conversations […]

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In Latest NSA Spying Scandal, World Learns Obama Lied Again; Congress Furious it Was Spied On

December 30, 2015

In Latest NSA Spying Scandal, World Learns Obama Lied Again; Congress Furious it Was Spied On In January 2014, during the scandalous aftermath of Edward Snowden’s NSA snooping revelations, one which revealed the US had been spying on its closest allies for years, Obama banned U.S. eavesdropping on leaders of close friends and allies and […]

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CISA: “Just Another Example Of Corruption”

December 21, 2015

CISA: “Just Another Example Of Corruption” Last week, Congress passed CISA by hiding it in the middle of a sure-to-pass spending bill, and Obama signed it into law … even though the Department of Homeland Security had previously said that the bill will HURT national security and destroy privacy (numerous experts agreed). And – just like with previous spying laws […]

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Stingrays: A Secret Catalogue of Gear for Spying on Your Cellphone

December 18, 2015

Stingrays: A Secret Catalogue of Gear for Spying on Your Cellphone THE INTERCEPT HAS OBTAINED a secret, internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. The document, thick with previously undisclosed information, also offers rare insight into the spying capabilities of federal law enforcement and local police inside the United States. […]

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Venezuelan President Calls NSA Spying on State Oil Company ‘Vulgar,” Orders Official Inquiry

November 21, 2015

Venezuelan President Calls NSA Spying on State Oil Company ‘Vulgar,” Orders Official Inquiry Venezuela will conduct a “comprehensive review of relations with the United States” and submitted a formal protest over new evidence that the National Security Agency spied on state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, the country’s president announced. President Nicolas Maduro spoke about […]

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