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Daily Briefing—21st Sept 2010
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abdu Rahman, ACLU, Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Andy Worthington, antiwar activism, arms trading, Brazil, C.J. Chivers, Carol Rosenberg, China, Chris Hedges, Dahr Jamail, Death Penalty, domestic surveillance, domestic terrorism, drones, electoral politics, Eric Garris, false flag operation, FBI, Federal Reserve, fiat money, FOREX, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Great Recesseion, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Kyrgyzstan, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, NAM, Noah Shachtman, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Paul O'Mahoney, Peace Now, Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, privacy rights, racism, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, Stephen Walt, Sweden, Tom Engelhardt, UAE, Wall Street, war games, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank, William Fisher
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Daily Briefing—9th August 2010
Posted: 9 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Aisha, Albert Hunt, arms trading, atheism, Boeing, Damin Vrabel, David Petraeus, David Stockman, domestic surveillance, DPRK, Ethan Huff, Federal Reserve, fiat money, global currency, Gold standard, Goldman Sachs, Guantanamo Bay, Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami, Hugo Chavez, HUJI, IMF, India, Iran, Islam, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Kibbutzim, Kunduz, Max Keiser, military industrial complex, North Korea, NPT, nuclear proliferation, OTC derivatives, privacy rights, protectionism, Ranjit Devraj, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, South Korea, Spencer Ackerman, Stefan Molyneux, Stoning, Taliban, UN, US, Venezuela, Vietnam, war games
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Watered-Down ‘Regurgitated Pulitzer Campaign’ Called ‘Top Secret America’ and ‘Blowback’ in Somalia (mp3)
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political Science, SomaliaTags: 9/11, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, AntiWar radio, arms trading, blowback, CIA, corporatism, Costa Rica, domestic surveillance, drug war, extrajudicial assassination, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanitarian crisis, Islamic Courts Union, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Latin America, libertarian, Mohammed Atta, National Surveillance State, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Ramsey Yousef, Scott Horton, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia, South America, TFG, think tanks, Top Secret America, Transitional Federal Government, Uganda, UN, UN food aid, US, WaPo, War, Washington Post
Jeremy Scahill, leading journalist on the Pentagon’s military contracting, discussed the “incredibly disappointing” Washington Post series on giant system of ‘top secret’ operations of the U.S. government with AntiWar Radio host Scott Horton at Pacifica. He discussed “preparing the battlefield” operations, the WaPo as a “dumping ground” for the C.I.A. and the ‘system intended to give cover to clandestine operators in the private sector acting on behalf of the government’.
Later, Mr. Horton discussed blowback in Somalia against foreign intervention in Somali society perpetuating the horror in the Horn of Africa, giving a great summary of the recent history that led to the current state of affairs in the territory from the Bush Administration’s invasion to the Obama Administration shipping in arms, but blocking food entry. He also discussed 9/11 as blowback for Washington’s enabling of Israel’s ‘war crimes’ (25:50):
Evening Briefing—19th July 2010
Posted: 19 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Andy Worthington, Bhopal, BP, class war, covert operations, Danny Schechter, dirty bombs, domestic surveillance, Failed States, Fareed Zakaria, FinReg, Glenn Greenwald, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hillary Clinton, Hopes and Prospects, illegal immigration, Iran, Jeff Stein, JeM, Joe Biden, Johann Hari, media, Mexico, Muhammed Abdullah Gul, Nancy Pelosi, Netanyahu, Noam Chomsky, Omar Khadr, Oslo Accords, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sudan, torture, Turkey, UN, USAID, Vandana Shiva, Wall Street
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Evening Briefing—6th July 2010
Posted: 6 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abkhazia, Adri Nieuwhof, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Ahmad Walid Fazly, Ahmedis, airstrikes, anarchism, Anna Morgenstern, apartheid, Avigdor Lieberman, Azerbaijan, bailouts, banking, Big Brother, Bill Keller, BP, Bradley Manning, China, CIA, Collateral Murder, David Cronin, David Petraeus, Dian Chu, domestic surveillance, drones, eminent domain, Eric Holder, EU, Fareed Zakaria, Federal Reserve, Five-Day War, Ford, Gareth Porter, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza Massacre, Georgia, Glenn Greenwald, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Helmand Province, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Mann Leverett, IKEA, India, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, ISI, Israel, Jesse Walker, Kevin Carson, Lawrence Wilkerson, libertarian, military industrial complex, Mitt Romney, national debt, Nigeria, night raids, NWFP, Operation Cast lead, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Pentagon, Ray Odierno, revolution, Russia, Scott Horton, settlements, SOF, South Korea, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, START, Stephan Salisbury, Stephen Walt, Sudan, Taliban, Tony Hayward, torture, UAW, Uighurs, UK, UN, Venezuela, Wall Street Journal, war crimes, War on Terror, West Bank, Wikileaks, Will Grigg, women's rights, Xue Feng
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A.C.L.U. Finds ‘Steady Resurgence’ of ‘Political Spying’, Kidnapping of Americans
Posted: 29 June 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, ACLU, Amanda Simon, Bush Administration, CIA, civil liberties, COINTELPRO, constitutional rights, corporatism, counterterrorism, DIA, domestic surveillance, fascism, FBI, free speech, fusion centers, government spying, human rights, ISE, JTTF, LAPD, law enforcement, libertarian, liberty, Obama Administration, Operation Chaos, police, reasonable suspicion, SAR programs, SCOTUS, Spy Files, Sweden, terrorism, Terry v. Ohio, US, War on Terror
A recent study released by the civil liberties advocacy group highlights the rise in U.S. government Big Brother policies by localizing the National Security State with no accountability.
Report: DIA Quietly Reviving & Renaming ‘Disestablished’ Domestic Datamining, Surveillance Unit
Posted: 16 June 2010 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: CI, counterterrorism, DCHC, Defense Department, DHS, DIA, DoD, domestic surveillance, eGuardian, FBI, Federal Register, FICOR, Fourth Amendment, HUMINT, James Clapper, Jeff Stein, Joby Warrick, libertarian, military intelligence, Newspeak, NSA, Obama Administration, Petagon, Privacy Act of 1974, privacy rights, Robert Gates, US, War on Terror, warrantless wiretapping program
The Pentagon’s new intelligence unit’s purpose could raise the valid question of how far the U.S. is moving toward militarized domestic databasing, but its resemblance to a ‘disestablished’ program used to spy on peace activists can reasonably confirm the program was never halted.
Obama Recommends Congress ‘Renew’ Patriot Act Domestic ‘Surveillance Methods’
Posted: 18 September 2009 by Little Alex in National News, Political ScienceTags: Big Brother, Bush Administration, Congress, David Kravets, Dennis Blair, Dick Durbin, domestic surveillance, fascism, FISA, law, libertarian, liberty, lone wolf, Obama, Patrick Leahy, Patriot Act, privacy, Russ Feingold, terrorism, US, War, War on Terrorism, Washington Post, wiretapping
The Washington Post reports the Justice Department “recommended that Congress move swiftly with legislation that would protect the government’s ability to collect a variety of business and credit card records and to monitor terrorism suspects with roving wiretaps” set to expire 31 December 09.
Daily Briefing — 10th-11th August 2009
Posted: 11 August 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, Amnesty International, Andy Worthington, Angola, Anthony Cordesman, bailout, Baitullah Mehsud, banking, China, corporatism, digby, domestic surveillance, economy, Eric Holder, fascism, Five-Day War, Geneva Conventions, Georgia, globalism, Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, healthcare, Hillary Clinton, human rights, India, international law, Iraq War, Israel, Japan, Justin Raimondo, law, libertarian, liberty, LTTE, marijuana, MI6, Middle East, Netanyahu, New York City, Newspeak, Obama, Ohio, oil, overdraft fees, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, SCOTUS, settlements, Sir John Scarlett, Somalia, South Ossetia, Sri Lanka, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, tasers, terrorism, Tet, torture, US, War, waterboarding, West Bank, Yukio Hatoyama, Zionism
How Goldman Sachs bailed out Goldman Sachs with U.S. taxpayer dollars; U.S. Justice [sic] Dept.’s effort to probe torture abuse is one to validate torture; 59% of Pakistanis view the U.S. as their biggest threat; Israel vows to not evict unlawful Israeli settlers in the West Bank; China emulating the U.K.’s Big Brother surveillance program; NYC’s racist drug war; 84-year-old Ohio woman with Alzheimer’s slammed to the pavement by cop… (more…)
U.K. to Put Cameras in Private Homes to Monitor Children
Posted: 3 August 2009 by Editors in Political ScienceTags: 1984, Allison Little, anarchism, anti-Statism, Big Brother, Charlie Sorrel, Chris Grayling, domestic surveillance, doublethink, Ed Balls, England, Family Intervention Projects, fascism, government, human rights, INGSOC, law, libertarian, liberty, Newspeak, Orwellian, privacy, UK
The U.K.’s “Family Intervention Projects” changes the meaning of ‘Nanny State’.
Will there be a blind spot to hide a journal, at least?
Daily Briefing — 3rd-4th August 2009
Posted: 3 August 2009 by Editors in Political ScienceTags: 9/11, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, bunker buster, CIA, corporatism, domestic surveillance, East Jerusalem, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat money, France, Georgia, healthcare, Henry Sender, Iran, Israel, Leon Panetta, military industrial complex, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Pentagon, police state, Russia, South Ossetia, torture, UK, US dollar, Wall Street, West Bank
al-Qa’ida offers truce with the U.S. including no sacrifices of ‘our freedom’; U.K. seeks to mandate ‘Big Brother’ surveillance in private homes; Pentagon wants to accelerate production of new 30,000 pound ‘bunker buster’ bomb; Wall St. ‘reaping outsized profits’ from the Federal [sic] Reserve; Israel steals homes from 50 Palestinians for Jewish settlers and more… (more…)
Daily Briefing — 30th-31st July 2009
Posted: 30 July 2009 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Charles johnson, Chicago Police, China, CIA, CPD, Cuba, Daid miliband, domestic surveillance, Elisha Strom, Eric Holder, Eritrea, Federal Reserve, free trade, Gaza, genocide, Henry Louis Gates, Hillary Clinton, internet, Iran election, Israel, James Crowley, Jody Weiss, land refor, law, libertarian, Mir Housein Mousavi, multinationals, oil, Palestine, Philip Giraldi, protectionism, racism, Rad Geek, Ron Paul, Russia, Sami al-Hajj, Somalia, Tomy Blair, torture, UK, US, USAF, waterboarding, West Bank
Clinton is threatening U.K. if doesn’t continue to bury evidence of C.I.A. torture; Eric Holder shouldn’t have passed his first semester of law school; C.P.D. backtracking on its “deadly force” policy announcement; “Land reform” is a global heist with more guns than any other; Senior U.S. military adviser: Get out of Iraq; H.R. 1207 up to 271 co-sponsors; and more… (more…)
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