Infowars | 11 Jan 2016 “Beware, the savage jaw of 1984” David Bowie, the legendary musician who passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer, had diverse and sometimes controversial political views. Among some of the singer’s most notable statements was the 1974 single “1984,” a George Orwell-inspired protest song from the album Diamond…
New Eastern Outlook |19 September 2015 Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations rocked the world. According to his detailed reports, the US had launched massive spying programs and was scrutinizing the communications of American citizens in a manner which could only be described as extreme and intense. The US’s reaction was swift and to…
VIce | 2 Sept 2015 It was a “bleak week.” That’s how US State Department director of policy planning Anne-Marie Slaughter described it in a November 2010 email to Hillary Clinton, one day after WikiLeaks caused an international diplomatic crisis when it released more than 250,000 classified cables from US foreign embassies around the world. Clinton, who…
Sputnik News | 11 Aug 2015 Not long ago a top secret document revealed the role psychology had in the extensive surveillance methods used by the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters. But the legacy of such cognitive behavioral surveillance methods remains unchallenged. Leaked by WikiLeaks and published by The Intercept, the report ‘What UK spies do to you — in their…
Radio NZ | 11 Aug 2015 The Security Intelligence Service has warned greater openness about its activities has prompted the people it is monitoring to change the way they communicate, to avoid being snooped on. But its director Rebecca Kitteridge said the SIS could be more open without unduly compromising its effectiveness. Listen to more…
Scoop | 6 July 2015 Hon Sir Michael Cullen and Dame Patsy Reddy, 6 July 2015 The independent reviewers examining New Zealand’s intelligence and security legislation are calling for public submissions. Hon Sir Michael Cullen and Dame Patsy Reddy have been appointed by the Acting Attorney-General, Hon Amy Adams, to conduct the review. “We are…
NZ Herald | 1 July 2015 What else have those spy agencies busied themselves with, apart from undermining the the US technology industry with surveillance efforts? How about reverse-engineering, or cracking as it’s also called, security software in order to hack and surveil targets? Not only that, but tracking users of antivirus and security products…
The Intercept | June 26, 2015 Three days after the New York Times revealed that the U.S. government was secretly monitoring the calls and emails of people inside the United States without court-approved warrants, the National Security Agency issued a top-secret assessment of the damage done to intelligence efforts by the story. The conclusion: the information could…
Tech Dirt | May 28, 2015 “For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone” The old joke goes “George Orwell’s 1984 was a warning, not a ‘how to’ manual.” But that joke is increasingly less funny as…
Common Dreams | May 21, 2015 The ‘Five Eyes’ alliance exploited weaknesses in popular browser and planned to hijack links to app stores to implant spyware on mobile phones, new documents show The intelligence alliance known as Five Eyes—comprising the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Australia—exploited security weaknesses in one of the world’s…