Oct 302013
 

#surveillance http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-usa-security-google-idUSBRE99T18S20131030 Reuters The National Security Agency has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centres, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. It was unclear how the NSA accessed the links. The report, based on secret NSA documents leaked […]

Oct 102013
 

The application for leave-to-appeal to the Supreme Court was “dismissed” which means that I lost the legal battle.   WHAT IS THE CHARTER RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION  WHICH WAS THE DEFENCE IN MY TRAIL?  WHAT WAS LOST? “In fostering the underlying values of dignity, integrity and autonomy, it is fitting that s. 8 of the Charter […]

Oct 072013
 

Go to the URL – there is a short, good video interview of a journalist in Rio de Janeiro: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/more-disclosures-about-canadas-foreign-spying-activities-coming-us-journalist-says/article14726430/ (the text of the article is below, for back-up) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Also of interest: Canada’s elite soldiers expropriate to expand CFB […]

Oct 072013
 

Please take time for the related ACTION ITEM: 2013-11-23  SIGN STATEMENT:  Protect our Privacy!  (IMPORTANT) – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – RELATED:  2013-10-09  Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News – – – – – – – […]

Oct 062013
 
2013-10-06  (UK) Cabinet was told nothing about GCHQ spying programmes, says Chris Huhne.  Ex-minister says he was in 'utter ignorance' of Prism and Tempora.  The Guardian

By Nick Hopkins and Matthew Taylor Chris Huhne questions whether the Home Office deliberately misled parliament over the surveillance capabilities of GCHQ, pictured. Photograph: GCHQ/MoD/EPA Cabinet ministers and members of the national security council were told nothing about the existence and scale of the vast data-gathering programmes run by British and American intelligence agencies, a […]

Oct 032013
 

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/10/03/trial_begins_for_89yearold_who_wont_fill_out_census.html# Audrey Tobias was joined by about 80 supporters as her lawyer argued for her stand against the census software provided by Lockheed Martin. By: Liam Casey An 89-year-old woman believes she won her case for refusing to fill out her census form. But the judge will make his decision next Wednesday. Yet Audrey Tobias […]

Sep 302013
 

(Background for newcomers, see:  Lockheed Martin, . . . Census, Surveys, Charter Right to Privacy, On Trial   (SCC = Supreme Court of Canada) NEED CRITICAL INPUT Will some of you please read the Objective Summary  (2 paragraphs) and provide your critical thoughts to me? At this juncture, a two-paragraph Summary of the issue in my trial […]

Sep 272013
 

I am betting on us! For that to happen:  pass along some information to just a few others. Our Feudal Lords will win if we are unable to get the more accurate story into the hands of enough people. There are some amazing initiatives that I will put into a later email.   ~ ~ […]

Sep 272013
 

If you have time for only one thing, listen to this remarkable panel discussion from Australia,  The war on whistleblowers and journalism,  at http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/19/war-on-whistlelblowers-and-journalists. (Bradley Manning is now Chelsea Manning) THE PANELISTS ARE – – WOW!  Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published the NSA (National Security Agency) information leaked by Edward […]

Sep 232013
 

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   In 2006, a federal agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, helped build an international encryption system to help countries and industries fend off computer hacking and theft. Unbeknown to the many users of the system, a different government arm, the National Security Agency, secretly inserted a “back door” […]