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 – – – – – – – […]
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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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. ~ ~ […]
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 […]
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” […]
Story related to Edward Snowden’s leaks about NSA spying. BACKGROUND: (from Wikipedia) BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.[2] The grouping was originally known as “BRIC” before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010. With the possible exception of Russia,[3] the BRICS […]
My last email was about spying on citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S., information leaked by Edward Snowden. (The POwer of Fun. Fun in the streets.) It’s a serious issue – privacy of personal information. Hear what Phil Zimmermann has to say – – very worthwhile interview (20 minutes): You have even […]
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/16294-snowden-s-father-lawyer-challenge-obama-s-claims By Jack Kenny Edward J. Snowden’s father Lon (shown INSERT: go to the URL) and the Snowden family lawyer said Sunday that they will soon be going to Moscow to see the fugitive whistleblower and his Russian attorney. Lon Snowden also said he would urge his son to come home and face trial if […]