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10-17-2013 , 05:28 AM

LirvA

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NSA leaks journalist Glenn Greenwald leaves the Guardian

Glenn Greenwald, a journalist who covered data leaked by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, has announced he is leaving Britain's Guardian newspaper.

Mr Greenwald said he was departing to take up a "dream" opportunity.

Documents from Mr Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, revealed internet and phone surveillance by US intelligence.

Brazil, where Mr Greenwald lives, says it wants to speak to Mr Snowden over allegations the US spied on it.

According to information leaked by Mr Snowden, the NSA intercepted communications by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and monitored millions of emails and phone calls by the country's citizens.

As a result, Ms Rousseff cancelled a planned visit to the US.

Jose Alberto Freitas, the head of intelligence in Brazil's police force, said it was "crucial" to speak to Edward Snowden, as he could "provide technical details that will help our investigation advance".

Mr Snowden, who is wanted by the US on espionage charges, is currently living in Russia, having been granted asylum by Moscow.
'Crucial role'

In a statement posted online, Mr Greenwald described his "partnership with the Guardian" as "extremely fruitful and fulfilling" and praised the editors and journalists of the newspaper.

He said his new venture was "momentous" but he was not yet able to give any details about it.

He told online news site Buzzfeed he would be involved in a "new, large-scale... media outlet".

The Guardian's Jennifer Lindauer said: "Glenn Greenwald is a remarkable journalist and it has been fantastic working with him.

"Our work together over the last year has demonstrated the crucial role that responsible investigative journalism can play in holding those in power to account."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24545344

02-19-2014 , 10:13 PM

yeSpiff

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AAaaaaaand have now started Firstlook media
with many great journalists such as Laura Poitras, Jeremy Scahill, Dan Froomkin, Ryan Devereaux and many others.

They have started publishing on first part of the site; the Intersept.

UK Court: David Miranda Detention Legal Under Terrorism Law

Snowden Documents Reveal Covert Surveillance and Pressure Tactics Aimed at WikiLeaks and Its Supporters

The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program

New Photos of the NSA and Other Top Intelligence Agencies Revealed for First Time

I urge you all to have look ! This topic is about Snowden, spying, civil rights and the free Press !

other sources for Snowden info:
All files are posted on the Cryptome Archive. http://cryptome.org/

A good overview site is at The Courage Foundation, hosted in Island. https://freesnowden.is/revelations/index.html

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This is what I think we will see more of in the next batch of revelations:
economic espionage

From German Interview with Snowden:
Does the NSA spy on Siemens? On Mercedes? On other successful German companies for example, to have the advantage of knowing what is going on in the scientific and economic boat?

I don’t want to preempt the editorial decisions of journalists, but what I will say is there’s no question that the US is engaged in economic spying. If there is information at Siemens that they think would be beneficial to the national interests – not the national security – of the United States, they’ll go after that information and they’ll take it.

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about $40 million in annual trade is related to the clove cigarette dispute and $1 billion annually to shrimp — the Australian surveillance of talks underscores the extent to which the N.S.A. and its close partners engage in economic espionage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/us...-law-firm.html

02-19-2014 , 10:19 PM

El Rata

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I like how they cover a wide range of subjects from the NSA to Snowden to Greenwald's boyfriend getting arrested.

02-19-2014 , 10:22 PM

yeSpiff

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Originally Posted by El Rata

I like how they cover a wide range of subjects from the NSA to Snowden to Greenwald's boyfriend getting arrested.

Just started.. not bad for the 10 first days

Here is a link to a video debate "Snowden Was Justified." Get the Facts and You’ll Likely Agree.

https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-s...edward-snowden

Last edited by yeSpiff; 02-19-2014 at 10:30 PM.

02-19-2014 , 10:27 PM

adios

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YeSpiff your talents are wasted here. The politics forum would love your posts.

I would like to know the info Snowden took with him. It takes a lot of nad for congress critters to call Snowden a traitor for leaking info on the NSAs,debatable at best, program of domestic surveillance. Then we have the "check" of the FISA courts which is a joke. Yeah I realize this was a Bush thing too. Thanks Obama.

02-19-2014 , 10:52 PM

yeSpiff

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thanks, I'm working on it, still new at this writing and posting, thing..
usually know a bit of everything but not much of everything about something

(11min ago, Matt Taibbi joined firstlook too, interesting)

02-20-2014 , 12:51 PM

yeSpiff

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Luke Harding

As of April 2013, the US spy agency had 117,675 active surveillance targets. Was I perhaps now one of them?

By September the book was going well – 30,000 words done. A Christmas deadline loomed. I was writing a chapter on the NSA’s close, and largely hidden, relationship with Silicon Valley. I wrote that Snowden’s revelations had damaged US tech companies and their bottom line. Something odd happened. The paragraph I had just written began to self-delete. The cursor moved rapidly from the left, gobbling text. I watched my words vanish. When I tried to close my OpenOffice file the keyboard began flashing and bleeping.

Over the next few weeks these incidents of remote deletion happened several times. There was no fixed pattern but it tended to occur when I wrote disparagingly of the NSA. All authors expect criticism. But criticism before publication by an anonymous, divine third party is something novel. I began to leave notes for my secret reader. I tried to be polite, but irritation crept in. Once I wrote: “Good morning. I don’t mind you reading my manuscript – you’re doing so already – but I’d be grateful if you don’t delete it. Thank you.” There was no reply.

lol

Last edited by yeSpiff; 02-20-2014 at 12:54 PM. Reason: his book sucks..

02-20-2014 , 05:38 PM

yeSpiff

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Meet Jack, Or, What the government could do with your location data.

Please note that by playing any clip, YouTube and Google will place a long term cookie on your computer.

02-23-2014 , 08:18 PM

longmissedblind

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Quote:

Originally Posted by yeSpiff

Meet Jack, Or, What the government could do with your location data.

Please note that by playing any clip, YouTube and Google will place a long term cookie on your computer.

Scare Manger(?)

02-24-2014 , 10:25 AM

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SuperUberBob

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Pretty sure that Glenn held back a lot of info from his Snowden revelation. Bet if he feels that the US government comes down on him that he´ll release some crazy **** that America has been doing beforehand.

02-26-2014 , 07:58 PM

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yeSpiff

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Big Story About Government Manipulation and Disruption of the Internet

the most important story leaked by Snowden so far

Even reddit censors story and discussion.

03-01-2014 , 11:19 PM

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yeSpiff

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^^ uh sorry bad link.. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/a...ts-supporters/

NEW:

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2...-manipulation/

03-18-2014 , 04:45 AM

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yeSpiff

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Quote:

Originally Posted by longmissedblind

Scare Manger(?)

Reports of the Death of a National License-Plate Tracking Database Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

03-19-2014 , 11:52 AM

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AlanDyer

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**** Greenwald. that hack is sitting on a huge pile of information that is never going to see the light of day.

03-19-2014 , 01:38 PM

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Huehuecoyotl

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On one hand yes, on the other if you just dump it you don't get the build up for effect. Wiki leaks dumped all their information and no one really batted an eye.

04-11-2014 , 12:00 PM

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yeSpiff

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Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras Returning To U.S. For First Time Since Snowden Revelations

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_5125574.html

What will free speech country do

04-11-2014 , 12:14 PM

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yeSpiff

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Jacob Appelbaum
@ioerror
Good news: @laurapoitras and @ggreenwald are through US customs and on their way to the #Polk Award. They safely returned home, **** yeah!
4:11 p.m. Fri, Apr 11

**** yeah!

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