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21st Century Wire says…
A lot of people saw this coming. In the aftermath of the Westminster attack and then Amber Rudd‘s comments about WhatsApp, it was only a matter of time before another encroachment on encryption and privacy would occur.

(ANTIMEDIA Op-Ed) “Next time you’re at Costco, you can pick up a jumbo bag of Cheetos and a copy of ‘1984.’ Doubleplus good!”
That’s how the Washington Post opened its quick little entry on Wednesday. Continuing, Ron Charles, editor of Book World for the Post, wrote:

Jay Dyer
21st Century Wire

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By: Jay Dyer
Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange was definitely due for a full treatment – a full Ludovico Treatment!  I last watched the film some six or seven years ago and, while I knew there were obvious “MK Ultra” themes, there was much I missed.  The same happens with literature too, depending on the phase and time in your life.  Being much more grounded these years later, I am surprised at how much I missed (isn’t that always the case?).

Georges Orwell, l’auteur du livre « 1984 », peut être fier d’avoir vu plutôt juste dans son célèbre roman d’anticipation. Les annonces des gros médias et des géants du web se succèdent ces derniers mois, dévoilant à chaque fois de nouveaux outils pour contrôler encore un peu plus l’information sur Internet.

Criminals in action, bizarro world and countering disinformation + this day in history w/Bush v. Gore and our song of the day by Kindling on your Morning Monarchy for December 12, 2016.

Snooper's Charter, Titanpointe and last ditch efforts + this day in history w/JFK blown away and our song of the day by The Pretenders on your Morning Monarchy for November 22, 2016.

(ANTIMEDIA) The Intercept recently began releasing batches of top secret internal newsletters from the most important division of the NSA, the Signals Intelligence Directorate, or SIGINT. This is basically the spy division. The internal newsletter, SIDtoday, was never meant to be read by anyone outside of the agency, but it trickled out with the Snowden leak and has been waiting for proper publication. The Intercept will release nine years worth of articles in batches.

(ANTIMEDIA) United States — It’s debatable whether George Orwell surmised the ominous threat of totalitarianism that inspired him to pen the dystopic vision, 1984, would extend worldwide and resurface nearly seven decades after its publication. But the novel’s apt description of a world on end have undoubtedly come to pass.