NSA

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner pled guilty to one count of violating the Espionage Act when she disclosed an NSA report that claimed Russian hackers targeted United States voter registration systems in the 2016 election.
The guilty plea was part of a change of plea hearing in federal court in Augusta, Georgia, and the result of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Under the plea agreement, the government agreed to offer her 63 months in prison. That is five years and three months. The maximum sentence for a violation of the Espionage Act is 10 years.

Sharing secrets, bombshell accusations and incompetent enemies + this day in history w/Clinton punishes Iraq and our song of the day by Stickybuds on your Morning Monarchy for June 26, 2018.

(CD) — “The most important surveillance story you will see for years just went online, revealing how AT&T became the internet’s biggest enemy, secretly collaborating against its customers and partners to destroy your privacy.” That was how whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden reacted to the publication of an explosive story by The Intercept on Monday, which reveals for the first time how […]

The Intercept har lokaliserat det amerikanska telekomföretaget AT&T:s hubbar för bland annat så kallad peering traffic. Det vill säga de punkter där företaget även hanterar trafik för andra operatörer på tillfällig eller fast basis.Det intressanta är att AT&T i dessa hubbar ger den amerikanska organisationen för massövervakning - NSA - tillgång till trafiken. Det är kanske inte överraskande.

Last week, rallies in support of Julian Assange were held around the world. We participated in two #AssangeUnity events seeking to #FreeAssange in Washington, DC.
This is the beginning of a new phase of the campaign to stop the persecution of Julian Assange and allow him to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London without the threat of being arrested in the UK or facing prosecution by the United States.

We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche…. As long as we go out and buy stuff, we’re at their mercy… We all live in a little Village. Your Village may be different from other people’s Villages, but we are all prisoners.
— Patrick McGoohan, The Prisoner, Television Series

By Ray McGovern | Consortium News | June 7, 2018 If you are wondering why so little is heard these days of accusations that Russia hacked into the U.S. election in 2016, it could be because those charges could not withstand close scrutiny. It could also be because special counsel Robert Mueller appears to have […]

More than two years after the allegation of Russian hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election was first made, conclusive proof is still lacking and may never be produced, says Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News If…Read more →

Cloud push, credit crash and algorithm advice + this day in history w/the start of the Six Day War and our song of the day by Gorillaz on your Morning Monarchy for June 5, 2018.

Miljöpartiet håller kongress. I opinionsmässig kris. Vilket delvis kan bero på att verkligheten hunnit ikapp dem. Delvis på att de regerat sönder sig – och svikit i kärnfråga efter kärnfråga.I raddan av svek har ett kommit i skymundan, trots att det är totalt – massövervakningen.MP har röstat nej till att riva upp FRA-lagen. De har röstat nej till att utreda samarbetet med amerikanska NSA.