Follow on Twitter
Follow
on Facebook
Follow on Google Currents
Subscribe by RSS
NSA: The True Power Of One Of The Worlds Largest Intelligence Agencies
February 27, 2012, Wikileaks began publishing the Global Intelligence Files (GIFiles). These files consist of over five million emails from the “Global Intelligence” company named Stratfor, headquartered in Texas. April 22, 2011, Brian Genchur sent an email to Stratfor’s analysts detailing future expansion plans of the NSA. According to the email, the installations slated for upgrade/expansion are Buckley AFB, Fort Gordon, Fort Meade, Camp Williams, and UK RAF Menwith...
NSA Signals Intelligence – industrial and diplomatic espionage
In a recent keynote speech at the annual Blackhat Security conference aiming to address concerns over recently revealed NSA surveillance programs, NSA director General Alexander assured his audience that the NSA’s main mission is protect the US and save lives. “What we’re doing is for foreign intelligence purposes,” he said, and that included counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation, and cyber attacks.
Snowden revelations: EU launches inquiry on surveillance
The European Parliament has commissioned an inquiry on surveillance by both the United States and European countries. Led by the Civil Liberties Committee, the inquiry will begin on September 5th. German MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht, a member of the committee, has already made a noteworthy move by suggesting the name of Edward Snowden, as one of the experts to testify. “Obviously this is only the beginning of the process,”...
Soldiers’ Perspectives On The Use Of Chemical Weapons
On June 10, 2013, Iraq war veteran Daniel Somers wrote a final letter to his loving wife and family before taking his own life. Somers, who participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom, said he was forced by the US military to participate in crimes against humanity as well as cover up of these horrific crimes. He did not reveal any details of the crimes, but stories from many other veterans corroborate...
The surveillance state – part one.
Governments and corporations have been spying on you, through Facebook, through your smartphone, through email – some might even have applications installed on your computer. These applications are sending information back to corporations with user behavior. Federal agencies, corporate companies, intelligence agencies, and even dictators now have the tools in hand to access that user behavior by eavesdropping on communications or conducting pattern analysis. They have the ability find out...
![Graffiti calling for a raise in the minimum wage. The letters 'UN' are crossed out, ostensibly in protest of the UN MINUSTAH peacekeeping force. [Photo by Ansel Herz]](http://wikileaks-press.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Ansel-Herz-HaitiGraffiti.jpg)
