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Source: Guardian
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014573954
Guardian partners with New York Times over Snowden GCHQ files
Some of Edward Snowden cache shared with US paper after 'climate of intense pressure' from UK government
The Guardian has struck a partnership with the New York Times which will give the US paper access to some of the sensitive cache of documents leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The arrangement was made when the Guardian was faced with demands from the UK government to hand over the GCHQ files it had in its possession.
"In a climate of intense pressure from the UK government, the Guardian decided to bring in a US partner to work on the GCHQ documents provided by Edward Snowden. We are working in partnership with the NYT and others to continue reporting these stories," the Guardian said in a statement.
Journalists in America are protected by the first amendment which guarantees free speech and in practice prevents the state seeking pre-publication injunctions or "prior restraint".
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/23/guardian-news-york-times-partnership
UPDATED TO ADD:
In an article on its website, the Guardian elaborated on its reasons for the partnership, and said Snowden had been informed:
It is intended that the collaboration with the New York Times will allow the Guardian to continue exposing mass surveillance by putting the Snowden documents on GCHQ beyond government reach. Snowden is aware of the arrangement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/23/ny-times-guardian-snowden_n_3805614.html
---so what you are saying, is we would be BETTER OFF --- NOT KNOWING THESE THINGS?:
reposting hat tip: JDPriestlyBelow is a list of 10 revelations disclosed by Manning’s leaked documents that offer insight into the breadth and scope of what he revealed, help explain his motivation for leaking, and provide context for the ongoing trial. The list, in no particular order, is far from comprehensive but encompasses some of the most significant information brought to light by the leaked documents.
There were 109,032 “violent deaths” recorded in Iraq between 2004 and 2009, including 66,081 civilians. Leaked records from the Afghan War separately revealed coalition troops’ alleged role in killing at least 195 civilians in unreported incidents, one reportedly involving U.S. service members machine-gunning a bus, wounding or killing 15 passengers.
The U.S. Embassy in Paris advised Washington to start a military-style trade war against any European Union country that opposed genetically modified crops, with U.S. diplomats effectively working directly for GM companies such as Monsanto.
British and American officials colluded in a plan to mislead the British Parliament over a proposed ban on cluster bombs.
In Baghdad in 2007, a U.S. Army helicopter gunned down a group of civilians, including two Reuters news staff.
U.S. special operations forces were conducting offensive operations inside Pakistan despite sustained public denials and statements to the contrary by U.S. officials.
A leaked diplomatic cable provided evidence that during an incident in 2006, U.S. troops in Iraq executed at least 10 Iraqi civilians, including a woman in her 70s and a 5-month-old, then called in an airstrike to destroy the evidence. The disclosure of this cable was later a significant factor in the Iraqi government’s refusal to grant U.S. troops immunity from prosecution beyond 2011, which led to U.S. troops withdrawing from the country.
A NATO coalition in Afghanistan was using an undisclosed “black” unit of special operations forces to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. The unit was revealed to have had a kill-or-capture list featuring details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al-Qaida, but it had in some cases mistakenly killed men, women, children, and Afghan police officers.
The U.S. threatened the Italian government in an attempt to influence a court case involving the indictment of CIA agents over the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. Separately, U.S. officials were revealed to have pressured Spanish prosecutors to dissuade them from investigating U.S. torture allegations, secret “extraordinary rendition” flights, and the killing of a Spanish journalist by U.S. troops in Iraq.
In apparent violation of a 1946 U.N. convention, Washington initiated a spying campaign in 2009 that targeted the leadership of the U.N. by seeking to gather top officials’ private encryption keys, credit card details, and biometric data.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/04/bradley_manning_trial_10_revelations_from_wikileaks_documents_on_iraq_afghanistan.html
adding these as well (for those who don't think the above is enough):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3518698
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175879/too-often-forgotten-amazingly-long-list-what-we-know-thanks-private-manning#axzz2coqF27hD
Um, excuse me NSA/Mike: there's no Friday October 6th in the last three years.
Um, there's no Friday October 6th in the last three years.2011: Friday Oct. 7
2012: Friday Oct. 5
2013: Friday Oct. 4
An earlier newsletter, which is undated, states that the Prism providers were all given new certifications within days of the Fisa court ruling. "All Prism providers, except Yahoo and Google, were successfully transitioned to the new certifications. We expect Yahoo and Google to complete transitioning by Friday 6 October."
Leaked to the Guardian, the documents reveal that technology companies including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook incurred the costs to meet new certification demands following the court's October 2011 ruling.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid
Obama says Republicans privately tell him they're scared of Rush Limbaugh
From President Obama's CNN interview that aired Friday morning:
more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/23/1233294/-Obama-says-Republicans-privately-tell-him-they-re-scared-of-Rush-Limbaugh
"Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither." Benjamin Franklin
US Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Date: August 23, 2013 - 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Speaker(s): Senator Ron Wyden; Congressman Earl Blumenauer
http://www.pdxcityclub.org/node/6617
USA To Internet Companies: "We pay you because we know it is illegal"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid
So all the EU privacy laws are for nothing. Why is no one addressing this?
But Snowden's revelations have shown that US emails and calls are collected in large quantities in the course of these 702 operations, either deliberately because the individual has been in contact with a foreign intelligence target or inadvertently because the NSA is unable to separate out purely domestic communications.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid
To save the government time,we should send them detailed info about our activities on a daily basis
To save the government time,we should send them detailed information about our activities on a daily basis:
Hi Dave,
Hope all is well. I had a Twix at about 11am this morning. As you might have noticed, I only ate half. This was due to a time issue. The second piece will be eaten around 5pm. You'll notice that Alan in Accounting has been stopping by my desk a lot. As you might have heard, he's been going through rough times recently. I put the majority of the blame on his new haircut. He says it's not a bowl cut. But it is, Dave. It surely is. Anyway, I'm headed out later to the pub. I'll put two shirts up to the window. Send me a signal as to which one you prefer and I'll wear it.
All my love,
Mark.
https://id.guardian.co.uk/profile/cantonaldo/public
taxpayer's millions
and they lied about it too:
The disclosure that taxpayers' money was used to cover the companies' compliance costs raises new questions over the relationship between Silicon Valley and the NSA. Since the existence of the program was first revealed by the Guardian and the Washington Post on June 6, the companies have repeatedly denied all knowledge of it and insisted they only hand over user data in response to specific legal requests from the authorities.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
Source: Guardian
The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the Prism surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency's activities were unconstitutional, according to top-secret material passed to the Guardian.
The technology companies, which the NSA says includes Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Facebook, incurred the costs to meet new certification demands in the wake of the ruling from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (Fisa) court.
The October 2011 judgment, which was declassified on Wednesday by the Obama administration, found that the NSA's inability to separate purely domestic communications from foreign traffic violated the fourth amendment.
While the ruling did not concern the Prism program directly, documents passed to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden describe the problems the decision created for the agency and the efforts required to bring operations into compliance. The material provides the first evidence of a financial relationship between the tech companies and the NSA.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid
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