ForgotPassword?
Sign Up
Search this Topic:
Posts: 27156
Jan 30 16 5:56 PM
A White House tech expert with links to Edward Snowden just lost his security clearance
The White House has denied a security clearance to a member of its technology team who previously helped report on documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Ashkan Soltani, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and recent staffer at the Federal Trade Commission, recently began working with the White House on privacy, data ethics and technical outreach. The partnership raised eyebrows when it was announced in December because of Soltani’s previous work with the Washington Post, where he helped analyze and protect a cache of National Security Agency documents leaked by Snowden. His departure raises questions about the US government’s ability to partner with the broader tech community, where people come from a more diverse background than traditional government staffers.
The White House has denied a security clearance to a member of its technology team who previously helped report on documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Ashkan Soltani, a Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and recent staffer at the Federal Trade Commission, recently began working with the White House on privacy, data ethics and technical outreach.
The partnership raised eyebrows when it was announced in December because of Soltani’s previous work with the Washington Post, where he helped analyze and protect a cache of National Security Agency documents leaked by Snowden.
His departure raises questions about the US government’s ability to partner with the broader tech community, where people come from a more diverse background than traditional government staffers.
Read more @ http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-tech-staffer-with-links-to-edward-snowden-lost-his-security-clearance-2016-1?IR=T
JERUSALEM: The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Israel voiced disappointment at the disclosures, which were published on Friday in three media outlets and might further strain relations with Washington after years of feuding over strategies on Iran and the Palestinians. Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily said the US National Security Agency, which specializes in electronic surveillance, and its British counterpart GCHQ spied on Israeli air force missions against the Palestinian enclave Gaza, Syria and Iran. The spy operation, codenamed "Anarchist", was run out of a Cyprus base and targeted other Middle East states too, it said. Its findings were mirrored by stories in Germany's Der Spiegel newsmagazine and the online publication Intercept, which lists Snowden confidant Glenn Greenwald among its associates. "This access is indispensable for maintaining an understanding of Israeli military training and operations and thus an insight to possible future developments in the region," The Intercept quoted a classified GCHQ report as saying in 2008. That year, Israel went to war against Hamas guerrillas in Gaza and began issuing increasingly vocal threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities if it deemed international diplomacy insufficient to deny its arch-foe the means of making a bomb. Asked for comment, the United States and Britain said through spokespeople for their embassies in Israel that they do not publicly discuss intelligence matters. Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, sought to play down the potential damage but said lessons would be learned.
JERUSALEM: The United States and Britain have monitored secret sorties and communications by Israel's air force in a hacking operation dating back to 1998, according to documents attributed to leaks by former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. Israel voiced disappointment at the disclosures, which were published on Friday in three media outlets and might further strain relations with Washington after years of feuding over strategies on Iran and the Palestinians. Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily said the US National Security Agency, which specializes in electronic surveillance, and its British counterpart GCHQ spied on Israeli air force missions against the Palestinian enclave Gaza, Syria and Iran. The spy operation, codenamed "Anarchist", was run out of a Cyprus base and targeted other Middle East states too, it said. Its findings were mirrored by stories in Germany's Der Spiegel newsmagazine and the online publication Intercept, which lists Snowden confidant Glenn Greenwald among its associates. "This access is indispensable for maintaining an understanding of Israeli military training and operations and thus an insight to possible future developments in the region," The Intercept quoted a classified GCHQ report as saying in 2008.
That year, Israel went to war against Hamas guerrillas in Gaza and began issuing increasingly vocal threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities if it deemed international diplomacy insufficient to deny its arch-foe the means of making a bomb. Asked for comment, the United States and Britain said through spokespeople for their embassies in Israel that they do not publicly discuss intelligence matters. Israeli energy minister Yuval Steinitz, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet, sought to play down the potential damage but said lessons would be learned.
Read more @ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/US-British-spies-hacked-Israeli-air-force-reports-citing-Edward-Snowden-say/articleshow/50776321.cms
AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike against Iran, and keeping tabs on the drone technology Israel exports around the world. Under a classified program code-named “Anarchist,” the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, working with the National Security Agency, systematically targeted Israeli drones from a mountaintop on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. GCHQ files provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden include a series of “Anarchist snapshots” — thumbnail images from videos recorded by drone cameras. The files also show location data mapping the flight paths of the aircraft. In essence, U.S. and British agencies stole a bird’s-eye view from the drones.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike against Iran, and keeping tabs on the drone technology Israel exports around the world.
Under a classified program code-named “Anarchist,” the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, working with the National Security Agency, systematically targeted Israeli drones from a mountaintop on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. GCHQ files provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden include a series of “Anarchist snapshots” — thumbnail images from videos recorded by drone cameras. The files also show location data mapping the flight paths of the aircraft. In essence, U.S. and British agencies stole a bird’s-eye view from the drones.
Read more @ https://theintercept.com/2016/01/28/israeli-drone-feeds-hacked-by-british-and-american-intelligence/
Hebrew language news service Yediot Aharonot revealed on Friday morning that British and US intelligence services hacked Israeli drones (UAV) and fighter jets sent to monitor military operations in Gaza. This startling revelation came from documents leaked by famed whistle-blower, Edward Snowden. The British and American services were monitoring for potential pre-emptive Israeli strikes against Iran and also to stay current on Israeli technology. The joint program, code-named “Anarchist”, was run by British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the US National Security Agency (NSA).It monitored transmissions for 18 years from a Royal Air Force installation in the Troodos Mountains, near Mount Olympus, the highest point on Cyprus. The leaked files showed snapshot images, including photos of the drones which indicate, though not conclusively, that some of the drones are carrying missiles, something which the Israeli government refuses to either confirm or deny.
Hebrew language news service Yediot Aharonot revealed on Friday morning that British and US intelligence services hacked Israeli drones (UAV) and fighter jets sent to monitor military operations in Gaza. This startling revelation came from documents leaked by famed whistle-blower, Edward Snowden. The British and American services were monitoring for potential pre-emptive Israeli strikes against Iran and also to stay current on Israeli technology.
The joint program, code-named “Anarchist”, was run by British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the US National Security Agency (NSA).It monitored transmissions for 18 years from a Royal Air Force installation in the Troodos Mountains, near Mount Olympus, the highest point on Cyprus. The leaked files showed snapshot images, including photos of the drones which indicate, though not conclusively, that some of the drones are carrying missiles, something which the Israeli government refuses to either confirm or deny.
Read more @ http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/60127/new-snowden-document-revealed-britainn-and-us-spied-on-israeli-drones-middle-east/
A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he was stranded in Moscow. The story of the private aircraft, a Gulfstream V with registration number N977GA, was first reported by The Register in June 2014. The plane previously used by the American intelligence to secretly transport terror subjects to clandestine detention facilities in Europe, flew from Washington, DC over Scotland to Copenhagen, the report said. Docs confirm #Scotland and #Denmark used for US failed Edward @Snowden rendition flight mission https://t.co/9ETqypjO2Q#SNP@theSNP — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 26 января 2016 In August 2015, the Danish news website Denfri.dk filed a number of Freedom of Information requests to the government in Copenhagen, seeking the disclosure of documents concerning the alleged involvement of Denmark in a plot to arrest and extradite Snowden. On Sunday, it reported that after lengthy deliberation, it had acquired new evidence that substantiated the claim.
A Danish news website has published documents backing up the allegations that in June 2013 a US plane with a connection to CIA black site programs was on call in Copenhagen ready to snatch NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden as he was stranded in Moscow.
The story of the private aircraft, a Gulfstream V with registration number N977GA, was first reported by The Register in June 2014. The plane previously used by the American intelligence to secretly transport terror subjects to clandestine detention facilities in Europe, flew from Washington, DC over Scotland to Copenhagen, the report said.
Docs confirm #Scotland and #Denmark used for US failed Edward @Snowden rendition flight mission https://t.co/9ETqypjO2Q#SNP@theSNP
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) 26 января 2016
In August 2015, the Danish news website Denfri.dk filed a number of Freedom of Information requests to the government in Copenhagen, seeking the disclosure of documents concerning the alleged involvement of Denmark in a plot to arrest and extradite Snowden. On Sunday, it reported that after lengthy deliberation, it had acquired new evidence that substantiated the claim.
Read more @ https://www.rt.com/news/330486-snowden-snatch-plane-denmark/
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prepared to kidnap Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed illegal and unconstitutional mass spying by the National Security Agency (NSA), documents obtained by the Danish media outlet Denfri show. US intelligence maintained an aircraft and paramilitary team on standby in Copenhagen, awaiting orders to seize Snowden in the event that he crossed into a number of European countries, the documents show. They were obtained by Denfri through a Freedom of Information Act suit in August 2015. The existence of the CIA plane was first reported in 2014 by The Register, which identified the aircraft as a Gulfstream V, registered under the number N977GA. The plane had previously been used to transport CIA captives to the agency’s “black site” torture centers across Europe, which were built up as part of an expanding global network of secret CIA prisons since 9/11. The latest documents appear to have decisively corroborated this account, showing that Danish police and government officers approved the positioning of the CIA plane in Copenhagen for unspecified “state purposes.” In one of the leaked government letters, US Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives also sought cooperation from the Norwegian government, demanding that they immediately notify US agencies in the event that Snowden travelled to Norway, Finland, Sweden or Denmark. The Danish decision to host the plane was part of broader cooperation by Copenhagen with Washington’s extra-legal kidnapping and rendition network. The Danish state has sought to preserve total secrecy in relation to the stationing of the CIA plane on its soil. “Denmark’s relationship with the USA would be damaged if the information [content redacted from the documents] becomes public knowledge,” Denmark’s interior ministry told Denfri. The confirmation that Washington planned for a direct raid to seize Snowden and forcibly return him to US custody does not come as a surprise. Snowden has become a public enemy of the first order in the eyes of the US ruling class since he began releasing troves of data on spy programs run by the NSA and other US government agencies in the summer of 2013. According to May 2014 comments from then-NSA Director Keith Alexander, Snowden downloaded more than 1 million secret US government documents. For the “crime” of exposing the vast and criminal surveillance enterprises run the by US government, Snowden has been subjected to innumerable death threats and slanders by the American media and political establishment.
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) prepared to kidnap Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed illegal and unconstitutional mass spying by the National Security Agency (NSA), documents obtained by the Danish media outlet Denfri show.
US intelligence maintained an aircraft and paramilitary team on standby in Copenhagen, awaiting orders to seize Snowden in the event that he crossed into a number of European countries, the documents show. They were obtained by Denfri through a Freedom of Information Act suit in August 2015.
The existence of the CIA plane was first reported in 2014 by The Register, which identified the aircraft as a Gulfstream V, registered under the number N977GA. The plane had previously been used to transport CIA captives to the agency’s “black site” torture centers across Europe, which were built up as part of an expanding global network of secret CIA prisons since 9/11.
The latest documents appear to have decisively corroborated this account, showing that Danish police and government officers approved the positioning of the CIA plane in Copenhagen for unspecified “state purposes.” In one of the leaked government letters, US Federal Bureau of Investigation representatives also sought cooperation from the Norwegian government, demanding that they immediately notify US agencies in the event that Snowden travelled to Norway, Finland, Sweden or Denmark.
The Danish decision to host the plane was part of broader cooperation by Copenhagen with Washington’s extra-legal kidnapping and rendition network. The Danish state has sought to preserve total secrecy in relation to the stationing of the CIA plane on its soil.
“Denmark’s relationship with the USA would be damaged if the information [content redacted from the documents] becomes public knowledge,” Denmark’s interior ministry told Denfri.
The confirmation that Washington planned for a direct raid to seize Snowden and forcibly return him to US custody does not come as a surprise.
Snowden has become a public enemy of the first order in the eyes of the US ruling class since he began releasing troves of data on spy programs run by the NSA and other US government agencies in the summer of 2013. According to May 2014 comments from then-NSA Director Keith Alexander, Snowden downloaded more than 1 million secret US government documents.
For the “crime” of exposing the vast and criminal surveillance enterprises run the by US government, Snowden has been subjected to innumerable death threats and slanders by the American media and political establishment.
Read more @ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/01/30/snow-j30.html
Whistleblower Edward Snowden brands 'encrypted' Isis email as a fake
Snowden suggested that Isis could see a benefit in scaring Western nations into clamping down on encryption Whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed that a supposed 'encrypted email' featured in a recent Isis propaganda video is fake. The latest video, in which extremists make threats against the UK and urge Muslims to fight against non-believers, ends with a scrolling message, which claims to be coded using the PGP encryption program. Governments and intelligence agencies around the world have long been concerned that Isis could be communicating using encrypted messaging tools like PGP, which would make it almost impossible for spies to listen in on what they are saying.
Snowden suggested that Isis could see a benefit in scaring Western nations into clamping down on encryption
Whistleblower Edward Snowden has claimed that a supposed 'encrypted email' featured in a recent Isis propaganda video is fake.
The latest video, in which extremists make threats against the UK and urge Muslims to fight against non-believers, ends with a scrolling message, which claims to be coded using the PGP encryption program.
Governments and intelligence agencies around the world have long been concerned that Isis could be communicating using encrypted messaging tools like PGP, which would make it almost impossible for spies to listen in on what they are saying.
Read more @ http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/edward-snowden-isis-encrypted-encryption-email-a6832661.html
Judges say Parliament should review U.K. terror laws Court rules in case over detention of man holding Snowden data A panel of judges asked the U.K. to review its terror laws after finding that they breach human rights statutes in a case brought by a man detained at Heathrow Airport with material leaked by former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden. While the judges rejected an appeal by David Miranda, who is married to journalist Glenn Greenwald, over his treatment, they said the laws did not offer sufficient protection to journalists. "It will be a matter for Parliament to decide how best to provide such a safeguard," the appeals court said in a written summary of its decision. Miranda was stopped and questioned at Heathrow in August 2013 by police using powers under the Terrorism Act. Officers also seized encrypted information about the U.S. National Security Agency provided by Snowden. Miranda’s lawsuit challenged invasive powers granted to help prevent terrorism, and said those powers infringed on individual rights. “The government is constantly working to ensure our counter-terrorism powers are both effective and fair,” the Home Office said in a statement. “That is why in 2015 we changed the Code of Practice for examining officers to instruct them not to examine journalistic material at all.” ‘Blunt’ Laws The laws “are so blunt that they inevitably damage the interests of democratic societies based on free speech and the journalists that are their champions," said John Halford, a lawyer for Miranda.
Judges say Parliament should review U.K. terror laws
Court rules in case over detention of man holding Snowden data
A panel of judges asked the U.K. to review its terror laws after finding that they breach human rights statutes in a case brought by a man detained at Heathrow Airport with material leaked by former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden.
While the judges rejected an appeal by David Miranda, who is married to journalist Glenn Greenwald, over his treatment, they said the laws did not offer sufficient protection to journalists. "It will be a matter for Parliament to decide how best to provide such a safeguard," the appeals court said in a written summary of its decision.
Miranda was stopped and questioned at Heathrow in August 2013 by police using powers under the Terrorism Act. Officers also seized encrypted information about the U.S. National Security Agency provided by Snowden. Miranda’s lawsuit challenged invasive powers granted to help prevent terrorism, and said those powers infringed on individual rights.
“The government is constantly working to ensure our counter-terrorism powers are both effective and fair,” the Home Office said in a statement. “That is why in 2015 we changed the Code of Practice for examining officers to instruct them not to examine journalistic material at all.”
The laws “are so blunt that they inevitably damage the interests of democratic societies based on free speech and the journalists that are their champions," said John Halford, a lawyer for Miranda.
Read more @ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-19/court-says-terror-laws-breached-reporter-rights-in-snowden-case
And from the Daily Fail….
Tickets to see Edward Snowden speak via video at the University of Colorado next month go on sale Monday morning. Tickets are $2 for students, $10 for CU employees and $20 for members of the public. Students and employees with a CU ID can get tickets at the University Memorial Center starting at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Community members can purchase tickets at 11:30 a.m. on Monday at macky.colorado.edu. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, is best known for leaking classified documents about the government's surveillance programs. He lives in Russia and is facing several federal charges in the U.S., including theft of government property and unauthorized communication of national defense information. The Feb, 16 event will be moderated live by Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Wall Street Journal reporter. Audience members will be able to ask Snowden questions. The event will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. inside Macky Auditorium on the Boulder campus, which seats 2,000 people. For more information visit cudsb.com or email dsbchair@gmail.com.
Tickets to see Edward Snowden speak via video at the University of Colorado next month go on sale Monday morning.
Tickets are $2 for students, $10 for CU employees and $20 for members of the public. Students and employees with a CU ID can get tickets at the University Memorial Center starting at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Community members can purchase tickets at 11:30 a.m. on Monday at macky.colorado.edu.
Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, is best known for leaking classified documents about the government's surveillance programs. He lives in Russia and is facing several federal charges in the U.S., including theft of government property and unauthorized communication of national defense information.
The Feb, 16 event will be moderated live by Ron Suskind, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former Wall Street Journal reporter. Audience members will be able to ask Snowden questions.
The event will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. inside Macky Auditorium on the Boulder campus, which seats 2,000 people.
For more information visit cudsb.com or email dsbchair@gmail.com.
While technologies such as smartphones, the internet, and social networks offer opportunities for more direct social action than ever before—they also amplify the power and impact of governmental institutions, political organizations and even terrorist operations. Progress nowadays may be as double-edged a sword as ever. Standing on the edge of ethics and law is one of the most controversial privacy activists in the world today: Edward Snowden. His rise on the geopolitical stage represents a shift in power occurring globally that is changing the relationship between private citizens and governments. While arguing geographical borders may increasingly be becoming irrelevant, Snowden, a political exile from the US, demonstrated his point by visiting CES 2016 in Las Vegas via a Beam telepresence robot to perform a live interview with Peter Diamandis. “What we are doing—project[ing] presence across geographical space without actually leaving any record of travel—[allows] truly private experiences, private conversation,” Snowden said. And more to the point, perhaps, as he later noted, “The FBI can’t arrest a robot.”
While technologies such as smartphones, the internet, and social networks offer opportunities for more direct social action than ever before—they also amplify the power and impact of governmental institutions, political organizations and even terrorist operations.
Progress nowadays may be as double-edged a sword as ever.
Standing on the edge of ethics and law is one of the most controversial privacy activists in the world today: Edward Snowden. His rise on the geopolitical stage represents a shift in power occurring globally that is changing the relationship between private citizens and governments.
While arguing geographical borders may increasingly be becoming irrelevant, Snowden, a political exile from the US, demonstrated his point by visiting CES 2016 in Las Vegas via a Beam telepresence robot to perform a live interview with Peter Diamandis.
“What we are doing—project[ing] presence across geographical space without actually leaving any record of travel—[allows] truly private experiences, private conversation,” Snowden said.
And more to the point, perhaps, as he later noted, “The FBI can’t arrest a robot.”
Earlier this month LARB co-sponsored a forum at UC Irvine: What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in a Changing World. Timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, the conference featured panels, interviews, and performances on the topic of freedom of expression and its relationship to media and satire, to the digital era, to campus politics, to repressive conditions around the world, and to a number of other topics in the realm of law and freedom. Edward Snowden was one of many important public figures who joined the conversation.
Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor accused of leaking classified government documents, and Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist spoke during an interview that was broadcast live Saturday morning by the Gould School of Law. The interview was conducted in partnership with UC Irvine for a two-day symposium, “What Cannot Be Said, Freedom of Expression in a Changing World.” The two-day event was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris and features an in-depth examination of freedom of expression through various activities, including stand-up comedy and musical artistry. Snowden began the interview by describing his military upbringing and his lost faith in the government. “I grew up in the shadow of government. I was not radical. I was not skeptical. I signed up to join the army after we declared war in Iraq because I believed the government’s assertion that we were going to free the press. It was a just cause,” Snowden said. “My father worked in the military for 30 years. My grandfather was an admiral. My mother worked in the court systems.” Snowden described his experience working for the NSA as unnerving. As he gained greater access within NSA ranks, he said that these national security programs were not what they claimed to be. “In many cases, the primary uses of the tools that had been publicly justified as anti-terrorism tools were actually being used for something completely different,” Snowden said. These programs were largely being used for foreign intelligence. Gellman brought the focus to college students and whether students and members of the younger generations should be concerned about government surveillance. “Suppose they’re thinking, ‘Are there places I shouldn’t browse? Are there people I shouldn’t allow to friend me? Or jokes I shouldn’t tell? Or places I shouldn’t visit?’” Gellman said. “Would you advise them to be concerned about that?” Snowden answered by explaining what information the federal government is storing. “What the government describes as ‘bulk collection’ and everyone else on the planet describes as ‘mass surveillance’ means that every communication that can be intercepted and stored is being intercepted and stored,” Snowden said.
Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor accused of leaking classified government documents, and Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist spoke during an interview that was broadcast live Saturday morning by the Gould School of Law. The interview was conducted in partnership with UC Irvine for a two-day symposium, “What Cannot Be Said, Freedom of Expression in a Changing World.”
The two-day event was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris and features an in-depth examination of freedom of expression through various activities, including stand-up comedy and musical artistry.
Snowden began the interview by describing his military upbringing and his lost faith in the government.
“I grew up in the shadow of government. I was not radical. I was not skeptical. I signed up to join the army after we declared war in Iraq because I believed the government’s assertion that we were going to free the press. It was a just cause,” Snowden said. “My father worked in the military for 30 years. My grandfather was an admiral. My mother worked in the court systems.”
Snowden described his experience working for the NSA as unnerving. As he gained greater access within NSA ranks, he said that these national security programs were not what they claimed to be.
“In many cases, the primary uses of the tools that had been publicly justified as anti-terrorism tools were actually being used for something completely different,” Snowden said.
These programs were largely being used for foreign intelligence. Gellman brought the focus to college students and whether students and members of the younger generations should be concerned about government surveillance.
“Suppose they’re thinking, ‘Are there places I shouldn’t browse? Are there people I shouldn’t allow to friend me? Or jokes I shouldn’t tell? Or places I shouldn’t visit?’” Gellman said. “Would you advise them to be concerned about that?”
Snowden answered by explaining what information the federal government is storing.
“What the government describes as ‘bulk collection’ and everyone else on the planet describes as ‘mass surveillance’ means that every communication that can be intercepted and stored is being intercepted and stored,” Snowden said.
The Tor-equipped Tails 2.0 has numerous security fixes and a new UI. If you still assume you don't forfeit the right to privacy by going online, there are very few truly secure OS options. The best one might be the Linux flavor called Tails, recommended by none other than Edward Snowden. Its encrypted apps include email and messaging clients, a web browser, and of course, the anonymizing Tor network.The folks behind the open-source program have just launched version 2.0, with a new UI and numerous security fixes. The update uses a new, more modern Gnome shell that gives it a more "modern, simple, and actively developed desktop environment," according to the developers. At the same time, Tails 2.0 keeps the applications, places menu, and windows list front and center. In addition to fixing the security bugs and updating to the latest version of the Tor browser (5.5), the team also made services harder to exploit by "sandboxing" them, improved the shutdown memory wipe, sanitized the code by replacing custom scripts and replaced the email system with Icedove, a Mozilla Thunderbird offshoot.
If you still assume you don't forfeit the right to privacy by going online, there are very few truly secure OS options. The best one might be the Linux flavor called Tails, recommended by none other than Edward Snowden. Its encrypted apps include email and messaging clients, a web browser, and of course, the anonymizing Tor network.The folks behind the open-source program have just launched version 2.0, with a new UI and numerous security fixes.
The update uses a new, more modern Gnome shell that gives it a more "modern, simple, and actively developed desktop environment," according to the developers. At the same time, Tails 2.0 keeps the applications, places menu, and windows list front and center. In addition to fixing the security bugs and updating to the latest version of the Tor browser (5.5), the team also made services harder to exploit by "sandboxing" them, improved the shutdown memory wipe, sanitized the code by replacing custom scripts and replaced the email system with Icedove, a Mozilla Thunderbird offshoot.
Here’s a clip from John Oliver’s appearance on last night’s Tonight Show, where he and Jimmy Fallon talk about some of the most popular Last Week Tonight segments from last year including the tax-exempt church he created that received donations like $70K in singles and a four-foot wooden penis. Oliver also looked back on his trip to Russia to interview Edward Snowden, which he admits he and his crew did without asking HBO for permission first: “It felt like we were in trouble all the time,” he said. “All I was thinking was ‘Once the wheels of the plane take off, I think I’m safe,’ which is an infantile understanding of international diplomacy.” Watch another clip from the interview below:
One film at the Sundance Film Festival has drawn the attention of political whistleblower Edward Snowden. The film’s reps tell us that after they reached out to Snowden’s lawyers about “Jacqueline Argentine,” a mockumentary about a French woman who claims to leak government secrets and goes into political exile, a link was requested to send to Snowden. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the former CIA employee in Oliver Stone’s upcoming biopic “Snowden,” was spotted seeing the flick at the festival on Tuesday.
One film at the Sundance Film Festival has drawn the attention of political whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The film’s reps tell us that after they reached out to Snowden’s lawyers about “Jacqueline Argentine,” a mockumentary about a French woman who claims to leak government secrets and goes into political exile, a link was requested to send to Snowden.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who plays the former CIA employee in Oliver Stone’s upcoming biopic “Snowden,” was spotted seeing the flick at the festival on Tuesday.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden spends a lot of time on Twitter. His feed is usually full of very worthwhile musings and factoids on government surveillance and civil liberties. Lately, though, Snowden has taken things to the next level. How, you ask? First, Snowden’s been sharing some of the stranger direct messages he gets on the service and retweeting at least one fanatical fan.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden spends a lot of time on Twitter. His feed is usually full of very worthwhile musings and factoids on government surveillance and civil liberties. Lately, though, Snowden has taken things to the next level.
How, you ask? First, Snowden’s been sharing some of the stranger direct messages he gets on the service and retweeting at least one fanatical fan.
National security whistleblower/villain/hero Edward Snowden may not be legally allowed to roam the streets of Washington, D.C., but a snowy visage of the former CIA employee and NSA contractor has appeared on the White House lawn today: .@Snowden the #snowman at the #whitehouse #cnnweather @cnnpolitics https://t.co/G65MtNgAkq pic.twitter.com/5wfXAcKGdT — Alex Rosen (@AlexRosenCNN) January 24, 2016 There’s no telling how long the snowman will stick around, but it’s not the first time an image of the man who exposed global surveillance programs conducted by the United States has been honored stateside. (Snowden currently has temporary asylum in Russia.)
National security whistleblower/villain/hero Edward Snowden may not be legally allowed to roam the streets of Washington, D.C., but a snowy visage of the former CIA employee and NSA contractor has appeared on the White House lawn today:
.@Snowden the #snowman at the #whitehouse #cnnweather @cnnpolitics https://t.co/G65MtNgAkq pic.twitter.com/5wfXAcKGdT
— Alex Rosen (@AlexRosenCNN) January 24, 2016
There’s no telling how long the snowman will stick around, but it’s not the first time an image of the man who exposed global surveillance programs conducted by the United States has been honored stateside. (Snowden currently has temporary asylum in Russia.)
Leaking classified government information isn’t exactly a laughing matter, but filmmaker Bernardo Britto found the humor in it! He discussed his Sundance film, ‘Jacqueline Argentine,’ and how Edward Snowden inspired the mockumentary. Watch the interview here! Amidst all of the serious themes that Sundance Film Festival pieces can cover, Bernardo Britto decided to take an intense topic and make it funny. Jacqueline Argentine, Bernardo’s contribution to this year’s Sundance, alludes to the crazy situation that Edward Snowden created when he leaked confidential government info in 2013, but takes a totally different approach using humor — and a girl! See Bernardo and the film’s star, Camille Rutherford, talk about it here! Jacqueline, played by Camille, is a young French woman who runs away to Argentina after she claims to leak government secrets, similar to what Edward did. But while Jacqueline is hiding out, she brings along a filmmaker to document her experience as authorities hunt for her. Sure, Edward’s situation made major headlines, but how does one think it could be made into a comedy?!
Amidst all of the serious themes that Sundance Film Festival pieces can cover, Bernardo Britto decided to take an intense topic and make it funny. Jacqueline Argentine, Bernardo’s contribution to this year’s Sundance, alludes to the crazy situation that Edward Snowden created when he leaked confidential government info in 2013, but takes a totally different approach using humor — and a girl! See Bernardo and the film’s star, Camille Rutherford, talk about it here!
Jacqueline, played by Camille, is a young French woman who runs away to Argentina after she claims to leak government secrets, similar to what Edward did. But while Jacqueline is hiding out, she brings along a filmmaker to document her experience as authorities hunt for her. Sure, Edward’s situation made major headlines, but how does one think it could be made into a comedy?!
In one perfect, humblebraggy tweet
Look, we've all been there. One minute, you're sitting, watching the news and you see a story about an exiled former CIA employee who blew the whistle on a terrifying and far-reaching, secret government surveillance program. The next minute, you're on Wikipedia, re-reading information about his case. The next minute, moved, you turn to Twitter to see what this American patriot (I know some people think he's a villain, whatever...) is up to. And you realize that you have to reach out to him. If just to say something. To say thank you. To let him know he has your support...
Read more @ http://www.gq.com/story/edward-snowden-humblebrag-tweet-nudes
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/edward-snowden-stop-sliding-into-my-dms-with-nude-pics
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Interact