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Documents: BND/NSA relationship; EU agreement which Germany flouts

The big scandal in Germany is how the BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst) has been spying for many years on European politicians, institutions and industries (though the BND deny the latter category). Intelligence garnered is passed to the US National Security Agency. According … Continue reading

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Entire Stellar Wind (CIA/NSA ‘president’s surveillance program’) document here

A copy of the 400+ pages (700+ pdf) of the CIA/NSA ‘Stellar Wind’ (aka ‘President’s Surveillance’) Program is provided below. Recent commentaries are also included.  Stellar Wind was launched in 2001 and continued into the first two years of the … Continue reading

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GCHQ and partners: “It’s a fair cop, Guv’, but stuff the law, we’re immune” (or are they…?)

Yesterday came more revelations by Edward Snowden via an article by Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley in The Intercept that confirms that GCHQ in collusion with the NSA are probably the biggest criminal organisations in recent history (see below for … Continue reading

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Cameron advocates hacking, fraud and identity theft via decryption policy: he’s an idiot

UK prime minster David Cameron is advocating that encryption services be banned as part of his ‘comprehensive’ crackdown on online encryption – what he terms ‘safe spaces’. This will form part of the ‘Snoopers Charter’ which he will reintroduce if … Continue reading

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Exclusive: inside GCHQ – Robert Hannigan in conversation with ‘Tony Hancock’

  GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan (known within the trade as ‘C’) promised the British public a debate on surveillance and privacy. Instead we got a week-long lecture from Home Secretary Theresa May on how the Government is determined to further … Continue reading

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Evidence of how GCHQ extremist surveillance spawned culture of encryption

Today, Robert Hannigan, the new head of the UK spy agency GCHQ, penned an opinion piece in the Financial Times arguing that by introducing encryption to their facilities social media organisations are by default providing support to terrorists. This encryption … Continue reading

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