StopTheLie.com News update 03-02-2015
State Surveillance: Greenwald/Ohanian vs Hayden/Dershowitz (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
It is the debate of the moment. In a risk-filled world, are democracies justified in turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and unconventional threats? Or is the emergence of the surveillance state and the awesome powers it derives from information technology a new and pervasive threat to our basic freedoms?
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/_d1tw3mEOoE?t=25m54s
COMMENT: Greenwald is really an extraordinary speaker. The video above should begin with his opening statement at around 25 minutes into the debate.
My guess is that most of you will be happy to know that "our side" won, despite the fact that the "motion" the audience was asked to vote on was very deceptively framed: "Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defense of our freedoms..."
Here are the pre- and post-debate vote results:
http://www.munkdebates.com/debates/state-surveillance
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Truth in Media: The Origin of ISIS (Video)
Source: BennSwann.com
--In September 2013, American media outlets began reporting that weapons were being given to Syrian rebels. CNN reported that while the weapons are not "American-made," they were "funded and organized by the CIA."
However, Swann said that things began to fall apart when less than one year after the U.S. supplied Syrian "freedom fighters" with weapons, those weapons ended up in the hands of ISIS fighters.
Those ISIS fighters came from the group McCain insisted would help the U.S. overthrow Assad: the Free Syrian Army. Swann explained that the army was not only sending the Islamic State weapons, it was also sending them fighters.
--Americans should also be asking, "Why is the U.S. sending $500 million to the Free Syrian Army to fight ISIS when the FSA is one of the biggest suppliers of fighters and weapons to ISIS?" and "Why are we sending new and more powerful weapons to the FSA like anti-aircraft missiles – weapons that we know will be in the hands of ISIS?"
Swann maintained that while the mainstream media will say that ISIS is the "creation of American inaction," the reality is that they are the "product of direct action."
Watch video at: http://benswann.com/truth-in-media-the-origin-of-isis/
COMMENT: Research Operation Gladio and then do the math...Here are some excerpts from Ganser's excellent book "NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe." It's a good place to start. http://stopthelie.com/nato-s-secret-armies.html
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http://www.PrisonPlanet.com/
http://www.RealityZone.com/currentperiod.html
http://www.FreedomsPhoenix.com/Front-Page.htm
http://libertycrier.com/
Previous Week's News 02-23-2015
Flashback: Obama's Science Czar Advocated Forced Abortions and Mass Sterilization
Source: ZombieTime.com
*Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;
* The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;
* Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;
Read full article at: http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/
COMMENT: The article above has screenshots from a book that John Holdren coauthored in the 1970's. It discusses everything from compulsory abortions and adding sterilants to our food supply, to the need for a "planetary regime" that can enforce the eugenicists' policies. Note, I have a copy of Ecoscience and can confirm that the quotes listed in the article above are accurate.
If you'd like more information on eugenics in general (from the perspective of an advocate) check out the "bonus-material" link from Tragedy and Hope 101 below.
http://stopthelie.com/eugenics-a-reassessment.html
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Please stop fighting for my freedom
Source: TheFreeThoughtProject.com
...soldiers, please stop fighting for my freedom. It's not working, and you're endangering your lives and the lives of others in vain. If you truly want to fight for freedom, then please come home. We need you here, resisting the only gang of terrorists that poses by far the biggest threat to the security and liberty of the American people: the United States government.
Read full article at: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fighting-freedom-police-state-usa/
COMMENT: It's very difficult to "defend freedom" while doing the bidding of those who despise it.
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HOW SPIES STOLE THE KEYS TO THE ENCRYPTION CASTLE
Source: The Intercept
--With these stolen encryption keys, intelligence agencies can monitor mobile communications without seeking or receiving approval from telecom companies and foreign governments. Possessing the keys also sidesteps the need to get a warrant or a wiretap, while leaving no trace on the wireless provider's network that the communications were intercepted. Bulk key theft additionally enables the intelligence agencies to unlock any previously encrypted communications they had already intercepted, but did not yet have the ability to decrypt.
--The Mobile Handset Exploitation Team (MHET), whose existence has never before been disclosed, was formed in April 2010 to target vulnerabilities in cellphones. One of its main missions was to covertly penetrate computer networks of corporations that manufacture SIM cards, as well as those of wireless network providers. The team included operatives from both GCHQ and the NSA.
--TOP-SECRET GCHQ documents reveal that the intelligence agencies accessed the email and Facebook accounts of engineers and other employees of major telecom corporations and SIM card manufacturers in an effort to secretly obtain information that could give them access to millions of encryption keys. They did this by utilizing the NSA's X-KEYSCORE program, which allowed them access to private emails hosted by the SIM card and mobile companies' servers, as well as those of major tech corporations, including Yahoo and Google.
--On January 17, 2014, President Barack Obama gave a major address on the NSA spying scandal. "The bottom line is that people around the world, regardless of their nationality, should know that the United States is not spying on ordinary people who don't threaten our national security and that we take their privacy concerns into account in our policies and procedures," he said.
The monitoring of the lawful communications of employees of major international corporations shows that such statements by Obama, other U.S. officials and British leaders — that they only intercept and monitor the communications of known or suspected criminals or terrorists — were untrue.
Read full article at: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/
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Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program
Source: Reuters.com
Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
That long-sought and closely guarded ability was part of a cluster of spying programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations.
Read full article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/usa-cyberspying-idUSL1N0VN15J20150216
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State Surveillance: Greenwald/Ohanian vs Hayden/Dershowitz (Video)
Source: YouTube.com
It is the debate of the moment. In a risk-filled world, are democracies justified in turning to large-scale state surveillance, at home and abroad, to fight complex and unconventional threats? Or is the emergence of the surveillance state and the awesome powers it derives from information technology a new and pervasive threat to our basic freedoms?
Watch video at: http://youtu.be/_d1tw3mEOoE?t=25m54s
COMMENT: Greenwald is really an extraordinary speaker. The video above should begin with his opening statement at around 25 minutes into the debate.
My guess is that most of you will be happy to know that "our side" won, despite the fact that the "motion" the audience was asked to vote on was very deceptively framed: "Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defense of our freedoms..."
Here are the pre- and post-debate vote results:
http://www.munkdebates.com/debates/state-surveillance
======================================================
Truth in Media: The Origin of ISIS (Video)
Source: BennSwann.com
--In September 2013, American media outlets began reporting that weapons were being given to Syrian rebels. CNN reported that while the weapons are not "American-made," they were "funded and organized by the CIA."
However, Swann said that things began to fall apart when less than one year after the U.S. supplied Syrian "freedom fighters" with weapons, those weapons ended up in the hands of ISIS fighters.
Those ISIS fighters came from the group McCain insisted would help the U.S. overthrow Assad: the Free Syrian Army. Swann explained that the army was not only sending the Islamic State weapons, it was also sending them fighters.
--Americans should also be asking, "Why is the U.S. sending $500 million to the Free Syrian Army to fight ISIS when the FSA is one of the biggest suppliers of fighters and weapons to ISIS?" and "Why are we sending new and more powerful weapons to the FSA like anti-aircraft missiles – weapons that we know will be in the hands of ISIS?"
Swann maintained that while the mainstream media will say that ISIS is the "creation of American inaction," the reality is that they are the "product of direct action."
Watch video at: http://benswann.com/truth-in-media-the-origin-of-isis/
COMMENT: Research Operation Gladio and then do the math...Here are some excerpts from Ganser's excellent book "NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe." It's a good place to start. http://stopthelie.com/nato-s-secret-armies.html
======================================================
PLEASE forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to our news list can sign up at: http://stopthelie.com/stl_newsletter.html
Other sources for alternative news:
http://www.PrisonPlanet.com/
http://www.RealityZone.com/currentperiod.html
http://www.FreedomsPhoenix.com/Front-Page.htm
http://libertycrier.com/
Previous Week's News 02-23-2015
Flashback: Obama's Science Czar Advocated Forced Abortions and Mass Sterilization
Source: ZombieTime.com
*Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;
* The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;
* Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;
Read full article at: http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/
COMMENT: The article above has screenshots from a book that John Holdren coauthored in the 1970's. It discusses everything from compulsory abortions and adding sterilants to our food supply, to the need for a "planetary regime" that can enforce the eugenicists' policies. Note, I have a copy of Ecoscience and can confirm that the quotes listed in the article above are accurate.
If you'd like more information on eugenics in general (from the perspective of an advocate) check out the "bonus-material" link from Tragedy and Hope 101 below.
http://stopthelie.com/eugenics-a-reassessment.html
======================================================
Please stop fighting for my freedom
Source: TheFreeThoughtProject.com
...soldiers, please stop fighting for my freedom. It's not working, and you're endangering your lives and the lives of others in vain. If you truly want to fight for freedom, then please come home. We need you here, resisting the only gang of terrorists that poses by far the biggest threat to the security and liberty of the American people: the United States government.
Read full article at: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/fighting-freedom-police-state-usa/
COMMENT: It's very difficult to "defend freedom" while doing the bidding of those who despise it.
======================================================
HOW SPIES STOLE THE KEYS TO THE ENCRYPTION CASTLE
Source: The Intercept
--With these stolen encryption keys, intelligence agencies can monitor mobile communications without seeking or receiving approval from telecom companies and foreign governments. Possessing the keys also sidesteps the need to get a warrant or a wiretap, while leaving no trace on the wireless provider's network that the communications were intercepted. Bulk key theft additionally enables the intelligence agencies to unlock any previously encrypted communications they had already intercepted, but did not yet have the ability to decrypt.
--The Mobile Handset Exploitation Team (MHET), whose existence has never before been disclosed, was formed in April 2010 to target vulnerabilities in cellphones. One of its main missions was to covertly penetrate computer networks of corporations that manufacture SIM cards, as well as those of wireless network providers. The team included operatives from both GCHQ and the NSA.
--TOP-SECRET GCHQ documents reveal that the intelligence agencies accessed the email and Facebook accounts of engineers and other employees of major telecom corporations and SIM card manufacturers in an effort to secretly obtain information that could give them access to millions of encryption keys. They did this by utilizing the NSA's X-KEYSCORE program, which allowed them access to private emails hosted by the SIM card and mobile companies' servers, as well as those of major tech corporations, including Yahoo and Google.
--On January 17, 2014, President Barack Obama gave a major address on the NSA spying scandal. "The bottom line is that people around the world, regardless of their nationality, should know that the United States is not spying on ordinary people who don't threaten our national security and that we take their privacy concerns into account in our policies and procedures," he said.
The monitoring of the lawful communications of employees of major international corporations shows that such statements by Obama, other U.S. officials and British leaders — that they only intercept and monitor the communications of known or suspected criminals or terrorists — were untrue.
Read full article at: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/
======================================================
Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program
Source: Reuters.com
Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.
That long-sought and closely guarded ability was part of a cluster of spying programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations.
Read full article at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/usa-cyberspying-idUSL1N0VN15J20150216
PLEASE forward this newsletter to anyone you think might be interested. Those who'd like to be added to our news list can sign up at: http://stopthelie.com/stl_newsletter.html
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