Agenda 2019

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/mps-question-guardian-editor-alan-rusbridgers-patriotism-over-edward-snowden-leaks-8981167.html   MPs question Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger’s patriotism Alan Rusbridger gives evidence to MPs I am not a great fan of Alan Rusbridger and over the years have questioned his actions and motives on a number of issues. However, having watched the Home affairs select committee's "inquisition" of Rusbridger surrounding the publication of information about the systems of mass surveillance in the US and UK, I remain standing shoulder to shoulder with the Guardian. The issue here is a very simple one. Should the public be informed of what "the watchers" get up to and the excesses they frequently carry out in the guise of "anti terrorism" measures? The answer of course is a resounding yes, we should be told. When newspapers or individuals reveal "secrets" many of which are embarrassing or uncom...

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/24/nsa-guardian-35-world-leaders_n_4159208.html?utm_hp_ref=uk#comments NSA Spied On 35 World Leaders The National Security Agency monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders The real reason why the Americans are so hysterical in their persecution of Edward Snowden. Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and probably others. It has nothing to do with leaking "state secrets" or  putting the country's intelligence network at risk or compromising "sources". It is and always has been, about embarrassing the American government and the security organisations, by exposing their dubious and illegal intelligence gathering methods and the way in which they assume that they are above the laws of any country, including their own. Edward Snowden   The arrogance of the American establishment is breath taking in their deeply held conviction that they have some automatic right to spy on anyone they choose ...

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/judge-casts-doubt-on-damage-caused-by-whistleblower-bradley-mannings-leaks-of-secret-us-data-8750981.html Judge casts doubt on damage caused by whistleblower Bradley Manning’s leaks of secret US data Bradley Manning Assange, Snowden and Manning   Manning's prosecution was never more than a temper tantrum from the American government, because someone had the audacity to tell the truth and expose government and military wrong doing. The American administration was embarrassed, furious and vindictive in its compulsion to put Manning on trial and press for the severest punishment possible. Manning was to be made an example of, a lesson for any other person who may have some "problems" with American policy or action and consequently seeks to expose excesses and wrong doings carried out by the government in the name of "peace and freedom". A similar fate would await Assange in the event that Amer...

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/flight-su150-from-moscow-arrives-in-cuba-without-edward-snowden--but-ecuador-confirms-nsa-whistleblower-wants-asylum-8670308.html   Whistleblower Edward Snowden Asks Ecuador For Asylum Edward Snowden   The American administration is embarrassed, frustrated and very angry in the wake of the revelations by Edward Snowden, regarding two highly classified NSA surveillance programs, and his subsequent avoidance of extradition from Hong Kong. The reaction to these events over the past few days, has been verging on the hysterical, with Senator Dianne Feinstein, Secretary of State John Kerry White House spokesman Jay Carney and others appearing on our television screens and being quoted in the media, threatening all sorts of dire consequences for any country through which Snowden may have travelled on his way to political asylum.           ...