[Inside the Five Eyes series: Part 1 | Part 2 is below] The power of the Five Eyes is enhanced by the free flow of information between the partners. But intelligence sharing is a tricky business, especially on a mass scale. The U.S. National Security Agency has an estimated $10 billion annual budget, making it...
Category: Surveillance
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12 Steps to Controlling the U.S. Surveillance State
(Image Credit; Just Security) A team of writers at the Just Security blog, have a 12-step program for reining in the U.S. surveillance system that has expanded relentlessly beyond the control of Congress and the people. Whether President-elect Biden and his national security team will be interested is another question. The Biden intelligence transition team...
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CIA Contractor Who Targeted Assange Also Spied on Other U.S. Journalists
At the The Grayzone Max Blumenthal calls attention to a well-documented story, based on the investigation of a Spanish court with experience in international prosecutions. A security contractor, linked the CIA, spied on Julian Assange and reporters covering his residence in the Ecuadorian Embassy. The evidence includes videos of Glenn Greenwald, Lowell Bergman, and other...
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Xinjiang Data Project Documents China’s High Tech Social Controls
Drawing on open source data including satellite imagery, Chinese government documents, official statistics and a range of authoritative reports and academic studies, the Xinjiang Data Project documents the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing program of human rights abuses and tech-enhanced authoritarianism in Xinjiang, and explores its global implications. This is a case study in repressive technology,...
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DHS Reassigns Official Following Intelligence Reports On Journalists
The norm that the U.S. government shouldn’t collect intelligence on a free press still has some force, it seems. Brian Murphy’s removal fuels criticism around the DHS, which has been under heavy scrutiny in recent weeks for its use of federal officers at Portland protests. Agents from various divisions within the department were deployed to...