New Snowden Docs Reveal NSA Spy Tactic
It #39;s been a popular topic in recent years. Now, we #39;re starting to learn even more. Edward Snowden blew the lid off of the NSA and their secret spy programs when he leaked their documents...
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"Citizenfour," Laura Poitras' film about NSA document leaker Edward Snowden, won the International Documentary Assn.'s prize for best feature at the 2014 IDA Awards on Friday evening.
Poitras' third documentary in a trilogy about post-9/11 America, "Citizenfour" is a you-are-there account of Snowden's decision, with Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald, to expose the National Security Agency's massive surveillance operation collecting the personal data of ordinary citizens.
"Citizenfour" debuted to a rare standing ovation at the New York Film Festival in October and made the Oscar shortlist for documentary features earlier this week; it also won the Gotham Award for best documentary.
The IDA's award for best short went to Johnny Burke and Andrew Hinton's "Tashi and the Monk," about a Buddhist monk running a community for orphaned and neglected children in India. The short also garnered the Pare Lorentz Award, which recognizes films focusing on environmental and social issues.
Robert Redford received the IDA's Career Achievement Award, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato received the Pioneer Award, and Rithy Panh received the Preservation and Scholarship Award.
Hosted by writer and comedienne Carol Leifer, the ceremony also included the debut of three new series awards: "Our America With Lisa Ling" won for best episodic series, "Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt" won for best short-form series, and "Independent Lens" won for best curated series.
For a full list of winners, go to the IDA Awards website.
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Who Should Own the Internet? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wrote in a story posted on the opinion page ofThe New York Times website today. But according to a note at the bottom of the piece about living in a surveillance state, a print version will run on December 31, 1969, in The International New York Times.
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Now, we obviously assume this a technical glitch, as Mr. Assange wasnt born until 1971 and the Internet as we know it today wasnt around on the eve of the 1970s. But the the date mix-up is especially ironic given the subject.
It is now a journalistic clich to remark that George Orwells 1984 was prophetic,' Mr. Assange wrote. But what would bereally prophetic, of course, is if this story had actually run 45 years ago.
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Summary:Fraudsters are targeting Bitcoin users with phoney The Bitcoin Foundation websites and sending potential victims to a fake Bitcoin wallet designed to phish their credentials.
The latest ruse to scam Bitcoin owners out of their holdings is websites posing as The Bitcoin Foundation and capitalising on concerns over the cryptocurrency's falling price.
The Bitcoin Foundation said on Monday that it has seen a spike in complaints to its helpdesk over a fraud campaign where scammers direct Bitcoin users to spoofed versions of the foundation's site.
The two scam domains the foundation is aware of are: bitcompensation.com and bitsecuretransfer.com. According to whois.is, both were registered in mid-November by what appears to be the same person.
"The Bitcoin Foundation's website is being cloned and spoofed at web addresses and domains that have absolutely nothing to do with the Bitcoin Foundation," it said.
"If you are contacted and directed to a page that looks like the screenshot below, please close your browser as you are about to be scammed out of your Bitcoins."
Both sites present a 'compensating the users' campaign, purportedly run by the foundation and another fictitious organisation, and urge users to supply their bitcoin address in a field in order to redeem their 'gift'.
The campaign attempts to trick less knowledgeable users who feel they've "lost too much" as a result of Bitcoin's falling price over recent months. This time last year, it was trading at over $1,100; today it's worth $380.
"Since the price of the bitcoin went down a lot, members of the bitcoin community have lost too much," the scam sites read. "To decrease these loss and to sustain our coin, we, The Bitcoin Foundation together with Blockchain, are going to offer to each of our members a random amount of coins."
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Official Trailer: Field Visits for Chelsea Manning
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November 17, 2014 by Chelsea Manning Support Network
On Chelsea Mannings 27th birthday, this December 17th 2014, the Payday Mens Network , Queer Strike, the Boston Chelsea Manning Support Committee, & Veterans for Peace are organizing vigils in her honor. Currently, actions are planned for Boston, London, San Francisco, Berlin, and Philadelphia.
Supporters are encouraged to also organize an event in their area, and Payday Mens Network and Queer Strike will publicize it. Write to[emailprotected] for more information and to share details of your event.
London vigil details (hosted by Payday Mens Network & Queer Strike): 2:30-4:00 PM Wednesday, December 17 On the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ Charing Cross (St. Martins request that vigils on the steps are silent)
Boston Vigil details (hosted by the Boston Chelsea Manning Support Committee, VFP, and other Boston activists: 1:00-2:00PM Saturday, December 20th Park Street Station Entrance on the Boston Common Details on other locations TBA Check back for more info.
From Payday Mens Network & Queer Strike on the vigils: Imprisoned in 2010 and held for months under torturous conditions, Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in August 2013. If this stands, shell be out in 2045. We cannot let this happen we have to get her out!
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Edward Snowden #39;s Acceptance Speech for the 2014 Right Livelihood Award
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Everything you need to know about Edward Snowden in 60 seconds
Edward Snowden was given an award in Sweden yesterday, so here #39;s all you all you need to know about him in 60 seconds. . Report by Sarah Kerr.
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German lawmakers probing the surveillance activities of the U.S. National Security Agency have uncovered a legal loophole that allows the country's foreign intelligence agency to spy on its own citizens.
The agency, known by its German acronym BND, is normally forbidden from eavesdropping on Germans or German companies.
But a formerBNDlawyer told Parliament this week that Germans aren't protected while working abroad for foreign companies.
The government confirmed Saturday to The Associated Press that work-related calls or emails are attributed to the employer. If the employer is foreign, theBNDcan intercept them.
Opposition lawmakers have accused Germany's government of feigning outrage over allegedNSAspying while condoning illegal surveillance itself.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel complained to U.S. President Barack Obama in October after receiving information her phone may have been monitored. (Michael Kappeler/Associated Press)
Chancellor AngelaMerkelcomplained to U.S. President Barack Obama in October after receiving information her phone may have been monitored.
News magazineDerSpiegel, whose research prompted the government's response, reported that a document apparently from anNSAdatabase indicatesMerkel'scellphone was first listed as a target in 2002.
The Obama administration's rebuttal to outrage has been that the U.S. is gathering foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations and that it's necessary to protect the U.S. and its allies against security threats.
Germany and France have demanded that the Obama administration agree by year's end to new rules that could mean an end to reported American eavesdropping on foreign leaders, companies and innocent citizens.
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