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VIDEO: Assange Talks of Secret Meeting with Google CEO Eric Schmidt (Russia Today) – Video

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Wikileaks Julian Assange talks about a meeting he had with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, how Google uses its search engine and gears its business model to actively support imperialist U.S. policies,...

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Chelsea Manning sues for transgender medical treatment …

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updated 1:55 PM EDT, Wed September 24, 2014

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(CNN) -- Chelsea Manning, convicted of espionage and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, has filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder.

The inmate once known as Bradley Manning announced in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that she is female. Manning is suing to follow grooming standards such as growing her hair longer and using cosmetics, and to receive hormone treatment "in order to express her female gender," said the suit filed Tuesday in district court in Washington.

"She brings this action to compel defendants [Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and the federal government] to treat her serious medical needs consistent with their obligation under the Constitution," said the suit. If the requests are denied, said Manning's lawyers, she "will suffer continued pain, depression and anxiety and is at an extremely high risk of self-castration and suicidality."

A Kansas judge in April granted the former Army intelligence analyst's request to formally be known as Chelsea Elizabeth Manning.

"I've been working for months for this change, and waiting for years," she said in a statement at the time. There was no immediate reaction from the government on Manning's new lawsuit. The Obama administration is expected to give a written response to the lawsuit in coming weeks.

Manning is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, an Army prison in eastern Kansas.

She was convicted last year of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks in what has been described as the largest leak of classified material in U.S. history. Manning was found guilty of 20 of the 22 charges against her, including violations of the U.S. Espionage Act.

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Snowden Gets ‘Alternative Nobel’: Whistleblower accused of aiding Russian invasion of Ukraine – Video

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Former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has been awarded Sweden #39;s Right Livelihood Honorary Award, often referred to as the #39;Alternative Nobel Prize #39;. The award #39;s foundation...

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The Skanner Newspaper – NSA Leaker Ed Snowden Honored With "Alternative Nobel" Prize

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Details Written by Karl Ritter, Associated Press Published: 24 September 2014

STOCKHOLM (AP) Edward Snowden was among the winners Wednesday of a Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the "alternative Nobel," for his disclosures of top secret surveillance programs.

The decision to honor the former National Security Agency contractor with the Right Livelihood Award appeared to cause a diplomatic headache for Sweden's Foreign Ministry, which withdrew the prize jury's permission to use its media room for the announcement.

Snowden split the honorary portion of the award with Alan Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian, which has published a series of articles on government surveillance based on documents leaked by Snowden.

The 1.5 million kronor ($210,000) cash portion of the award was shared by Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and U.S. environmentalist Bill McKibben.

Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honors efforts that founder Jacob von Uexkull felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.

Foundation director Ole von Uexkull the award creator's nephew said all winners have been invited to the Dec. 1 award ceremony in Stockholm, though he added it's unclear whether Snowden can attend.

"We will start discussions with the Swedish government and his lawyers in due course to discuss the potential arrangements for his participation," von Uexkull told The Associated Press.

Snowden, who has reportedly also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, remains exiled in Russia since leaking top secret NSA documents to journalists last year. He has been charged under the U.S. Espionage Act and could face up to 30 years in prison.

Though the honorary award doesn't include any money, the foundation would offer to help pay Snowden's legal costs, von Uexkull said.

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Ever since Edward Snowden released documents from the NSA, he #39;s been talking about one thing: encryption. So we decided to ask the experts we speak to for their thoughts. Did they agree with...

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FBI director slams Apple over iPhone encryption

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FBI director James Comey says he doesn't understand why Apple and others are making devices that allow people to place themselves beyond the law. Photo: Reuters

FBI director James Comey sharply criticised Apple and Google on Thursday for developing forms of smartphone encryption so secure that law enforcement officials cannot easily gain access to information stored on the devices - even when they have valid search warrants.

His comments were the most forceful yet from a top government official but echo a chorus of denunciation from law enforcement officials across the United States. Police have said that the ability to search photos, messages and web histories on smartphones is essential to solving a range of serious crimes, from murder to child pornography to attempted terrorist attacks.

"There will come a day when it will matter a great deal to the lives of people that we will be able to gain access" to such devices, Mr Comey told reporters in a briefing. "I want to have that conversation [with companies responsible] before that day comes."

Hard to crack: The new iPhone 6. Photo: Daniel Munoz/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

Mr Comey added that FBI officials already have made initial contact with the two companies, which announced their new smartphone encryption initiatives last week. He said he could not understand why companies would "market something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law".

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Mr Comey's remarks followed news last week that Apple's latest mobile operating system, iOS 8, is so thoroughly encrypted that the company is unable to unlock iPhones or iPads for police. Google,meanwhile, is moving to an automatic form of encryption for its newest version of Android operating system that the company also will not be able to unlock, though it will take longer for that new featureto reach most consumers.

Both companies, contacted on Thursday afternoon in the United States, declined to offer immediate reaction to Mr Comey's comments.

The FBI is unhappy with Apple iPhone encryption levels. Photo: Mark Lennihan.

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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is concerned about moves by Apple and Google to include encryption on smartphones, the agencys director said Thursday.

Quick law enforcement access to the contents of smartphones could save lives in some kidnapping and terrorism cases, FBI Director James Comey said in a briefing with some reporters. Comey said hes concerned that smartphone companies are marketing something expressly to allow people to place themselves beyond the law, according to news reports.

An FBI spokesman confirmed the general direction of Comeys remarks. The FBI has contacted Apple and Google about their encryption plans, Comey told a group of reporters who regularly cover his agency.

Just last week, Google announced it would be turning on data encryption by default in the next version of Android. Apple, with the release of iOS 8 earlier this month, allowed iPhone and iPad users to encrypt most personal data with a password.

Comeys remarks, prompted by a reporters question, came just days after Ronald Hosko, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund and former assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, decried mobile phone encryption in a column in the Washington Post.

Smartphone companies shouldnt give criminals one more tool, he wrote. Apples and Androidsnewprotections will protect many thousands of criminals who seek to dous greatharm, physically orfinancially. They will protect those who desperately need to be stoppedfrom lawful, authorized, and entirelynecessary safety and security efforts. And they will make it impossible for police to access crucial information, even with a warrant.

Representatives of Apple and Google didnt immediately respond to requests for comments on Comeys concerns.

Grant Gross covers technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for The IDG News Service. More by Grant Gross

For comprehensive coverage of the Android ecosystem, visit Greenbot.com.

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