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The Spooks Spooking Themselves

As the role of a well-connected group of British and US intelligence agents begins to emerge, new suspicions are growing about what hand they may have had in weaving the Russiagate story.

by Daniel Lazare

Facebook and the Rise of Anti-Social Media

Social media exists atop computers developed by the Federal government, runs on the internet developed by the U.S. military, is transmitted through telecoms controlled by companies acting in concert with the Federal government and was partially funded by the CIA.

Facebook and the Rise of Anti-Social Media

It was a bit over four years ago that journalist Glenn Greenwald reported that British ‘intelligence,’ GCHQ, had developed a program to spread politically targeted disinformation over the internet. The revelation came from a presentation made to the ‘

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Rob Urie

Rob Urie is an artist and political economist. His book Zen Economics is published by CounterPunch Books.

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Court Rules UK Mass Spying Was Unlawfully Conducted For Nearly Two Decades

The decision has been called a ‘long overdue indictment’ of government’s bulk collection of citizens’ private information

Court Rules UK Mass Spying Was Unlawfully Conducted For Nearly Two Decades

In what rights campaigners heralded as a "significant" reproach to government overreach, a British court which oversees the nation's  intelligence and clandestine services ruled Monday that mass surveillance by agencies—including the bulk collection of private data from unwitting citizens and residents—was unlawfully conducted for nearly two

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UK Spies On Citizens More Than Suspects

Recent documents reveal U.K. spy agencies collect the majority of their data from everyday citizens and not crime suspects.

UK Spies On Citizens More Than Suspects

British spy agencies may have more private information about its citizens than one may think, thanks to the U.K’s fairly opaque rules surrounding their regulation.   Recently disclosed documents reveal much about the British government’s contentious mass surveillance programs. Privacy International, an organization in London, received

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teleSUR English bring you world news with a focus on the people, the common citizen, and stories untold by traditional media. You will only find them at teleSUR.

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New Files Show UK Spy Agencies Have Been Collecting Bulk Personal Data Since 1990s

Agencies privately concede that ‘intrusive’ practices can invade privacy and that data is gathered on people ‘unlikely to be of interest’

New Files Show UK Spy Agencies Have Been Collecting Bulk Personal Data Since 1990s

Britain’s intelligence agencies have been secretly collecting bulk personal data since the late 1990s and privately admit they have gathered information on people who are “unlikely to be of intelligence or security interest”. Disclosure of internal MI5, MI6 and

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British Spy Agency Comes Clean About It’s Own Systematic Discrimination

The director of GCHQ apologized to all those unfairly dismissed as a result of the archaic policies, which included a ban on LGBT people joining the agency until the 1990s.

British Spy Agency Comes Clean About It’s Own Systematic Discrimination

United Kingdom — Britain’s secret intelligence agency has apologized for the “horrifying” treatment of one of its most famous members, as well as for the organisation’s historic prejudice against homosexuality. Speaking at a conference organised by LGBT rights charity, 

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New Snowden Docs Reveal British Spy Agency Tactic To Manipulate Social Media

Manipulating the results of online polls, artificially inflating pageview counts, spoofing email accounts — the U.K.’s secretive GCHQ can do it all, and maybe more.

In the year since Edward Snowden disclosed classified documents detailing the private dealings of the intelligence communities of the “Five Eyes” -- the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand -- and their covert surveillance of civilian electronic communications, the world has grown privy to the lengths that these

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Frederick Reese

Frederick Reese is lead staff writer for Mint Press specializing in race, poverty, congressional oversight and technology. An award winning data journalist and creative writer for over 15 years, Frederick has written about and worked for social advocacy projects and personal awareness efforts. Frederick is a jack-of-all-trades, with work experience as a teacher, a pastry chef and a story writer. Frederick has publication credits with Yahoo!, B. Couleur, and more. A native New Yorker, Frederick graduated from Colgate University in 1999 and Johnson & Wales University in 2003. Frederick started his journalistic career writing for his university’s newspaper, “The Colgate Maroon-News,” before starting and heading his own magazine, “The Idealist.” Most recently, Frederick received a data journalism award from the International Center for Journalists for his minimum wage coverage for MintPress. Follow Frederick on Twitter: @frederickreese

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