Wikileaks: Julian Assange Targeted By “Extensive Spying Operation” Inside Ecuadorian Embassy

WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson claimed that he believes the embassy has handed over footage from its security cameras, visitors logs and even Assange’s lawyers’ notes to the US.

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By ZeroHedge.com
Julian Assange | WikiLeaks

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange still resides inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London (for now, at least), where he is safe from arrest and likely extradition to the US. But in a Wednesday press conference, Wikileaks revealed that it has obtained evidence that Assange has been the subject of an "extensive spying operation" carried out by the

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The Segev Case: Major Israeli Security Breach or Another Pretext for War with Iran?

While Iran has said little officially about the case, a senior political aide to Iran’s president said that the accusations that Segev was spying for Tehran should be ignored.

Emma Fiala
By Emma Fiala
Gonen Segev, pictured left. at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on August 18, 2006. Photo | Flash90

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- According to Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, Israel has indicted Gonen Segev, former energy minister, on suspicion of spying for Iran and assisting in its alleged activity against Israel. Segev reportedly sent information to his contacts in Iran regarding “Israel's energy sector, security sites in Israel,

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Congressmen Pressed Obama to Pardon Lawrence Franklin for Spying on Behalf of Israel

Republican Dana Rohrabacher and Democrat Juan Vargas, secretly pressed President Obama to pardon convicted spy Lawrence Franklin, claiming pardoning Franklin for spying on behalf of Israel was in the “best interest of U.S.”

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By Grant F. Smith
Larry Franklin, of Kearneysville, W.Va., left, leaves the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va. after a hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2005. The FBI arrested Franklin, a Pentagon analyst on a charge alleging he passed classified information about potential attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq to employees of a pro-Israel group. (AP/Kevin Wolf)

On December 14, 2016, two California congressmen, Republican Dana Rohrabacher and Democrat Juan Vargas, secretly pressed President Obama to pardon convicted spy Lawrence Franklin. Colonel Franklin, an employee at the Department of Defense, pled guilty to charges of espionage for passing classified information to the American Israel Public

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Watch | Julia Child & Jackson Pollock Worked For The CIA

Spies are meant to blend in, not stick out, and the best spies are the ones you’re least likely to expect.

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By The Corbett Report
The Central Intelligence Agency flag is displayed, partially cast in a shadow. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

When you think of a CIA agent, you probably think of the Hollywood stereotypes: a tall, athletic man in a black suit with dark sunglasses, walking around with one hand on his gun and the other on his ear piece. But that’s stupid. Spies are meant to blend in, not stick out, and the best spies are the ones you’re least likely to expect. So I bet

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Albuquerque Police: Spy Tech Too Secret To Confirm We Have It

The Albuquerque Police Department has been under federal investigation for years, and court-appointed monitoring, for excessive force and police killings.

Victoria Prieskop
By Victoria Prieskop
International Mobile Subscriber Identity catchers — also known as cell-site catchers or Stingrays — simulate cell phone towers, pulling in all cellphone use within a certain distance.

ALBUQUERQUE  — The ACLU sued Albuquerque for information on how its police use Stingray cellphone spying technology, and whether they use it for immigration enforcement, but Albuquerque claims all such records are confidential — including whether they use Stingrays at all. International Mobile Subscriber Identity catchers — also known as

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Trump Now Backs Permanent Spying Powers He’d Previously Criticized

Without any congressional moves to stop it, FISA Section 702 is slated at the end of the year.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room at the White House, June 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

During the waning days of the 2016 campaign, President Trump loudly complained about the government’s abuse of surveillance powers, including FISA’s Section 702, which had been used to snoop on his campaign aides’ conversations with Russian officials. Now that he’s elected, that’s all changed. Now that he’s elected, that’s all changed. It’s

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