(2021-07-21). Snowden grills WaPo for 'embarrassingly weak' reaction to NSO spyware scandal, says it's untrue Pegasus can't target US phones. rt.com 
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has berated the Washington Post for not taking a more forceful stance on the Pegasus spyware scandal, and said it was untrue to claim the now-infamous malware can't infect US phones. | The former US intelligence contractor expressed dismay over a WaPo editorial in response to reports that NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, sold its Pegasus spyware to government clients who then used the powerful hacking tool to spy on journalists, NGOs workers and even heads of state. The explosive allegations, based on a leaked list of purported Pegasus targets and subsequent forensic an…
(2021-07-21). Pegasus Rides Again: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights. dissidentvoice.org They keep insisting they don't do it. But companies such as the Israeli NSO Group are global vendors for regimes, whatever stripe or colour, for surveillance tools to spy on those they deem of interest. The 2013 revelations by Edward Snowden that exposed the warrantless world of mass surveillance by entities such as the US …
(2021-07-21). Federal Lawsuit Seeks Immediate Halt of COVID Vaccines, Cites Whistleblower Testimony Claiming CDC Is Under-Counting Vaccine Deaths. globalresearch.ca America's Frontline Doctors …
(2021-07-21). Advierten presión de EE.UU para que países declaren contra Cuba. telesurtv.net Las autoridades cubanas han denunciado que el Gobierno de EE.UU. recurre a maniobras injerencistas para recrudecer el bloqueo impuesto a la isla caribeña.
(2021-07-21). Denuncian represión a manifestantes en ciudades de Colombia. telesurtv.net En varias regiones se reportaron hechos represivos, donde el Esmad atacó con gases y bombas aturdidoras a los manifestantes.
(2021-07-21). US Attacks Sovereignty from Haiti to Cuba to China. sputniknews.com 'Core Group' just kinda decided who the Haitian government is; Dems push for decriminalizing marijuana; NSO spyware exposed; US attacks on Cuba and China connected…
(2021-07-21). Extent of Saudi prison torture revealed in new report. peoplesdispatch.org The report by the Human Rights Watch exposes the lack of accountability for the extreme acts of torture, as well as the complicity of the Saudi legal and other institutions in covering up and enabling these human rights violations to continue unabated…
(2021-07-20). "Ban killer drones!" — Antiwar activists support whistleblower Daniel Hale. workers.org 
Daniel Hale, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, faces up to 10 years in prison for releasing documents relating to the Pentagon's drone program. The documents expose atrocities and the existence of "kill lists" that name people targeted for assassination. Hale pleaded guilty to one count of violating the 1917 . . . |
(2021-07-20). Attorney Files Lawsuit Against CDC Based on "Sworn Declaration" from Whistleblower Claiming 45,000 Deaths Are Reported to VAERS — All Within 3 Days of COVID-19 Shots. globalresearch.ca
(2021-07-20). Jorge Rodríguez Denounces New Drone Assassination Attempt On President. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, July 13, during a press conference held at the Federal Legislative Palace, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), deputy Jorge Rodríguez, presented new evidence of destabilization attempts perpetrated by the extreme right, which armed and trained the gangs of Cota 905 to try overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro. | Rodríguez stated that on June 22 an attack was thwarted that would have targeted President Nicolás Maduro while he was inaugurating the monument for the Bicentennial of the Battle of Carabobo. Four drones were used in the attack, which were intercepted and de…
(2021-07-20). The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — Part 6: Assange in the Dock. orinocotribune.com 
By Joe Lauria — Jul 13, 2021 | The sixth and final part of a six-part series on Julian Assange and the Espionage Act. | The most significant change in the Official Secrets Act of 1989 is that it largely brought it into line with the McCarran-amended Espionage Act: intent was removed, thereby eliminating the public interest defense. A 1988 government White Paper considering changes to the OSA, stated: | "Suggestions have been made that the law should provide a general defence that disclosure was in the public interest. The object would be to enable the courts to consider the benefit of the unauthorised disclo…
(2021-07-20). Amnesty International: Julian Assange's "Arbitrary" Detention Must End. Release Him Now. democracynow.org 
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces up to 175 years in prison if he is extradited to the U.S. under the Espionage Act for publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes, Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard says his detention since 2010 "is arbitrary and that he should be released." She adds that allegations made against him by the U.S. authorities "raise a large number of problems and red flags in relation to freedom of the press."
(2021-07-20). IEA Warns CO2 Emissions Set to Climb to 'All-Time High' as Rich Nations Skimp on Clean Energy. commondreams.org "Every U.S. media outlet should lambast this comment and reference Assange, but they won't, because they suck," said one commentator.
(2021-07-20). Critics Note Blinken's Vow to Support 'Independent Journalists' Does Not Apply to Julian Assange. commondreams.org What Washington could really do in Central America.
(2021-07-20). "Gulag of Our Time": Amnesty International Calls on Biden Admin to Shut Down Guantánamo Bay Prison. democracynow.org 
Fifty-six-year-old Abdul Latif Nasser is the first Guantánamo Bay prisoner to be released under the Biden administration. He was imprisoned for nearly two decades without charge and had been cleared for release since 2016. Thirty-nine prisoners remain at Guantánamo. "Legally speaking, morally speaking, that space that has been created has no significance other than the harm it is placing on people," says Agnès Callamard, | secretary general of Amnesty International.
(2021-07-20). Robotic Killing Machines and Our Future: Chris Pratt, Aliens and Drones. counterpunch.org Chris Pratt of Parks and Recreation and Guardians of the Galaxy fame has a new film out. In The Tomorrow War, Pratt uses time travel to save Earth from hordes of ravenous aliens. The film ultimately is an allegory for climate change, so kudos to Pratt and all in Hollywood for a movie demonstrating that