Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones granted whistleblower status
wsws.org | 2021-06-04
The action comes after Jones was fired and witchhunted by Governor Ron DeSantis for opposing his campaign to ignore COVID-19 and reopen schools and workplaces.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/flor-j01.html

First Fully Autonomous Drone Was Used To Hunt Haftar's Forces In Libya
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-03
Click to see full-size image | Military-grade autonomous drones can fly themselves to a specific location, pick their own targets and kill without the assistance of a remote human operator. | According to a United Nations report, for the first time ever, such a weapon was used in Libya against Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's forces — the Libyan National Army. | The lethal autonomous weapons system (LAWS) was used back in March 2020. | The UN said that logistic convoys and retrea…
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Danish public broadcaster reveals ongoing NSA spying on top EU officials
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
This comes eight years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed mass NSA electronic spying in 2013, targeting the population of the entire world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/euro-j02.html

That Old Story: Spying on Friends
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-06-02
One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National …
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That Old Story: Spying on Friends
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National Security Agency was revealing on this point, though it merely confirmed centuries of understan…
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U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org…
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U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezuelan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org…
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Mexican Cartel Hunts Down Police Officers, Kills Them In Front Of Their Families
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | In Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has started its own policy of terror. | The extremely violent organization has begun hunting police officers in their homes, abducting, torturing and ultimately killing them. | The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, i…
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