Topic: DRUGS - on June 9, 2013 at 10:17:00 PM CEST
New Study: Cannabinoids Protect the Brain and Heart From Injury
Cannabis is in the news again for its purported medicinal benefits, with researchers in Israel last week indicating it may help prevent trauma to the brain in certain circumstances and may also help with cardiac problems. A few months ago an English pharmaceutical company that manufactures cannabinoids announced it was developing a new treatment for epilepsy using them.
Prof. Yosef Sarne in the Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Tel Aviv University says that cannabis has neuro-protective qualities. He has found that extremely low doses of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC- the psychoactive component of marijuana- can protect the brain from long-term cognitive damage in the wake of injury from hypoxia (lack of oxygen), seizures, or toxic drugs.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 10:06:00 PM CEST
Web-Überwachung durch die NSA: 29-jähriger Techniker verriet Spähprogramm Prism
"Ich will nicht in einer Gesellschaft leben, die so etwas macht", sagt Edward Snowden. "So etwas", damit meint er das geheime Ausspähen von Internetdiensten, wie es die National Security Agency (NSA) seit 2007 getan hat. Snowden war die vergangenen vier Jahre als Mitarbeiter externer Unternehmen wie Dell in dem US-Geheimdienst tätig - jetzt hat ihn die britische Zeitung "Guardian" als Quelle hinter den Berichten über die Internet-Überwachung präsentiert.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 10:03:00 PM CEST
NSA whistleblower goes public
The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA and current employee of the defence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton. Snowden has been working at the National Security Agency for the last four years as an employee of various outside contractors, including Booz Allen and Dell.
The Guardian, after several days of interviews, is revealing his identity at his request. From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for the protection of anonymity. "I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong," he said.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 9:28:00 PM CEST
Are the NSA's PRISM slides photoshopped?
The Washington Post and The Guardian came with a breaking news story about a Top Secret NSA program called PRISM, which reportedly collects data directly from the servers of nine major internet companies like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype and Apple.
Many of these firms have already denied that the government has access to their networks. Today both president Obama and director of National Intelligence James Clapper said there is no gathering of information about US citizens or of any person located within the United States.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 5:29:00 PM CEST
PRISM and Other Spy Tools
PRISM has been in use since about 2003 based on a resume of a user and likely indicates PRISM collection well before recent publication of PRISM access to Internet servers, beginning with Microsoft in 2007. Numerous similar spying tools and programs are described below.
A discussion in 2000 between journalist Duncan Campbell and a Microsoft executive about NSA planting a key in Microsoft products
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 9, 2013 at 5:11:00 PM CEST
PRISM-Welle ebbt nicht ab – und das ist auch gut so
Die Enthüllungen über die umfassenden US-Überwachungstätigkeiten im Rahmen des PRISM-Programms haben ein großes internationales Medienecho hervorgerufen. Allerorten bestreiten, kritisieren und bekräftigen die beteiligten Akteure irgendwas. Der Guardian bloggt fortlaufend zu PRISM und Co. Im deutschsprachigen Raum spiegelt sueddeutsche.de das recht ausführlich.
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