Topic: DRUGS - on July 12, 2013 at 5:22:00 PM CEST
Barrie Rainey in court over 'fake ecstasy' death in Alexandria
A 24-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with the death of a teenager who is thought to have taken a fake ecstasy tablet.
The 18-year-old woman died after taking the tablet in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, on Tuesday.
Barrie Rainey, from Alexandria, was charged under the misuse of drugs act at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
bbc.co.uk Seven deaths are linked to fake ecstasy tablets, police say - The tablets are green with a Rolex Crown logo on them
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 5:12:00 PM CEST
WikiLeaks-Veröffentlichung: Das sagte Snowden auf dem Flughafen in Moskau
Der NSA-Enthüller Snowden hat auf dem Flughafen in Moskau mit einer Gruppe von Menschenrechtlern gesprochen. WikiLeaks veröffentlichte nun das Statement des Whistleblowers.
Moskau - Das Treffen fand unter Ausschluss der Öffentlichkeit statt: Im abgesperrten Transitbereich des Flughafens Scheremetjewo in Moskau sprach der flüchtige US-Computerexperte Edward Snowden mit Menschenrechtlern. Die Plattform WikiLeaks stellte wenig später seine Erklärung online. Lesen Sie hier das Statement im englischen Original:
"Hello. My name is Ed Snowden. A little over one month ago, I had family, a home in paradise, and I lived in great comfort. I also had the capability without any warrant to search for, seize, and read your communications. Anyone's communications at any time. That is the power to change people's fates.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 4:03:00 PM CEST
Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia: Twitter post
Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seeking temporary asylum in Russia and plans to go to Latin America eventually, an organization endorsed by anti-secrecy group Wikileaks said on Twitter on Friday.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 12, 2013 at 3:02:00 PM CEST
Hundreds of Marijuana Plants Sprout in German City
The German university city of Göttingen is being taken over by marijuana plants. Behind the phenomenon is a group of pro-pot activists who planted seeds around town to stir debate over the plant's illegal status. City authorities are not amused.
The university town of Göttingen is getting greener and greener. But not everyone is pleased: The new plants sprouting up in parks, planter boxes and gardens across the city aren't part of an official city beautification project. They're part of a pro-marijuana protest.
In early June, a group calling itself "A Few Autonomous Flower Children" spread several kilograms of marijuana seeds through the city. Only now are the fruits of their labor beginning to emerge from the soil. "We can't set eyes on this useful and beautiful plant because it's absolutely forbidden in Germany to grow it," the group wrote in a letter claiming responsibility for the action. And they say that's not right.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 12, 2013 at 3:01:00 PM CEST
Pakistan says $96m worth of hashish, cocaine seized
Pakistani and Belgian authorities have seized cocaine and hashish worth more than US$76 million (S$96 million) in a series of drug raids in which three foreigners were arrested, Islamabad said Friday.
A consignment of 3,000kg of hashish en route from Afghanistan to Belgium was impounded in a joint operation and 1,000kg of cocaine intercepted separately, the Pakistani government said.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 2:57:00 PM CEST
Tired of helping the CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges
A Venezuelan government minister on Wednesday urged citizens to shut Facebook accounts to avoid being unwitting informants for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, referring to recent revelations about U.S. surveillance programs.
Edward Snowden, a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who is stuck in a Moscow airport while seeking to avoid capture by the United States, last month leaked details about American intelligence agencies obtaining information from popular websites including Facebook.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 2:55:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden to meet Amnesty and Human Rights Watch at Moscow airport – live coverage
NSA whistleblower to meet human rights groups at Sheremetyevo airport to discuss his next steps forward as he claims US is illegally denying his right to seek asylum
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 1:49:00 PM CEST
Snowden ist ein Glücksfall für die Gesellschaft
Sind die Überwachungsprogramme der amerikanischen und britischen Geheimdienste illegal? Ja, sagte der Passauer Sicherheits- und Internetrechtler Dirk Heckmann. Er ruft im Interview zu Klagen gegen Prism auf - und warnt vor dem Entstehen eines totalitären Systems.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Herr Heckmann, müssen wir uns damit abfinden, dass große Teile unseres Verhaltens im Internet von ausländischen Geheimdiensten aufgezeichnet und überwacht werden?
Heckmann: Wir sollten es zumindest nicht. Wir müssen uns klar machen, dass da offenbar Dinge passieren, die nach unserem Verfassungsrecht nie passieren dürften.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Warum?
Heckmann: Dass Geheimdienste für unsere Sicherheit sorgen wollen, ist an sich legitim. Der Zweck heiligt aber nicht die Mittel. Man stelle sich vor, jeder Vermieter würde heimlich einen Wohnungsschlüssel an den Geheimdienst liefern und dazu Informationen zu Grundriss, Mobiliar, und wann seine Mieter nicht zu Hause sind. Und das wäre noch harmlos im Vergleich zu dem Ausmaß, in dem das NSA-Programm Prism in die Privatsphäre eingreift.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 12:59:00 PM CEST
US-Bedienstete von Polizei, Zoll und Militär übernehmen Sicherheitsaufgaben in Deutschland und der EU
Die gegenwärtige Auseinandersetzung um die digitale Bespitzelung durch Behörden der USA und Großbritanniens dreht sich vornehmlich um die Geheimdienste. Entsprechende Absprachen oder Abkommen (etwa gemäß dem sogenannten “NATO-Truppenstatut”) werden unter Verschluss gehalten; sogar der Regierungssprecher wollte hierzu in der Bundespressekonferenz am Montag keine Angaben machen.
Im Polizei- und Zollbereich jedoch unterhält vor allem Deutschland beste Beziehungen zu den USA. Der frühere Innenminister Wolfgang Schäuble nutzte die EU-Präsidentschaft Deutschlands 2007, um einen “transatlantischen Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts” einzufädeln. Auf der Webseite des Weißen Hauses liest sich das so:
Counterterrorism and Law Enforcement Cooperation: Germany and the United States have a robust cooperative relationship on counterterrorism, law enforcement and homeland security matters.</p>
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 12:57:00 PM CEST
Neue Snowden-Enthüllungen zeigen Details der Kollaboration von NSA und Microsoft
Microsoft hat gerade ein Problem. Der Guardian berichtet über neue ausgewertete Dokumente, die das PRISM-Überwachungsprojekt weiter beschreiben. Demnach arbeitet Microsoft und seine Tochterfirma Skype sehr eng mit dem FBI und der NSA zusammen, um diesen Zugriff auf die Kommunikation der eigenen Kunden zu ermöglichen. Grob war das durch die ersten Prism-Enthüllungen bekannt. In dem Artikel “Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages” beschreibt der Guardian detaillierter, wie die Zusammenarbeit funktioniert.
netzpolitik.org Wer Microsoft seine Daten anvertraut, handelt fahrlässig
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
How Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users' communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company's own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian.
The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies over the last three years. They also shed new light on the workings of the top-secret Prism program, which was disclosed by the Guardian and the Washington Post last month.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 12, 2013 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden: US officials are preventing me claiming asylum
The NSA surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden has said US officials are waging a campaign to prevent him from taking up asylum offers as he called a meeting in Moscow airport with human rights groups.
In a letter sent to groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, the former intelligence agency contractor claimed there was "an unlawful campaign by officials in the US government to deny my right to seek and enjoy … asylum under article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and invited them to meet him at 5pm local time.
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