Topic: SPY - on July 4, 2013 at 1:59:00 PM CEST
Anti-Spionage-Resolution: EU-Parlament verlangt Stopp aller US-Spähprogramme
Das EU-Parlament hat die Spähaktionen des US-Geheimdienstes mit großer Mehrheit scharf verurteilt. Eine Arbeitsgruppe soll die Schnüffelattacken nun überprüfen. Einen Untersuchungsausschuss wird es aber nicht geben.
Straßburg - Das EU-Parlament hat die mutmaßlichen Spionageaktionen des US-Geheimdienstes NSA gegen EU-Vertretungen scharf verurteilt. Die Abgeordneten verlangen einen Stopp sämtlicher Überwachungsprogramme. Die USA sollten den Europäern alle Informationen über das Überwachungsprogramm Prism ohne Umschweife zur Verfügung stellen, heißt es in einer Resolution. Diese wurde am Donnerstag in Straßburg mit großer Mehrheit angenommen.
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Topic: WEB - on July 4, 2013 at 1:52:00 PM CEST
Twitter translates tweets from leading Egyptians
Tweets from leading Egyptians are being automatically translated as part of a new Twitter service for non-Arabic speakers.
As Egypt's military ousted President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday, non-Egyptians were able to read his tweets in their local languages.
Other figures being translated included opposition leader Mohammed ElBaradei and Arab Spring activist Wael Ghonim.
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Topic: COMPUTER - on July 4, 2013 at 12:47:00 PM CEST
Doug Engelbart, Who Foresaw the Modern Computer, Dies at 88
Douglas Engelbart — the father of the computer mouse and so many of the other basic concepts that drive our personal machines and the modern internet — has died at the age of 88.
According to an email from his daughter, posted to a mailing list dedicated to classic computers, Engelbart died “peacefully” in his sleep at his home in Atherton, California.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 3, 2013 at 9:08:00 PM CEST
Präsidentin Kirchner twittert #snowden. 20 nächtliche Tweets übersetzt aus dem Spanischen.
Heute Nacht wurde dem bolivianischen Staatspräsident Evo Morales die Überquerung des französischen und portugiesischen Luftraumes verweigert. Daraufhin musste Morales in Wien zwangslanden. Hier Tweets der argentinischen Staatspräsidentin Kirchner, in denen sie auf ihre unnachahmliche Weise von der nächtlichen Krisendiplomatie in Lateinamerika berichtet.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 3, 2013 at 6:14:00 PM CEST
The UK Government bans khat, ignores advice of its own experts
The UK government has today announced it will go against the recommendations of its own drugs experts (again) and ban khat, a plant mostly used by the UK’s Somali and Yemeni communities, that produces a mild stimulant effect when chewed.
Earlier this year, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the body responsible for providing the government with expert advice on drugs, produced a detailed review of the evidence (PDF) on the social and health harms of khat and offered recommendations on responses to the drug in the UK.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on July 3, 2013 at 6:12:00 PM CEST
Zeuge im NSU-Prozess: Wie ein BKA-Mann Zschäpe zum Reden brachte
Im NSU-Prozess schweigt die Hauptangeklagte Beate Zschäpe, doch das war nicht immer so: Geschickt verwickelte ein BKA-Beamter Zschäpe nach ihrer Festnahme in Plaudereien. Er habe ihr von der RAF erzählt, sie ihrem Ärger über ihre Verteidiger Luft gemacht - und Emotionen gezeigt.
Wie viel List darf angewendet werden, um einen Beschuldigten, der sich auf sein Recht zu schweigen beruft, trotzdem zum Reden zu bringen? Welche Tricks sind erlaubt? Folgt man den Aussagen der Polizeizeugen, die im NSU-Prozess vor dem Münchner Oberlandesgericht aussagen: offenbar eine Menge. Ganz legal.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 3, 2013 at 5:27:00 PM CEST
Credit card donations to WikiLeaks flowing through Iceland again
International credit card donations to WikiLeaks are flowing again after an Icelandic court ruling forced MasterCard's and Visa's local agent to process payments, the companies involved in processing the funds said.
One of WikiLeaks' most important sources of funding - donations made from Visa and MasterCard users around the globe - was cut off in 2010 when the firms stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks' direct payment line in Iceland.
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Topic: SPY - on July 3, 2013 at 5:18:00 PM CEST
EU Oversight of Security and Spy Agencies
Abstract
This study evaluates the oversight of national security and intelligence agencies by parliaments and specialised non-parliame ntary oversight bodies, with a view to identifying good practices that can inform the European Parliament’s approach to strengthening the oversight of Europol, Eurojust, Frontex and, to a lesser extent, Sitcen. The study puts forward a series of detailed recommendations (including in the field of access to classified information) that are formulated on the basis of in-depth assessments of: (1) the current functions and powers of these four bodies; (2) existing arrangements for the oversight of these bodies by the European Parliament, the Joint Supervisory Bodies and national parliaments; and (3) the legal and institutional frameworks for parliamentary and specialised oversight of security and intelligence agencies in EU Member States and other major democracies.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 3, 2013 at 5:12:00 PM CEST
Europaparlament belegte schon 2001: Politisch Verantwortliche müssen von Überwachung gewusst haben
Die politisch Verantwortlichen der Europäischen Union und Deutschland haben schon 2001 von der weltweiten Überwachung von USA und Großbritannien gewusst. Das belegt ein Bericht des Europäischen Parlaments, der zwei Monate vor 9-11 das Spionagenetz Echelon offiziell bestätigte. Klar war auch, dass es nicht nur um militärische Vorteile, sondern auch um Wirtschaftsspionage ging.
netzpolitik.org Alles war vor über 10 Jahren bekannt, in 1998 und der Spiegel bringt einen Artikel identisch wie in 2000.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 3, 2013 at 3:42:00 PM CEST
Colorado will fly 100% hemp American flag over the Capitol this 4th of July
The flag flying over the Capitol building on the Fourth of July might look like your typical Old Glory. But you probably won’t notice the fibers that make it special. It’s believed to be the first hemp flag to flutter over the dome since the government began outlawing marijuana’s less-recreational cousin back in the 1930s.
Colorado hemp advocate Michael Bowman is the man responsible for getting the flag, made from Colorado-raised hemp and screen-printed with the stars and stripes, up there.
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Topic: SPY - on July 3, 2013 at 3:20:00 PM CEST
Hidden microphone found at Ecuador's embassy in UK, says foreign minister
Ecuador has found a hidden microphone inside its London embassy where the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living, and will disclose on Wednesday who controls the device, its foreign minister said.
Ricardo Patino said the microphone was found inside the office of the Ecuadorean ambassador to the UK, Ana Alban, at the time of a visit to the embassy by Patino to meet Assange on 16 June. Assange lives and works in a different room within the embassy.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 3, 2013 at 3:14:00 PM CEST
Egypt counts down to army deadline - live updates
• Opposition puts forward its own transition roadmap • Morsi's private concessions rejected by army • Military ultimatum due to expire at 4.30pm local time • 16 dead in Cairo University clashes
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