Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 6:27:00 PM CEST
EU anger at US spy scandal softened by trade talks
How angry are the Europeans over reports of American spying in Europe? They are outraged but they are not so angry as to risk their economic interests.
On the surface Europe's leaders are deeply insulted. The president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, says the revelations showed "the United States of America treats its closest partners, including Germany for example, but also the European Union as a whole like hostile powers". Many MEPs share that view.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 4:53:00 PM CEST
Misinformation on classified NSA programs includes statements by senior U.S. officials
Amid the cascading disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs, the top lawyer in the U.S. intelligence community opened his remarks at a rare public appearance last week with a lament about how much of the information being spilled was wrong.
“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on,” said Robert Litt, citing a line often attributed to Mark Twain. “Unfortunately, there’s been a lot of misinformation that’s come out about these programs.”
The remark by Litt, general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, was aimed at news organizations. But details that have emerged from the exposure of hundreds of pages of previously classified NSA documents indicate that public assertions about these programs by senior U.S. officials have also often been misleading, erroneous or simply false.
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Topic: EU - on July 2, 2013 at 4:35:00 PM CEST
The European Union Explained
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 4:24:00 PM CEST
Tor-Router zum Selberbauen: Internet-Tarnkappe für 65 Euro
Selbsthilfe gegen Bespitzelung: Für wenig Geld kann man sich einen Router basteln, der die eigene Identität im Netz verschleiert. Der Mini-Rechner Onion Pi nutzt dazu das Tor-Netzwerk. Nebeneffekt: Einige im Internet gesperrte Inhalte werden sichtbar.
Eins vorab: Bitte beachten Sie, dass es sich bei unserer Bastelanleitung um einen redaktionellen Service handelt. Das Netzwelt-Ressort hat den im Folgenden vorgestellten SpOnionPi zwar selbst ausführlich getestet und die Anleitung nach bestem Wissen erstellt, übernimmt aber keinerlei Gewähr für die Anleitung und das Endprodukt. Der Nachbau erfolgt auf eigenes Risiko, SPIEGEL ONLINE übernimmt insofern keine Haftung.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 4:21:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden asylum: countries approached and their responses
The NSA whistleblower has made 21 applications for asylum worldwide as he flees the US – with little success
According to a statement from WikiLeaks, the US whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in a total of 21 countries. Snowden, who has been charged under espionage laws in the US after leaking top-secret documents on US surveillance programmes, has been trapped in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since 23 June after flying in from Hong Kong. He has yet to receive a positive response to his applications for asylum. Some countries have yet to respond but a number have already rejected his request.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 4:19:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden's options dwindle after asylum rejections
Several countries have denied whistleblower's request to seek political asylum and others say he must be on their soil to apply
Edward Snowden's hopes of finding refuge from prosecution appeared to be dwindling on Tuesday as country after country denied the US whistleblower's requests to seek political asylum.
Snowden sought political asylum from 21 countries, according to WikiLeaks, passing his requests to Russian officials from his hideaway in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 2:19:00 PM CEST
Bundesregierung prüft Aufenthaltserlaubnis für Snowden
Amerikas Staatsfeind Nummer 1 hat diverse EU-Länder um Asyl gebeten. Das Auswärtige Amt prüft nun, ob man dem NSA-Enthüller eine Aufenthaltserlaubnis erteilen kann. Deutschland ist allerdings auch an das Auslieferungsabkommen mit den USA gebunden.
Berlin - Edward Snowden steckt fest, irgendwo im Transitbereich von Terminal 4 Moskauer Flughafens Scheremetjewo. Wo soll der neue amerikanische Staatsfeind Nummer 1 hin? Das russische Asylangebot hat der NSA-Enthüller abgelehnt, das Interesse Ecuadors, Snowden Zuflucht zu bieten, ist offenbar deutlich abgekühlt. Nun soll er in China sowie mehreren europäischen Ländern um Aufnahme gebeten haben, darunter Deutschland. Innenminister Hans-Peter Friedrich (CSU) bestätigte am Dienstag, dass es ein entsprechendes Ersuchen gibt.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 2, 2013 at 12:57:00 PM CEST
Vatikanbank braucht neue Köpfe
Die Vatikanbank steckt tief im Korruptionssumpf. Wenige Tage nach dem Bekanntwerden neuer Vorwürfe sind jetzt der Direktor sowie dessen Vize zurückgetreten. Der deutsche Präsident der Vatikanbank soll die Aufgaben übergangsweise mit übernehmen.
Genau vor einem Jahr hatte der Generaldirektor der Vatikanbank, Paolo Cipriani, noch zu einem Tag der Offenen Tür eingeladen. Das Signal war klar: Wir haben nichts zu verbergen.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 2, 2013 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
Vatican bank promises sweeping change as senior staff resign
Sweeping changes at the top of the Vatican's scandal-ridden bank were announced on Monday night following the arrest of a senior church official in the latest of a string of scandals to have hit the institution.
The bank's recently appointed president, Ernst von Freyberg, said its two top officials – the director and deputy director – had both resigned. He thanked them for their "personal dedication" but added: "It is clear today that we need new leadership."
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 12:54:00 PM CEST
Lights, camera, action: Snowden movie hits the web
Video Well, that didn’t take long: a group of amateur film-makers in Hong Kong have already managed to release an Edward Snowden movie.
The five minute mini-epic charts the early part of the PRISM whistle-blowers’ story, in other words the bit set in Hong Kong:
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 2, 2013 at 12:53:00 PM CEST
Barack Obama seeks to limit EU fallout over US spying claims
Barack Obama has sought to limit the damage from the growing transatlantic espionage row after Germany and France denounced the major snooping activities of US agencies and warned of a possible delay in the launch next week of ambitious free-trade talks between Europe and the US.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and French president, François Hollande, demanded quick explanations from Washington about disclosures by the Guardian and Der Spiegel that US agencies bugged European embassies and offices. Berlin stressed there had to be mutual trust if trade talks were to go ahead in Washington on Monday.
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Topic: food - on July 1, 2013 at 5:24:00 PM CEST
European Patent Office grants Monsanto patent on natural broccoli seeds, florets
Monsanto's efforts to usher genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the European Union (EU) have been largely stagnant in recent years, so the multinational corporation and others in the industry are taking a new and more evil approach to gain more market control. According to a recent announcement put forth by the human rights advocacy group No Patents on Seeds!, the European Patent Office (EPO) is now granting biotechnology companies patents on all-natural crops such as broccoli, which was recently handed over as private property to Monsanto.
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