Monthly Archives: July 2013

Gordon Humphrey, now Jimmy Carter

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Muller

High profile public support for Edward Snowden is rare. After the Guardian had reported that former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey had exchanged some friedly emails with NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel (only in its German version) knows that former … Continue reading →

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The Hasty And Ill-conceived Decision to Award U.S. President Barack Obama

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Muller

University of Umeå professor of Sociology Stefan Svallfors’ remark to the Nobel Peace Prize committee in Oslo today when justifying his nomination of Edward Snowden may be true. But will it be of any advantage? All three, Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks … Continue reading →

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The Damavand Site

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Muller

Recently taken off the U.S. State Department’s list of terrorist organizations Iranian Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) has once again claimed another secret nuclear site in Iran. According to Reuters, it is located 10 km east of the village of Damavand, some … Continue reading →

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The Snowden-Greenwald Affair

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Muller

Update below. While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has got stuck in the transit area of a Moscow airport for the fourth week, the man who broke his story, Guardian’s blogger Glenn Greenwald, arranges for constant publicity about the material Snowden … Continue reading →

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Plausible Deniability

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Muller

Der Spiegel reporter Marcel Rosenbach has entertained today in German TV presseclub “plausible deniability”, a common strategy when government officials need to lie and deceit when held accountable for their unconstitutional acts by  lawmakers and the public. One outrageous example … Continue reading →

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