Monthly Archives: March 2014

Dubious Company

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Muller

Based on documents which had been leaked by Edward Snowden to reporters of the Guardian and Washington Post in June last year in Hong Kong, Der Spiegel reports today, among other widespread spying activities in Germany, about  a top secret list (apparently … Continue reading →

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Anschluss

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Muller

Annexation of Crimea by Russia has been compared with that of the West Bank by Israel today. Well, I had in mind the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein in 1990. While the West is still ignoring the decades-long … Continue reading →

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“Declare that the indiscriminate, bulk collection of private data by governments is a violation of our rights and must end”

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Muller

Edward Snowden has testified at the EU parliament in writing to written questions. The pdf file can be found here. As expected he referred in some detail only to what has been püublished already by journalists. When having been asked … Continue reading →

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Manufactured Evidence

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Muller

The new book by true investigative journalist Gareth Porter, Manufactured Crisis, summarizes the decade-long deception of the public about the nature of Iran’s nuclear program. It is not real news that the United States, Israel and the Iranian terrorist organization … Continue reading →

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