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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
Anschluss
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 →
Posted in EU, Russia, USA
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Tagged annexation, Barack Obama, Crimea, Iraq-Iran war, Kuwait April Glaspie, Nikita Khrushchev, Saddam Hussein, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin
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How War Against Terror Became War Against Journalists Turning War Against Terror Again
When listening to journalists’ immediate comments after the attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 11 September 2001, one could only expect that the world would change forever. Of course, all of us feared long-lasting war with the … Continue reading →
Posted in surveillance, Terrorism, UK, USA
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Tagged 1984, Afghanistan War Logs, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, CableGate, Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Five Eyes Alliance, GCHQ, George Orwell, George W. Bush, Glenn Greenwald, Global War on Terror, internet, Iraq War Logs, Jeremy Benthem, Julian Assange, Laura Poitras, NSA, Panopticon, pierre Omidyar, The Intercept, WikiLeaks
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Another Friendly Leak?
Just in order to put Germany in its place? Yesterday, Germany’s leading tabloid BamS had reported that, after President Obama had banned in January U.S. eavesdropping on leaders of close U.S. allies, including Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, NSA has right now switched … Continue reading →
Posted in Germany, surveillance, USA
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Tagged Angela Merkel, BamS, Barack Obama, Edward Snowden, Ewen MacAskill, friendly leaks, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Thomas de Maiziere
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The Difference Between Tyranny and Freedom
After Julian Assange in 2010, Thomas Drake and Jesselyn Radack in 2011, and Edward Snowden last year, Chelsea Manning has received the 2014 Sam Adams Award, not named after the 18th century Founding Father but CIA whistle-blower during the Vietnam War, Samuel A. Adams. … Continue reading →
What Makes Us Exceptional – “Fuck the E.U.”
President Barack Obama who has told world leaders that U.S. Americans are exceptional is overdue to come off the high horse. What Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, thinks about the European Union (“Fuck the EU”; see … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, European Union, exceptionalism, Kiev, Ukraine, Victoria Nuland
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