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Európa Europe
Nagy-Britannia Great Britain
2013. VIII. 21. Cameron, brit miniszterelnök legfőbb politikai tanácsadója is azok között volt, akik nyomást gyakoroltak a napilapra, hogy a "The Guardian" semmisítse meg az amerikai Nemzetbiztonsági Ügynökség volt alkalmazottjától, Snowden-től kapott titkos iratokat.
A "The Guardian" a független újságírás elleni támadásként értékelte a london-i kormány részéről a lapra gyakorolt nyomást. Titkos ügynökök jelenlétében végül megsemmisítették az iratokat tartalmazó adathordozókat a lap székházának pincéjében, de Rusbridger főszerkesztő elmondása szerint külföldön vannak másolataik, így továbbra is képesek feltáró riportokat közölni. A sajtó képviselőinek nagyobb védelme érdekében a terrorellenes törvény független felülvizsgálatát követelte a Nemzetközi Újságíró Szövetség ("IFJ") és európai testvérszervezete, az Európai Újságíró-szövetség ("EFJ") a "The Guardian" elleni hatósági eljárás nyomán az Európai Bizottságtól és az Emberi Jogok Európai Bíróságától. "Ami a múlt héten Nagy-Britanniában történt, az újabb bizonyítéka a polgári jogok és a sajtószabadság fokozódó eróziójának" - hangsúlyozta Blicher-Bjerregard, az "EFJ" elnöke. A washington-i Fehér Ház elhatárolódott a london-i intézkedéstől. "Nagyon nehéz elképzelni, hogy (az Egyesült Államokban) ilyesmi előforduljon" - mondta Earnest szóvivő a "The Guardian" birtokába jutott iratok megsemmisítésével kapcsolatban. Seibert, a német kormány szóvivője ugyancsak úgy nyilatkozott, hogy Németország-ban "aligha elképzelhető" egy ilyen eljárás. London kettős mércét alkalmaz az emberi jogok terén, amikor a "The Guardian"-re nyomást gyakorol - kommentálta Lukasevics, orosz külügyi szóvivő a brit hatóságok fellépését a napilappal szemben. (Forrás: MTI)
2013. VIII. 22. A brit rendőrség közölte, hogy vizsgálatot indított a "The Guardian" újságírója, Greenwald élettársa ellen a brit lap titkosszolgálatokat leleplező cikkei kapcsán.
Két bíró engedélyt adott a hatóságoknak, hogy 2013. augusztus 30-ig alaposan átvizsgálják a dokumentumokat, amennyiben az a nemzetbiztonság védelmét vagy bármilyen terrorizmushoz köthető kapcsolat kivizsgálását szolgálja. A nyomozás megindítása a legfrissebb fordulat abban a hírszerzési botrányban, amelyik Obama amerikai elnököt a Kreml ellen fordította, Cameron brit miniszterelnök közvetlen munkatársait pedig arra késztette, hogy a "The Guardian"-t rávegyék a birtokában lévő, titkos dokumentumokat tartalmazó adathordozók megsemmisítésére. (Forrás: MTI)
23 August, 2013 UK’s secret Mid-East internet surveillance base is revealed in Snowden leaks
Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept and process vast quantities of emails, telephone calls and web traffic on behalf of Western intelligence agencies. The station is able to tap into and extract data from the underwater fibre-optic cables passing through the region. The information is then processed for intelligence and passed to 'GCHQ' in Cheltenham and shared with the 'National Security Agency' ('NSA') in the United States. The Government claims the station is a key element in the West’s 'war on terror” and provides a vital “early warning” system for potential attacks around the world. The data-gathering operation is part of a £1bn internet project still being assembled by 'GCHQ'. It is part of the surveillance and monitoring system, code-named 'Tempora', whose wider aim is the global interception of digital communications, such as emails and text messages. Across three sites, communications – including telephone calls – are tracked both by satellite dishes and by tapping into underwater fibre-optic cables. The Middle East station was set up under a warrant signed by the then Foreign Secretary Miliband, authorising 'GCHQ' to monitor and store for analysis data passing through the network of fibre-optic cables that link up the internet around the world. The certificate authorised 'GCHQ' to collect information about the 'political intentions of foreign powers', terrorism, proliferation, mercenaries and private military companies, and serious financial fraud. Intelligence sources have denied the aim is a blanket gathering of all communications, insisting the operation is targeted at security, terror and organised crime. (Source: 'The Independent'): http://tinyurl.com/n7c7sgb
23 August, 2013 "Guardian" partners with "New York Times" over Snowden 'GCHQ' files
Some of Snowden cache shared with US paper after 'climate of intense pressure' from UK government. "In a climate of intense pressure from the UK government, "the Guardian" decided to bring in a US partner to work on the 'GCHQ' documents provided by Snowden. We are working in partnership with the "NYT" and others to continue reporting these stories" - "the Guardian" said in a statement. Journalists in America are protected by the First Amendment which guarantees free speech and in practice prevents the state seeking pre-publication injunctions or 'prior restraint'. The US surveillance scandal broke in early June when "the Guardian" revealed the US was collecting telephone records of millions of American citizens. Since then "the Guardian" has exposed mass surveillance of 'Facebook', 'Google', 'Microsoft', eavesdropping by Britain's 'GCHQ' on foreign politicians at G20 summits in London and the secret operation codenamed 'Tempora', involving mass interception of cable traffic, designed, in the words of 'GCHQ' to 'Master the Internet'. (Source: "The Guardian"): http://tinyurl.com/kjg9cgc
30 August 2013 Miranda: police win wider powers to investigate seized data
The high court has granted the Metropolitan police extended powers to investigate whether crimes related to terrorism and breaches of the Official Secrets Act have been committed following the seizure of data at Heathrow from Miranda, the partner of a 'Guardian' journalist. Following the court ruling, the police will now be allowed to examine the material to investigate whether a crime of 'communication of material to an enemy' has been committed as well as possible crimes of communication of material about members of the military and intelligence services that could be useful to terrorists. The encrypted files on the hard drive seized from Miranda contained approximately fifty-eight tousand highly classified UK intelligence documents - Robbins, deputy nationalsecurity adviser in the Cabinet Office said. (Source: 'The Guardian'): http://tinyurl.com/qjc8j3h
Scandinavia
August 25, 2013 In an open letter to British Prime Minister Cameron, editors of leading Nordic newspapers said Miranda's detention and moves against the "Guardian" were "undermining the position of the free press throughout the world".
"(We are) deeply concerned that a stout defender of democracy and free debate such as the United Kingdom uses anti-terror legislation in order to legalize what amounts to harassment of both the paper and individuals associated with it" - said the letter from Sweden's 'Dagens Nyheter", Finland's 'Helsingin Sanomat", Denmark's 'Politiken" and Norway's 'Aftenposten". (Source: "Reuters"): http://tinyurl.com/lcmjlqf
Switzerland
31 August 2013 Geneva-headquartered cyber-security company "High-Tech Bridge" set out to test the confidentiality of fifty of the biggest internet companies by using their systems to send a unique web address in private messages.
Experts then waited to see which companies clicked on the website. During the ten-day operation, six of the fifty companies tested were found to have opened the link. Among the six were 'Facebook', 'Twitter', 'Google' and discussion forum 'Formspring'. (Source: 'The Mail"): http://tinyurl.com/nyu2k7l
Európai Unió
2013. VIII. 21. Az Európai Tanács (ET) magyarázatot vár London-tól a "The Guardian" ügyében
Jagland, a pán-európai szervezet főtitkára írni fog a brit kormánynak, hogy adjon magyarázatot Miranda londoni feltartóztatására, valamint a "The Guardian" birtokában lévő, a Snowden-üggyel kapcsolatos dokumentumok megsemmisítésére - mondta Jagland szóvivője, Holtgen. Az ET főtitkára magyarázatot fog kérni a brit kormánytól arra, "hogyan egyeztethető mindez össze Nagy-Britanniának az Emberi Jogok Európai Konvenciójával kapcsolatos kötelezettségeivel. Holtgen szerint "nem elegendő a szólásszabadsággal kapcsolatban Ukrajná-ban, Oroszország-ban vagy Magyarországon felmerülő problémákat bírálni. Ugyanezeket a normákat kell alkalmazni mindenütt, beleértve az olyan országokat is, mint amilyen Nagy-Britannia." A brit Parlament belügyi vizsgálóbizottságának ellenzéki elnöke - a munkáspárti Vaz - azt követelte Cameron miniszterelnöktől, hogy a szabadságáról való visszatérte után, szeptember 2-án tegyen "teljes körű nyilatkozatot" a Parlamentben az ügyről. (Forrás: MTI)
Other continents További földrészek
Asia
Qatar
August 31, 2013 Arab news broadcaster 'Al Jazeera' was spied on by the 'National Security Agency' ('NSA'), according to documents seen by "Der Spiegel".
The Qatar-based channel has been broadcasting audio and video messages from 'al-Qaida' leaders for more than a decade. (Source: 'Der Spiegel"): http://tinyurl.com/n4znoyb
Észak-Amerika
United Stetes Egyesült Államok
Aug 22, 2013 The 'NSA' declassified three secret court opinions showing how it revealed to the 'Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court' that one of its surveillance programs may have collected and stored as many as fifty-six thousand emails and other communications by ordinary Americans annually over three years. The court ruled the 'NSA' actions unconstitutional and ordered the agency to fix the problem, which it did by creating new technology to filter out buckets of data most likely to contain U.S. emails, and then limit the access to that data. The 'NSA' disclosed that it gathers some two hundred fifty million Internet communications each year, with some nine percent from these 'upstream' channels, amounting to twenty million to twenty-five million emails a year. The agency used statistical analysis to estimate that of those, possibly as many as fifty-six thousand Internet communications collected were sent by Americans or people in the U.S. with no connection to terrorism. (Source: 'Associated Press'): http://tinyurl.com/lnxqlwd. The Office of the Director of 'National Intelligence Agency' started a 'Tumblr' blog about the work of the nation’s intelligence community, called 'IC On The Record'. But its appearance on a blogging platform that is more commonly used by 20-somethings to share GIFs and other snippets of pop culture (or for pornography) surprised many. The contents of the releases themselves, including official statements, video and testimony, were no different from what the office released on its own Web site, which raises the question: why make a 'Tumblr'? For some time now, government entities have been turning to 'Tumblr', as well as other social media platforms, to freshen their image and revamp their tools for reaching the public. 'Tumblr' powers over thirty United States government blogs... (Source: "The New York Times") Declassified 'NSA' documents ('IC on the record'): http://tinyurl.com/lg4tuoc
23 August 2013 The National Security Agency ('NSA') paid millions to cover 'Prism' compliance costs for tech companies; top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship; 'Prism' companies include 'Google' and 'Yahoo', says 'NSA'; costs were incurred after 2011 'Fisa" court ruling
The N'SA' paid millions of dollars to cover the costs of major internet companies involved in the 'Prism' surveillance program after a court ruled that some of the agency's activities were unconstitutional, according to top-secret material passed to the "Guardian". The technology companies, which the 'NSA' says includes 'Google', 'Yahoo', 'Microsoft' and 'Facebook', incurred the costs to meet new certification demands in the wake of the ruling from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ('Fisa') court. The disclosure that taxpayers' money was used to cover the companies' compliance costs raises new questions over the relationship between Silicon Valley and the 'NSA'. 'Prism' operates under section 702 of the Fisa Amendments Act, which authorises the 'NSA' to target without a warrant the communications of foreign nationals believed to be not on US soil. But Snowden's revelations have shown that US emails and calls are collected in large quantities in the course of these 702 operations, either deliberately because the individual has been in contact with a foreign intelligence target or inadvertently because the 'NSA' is unable to separate out purely domestic communications. Last week, the "Washington Post" revealed documents from Snowden that showed the 'NSA' breached privacy rules thousands of times a year, in the face of repeated assurances from Obama and other senior intelligence figures that there was no evidence of unauthorised surveillance of Americans. The newly declassified court ruling, by then chief Fisa judge Bates, also revealed serious issues with how the 'NSA' handled the US communications it was sweeping up under its foreign intelligence authorisations. The judgment revealed that the 'NSA' was collecting up to fifty-six thousand wholly US internet communications per year in the three years until the court intervened. Bates also rebuked the agency for misrepresenting the true scope of a major collection program for the third time in three years. (Source: 'The Guardian"): http://tinyurl.com/mvsswl6
Aug 23, 2013 'NSA' analysts intentionally abused spying powers multiple times.
Some 'National Security Agency' analysts deliberately ignored restrictions on their authority to spy on Americans multiple times in the past decade, contradicting Obama administration officials’ and lawmakers’ statements that no willful violations occurred. The incidents, chronicled in a new report by the 'NSA’s inspector general, provide more evidence that U.S. agencies sometimes have violated legal and administrative restrictions on domestic spying, and may add to the pressure to bolster laws that govern intelligence activities. The agency has taken steps to ensure that everyone understands legal and administrative boundaries, whom to consult when questions arise, and the consequences of violations or willful ignorance - said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the inspector general’s report is classified. The report was provided to the congressional intelligence committees, according to administration officials. Legal opinions declassified on Aug. 21 revealed that the 'NSA' intercepted as many as fifty-six thousand electronic communications a year of Americans who weren’t suspected of having links to terrorism, before a secret court that oversees surveillance found the operation unconstitutional in 2011. In a declassified legal opinion from October 2011, the court said the agency substantially misrepresented the scope of surveillance operations three times in less than three years. A May 2012 internal government audit found more than two thousand seven hundred violations involving 'NSA surveillance' of Americans and foreigners over a one-year period. The audit was reported Aug. 16 by the "Washington Post", citing documents provided by former 'NSA' contractor Snowden. (Source: "Bloomberg'): http://tinyurl.com/l6wwfuw
24 August, 2013 'NSA' employees spied on their lovers using eavesdropping programme
Staff working at America's 'National Security Agency' ('NSA') – the eavesdropping unit that was revealed to have spied on millions of people – have used the technology to spy on their lovers. The spying was not within the US, and was carried out when one of the lovers was abroad. 'Isolated cases' have occurred about once a year for the last ten years. Last week it was disclosed that the 'NSA' had broken privacy rules on nearly three thousand occasions over a one-year period. (Source: "The Telegraph"): http://tinyurl.com/k9fvd88
August 24, 2013 Snowden suspected of bypassing electronic logs
If Snowden could defeat the 'NSA's own tripwires and internal burglar alarms, how many other employees or contractors could do the same? The disclosure of Snowden's hacking prowess inside the 'NSA' also could dramatically increase the perceived value of his knowledge to foreign governments, which would presumably be eager to learn any counter-detection techniques that could be exploited against U.S. government networks. In his job, Snowden purloined many files, including ones that detailed the U.S. government's programs to collect the metadata of phone calls of U.S. citizens and copy Internet traffic as it enters and leaves the U.S., then routes it to the 'NSA' for analysis. Officials have said Snowden had access to many documents but didn't know necessarily how the programs functioned. (Source: "Associated Press'): http://tinyurl.com/mkzwoum
August 25, 2013 'NSA' having flashbacks to 'Watergate' era
The last time the 'NSA' faced such a firestorm of criticism was after the 'Watergate' crisis. In 1975, the Senate created a special investigative body modeled on the committee that had helped expose the excesses of the Nixon White House. Led by Sen. Church, D-Idaho, the so-called Church Committee was the first to examine abuses by intelligence agencies. Among its discoveries: the 'NSA' had eavesdropped on Americans involved with anti-war and civil rights groups. Another program intercepted every telegram, then a key form of communication, between Americans and foreigners. No warrants were obtained. (Source: 'McClatchy"): http://tinyurl.com/mvuk76k
August 25, 2013 Damon, the actor who must know a thing or two about the covert world interwieved not at a Russian airport what he thinks of Snowden (video) - (Source: 'cnet"): http://tinyurl.com/k5er46s. Corker: Congress doesn’t know extent of 'NSA' surveillance. Sen. Corker, the top Republican on Senate Foreign Relations (R., Tenn.) told even he was not sure to what extent the 'National Security Agency' ('NSA') kept tabs on Americans, adding he wanted the 'NSA' to brief Congress “from top to bottom” to explain the programs in place and help ensure appropriate oversight. (Source: "The Washington Free Beacon"): http://tinyurl.com/mmqoehb
2013. VIII. 27. A világ kormányai az idei év első felében több mint harmincnyolcezer felhasználóról kértek adatokat a 'Facebook'-tól - közölte a világ vezető közösségi portálja.
A leggyakrabban, húsz-huszonegy ezer alkalommal az amerikai kormány fordult felvilágosításért a 'Facebook'-hoz 2013 januárja és júniusa között. A 'Facebook', amelyik most először tett közzé jelentést a hivatalos adatkérésekről, elismerte, hogy az amerikai kérések mintegy nyolcvan százalékának legalább részben eleget tett. (Forrás: MTI)
31 August 2013 'Microsoft' and 'Google' are to sue the US government to win the right to reveal more information about official requests for user data.
The companies announced the lawsuit on August 30, escalating a legal battle over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ('Fisa'), the mechanism used by the 'National Security Agency' ('NSA') and other US government agencies to gather data about foreign internet users. (Source: 'The Guardian'): http://tinyurl.com/q3neq75
The United Nations Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete
August 25, 2013 The U.S. 'National Security Agency' ('NSA') has bugged the United Nations' (UN) New York headquarters, Germany's "Der Spiegel" weekly said in a report on U.S. spying that could further strain relations between Washington and its allies.
In the summer of 2012, 'NSA' experts succeeded in getting into the UN video conferencing system and cracking its coding system, according one of the documents cited by "Der Spiegel". 'The data traffic gives us internal video teleconferences of the United Nations (yay!)' - "Der Spiegel" quoted one document as saying, adding that within three weeks the number of decoded communications rose to four hundred and fifty-eight from twelve. Internal files also show the 'NSA' spied on the European Union (EU) legation in New York after it moved to new rooms in autumn 2012. According to the documents, the 'NSA' runs a bugging program in more than eighty embassies and consulates worldwide called 'Special Collection Service'. 'The surveillance is intensive and well organized and has little or nothing to do with warding off terrorists" - wrote "Der Spiegel". (Source: 'Reuters"): http://tinyurl.com/lcmjlqf. 2013. VIII. 27. Az Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete (ENSZ) az Egyesült Államokhoz fog fordulni amiatt, hogy a "Der Spiegel" jelentése szerint az amerikai 'Nemzetbiztonsági Ügynökség' ('NSA') behatolt a világszervezet videokonferencia-rendszerébe - jelentette ki New York-ban Haq, az ENSZ egyik szóvivője.
Hangsúlyozta: a tagállamoknak tiszteletben kell tartaniuk az ENSZ diplomáciai sérthetetlenségét. A "Der Spiegel" szerint az 'NSA' kémkedett az Európai Unió egyesült államokbeli és ENSZ-képviseletei, valamint a világszervezet bécs-i központú szakosított szervezete, a Nemzetközi Atomenergia Ügynökség után is. Továbbá: az 'NSA' világszerte több mint nyolcvan amerikai nagykövetségen és konzulátuson működtet saját lehallgató rendszert, amelyik többnyire a vendéglátó ország tudta nélkül üzemel. A rendszerek létezését és működését feltétlenül titokban kell tartani. Ha létezésükre fény derülne, az "komolyan ártana Washington és az adott ország kapcsolatainak' - írta a "Der Spiegel". (Forrás: MTI)
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