RT Interview about the Bradley Manning Hearing
Today’s RT interview about the Bradley Manning hearing: And here’s the transcript of the full interview I did. RT Interview about the Bradley Manning Hearing
View ArticleJournalists need to tool up
Published in the Huffington Post UK: Over the last week more sound, fury and indignation has cascaded forth from the US media, spilling into the European news, about the American government and the...
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Edward Snowden — the Globalisation of Whistleblowing
I have held back from writing about the Edward Snowden NSA whistleblowing case for the last week — partly because I was immersed in the resulting media interviews and talks, and partly because I wanted...
View ArticleRT interview re Snowden flying to Russia
As the news broke that NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, had fled Hong Kong for Russia today, I was invited on RT to do an interview. At that point few people had any idea of his plans. However, it...
View ArticleNewsletter Excerpt re Edward Snowden
For readers who have not yet signed up to my monthly newsletter, here is the excerpt about Edward Snowden from my June edition, with a little update at the end: The Edward Snowden saga is riveting for...
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The “Insider Threat”
As the old media propaganda battle inevitably heats up around the Edward Snowden case, I stumbled across this little American news gem recently. The premise being that potential whistleblowers are now...
View ArticleRT interview as Bradley Manning conviction was announced
I was live on RT as the conviction of Bradley Manning was announced: RT interview as the conviction of Bradley Manning was announced from Annie Machon on Vimeo. RT interview as Bradley Manning...
View ArticleDutch festival OHM — Observe, Hack, Make
Today I am limbering up to attend the Dutch geek festival, Observe Hack Make (OHM 2013). A lot of talks from whistleblowers, scientists, geeks, futurists and bleeding edge tech people. The visionaries?...
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OHM 2013 — The Joy of Geeks
Home and recovered from the rigours of the amazing geekfest, OHM 2013. This was a 5-day festival in the Netherlands where 3000 geeks, activists and whistleblowers gathered to have fun and also try to...
View ArticleInternational Day of Privacy, Berlin Demo
The International Day of Privacy was celebrated globally on 31 August, with the cases of Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden bringing extra energy and resonance to the subject. I was invited take part...
View ArticleRiga Talk about Spies, Whistleblowers and the Media
Last week I was invited to discuss the control of the media by the spies and the government apparatus by the Centre for Media Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Many thanks to Hans,...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament LIBE Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens
Below is some background material from my submission to the European Parliament’s LIBE Committee on the implications of the NSA scandal. Here is a video link to the hearing. LIBE Committee Inquiry on...
View ArticleInterview on London Real TV
Here’s my recent interview on London Real TV, discussing all things whistleblowing, tech, intelligence, and the war on drugs. Thanks Brian and Colin for a fun hour! Interview on London Real TV
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Edward Snowden Website
Just a short post to announce the new Edward Snowden website. Away from all the spin and media hysteria, here are the basic facts about the information disclosed and the issues at stake. And here’s...
View ArticleCCC talk — the Four Wars
Here is my recent talk at the CCC in Hamburg, discussing the war on terror, the war on drugs, the war in the internet and the war on whistleblowers: 30C3 — The Four Wars; Terror, whistleblowers, drugs,...
View ArticleIn Celebration of Whistleblowers
First published on RT Op-Edge. In the UK last week there was a series of events to celebrate the wonderful work of whistleblowers. In previous decades these brave and rare individuals have often been...
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Niemoeller Redux
Published on RT Op Edge and Consortium News. I regularly revisit the famous Pastor Martin Niemoeller poem from the Nazi era as his words remain resonant in our post-9/11, “war on terror” world. Over...
View ArticleCircumventing the Panopticon, Transmediale Berlin
Last month I was on a panel discussion at the Berlin Transmediale conference with NSA whistleblower Bill Binney, Chelsea Manning rapporteur Alexa O’Brian, and activist Diani Barreto. Here is the link...
View ArticleWhistleblowers deserve full coverage
Here is my recent RT interview about the recent dispute between Wikileaks and Glenn Greenwald on what exactly the parameters should be in media reporting of whistleblower disclosures: Whistleblowers...
View ArticleThe Year of Edward Snowden
First published on RT OP-Edge. Also on Consortium News. A year ago I stumbled across a story about a worrying new surveillance programme developed by the NSA: Prism. While nobody was identified as the...
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