2021-06-03: News Headlines

WSWS (2021-06-04). Florida data scientist Rebekah Jones granted whistleblower status. wsws.org The action comes after Jones was fired and witchhunted by Governor Ron DeSantis for opposing his campaign to ignore COVID-19 and reopen schools and workplaces.

teleSUR (2021-06-03). Denmark's Ex Minister Denies Responsibility in Spying Scandal. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, European Commission (EC) Vice President Margrethe Vestager explained that while she was Denmark's Interior Minister, she was not responsible for overseeing her country's intelligence services, which allegedly collaborated with the United States to spy on other European countries. | RELATED: | Previously, European journalists revealed that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) used Danish telecommunicati…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-06-02). That Old Story: Spying on Friends. dissidentvoice.org One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National …

Anonymous103 (2021-06-02). That Old Story: Spying on Friends. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National Security Agency was revealing on this point, though it merely confirmed centuries of understan…

WSWS (2021-06-02). Danish public broadcaster reveals ongoing NSA spying on top EU officials. wsws.org This comes eight years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed mass NSA electronic spying in 2013, targeting the population of the entire world.

Tania Siddiqi (2021-06-02). Pakistan: Resistance to state violence continues. workers.org May 17, protest outside of Supreme Court, Karachi On the Muslim holiday Eid Al-Fitr, Gujjar Nala and Orangi Nala residents, known as affectees, established a protest camp outside of the Karachi Press Club to draw attention to the ongoing demolitions of poor peoples' housing taking place in Karachi, Pakistan. At . . . |

Anonymous669 (2021-06-02). Former Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Commander Confirmed Meeting With British Intelligence Representative. southfront.org Illustrative image | A former commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has confirmed that the group leader Abu Mohamad al-Julani met with Jonathan Powell, a representative of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6. | The Russian

Elie Mystal (2021-06-02). It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire From the Supreme Court. thenation.com It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire From the Supreme Court…

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