Daily Archives: June 8, 2021

2021-06-08: News Headlines

Ron Ridenour (2021-06-08). How Denmark Got in Bed with US Spy Agency. counterpunch.org Latest revelations concerning Denmark's systematic spying upon its closest neighbor leaders—Germany, France, Norway and Sweden—since 2013 were broadcast and published online recently by the public service medium Danmark Radio (DR). Earlier revelations were made public last August and December through a military analyst whistleblower. What is new about this treachery to its own people and

Staff (2021-06-08). Headlines for June 8, 2021. democracynow.org Over 100 Water Protectors Arrested in Minnesota as Mass Civil Disobedience Targets Line 3 Pipeline, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Hits 420 Parts Per Million, Highest Level in 4 Million Years, "A Two-Track Pandemic": Wealthy Nations Ease Restrictions as COVID Surges in Unvaccinated Countries, ProPublica: Vast Trove of IRS Data Shows How U.S. Billionaires Pay Little in Income Tax, Canadian Police Say Hit-and-Run That Killed Four Was Deliberate Islamophobic Attack, VP Harris to Refugees Fleeing Violence, Poverty and Climate Crisis: "Do Not Come to the U.S.", Supreme Court Rules Immigrants with Temporary Protected Statu…

Staff (2021-06-08). Senate Report: Agencies Knew of Threat From Trump Loyalists Weeks Before Jan 6. truthout.org A joint report from the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee outlines how United States Capitol Police and other intelligence agencies had information in hand about the plans to attack the Capitol on January 6. However, they failed to relay that information to the proper channels ahead of that date to prepare for what eventually happened. | Hundreds of loyalists to former President Donald Trump, wrongly believing that the 2020…

Anonymous103 (2021-06-08). Senior Iraqi Intelligence Officer Assassinated In Baghdad (Video). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Unidentified gunmen assassinated a senior officer of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service in Baghdad, according to Iraqi Interior Ministry source. | The officer was identified as Colonel Nibras Farman, was killed on June 7. The gunmen shot his car with silenced Kalashnikovs in front of his house in the Shia-dominated eastern al-Baladiyat area. |

WSWS (2021-06-08). Twitter censors account of COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones. wsws.org Jones has been censored because she has been one of the most forthright and well-known opponents of the homicidal policy of herd immunity—dubbed "social murder" by the British medical journal BMJ—promoted by Florida Governor DeSantis and former President Donald Trump.

BBC (2021-06-08). NSA Spying Row: Denmark Accused of Helping US Spy on European Officials. globalresearch.ca Denmark's secret service …

Staff (2021-06-07). Jameel Jaffer: America's Secret Spy Court Should Be Forced to Make Rulings Public. democracynow.org We speak to Jameel Jaffer about a petition asking the Supreme Court to review whether the public has a right to access the decisions of the special federal court that rules on the legality of government surveillance, known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, or FISA Court. The American Civil Liberties Union submitted the request with support from the Knight First Amendment Institute, whose director, Jameel Jaffer, notes the court routinely issues rulings that have far-reaching implications for Americans' privacy and freedom of speech rights. He says the argument free speech advocates are making is tha…

Staff (2021-06-07). Biden's DOJ Vows to Stop Spying on Journalists Months After Placing Gag Order on New York Times. democracynow.org The New York Times has revealed shocking details about an unsuccessful attempt by the Trump administration, and then the Biden administration, to secretly obtain the email logs of four reporters at the newspaper. As part of the campaign, the Biden Justice Department placed a gag order on the Times in March to prevent many at the paper from even knowing about the request until a federal court lifted it. In recent weeks the Justice Department also disclosed the Trump administration had secretly obtained the call records of four journalists at the Times, as well as three journalists at The Washington Post and one at…

Esha Bhandari (2021-06-07). Supreme Court Ruling is a Win for Investigative Journalists and Civil Rights Researchers. aclu.org Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued a At first glance, the decision may not seem obviously related to civil rights enforc…

Frank Serpico (2021-06-07). The Importance of Whistleblowers and Autonomous Killer Drones Used in Libya. globalresearch.ca On today's episode …

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