Staff (2022-01-19). Olympic stars given makeshift phones amid fears of China spying. rt.com Security experts have warned of a 'devastating' security flaw and potential for surveillance | British athletes have been offered temporary phones and their Team USA rivals have reportedly been told to use burner devices ahead of the Beijing Olympics, acting after investigations suggested the mandated Games app is not safe. | All attendees of the Games, which take place from February 4-20 2022, are required to submit their health status to the app, which internet experts say is at serious risk of data breaches and may have a list of censored terms including references to Chinese people, Muslims, Jews and the h…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-18). CIA director made secret visit to Ukraine to meet president, heads of military intelligence. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CIA head secretly visited Ukraine, met with Zelensky, — CNN US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns visited Kyiv on January 12, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as CNN reported citing sources. [L]ast Wednesday, the head of the CIA was on a visit to Ukraine. Here he met with the leadership …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-18). Julian Assange: A thousand days in Belmarsh. greenleft.org.au On his 1000th day of imprisonment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's supporters gathered to show their support, solidarity and indignation at his ongoing political detention, writes Binoy Kampmark.

_____ (2022-01-18). Where To Put Your World War III Investment Dollar. journal-neo.org Is US President Joe Biden taking notes from the Trump administration on jockeying defense stocks? The question has to be asked in view of American military industrial stocks getting boosted by all the play on the tensions in Europe. What other reason could there be for lighting the fuse on World War III? Let's take a …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-18). Julian Assange: A thousand days in Belmarsh. greenleft.org.au On his 1000th day of imprisonment, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's supporters gathered to show their support, solidarity and indignation at his ongoing political detention, writes Binoy Kampmark.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-17). Spain's Spy Agency Backed 2017 'ISIS' Attacks to 'Scare' Catalonia Before Independence Referendum. libya360.wordpress.com Benjamin Norton The aftermath of the August 17, 2017 terror attacks in Catalonia, organized by an informant for Spain's top spy agency Spain's ex police chief said the National Intelligence Center (CNI) facilitated 2017 "ISIS" attacks to "scare" Catalonia before an independence vote. The leader of the terror cell was a CNI informant. A blockbuster…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-17). The Growing U.S. Military & Intelligence Worries of Civil War. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea This is part three in a series on U.S. collapse and the potential for civil war. Read part one for how I think propaganda factors into this instability, and part two for the role that I think neoliberalism has. In 1895, Cecil Rhodes admitted that the exploitation of the colonized is the only thing stopping the imperialist…