Daily Archives: December 17, 2022

2022-12-17: News Headlines

multipolarista substack (2022-12-17). "Free Julian Assange!" say Latin American leaders. indybay.org

Salim S Abdool Karim, Izukanji Sikazwe (2022-12-17). [Comment] Building on Pasteur's legacy: producing vaccines in Africa. thelancet.com Louis Pasteur's legacy of translating scientific knowledge on vaccines to create a healthier world resonates with his comment that "Science knows no country because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence."1 However, during the COVID-19 pandemic vaccine knowledge has not belonged to humanity, leading to global vaccine inequity2 and attempts to obstruct Africa, the world's poorest continent, from manufacturing mRNA vacci…

Staff (2022-12-16). Israel supplies NATO with intelligence on Iran, enters Ukraine fray. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ha'aretzDecember 15, 2022 Israel Gives Ukraine Intelligence on Iran via NATONATO sources tell 'Haaretz' some of the intel is on the Iranian drones… Israel has stepped up its intelligence assistance to Ukraine in recent weeks via NATO, sources in Brussels told Haaretz, with Jerusalem remaining keen to keep its aid to the embattled country indirect. …

John Kiriakou (2022-12-16). Time to Revive the 1995 Act that Called for Abolishing the CIA. covertactionmagazine.com CIA detracts from national security by purporting to know what it doesn't In a recent feature article in The New Yorker magazine, writer Amy Davidson Sorkin recalls the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1995 bill, the Abolition of the Central Intelligence Agency Act. One of the original neoconservatives, Moynihan had served on the 1975/76 Church …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-12-16). Bolsonaristas Launch Attacks on Public Infrastructure in Brasilia. orinocotribune.com Protesters set fire to cars, buses and wreaked havoc in the city center following the arrest of a Bolsonarista leader | Last night on December 12, Bolsonaro protesters transformed the center of Brasilia into a war zone, and continued to cause problems for the residents of the city as of Tuesday morning, December 13. | The violence began at the headquarters of the Federal Police, in the center of the capital, in protest against the arrest of the chief Tsererê Xavante, one of the leaders of the coup protests in the Federal District, and who had his arrest decreed by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), at the request o…

Ben Norton (2022-12-15). Peru coup: CIA agent turned US ambassador met with defense minister day before president overthrown. multipolarista.com The US ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, worked for the CIA for 9 years, as well as the Pentagon. One day before the coup against elected left-wing President Pedro Castillo, Kenna met with Peru's defense minister, who then ordered the military to turn against Castillo.

Julia Conley (2022-12-15). Ellsberg, Donziger Among Those Demanding Freedom for Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale. commondreams.org "People forget that there are Americans being held right in our own country for political reasons, who the world regards as political prisoners, who President Biden has the power to release immediately," said human rights lawyer Steven Donziger.

Kit Klarenberg (2022-12-15). Shadowy US Spy Firm Promises To Surveil Crypto Users For the Highest Bidder. mintpressnews.com Anomaly 6 turns every citizen on Earth into a potential "person of interest" to intelligence agencies, and thus a target for recruitment, surveillance, harassment, and much, much worse.

Editor (2022-12-15). Leaked files: private spying firm targets global population with illegal spyware. mronline.org A Washington DC-area Anomaly 6 firm is marketing illegal spy tech that can scrape an individual's most sensitive personal data by tracking their smartphone. The British Ministry of Defence and GCHQ are potential buyers.

WSWS (2022-12-15). Florida drops case against COVID-19 whistleblower Rebekah Jones in deferred prosecution agreement. wsws.org The State of Florida dismissed the malicious charge of illegal computer use against Jones on December 7 while leveling a significant fine against her along with other draconian requirements.

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