Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2023-10-08). New Zealand's 'Russian Edits Scandal'. popularresistance.org In this tumultuous time of war and global conflict, where pervasive propaganda campaigns mask geopolitical machinations of the powerful and serve their interests, mainstream journalists' ability to counter these campaigns have never been more limited. | Gone are the days when John Pilger was able to have a story attacking George W. Bush and Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq on the front page of the British tabloid, the Daily Mirror. | We live in a time of state surveillance and creeping restrictions on freedom of speech, where whistleblowers are criminalised and publishers like Julian Assange face persecution and lif…
_____ (2023-10-09). Journalism Itself Is Locked Up in Belmarsh. transcend.org At the 17th anniversary of the creation of WikiLeaks on 4 October, it's probably worth taking a moment to reflect on Julian Assange and what his persecution means for us and our society.
Diego Ramos, Max Jones, Scheer Post. (2023-10-09). Is The Intercept A Deep State Success Story? popularresistance.org Max Jones and Diego Ramos welcome former CIA analyst and torture program whistleblower John Kiriakou. After bringing a much needed reminder of the history of the torture program following the latest 9/11 anniversary on the Scheer Intelligence podcast, we wanted to ask John about the state of the media's relationship with whistleblowers and taking the case of the Intercept's controversial handling of multiple whistleblower accounts as a shining example of the eroding ethics and competence of journalism in the US. John takes us through his personal history with the media, shedding his wisdom on where we're at in th…
Editor (2023-10-08). Is the Intercept a Deep State Success Story? (w/ John Kiriakou). scheerpost.com 
Patricia Harrity (2023-10-08). "Unprovoked Attack" or A Deep State War? expose-news.com "Israel and Hamas at war after surprise attacks from Gaza Strip" reported the Guardian, adding "A ground infiltration by Hamas gunmen into Israeli towns and villages on the periphery — an unprecedented …
Ben Bartee (2023-10-09). No, the Hamas Invasion Was Not an Israeli 'Intelligence Failure'. globalresearch.ca
Dave DeCamp (2023-10-09). Egypt Says Israel Ignored Warning That 'Something Big' Was Coming. news.antiwar.com An Egyptian intelligence official has said that Israel ignored warnings that "something big" was coming amid questions about how the Hamas attack that was launched Saturday took the Israeli government by surprise, considering Gaza is under constant Israeli surveillance. "We have warned them an explosion of the situation is coming, and very soon, and it …
Editor (2023-10-09). rewind] Indigenous Peoples Day: A Look Back at America's History of Genocide. scheerpost.com 
[Editors note: This edition of the Scheer Intelligence podcast was first broadcast in September, 2016 on KCRW. We are reposting here for Indigenous Peoples Day.] UCLA history professor Benjamin Madley's book An American Genocide: The United States and the California Catastrophe 1846-1873 details the killing of tens of thousands of Native Americans as the state was being settled …
Global Research News (2023-10-09). Selected Articles: Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting "A False Flag"? They Let It Happen? Their Objective Is "to Wipe Gaza Off the Map"? globalresearch.ca 
By As a former intelligence officer, I find it impossible…
Hassane Zerouky (2023-10-09). History: Was Hamas A Creation of Mossad? globalresearch.ca Originally published in French by L'Humanité, translated by Global Research, this article originally appeared in Global Outlook, No 2, Summer 2002. | Thanks to the Mossad, Israel's "Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks", the Hamas was allowed to reinforce its presence …
Levent Kemal (2023-10-09). Palestine war: Israeli colonel says bad intelligence and political interference is to blame. middleeasteye.net 
Palestine war: Israeli colonel says bad intelligence and political interference is to blame | Military commander tells MEE that Israel had information that an attack was brewing but failed to predict the worst | Mon, 10/09/2023 – 11: 36 | Israeli soldiers rest near a building the day after a mass attack by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel 8 October (Reuters) | An Isr…
Luis Linares Petrov (2023-10-09). Ukraine admits another failure in takeover of Zaporozhye NPP. plenglish.com Kiev, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, acknowledged that the Ukrainian army failed on three separate occasion when attempting a takeover of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
TASS (2023-10-09). Ukrainian intelligence head Budanov acknowledges three attempts to attack Zaporozhye NPP. tass.com According to Kirill Budanov, in August, 2022, the special operations forces crossed the Kakhovka Reservoir near Energodar using fast-moving boats in order to establish a foothold on the left bank for an attempted assault on the ZNPP…
TASS (2023-10-09). Tehran refutes reports claiming Iranian hand in Hamas attack on Israel — media. tass.com According to the mission, reports alleging Iran's involvement in the attack on Israel could be viewed as an attempt by the Israeli authorities "to justify their failure and attribute it to Iran's intelligence power and operational planning"
sputnikglobe (2023-10-08). Israeli Aviation Strikes Hamas Intelligence Chief's Compound. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Israeli air force carried out a strike on a compound belonging to the head of Hamas intelligence, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.
TASS (2023-10-08). Israeli army hits ten Hamas targets, including intelligence headquarters. tass.com The targets were located in multistory buildings used by the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip…
_____ (2023-10-09). Avoiding World War III. transcend.org AI's Thoughts on Peace – Can artificial intelligence communicate wisdom that has been ignored when it comes from the peace movement?>
channelnewsasia (2023-10-09). Commentary: Deadly Hamas attack is a pivotal moment for Israel. channelnewsasia.com Israel has long prided itself on the ability to pre-empt and crush threats to its borders and people. That Hamas could launch such an audacious attack suggests a massive failure, says the Financial Times' Middle East editor Andrew England.
_____ (2023-10-09). Exposed: Secretive Government Spying Units On Your Speech. truepublica.org.uk At TruePublica our raison d'être has always been to raise awareness of misinformation, disinformation, fake news and propaganda. However, as the website became more successful and garnered a greater readership, we started reporting on government surveillance and all manner of abuses of public office. Today, secretive government spying units have been exposed and this is the …
Kit Klarenberg, The Grayzone. (2023-10-08). A Maidan 2.0 Color Revolution Looms In Georgia. popularresistance.org On September 29, in a disclosure ignored by the entire Western media, the US government-run Radio Free Europe's Russian-language portal Slobodna Evropa revealed that three foreign operatives had been summoned for questioning by the Georgian Security Service, for allegedly assisting opposition elements prepare a Maidan-style regime change scenario in Tbilisi. | The operatives were staffers of the Center for Applied Nonviolent Actions and Strategies (CANVAS) and had been "temporarily staying in Georgia." CANVAS is a US government-funded organization with close CIA ties which has trained regime change activists from…
Pascual Serrano (2023-10-08). China califica a EE.UU. de "imperio hacker" al descubrir que la NSA está detrás de un ciberataque. globalizacion.ca Oímos mucho hablar de los hackers rusos, pero hay quien que piensa que el hacker más peligroso es un Estado. Y hay algo peor todavía que un Estado hacker, un "imperio hacker", y así es como ha calificado China a…
Pascual Serrano (2023-10-08). China califica a EE.UU. de "imperio hacker" al descubrir que la NSA está detrás de un ciberataque. globalizacion.ca
Ajeyo Basu (2023-10-09). UK plan to deport migrants to Rwanda under scanner at top court. firstpost.com Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda made it to the UK's highest court on Monday, with the government arguing that it was necessary to prevent Channel crossings while refugees and those seeking asylum maintained Rwanda was unsafe. | In June, a lower court ruled that the plan to transport thousands of asylum seekers more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to East Africa was illegal because Rwanda was not a secure third country. Government attorneys urged the Supreme Court to overturn this decision. | Recent laws would make the vast majority of people who get to Britain by small boat from France to have their asylum…
Hal McNulty (2023-10-09). The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda hearing, planning law reforms, mercy killing reforms for prosecution decisions. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The government's Rwanda deportation scheme begins its battle in the Supreme Court today. Arguing the case for the appellants are In June, the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful because of 'deficiencies' in Rwanda's asylum-processing system. That court found that sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda entailed a 'real risk' of applicants being …
Hal McNulty (2023-10-09). The Weekly Round-up: Rwanda hearing, planning law reforms, mercy killing reforms for prosecution decisions. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the news The government's Rwanda deportation scheme begins its battle in the Supreme Court today. In June, the Court of Appeal ruled the policy unlawful because of 'deficiencies' in Rwanda's asylum-processing system. That court found that sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda entailed a 'real risk' of applicants being returned to their home countries, meaning the …
greenleft.org.au (2023-10-09). Green Left Show #33: Punish war criminals, not whistleblowers. greenleft.org.au 
greenleft.org.au (2023-10-08). Green Left Show #33: Punish war criminals, not whistleblowers. greenleft.org.au
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch It's long past time for the U.S. and U.K. to free Julian Assange. His flagrantly unjust incarceration is a global scandal, and the world is quite upset about it. Indeed, on September 19 at the United Nations, heads of state denounced this phony prosecution for the fraud and subterfuge it …