Kevin Gosztola (2023-11-19). Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying On Assange Visitors: A Rare Court Hearing. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on press freedom, whistleblowers, and government secrecy.  A United States court held an extraordinary hearing on November 16, where a judge carefully considered a lawsuit against the CIA and former CIA director Mike Pompeo for their alleged role in spying on American attorneys and journalists who visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Judge John Koeltl of the Southern District of New York pushed back when Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean-David Barnea refused to c…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-11-19). Israel Is Shutting Down Its Human Laboratory In Gaza. popularresistance.org Cairo, Egypt – The Palestinians are human laboratory rats to the Israeli military, intelligence services and arms and technology industries. Israel's drones, surveillance technology — including spyware, facial recognition software and biometric gathering infrastructure — along with smart fences, experimental bombs and AI-controlled machine guns, are tried out on the captive population in Gaza, often with lethal results. These weapons and technologies are then certified as "battle tested" and sold around the world. | Israel is the 10th biggest arms dealer on the planet and sells its technology and weap…

Pete Dolack (2023-11-19). Rational Thinking Versus Conspiracy Theories. counterpunch.org Image by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona. | I am writing an article I'd rather not write but feel compelled to do so. Amidst all the horror of Israel's massacres and desire to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza in response to Hamas' terror attack inside Israel, yet another conspiracy theory seems to have taken root among some people. Specifically, that Hamas' attack was an "inside job." | Shades of the 9-11 "truther" movement. The conspiracy theory here is that Israel's Mossad intelligence agency could not possibly have been unaware of what Hamas was plotting and either knew the attack was coming and intenti…

Yuval Abraham (2023-11-18). Official "Secret" Israeli Document Revealed: Expel All Palestinians from Gaza, Israeli Intelligence Ministry. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-11-19). Biden Admin Justifies Israel's Assault on Gaza Hospitals With Recycled Israeli 'Intelligence'. scheerpost.com

Rhoda Wilson (2023-11-19). Surveillance State Exposed: The chilling echo of Snowden's warning. expose-news.com This article unravels the chilling revelations of the documentary 'CITIZENFOUR,' spotlighting Edward Snowden's courageous stand against mass surveillance and the evolving landscape of state power versus individual freedoms. "CITIZENFOUR" is a documentary …

Binoy Kampmark (2023-11-19). A Duty to Obey: David McBride, Whistleblowing and Following Orders. dissidentvoice.org The unpardonable, outrageous trial of Australian whistleblower David McBride was a brief affair. On November 13, it did not take long for the brutal power of the Commonwealth to become evident. McBride, having disclosed material that formed the Australian public about alleged war crimes by special forces in Afghanistan, was going to be made an …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-11-17). The End of Privacy Is Near. "Artificial Intelligence Scours Social Media… You're Being Spied Upon Everywhere" globalresearch.ca

Laith Fadel (2023-11-17). California could be home for future AI advancements. america.cgtn.com Artificial intelligence emerged as a key topic at APEC 2023 in San Francisco. The U.S. state of California could be the launching ground for AI in the future, as the technology further advances. CGTN's Karina Mitchell reports.

Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Mondoweiss. (2023-11-17). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 40: Israeli Forces Storm Al-Shifa Hospital. popularresistance.org Israeli forces and tanks stormed on Wednesday morning Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, following a late-night threat call to the hospital's medical staff warning them of an imminent incursion inside the sprawling complex at "any minute". | Currently housing thousands of patients, doctors, and civilian families, Al-Shifa has been a primary target of Israel since the beginning of its war on Gaza. In recent days Israel and the US have been ramping up claims of alleged "intelligence" to support Israel's allegation of a Hamas command center that it says lies beneath the hospital. | Following the threatening call on…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-16). US Asking Israel To Act Faster in Gaza To Protect Biden's Approval Rating — Russian Agency. orinocotribune.com At the same time, "numerous visitors from the US State Department and Defense Department declare a desire for immediate peace," the agency said | The US is using backchannels to persuade Israel to speed up the operation in the Gaza Strip so that it does not affect President Joe Biden's approval ratings ahead of the elections, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said. | The agency said Washington publicly states its allegedly concern about the indiscriminate bombardment of hospitals and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, "numerous visitors from the US State Department and Defense Department de…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-11-16). Altering our language can help us deal with the intelligence of chatbots. imperial.ac.uk

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-16). Russian Intelligence Service: US Asking Israel to Act Faster in Gaza to Protect Biden's Approval Rating. orinocotribune.com The US is using backchannels to persuade Israel to speed up the operation in the Gaza Strip so that it does not affect President Joe Biden's approval ratings ahead of the elections, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said. | The agency said Washington publicly states its allegedly concern about the indiscriminate bombardment of hospitals and refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. At the same time, "numerous visitors from the US State Department and Defense Department declare a desire for immediate peace," the agency said. | "The truth, however, is that behind closed doors with the Israeli leadership, the American…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-11-16). Amazing how gullible Russian media is about reporting US disinformation. thealtworld.com A fake news story planted two days ago, more than a month after Hamas' attack, on the Washington Post is another building block of the narrative that supports the removal of Gazans to the Sinai Desert. According to the Washington Post, unidentified "intelligence officials" told…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-11-17). Team B and the Jerusalem Conference: How Israel Helped Craft Modern-Day "Terrorism" mintpressnews.com Kit Klarenberg reveals how starting in the 1970s, the Israeli government and CIA shaped how we see terrorism, using the fear of communism to serve their own foreign policy agendas.

Patricia Harrity (2023-11-17). Attorney Accuses the CIA and DoD of Being Deeply Involved With COVID-19. expose-news.com

Thomas Knapp (2023-11-17). The Supreme Court's New "Code of Conduct" Is About Appearances, Not About Ethics. counterpunch.org On November 13, the US Supreme Court — presumably motivated by bad publicity after the exposure of bribery schemes involving justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch, use of judicial aides to promote Justice Sonia Sotomayor's books, and other unsavory activities — announced what it calls a "Code of Conduct," and what most media

Staff (2023-11-17). Oklahoma Supreme Court upholds right to life-saving abortions, blocks restrictive statutes. nationofchange.org Oklahoma Supreme Court's stance on abortion: protecting life-saving procedures amid strict regulations.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-17). Cuban Supreme Court president visits Luang Prabang province. plenglish.com Vientiane, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban People's Supreme Court (TSP) President Rubén Remigio Ferro continues his three-day visit to Laos on Friday with a working visit to the Luang Prabang province.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-11-17). Australian Whistleblower Who Exposed War Crimes In Afghanistan Forced To Plead Guilty. thedissenter.org The following is an exclusive article from The Dissenter Newsletter. Thank you for supporting independent journalism on whistleblowers, press freedom, and government secrecy.Deprived of a public interest defense by an Australian court, former military lawyer and whistleblower David McBride pleaded guilty to offenses that stemmed from his disclosure of documents related to the war in Afghanistan. | McBride's attorney Mark Davis