(2023-06-08). The CIA Suit And New Proof It Spied On Assange. popularresistance.org The plaintiffs, all U.S. citizens who visited Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, claim in their lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency and former Director Mike Pompeo that their devices were surveilled at the embassy while seeing Assange. | The C.I.A. has filed a motion to dismiss the case, but new evidence has emerged in a Spanish court case that provides further proof that the Spanish security company UC Global was contracted by the C.I.A. to spy on Assange 24/7 and on his visitors, including on privileged conversations with his lawyers. | New files were discovered by Assange's lawyers…
(2023-06-07). 'Enough is enough': Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange. nationofchange.org
(2023-06-07). El Pais reports proof that the CIA illegally spied on Julian Assange. wsws.org Computer files show that the Spanish company responsible for security at the Ecuadorian Embassy was secretly spying on Assange. The files name the client of the surveillance: "CIA."
(2023-06-07). Attorneys, Journalists Who Visited Assange Respond To CIA Push To Dismiss Their Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying. thedissenter.org 
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(2023-06-08). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic doctor visits of the future could be powered by 'omics' research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org To glimpse the future of medicine, step inside Mayo Clinic's cutting-edge Center for Individualized Medicine. There, physicians, researchers, data scientists, artificial intelligence engineers and bioethicists are working side-by-side to investigate massive "omics" data sets. The innovative approach is the result of thousands of patients who are participating in omics-related research studies and clinical trials. The multidisciplinary teams are in pursuit of discovering hidden biological signatures and patterns of diseases, including cancer. Their hope and expectations are…
(2023-06-08). Torture, Restraint of Children in Care, and LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda: The Weekly Round-Up. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news The UK's role in the torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks, is in question. Last week, the investigatory powers tribunal announced that, on grounds of public interest, they will examine complaints "of the gravest possible kind" which were brought by Mustafa al-Hawsawi against the UK's intelligence services. Al-Hawsawi was detained in …
(2023-06-07). Leaks reveal FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info. thegrayzone.com The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone's Aaron Maté. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine's main intelligence …
(2023-06-07). Rocket Scientist Aisha Bowe Secures Government Contract Valued At $1 Billion. moguldom.com Bahamian-American entrepreneur and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe has secured a $1 billion government contract via her company, STEMBoard, to provide business management for the U.S. Department of Defense. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), whose main work is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence in support of national security, announced it has awarded a …
(2023-06-07). Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara. mintpressnews.com 
"Before the normalization happened, the Israelis would collaborate with the Moroccans, but also wouldn't feel comfortable going beyond this covert intelligence or military or ad hoc cooperation, but with normalization, this has now reached a whole new level that is unprecedented." — Riccardo Fabiani, International Crisis Group…
(2023-06-07). Leaks reveal FBI helps Ukraine censor Twitter users and obtain their info. thegrayzone.com The FBI aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to ban Twitter users and collect their data, new leaks show. Twitter declined to censor journalists targeted by Ukraine, including The Grayzone's Aaron Maté. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine's main intelligence …
(2023-06-07). Rocket Scientist Aisha Bowe Secures Government Contract Valued At $1 Billion. moguldom.com Bahamian-American entrepreneur and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe has secured a $1 billion government contract via her company, STEMBoard, to provide business management for the U.S. Department of Defense. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), whose main work is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence in support of national security, announced it has awarded a …
(2023-06-07). Exporting Occupation: Israeli Business is Booming in Morocco-Occupied Western Sahara. mintpressnews.com "Before the normalization happened, the Israelis would collaborate with the Moroccans, but also wouldn't feel comfortable going beyond this covert intelligence or military or ad hoc cooperation, but with normalization, this has now reached a whole new level that is unprecedented." — Riccardo Fabiani, International Crisis Group…
(2023-06-07). CIA Was Aware Of Ukrainian Plan To Attack Nord Stream Pipelines — Washington Post. southfront.org 
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | The United States had information on a detailed Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines three months before it was bombed, the Washington Post reported on June 6, citing the leaked information published on Discord. The newspaper reported that the CIA learned via a European spy agency last June that a six-person Ukrainian special operations forces team intended to…
(2023-06-08). Supreme Court Weakened Legal Protections For Striking. popularresistance.org In a shameful decision last week, eight members of the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the right to strike. Only Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stood up for the workers. In her 27-page dissent in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Jackson wrote, "The right to strike is fundamental to American labor law." Indeed, it is the threat of a strike that gives workers leverage during contract negotiations with an employer. Jackson continued: | Workers are not indentured servants, bound to continue laboring until any planned work stoppage would be as painless as possible for their masters. They a…
(2023-06-07). In a historic step backwards, the U.S. limits the right to strike. mronline.org 
The Supreme Court ruled against the Teamsters, opening the door to unions being sued for 'damages' to a company during—or due to—strike action, report MARK GRUENBERG and JOHN WOJCIK…
(2023-06-07). Report: 2 Million Federal Workers Face Stricter Ethics Rules Than Supreme Court. truthout.org Millions of federal workers across the U.S. face stricter ethics requirements than those faced by Supreme Court justices, a new report finds, revealing the large insufficiencies in oversight regarding nine of the most powerful individuals in the country. A Bloomberg analysis published this week reveals that at least 2 million U.S. federal workers, of which there are roughly 2.9 million in total… |