2021-06-02: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-06-02). Former Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Commander Confirmed Meeting With British Intelligence Representative. southfront.org Illustrative image | A former commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has confirmed that the group leader Abu Mohamad al-Julani met with Jonathan Powell, a representative of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6. | The Russian

Elie Mystal (2021-06-02). It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire from the Supreme Court. thenation.com It's Time for Stephen Breyer to Retire from the Supreme Court…

Binoy Kampmark (2021-06-02). That Old Story: Spying on Friends. dissidentvoice.org One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National …

WSWS (2021-06-02). Danish public broadcaster reveals ongoing NSA spying on top EU officials. wsws.org This comes eight years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed mass NSA electronic spying in 2013, targeting the population of the entire world.

Moderator (2021-06-01). Steven Donziger and Chris Hedges on Corporate Tyranny. scheerpost.com Read Chris Hedges' original piece on Steven Donziger's case and listen to Robert Scheer's interview with the environmental justice attorney on "Scheer Intelligence." On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger, the human rights environmental justice attorney about the grim reality exposed when we confront the real centers of power. Donziger has …

Anonymous765 (2021-06-01). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — June 1, 2021. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…

Carmen Rodríguez (2021-06-01). Power and Corruption in El Salvador. counterpunch.org In less than a week, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his Legislative Assembly have managed to lock in full political power in El Salvador, dismissing sitting Supreme Court justices and de facto naming new ones as well as a new attorney general, while passing legislation that grants immunity to loyal functionaries linked to irregular purchases

Jameel Jaffer (2021-06-01). A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance. aclu.org This piece first appeared in The opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) sometimes have far-reaching implications for Americans' privacy and free speech rights. Until very recently, though, the notion that the First Amendment should be understood to protect a qualified right of access to the FISC's opinions was popular only among a small coterie of civil libertarians. | But the world is different now. Among the intelligence community elite, there seem…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-06-01). AI-enabled EKGs find difference between numerical age and biological age significantly affects health, longevity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — You might be older ? or younger ? than you think. A new study found that differences between a person's age in years and his or her biological age, as predicted by an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled EKG, can provide measurable insights into health and longevity. The AI model accurately predicted the age …

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