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Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn and Github back Facebook in legal fight against Israeli spy firm.

Activists confront major corporations complicit in settlements and weapon supplies.

Economist Shir Hever discusses Israel’s private arms and security sector.

Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in – this is just a quick intro because a listener said I should...

Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in – this is just a quick intro because a listener said I should...

In this video essay I reveal the inner workings of the LAPD’s Hollywood office (the Entertainment Trademark Unit), in particular...

In this video essay I reveal the inner workings of the LAPD’s Hollywood office (the Entertainment Trademark Unit), in particular...

Israel’s notorious NSO Group is looking to capitalize on coronavirus.

AnyVision supplies facial recognition technology to Israel’s army, violating Microsoft’s ethical principles.

Mobile tracking scheme to enforce quarantine reveals previously unreported Shin Bet data collection.

I tried something a bit different to my usual approach – a lighthearted, daft-minded video critique of the new Sky...

I tried something a bit different to my usual approach – a lighthearted, daft-minded video critique of the new Sky...

In this episode I welcome Kevin Gosztola, a journalist, editor of Shadowproof and co-host of Unauthorized Disclosure. We talk about...

In this episode I welcome Kevin Gosztola, a journalist, editor of Shadowproof and co-host of Unauthorized Disclosure. We talk about...

Former Friends star David Schwimmer has been giving a lot of interviews recently to promote his new Sky TV series...

Former Friends star David Schwimmer has been giving a lot of interviews recently to promote his new Sky TV series...

Source : Byline Times, Nafeez Ahmed, 24-05-2019 Comment IBM a conçu le dispositif de surveillance chinois

I’ve been spending some more time going through the Pentagon Film Office file on Pearl Harbor and among the numerous...

I’ve been spending some more time going through the Pentagon Film Office file on Pearl Harbor and among the numerous...

For decades undercover British intelligence officers have infiltrated almost every notable political movement in the UK. In this episode I talk to Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist who has written extensively about this topic.

For decades undercover British intelligence officers have infiltrated almost every notable political movement in the UK. In this episode I...

Reading Time: 16 minutesAre the agencies and tools intended to combat international terrorism being used more broadly against US citizens?Ultra-liberal Berkeley, California, has been the scene of provocative demonstrations staged by right-wing groups in recent years that have sparked clashes with anti-fascist groups.And the Berkeley police secretly filmed the protests, using high-tech surveillance cameras equ

Graduates of Israeli military unit have developed highly invasive technology.

Just like other government departments the Foreign & Commonwealth Office requires film and TV producers to sign contracts with the

Just like other government departments the Foreign & Commonwealth Office requires film and TV producers to sign contracts with them...

Despite its enormous popularity there are many problems with Breaking Bad - the utterly racist depiction of Mexicans, the glorifying of a sociopathic protagonist and that incredibly boring and pointless fifth season come to mind.  But what has never been discussed before is how the show functions as propaganda for the Dr

Despite its enormous popularity there are many problems with Breaking Bad – the utterly racist depiction of Mexicans, the glorifying...

Superman is one of the world’s most recognisable cultural icons. A symbol of human idealism, he has been subject to a range of political and philosophical agendas over the last 80 years.

The Superman reboot Man of Steel launched the (now abandoned) DC Extended Universe, and put a much darker tinge on the Superman franchise than any previous incarnation, especially the Christopher Reeve classics.  Man of Steel benefited from large-scale support from the military, but hidden until now are the d

While it is now considered a Cold War classic Ice Station Zebra was a flop when it was first released.

Osama Bin Laden’s death is the perfect postmodern event, in that most of the reports detailing how, where and when he died contradict all the other reports.

In late 2009 the FBI got wind of the fact that Martin Scorcese was developing The Wolf of Wall Street, about stock fraudster turned federal cooperator Jordan Belfort.  So the Bureau's Michael Kortan wrote to Scorcese to offer their help and supp

Hatem Bazian tells us how Israeli agents harassed his family.

The 1968 spy and counterspy classic Ice Station Zebra was inspired by a real life event during the CIA/Air Force Corona spy satellite program.  In April 1959 the satellite Discoverer 2 became the first to send a recovery capsule containing satellite surv

Public Enemies is a 2009 historical drama/thriller film that tells the story of the Bureau of Investigation’s manhunt for Public Enemy Number One John Dillinger. In this episode I examine the film, the politics of crime and the romanticising of criminals.

The FBI recently released a tranche of documents on the USA Network TV series Burn Notice.

Anwar al Awlaki rose to notoriety in the 2000s as a leading internet jihadist whose lectures and videos were very popular among the emerging Islamist movement.

Anwar Al Awlaki was the head of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula until his death in a CIA drone strike in 2011.

In my final review of The Wire I discuss how the core theme of season 5 – truth &

In this penultimate review episode I look at how the education system is a poor place to learn anything, how standardised testing is a form of child abuse, the fundamental problems of electoral politics, and expand on why an intelligence-based approach to societal problems is always better than a military-based ap

Source : The Intercept, Ava Kofman, 13-11-2018

In part 3 of this subcriber-only review series I look at season three of The Wire. In this season the Barksdale storyline comes to a climax, while the city hall politics are added into the ever-expanding world of the show.

In the second of my subscriber-only reviews of The Wire I look at season 2.

This is part 1 of a new subscriber-only review series where I talk about The Wire.

Sam Greenlee is perhaps most famous for writing the novel The Spook Who Sat By the Door, which was adapted into a film in the 1970s.  Greenlee believed that the CIA and FBI suppressed the film because it portrayed them in such a bad light, and promoted b

Source : The Intercept, Cora Currier, 17-09-2018 Cora Currier 17 septembre 2018