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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsArticle 19ARTICLE 19, a human rights pioneer, defends and promotes freedom of expression and freedom of information all over the world.
Censorship Kills. It starves and it represses. It denies people access to information essenti... History & PolicyHistory & Policy:
* Demonstrates the relevance of history to contemporary policymaking.
* Puts historians in touch with those discussing and deciding public policy today.
* Increases the influence of historical resear... The Mackenzie InstituteThe Mackenzie Institute is an independent organization established in 1986 to provide research and commentary about organized violence and political instability. This includes such fields as terrorism, warfare, organized... Project PloughsharesCanadian ecumenical agency of The Canadian Council of Churches that carries out research, analysis, dialogue and public discussion of peace and security issues in Canada and internationally. Issues include: defence polic... New ReleasesAuthorities urged to drop two bills that threaten media freedom2010-09-24 Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders urges the South African government to abandon two proposed media laws, one to create a media tribunal and one to protect information involving #national security." Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationally2010-04-06 Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military informa... Security Certificate Detainee Mahjoub Rallies with Supporters Marking Exactly 12 Years of Detention wit Charge2012-06-22 On June 26th, Mohammad Mahjoub and his supporters will gather to demand his immediate liberation and that of the other two men still held under security certificates. Statement from George Galloway on being denied entry to Canada2009-03-20 For a G7 government to ban a five times elected British parliamentarian from addressing public events or keeping my appointment with some of their flagship television and radio programmes is quite a s... Sources Select ResourcesData Mining YouHow the Intelligence Community Is Creating a New American World Engelhardt, Tom Article 2012 TomDispatch.com Joseph K., that icon of single-lettered anonymity from Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial, would undoubtedly have felt right at home in Washington. Information OverloadDriving a Stake Through the National Security State Lindorff, Dave Article 2012 CounterPunch Here’s an idea. Let’s all start salting all of our conversations and our written communications with a selection of those 300 key words. If every liberty-loving person in America virus were to do thi... Israeli media forbidden to report case widely covered internationallySources News Release Article 2010 Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders condemns an absurd court-ordered ban on Israeli media coverage of the case of Anat Kam, an online journalist and former soldier accused of leaking classified military informa... McCarran Internal Security ActSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article The Internal Security Act (a.k.a the Subversive Activities Control Act, McCarran Act - after Pat McCarran - or ISA) of 1950 is a United States federal law that required the registration of Communist o... No News is Not Good NewsCops Taping Protesters & Journalists Lindorff, Dave Article 2010 CounterPunch If cops photograph and videotape protesters and journalists, it's news if it happens in China, but when it happens in the U.S., as it routinely does, the media are silent. Obama's Liberty ProblemWhy Indefinite Detention By Executive Order Should Scare the Hell Out of People Quigley, Bill; Warren, Vince Article 2010 CounterPunch The proposal to create a special new legal system by Executive Order will threaten the liberty of every single US citizen who is not in Guantanamo because it will damage the due process guarantees wh... On Translating Securityspeak into EnglishIn the Land of False Cognates Carson, Kevin Article 2012 CounterPunch The Security State has its own language: Securityspeak. Like Newspeak, the ideologically refashioned successor to English in Orwell’s “1984,” Securityspeak is designed to obscure meaning and conceal t... The Origin of America’s Intellectual VacuumHedges, Chris Article 2010 truthdig A profile of Chandler Davis, a blacklisted mathematician who served six months in jail for refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. PFC Bradley Manning, PatriotWhy Manning was Within His Rights to Give Secrets to Wikileaks Ross, Sherwood Article 2010 CounterPunch The Police State is RealIt Has Happened Here Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2013 CounterPunch The Bush regime’s response to 9/11 and the Obama regime’s validation of this response have destroyed accountable democratic government in the United States. So much unaccountable power has been concen... Predicting TortureThe PATRIOT Act, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange Van Bergen, Jennifer Article 2010 CounterPunch Bradley Manning is charged with leaking classified documents to Wikileaks and faces a court martial. The conditions of his confinement are extreme, and amount to torture. Preparing for a Digital 9/11 Greenberg, Karen Article 2012 TomDispatch In recent years, in one of the more dangerous, if largely undiscussed, developments of our time, the Bush and then Obama administrations have launched the first state-planned war in cyber space. First... The Secret SecretOf Wikileaks and Literacy Johnson, Jimmy Article 2010 CounterPunch Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret pri... Taking liberties: When elite representatives define 'national security' Behrens, Matthew Article 2011 rabble.ca Most reporters assigned to the national security beat are not physically embedded within the RCMP and CSIS in the way those covering the occupation of Afghanistan seem to become stenographers for the ... US news media to be monitored to curb leaksArticle 2012 Al Jazeera A series of leak leads U.S. officials to take additional measures to stop the public from learning about government secrets. A War on Wikileaks?Unhinged at the US State Department and Pentagon Forte, Maximillian C. Article 2010 CounterPunch If the state fails to make any sense - not surprising - it is because it is has no intention of doing so. The state is appealing to something more visceral with all of this posturing: fear. It wants t... You are all suspects now. What are you going to do about it?Pilger, John Article 2012 A state of permanent war has been launched by the United States and a police state is consuming western democracy. Government Ministries & AgenciesCanadian Nuclear Safety CommissionA group of Health Physics and Radiation Safety Specialists, dedicated to providing tailored radiatio... Canadian Security Intelligence ServiceProtects the national security interests of Canada by investigating and reporting on threats to the ... Department of National DefenceCanada's armed forces are active across Canada and around the world in a wide range of roles and act... Security Intelligence Review CommitteeSIRC ensures that the powers of CSIS are used legally and appropriately, by examining past operation... |
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