Call to end spies' FOI exemption

SOURCE: www.smh.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies could be subject to increased public scrutiny
if a top-level review accepts the advice of the Australian government's
 freedom-of-information watchdog."

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Australian spies demand immunity to 'infiltrate, train' with terrorist groups

SOURCE: newkerala.com:

"Intelligence officials in Australia are demanding legal immunity
to infiltrate and train with terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda."

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ASIO: Meet Bob with D Branch Attorney General's Department, "wink-wink":

SOURCE: Voice of Russia:

"Could it be that personnel at the Australian Security Intelligence
Organization (ASIO) are so inept or so desperate for work
that they are willing to advertise potential damaging information openly on the web."

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ASIO spies seeking immunity to train undercover in terror camps

SOURCE: News.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies are demanding legal immunity to train
undercover with terrorist groups such as al-Qaida."

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Spooks use internet and social media to advertise their skills

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"HUNDREDS of former and some present Australian spies
 have posted information about their employment with
intelligence agencies on the internet in what security experts
have called "a gift for foreign espionage"."

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Aussie supporter of Syrian rebels faces death threats over ASIO contact

SOURCE: The Australian:

"ONE of the first Australians to travel to Syria
during the uprising against the Assad regime has received
death threats from local jihadists who are preparing
to take up arms in the bloody civil war."

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EX-SBS RADIO BOSS UNAWARE OF ASIO PHONE TAP

SOURCE: Team Uzunov:

"Mr Peter Horton (pictured above), the former Melbourne
 radio station manager of Australia's multicultural public broadcaster
SBS, has told TEAM UZUNOV of his surprise that Australia's
domestic counter-intelligence service was tapping SBS telephones."

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White Pages® - Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)

SOURCE: White Pages®:

"Canberra (02) 6249 6299
Central Office
Canberra ACT 2600
Written inquiries, ASIO Central Office
GPO Box 2176,ACT 2601"

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Call to end spies' FOI exemption

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies could be subject to increased public
scrutiny if a top-level review accepts the advice of the
Australian government's freedom-of-information watchdog."

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George Williams Speech to launch NSWCCL National ASIO Campaign 2012

SOURCE: YouTube:



"George Williams launched the New South Wales Council for
Civil Liberties National ASIO Campaign on the 19th of October
at the NSWCCL Annual Dinner to roll back extraordinary ASIO powers."

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Refugee lawyers challenge indefinite detention rule

SORCE: www.smh.com.au:

"Fifty-five asylum seekers are being held in detention
indefinitely because they have been found to be genuine refugees,
so they cannot be returned to their home countries,
but ASIO has given them an adverse security assessment,
so they cannot be settled in Australia. No third country is willing to take them."

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Macquarie Telecom to build Canberra 'bunker' datacentre | ZDNet

SOURCE: ZDNet:

"The Bunker, which is expected to open in mid-2013,
will be developed to meet Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)
and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
specifications on security, and will be backed up by
additional infrastructure deployed in Macquarie's Intellicentre 2 datacentre in Sydney."

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Sydney bombing investigation leaps forward

SOURCE: Perth Now:

"POLICE have made a series of breakthroughs in their
investigation of the terrorist bombings of the Israeli consulate
and a Jewish club in Sydney 30 years ago."

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Hugh White

SOURCE: www.lowyinterpreter.org:

" He has served as an intelligence analyst with the
Office of National Assessments; as a journalist with
the Sydney Morning Herald; as a senior adviser
on the staffs of Defence Minister Kim Beazley and Prime Minister Bob Hawke"

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Data Exploitation and Analysis

SOURCE: jobs.newscientist.com:

"With a relevant degree in a discipline calling for data analysis,
you may also have an established track record in the analysis
and exploitation of data in support of security, intelligence or
law enforcement investigations or have more general experience in data analysis."

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Refugees, education, ASIO: what else needs a royal commission?

SOURCE: Crikey:

"With a series of inquests going on at the moment,
former diplomat Bruce Haigh asks if there should be
inquiries into other mishandled, ignored and outstanding issues."

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