Australia accused of playing dirty

in battle with East Timor over oil and gas reserves:

 "A balmy summer morning, the leafy back streets of Narrabundah in suburban Canberra, and some 15 besuited ASIO agents are ringing the doorbell of a modest red brick home that doubles as the office of lawyer Bernard Collaery."

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Tamils speak out against ASIO security rulings

Fresh Snowden leak Australian intelligence offered to share

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Australia's spying on East Timor

was hypocritical, says Kirsty Sword-Gusmao: "For Kirsty Sword-Gusmao, the news that Australia had spied on her adopted homeland under the cover of an aid program cut especially deep."

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Australia accused of playing dirty

in battle with East Timor over oil and gas reserves: "Spies undercover as aid workers …. Spies raiding spies … The Timor Sea's rich gas and oil deposits are at the heart of the latest espionage saga."

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ICJ SET COURT DATE TO RESOLVE THE CMATS DISPUTE

AND ASIO RAID ON TL LAWYER'S PROPERTY: "The Court of International Justice has set aside three days for the dispute between Timor-Leste and Australia over raids on fledgling nation’s lawyers office in Canberra in November."

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Smoke sends spies

 from ASIO headquarters | SBS News: "Smoke sparked by powerlines has forced employees inside an ASIO building in Canberra to leave."

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Court date set for ICJ

case with E Timor: "Australia will in January get the chance to defend an ASIO raid on the office of a lawyer acting for East Timor at the UN's top court in The Hague."

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George Brandis digs in

over raided East Timor documents: "Attorney-General George Brandis is refusing to return to the East Timor government ''highly sensitive'' legal advice from an eminent international law expert seized during ASIO raids this month, prompting the fledgling nation to launch action in the International Court of Justice."

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World News Update

what you need to know | The Courier-Mail: "LONDON - East Timor has instituted proceedings in the United Nation's top court in relation to ASIO raids on the office of a Canberra lawyer representing the tiny country."

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Director, Physical and Technical Security

(EL2) in ACT - Canberra - Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) - ExecutiveCareer: "Director, Physical and Technical Security (EL2)"

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Timor action unwise:

 Downer | The Australian: "FORMER foreign minister Alexander Downer has cautioned East Timor it risks damaging its international reputation as it initiates a new legal action alleging that recent seizures conducted by Australian intelligence authorities represented a violation of its sovereignty."

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Who is monitoring the covert

operations of the world's spy agencies?: "Not since the infamous Sheraton Hotel incident in Melbourne 30 years ago, when weapons-brandishing spies bungled a mock hostage rescue exercise, has the Australian Secret Intelligence Service wound up with so much egg on its face."

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More whistleblowers emerge

 in Australia’s Timor spying scandal - World Socialist Web Site: "The Australian government’s moves to suppress further exposures of its surveillance operations suffered a blow yesterday when it was revealed that three more whistleblowers have given statements to the East Timorese government about the illegal installation of bugging devices in the walls of Dili’s cabinet offices."

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Faceless hero

who united a nation: "Brian Boyd will take to the grave the secret Melbourne location where, in 1990, he met Nelson Mandela's car and a posse of undercover police"

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The spooks are watching us

Clive Palmer wants inquiry into ASIO spying on politicians | News.com.au: "CONTROVERSIAL mining magnate turned politician Clive Palmer says he is worried Australia's top spy agency ASIO is listening into his phone calls and monitoring his emails."

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Raided East Timor

lawyer calls for inquiry: "A lawyer representing East Timor in its spying case against Australia has accused ASIO of raiding his home and office, seizing documents and "muzzling" a key whistleblower days before the case is due to begin."

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Terror suspect fails

 in passport claim: "An Australian-born Muslim suspected by authorities of having terrorist intentions has failed in his bid to have his confiscated passport returned."

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East Timor accuses Australia of spying

 for commercial gain during Timor sea negotiations | ABC Radio Australia: "East Timor accuses Australia of spying on ministers to gain a commercial advantage in Timor Sea negotiations."

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ASIO stripping citizens of passports

in bid to stop travel to Syria | The Australian: "ASIO is stripping citizens of their passports at more than twice the rate of previous years, in what terrorism experts say is a stepped-up bid to stop Australian Muslims travelling to Syria to fight with, train with, or support al-Qa'ida-linked rebel groups."

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Spying row with Indonesia

may weaken Australia's defence: "Counter-terrorism and border security sources say the standoff over spying could have a serious impact on operations if the row isn't resolved and Indonesia stands firm on its threat to downgrade co-operation."

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Australia, South Korea avoid further espionage

 embarrassment: "Australia and South Korea have avoided further espionage embarrassment after a former Canberra public servant dropped a protracted legal challenge to ASIO allegations he passed sensitive information about trade negotiations to South Korean spies."

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Indonesia halts ties with Australia

 over spying claims | ZDNet: "President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has frozen military and intelligence links with Australia over claims the latter had tapped the phones of several top government officials including Yudhoyono and the state secretary."

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Australian spy watchdog uses paper

 instead of emails | ZDNet: "The Australian security and intelligence watchdog has a novel method of ensuring that sensitive data is not leaked out of her organisation: there is no way to email out of the agency, and external communication is usually conducted by paper."

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PM must get on the front foot

 to save dire consequences: "Tony Abbott should apologise to Indonesia without delay. Even more importantly he should establish a wide-ranging inquiry, preferably a royal commission, into Australia's intelligence and security agencies."

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Australian spies have 'run amok'

 Indon | The Australian: "INDONESIA has halted all co-operation with Australia on people smuggling after the phone-tapping controversy in a major blow to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's plan to stop the boats."

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Tony Abbott must eat humble pie

 to placate Indonesia after spying scandal's sour aftertaste: "Tony Abbott should apologise to Indonesia without delay. Even more importantly, he should establish a wide-ranging inquiry, preferably a royal commission, into Australia's intelligence and security agencies."

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Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie

 introduces new anti-bikie laws into Queensland parliament | Perth Now: "He told parliament, it was in the interests of community safety for access to be granted to "other agencies" such as the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)."

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RI, Oz cyber war heats up

 The Jakarta Post: "As the disagreements between Indonesia and Australia over the fate of asylum seekers and revelations of Australia’s eavesdropping on Indonesian officials rumbled on, an apparent cyber battle between the two nations intensified."

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ASIO still waiting to move

 into new HQ | Sky News Australia: "Australia's top spy agency ASIO still can't be certain when it will move into its imposing new headquarters, despite former prime minister Kevin Rudd opening the building in July."

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Muslims told to turn their backs

on ASIO | The Australian: "HUNDREDS of Muslims attending a community meeting in western Sydney were warned yesterday that they should refuse to co-operate with Australian governments and their agencies, including ASIO and the federal police."

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Australia Spied On Japanese Companies

 To Help Its Industries Negotiate Trade Deals | Techdirt: "As more information comes to light about the global snooping being conducted by the NSA and GCHQ, it is becoming clearer that much of it had little to do with combating terrorism, as a recent EFF article makes plain."

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Indonesians step up cyber attacks

 against Australia | The Australian: "INDONESIAN hackers have stepped up cyber attacks against Canberra, with Australia's peak spy agency the latest to fall victim after spying allegations enraged Jakarta."

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Australia's Domestic Spying Revealed

 - Geopolitical Monitor: "Thanks to rapid technological advances, the Australian security apparatus has reached an Orwellian scale. Its growth has not necessarily been the design of any elected government, but has rather been promoted by the Australian bureaucracy itself."

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Indonesian hackers crash Australian

 intelligence agency's site | ZDNet: " The hacking comes one week after a wave of cyberattacks against over 170 Australian sites, mainly belonging to small businesses. The attacks were in retaliation against Australia for reportedly using its Jakarta embassy for spying."

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Spooks always busy

 in South-East Asia | Perth Now: "FORGET mock outrage about Aussie spies in South-East Asia: if our spooks weren’t spying on Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea or East Timor, then we'd really have something to worry about."

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Australia’s Intelligence Community: Behind the Times

 in an Asian Century - Geopolitical Monitor: "Over the last week, the German newspaper Der Spiegel and the Sydney Morning Herald disclosed that the Australian government was carrying out electronic surveillance and eavesdropping on phone and internet communications."

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Indonesian hackers vow payback

 over Australian spying: "Indonesian hackers are vowing a fresh wave of cyber attacks against Australia in retaliation for the spying affair, this time targetting government websites including intelligence agency ASIO."

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Has an “Out of Control” Intelligence Community

Compromised “Australia in the Asian Century”? | Dissident Voice: "Over the last week the German newspaper Der Spiegel and Sydney Morning Herald disclosed that the Australian Government was carrying out electronic surveillance and eavesdropping on phone and internet communications."

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Australian spy agency helped BHP

 negotiate trade deals: "BHP was among the companies helped by Australian spy agencies as they negotiated trade deals with Japan, a former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer says."

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ASIO building a year from being secured

 The Australian: "THE new $630 million ASIO headquarters in Canberra, already plagued by delays and a $170m budget blowout, is unlikely to be fully operational for at least another 12 months, a year and a half after its official opening."

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Oz fighters

on notice | Perth Now: "THE risk posed by homegrown militants has taken a serious and concerning step forward."

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ASIO concerned about young Australians

 travelling to Syria | The Australian: ""HUNDREDS" of Australians are participating in the Syrian conflict, lending weight to fears among security officials that the two-year-old civil war is breeding the next generation of jihadists."

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ASIO report says there are great dangers

from radical Islamists — Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami: "Islam is Islam, and that’s it.  There is no “radical Islamism”. We should see it for what it is, and not try to draw artificial lines that Muslims themselves reject."

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ASIO keeps watch

on Islamist extremists: "The unclassified version of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) annual report to Parliament shows that in the past year the Agency investigated several hundred mostly Australia-based individuals who were advocates of a violent Islamist ideology."

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ASIO report: Australians fighting in Syria

 cause terrorism concern for spy agency - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is concerned radicalised Australians may return home from Syria with the intention of carrying out violent acts on domestic soil."

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ASIO admits

 to security breaches: "Updated | The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director general has used the agency’s annual report to warn that terrorism and espionage remain threats to national security."

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Terrorism threat remains real

ASIO - The West Australian: "Syria is the destination for an increasing number of Australians travelling overseas for terrorist training."

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ASIO caught phone tapping ordinary Australians

 | The Australian: "ASIO has been caught tapping the phones of ordinary and unsuspecting Australians."

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Terrorism threat remains

 'real': ASIO: "Syria is the destination for an increasing number of Australians travelling overseas for terrorist training."

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NSA, ‘Five Eyes’ use Australian embassies

to gather intel on Asia — RT News: "US intelligence agencies are using Australian embassies throughout Asia to intercept data and gather information across the continent, according to the latest report based on documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden."

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Revealed: How Australia spies

on its neighbours: "Australia's electronic spy agency is using the nation's embassies to intercept phone calls and internet data in neighbouring countries, according to new information disclosed by intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden and a former Australian intelligence officer."

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Diplomatic espionage

 long a weapon in country's arsenal: "Australia has long spied on our neighbours, especially Indonesia, and we've long sought to take advantage from that in our diplomacy."

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Huawei ruled out of NBN involvement

on advice from ASIO | The Australian: "TREASURER Joe Hockey has ruled out the involvement of Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei in the National Broadband Network following fresh ASIO advice to the government."

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ASIO | Anewwe's Search for

 Eudaimonia: "Dear NSA (and all you other alphabet soup agencies), If you’re listening, listen carefully, cause we have something to say to you."

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How electronic espionage was exposed

 four decades ago: "Edward Snowden's exposés of the United States' mass surveillance and electronic espionage programs have made headlines around the world for the past four months."

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Warning of one public service job an hour axed

 from Canberra - Government News: Government News and Issues: "Commonwealth employees have been warned that one public service job an hour will be axed under the Coalition’s plans to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy by 12,000 full time positions as unions and the Opposition tap into growing fears in agencies that forced redundancies will be needed to make up the required numbers."

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George Brandis landed a former ASIO chief

 as his chief of staff. It says a lot about his take on security [$] : crikey_news: "George Brandis landed a former ASIO chief as his chief of staff. It says a lot about his take on security"

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Fear of a Brown Planet

 no, it's not all white: "There can't be many Australian comedians who have been cold-called by ASIO and asked in for a ''chat''. Comedian Nazeem Hussain says he was surprised to say the least. And not."

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Shining a light on some ill-conceived planning

at ASIO: "The ASIO building's electricity bill is no doubt a state secret but I am glad that I'm not paying the air-conditioning bill."

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Similarities between Tony Abbott

and Vladimir Putin | Crikey: "Could Tony Abbott be the Vladimir Putin of Australian politics? Of course, the two men come from wildly different national political contexts, and Abbott has no KGB history or alleged links to political violence and electoral fraud, but there are revealing similarities nonetheless."

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The danger when faith

conflict collide | The Australian: "ASIO boss David Irvine has revealed six Australians have been killed fighting the Assad regime in Syria."

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Australia hails extradition of attacker

from Pakistan to Afghanistan - UPI.com: "CANBERRA, Australia, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence security service has extradited to Afghanistan a former Afghan army sergeant accused of murdering three Australian soldiers."

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Australians need to stay aware

to stay alive | Herald Sun: "AT the height of the war on terror we were told to be alert, but not alarmed. The words were on fridge magnets."

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SBS boat blunder

 risks our harmony | Herald Sun: "We already have 15 jihadists in Australian jails for terrorism offences, and this week yet another Australian-raised jihadist in New York was given eight years for aiding al-Qaida."

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'Persons of Interest' : the ASIO story

Overnights - (ABC): "How much do you know about ASIO? What does it do? How much power does it have? Trevor Chappell discussed this with Haydn Keenan a Film Director who documentary "Persons of Interest" looks at the activities of ASIO in the 1960s and 70s. "

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Activist pens his memoir

with a hand from ASIO | Mudgee Guardian: "Quotes from ASIO’s files form what Mr Campbell describes as a “Greek chorus” throughout the book, which is also “peppered with poetry” in the form of Mr Campbell’s song lyrics."

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Afghan soldier accused of killing 3 Australian comrades

at patrol base deported from Pakistan: "Two Australian spy agencies — Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Defense Intelligence Organization — had worked with Pakistan's ISI and the Afghan National Directorate of Security for six months to facilitate Hekmatullah's detention and deportation, he said."

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▶ Australian Secret Intelligence Service

YouTube: "All about Australian Secret Intelligence Service. This is another Text 2 Audio transformation using Flite. Below is the transcript for the recording:"

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Spy chief pays tribute

to fallen father | The Australian: "AS one of Australia's top spies, it's Nick Warner's job to keep secrets. Funny then that he comes from a family largely dedicated to exposing them."

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New film uncovers

ASIO’s spy operations | Green Left Weekly: "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is Australia's national security service, and promotes itself as being responsible for protecting Australia from all kinds of attacks — from terrorism to politically motivated violence."

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Business joins ASIO

at cyber security HQ: "Private businesses will be invited to work alongside the nation’s spies, to help combat advanced online attacks inside the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s $700 million new headquarters, senior officials have told The Australian Financial Review."

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UFOs - scientific research

UFOs - scientific research: UFO researcher masquerades as ASIO officer: "Contacted today by (name on the file) ASIO...concerning a Mr John West ostensibly a member of the "UFO Shadow Project.""

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ASIO chief comes out of shadows for 'masterclass'

ASIO chief comes out of shadows for 'masterclass': "The chief of ASIO will be the star attraction at a $375 a head private ''masterclass'' on cyber security to be held in Melbourne next month."

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Mark Aarons - ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler

Mark Aarons - ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler: "The family of journalist Mark Aarons were Australia's most well-known communists, and kept under decades-long surveillance by ASIO."

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Australian man reportedly blew himself up in suicide bombing at Syrian military airport - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "An Australian jihadist fighting in Syria has reportedly blown himself up in a suicide bombing near a military airport in the country's east."

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How Will Abbott Treat ASIO Refugees? | newmatilda.com

How Will Abbott Treat ASIO Refugees? | newmatilda.com: "Given the rhetoric on asylum seekers spouted by Tony Abbott and George Brandis, refugees with adverse ASIO security assessments have a lot to fear, writes Trevor Grant"

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ASIO power faces challenge | Cowra Guardian

ASIO power faces challenge | Cowra Guardian: "ASIO has branded Tamil refugee Ranjini a direct threat to Australian security, the High Court has heard. The mother of three is being held with her children in a Sydney detention centre but has yet to be charged with any crime."

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A life spent dedicated to country's security

A life spent dedicated to country's security: "Mac Grant served Australia from World War II until he retired in 1977, in the army, the Civilian Military Forces and with the Australian Secret Intelligence Service."

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Arthur Gietzelt | The Australian

Arthur Gietzelt | The Australian: "IN 2010 and again earlier this year, columnist Troy Bramston wrote a series of articles about the alleged communist activities of my father, Arthur T. Gietzelt, mayor of Sutherland Shire for nine terms, senator for NSW and minister for veterans affairs in the Hawke government."

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Open Universities Australia - Security, Terrorism & Counter-terrorism

Open Universities Australia - Security, Terrorism & Counter-terrorism: "Terrorism has become a part of the global landscape and there is a world-wide call for security specialists to combat it. This security, terrorism and counter-terrorism course was the first of its kind in Australia and is designed to provide you with an understanding of global security and terrorism concerns."

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The Spy Who Hired Me: ASIO Is Hiring Telco Interception Spooks | Gizmodo Australia

The Spy Who Hired Me: ASIO Is Hiring Telco Interception Spooks | Gizmodo Australia: "Wonder no longer wannabe-spooks: Australia’s intelligence agency is now hiring a brand new interception team."

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Cyber, security and liberty

Cyber, security and liberty: "Today I want to apply a financial economist’s approach to thinking about cyber risk and briefly reflect on the trade-off between national security and liberty"

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Car park cure for acrook Westmead Hospital | Herald Sun

Car park cure for acrook Westmead Hospital | Herald Sun: "The ageing hospital's Institute for Clinical Pathology, which is under ASIO watch due to the sensitivity of specimens handled there, has doors that won't lock, no alarms and no secure doors, according to a report obtained under freedom of information."

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ASIO beefing up telecoms interception teams • The Register

ASIO beefing up telecoms interception teams • The Register: "Australia's security intelligence organisation (ASIO) is hiring a clutch of telecoms intelligence staff."

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ASIO 'sacked' worker after romance

ASIO 'sacked' worker after romance: "Choosing the right time in a new romance to reveal you're a secret agent can be tricky. But now a former Canberra ASIO operative says he was sacked by the spy agency for getting the timing wrong."

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ASIO turns its spies onto high-tech espionage

ASIO turns its spies onto high-tech espionage: "Australia's top spy has flagged a shift in focus for the national security agency ASIO, with more resources for high-tech espionage after a decade of concentrating on terrorism."

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New film uncovers ASIO’s spy operations | Green Left Weekly

New film uncovers ASIO’s spy operations | Green Left Weekly: "This fairytale should not be taken seriously. Established in 1949 by the Ben Chifley ALP government, ASIO’s primary purpose has always been to carry out spying, disruption and provocation against left and progressive forces on behalf of the established order."

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Post sheds light on ASIO terror targets

Post sheds light on ASIO terror targets: "Statistics released by Australia Post have revealed Australia's domestic security agency is concentrating its efforts on a very small number of terrorist and espionage targets."

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ASIO emerges from shadows

ASIO emerges from shadows: "It's in his ASIO file so he concedes somebody must have said something, but Gary Foley can't remember plotting to blow up the replica tall ship Endeavour in the 1970s"

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Western spooks banned Lenovo PCs after finding back doors • The Register

Western spooks banned Lenovo PCs after finding back doors • The Register: "Chinese PC giant Lenovo has been banned from supplying kit for the top secret networks of western intelligence agencies after security concerns emerged when backdoor vulnerabilities were detected, according to a new report."

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Spy agencies ban Lenovo PCs on security concerns

Spy agencies ban Lenovo PCs on security concerns: "Computers manufactured by the world’s biggest personal computer maker, Lenovo, have been banned from the “secret” and ‘‘top secret” ­networks of the intelligence and defence services of Australia, the US, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, because of concerns they are vulnerable to being hacked."

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ASIO's new Canberra headquarters and internet surveillance | Crikey

ASIO's new Canberra headquarters and internet surveillance | Crikey: "This week Prime Minister Kevin Rudd officially opened the new headquarters for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation in Canberra."

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ASIO called in to investigate inert bomb placed at Sydney's Campsie Police Station - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ASIO called in to investigate inert bomb placed at Sydney's Campsie Police Station - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "National counter-terrorism agencies including ASIO are investigating the discovery of a bomb at a police station in Sydney's inner-west."

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Tony Abbott Remarks - Opening of ASIO National Headquarters, Canberra - Liberal Party of Australia

Tony Abbott Remarks - Opening of ASIO National Headquarters, Canberra - Liberal Party of Australia: "It’s fitting that this building should have been started under the Howard Government, opened under the Rudd-Gillard Government and operated under whichever government emerges after the next election, as all governments of either persuasion have strongly supported the operations of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation."

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ASIO Headquarters | Catallaxy Files

ASIO Headquarters | Catallaxy Files: "Kevin Rudd has officially opened the new ASIO headquarters, named the Ben Chifley Building (who was Prime Minister when ASIO was established)."

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Canberra ASIO building beautiful but poorly located

Canberra ASIO building beautiful but poorly located: "Overdue, over exposed and over there."

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Kevin Rudd dismisses opposition to asylum policy | World news | guardian.co.uk

Kevin Rudd dismisses opposition to asylum policy | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Kevin Rudd has dug in behind his changes to asylum policy, saying at the opening of the new national intelligence and security headquarters that the reforms would proceed whether they were popular or not."

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What kind of work exactly does the ASIS involve? (Australian Secret Intelligence Service)? - Yahoo!7 Answers

What kind of work exactly does the ASIS involve? (Australian Secret Intelligence Service)? - Yahoo!7 Answers: "Hey, i'm interesting in joining the ASIS when i'm older, i'm currently 15 years old and do not know much about it."

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Rudd opens new ASIO Canberra headquarters

Rudd opens new ASIO Canberra headquarters: "It ran late, over budget and Chinese hackers may well know the floor plan, but ASIO's imposing new headquarters is finally good to go."

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Men fighting abroad need home scrutiny | The Australian

Men fighting abroad need home scrutiny | The Australian: "AUSTRALIANS going to fight in Syria would have to accept they will be watched closely by intelligence agencies when they returned, an international terrorism specialist has warned"

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Key evidence missing on ASIO refugee case | Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate

Key evidence missing on ASIO refugee case | Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate: "A secret review upheld an ASIO decision to brand a Tamil refugee a threat despite the security agency admitting it lost crucial evidence."

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ASIO GradConnection

ASIO: "ASIO is Australia's security intelligence service. Our main responsibility is collecting, analysing and reporting intelligence on threats to security. The ASIO Act defines security as the protection of Australia and its people from espionage, sabotage, politically motivated violence, the promotion of communal violence, attacks on Australia's defence system, and acts of foreign interference - whether directed from, or committed within, Australia or not."

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G’Day Damascus: Australians Are Joining Syria’s Rebels in Surprising Numbers | TIME.com

G’Day Damascus: Australians Are Joining Syria’s Rebels in Surprising Numbers | TIME.com: "A surprising number of foreign fighters joining the rebellion in Syria against the regime of President Bashar Assad hail from Down Under."

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Key evidence missing on ASIO refugee case

Key evidence missing on ASIO refugee case: "A secret review upheld an ASIO decision to brand a Tamil refugee a threat despite the security agency admitting it lost crucial evidence."

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Australia by the Indian Ocean: Ben Zygier - Prisoner X contact with Australian Security?

Australia by the Indian Ocean: Ben Zygier - Prisoner X contact with Australian Security?:
All quite confusing how Ben died? Who knew what and when?

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National ASIO Campaign

National ASIO Campaign: "The NSW Council for Civil Liberties launched the NATIONAL ASIO CAMPAIGN in 2012 in response to the encroaching threat to Australian democracy and liberties"

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ASIO is not final tier of justice on refugees

ASIO is not final tier of justice on refugees: "Which country might be detaining more than 50 people without charge, without trial and without telling them of what crimes they are accused? Which country might be holding these people indefinitely; that is, with no hint as to when - if ever - they will be released? A few regimes in the Middle East may come to mind. China, perhaps?"

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Chinese hack on ASIO would make it payback for Embassy bugs

Chinese hack on ASIO would make it payback for Embassy bugs: "changes."

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Tamil farmer in Sri Lanka challenges ASIO asylum seekers

Tamil farmer in Sri Lanka challenges ASIO asylum seekers: "The harrowing case of a Tamil farmer confined in indefinite detention challenges the power of ASIO to judge people's right to seek refuge here."

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Qld Greens candidate raises spy concerns | The Australian

Qld Greens candidate raises spy concerns | The Australian: "GOVERNMENT security services shouldn't be allowed to monitor online activity by citizens without a warrant, Queensland Greens Senate candidate Adam Stone has argued."

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Case challenges right to indefinitely hold detainees | Yass Tribune

Case challenges right to indefinitely hold detainees | Yass Tribune: "The federal government faces a High Court challenge to its power to keep Sri Lankan mother-of-three Ranjini and more than 50 other refugees deemed security risks by ASIO in detention indefinitely."

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Blow the whistle on Big Brother | Green Left Weekly

Blow the whistle on Big Brother | Green Left Weekly: "The statement below was released by Socialist Alliance election candidate Margarita Windisch on July 5. Windisch is contesting the Victorian seat of Wills in the upcoming federal election."

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ASIO » Careers - ASIO Careers - Intelligence Officer

ASIO » Careers - ASIO Careers - Intelligence Officer: "A career in intelligence involves research, analysis and providing advice to senior management and government on matters of national security."

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ASIO won't be drawn on ZTE's NBN tender - Risk - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence

ASIO won't be drawn on ZTE's NBN tender - Risk - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence: "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has refused to say why it allowed Chinese telecommunications provider ZTE to tender for the NBN but recommended banning Beijing-based rival Huawei."

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Security briefing offer to Abbott - The West Australian

Security briefing offer to Abbott - The West Australian: "Kevin Rudd has offered Tony Abbott a series of unprecedented briefings from the nation's security chiefs as he attempts to turn the tables on the Opposition Leader in the debate on asylum seekers."

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Net Traveller: The emergence of the Australian Intelligence Community

Net Traveller: The emergence of the Australian Intelligence Community: "Greetings from the Australian National University in Canberra, where Dr John Blaxland is speaking on "The emergence of the Australian Intelligence Community". In this talk he is looking at the Australian Intelligence Community up to WW2. He will be covering later periods at the annual confeence of the AIPIO (Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers), next week"

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A double standard for Chinese NBN bidders - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

A double standard for Chinese NBN bidders - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au: "ASIO and the attorney general's department are yet to explain why Chinese technology company ZTE was invited to tender for the NBN last year, while its compatriot rival Huawei was explicitly banned from the project."

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Assault, DUI, drugs, fraud, AVOs, traffic matters - ASIO search warrant

Assault, DUI, drugs, fraud, AVOs, traffic matters - ASIO search warrant: "The AFP agents said to me during the ASIO search warrant that "we can do this the easy way, or the hard way" "

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Man impersonated ASIO agent

Man impersonated ASIO agent: "An unemployed call-centre operator who claimed to be a high-ranking Australian Federal Police officer and ASIO agent to get sex has been jailed for at least two years."

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Quantum Mechanics to Offer Best Cyber Security

www.indiatimes.com: "Australian scientists are working on Quantum mechanics which is being applied to computing in order to develop most powerful and impenetrable cyber security method ever conceived. "

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Venture to develop Powerful Cyber Security

TopNews United States: "Scientists have started to apply quantum mechanics into computing. They've worked to improve cyber security method. This is being termed as the best method that has ever been developed."

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What the US spy scandal means for Australians

Green Left Weekly: "Information revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden about the PRISM spy program — which used data from giant internet companies, such as Google and Facebook, to carry out mass surveillance of people outside the US — has provided new evidence about the warrantless spying on civilians by the US government."

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Ever heard of Prism? It's heard of you

Scott Ludlam: "The Australian Government should immediately disclose whether or not it has access to private information on Australian citizens using the PRISM program used by US intelligence agencies to access the servers of nine major US tech companies including Apple, Google and Facebook."

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Watching: The australian secret intelligence service is opening up their top secret ... Video

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ANU Public Lecture: The emergence of the Australian Intelligence Community

Eventbrite: "This presentation is held in conjunction with the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO). Dr John Blaxland provides a century-spanning reflection on how the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC) emerged and how it works."

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ASIS launches recruiting drive for new spies

The Australian: "THE government's most secretive spying agency, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, is coming in from the cold to hire a new generation of bright young spooks."

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Eight months elapsed before minister told of Egyptian's murder conviction - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has admitted it took his department eight months to tell him that an Egyptian asylum seeker living in Australia was a convicted murderer and belonged to a terrorist group."

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Spies like us - ABC Queensland

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC): "ASIO, our intelligence organisation, has made headlines at least twice this week."

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ASIO Cleared Terrorist

watoday: "Australia's security watchdog cleared an asylum seeker for community detention even though he was wanted in Egypt for premeditated murder and terrorism."

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Opposition 'treating national security as political plaything'

Warwick Daily News: "SHADOW attorney-general George Brandis's decision to go public with details of a briefing he received from Australia's intelligence agency has drawn criticism from a string of fired up ministers."

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ASIO boss says his building is secure

The Australian: "THE head of Australia's domestic security agency says his new building is very secure and so are his computers."

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East Timor defends gas treaty challenge

Source and full story ---> Connect Asia | ABC Radio Australia: "East Timor says it has irrefutable evidence that Australia's overseas spy agency broke in to the cabinet room of East Timor's government in Dili nine years ago, during negotiations for a treaty over the Greater Sunrise gas field."

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More money for ASIO won't fix security problem

Source and full story ---> Computerworld: "The Australian Greens have called for an investigation into how an ASIO building site contractor’s system was hacked and documents including floor plans were stolen."

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Chinese hack on ASIO would make it payback for Embassy bugs

Source and full story ---> SMH: "In 1995, Fairfax Media revealed that ASIO had managed to riddle China's palatial embassy on the other side of the lake with fibre-optic cables."

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China rejects allegations of hacking into Australia spy agency

Source and full story ---> todaysthv.com: "BEIJING, China (CBS) -- China rejected a media report on Tuesday (May 28) that hackers stole the blueprints of a new multi-million-dollar Australian spy headquarters, saying that "groundless accusations" cannot resolve the global cyber-attack issue."

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Aussie spies accused of bugging Timor cabinet

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "AUSTRALIA'S overseas spy agency has been accused of breaking into the cabinet rooms of the East Timorese government under the instruction of then foreign minister Alexander Downer and covertly recording the Timorese foreign minister and officials."

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ABC cyber attack report ‘inaccurate’: Gillard

Source and full story ---> www.afr.com: "Greens leader Christine Milne said the reported ASIO building hack was a “security breach of epic proportions” and called for an independent inquiry"

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ASIO hack: Julia Gillard defends intelligence funding for spy agency while China rejects link

Source and full story ---> ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The Prime Minister has defended the Government's record of funding Australia's intelligence agencies, after a Four Corners report revealed that ASIO had been successfully targeted in a cyber attack by Chinese hackers."

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Holes in Australian terror safeguards

Source and full story ---> News.com.au: "A WEEK after the terrorist attack on a London street, the federal government has been warned budget cuts to Australia's intelligence agencies had put the nation's counter-terrorism capability at risk."

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Chinese hackers steal ASIO building plans: report

Source and full story ---> www.afr.com: "Chinese hackers stole the blueprints of the $630 million building that will house the Australia Security Intelligence Organisation, according to an ABC Four Corners report."

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PressTV - Aussie intel. accused of targeting left-wingers

Source and full story ---> PressTV: "ASIO, or the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, is primarily responsible for protecting Australian citizens and the country itself from domestic security threats, such as terrorism, sabotage, and espionage."

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Miranda Devine cautions us to beware the enemy within

Source and full story ---> thetelegraph.com.au: "THE handsome black man with bloodied hands holding a knife and meat cleaver after butchering a soldier on the streets of London last week was just your average, run-of-the-mill, home-grown Islamist hothead."

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Distrustful Mossad won't replace top spy in Canberra

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "ISRAEL has refused to replace its top spy in Australia because of lingering mistrust of the federal government, after its Mossad chief was expelled and his name leaked and published during the false passports scandal in 2010."

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SL woman asylum seeker to be freed from detention

Source and full story ---> www.dailymirror.lk: "A Sri Lankan asylum seeker, previously deemed a security risk, will be released from Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney after her adverse security assessment was overturned by spy agency Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) ."

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Gillard urged to ease 'Orwellian' spy laws

Source and full story ---> NZ Herald News: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard is coming under renewed pressure to ease the wave of draconian powers handed to Australia's domestic spy agency since the September 11 attacks on the United States."

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Your rights with ASIO - advice for activists (Part 1 of two parts)

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Your rights with ASIO — advice for activists

Source and full story ---> Green Left Weekly: "Over the last eight months at least seven political activists around Australia have been approached by federal or state intelligence agents for information about other activists."

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Oz jihadist charged for issuing 'how-to survive' holy war list on Facebook

Source and full story ---> Business Standard: "An Australian has been charged under anti-terrorist laws for issuing a how-to list on Facebook for how young men can engage in holy war without getting killed or ending up in Guantanamo Bay."

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ASIO's counter-terrorism powers may be scaled back

Source and full story ---> ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Powers given to Australia's intelligence agency to combat terrorism, including the power to detain suspects without charge, could be scaled back."

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Australian Secret Intelligence Service

Source ---> Arrow Wiki: "The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas"

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Rallies seek release of 55 refugees in limbo

Source and full story ---> smh: "Rallies will be held across the country on Friday to demand the release of a Sri Lankan mother and her three children, along with the other 55 ASIO-rejected refugees being detained in Australian detention centres."

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ASIO should stop harassing activists

Source and full story ---> Green Left Weekly: "I received a knock on the door on April 16 from two members of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, better known as ASIO."

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Renaming the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation

Source and full story ---> Defence Ministers » Prime Minister and Minister for Defence: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Defence Stephen Smith today announced that the Government has decided to rename the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation to reflect their critical roles in support of Australia’s national security."

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Friends, spies and espionage

Source and full story ---> smh: "South Korean spies working out of Canberra have been carrying out clandestine operations against Australia, and ASIO has been trying to cover it up."

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Chinese in running for Optus 4G deal

Source and full story ---> www.smh.com.au: "The federal government is on a collision course with Chinese telecommunications company Huawei amid expectations it will emerge with all or part of a $2 billion contract to build an ultra-fast mobile network for Optus."

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Liberal MP says ASIO security assessment should be replaced

Video:media.smh.com.au: "Liberal MP Joshua Frydenberg says asylum seeker screening process by ASIO should be reviewed by federal court judge. Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon strongly disagrees."

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ASIO reported on ABC current affairs shows during Cold War

The Australian: "AUSTRALIA'S domestic spy agency, ASIO, kept a close watch on programs produced by the ABC -- and those producing them -- during the 1960s battle for the national broadcaster's soul."

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Australian PM dismisses refugee hunger strike over ASIO bans

Source and full story ---> World Socialist Web Site: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday vehemently backed bans imposed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the domestic spy agency, on 55 refugees held in indefinite detention."

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Gillard backs ASIO bans on refugees

Source and full story ---> Knox Weekly: "Prime Minister Julia Gillard has strongly backed security black-bans on 55 refugees held in detention, despite legal and activist concerns ASIO will retain its final veto over a new independent review."

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ASIO letter reveals why refugees deemed threat

Source and full story ---> The West Australian: "ASIO has told a group of Sri Lankan detainees that it regards them as a threat to national security because some of them have a history of violence in their homeland."

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Free childcare scam aimed at intelligence staff

Source and full story ---> www.canberratimes.com.au/: "Intelligence agency employees have been the target of an unsophisticated online phishing scam, which used a website purporting to offer free childcare to government employees to extract sensitive personal data."

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Concern as Aussies join Syrian uprising

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "A RAPID increase in the number of Australians travelling to Syria to fight with al-Qa'ida is a serious concern to security agencies that have been forced to invest significant time and resources monitoring the emerging threat."

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PM John Howard misled Australia, says former parliamentary inquiry secretary | Big News Network

Source and full story ---> Big News Network: "Former prime minister John Howard's justification this week on why Australia went to war against Iraq in 2003 obfuscates some issues."

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Wikileaks: At what point does a person become a spy?

Source and full story ---> adelaidenow: "THE latest release of WikiLeaks cables raise a question: at what point does a person become a spy? Bob Hawke was by far the US Embassy in Canberra's most highly placed and reliable informant, over the years 1973 to 1976, the most riotous period in Australian political history."

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Spy agency had man under surveillance

Source and full story ---> The West Australian: "A Perth Muslim jailed for nine years in December for attempting to murder his brother was the target of a counterterrorism operation by Australia's spy agency ASIO at the time of his arrest."

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Australia's Guantanamo isn't offshore: it's in Melbourne

Source and full story ---> The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "While America's indefinite detention policy is kept at arm's reach from its citizens, the men, women and children that Australia keeps in legal limbo can be found in the perfectly ordinary suburb of Broadmeadows in Melbourne, writes Jeff Sparrow."

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Howard ignored advice and went to war in Iraq

Source and full story ---> www.smh.com.au: "Former prime minister John Howard's justification this week on why we went to war against Iraq in 2003 obfuscates some issues."

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Court lifts suppression of ASIO case details

Source and full story ---> ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Australia's spy agency ASIO has lost a bid to keep details of a case against a senior public servant secret"

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WikiLeaks cables reveal Bob Hawke thought Gough Whitlam was stupid

Source and full story ---> adelaidenow: "Declassified US cables, released by WikiLeaks, reveal that Mr Hawke told an embassy source named Labatt that Mr Whitlam could not be trusted to run the economy "any place but down"."

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MELBOURNE ASIO NEGATIVE REFUGEES BEGIN MASS HUNGER STRIKE

Refugee Advocacy Network: "At 2.00am, Monday morning (8 April), 28 ASIO negative refugees (24 Sri
Lankan, 2 Iranian 2 Rohingyans) began a hunger strike at the Melbourne
Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) detention centre. They have
gathered on the playground inside the detention facility."

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GovernmentCareer - Executive Branch EL1 - Various in ACT

Source and full AD ---> federal.governmentcareer.com.au: "As a member of the Branch, you will be part of a small and dynamic team with exposure to senior officers both within ASIS and across the broader National Security Community."

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Is Australian Foreign Minister A "Spy?"

Source and full story ---> OpEd Eurasia Review: "Is Australian Foreign Minister A “Spy?” Australian Newspaper Exposes Bob Carr As An “agent” Under US Influence – OpEd"

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Intense pressure on security agencies

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "TWO asylum-seekers released into community detention and a third issued a bridging visa had to be hauled back into detention after ASIO found they were threats to national security."

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For spies in disguise it's all about being boring

Source and full story ---> canberratimes.com.au: "IF CANBERRA has a reputation for being a poorly dressed drab city, it could be because the style mandate for ASIO's intelligence officers is ''boring''."

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ASIO reasons for rejection 'seven lines long'

Source and full story ---> abc.net.au: "A refugee advocate says the reasons provided by ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) for adverse security assessments of some refugees are too brief and impossible to contest."

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ASIO office behind schedule

Source and full story ---> canberratimes: "THE MASSIVE ASIO building will not open for at least another several months, behind schedule and well over budget."

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Giving teeth to racist dogma

Source and full story ---> theage.com.au: "Thus Morrison has explained that the context for the comments is that the asylum seekers ''would otherwise be in detention'', and that they have not been fully ASIO-cleared before release."

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Rights groups alarmed by spy agency 'power grab'

Source and full story ---> ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Civil liberties groups have expressed alarm at moves by Australia's Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) to expand its range of intelligence-gathering powers."

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Dreyfus rebuts any conflict of interest on spy agencies

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "JULIA Gillard's cabinet reshuffle has left Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus fending off conflict-of-interest claims after his new appointment made him both the minister responsible for the operation of the domestic spy agency and the minister responsible for its independent oversight."

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Troubled ASIO building claims another victim

Source and full story ---> canberratimes.com.au: "Another local building firm has become a casualty of the dispute over Canberra's $633 million ASIO office building project."

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Abu Sayyaf agrees to free Australian

Source and full story ---> rappler.com: "MANILA, Philippines - Kidnappers of Australian Warren Richard Rodwell have agreed to release him Thursday, March 21, two senior intelligence officials told Rappler."

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ASIO contractor may have traded while insolvent

Source and full story ---> canberratimes: "A key contractor on Canberra's $633 million ASIO building may have been trading while insolvent for up to three months, according to the firm's administrators."

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Watchdog holds fears for indefinite detainees

Source and full story ---> theage: "Fears have been raised for the welfare of about a dozen asylum seekers who have been held in detention for more than two years, with no immediate hope of release."

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Australian Secret Intelligence Service exempt from Work Health and Safety Act

Source and full story ---> The Australian: "AGENTS of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service operate in dangerous places, go armed to the teeth with other agencies to raid terrorist strongholds and generally risk life and limb keeping us safe from all manner of threats."

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Spy safety rule is not too bright

Source and full story ---> News.com.au: "AUSTRALIA'S top spies could be blowing their covers by sporting bright yellow safety vests under workplace laws they are required to follow."

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Australian government’s cover-up of “Prisoner X’s” death in Israel

Source and full story ---> World Socialist Web Site: "Further damning evidence has emerged that the Labor government not only knew about the detention and death of Ben Zygier, a dual Australian-Israeli citizen, in Israel during 2010, but systematically covered up his fate until the case finally came to light last month. "

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Officials broke rules on Zygier as case was flicked to ASIO

Source and full story ---> The Maitland Mercury: "Two of Australia's highest ranking foreign affairs officials knew of the jailing of Melbourne man Ben Zygier - dubbed ''Prisoner X'' - in Israel but left his consular care in the hands of spy agency ASIO in clear breach of the department's own rules."

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ASIO Building Dispute Reinforces Need for Federal Small Business Commissioner with Real Power | Greens MPs

Source and full story ---> Greens MPs: "The ongoing dispute between ASIO and a number of small building firms to the tune of $6m is further evidence of the need for a Federal Small Business Commissioner with real authority."

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Spies aren't really public servants

Source and full story ---> theage: "They are Commonwealth officers employed under the Intelligence Services Act."

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Builders caught up in ASIO dispute

Source and full story ---> canberratimes: "ASIO secrecy is being blamed for locking up at least $6 million owed to Canberra builders for work done on the spy agency's giant new building in the centre of the capital."

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Australian Secret Intelligence Service | | truthaholics

Source and full story ---> truthaholics: "Ben Zygier, a dual Israeli and Australian citizen and Jewish Australian father of 2, was secretly imprisoned for 11 months in solitary confinement by the Israelis in 2010 until he was either killed by the Israelis or, as alleged by the Israelis, committed suicide in a suicide-proof cell. Solitary confinement for more than several weeks is regarded by experts as torture."

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Secret Israeli Torture To Death Of Jewish Australian Ben Zygier Exposes Australia-Israeli Links By Dr Gideon Polya

Source and full story ---> countercurrents.org: "Dual Israeli and  Australian citizen and Jewish Australian father of 2, Ben Zygier, was secretly imprisoned for 11 months in solitary confinement  by the Israelis in 2010 until  he was either killed by the Israelis or, as alleged by the Israelis,  committed suicide in a suicide-proof cell."

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Robert McClelland is first MP to admit he knew of Ben Zygier case

Source and full story: ---> The Australian: "FORMER attorney-general Robert McClelland has confirmed he was briefed on the Ben Zygier case in 2010, making him the only politician to date to admit any first-hand knowledge of the affair."

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