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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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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