Privacy pulverized: NSA, GCHQ can bypass online encryption, new Snowden leak reveals — RT USA

"The latest top-secret documents leaked to the media by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden reveal that United States and British spy agencies have invested billions of dollars towards efforts to make online privacy obsolete."



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GCHQ and NSA intercepted Yahoo users' private photographs — RT USA

"British and American surveillance agencies teamed up to develop a system that collected millions of images from the webcams of unsuspecting and innocent internet users, new leaked documents reveal."



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Snowden: Training Guide for GCHQ and NSA Agents Infiltrating and Disrupting Alternative Media Online » David Icke

"‘This is Britain’s GCHQ guide to Online Covert Action, which is shared with US agencies like the NSA."



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GCHQ's dirty-tricking psyops groups: infiltrating, disrupting and discrediting political and protest groups - Boing Boing

"In a piece on the new Omidyar-funded news-site "The Intercept," Glenn Greenwald pulls together the recent Snowden leaks about the NSA's psyops programs, through which they sought to attack, undermine, and dirty-trick participants in Anonymous and Occupy. "



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Technologists at Australian Secret Intelligence Service in Sydney Area, Australia - Job | LinkedIn

Our organisation is seeking to engage enthusiastic and capable ICT specialists to fill a large number of vacancies across all of its corporate ICT and operational roles and levels."



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ASIO staff to move into new HQ in May: director-general David Irvine

"Ten months after former Labor PM Kevin Rudd officially opened the new Australian Security Intelligence Organisation office, the spooks will finally be moving in."



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Spying case raises questions of liability | Lawyers Weekly

 "Allegations that Australia spied on a US law firm have cast a spotlight on the extent to which a firm is liable for a security breach."



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Western spy agencies build ‘cyber magicians’ to manipulate online discourse — RT News

"Secret units within the 'Five Eyes" global spying network engage in covert online operations that aim to invade, deceive, and control online communities and individuals through the spread of false information and use of ingenious social-science tactics."



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Blackphone Android: Putting Privacy and Digital Security at the Front

"Piles of leaked documents showing NSA, GCHQ and other agencies snooping on citizens’ lives globally has made everyone conscious of their privacy and digital security. "



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Christopher John Boyce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Christopher John Boyce (born 16 February 1953) is a convicted spy who sold US spy satellite secrets to the Soviet Union in the 1970s. He has written a book entitled American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman, which details the 1970 events leading up to his release in 2002 and his actions afterwards."



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SBS On Demand | TV and Online Video - Dateline - 18 February 2014

 "Did the CIA interfere in 1970s Australian politics? Former spy Christopher Boyce speaks out in an explosive new Dateline interview. Plus whistleblower Edward Snowden's first full TV interview."



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Graduate program opportunity graduate job at Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), student career info at Unigrad

"Engineering, Finance & Economics, HR, IT & Computing, Law, Psychology, Software Eng."



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Australia urged to take US advice on cybersecurity - WhaTech

"Australian organisations would do well to follow guidance on cybersecurity set out in a new document from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says a cybersecurity researcher from Charles Sturt University."



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East Timor, Brandis, Snowden and what about data retention? | Scott Ludlam

"Attorney General George Brandis refuses to answer questions about ASIO raids on East Timor because he 'neither confirms, nor denies or comments on intelligence matters'."



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East Timor, ASIO and Snowden Part one | Scott Ludlam

"Senator Scott Ludlam asks Australian Attorney General George Brandis about the nature of his allegations that Edward Snowden is a traitor who has placed Australian lives in danger."



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Julian Assange posed 'no real security threat' to Australia

 "WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been an ''irritant'' and ''a gadfly'' but not a significant security threat, according to former Australian intelligence and security officials."



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Julian Assange posed 'no real security threat' to Australia

"WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been an ''irritant'' and ''a gadfly'' but not a significant security threat, according to former Australian intelligence and security officials."



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GCSB complicit in NSA/GCHQ spying on Kiwis « The Daily Blog

"About a year ago I used Wikileaks’ website to find out what the US Embassy in Wellington had said about me in dispatches back to Washington. There were several references. The one that amused me the most reported the Embassy’s belief that I had “an incontrovertible and unwavering mistrust of United States foreign policy.”"



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Social engineering - YouTube

"Social engineering"

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How to leak government secrets, Guardian-style (Wired UK)

"It was no coincidence that the Guardian was chosen by Edward Snowden as the publication to leak the documents detailing the actions of the NSA and GCHQ to, says the paper's editor Alan Rusbridger speaking at the Story Festival in London. "These things don't happen by accident -- they don't fall into your lap.""



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Australia, NSA, lawyers tangle in spy case | PCWorld

"Reported interceptions by an Australian spy agency of a U.S. law firm’s communications with overseas clients violates long-standing legal protections, the American Bar Association charges."



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Documents Reveal NSA and GCHQ Efforts to Destroy Assange And Track Wikileaks Supporters

Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York and Chair of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin. He is currently a legal adviser to Wikileaks and Julian Assange. "

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MUSTAFA AYDIN - Creating a cyber zone for Europe

"While we were busy discussing new Internet restrictions and their connection with fundamental freedoms and democratic rights in Turkey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her enthusiasm this week, in her weekly podcast, to create a secure European network for the protection of data. "



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Writing The Snowden Files: 'The paragraph began to self-delete' | Books | The Guardian

"Was it the NSA? GCHQ? A Russian hacker? Who was secretly reading his book on Snowden while he wrote it, wonders Luke Harding"



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Australian Secret Intelligence Service | Overview

"ASIS offers a wide range of opportunities for highly capable and motivated Technologists across our corporate and operational ICT functions."



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User education drops down ASD strategies to prevent security intrusions - TechRepublic

"An increase in intrusions using techniques that an educated user would not detect has led Australia's signals intelligence unit to place user education as the 28th most effective strategy for mitigating a cyber-intrusion. "



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Australian Secret Intelligence Service | Intelligence Officer

"Working as an Intelligence Officer is a unique job that is challenging and exciting - it's a role not just anyone can do. As an Intelligence Officer, you'll gather intelligence overseas with the potential to help protect and promote Australia's national interests and security."



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Is The Five Eyes Alliance watching you? - Truthloader - YouTube

"Edward Snowden's whistleblowing has revealed the secret snooping conducted by the NSA, GCHQ and other western intelligence agencies."

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Euronet: Internet security for Europe or NSA backlash | Communities Digital News

"GENEVA, Switzerland, February 18, 2014 – With a series of well-timed revelations, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden single-handedly managed to change the way the American government is perceived across the world. By exposing that worldwide surveillance is real, something that was long suspected but never clearly proven, he has created a European backlash against America."



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You lose, journalism. Carrying GCHQ docs is terrorism (Wired UK)

Yes, press freedoms were interfered with when David Miranda was detained for nine hours for carrying files supplied by Edward Snowden. But it was worth it, three high court judges have  ruled."



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Infosecurity - Australia Offered Economic Espionage Results to the NSA

"Details from a newly disclosed document from the cache of Edward Snowden leaks demonstrates that the Australian spy agency (one of the Five Eyes) was monitoring a US law firm advising the Indonesian government on a trade dispute with the US in 2013 in a clear breach of attorney/client confidentiality – and offered that information to the NSA."



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US lawyers’ warning on Australian spying on Indonesia | The Australian

"ALLEGATIONS of Australian eavesdropping on American lawyers have triggered a warning from the American Bar Association."



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Minister to launch new Telkomsel, Indosat investigation | The Jakarta Post

"In response to the latest allegations concerning spying by the US National Security Agency (NSA), the Communications and Information Ministry warned domestic operators that they would risk a shutdown if implicated."



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Mayer Brown was reportedly spied on by NSA ally; law firm says it wasn't subject of alleged scrutiny

"Updated: An Australian ally of the National Security Agency spied on communications between a U.S. law firm and its client, the government of Indonesia, according to a top-secret document obtained by Edward Snowden."



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PM frustrated on Indon talks | The Australian

"Prime Minister Tony Abbott has expressed frustration at the lack of progress on negotiations for a new joint code of conduct with Indonesia amid new spying claims."



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'Lapses In Professional Judgement' The Next Target After Review of Australian Navy Breaches Of Indonesian Waters | Business Insider

A joint defence and Customs review of six Australian navy incursions into Indonesian waters has recommended further investigation into whether “individual lapses of professional judgement” were involved in the incidents."



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Clear the air on past spying, Indon urges | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA should come clean on its past spying activities before any further revelations set back the work to restore ties, Indonesia's foreign minister says."



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'My primary fear is that they will come after my family, my friends, my partner' | GulfNews.com

"Greenwald meets Snowden in Hong Kong to authenticate his claim, as NSA-FBI team encounters Guardian US deputy editor in New York"



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New Snowden docs show NSA, GCHQ spied on WikiLeaks, Pirate Bay users | Ars Technica

Documents obtained by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and published on The Intercept show that NSA analysts monitored content on The Pirate Bay and used the agency’s surveillance systems to track where it came from. "



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Clapper admits NSA should have been ‘transparent from the outset’ on surveillance — RT USA

"The Director of National Intelligence has admitted that, in hindsight, the US intelligence community would have been smarter to disclose some details about how telephone records belonging to millions of Americans have been collected for years."



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How NSA spying disclosures influence security strategies

"How has whistleblower Edward Snowden’s exposés affected the ways organisations deal with internal and external security threats?"



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Surveillance revelations: Angela Merkel proposes European network to beat NSA and GCHQ spying - Europe - World - The Independent

"Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany has announced plans to set up a European communications network as part of a broad counter-espionage offensive designed to curb mass surveillance conducted by the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart, GCHQ."



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Marty Natalegawa cannot comprehend 'mind-boggling' explanation for Australia spying on US law firm in Indonesia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 "Indonesia says it cannot comprehend Australia's "mind-boggling" explanation that spying on sensitive trade talks was a national security matter."



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Indon trade spying report to test Abbott | Perth Now

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott's claim that Australian intelligence gathering is done chiefly to save lives is being tested, with reports of spying on Indonesian-US trade talks over shrimp."



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Espionage game is a universal pursuit | The Australian

"INDONESIA is again engaging in damaging populist politics by pretending it was “mind-boggling” that Australia and the US would dare engage in economic espionage against Jakarta."



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America's National Security Agency refuses to comment on Australian spy reports - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"America's intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), has refused to comment on the latest leak of top secret documents which appear to implicate Australian spies."



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Marty Natalegawa cannot comprehend 'mind-boggling' explanation for Australia spying on US law firm in Indonesia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Indonesia says it cannot comprehend Australia's "mind-boggling" explanation that spying on sensitive trade talks was a national security matter."



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Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said reports of Australian spies targeting Indonesian officials were ‘mind-boggling’ | Herald Sun

"Indonesia has been embroiled in trade disputes with the US over its exports of clove cigarettes and shrimp in recent years, and has lashed out at Canberra over previous allegations that it spied on the Indonesian president and other top officials."



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REPORT: Australian Spies Hold 1.8 Million 'Master Keys' For Private Communications In Indonesia | Business Insider

"Australian spies have obtained almost two million “master keys” used to secure private communications from Indonesia’s Telkomsel mobile network and developed ways to decrypt almost all of them, according to a report based on documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden."



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Australia, US accessing Indonesian telephone data, leaked documents show

"Newly disclosed documents from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden have revealed that Australian intelligence efforts against Indonesia do not just target suspected terrorists or key political figures but involve massive penetration of Indonesia’s phone networks and data collection on a huge scale."



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New Indonesian spy claims put Jakarta relationship back in spotlight | The Australian

"THE Abbott government faces a fresh test of its relationship with Jakarta amid new allegations an Australian intelligence agency spied on Indonesia last year and passed the information it gathered to the US."



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Agency overview and resources

The strategic direction statement for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

can be found in the 2013–14 Portfolio Budget Statements. There has been no change to

ASIO’s strategic direction as a result of Additional Estimates.

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NSA’s mass surveillance of NZers online | The National Business Review

"Part of my TEDx Queenstown talk next week is about mass surveillance online. How governments are building the modern Panopticon."



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Blog | Access Now “Privacy is not a luxury right”

"Yesterday, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) presented its final report on the activities of the American and British spy agencies surveillance programmes and their impact on E.U. citizens’ fundamental rights."



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How do you get a job as a spy at ASIO or ASIS? | News.com.au

"INTERNATIONAL jetsetting, disguises, dead drops and taking down evil scoundrels sounds pretty intriguing. And who hasn’t envied James Bond’s gadgets, hook-ups and Tom Ford wardrobe if not the near-death escapes?"



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Quantum computers and code breakers | Business Spectator

"The massive release of the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s classified documents by Edward Snowden continues to raise questions about security."



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George Brandis says Edward Snowden put Australian lives at risk | Crikey

"United States whistleblower Edward Snowden had placed the lives of Australians at risk, according to Australian Attorney-General George Brandis, who made the sensational claim in Senate question time yesterday. Brandis’ statement marked a dramatic escalation in the government’s rhetoric against the whistleblower, and the first time the specific accusation of endangering Australians has been levelled at him."



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Greens go black to fight online surveillance - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

"The Greens party has become the most high profile Australian organisation to commit to blacking out part of its website as part of a global campaign against government surveillance called 'The Day We Fight Back'."



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(FVEY) Five Eyes spying alliance will survive Edward Snowden | Cyberwarzone

"Britain needed US intelligence to help thwart a major terror attack. New Zealand relied on it to send troops to Afghanistan. And Australia used it to help convict a would-be bomber."



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Five Eyes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The "Five Eyes", often abbreviated as "FVEY", refer to an anglophonic alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States."



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US Media Blacks Out Snowden Interview: “Super National Intelligence Organization” Known As The “Five Eyes” Are Watching You | Collective-Evolution

"More information regarding the United States’ massive surveillance program has surfaced again, via Edward Snowden, an NSA whistleblower who stole thousands of classified documents before leaving the country."



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How Mobile Advertisers Help the NSA Gather User Data | Privacy and Regulation - Advertising Age

"Whether they want to admit it or not, mobile advertisers and the ecosystem in which they operate facilitate data harvesting by the National Security Agency. "



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Defence Signals Directorate DSD Discussed - AllNewsAu - All News from Australia

"Fresh documents leaked by fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) discussed sharing "medical, legal or religious information" with foreign intelligence"



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Mass surveillance and the global website blackout | Greens MPs

"Senator LUDLAM (Western Australia) (14:32):  My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to the more than 6,000 organisations that have joined a global internet blackout against indiscriminate government surveillance"



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Monax Mining completes ground gravity survey at South Australia IOCG project - Proactiveinvestors (AU)

"Monax Mining (ASX: MOX) has completed a detailed ground gravity survey at the Millers Creek Designated Project within the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia ahead of schedule."



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Anger in Indonesia at parole for Australian trafficker Corby | Asia News | South East Asia News | AsiaOne

 "In their letter, MPs also expressed concern that granting Corby parole was inappropriate so soon after revelations emerged Australian spies allegedly tried to tap the phone of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono."



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​Snowden used common web crawler tool to collect NSA files — RT USA

"Whistleblower Edward Snowden used “inexpensive” and “widely available” software to gain access to at least 1.7 million secret files, The New York Times reported, quoting senior intelligence officials investigating the breach."



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www.theage.com.au - National Archives hold secrets buried for 80 years

"It could be Australia's oldest state secret - a handful of yellowing papers locked for more than 80 years in a highly secure vault at the National Archives in Canberra. The documents are about Australia's annexation of the Australian Antarctic Territory following Sir Douglas Mawson's expedition to the frozen continent in 1929-31."



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Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013 – Parliament of Australia

"The Bills Digest at a glance
The Defence Legislation Amendment (Woomera Prohibited Area) Bill 2013 (the current Bill) is a response to the recommendations of the final report of the Review of the Woomera Prohibited Area. The Bill:"



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GCHQ Has Entire Program For 'Dirty Tricks' Including Honeypots, Using Journalists, Deleting Online Accounts | Techdirt

"Remember the story from last year about the NSA using dirty tricks, like spying on the porn habits of non-terrorists and then trying to leak them to discredit those (again, non-terrorist) individuals? Apparently, the UK's version of the NSA is way ahead of the NSA on that."



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GCHQ unit uses ‘dirty tricks’ including DDoS, propaganda to discredit targets – Snowden leak — RT News

"Intelligence agents working for the United Kingdom have employed “dirty tricks” including sexual “honey traps” to ensnare rival agents, hackers, suspected terrorists, arms dealers, and other criminals, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden."



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[NW] Report accuses BT of supplying backdoors for GCHQ and NSA

 "The researchers tested BT Open Reach modems Huawei EchoLife HG612 and ECI B-FOCuS VDSL2. In a side note, they point out that BT developed the firmware, so claims of Huawei being responsible for the backdoors are false."



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MPs urge Indonesia to refuse Australian trafficker parole - Channel NewsAsia

"He was referring to a row between Jakarta and Canberra over allegations that Australian spies tried to listen to phone calls of the president and his inner circle."



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Taranis drone: Britain's unmanned aircraft makes successful test flights over Woomera range - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The first vision of a state-of-the-art drone touted as the future of British warfare has been released, showing it soaring over what is thought to be Woomera in remote South Australia."



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Cyber Security Market Forecast 2014-2024

"If you buy our report today your knowledge will stay one step ahead of your competitors. Discover how our report could benefit your research, analyses and strategic decisions, saving you time. To gain an understanding of how to tap into the potential of this market and stay one step ahead of the competition you must order now our report the Cyber Security Market Forecast 2014-2024: Prospects For Leading Companies in Military, Government, Critical Infrastructure & Private Sector Protection. Avoid missing out - order our report now."



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DDOS attacks and malware: GCHQ uses same tactics as Anonymous - Snowden leak — RT News

 "British intelligence has its own hacker subdivision that uses questionable practices for hunting down enemies of the state, reveals a new leak from Edward Snowden. GCHQ is fighting Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivists with DDoS attacks and malware."



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Rental House for Rent Thornlie, WA 1/1 Chesterton Drive

"Neat 3x1 with enclosed courtyard, aircon Mitsubishi r/c in main bedroom and older style Goldstar a/c in lounge, gas hotplate-Lofra, electric wall oven-Chef, manual retic, single open carport, RCDC's installed, hardwired smoke alarms installed,opposite Forest Lakes Shopping Centre."



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5 Jooleen Way Thornlie WA 6108 - House for Sale #116027403 - realestate.com.au

"Just another family home for sale at Ray white Southern Star. Great 3 bedroom home with semi- en-suite bathroom. Comfortable living areas, wood flooring, air conditioning. Kitchen over looking the patio and neat courtyard. Under cover parking for 2 cars. Handy Location. Recommended viewing.IF YOU ARE THINKING OF SELLING OR BUY PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL"



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Call for safeguards to ASIO assessments

"Refugees should be allowed to challenge negative ASIO security assessments, a Senate inquiry has been told."



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NZ spy agency in illegal Kim Dotcom wiretap 'deletes key evidence' ahead of hearing — RT News

"Megaupload founder and web tycoon Kim Dotcom has accused the New Zealand spy agency of getting rid of the information necessary for his $6.9 million damages hearing."



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SBS On Demand | TV and Online Video - Persons Of Interest S1 Ep1

"In each episode of this new Walkley-nominated series, a 'person of interest' is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file and asked to explain the allegations contained in it. The program unravels a unique personal, political and cultural history of Australia that still resonates in a world gripped by controversial figures like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. The series uncovers never-before-seen photographs and covert surveillance film recorded by ASIO. Tonight's premiere episode features author and journalist Roger Milliss. The Milliss family was gradually torn apart as father and son, both Communists, argued the differing paths to Socialism. (Part 1 of 4) (From Australia) (Documentary) PG CC"



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NSA, GCHQ, accused of hacking Belgian smartcard crypto guru • The Register Forums

"Professor Jean-Jacques Quisquater, a Belgian cryptographer whose work is said to have informed card payment systems worldwide, has reportedly become the victim of a spear-phishing attack by the NSA and/or GCHQ. Belgium's De Standaaard reports that Professor Quisquater clicked on a fake LinkedIn invitation that infected his …"



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Hackers sue Merkel and entire German government over NSA spying — RT News

"Europe’s largest association of hackers has filed a criminal complaint against the German government for aiding foreign spying by NSA and GCHQ, and violating the right to citizens’ privacy, basing their case on leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden."



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Intelligence agencies should be subject to FoI, says information commissioner | World news | theguardian.com

"Australia’s information commissioner has called for intelligence agencies to be subject to freedom of information laws and has expressed concern about “mixed messages” on open government and transparency."



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Facebook, Google, others unveil national security request details — RT USA

"Some of the most influential companies in Silicon Valley have unveiled data regarding the national security requests they have received from the US government, detailing how many requests they receive, how many the company responds to, and other details."



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Radicalised Muslims bring the jihad back home

"A reinvigorated radical Islam is flourishing as people - including Australians - travel to Syria to fight against the al-Assad regime."



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Would East Timor documents upset Indonesia? | SBS News

"The federal government is fighting declassification of documents which it argues may inflame already tense relations with Indonesia."



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DIGO: Careers

"DIGO is looking for talented and enthusiastic graduates from a range of disciplines to join our graduate program in Canberra. The DIGO Intelligence Development Program (DIDP) is carefully managed to introduce participants to the range of analytical areas in DIGO."



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Threat Of An Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack On Australia Has 'Worsened', Says Officials | Business Insider

 "As the number of Australians involved in terrorist organisations in Syria reaches 200, US intelligence chief James Clapper says the terror groups are “[training] people to go back to their countries and conduct terrorist acts”"



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A gentleman in an unforgiving world

In those days, senior officers could say in hushed tones that the greatest single threat to national security consisted of civilians in their own department. I always thought it particularly comical that two often nominated examples - Alan Wrigley and John Moten - ended up as head of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation, where, likewise, they considerably sharpened the quality of arguments, evidence and debate."



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Australians flocking to Syrian frontline, warn experts | SBS News

"Some experts say there are more Australians journeying to Syria to participate in the ongoing conflict than any other Western nation. So why are they going and what will they do with the experience?"



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In Conversation with Erik Jensen: full transcript

"Some non-journalist publishers think that you can get ASIO files at a drop of a hat and you can’t. "



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How 'Angry Birds' could have kept NSA spooks away | The Times of Israel

"After revelations that spymasters monitored apps for user information, AppSec is gearing up for a rush of new customers"



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"Trusted Client provides secure mobile access to networks and data, reducing the risk of data loss and insecure access. Trusted Client provides data protection functionality for user data at rest and for transferring user data between the trusted environment and an authorised IP address."



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"The High Grade Silicon Data Vault (HGSDV) is a hardware-based hard disk drive encryption product that can be used to reduce the classification and storage requirements of classified data at rest. Data protection is provided by the AES-128 cryptographic algorithm. To log in to a laptop containing a HGSDV a user must provide two factors of authentication, a password and an appropriate CD token."



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EPL product details: DSD Defence Signals Directorate

"The Cisco 800, 1900, 2900, 3900 Series Integrated Service Routers (ISR) TOE is a purpose-built, routing platform that includes firewall and VPN functionality."



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Serco wants tough new measures to deal with escapees | Perth Now

"T4 is the group within ASIO - the country's spy agency - that provides security advice on potential threats of espionage, sabotage and politically motivated violence."



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Lenovo's IBM server + Motorola buys will raise new security questions - Delimiter

"However, it’s still important to note that these acquisitions will be a closely watched issue for some IT security types in Australia — especially in the Federal Government, and especially in Defence. As an issue, this one hasn’t gone away just yet; and it won’t until companies like Lenovo and Huawei are allowed into key Australian Government areas."



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Much-loved mentor, muse and matriarch

"Nita Murray-Smith, a woman of sharp intelligence, indomitable spirit and classic style, was farewelled at the State Library of Victoria on June 28, 2013, in a tribute attended by several hundred friends and admirers. Her mortal remains were taken by her family to Erith Island, her spiritual home, in January 2014 - to join her adored husband's."



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The rainbow, the cross and the crescent clash in the Australian Defence Force - On Line Opinion - 31/1/2014

" Australian Defence Force (ADF) has tackled determined opponents over the past 15 years in Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. While weary, it is now battle-hardened and enjoys strong public support. However, these achievements are at risk from a more insidious threat: political correctness. If defeated, the ADF will be weakened morally and mentally and lose the support of ordinary Australians."



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Radicalised Muslims bring the jihad back home

"A reinvigorated radical Islam is flourishing as people - including Australians - travel to Syria to fight against the al-Assad regime."



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Don't get me excited, son

"The images recently cropped up on the fascinating SBS series Persons of Interest, directed by Hadyn Keenan. The series focuses on a number of Australians with ASIO files. A lot of recently released ASIO surveillance footage from the 1940s through to 1970s is featured, with all sorts of faces appearing in the frames. Including Len's."



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ASIO surveillance in ‘Persons of Interest’ - Documentary series charts the history of Australia's intelligence-gathering operations | Mark McKenna | The Monthly

"It rises five storeys above Canberra’s Parkes Way, barely 200 metres from Lake Burley Griffin: a curved wall of glass surrounded by a chain-wire fence crowned with barbed wire. The latest monument to Australia’s surveillance state stands empty; its occupation by 1800 staff has apparently been delayed by the building’s “high-security requirements”."



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