Assange hits out at Australia | The Australian

"JULIAN Assange has accused the Gillard government of being 'co-opted' by the US, saying it is continuing to provide the US with information behind the scenes while publicly claiming to have dropped all investigations against him."

Nation turned its back on rights abuses

"Mamdouh Habib went from being a Lakemba coffee-shop owner looking for a new life to a terrorism suspect, tortured, jailed without charge, vilified and finally paid hush money by the federal government. The Sun-Herald traces his journey."

Australians saw Habib tortured, says officer

"Then foreign minister Alexander Downer attorney-general Philip Ruddock repeatedly denied knowledge of the transfer. So did then ASIO boss Dennis Richardson and federal police chief Mick Keelty."

Ex-ASIO man's housemate exonerated - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

"The housemate of a former ASIO employee accused of leaking secrets to the media has been exonerated, ending a legal battle spanning more than six years."

No vacancy

"The Commonwealth Ombudsman's report into conditions at Christmas Island last week slammed chronic overcrowding, a lack of support services - including accredited interpreters - and inordinate delays with ASIO security checks."

Men acquitted over ASIO documents leak - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The case of two Canberra men found guilty of leaking confidential ASIO documents has ended with both men being acquitted."

UNPO: Burma: Asylum Seekers Still Detained

"Sixteen Burmese asylum seekers have been detained in an Australian Immigration Centre for months while security clearance is being checked, in a situation creating extreme stress for people who are simply demanding humanitarian protection."

Australia Network News:Stories:Burmese call to ease international sanctions

"ASIO says its individual security assessments are conducted on a case by case basis."

CPA - The Guardian - #1488

"“… the stage has been reached where the current scale of operations on Christmas Island is not sustainable,”"

Difference Between ASIS and ASIO | Difference Between | ASIS vs ASIO

"ASIS and ASIO are part of Australian Intelligence Community. Australia has a well developed structure of intelligence collection and analysis."

Judicial review of ASIO underway - Top Stories - Lawyers Weekly - Breaking legal news, views, analysis and legal jobs online

"Two Iraqi refugees who spent years in a Nauru detention centre after being deemed a security risk, only to be later granted refugee status, are seeking judicial review of ASIO's decision making processes."

Australians training in Yemen terrorist camps - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"An Arab intelligence agent has told the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program that Australian citizens have been seen in Al Qaeda terrorist training camps in Yemen."

Just as Tuckey predicted | Herald Sun Andrew Bolt Blog

"Desperate to again distract the easily distracted media from his bungling of our border protection, Rudd last week leapt on these comments by Liberal backbencher Wilson Tuckey:"

Anti-terrorism laws and the implications for Australian publishing « .ReviewMania.

"The introduction of new anti-terrorism-related laws within Western democracies has created a climate within Western media, and particularly in Australia, which threatens to destabilise the media’s capacity to counter-balance the power of the government"

Australia and US sign secret satellite spy deal

"AUSTRALIA and the United States have begun a partnership to share top-secret intelligence from spy satellites as Australia moves to acquire its own satellite to boost surveillance of Asia and the Pacific."

Privacy losses in anti-terror laws-Australian Privacy Foundation to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2) 2005 AUSTLII | yasminbaharilegalnews

"Submission by the Australian Privacy Foundation to the Senate Legal & Constitutional Committee Inquiry into the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No 2) 2005, December 2005."

UFOs - scientific research: ASIO and Australian UFO groups

"During the period when the Disclosure Australia Project (http://disclosureaustralia.freewebpages.org) was actively pursuing Australian Federal government UFO files, I requested files, if any, held by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) (http://www.asio.gov.au) on a number of Australian UFO groups."

Rejected asylum seekers demand answers from ASIO

"THE last asylum seeker left on Nauru as part of the Pacific solution was repeatedly questioned by ASIO about a 30-second meeting he had with militant anti-US Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the 1990s."

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The decision-maker is the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). The applicants are Mohammed Sagar and Muhammad Faisal, both of whom fled Iraq, sought asylum in Australia in 2001 and were sent to Nauru. Both were found to be refugees in 2005."

Court reviews ASIO's security assessment - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"A federal court judge will today review the role of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) in an adverse security ruling against two Iraqi refugees."

The Domino Theory - Armchair General and HistoryNet >> The Best Forums in History

"In the very early 1960’s there were some in the Australian Intelligence community who thought that the best that could be done in Vietnam was to buy time for other countries in the region."

Australia Must End Indefinite Detention of Rohingya Refugees

"Early Monday morning, a Rohingya refugee detained in Australia’s Northern Immigration Detention Center, went to visit some of his friends in a nearby cell. He asked if there was any update on their immigration case and what might happen to them. They told him that all they knew was that there was no news."

That Striped Sunlight Sound: Redgum - Everything's Legal Anything Goes

"Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Everything is legal, anything goes
The nights get darker and the ill wind blows
Your life's in a databank at ASIO"

Mamdouh Habib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Australian government authorities allege that Habib was in Afghanistan, and that while there he took an advanced al-Qaeda training course in a camp near Kabul. It is claimed that the course included surveillance and photographing facilities, the establishment and use of safe houses, covert travel and writing secret reports. Australian authorities say that several other men who took part in the course identified Habib as having been there. Evidence to support these claims has not been made public"

Public Announcements: Mamdouh Habib

"The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) has been requested by the Prime Minister to conduct an inquiry into the actions of relevant Australian agencies in relation to the arrest and detention overseas of Mr Mamdouh Habib from 2001 to 2005."

PM - ASIO sued over Oceanic Viking security assessments 20/01/2011

"Australia's spy agency ASIO is being challenged in the Federal Court over the ongoing detention of Sri Lankan refugees."

Tamils’ torment not over | Green Left Weekly

"Ten-year-old Tamil refugee Brindha faces deportation to Sri Lanka after being rejected by the immigration department, the January 3 Australian said."

Shari’a for Australia | Five Wise Virgins

"One day Australia will be ruled by sharia"

William (Bill) Robertson MC OBE

"William (Bill) Robertson, who has died aged 93, had just the right mixture of personal attributes to be successful at all three of these careers, any one of which would be beyond most of us."

Mamdouh Habib: who knew what, and when? | Inside Story

"The federal government has announced a private inquiry into the treatment of Mamdouh Habib."

Intelligence community to face review

"An independent review of the Australian intelligence community has been announced by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard."

Comment | Andrew Wilke | The Monthly

"They have almost lost their war on terror."

Cleric fears rise of home-grown radicalism | The Australian

"THERE is one point on which ASIO and Australia's most controversial Muslim cleric, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali agree: home-grown extremism is on the rise."

WA won't relax gun rules for CHOGM security | Perth Now

"He said Australian security agencies, including WA Police and Australian Federal Police, would accept full responsibility for the security of visiting foreign dignitaries during CHOGM."

stackja1945: Spy who enraged and saddened ALP

"It was on October 21, 1975, that an enraged Whitlam sacked Robertson, who was one of the founders of the ASIS in 1950 and who for most of the following 25 years was variously chief of operations, deputy director or director."

'I'm the mufti in all but name,' says Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA'S most controversial sheik, Taj Din al-Hilali, has declared himself the nation's most senior Islamic figure."

Mamdouh Habib's story is backed by evidence | The Australian

"LAST December 17 in Sydney, officers representing the federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland signed a secret deal with former terror suspect Mamdouh Habib."

Spooks spooked? | The RiotACT

"As Canberran’s watch, jaws agape, the Gestapo HQ go up, up, up in the shadow of Mount Pleasant the SMH brings word that the to date unbridled growth of intelligence services might be coming to an end:"

Government denies overlooking cyber threats - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The Federal Government says it is very conscious of the threat to the Australian community from computer hackers."

Hackers make a mockery of government security | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA is facing an unprecedented cyber security crisis with new attacks from global hackers growing at a much faster rate than the federal government can respond."

Push to accept last of Viking refugees | The Australian

"POLITICAL pressure is mounting on the Gillard government to justify adverse security assessments against 10 Oceanic Viking refugees."

Fears vetting is political hush-up | The Australian

"THE era of terrorism has helped drive greater secrecy across government, with a record 170,000 Australians holding security clearances."

What actually happened with Haneef? - Hyper Magazine Forums

"So Haneef came back and won some kind of compensation for looking shifty back in 2007. But we never got to find out what actually happened."

Australia told to prioritise spy recruitment - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"A national security expert says a review of Australia's intelligence agencies should look at ways to improve information gathering from human sources."

Spy audit looks for lack of intelligence | Adelaide Now

"THE Federal Government has launched a review of intelligence services to assess whether they can support our national interests."

Victoria Police Online News Centre - Joint Media Release - Operation Neath

"The Australian Federal Police (AFP), Victoria Police, New South Wales Police Force, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and New South Wales Crime Commission acknowledge the outcome of today's court hearing in the Melbourne Supreme Court."

Government launches intelligence review | The Australian

"THE government has launched an independent review of the intelligence community to assess whether it can properly support Australia's national interests."

The Gestapo get heavy even before their fortress is complete | The RiotACT

"The Sydney Morning Herald has a worrying story on illegal over-reach by the security surrounding the new ASIO building in Campbell."

ASIO gets into Christmas mood | News.com.au

"THE silent folk at ASIO have joined the holiday cheer by putting a Christmas tree on the top of their soon-to-be new headquarters."

ASIO rejects Sri Lankan refugees from Oceanic Viking stand-off | The Australian

"TEN Sri Lankan refugees involved in the Oceanic Viking stand-off may be returned to mandatory or community detention in Australia because of adverse security assessments by ASIO."

Cablegate: Aussie spies spooked by cyberwar > Cybercrime > Legal > News > SC Magazine Australia/NZ

 "Defence Signals Directorate unprepared for information era, Australian spooks told US."

Disaster blamed on 'anti-refugee' policies - The West Australian

Disaster blamed on 'anti-refugee' policies - The West Australian: "Refugee advocates have blamed the Government's 'anti-refugee' policies for yesterday's Christmas Island boat tragedy and warned that desperate asylum seekers would continue to make the hazardous voyage to Australia in search of a better life."

ASIO working hard as boats keep coming

ASIO working hard as boats keep coming: "ASIO's workload checking the security details of asylum seekers has more than doubled in the past year."

The West, Islam and Sharia: WikiLeaks: Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East

The West, Islam and Sharia: WikiLeaks: Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: "AUSTRALIAN intelligence agencies fear that Israel may launch military strikes against Iran and Tehran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities could draw the US and Australia into a potential nuclear war in the Middle East."

Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: WikiLeaks Exclusive

Nuclear War Threat In Iran & Middle East: WikiLeaks Exclusive: "AUSTRALIAN intelligence agencies fear that Israel may launch military strikes against Iran and Tehran's pursuit of nuclear capabilities could draw the US and Australia into a potential nuclear war in the Middle East."

Terrorist allowed to walk free early | The Daily Telegraph

Terrorist allowed to walk free early | The Daily Telegraph: "AUSTRALIA'S most notorious terrorist, Willie Brigitte, has been released from prison on good behaviour, despite having served less than half his sentence for plotting to bomb the nation's nuclear reactor."

Julian Assange protest comes to Canberra | The RiotACT

"Join the protests around Australia and the world to defend Assange and Wikileaks. The Canberra demo will be on Thursday the 16th of December – two days after Assange’s next court appearance."

Arbib no spy, says Loosley | The Australian

"MARK Arbib was not a spy and was in fact acting in Australia's interests when he told US diplomats what was going on inside the ALP."

Rohan Gunaratna masterminding a ‘cover-up’ for Sri Lanka and its president By Usha Sris-Skanda Rajah. | Tamil Daily News

"... ASIO and ASIS need to double their strength. They also need to acquire greater powers to operate effectively and efficiently" ...

Poet and painter in Villawood detention centre | Green Left Weekly

"Iniyan and Ravi (names have been changed to protect their identities) are Tamil asylum seekers currently imprisoned at Villawood detention centre. Both detainees use art to show the oppression of Tamils in their homeland of Sri Lanka." ...

Australians 'added to terrorism watch list' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The New York Times is reporting that 23 Australian citizens have been added to a US terrorism watch list because of their activities in Yemen."

David Hick's torture camp diary | Green Left Weekly

"A common right-wing perception is that one either is, or is not, a member of David Hicks’ “cheer squad”."

Triangle's grand dame gets a facelift - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

Triangle's grand dame gets a facelift - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times: "... One of the first to go up in the Parliamentary Triangle, it opened in 1941 as the Patent Office, and in the early years, the British High Commission occupied the east wing on the upper floor, while the Federal Police and the local branch of what would become ASIO took up the upper part of the west wing." ...

Aust spy bases shut down to 'save money' - The West Australian

Aust spy bases shut down to 'save money' - The West Australian: "Australia's foreign spy agency has closed six of its international intelligence stations in eight months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open." ...

ParlInfo - Title Details

ParlInfo - Title Details: "The purpose of the Bill is to facilitate increased cooperation, assistance and information sharing in areas of key national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO)." ...

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Australia-Indonesian relations: Making them work | The Jakarta Post

Australia-Indonesian relations: Making them work | The Jakarta Post: "How do you build bilateral relations? President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) answered this question when he addressed Australia’s Parliament in Canberra on March 10, 2010. On Australia–Indonesia relations, one way to build ties is to improve public perceptions of each other, Yudhoyono said." ...

WikiLeaks may shed light on Dubai | The Australian Jewish News

WikiLeaks may shed light on Dubai | The Australian Jewish News: "CABLEGATE, the name the internet site WikiLeaks has given to its controversial decision to publish hundreds of thousands of classified US embassy cables online, may potentially reveal insights into this year’s Dubai passport scandal, it was reported this week." ...

Charges against terrorist dropped | News.com.au

Charges against terrorist dropped | News.com.au: "CHARGES have been dropped against convicted terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi for allegedly lying to Australia's national security agency." ...

Two Sri Lankans ruled security risks | The Australian

Two Sri Lankans ruled security risks | The Australian: "TWO more Sri Lankan asylum-seekers have been declared security threats by ASIO." ...

Don't cry over WikiLeaks

Don't cry over WikiLeaks: "Instead of pursuing the website for espionage, Australia should question potential US misconduct." ...

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks under new pressure on cable dump - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "WikiLeaks is under intense pressure after its mass dump of sensitive US documents, with China demanding action, the website facing cyber attack, and a defector announcing a rival site." ...

The Canberra cables: next WikiLeaks drop to jeopardise World Cup bid? | Crikey

The Canberra cables: next WikiLeaks drop to jeopardise World Cup bid? | Crikey: "The Australian government knows exactly what is in the WikiLeaks documents." ...

ZIONIST TORTURE AND PALESTINIAN BETRAYAL

ZIONIST TORTURE AND PALESTINIAN BETRAYAL: "Next week, on the 10th of December, marks 2 years since my first email protesting the ongoing zionist Gestapo torture of myself and of my daughter here, in Australia ." ...

Editors cool on WikiLeaks censorship - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Editors cool on WikiLeaks censorship - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Editors around Australia are not likely to respond favourably to potential requests from the Federal Government that they not publish potentially damaging information revealed by WikiLeaks." ...

Cable Viewer

Cable Viewer: "... This document release reveals the contradictions between the US’s public persona and what it says behind closed doors – and shows that if citizens in a democracy want their governments to reflect their wishes, they should ask to see what’s going on behind the scenes." ...

WikiLeaks irresponsible

WikiLeaks irresponsible: "As Queensland born and founder of the WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, continues to cause concern for international diplomacy, more classified information has been released from WikiLeaks. " ...

WikiLeaks could have freezing effect on diplomacy - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks could have freezing effect on diplomacy - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "As governments work to limit the fallout from the latest WikiLeaks cables, former diplomats are defending the code of secrecy and say the revelations will change the way diplomacy is conducted." ...

To publish or not to publish? | The Australian

To publish or not to publish? | The Australian: "AN organisation has obtained secret, newsworthy documents, but they could also be damaging to national interests and individuals. Do you publish?" ...

ASIO doctor review | Herald Sun

ASIO doctor review | Herald Sun: "THE Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has launched a massive security review of foreign doctors, investigating how they entered Australia, according to Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews." ...

Some junk needs to be touched - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Some junk needs to be touched - Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "'... Having already experienced an exponential growth in budget and personnel, doubling its staff over five years, ASIO is one of Australia’s least accountable agencies.'" ...

Keeping data under lock and keyboard

Keeping data under lock and keyboard: "... The smart attackers ''don't hack software and hardware, they hack people'' to plant malware in organisations, Baar says." ...

About Wikileaks

About Wikileaks: "WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organisation. Our goal is to bring important news and information to the public." ...

Security breach investigation | The Daily Telegraph

Security breach investigation | The Daily Telegraph: "WIKILEAKS mastermind Australian Julian Assange is being investigated for breaching national security and could be thrown in jail if he ever returns to Australia." ...

WikiLeaks cables not so damaging: expert - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

WikiLeaks cables not so damaging: expert - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "... In the secret files, Australia is described as a 'rock solid' but uninfluential US ally." ...

Spooks and soldiers seconded to examine secret cables

Spooks and soldiers seconded to examine secret cables: "A TASKFORCE of Australian soldiers, spies and officials has been formed to pore over 250,000 US files being published by WikiLeaks."...

Living in the shadow of al-Qa'ida | The Australian

Living in the shadow of al-Qa'ida | The Australian: "... The Australian government's counter-terrorism white paper in February noted we were seeing more threats to the West from Somalia and Yemen." ...

ASIO report to parliament 2009-10 | Australian Policy Online

ASIO report to parliament 2009-10 | Australian Policy Online: "The communications revolution has fashioned new security frontiers, with cyber espionage and the increasing technological sophistication of adversaries emerging as key concerns." ...

UTS fingerprint technology put to the test

UTS fingerprint technology put to the test: "... Organisations involved with clandestine forensics such as the FBI, ASIO and CIA have also expressed interest and are among the potential customers."

Canberra on alert for WikiLeaks | Perth Now

Canberra on alert for WikiLeaks | Perth Now: "AUSTRALIAN officials are bracing for a massive leak of classified US State Department cables." ...

Speaking of Siev X… | Inner West LIVE

Speaking of Siev X… | Inner West LIVE: "... To the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, the owners of the conquered ground on which we stand today, the latest wave of rose-coloured proto-nationalism in the Adelaide Hills must represent a sickening irony." ...

Please, sir, can we have our $40m - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

...Please, sir, can we have our $40m - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times: "... At least 1100 car park spaces will be created in ASIO's $600 million headquarters in Constitution Avenue when it's completed in 2012."

Middle East Reality Check: Behind the ASIO Assessment

Middle East Reality Check: Behind the ASIO Assessment: "An example of the obscenity which is Australia's treatment of asylum seekers:" ...

Middle East Reality Check: Those Were the Days My Friend

Middle East Reality Check: Those Were the Days My Friend: "Australia's foreign spy agency has closed 6 of its international intelligence stations in 8 months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open" ...

Hoosier Daddy...in Oz!: "Best Mates?"

Hoosier Daddy...in Oz!: "Best Mates?": "... One source said that the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) could be sometimes involved, as Howard government legislation allowed our foreign spy service to carry weapons, allegedly only in self-defence." ...

Churches call for Support for Iraqi Christians | Scoop News

Churches call for Support for Iraqi Christians | Scoop News: "The National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) shares the grief of Iraqi Christians following deadly attacks whilst people attended church in Baghdad." ...

Australian Intelligence Service Closes Foreign Stations | Intelligent Intelligence

Australian Intelligence Service Closes Foreign Stations | Intelligent Intelligence: "... An anonymous source claims the closures have occurred predominantly in the Middle East, including the loss of ASIS’s largest station in Baghdad." ...

Australian Intelligence Community (AIC): Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)

Australian Intelligence Community (AIC): Defence Signals Directorate (DSD): "The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) is a member of the Australian Intelligence Community. Each Australian Government intelligence agency performs a specific role that protects Australians and Australia’s interests nationally and internationally." ...

Tireless fighter for Aboriginal rights

Tireless fighter for Aboriginal rights: "DR ROBERTA Sykes, a self-described chameleon who defied conventions to become a well-known activist for indigenous rights as well as a poet and author of renown, has died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney after failing to recover from a stroke suffered eight years ago. She was 67." ...

Accountability: Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)

Accountability: Defence Signals Directorate (DSD): "The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) is accountable to the Department of Defence, the Australian Government and the independent Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security." ...

Spy bases shut down to 'save money'

Spy bases shut down to 'save money': "AUSTRALIA'S foreign spy agency has closed six of its international intelligence stations in eight months, including the crucial Baghdad post, despite pleas from the US to keep it open." ...