▶ Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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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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