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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