Results for “United Nations Security Council”

…emark. Snowden, as far as I knew, didn’t need a legal defense because he was not charged with a crime in Russia and the United States had no extradition treaty with Russia. But I asked, “Could I make a contribution to his defense fund?” “It would be greatly appreciated,” he said...

…ssian target of interest to it. While the release of these foreign documents may have embarrassed foreign allies of the United States, they exposed no violations of US law by the NSA. It was a legitimate part of the NSA’s job to share information with its allies. This raises the...

…o defeat any of the Arab armies, even if they launched a joint attack as in 1973. Our most important overseas ally, the United States, was committed to helping us retain that position — what both we and they called Israel’s “qualitative edge” — in the interest of our security and...

…Snowden’s contract in Japan with Dell was nearing an end. Dell offered Snowden, and he accepted, a new position in the United States. He rented a modest suburban house shaded by a sakura cherry tree in a suburb of Annapolis, Maryland. Lindsay Mills meanwhile was attending a two-...

… to task for Chinese cyber espionage. Such a charge was undermined by Snowden’s globally-publicized accusation that the United States was engaged in massive cyber espionage. In any event, as US intelligence verified, China had, almost immediately after the release of the video, i...

…unit. He answered, “Snowden was not an NSA employee.” Because Snowden was a contract employee of Dell’s residing in the United States, the NSA could not legally monitor his private activities or intercept his com- munication. To do so would require a court-approved FBI request. S...

…en conspiracies and nefarious government activities. Majestic was suspended on September 12, 2001. The invasion of the United States on September 11th was the mother of all conspiracies. Immediately there were those who began spinning scenarios of an inside job, an American vers...

…few steps to counter foreign interference in its internal affairs. Charity fund-raising, which has been used by Chinese United Front organizations to mask contributions, remains excluded from disclosure requirements. New Zealand’s intelligence service still cannot investigate cas...

…. Not only were the aides right. Assad had ended up delivering an extraordinary personal rebuff to the President of the United States. Now, I was again asking President Clinton for a summit, and I knew Madeleine Albright, Dennis Ross and others would be highly sceptical. “I under...

…ng to Havana. “In some of our communications, we deliberately spoke about that [flight] on open lines to lawyers in the United States,” Assange said. One subsequent piece of his misinformation was that Snowden was flying to Bolivia on the private plane of Bolivian President Evo M...

…, newly-charged existential question of politics - “Are you a gatekeeper or the gatekept?” - is not yet decided for the United States. So, strategy first: We live ina connected age where power is sliding into that gated order we've learned about. America’s role? Not to make the e...

… Snowden and would be seeking his extradition. Since Hong Kong had a vigorously enforced extradition agreement with the United States, the Hong Kong authority would be expected by the US to take Snowden into custody. But Hong Kong was not entirely independent in national security...

…en.” Presumably, the last thing these adversary services would want would be to make this “interest” transparent to the United States. The role of concealment must be taken into account when assess- ing information bearing on the work of espionage services. When I was interviewi...

… recommend cannabis for conditions not specifically designated. In aggre- gate, across all medical cannabis laws in the United States, cannabis is legally recognized as a form of therapy or medicine for more than 50 qualifying conditions. Common qualifying conditions include Alzh...

…he was born and raised. Helen Thomas, 92. The pioneering female journalist who worked as White House correspondent for United Press International, where she worked for 57 years, and as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. Died July 20. Carsten Schloter, 49. The German-born CEO of...