Day: November 2, 2019

Steve Bannon and Paul Manafort were advising the Trump campaign days before the election. Bannon told Kushner to avoid Manafort ‘like the plague’

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Newly released emails show Steve Bannon and Paul Manafort were advising the trump campaign days before the 2016 election despite both being fired. In November
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Mueller’s Secret Memo’s

UN expert on torture sounds alarm again that Julian Assange’s life may be at risk

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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GENEVA (1 November 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has expressed alarm at the continued deterioration of Julian Assange’s health since his arrest and detention earlier this year, saying his life was now at risk.

Mr. Assange was sent to a UK high-security prison on 11 April 2019 where he continues to be held in connection with a US extradition request on espionage charges for having exposed evidence for US war crimes and other misconduct in Iraq and Afghanistan. “While the US Government prosecutes Mr. Assange for publishing information about serious human rights violations, including torture and murder, the officials responsible for these crimes continue to enjoy impunity,” said Melzer.

The Special Rapporteur and his medical team visited the imprisoned Wikileaks founder in May and reported that he showed “all the symptoms typical for prolonged exposure to psychological torture” and demanded immediate measures for the protection…

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New blow for US imperialism as Bolivia re-elects Evo Morales

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose government has overseen improving living standards and a dramatic reduction in poverty while in power, has been re-elected. This is yet another blow for the ongoing US campaign to get rid of left-of-centre governments in Latin America and boost their austerity-supporting opponents.
— Read on eyesonlatinamerica.com/2019/10/30/new-blow-for-us-imperialism-as-bolivia-re-elects-evo-morales/

WhatsApp sues Israeli firm NSO for spying on journalists, activists

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

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Technology

WhatsApp
on Tuesday sued Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it of
using the Facebook-owned messaging service to conduct cyberespionage
on journalists, human rights activists and others.

The
suit filed in a California federal court contended that NSO Group
tried to infect approximately 1,400 “target devices” with
malicious software to steal valuable information from those using the
messaging app.WhatsApp head Will Cathcart said the lawsuit was filed
after an investigation showed the Israeli firm’s role the
cyberattack, despite its denials.

“NSO
Group claims they responsibly serve governments, but we found more
than 100 human rights defenders and journalists targeted in an attack
last May. This abuse must be stopped,” Cathcart said on
Twitter.The lawsuit said the software developed by NSO known as
Pegasus was designed to be remotely installed to hijack devices using
the Android, iOS, and BlackBerry operating systems.

The
complaint said the attackers “reverse-engineered the WhatsApp
app…

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