The Daily Blog Open Mic – Saturday 25th February 2017
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Rot sets in — not blaming the Russian’s!!! – for a change?????
BBC dismayed at German ‘BND spying on journalists’
7 hours ago
From the section Europe
The listening post, Bad Aibling, GermanyImage copyright AP
The BND has a huge listening post at Bad Aibling near Munich
The BBC has voiced dismay over alleged German spying on foreign journalists, including some working for the BBC.
Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND spied on media e-mails, faxes and phone calls, including more than a dozen BBC numbers in London and Afghanistan, Spiegel news reported.
The surveillance, which began in 1999, also extended to Reuters news agency and the New York Times, it is alleged.
“We are disappointed to hear these claims,” a BBC spokesperson said.
“The BBC’s mission is to bring accurate news and information to people around the world, and our journalists should be able to operate freely and safely, with full protection for their sources. We call upon all governments to respect the operation of a free press.”
The BBC has approached the BND about the allegations, but has so far not received a response.
Spiegel reports that at least 50 numbers used by international journalists were monitored by the BND.
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‘Liberal war addiction’
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Interesting, Chooky. Kind of ties in with what I wrote here, a couple of months ago: https://fmacskasy.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/trump-escalates-putin-congratulates/
I noted Stacy Herbert’s comments on conspiracy theories (at the beginning of the piece). She nailed it in about three sentences.
yes they are always good…and provide critical analysis to all sides …they are particularly critical of Trump and the banking legislation
…now about Google? ( quality may be interfered with at the beginning)
‘Roger Stone And Steve Pieczenik About Division Inside Intelligence Community’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itHJMEdKTAU
and a better version from Pieczenik’s website
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myyROy6uxbg
https://twitter.com/StevePieczenik?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor