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Flashback WikiLeaks: CIA hides origins of hacking attacks and 'disguises them as Russian or Chinese activity'


Daily Mail
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:17 UTC
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© APWikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange (pictured), claims its Vault 7 files come from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence
  • WikiLeaks published 676 source code files today which it claimed are from CIA
  • It says the CIA disguised its own hacking attacks to make it appear those responsible were Russian, Chinese, Iranian or North Korean
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.

The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks' Vault 7 tranche of files and they claim to give an insight into the CIA's Marble software, which can forensically disguise viruses, trojans and hacking attacks.

WikiLeaks says the source code suggests Marble has test examples in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Farsi (the Iranian language).

Comment: See also: John McAfee on Russian hacking allegations: "If it looks like the Russians did it, then I can guarantee you it was not the Russians"

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Black Cat

The Establishment strikes back - Mueller Russian 'indictment' was blatant attempt to poison Helsinki

Philip M. Giraldi
The Strategic Culture Foundation
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:35 UTC
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© Agence France-Presse/GettyUS President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania greet officer at US Yokota Air Base
There are a number of elements in the recent release of an indictment of twelve named alleged Russian military intelligence GRU officers by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein looking into possible ties between Moscow and the Trump Administration that I find either implausible or even incoherent. But before considering that, it is necessary to consider the context of the announcement.

The Department of Justice, which had, based on evidence already revealed, actually interfered in the 2016 election more that Moscow could possibly have done, continued in that proud tradition by releasing the indictment three days before President Donald Trump was due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Helsinki Summit between the two leaders was critically important to anyone interested in preserving the planet Earth as we know it and there was no reason at all to release a non-time sensitive document that was clearly intended to cast a shadow over the proceedings. In fact, the surfacing of the indictment might easily be explained as a deliberate attempt by a politicized Justice Department and Special Counsel Robert Mueller to torpedo President Trump over concerns that he might actually come to some understanding with Putin.

Comment: Two birds with one stone. Mueller is under huge pressure to produce some kind of results to justify the length and expense of his Russiagate "investigation". Pretty pathetic so far. But the optics of the indictments just as there may be a breakthough in US-Russian relations have done damage anyway.

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'Taxpayer squatting': Boris Johnson slammed for failing to move out of £20mn gov house


RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:47 UTC
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Boris Johnson has been accused of "taxpayer squatting" as he resigned from his senior cabinet role almost two weeks ago and yet is still living rent-free in the £20 million government mansion in Carlton Gardens.

The Tory - once branded by the PM as an 'FFS - a fine foreign secretary' - resigned earlier this month in protest at Theresa May's Brexit white paper.

Almost a fortnight on, he is still taking advantage of the taxpayer-funded residence, which has been reserved for the use of British foreign secretaries since 1945. Besides not having to pay a single penny on rent, he is also raking in some £10,000 per year from the rental of his own property in Islington, north London.

Labour MP Catherine West told the Mirror Online: "While many people in Westminster are stuck on housing waiting lists, this amounts to taxpayer-funded squatting from Boris. He should pack his bags and move on."
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NSA sets up task force to fight 'cyberattacks' from 'near-peer' Russia


RT
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:24 UTC
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© Bill Hinton / Getty ImagesOld mindsets die hard
The NSA and the US Cyber Command have created a special unit tasked with combating hacks and spying allegedly coming from "near-peer threat" Russia. It comes as 'election meddling' accusations keep being hurled at the Kremlin.

"I stood up a Russia group, a Russia Small Group, the RSG," NSA chief General Paul Nakasone said on Saturday, confirming earlier media reports that the intelligence agency and the US Cyber Command are planning to coordinate efforts in combating cyber threats apparently emanating from Moscow.

Speaking at a security conference in Aspen, Colorado, Nakasone, who is also the US cyber commander, said that the new task force will work "in line with what the intelligence community has really been doing since post-2016, 2017."
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Putin orders 'closed town' Shikhany where UK claims novichok was developed to be opened


Sputnik
Sat, 21 Jul 2018 18:26 UTC
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© Sputnik/FileShikhany, Saratov region, Russia.
The "closed administrative-territorial formation" of Shikhany in the Saratov region, about 930 km southeast of Moscow, has been liquidated by presidential decree, with the town's restricted status to be lifted in six months' time.

Published on the Russian government's official web portal, the presidential order gives the town of about 5,500 people until early 2019 to prepare for the changeover to standard administration.

During Soviet times, the closed town was a key R&D center for the USSR's chemical weapons program, but did not serve as a storage facility. In a scandal following the March poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, the British media alleged that the so-called Novichok nerve agent was developed at Shikhany, a charge Mayor Andrei Tatarinov has denied. "Claims that 'Novichok' was manufactured here, in Shikhany, are absurd. We perceive it as a lie, as a hoax," he said, speaking to Sputnik in April.
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SOTT Focus: NewsReal: Treason, Really? Trump-Putin Summit Enrages The War Party


Sott.net
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:00 UTC
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We knew it was going to provoke those vested in isolating Russia and keeping the US president on a leash, but we didn't know it would set off such a firestorm. Trump's brief meeting with Putin last Monday should really just be a footnote to the fact that trade, security, and diplomatic relations between the two countries are at an all-time low. Instead, the 'Washington Consensus' reacted as if the whole world had been turned upside-down!

This week on NewsReal with Joe and Niall, we're discussing the fallout and trying to understand why certain people consider a meeting between the world's largest nuclear powers as 'treason'.


Running Time: 01:36:48

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Sad yet familiar refrain: European politicians are all in bed with the Israeli government, media won't report on Palestine

Miko Peled
American Herald Tribune
Tue, 03 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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In the many speaking tours I have had in Europe, there is a line that I hear and that is repeated in every European country I visit: “Here in (fill in the blank) the Zionist lobby is very strong, the politicians are all in bed with the Israeli government and media will not report on Palestine.”
I recently returned from a ten - day speaking tour in Europe, to launch the German language translation of "The General's Son, Journey of an Israeli in Palestine." I had lectures to German speaking audiences and even and interviews with main stream media outlets. The tour also included two lectures in Italy, one in Milan and one in the small town of Biella, which of course were not related to the German edition. All the lectures were well attended and people did not mind sitting through the extreme hot weather plaguing Europe this summer or the lengthy process of translation - indeed the audiences sat for hours and listened and then remained for lengthy discussions and Q&A sessions.

This was the latest of many speaking tours I have had in Europe and there is a line that I hear and that is repeated in every European country I visit: "Here in (fill in the blank) the Zionist lobby is very strong, the politicians are all in bed with the Israeli government and media will not report on Palestine." This stands in contrast to the prevailing opinion which is, that in Europe there is a strong Palestine solidarity movement. That people in general are sympathetic to the cause of justice for Palestine and the BDS movement has recorded serious accomplishments in Europe. And yet, it is true that European governments and mainstream media and the EU as a body are fully supportive of Israel and collaborate with Israel on every level which means that there is an enormous gap between the politicians and their constituents on this issue.


Comment: Most politicians know or learn very quickly that anything other than complete submission to Israel is career-destroying. Few are willing or able to withstand the onslaught, which is why those that do should be supported in every respect.


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Oil Well

Libya's oil sector unsurprisingly plagued by corruption, blockades and accusations of funding terrorists following Western 'intervention'

Tsvetana Paraskova
RT
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:15 UTC
Smoke and flame rise from an oil storage tank that was set on fire amid fighting between rival factions at Ras Lanuf terminal, Libya Reuters
© ReutersSmoke and flame rise from an oil storage tank that was set on fire amid fighting between rival factions at Ras Lanuf terminal, Libya
The latest port blockade in Libya, which had sent the country's oil production plunging and oil prices surging, was lifted last week with new promises of transparency and the fair distribution of oil revenues.

As part of the agreement for lifting the port closure, Libya's central bank, national oil company, politicians, businessmen, and traders in the country could end up being probed in a wide-ranging corruption investigation to tackle the underlying problem of Libya's oil wealth-accusations and counteraccusations of corruption and channeling of oil revenues to Islamist groups.

The Libyan National Army (LNA) of eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar recaptured in June four ports in the Oil Crescent in the east from armed groups after a week of fighting, handing their control to an unrecognized oil company in the east. But last week, Haftar agreed to hand back control of the ports to the internationally recognized National Oil Corporation (NOC).

Comment: Libya was once considered the most successful country in north Africa, before Western 'liberation':

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Better Earth

Qatar increases ties with Russia through arms purchases and intelligence sharing


RT
Sun, 22 Jul 2018 09:42 UTC
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© FILE PHOTO Alexei Malgavko / Sputnik
Qatar, which has already negotiated the purchase of AK rifles, grenade launchers and anti-tank missiles from Russia, is also in talks to procure state-of-the-art S-400 systems, the Russian ambassador to the Gulf country has said.

Qatar, which is now at odds with its Gulf neighbors, is expected to take a delivery of Russian conventional arms, including time-proven AK rifles, grenade launchers, machine guns and Kornet anti-tank missiles, according to Nurmakhmad Kholov, the Russian ambassador to Doha.

The Arab nation's interest in buying Russian weapons extends beyond firearms, Kholov told TASS news agency: "Regarding S-400 air-defense systems, some discussions are underway about the issue, although there is no specific outcome so far." Without going into details, the Russian envoy reiterated that the Qataris "seem to be willing" to acquire S-400s.

Comment: Qatar isn't alone in choosing to align itself with Russia over the ailing Western powers: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Trump Ditches Europe, Europe Bluffs, Russia and China Carry on With Eurasian Integration

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Blue Planet

Inside Wikileaks and working with the publisher that changed the world

Stefania Maurizi
Consortium News
Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00 UTC
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© DIEM25/Praxis Films/Showtime/AP/KJNStefania Maurizi • Julian Assange
Italian journalist Stefania Maurizi has worked with WikiLeaks for nine years on the Podesta emails and other revelations. Here's an insider's view of the publisher, which has incensed rulers around the world, desperate to hide their corruption.

Silenced and cut off from the outside world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the last six years with no access to sunlight, fresh air, or proper medical treatment. Furthermore, last March President Lenin Moreno's Ecuadorian government cut his access to the internet, phone calls and even visitors and journalists. For a man who has already been confined to the embassy for so long, these restrictions are particularly harsh.

I began working as one of WikiLeaks' media partners in 2009, before Assange and WikiLeaks published such bombshells as the Collateral Murder video. Over the last nine years, I have partnered with WikiLeaks on behalf of my newspaper, the Italian daily La Repubblica to work on the Podesta emails and many of its other secret files, except for those that WikiLeaks released without media partners: the DNC emails, the Saudi Cables, Turkey's ruling party emails, the Hacking Team documents, the Collateral Murder video and the Brennan emails.

Comment: Insights offered into the realm of Wikileaks from an inside journalist and publisher who closely worked with Julian Assange over a span of many years.

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