Jesselyn Radack (Attorney of Edward Snowden) - Team NSA Activism. Comms giant pushes anti-spy network. Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet (Update 2) Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.
-centric Internet over Washington's widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will be a potentially dangerous first step toward fracturing a global network built with minimal interference by governments. President Dilma Rousseff ordered a series of measures aimed at greater Brazilian online independence and security following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted her communications, hacked into the state-owned Petrobras oil company's network and spied on Brazilians who entrusted their personal data to U.S. tech companies such as Facebook and Google. The leader is so angered by the espionage that on Tuesday she postponed next month's scheduled trip to Washington, where she was to be honored with a state dinner. While Brazil isn't proposing to bar its citizens from U.S. Rousseff says she intends to push for international rules on privacy and security in hardware and software during the U.N.
Spy Center Litigation. “We are the last free people.
We are the people that have the last chance to act.” – Julian Assange. While we are immensely grateful for larger donations, it is just as important that we have many small donations, $3, $5, $10 from thousands of grassroots activists, in order to show broad support. [March 5, 2014 UPDATE] At 1am, the Oakland City Council voted 5-4 to scale back the spy center, making it Port-only for now. Cameras were removed from Phase 1 of the project, and the City has been mostly removed from the project. While we were strongly encouraged by the unanimous opposition of the 100+ public speakers at the council meeting and the scaled back project, the DAC is still alive.
The Impact THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US. The proposed Oakland spy center at issue in this litigation will conduct massive full-time surveillance and share information broadly, linking to various NSA and FBI intelligence centers and even private contractors. [317] Skinny Puppy Torture, NFL Robbery, Big Brother in Oakland & Keystone XL Problems.
Subsidy, wikipedia. A subsidy is a form of financial or in kind support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.[1] Although commonly extended from Government, the term subsidy can relate to any type of support - for example from NGOs or implicit subsidies.
Subsidies come in various forms including: direct (cash grants, interest-free loans) and indirect (tax breaks, insurance, low-interest loans, depreciation write-offs, rent rebates).[2] Furthermore, they can be broad or narrow, legal or illegal, ethical or unethical. The most common forms of subsidies are those to the producer or the consumer. Producer/Production subsidies ensure producers are better off by either supplying market price support, direct support, or payments to factors of production.[1] Consumer/Consumption subsidies commonly reduce the price of goods and services to the consumer.
Types of subsidies[edit] Production subsidy[edit] Definition[edit] Wait, the NFL is a 'non-profit' organization? 3534_file_WP_66. NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly. At the heart of this is a big and continuing issue: What kinds of organizations deserve tax exempt status?
And what are their obligations to the public as tax exempt entities? The NFL’s position, that it wants exempt status but desires to escape the transparency and disclosure rules that apply to all other nonprofits, epitomizes the burgeoning issue in this nation of exactly what tax exempt nonprofit status means. The New York Times reported earlier this month that the NFL is willing to reveal the salary of Commissioner Roger Goodell—in the realm of $10 million a year—as it has done for several years, but not the names and salaries of other key staff of the football monopoly.
Domain Awareness Center. “We should dismantle every intelligence agency in this country piece by piece, brick by brick, nail by nail.” — Rep.
Ron Dellums (D-Oakland), 1975 Jump to: Summary ‖ Timeline ‖ Current Situation ‖ Strategies & Next Steps ‖ News & External Links ‖ Original Documents ‖ Privacy Resources The Domain Awareness Center (DAC) is a planned surveillance hub which aims to integrate public and private cameras and sensors all over the City of Oakland into one $10.9M mass surveillance system. After mounting opposition to DAC in 2013 and 2014, The Oakland City Council voted on March 4, 2014 to restrict DAC to a primarily Port-focused operation by removing citywide ShotSpotter maps and city traffic cameras from the system, and requiring any further expansion or information-sharing decisions to come before the Council for approval. The DAC will act as a fusion center, aggregating video feeds and real-time data from a number of sources around Oakland. Note: This is Phase 2 of the DAC. Measure T Compliance.
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