Imam who masterminded the 2017 strike had been acting as an informant. The day after the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks, the intelligence file on the imam was reportedly wiped out… Read More Spanish Intelligence Knew of Terror Cell Ahead of Barcelona Attack, Say Reports
Facebook has two competing missions – make the world more open and connected, and make a lot of money. And as Facebook attempts to serve both of those missions, they wreak havoc on the rest of us… Read More U.S. Senator Compares Facebook’s Libra Association to Spectre in James Bond Movie
Facebook’s new “cryptocurrency” is shady as hell… Read More Libra, Explained
The proposed “Libra” is not really a currency, but something occupying the interstitial space between a gift card, a share in a mutual fund, a negotiable instrument and an IOU. But its implications could be huge… Read More Facebook’s Authoritarian Money Grab
Glenn Greenwald summarises The Intercept’s explosive exposés of corruption, chicanery and election rigging that are convulsing Brazil’s political and judicial establishment. … Read More The Corrupt Abuse of Power in Brazil
Governments feel enraged by any revelation of what they really know, or by any alternative source of information.… Read More Why the US is Persecuting Assange
A new round of antitrust questions can’t go well for the company. The culture has turned against tech since Google skated free in 2013… Read More Google Should Be Afraid. Very Afraid.
The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough… Read More The Evidence We Were Never Meant to See About the Douma “Gas” Attack
The events of the past 48 hours have demonstrated how utterly incompetent the CIA can be when it comes to pulling off “soft” coups… Read More The Tragedy of Venezuela Is the Tragedy of the United States of America
“The sanctions are depriving Venezuelans of lifesaving medicines, medical equipment, food, and other essential imports. This is illegal under U.S. and international law, and treaties that the U.S. has signed.”… Read More 40,000 Dead Venezuelans Under US Sanctions: Corporate Media Turn A Blind Eye
When any government becomes almost indistinguishable from the evil it claims to be fighting, that government has lost its claim to legitimacy… Read More When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
Donald Trump says wind turbines cause cancer. Jonathan Pie says Trump’s a twat.… Read More Trump’s Planet
