Archives for August 2014

The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP Prime Minister Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Abbott It is 11 years since the Howard government invaded the sovereign nation of Iraq without a UN mandate and without proper evidence of weapons of mass destruction.  Nearly half a million people have died from war-related causes in Iraq since […]

Federal Cabinet’s support for the retention of customer data by telecommunications companies for up to two years – so that government agencies can access it without a warrant – suggests that government representatives just don’t understand the consequences of retaining everyone’s metadata and giving spy agencies access to it. George Brandis’ infamous gaffe last week […]

[This content has not been independently verified. It was created from personal notes taken at the discussion ‘Whistleblowers in the surveillance state: Human rights’ digital background’ in Sydney on 4 August 2014.]   Host:   Broadcaster Quentin Dempster. Guests:   US whistleblower Thomas Drake, a former senior executive of the US National Security Agency Edward […]

[This content has not been independently verified. It was created from personal notes taken at the discussion on 4 August 2014.] Host:   Broadcaster Quentin Dempster. Guests:   US whistleblower Thomas Drake, a former senior executive of the US National Security Agency Edward Snowden’s US defence attorney Jesselyn Radack .   “You have nothing to […]