Assange's Year on Ice: 'Every day we live our principles, we truly live' // Lancelot du Leaks: Whistleblowers unfazed by US crackdown

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Assange's Year on Ice: 'Every day we live our principles, we truly live'

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Published on 19 Jun 2013


WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange says he'll remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London -
even if the sex crime allegations against him are dropped. He fears being snatched and
extradited to the United States - especially since Washington renewed its assault on
whistleblowers wherever they are. Sara Firth reports on Assange's struggle and his now
year-long confinement


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Lancelot du Leaks: Whistleblowers unfazed by US crackdown

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Published on 19 Jun 2013


While Julian Assange awaits his fate at the Ecuadorian embassy, two other prominent
whistleblowers face the full force of the US government. Gayane Chichakyan reports on
Washington's far-reaching attempts to keep

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'US pushes smear campaign against Snowden to distract from NSA leak'


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Published on 18 Jun 2013


Edward Snowden's revelations had already led to some tension between the US and
China. Beijing has demanded that Washington explain its surveillance program and
cyber spying to the international community.

James Corbett, editor of an independent news website the Corbett Report, says
further damage to relations between the two countries is inevitable

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'Yes We Scan': Anti-wiretap activists protest as Obama visits Germany

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Published on 19 Jun 2013


President Obama's reception in the German capital, where he
is on a whirlwind visit, could have been warmer. Demonstrators
in Berlin showed what they felt about the revelations of
Washington's widespread surveillance program - of which
Germany was among the top targets. RT's Peter Oliver went
to take a look.

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Germany most-spied-on EU country by US - leaked NSA report

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June 2013
Germany appears to be the most snooped on EU country by the US, a map of
secret surveillance activities by the National Security Agency (NSA) shows. EU
officials are to question their US counterparts on data snooping in Europe.

The color-coded map of secret surveillance activities by the NSA ranks countries
according to how much surveillance they are currently undergoing - green for the
least and red for the most watched.

While all EU member states boast variant shades of green, Germany stands out,
color-coded orange.

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The source behind the revelation of the top-secret NSA surveillance program,
already referred to as one of the most significant intelligence leaks in US history,
was uncovered late last week. 29-year-old Snowden asked The Guardian to reveal
his identity, having fled to Hong Kong to escape retaliation by the US authorities.

"The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.
With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically
ingested without targeting," he told The Guardian.

"I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authority to wire-tap anyone ... even if you
are not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded," he added.

The 'Boundless Informant' documents show NSA collecting up to 3 billion pieces of
intelligence from US computer networks over a 30-day period ending in March 2013
, according to The Guardian. The tool reportedly allows users to select a country on
a map, view the metadata volume and select details about the collections against
this or that state.