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Embassy row on alert - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:43:00 +0000

Embassy row on alert - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times:

"ACT SENATOR Gary Humphries has vowed to raise the recent attack on the Syrian embassy in Canberra in Senate estimates this week."

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Terror six claim it was fix

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:13:00 +0000

Terror six claim it was fix:

"A SET-UP BY a foreign intelligence agency and a cover-up by senior federal government officials led to the conviction and jailing of six Australians in Sydney for terrorism, a Herald investigation reveals."

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Stumblings on embassy security - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Stumblings on embassy security - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times:

"Hyperbole after the great Lobby Restaurant Massacree of Australia Day labelled it as the most serious lapse of security involving a prime minister since the 1970s. I very much doubt that - and it was certainly not as good as the egg in the face of William Morris Hughes in Warwick, Queensland, in 1917 which led to the formation of a Commonwealth Police. But so far as it was a breach, the focus on minder mischief is distracting attention from how anyone decided that the Lobby had been a good place for the PM to be."

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Framed: the untold story about the Croatian Six

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:39:00 +0000

Framed: the untold story about the Croatian Six:

"Was the jailing of six Croatians a counter-terrorism coup for Australia or a set-up by foreign spies? Hamish McDonald chronicles the case that devastated a community."

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Character screening out of character

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:02:00 +0000

Character screening out of character:
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has found that allegations of inappropriate vetting practices in the Defence Security Authority (DSA) were true."

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Defence Ministers » Minister for Defence – Release of the Inquiry into Allegations of Inappropriate Vetting Practices in the Defence Security Authority by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:19:00 +0000

Defence Ministers » Minister for Defence – Release of the Inquiry into Allegations of Inappropriate Vetting Practices in the Defence Security Authority by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security:

"Minister for Defence Stephen Smith today released the Inquiry by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security into allegations of inappropriate vetting practices in the Defence Security Authority (DSA) and related matters."

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AM - Terror threat to Australia undiminished 25/01/2012

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:00 +0000

AM - Terror threat to Australia undiminished 25/01/2012:

"TONY EASTLEY: Australia's top spy says he'd like to recruit more operatives from Australia's Muslim community."

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Can we trust ASIO? - On Line Opinion - 9/2/2012

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:07:00 +0000

Can we trust ASIO? - On Line Opinion - 9/2/2012:

"Mr David Irvine, the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Australia's domestic spooks, has called for more spies from within the country's Islamic communities, but can ASIO be trusted to do an efficient job? History shows that our counter-intelligence service has a poor record in thwarting foreign spies. Should Australia's Islamic communities place their trust in such an organisation to do the right thing?"

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Lateline - 08/02/2012: Report vindicates Defence whistleblowers

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:06:00 +0000

Lateline - 08/02/2012: Report vindicates Defence whistleblowers:

"TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Three whistleblowers who claimed that thousands of Defence security checks had been compromised have been vindicated after an official report found their allegations to be true."

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News Ltd’s incredible smear war on Lee Rhiannon | Green Left Weekly

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:00 +0000

News Ltd’s incredible smear war on Lee Rhiannon | Green Left Weekly:

"News Limited’s flagship newspaper, The Australian, said in a September 2010 editorial that it wanted the Greens to be “destroyed”. The paper’s latest attacks on Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon, which include allegations she held secret meetings with a high-level KGB spy 40 years ago, confirm that its editorial bias hasn’t budged an inch."

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Threat from enemy within makes anti-terrorism laws indispensable

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:14:00 +0000

Threat from enemy within makes anti-terrorism laws indispensable:

"Decisions have consequences, even if decision makers sometimes go into denial. In the weekend edition of the Herald, Debra Jopson provided case studies of the 21 men who have been convicted of terrorism-related charges following Operation Pendennis in Sydney and Melbourne and Operation Neath in Melbourne. A large number are of Lebanese Muslim descent."

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Australian intelligence agencies prepare for political upheaval

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:12:00 +0000

Australian intelligence agencies prepare for political upheaval:

"Alarmed by the “Arab Spring”—the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt that last year ushered in a new period of class struggle internationally—Australia’s six civilian and military intelligence agencies are preparing for unpredictable political upheavals, abroad and at home."

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Bob Brown denies rift with 'good stick' Lee Rhiannon | The Australian

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:47:00 +0000

Bob Brown denies rift with 'good stick' Lee Rhiannon | The Australian:

"GREENS leader Bob Brown has rejected reports his relationship with NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon is toxic."

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Wreckers' agenda hijack incited embassy anger | The Australian

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Wreckers' agenda hijack incited embassy anger | The Australian:

" would like to send my apologies to Julia Gillard but I question the Attorney-General's office and ASIO for not adequately reviewing their policies on event risk assessment. I find there is negligence in allowing the event the Prime Minister attended and the embassy 40th celebrations to run only metres apart."

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Security row erupts over secret manual | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:19:00 +0000

Security row erupts over secret manual | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au:

"THE release of a "confidential" manual that details how Serco security officers use force against asylum seekers in a Darwin detention centre could jeopardise national security, a court has been told."

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Secret past of Greens senator Lee Rhiannon | The Australian

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:57:00 +0000

Secret past of Greens senator Lee Rhiannon | The Australian:

"A SECRET meeting was set up between Lee Rhiannon, now a Greens senator, and a man identified as the KGB station chief in Australia before a lengthy 1970 overseas trip seen as a milestone in her ideological development, declassified ASIO files reveal."

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ASIO targeting Muslims 'the wrong way' : World News Australia on SBS

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:00 +0000

ASIO targeting Muslims 'the wrong way' : World News Australia on SBS:

"Australian Muslims are being asked to consider becoming secret agents for the domestic spy agency, ASIO, but Muslim community leaders say they're going about it the wrong way."

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Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:15:00 +0000

Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia:

"Whether its recently perceived dodgy battery life means that Senator Scott Ludlam's iPhone has been hacked by spooks or not, it should come as no surprise that he'd be of interest to intelligence services, both local and foreign."

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Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies cost more than $1 billion a year to run and they are becoming increasingly involved in frontline operations, according to a landmark review of the country's intelligence community."

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Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:38:00 +0000

Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats:

"Australia's intelligence must cope with a rising tide of information on the internet while staying alert to simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific, an independent review has found."

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Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:41:00 +0000

Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO:

"How might this call be seen within Islamic communities in Australia?"

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VEXNEWS © 2012 | TIN-FOIL HAT SENATOR: Greens party politician Scott Ludlam thinks Big Brother is watching him

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:39:00 +0000

"West Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says his iPhone may have been hacked by the federal government so it could keep tabs on an internet activist."

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Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies:

"PUBLIC findings of the first independent review of the intelligence community in eight years are to be released today, with its authors deciding the huge legislative and funding changes wrought to agencies since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been justified."

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ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:02:00 +0000

ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au:

"THE country's top spy boss says ASIO must recruit more Muslims into the intelligence agency as the fear of a home grown terror attack remained a "real threat"."

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Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO

noreply@blogger.com (peter evans) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +0000

Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO:

"Director-general of security at ASIO David Irvine says the organisation is also continuing to see a number of Australians who are trying to travel overseas to participate in terrorist acts."

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gosnellsNews: Lack of soap in public school toilets in Thornlie [del.icio.us]

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“We teach our kids to wash their hands when they go to the toilet at home but they don’t have soap available at school.

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Luke Pomersbach's return to cricket

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ASIO news on the Web: MI5 historian Christopher Andrew takes Peter Wright to task for Spycatcher farce [del.icio.us]

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MI5 historian Christopher Andrew takes Peter Wright to task for Spycatcher farce

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Exiting Defence boss a tip for ASIS | The Australian [del.icio.us]

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