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CIA vs. Wikileaks [video]

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Maybe they were referring to Prince Andrew's alibi of being at a Pizza Express in Woking, UK? Which has nothing to do with "Pizzagate".

"false conspiracy about a literal pizza shop" is Pizzagate.

A different pizza shop in a different country, but sure.

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Am I alone in finding that these slides read like the ramblings of a looney?

That's probably because you don't realize that the speaker is Andy Müller-Maguhn and don't know the history and activities of CCC very well.

Exactly. Even if one doesn't know of him beforehand, this can be inferred from context: the emcee/herald refers to him as just "andy", suggesting he is a known figure in the context of the conference. A quick search for "andy ccc" reveals the rest of the information.

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He's more journalist than most. Reprinting Twitter spats and press releases does not make you a journalist. Publishing newsworthy information in the public interest does.

If you have an explicitly political motivation to all your reporting and what you choose to print does that make you any better?

I find it incredible that you think that the answer to this could be "no".

Would you honestly rather read from an "unbiased" journalist who diligently repeats what both sides said on Twitter than a biased one that actually uncovered important new facts?

Especially when that "unbiased" "journalist" probably is just as biased as Assange, anyway, and their only real purpose is to construct a filter bubble for you.

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I am afraid the real world journalists don't care too much about Wikileak. I am afraid that's how I feel this way. To me, Wikileak is the real meat journalists, no speculation, no opinion, just information, data for people to process. But we don't want it, we want to read tldr;, one sentence is something I am interested to read about a topic. Journalists know that, they rather publish unchecked facts, as long as it g…

Did you miss that WikiLeaks met with Trump campaign staff that had close relations with russian secret services and then leaked DNC campaign mails so that right wing actors could make that into a pedophile pizza place conspiracy theory? I used to be a big WikiLeaks supporter but these days are long gone. They promised leaks on russian oligarchs that never happened. They promised to "bring down" Bank of America. They…

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“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.” ― Joseph Heller

After Assange and h Snowden is pretty clear nobody is paranoid the documents are out there the NSA has a system where they monitor people inside and outside the United States the real question is what do you do when they are after everyone

And yet why don't you worry about SORM in Russia or the CCP's monitoring capabilities? I'd take wikileaks slightly more seriously if there intent wasn't solely anti-American sentiment forming.

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5th image bottom left you can see a little board with 3 black wires running off of it that doesn't look original. Could be a factory bodge but definitely looks a bit out of place.

Ah, thanks. Though the slides talk about, for example, the Spartan 6, which is on the larger board and seems factory looking. That white connector on the little tap board appears to plug into J4 on this board: http://buggedplanet.info/lost+found/20180323/Images/18.jpg So that larger board would have to be part of the conspiracy. It's the one with the 2 FPGAs, NAND memory, board trace antenna, etc. That board is obvio…

Unless that model was expected to also function as some kind of push-to-talk device on a local radio network.

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To risk assess wether you have strong roots in the UK, and so are unlikely to overstay and work illegally in whatever country you’re visiting.

I think the point is being asked routine questions at the border is not necessarily a sign that the CIA is following you

Not necessarily, but if you're a well known hacker who is active since 80s and about to visit Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy and the questions appear to be asked mainly to stall you, then MI5 could be involved. At least it's a possible interpretation.

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– (1) “Do you live in the UK?” / Alternative: “What is your occupation?” – (2) “How long do you stay?” – (3) “What do you do in the UK?” These are the questions I always get every time I cross any border anywhere except the border (on the way in) of my own country. I don't get this bit.

To risk assess wether you have strong roots in the UK, and so are unlikely to overstay and work illegally in whatever country you’re visiting.

He was crossing from Germany/Switzerland to the UK. 99.9% of people are never asked any questions. I've been travelling like this for over 10 years, a few times per year and was asked only once "do you live here?". I would be pissed if they asked me such questions.

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One of several advantages military/policing/etc forces have is detailed records of what worked & what didn't in a confrontation, and the other doesn't even necessarily know that they are fighting. That and purpose-built gear which nearly goes without saying. Something I've noticed with the riots in Europe/America/China/the Middle East/Africa is that we now have first hand video footage of how situations play out. Oft…

The reason the 1% is able to utterly dominate the remaining 99% is they are hyper organized. They're even organized around the concept, idea, and execution of organization.
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