British Spy Agency Considers Journalists a Threat, Vacuums Up Their Emails

British Spy Agency Considers Journalists a Threat, Vacuums Up Their Emails
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The Paris terror attacks probably would have been stopped if Snowden/Guardian never happened or was better controlled in how the specific details were announced. UK's spy agency has more powers than the NSA can dream of; and is largely responsible for protecting not just the UK, but the rest of western Europe and even some of the USA.

* The Obama Administration issued a secret surveillance operation against the Associated Press to break their sources [1]

* Journalists like Ibrahim Jassam [2], Laura Poitras [3], Glenn Greenwald [4], James Risen [5], many others are being prosecuted and persecuted

* States are heavily partnered with news media (e.g. Ken Dilanian [6], Judith Miller and Michael Gordon [7])

* Domestic news is manipulated by the state to achieve geopolitical goals (Zarqawi Psyop [8], Fallujah Psyop [9]) - this has recently been anonymously removed from Wikipedia: now [10] before [11]

* The state uses legal pressure to delay and suppress stories (e.g. Risen's NSA story 2004-05 [12])

* On key political issues controversial journalists are pulled (e.g. Ayman Mohyeldin [13])

* Journalism exclusion zones are used to corral media for purposes other than their safety - even at home where exclusion zones were used to stop coverage in Ferguson [14]

* Sources to journalists have had their lives and their families subjugated to death threats [15]

* The state reserves the right to imitate news media outlets [16]

* There is both historical [17] and current [18] use of international cables to manipulate the press

* The White House has been caught using fake journalists during press releases [19]

* The state has been caught buying coverage from journalists (e.g. Armstrong Williams [20], Gallagher and McManus [21])

* The US government has injected (hundreds of) unattributed fake news stories into local news channels by the US through the Office of Broadcasting Services on political issues [22]

* There is current legislation that would legally compel journalists to disclose their sources [23]

* The Army was caught in a scandal where they were sending fake letters from an imaginary soldier to media organizations [24]

* Hero stories are drummed up, attested to, and propelled by state officials when guests of the media (e.g. Jessica Lynch [25])

* Anti-propaganda law have been relaxed this year [26]

* Media outlets have been given evidence from coerced testimony on the grounds it is actionable, even when it is known to have been fabricated [27] [28]

* Propaganda intended for foreigners makes it to American audiences [29] and this has been used on purpose to circumvent anti-propaganda law [30]

* The government has a history of manipulating media and through the Cold War had over 800 American news networks and personel [31] (names you may know such as Austin Goodrich [32] and Frank Kearns [33])

* The United States hires [34] contractors [35] and has software [36] to manipulate social media [37]

* Agencies publish documents compelled of them by law at inconvenient times to discourage large press coverage [38]

* It is also true that the the now president and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service Patricia Harrison testified before Congress that President Bush considered Office of Broadcasting Services (1/4 billion dollar) state sponsored propaganda powerful strategic tools for swaying public opinion [39]