BILDERBERG Member set to break SILENCE on its SECRETIVE Meeting
A Bilderberg Group member is set to speak on record to the BBC in what represents an unprecedented move for the secretive organization, which is being forced to become more transparent in the face of huge protests and widespread condemnation
In advance of an interview with Alex Jones today, a BBC reporter told Infowars that the broadcaster had approached a Bilderberg member for a television interview and although the person had refused to be on camera, a telephone interview was likely.
As we reported yesterday, a separate source close to the security operation surrounding the confab told Infowars that numerous Bilderberg Group members were aggrieved at the organization's obsession with secrecy and wanted to see more transparency.
Campaigners are inviting Bilderberg members to come and address crowds of demonstrators and press at a specially constructed podium within the grounds of the Grove Hotel in Watford, which is where the conference is taking place behind a huge police presence
The Telegraph reports today that the 2004 Bilderberg meeting in Stresa, Italy was where the head of BP Lord Browne suggested a monumental merger with Shell to create the world's biggest oil company, a merger that many analysts still expect to see at some point.
If a Bilderberg member does agree to an interview with the BBC it would likely serve as an opportunity to downplay the significance of the group, but the mere fact that a participant of the secretive confab has been forced to speak publicly represents major progress.
It would also mark the first time a Bilderberg member went on record since Lord Healy over a decade ago.
Despite countless examples that prove the contrary, detractors, debunkers and non believers continually argue that the Bilderberg group holds no power, and that it is just a talking shop for elite has-beens. Now yet more evidence has emerged that policy and secret multi-billion deals between business heads and government are formulated at the meeting.
The London Telegraph today reports in it's article titled Bilderberg Group? No conspiracy, just the most influential group in the world, that recently, a major oil deal, in fact what would be the world's biggest, was formulated at a Bilderberg meeting:
"And for business leaders, it is a perfect opportunity to lay the groundwork for deals." the report states.
"According to Tom Bergin's Spills and Spin, the account of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, Lord Browne, the head of BP, used a walk by Lake Como at the 2004 gathering in Italy to suggest a vast merger with Shell to create the world's biggest oil company."
"Lord Browne left under the impression it would happen." the report asserts.
Indeed, the cards have been firmly on the table regarding the deal, and industry experts are sure that it is only a matter of time before the merger goes ahead.
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The report also notes how Lord Healey, a long time Bilderberg attendee, recalls the importance of the discussions that were held there regarding policy on the Vietnam war, and particularly on European integration: Most vividly, he recalls its role in bringing the architects of the European integration -- Schmidt, Pompidou, Giscard d'Estaing, Leone -- together for open-ended discussions with bankers and economists about how the European monetary system might work.
"A meeting in June in Europe of the Bilderberg Group- an informal club of leading politicians, businessmen and thinkers chaired by Mr. Davignon- could also 'improve understanding' on future action, in the same way it helped create the Euro in the 1990s, he said," reported the EU Observer in March 2009.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
OBAMA defends NSA Spying PRISM program. Taps into data of Apple, Google, Skype, Verizon & others
OBAMA defends NSA Spying PRISM program. Taps into data of Apple, Google, Skype, Verizon & others
OBAMA defends Massive NSA Spying PRISM program. Taps in to user data of Apple, Google, Skype, Verizon & others
President Obama on Friday defended a pair of recently disclosed surveillance programs as striking the "right balance" between national security and civil liberties following a speech Friday in California.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a government," Obama said.
"You can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details, I think we've struck the right balance."
The administration acknowledged Thursday that the National Security Agency (NSA) had monitored domestic telephone data and international Internet traffic from tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
Obama stressed that every member of Congress had been briefed on the phone monitoring program and that the relevant Intelligence committees were aware of PRISM — the code name of the NSA's secret program to monitor Internet traffic. He also noted that federal judges had to sign off on data-gathering requests.
"If people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust Congress and don't trust federal judges to make sure we're abiding by the Constitution, then we're going to have some problems here," Obama said.
Critics of the program have said that the courts and Congress have had little real oversight of the programs.
Congressional leaders say confidentiality restrictions have limited their ability to publicly voice their concerns, and the administration has not provided court rulings under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for their review. They also say the administration has aggressively over-interpreted what is authorized to do under the law.
Civil liberties groups have also dismissed the administration's assurances that each surveillance program undergoes FISA judicial review, blasting the court as a rubber stamp. In a letter sent earlier this year to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Attorney General Eric Holder said the court approved 1,788 of 1,789 applications for electronic surveillance; the government withdrew the one remaining petition.
The president went on to say that the White House believed the programs played an important role in preventing terror attacks.
"My assessment and my team's assent was they help us prevent terrorist attacks, and the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved ... on net, it was worth us doing. Some other folks may have a different assessment of that," he said.
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After The Guardian outed the NSA and its unprecedented violations of the Fourth Amendment, members of Congress took to the limelight to defend the government's tyrannical behavior.
"I read intelligence carefully, and I know that people are trying to get to us," she said during a press conference following a super-secret Intelligence Committee meeting. "This is the reason why we keep TSA doing what it's doing. This is the reason why the FBI now has 10,000 people doing intelligence on counterterrorism. This is the reason for the National Counterterrorism Center that's been set up in the time we've been active. It's to ferret this out before it happens. It's called protecting America."
Feinstein neglected to say that, in fact, the TSA has never foiled a single terrorist plot and never will. As for the FBI, it specializes in creating fake terrorist plots and entrapping witless patsies, a fact pointed out by none other than The New York Times
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian.
The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called Prism, which allows officials to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.
OBAMA defends Massive NSA Spying PRISM program. Taps in to user data of Apple, Google, Skype, Verizon & others
President Obama on Friday defended a pair of recently disclosed surveillance programs as striking the "right balance" between national security and civil liberties following a speech Friday in California.
"You can't have 100 percent security and also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience. We're going to have to make some choices as a government," Obama said.
"You can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details, I think we've struck the right balance."
The administration acknowledged Thursday that the National Security Agency (NSA) had monitored domestic telephone data and international Internet traffic from tech companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook.
Obama stressed that every member of Congress had been briefed on the phone monitoring program and that the relevant Intelligence committees were aware of PRISM — the code name of the NSA's secret program to monitor Internet traffic. He also noted that federal judges had to sign off on data-gathering requests.
"If people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust Congress and don't trust federal judges to make sure we're abiding by the Constitution, then we're going to have some problems here," Obama said.
Critics of the program have said that the courts and Congress have had little real oversight of the programs.
Congressional leaders say confidentiality restrictions have limited their ability to publicly voice their concerns, and the administration has not provided court rulings under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for their review. They also say the administration has aggressively over-interpreted what is authorized to do under the law.
Civil liberties groups have also dismissed the administration's assurances that each surveillance program undergoes FISA judicial review, blasting the court as a rubber stamp. In a letter sent earlier this year to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Attorney General Eric Holder said the court approved 1,788 of 1,789 applications for electronic surveillance; the government withdrew the one remaining petition.
The president went on to say that the White House believed the programs played an important role in preventing terror attacks.
"My assessment and my team's assent was they help us prevent terrorist attacks, and the modest encroachments on privacy that are involved ... on net, it was worth us doing. Some other folks may have a different assessment of that," he said.
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After The Guardian outed the NSA and its unprecedented violations of the Fourth Amendment, members of Congress took to the limelight to defend the government's tyrannical behavior.
"I read intelligence carefully, and I know that people are trying to get to us," she said during a press conference following a super-secret Intelligence Committee meeting. "This is the reason why we keep TSA doing what it's doing. This is the reason why the FBI now has 10,000 people doing intelligence on counterterrorism. This is the reason for the National Counterterrorism Center that's been set up in the time we've been active. It's to ferret this out before it happens. It's called protecting America."
Feinstein neglected to say that, in fact, the TSA has never foiled a single terrorist plot and never will. As for the FBI, it specializes in creating fake terrorist plots and entrapping witless patsies, a fact pointed out by none other than The New York Times
The National Security Agency has obtained direct access to the systems of Google, Facebook, Apple and other US internet giants, according to a top secret document obtained by the Guardian.
The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called Prism, which allows officials to collect material including search history, the content of emails, file transfers and live chats, the document says.
Mid-East Prophecy Update - June 9th, 2013
Pastor JD talks about the prophecy in Ezekiel 38 and how the recent developments in Turkey are yet another reason that Christ's return for His church is sooner than we may think.
Weather Modification
Three Short Shows On Project HAARP,Chemtrails ^ Contrails & Cloud Seeding
Author and lecturer Jerry E. Smith discussed his investigation into weather modification, touching on such topics as HAARP, contrails, chemtrails, and global warming. There is a long history of weather modification-- attempts to induce artificial rain date back to 1880. During the Viet Nam war era, the US military's Project Popeye used cloud seeding over four Asian countries in order to disturb weather patterns, he reported.
Project Stormfury was used to redirect and weaken hurricanes for a twenty-year period starting in the 1960s, said Smith, who added that China and especially Russia have advanced weather modification methods. He speculated that Saddam Hussein may have paid Russia to brew up the severe sandstorm that took place at the beginning of Gulf War II.
The issue of chemtrails has become confused with persistent contrails, Smith commented. While such contrails may not be deliberate, they nonetheless are an environmental disaster, associated with both global warming and global dimming, he said. The spraying of chemtrails by scientific and military agencies could be considered a kind of "geo-engineering," and one purpose may be an attempt to mitigate global warming, he stated. Project HAARP, which alters the ionosphere, can be employed for military advantages, such as creating fog or cloud cover during an invasion
Jordan Maxwell ~ The Cult of Celebrity
Jeff Rense & Jordan Maxwell - The Cult of Celebrity
Jordan Maxwell has been researching secret societies, occult philosophies, and ufology since 1959. His work is vast, extensive and covers many different areas. It is not only fascinating to explore, but too important to ignore. In this program we ask: where do we come from and where are we going? We cover the mysterious past of humanity to the modern ongoing "dumbing down" of the human family and our transhuman future. Don't miss this three-hour program as we explore the mysterious, tackle problems and discuss the philosophy of Jordan Maxwell. Topics discussed: the mutation of the human race, the "new man", science, the mysterious, religion, teachers and geniuses, Nicola Tesla, Royal Rife, technology, J. Craig Venter, world wide plague, arrest development, community responsibility, astrological ages, occult studies, ad hominem attacks, Helena Blavatsky & Manley Palmer Hall, Theosophy & Freemasonry, Gore Vidal, intellect, wisdom, knowledge, the mind of God, spirituality, synchronicity and much more.
Jordan Maxwell has been researching secret societies, occult philosophies, and ufology since 1959. His work is vast, extensive and covers many different areas. It is not only fascinating to explore, but too important to ignore. In this program we ask: where do we come from and where are we going? We cover the mysterious past of humanity to the modern ongoing "dumbing down" of the human family and our transhuman future. Don't miss this three-hour program as we explore the mysterious, tackle problems and discuss the philosophy of Jordan Maxwell. Topics discussed: the mutation of the human race, the "new man", science, the mysterious, religion, teachers and geniuses, Nicola Tesla, Royal Rife, technology, J. Craig Venter, world wide plague, arrest development, community responsibility, astrological ages, occult studies, ad hominem attacks, Helena Blavatsky & Manley Palmer Hall, Theosophy & Freemasonry, Gore Vidal, intellect, wisdom, knowledge, the mind of God, spirituality, synchronicity and much more.
You Never Bite The Hand That Feeds You!!!
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ALEX JONES BBC & Piers Morgan BEST TV RANTS!!!
Alex Jones is too big now. They can't kill him because it would make it too obvious that the Bilderberg as NWO does exist . It's obvious to anyone with half a brain that there are people above the government who are creating the world as we know it... and it's for the benefit of the eilte.
The Alex Jones Show:(VIDEO Commercial Free) Sunday, Jun 9 2013: Alex takes the BBC by storm
The Alex Jones Show:(VIDEO Commercial Free) Sunday, Jun 9 2013: Alex takes the BBC by storm
Today 06/09/2013 Alex takes the BBC by storm On the Sunday, June 9 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex files a concluding report from the Bilderberg conference in Watford, England. He talks about his BBC appearance earlier today that took the staid British media by storm. Prior to the interview, Jones confronted at the BBC studio Bilderberg member and UK Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls who has broken the ministerial code by taking part in a secret lobbying meeting. Also on today's worldwide broadcast, Alex covers the PRISM scandal, the National Security Agency's massive surveillance grid, and deftly breaks down the serious implications for liberty and our cherished constitutional freedoms as the mega-snoop program delves into the minutest private details of our lives. David Knight of Infowars Nightly News hosts today's show from Austin, Texas. David Knight of Infowars Nightly News hosts today's show from Austin, Texas.
Today 06/09/2013 Alex takes the BBC by storm On the Sunday, June 9 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex files a concluding report from the Bilderberg conference in Watford, England. He talks about his BBC appearance earlier today that took the staid British media by storm. Prior to the interview, Jones confronted at the BBC studio Bilderberg member and UK Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls who has broken the ministerial code by taking part in a secret lobbying meeting. Also on today's worldwide broadcast, Alex covers the PRISM scandal, the National Security Agency's massive surveillance grid, and deftly breaks down the serious implications for liberty and our cherished constitutional freedoms as the mega-snoop program delves into the minutest private details of our lives. David Knight of Infowars Nightly News hosts today's show from Austin, Texas. David Knight of Infowars Nightly News hosts today's show from Austin, Texas.
Interview with Whistle Blower Karen Hudes Former Attorney at The World Bank
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Jason Liosatos interview with Karen Hudes former attorney at The World Bank. Karen was arrested and fired after exposing and whistleblowing the terrible corruption at the highest levels in The World Bank, massive corruption which threatens to crash the whole financial system and bring humanity to its knees. Karen and I discuss the Governments and refusal to give Germany its gold, the IMF, Dominique Strauss Khan, the arrogance, thuggery and some of the shocking things that go on in the higher echelons of the corrupted casino like banking system, which goes on mostly unnoticed by the trusting populace, unpunished by the laws, and ignored by mainstream media who are government and corporate mouthpieces. Karen is being targeted by Attorney General Eric Holder and the US government, but her spotlight of truth and justice continues to expose the disease and crookedness within the system, which sees itself immune to their own laws, and seem to operate without ethics, empathy and morals. When truth is an enemy to a system, then you know that system is corrupt.
Former CIA Officer: Officials Considering NSA Whistleblower's Case 'Potential Chinese Espionage'
Former CIA Officer: Officials Considering NSA Whistleblower's Case 'Potential Chinese Espionage'
(June 9, 2013) - Former CIA case officer Bob Baer revealed on CNN Sunday evening that intelligence officials were possibly considering Edward Snowden's case as Chinese espionage, after Snowden came forward this afternoon from an undisclosed Hong Kong location. "Hong Kong is controlled by Chinese intelligence," Baer said. "It's not an independent part of China at all. I've talked to a bunch of people in Washington today, in official positions, and they are looking at this as a potential Chinese espionage case."
"On the face of it, it looks like it is under some sort of Chinese control, especially with the president meeting the premier today," Baer said. "You have to ask what's going on. China is not a friendly country and every aspect of that country is controlled. So why Hong Kong? Why didn't he go to Sweden? Or, if he really wanted to make a statement, he should have done it on Capitol Hill."
According to Glenn Greenwald, Snowden said he chose Hong Kong because "'they have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent,' and because he believed that it was one of the few places in the world that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government."
CNN host Fredericka Whitfield asked if there was any chance of China extraditing Snowden.
"We'll never get him in China," Baer said. "They're not about to send him to the United States and the CIA is not going to render him, as he said in the tape, is not going to try to grab him there."
"It almost seems to me that this was a pointed affront to the United States on the day the president is meeting the Chinese leader," Baer said, "telling us, listen, quit complaining about espionage and getting on the internet and our hacking. You are doing the same thing."
(June 9, 2013) - Former CIA case officer Bob Baer revealed on CNN Sunday evening that intelligence officials were possibly considering Edward Snowden's case as Chinese espionage, after Snowden came forward this afternoon from an undisclosed Hong Kong location. "Hong Kong is controlled by Chinese intelligence," Baer said. "It's not an independent part of China at all. I've talked to a bunch of people in Washington today, in official positions, and they are looking at this as a potential Chinese espionage case."
"On the face of it, it looks like it is under some sort of Chinese control, especially with the president meeting the premier today," Baer said. "You have to ask what's going on. China is not a friendly country and every aspect of that country is controlled. So why Hong Kong? Why didn't he go to Sweden? Or, if he really wanted to make a statement, he should have done it on Capitol Hill."
According to Glenn Greenwald, Snowden said he chose Hong Kong because "'they have a spirited commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent,' and because he believed that it was one of the few places in the world that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government."
CNN host Fredericka Whitfield asked if there was any chance of China extraditing Snowden.
"We'll never get him in China," Baer said. "They're not about to send him to the United States and the CIA is not going to render him, as he said in the tape, is not going to try to grab him there."
"It almost seems to me that this was a pointed affront to the United States on the day the president is meeting the Chinese leader," Baer said, "telling us, listen, quit complaining about espionage and getting on the internet and our hacking. You are doing the same thing."
Alex Jones Speaks Live at Bilderberg 2013!!
Alex Jones Infiltrated Grove Hotel by Boat. David Petraeus At Bilderberg to Craft "Big Data" Spy Grid. David Cameron to attend Bilderberg group meeting. NSA taps in to user data of Facebook, Google and others, secret files reveal. Spy state shock: Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, Skype, AOL, Apple all sharing user communications with NSA. U.S. mining data from 9 leading Internet firms; companies deny knowledge. Florida Sheriff Arrested After Defending Second Amendment. Monsanto faces third lawsuit regarding rogue wheat.
Government Spying: Should We Be Shocked? by Ron Paul
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 6/10/13: Government Spying: Should We Be Shocked?
Last week we saw dramatic new evidence of illegal government surveillance of our telephone calls, and of the National Security Agency's deep penetration into American companies such as Facebook and Microsoft to spy on us. The media seemed shocked.
Many of us are not so surprised.
Some of us were arguing back in 2001 with the introduction of the so-called PATRIOT Act that it would pave the way for massive US government surveillance—not targeting terrorists but rather aimed against American citizens. We were told we must accept this temporary measure to provide government the tools to catch those responsible for 9/11. That was nearly twelve years and at least four wars ago.
We should know by now that when it comes to government power-grabs, we never go back to the status quo even when the "crisis" has passed. That part of our freedom and civil liberties once lost is never regained. How many times did the PATRIOT Act need renewed? How many times did FISA authority need expanded? Why did we have to pass a law to grant immunity to companies who hand over our personal information to the government?
It was all a build-up of the government's capacity to monitor us.
The reaction of some in Congress and the Administration to last week's leak was predictable. Knee-jerk defenders of the police state such as Senator Lindsey Graham declared that he was "glad" the government was collecting Verizon phone records—including his own—because the government needs to know what the enemy is up to. Those who take an oath to defend the Constitution from its enemies both foreign and domestic should worry about such statements.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers tells us of the tremendous benefits of this Big Brother-like program. He promises us that domestic terrorism plots were thwarted, but he cannot tell us about them because they are classified. I am a bit skeptical, however. In April, the New York Times reported that most of these domestic plots were actually elaborate sting operations developed and pushed by the FBI. According to the Times report, "of the 22 most frightening plans for attacks since 9/11 on American soil, 14 were developed in sting operations."
Even if Chairman Rogers is right, though, and the program caught someone up to no good, we have to ask ourselves whether even such a result justifies trashing the Constitution. Here is what I said on the floor of the House when the PATRIOT Act was up for renewal back in 2011: "If you want to be perfectly safe from child abuse and wife beating, the government could put a camera in every one of our houses and our bedrooms, and maybe there would be somebody made safer this way, but what would you be giving up? Perfect safety is not the purpose of government. What we want from government is to enforce the law to protect our liberties."
What most undermines the claims of the Administration and its defenders about this surveillance program is the process itself. First the government listens in on all of our telephone calls without a warrant and then if it finds something it goes to a FISA court and get an illegal approval for what it has already done! This turns the rule of law and due process on its head.
The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing. We need to turn the cameras on the police and on the government, not the other way around. We should be thankful for writers like Glenn Greenwald, who broke last week's story, for taking risks to let us know what the government is doing. There are calls for the persecution of Greenwald and the other whistle-blowers and reporters. They should be defended, as their work defends our freedom.
Ex CIA Edward Snowden Identified as Source of NSA Leaks, Very Tricky for Obama to Pursuit Him
BREAKING! NSA Spying On ALL Americans LEAKER REVEALED To Be CIA Employee
(WashintonPost) Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former undercover CIA employee, unmasked himself Sunday as the principal source of recent Washington Post and Guardian disclosures about top-secret National Security Agency programs.
Snowden, who has contracted for the NSA and works for the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, denounced what he described as systematic surveillance of innocent citizens and said in an interview that "it's important to send a message to government that people will not be intimidated."
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said Saturday that the NSA had initiated a Justice Department investigation into who leaked the information — an investigation supported by intelligence officials in Congress.
Snowden, whose full name is Edward Joseph Snowden, ontracted for the NSA said he understands the risks of disclosing the information, but that he felt it was important.
"I intend to ask for asylum from any countries that believe in free speech and oppose the victimization of global privacy," Snowden told the Post from Hong Kong, where he has been staying. The Guardian was the first to publicly identify Snowden. Both media organizations made his name public with his consent.
"I'm not going to hide," Snowden said Sunday afternoon. "Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest."
Asked whether he believed his disclosures would change anything, he said: "I think they already have. Everyone, everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten— and they're talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state."
Snowden said nobody was aware of his actions, including those closest to him. He said there wasn't a single event that spurred his decision to leak the information.
"It was more of a slow realization that presidents could openly lie to secure the office and then break public promises without consequence," he said.
Snowden said President Obama hasn't lived up to his pledges of transparency. He blamed a lack of accountability in the Bush administration for continued abuses. The White House could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday afternoon.
"It set an example that when powerful figures are suspected of wrongdoing, releasing them from the accountability of law is 'for our own good,'" Snowden said. "That's corrosive to the basic fairness of society."
Snowden also expressed the hope that the NSA surveillance programs would now be open to legal challenge for the first time. Earlier this year, in Amnesty International v. Clapper, the Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against the mass collection of phone records because the plaintiffs could not prove exactly what the program did or that they were personally subject to surveillance.
"The government can't reasonably assert the state secrets privilege for a program it has acknowledged. The courts can now allow challenges to be heard on that basis," Snowden said.
(WashintonPost) Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former undercover CIA employee, unmasked himself Sunday as the principal source of recent Washington Post and Guardian disclosures about top-secret National Security Agency programs.
Snowden, who has contracted for the NSA and works for the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, denounced what he described as systematic surveillance of innocent citizens and said in an interview that "it's important to send a message to government that people will not be intimidated."
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. said Saturday that the NSA had initiated a Justice Department investigation into who leaked the information — an investigation supported by intelligence officials in Congress.
Snowden, whose full name is Edward Joseph Snowden, ontracted for the NSA said he understands the risks of disclosing the information, but that he felt it was important.
"I intend to ask for asylum from any countries that believe in free speech and oppose the victimization of global privacy," Snowden told the Post from Hong Kong, where he has been staying. The Guardian was the first to publicly identify Snowden. Both media organizations made his name public with his consent.
"I'm not going to hide," Snowden said Sunday afternoon. "Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest."
Asked whether he believed his disclosures would change anything, he said: "I think they already have. Everyone, everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten— and they're talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state."
Snowden said nobody was aware of his actions, including those closest to him. He said there wasn't a single event that spurred his decision to leak the information.
"It was more of a slow realization that presidents could openly lie to secure the office and then break public promises without consequence," he said.
Snowden said President Obama hasn't lived up to his pledges of transparency. He blamed a lack of accountability in the Bush administration for continued abuses. The White House could not immediately be reached for comment Sunday afternoon.
"It set an example that when powerful figures are suspected of wrongdoing, releasing them from the accountability of law is 'for our own good,'" Snowden said. "That's corrosive to the basic fairness of society."
Snowden also expressed the hope that the NSA surveillance programs would now be open to legal challenge for the first time. Earlier this year, in Amnesty International v. Clapper, the Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against the mass collection of phone records because the plaintiffs could not prove exactly what the program did or that they were personally subject to surveillance.
"The government can't reasonably assert the state secrets privilege for a program it has acknowledged. The courts can now allow challenges to be heard on that basis," Snowden said.
U S Banks Told To Prepare For Total Collapse!
Martial law is being prepared for a staged banking collapse in the late October. This is a Red Alert! Only exposing the fact that this is staged will make them back off. Let's get to work exposing the Banksters- this is not a game it is WAR!!!
Rand Paul On NSA Spying: 'I'm Going To Challenge This At The Supreme Court' - Fox News 6/9/2013
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took to Fox News Sunday to declare his legal opposition to the NSA's surveillance programs. "I'm going to be seeing if I can challenge this at the Supreme Court level," Paul said.
"I'm going to be asking all the internet providers and all of the phone companies: ask your customers to join me in a class action lawsuit," Paul told host Chris Wallace. "If we get ten million Americans saying we don't want our phone records looked at, then maybe someone will wake up and something will change in Washington."
Alex Jones Takes Over National BBC Broadcast on The Bilderberg 2013 Meeting
Alex Jones RANTS on BBC's Sunday Politics Show about BILDERBERG Group & NEW WORLD ORDER Agenda
Bilderberg conspiracy theorist Alex Jones flew into an uncontrollable tirade live on the BBC's flagship politics programme after host Andrew Neil described him as an "idiot".
Mr Jones, who runs a conspiracy theory website, began shouting and ranting after the Sunday Politics host told him to "shut it".
As he screamed "freedom will not stop, you will not stop freedom" Mr Neil tried to bring the show to a close, telling him he was the worst guest ever, then stifling a laugh and pulling faces as he said: "We have an idiot on the programme today."
Mr Jones appeared on the Sunday morning show as the secretive Bilderberg Group - comprising politicians, economists, academics and business leaders - is meeting at a hotel in Watford.
'We have an idiot on the show': Ranting conspiracy theorist is ridiculed by Andrew Neil after outburst on BBC Sunday Politics U.S. radio host Alex Jones was on BBC1 show with David Aaronovitch 39-year-old launched rant about U.S. government 'disappearing people' Veteran Neil, 64, said Jones was 'the worst person I've ever interviewed'
Mr Jones had said: 'Hey listen, I'm here to warn people, you keep telling me to shut up. This isn't a game. Our government, the US, is building Fema (Federal Emergency Management Agency) camps.
'We have an NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) where they disappear people now. You have this arrest for public safety, life in prison. It's basically off with their heads, disappear them.
'Take them away. Infowars.com. Liberty is rising. Liberty is rising. Freedom will not stop. You will not stop freedom. You will not stop the republic. Humanity is awakening. Infowars.com.
'No, you guys are crazy, thinking that the public's too stupid. You're crazy, thinking the public doesn't know. You're crazy, thinking the public isn't waking up.'
'You are the worst person I've ever interviewed. We have an idiot on the programme today'
Andrew Neil
Mr Jones had already told the programme that the creation of the Euro was a 'Nazi German plan' and said Bilderberg is 'heavily involved in the EU plan'. He added: 'We have forced them from cover to admit they're puppeteers above the major parties.
Mr Neil later said on Twitter: 'The moment Alex Jones knew he was no longer on air he stopped.'
The shouting at the end of the show - which was criticised as 'all an act' by Mr Neil - was immediately labelled 'spectacular' by the Mail's James Chapman and 'TV gold' by the political blog Guido Fawkes.
The Bilderberg Conference is an international group of politicians, business leaders and academics who meet behind closed doors - this year at a luxury country hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire.
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The topic had been the focus of Mr Morgan's prime-time shows for a period following the December 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Mr Jones, however, spent nearly all of the time screaming at Mr Morgan at the top of his lungs, calling him a 'redcoat foreigner' and threatening revolution if anyone tried to 'take our guns.'
Mr Morgan later wrote about the confrontation in the Mail On Sunday, saying Mr Jones was 'ranting and raving like a gorilla at the zoo who's just seen the morning bucket of bananas arrive'.
Earlier this year, Mr Jones spent 15 minutes shouting Piers Morgan, who invited him onto his CNN show to discuss gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre. Morgan said the interview with Jones was the 'best advertisement for gun control you could wish for.' Jones called him a 'redcoat foreigner' and threatened a re-run of the American revolution.
'Let me say, 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms
Alex Jones RANTS on BBC Sunday Politics Show about BILDERBERG Group & NEW WORLD ORDER Agenda
Alex Jones RANTS on BBC's Sunday Politics Show about BILDERBERG Group & NEW WORLD ORDER Agenda
Bilderberg conspiracy theorist Alex Jones flew into an uncontrollable tirade live on the BBC's flagship politics programme after host Andrew Neil described him as an "idiot".
Mr Jones, who runs a conspiracy theory website, began shouting and ranting after the Sunday Politics host told him to "shut it".
As he screamed "freedom will not stop, you will not stop freedom" Mr Neil tried to bring the show to a close, telling him he was the worst guest ever, then stifling a laugh and pulling faces as he said: "We have an idiot on the programme today."
Mr Jones appeared on the Sunday morning show as the secretive Bilderberg Group - comprising politicians, economists, academics and business leaders - is meeting at a hotel in Watford.
'We have an idiot on the show': Ranting conspiracy theorist is ridiculed by Andrew Neil after outburst on BBC Sunday Politics U.S. radio host Alex Jones was on BBC1 show with David Aaronovitch 39-year-old launched rant about U.S. government 'disappearing people' Veteran Neil, 64, said Jones was 'the worst person I've ever interviewed'
Mr Jones had said: 'Hey listen, I'm here to warn people, you keep telling me to shut up. This isn't a game. Our government, the US, is building Fema (Federal Emergency Management Agency) camps.
'We have an NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) where they disappear people now. You have this arrest for public safety, life in prison. It's basically off with their heads, disappear them.
'Take them away. Infowars.com. Liberty is rising. Liberty is rising. Freedom will not stop. You will not stop freedom. You will not stop the republic. Humanity is awakening. Infowars.com.
'No, you guys are crazy, thinking that the public's too stupid. You're crazy, thinking the public doesn't know. You're crazy, thinking the public isn't waking up.'
'You are the worst person I've ever interviewed. We have an idiot on the programme today'
Andrew Neil
Mr Jones had already told the programme that the creation of the Euro was a 'Nazi German plan' and said Bilderberg is 'heavily involved in the EU plan'. He added: 'We have forced them from cover to admit they're puppeteers above the major parties.
Mr Neil later said on Twitter: 'The moment Alex Jones knew he was no longer on air he stopped.'
The shouting at the end of the show - which was criticised as 'all an act' by Mr Neil - was immediately labelled 'spectacular' by the Mail's James Chapman and 'TV gold' by the political blog Guido Fawkes.
The Bilderberg Conference is an international group of politicians, business leaders and academics who meet behind closed doors - this year at a luxury country hotel near Watford, Hertfordshire.
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The topic had been the focus of Mr Morgan's prime-time shows for a period following the December 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Mr Jones, however, spent nearly all of the time screaming at Mr Morgan at the top of his lungs, calling him a 'redcoat foreigner' and threatening revolution if anyone tried to 'take our guns.'
Mr Morgan later wrote about the confrontation in the Mail On Sunday, saying Mr Jones was 'ranting and raving like a gorilla at the zoo who's just seen the morning bucket of bananas arrive'.
Earlier this year, Mr Jones spent 15 minutes shouting Piers Morgan, who invited him onto his CNN show to discuss gun control in the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre. Morgan said the interview with Jones was the 'best advertisement for gun control you could wish for.' Jones called him a 'redcoat foreigner' and threatened a re-run of the American revolution.
'Let me say, 1776 will commence again if you try to take our firearms
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