Merkel NSA phone tapping
My interview today for RT about the German prosecutor’s decision to stop the investigation of the NSA tapping Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone, and much more: End of Merkel NSA Spy Probe Case on...
View ArticleFreedom Equals Surveillance
Here’s an interview I did for RT a while ago about the USA’s Orwellian NewSpeak about surveillance: US_Freedom_Act_surveillance_act_in_disguise from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
View ArticleParliamentary Evidence on the UK Investigatory Powers Bill
My written evidence to the Scrutiny Committee in the UK Houses of Parliament that is currently examining the much-disputed Investigatory Powers Bill (IP): 1. My name is Annie Machon and I worked as an...
View ArticleThe NSA and Guantanamo Bay
Yesterday The Intercept released more documents from the Edward Snowden trove. These highlighted the hitherto suspected by unproven involvement of the NSA in Guantanamo Bay, extraordinary rendition,...
View ArticleWhistleblower Protections – RT Interview
Former US Attorney General, Eric Holder, has softened his stance on the Edward Snowden case and has tacitly admitted there should at least be a public interest legal defence for intelligence...
View ArticleRT Going Underground – the Snoopers’ Charter
Here is a recent interview I did for the RT UK’s flagship news channel, “Going Underground” about the horrors of the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill – the so-called “snoopers charter” – that will...
View ArticleA Good American – Bill Binney
I have for a number of years now been involved with a global group of whistleblowers from the intelligence, diplomatic and military world, who gather together every year as the Sam Adams Associates to...
View ArticleCIA threatens cyber attacks against Russia
The CIA was recently reported to have issued the threat of cyber attacks against the Russian leadership, in retaliation for alleged and unsubstantiated claims that Russia is trying to influence the...
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Webstock, New Zealand, 2016
Now, I speak all over the world at conferences and universities about a whole variety of interconnected issues, but I do want to highlight this conference from earlier this year and give a shout out...
View ArticleGerman spy agency penetrated by ISIS
My recent interview about the German domestic spy agency, the BfV – the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, ironically – being allegedly infiltrated by ISIS. ISIS Agent in German Spy Agency...
View ArticleThe NSA “Brain Drain”
The former head of the NSA, Keith Alexander, is reported to have said that the agency is facing a “brain drain” of its best staff, predominantly the younger ones. Here is my perspective on this: The...
View ArticleNews debate on Russian “hacking” allegations
On 9 January RT hosted a live streamed debate on its news show about the US intelligence report that attempted to prove that Russia had “hacked” the US election. Also in the debate were former CIA...
View ArticleFake Intelligence
Here’s a recent interview I did for RT UK’s flagship news programme, Going Underground with Afshin Rattansi, about the whole fake news, fake intelligence allegations swirling around President Trump’...
View ArticleHave British Spies been hacking the EU?
First published by Consortium News. Just after midnight on 16 August I was called by LBC in London for a comment on a breaking story on the front page of The Daily Telegraph about British spies hacking...
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