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 whistleblowers.
Well, that’s my take — have a watch of my RT interview yesterday or read here:
Discussing whistleblower protections from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
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, torture and interrogation.
Here is my interview on RT about the subject:
Snowden disclosures about NSA and Guantanamo from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
It was reported in The Guardian newspaper today that the UK parliamentary joint committee on human rights was questioning the legal framework underpinning the use of British drone strikes against terrorist suspects.
Here is an interview I did for RT today about the questionable legality of the UK drone strike programme:
The (Il)legalitiy of UK drone strikes? from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
UK national TV station, Channel Four, recently aired a programme called “The World’s Greatest Spy Movies”, asking former spooks to comment about the reality (or not) of iconic spy films over the decades. It was a fun interview to do, and here’s the trailer:
TRAILER The World’s Greatest Spy Movies Channel 4 from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
An interview I did on RT about the shooting down of a Russian jet by Turkey over Syria:
Turkish shoot down of Russian Jet from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
Here’s a recent interview I did on RT’s Going Underground about the aftermath of the Paris attacks:
RT_Going_Underground_After_the_Paris_Attacks from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
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 RT International from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
This is an interview I did on Sky News in the aftermath of the Trident whistleblower case.
I wonder what has become of William McNeilly, now the media spotlight has moved on?
Sky_News_Whistleblower_Interview from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
According to journalist Glenn Greenwald, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has stated that the US and UK spy agencies threatened to cut Germany out of the intelligence-sharing loop if it gave safe haven to NSA whistlebower, Edward Snowden.
Here is my view of the situation on RT today:
RT Interview about US/UK intelligence threats to Germany from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
My recent interview on RT show “In the Now” about gender equality in the British spy agencies:
Gender Equality in UK Spy Agencies — RT In the Now from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
My interview on RT about the recent disclosure to Wikileaks about how undeclared CIA officers can travel safely into the EU. The big question is — why would they? Especially when we know from the Edward Snowden disclosures how much the European intelligence agencies collude with their counterparts in the USA…
Undeclared CIA spies in the EU? My recent RT Interview from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
Here’s an interview I did while at the excellent Internetdagarna conference in Stockholm last month. It covers all things whistleblower, going on the run, and spy accountability:
Interview on Swedish SVT TV, November 2014 from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
I’m currently in Stockholm to do a keynote tomorrow at the fantastic Internet Days conference, an annual gathering organised by Internet Infrastructure Foundation.
This morning, I would say at the crack of dawn but it was still dark, I was invited on to Aftonbladet TV to talk about my story, the role of whistleblowers, the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, and threats to the internet. Here is the interview:
Sweden — Aftonbladet TV Interview about whistleblowers from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
My recent interview on RT about the ending of the investigation by the German authorities into the apparently illegal bugging of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone, plus more on the wider complicity of the German intelligence services:
