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The NSA's New Partner In Spying: Saudi Arabia's Brutal State Police

Posted by Soulskill on from the with-friends-like-these dept.

Advocatus Diaboli sends this news from The Intercept: The National Security Agency last year significantly expanded its cooperative relationship with the Saudi Ministry of Interior, one of the world's most repressive and abusive government agencies. An April 2013 top secret memo provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden details the agency's plans "to provide direct analytic and technical support" to the Saudis on "internal security" matters. The Saudi Ministry of Interior—referred to in the document as MOI— has been condemned for years as one of the most brutal human rights violators in the world. In 2013, the U.S. State Department reported that "Ministry of Interior officials sometimes subjected prisoners and detainees to torture and other physical abuse," specifically mentioning a 2011 episode in which MOI agents allegedly "poured an antiseptic cleaning liquid down [the] throat" of one human rights activist. The report also notes the MOI's use of invasive surveillance targeted at political and religious dissidents.

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  1. Re:Heck, we probably already fund them by Mashiki · · Score: 1, Troll

    They bomb hospitals under UN protection with the morality of the old testament!

    You mean the hospital where snipers were shooting at soldiers? Bet you also turn a blind eye to them transporting terrorists around in ambulances. You know that automatically makes it a military target. I'm surprised you didn't try trotting out the story of the school, where a bunch of people died the other day. Where various groups, including hamas started screaming "it was an israeli shell(ever see a shell not leave an impact crater?)" And surprise, it comes out today that the people were killed by hamas and a "errant" rocket. But I'm sure that you're quite thrilled to hear about the UN schools in gaza having rockets inside.

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  2. Re:Heck, we probably already fund them by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    They bomb hospitals under UN protection

    They bomb hospitals that UN personnel have allowed Hamas to use as weapons depots, and they call and warn people to get out of them first.

    Taking Hamas propaganda at face value is a good way to make an ass of yourself.

    -jcr

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  3. Re:Heck, we probably already fund them by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Troll

    Were did this happen?

    Palestine is not and never has been a country.