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EFF Honors Chelsea Manning, an IFEX Leader, And TechDirt's Editor (eff.org)
An anonymous reader quotes the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Whistleblower and activist Chelsea Manning, Techdirt editor and open internet advocate Mike Masnick, and IFEX executive director and global freedom of expression defender Annie Game are the distinguished winners of the 2017 Pioneer Awards, which recognize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation on the electronic frontier. This year's honorees -- a whistleblower, an editor, and an international freedom of expression activist -- all have worked tirelessly to protect the public's right to know.
The award ceremony will be held the evening of September 14 at Delancey Street's Town Hall Room in San Francisco. The keynote speaker is Emmy-nominated comedy writer Ashley Nicole Black, a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee who uses her unique comedic style to take on government surveillance, encryption, and freedom of information.
The EFF describes Chelsea Manning as "a network security expert, whistleblower, and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst whose disclosure of classified Iraq war documents exposed human rights abuses and corruption the government kept hidden from the public." Their annoncement also notes that Annie Game has led the IFEX network of 115+ journalism and civil liberties groups around the world for over 10 years, and that Mike Masnick coined the term "The Streisand Effect" -- and is currently being sued by that man who claims he invented email.
The award ceremony will be held the evening of September 14 at Delancey Street's Town Hall Room in San Francisco. The keynote speaker is Emmy-nominated comedy writer Ashley Nicole Black, a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee who uses her unique comedic style to take on government surveillance, encryption, and freedom of information.
The EFF describes Chelsea Manning as "a network security expert, whistleblower, and former U.S. Army intelligence analyst whose disclosure of classified Iraq war documents exposed human rights abuses and corruption the government kept hidden from the public." Their annoncement also notes that Annie Game has led the IFEX network of 115+ journalism and civil liberties groups around the world for over 10 years, and that Mike Masnick coined the term "The Streisand Effect" -- and is currently being sued by that man who claims he invented email.
What a disgrace.
What are his credentials, beside being able to hide a USB key / burnt CD ? Did he actually report any CVE or provide any exploit ? maybe reported an actual bug ? or any code review ? anything ?
So long EFF.
You were one great. Now you are nothing.
Well, no, you don't get it. He's actively promoting tax payer funded genital mutilation in professional non-combat environment, as well as the following multi-year hormonal follow-up to decrease his physical abilities (had he any to start with).
I guess the drugs flow freely at the EFF. This is the grain of salt I will now have to take with every further EFF pronouncement, and they will never live it down.
I agree.
Snowden is a hero that responsibly leaked.
Manning is a traitor that irresponsibly leaked.
There is a right way to do things, sometimes even several right ways. Manning didnt do any of them.
"His name was James Damore."
EFF is done - complete joke. SPLC has put Muslims and ex-Muslims who dare criticize Islam like Ayan Hirsi Ali and Majid Nawez on their hate list. These groups buckle under political pressure when they're needed most.
Ed Snowden what? .... because getting on a airplane and personally handing over terabytes of classified information to the PRC and KGB is so "protecting Americans".
Yeah
Seriously, whistleblowing and treason can appear similar at times. Both release info on behavior that they have issues with. However, a whistleblower will make sure that classified legal actions are protected. Treason is when classified legal actions are released and was meant to simply harm the nation. Both Manning and Snowden are traitors. Manning never was upset about actions that he released. He was upset that he did not fit into the military. As such, manning simply dumped anything and everything. He is a traitor.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
except if you're a nazi, then no internet for you!
So now having anybody who chop off his nuts is a hero? The guy is NOTHING MORE than a traitor who decided that it was OK to risk the lives of others and their families for the glory of 15 mins of fame.
And yes ... he is a he, not a she. Just because he got a sexual reconstruction surgery does not change his gender. He is still a guy.
Ashley Nicole Black, a correspondent on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee who uses her unique comedic style to take on government surveillance, encryption, and freedom of information.
Translation: a black woman liberal "performance studies" major who never said jackshit about government surveillance when it was Barak Obama doing it, but who is going to be the keynote speaker at this event because she's the right color, gender, and political affiliation to score us our requisite SJW virtue points, even if she knows fuck-all about technology.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Any body else tired of seeing the never ending commercials for the 40 million free Trump phones being handed out?
I can just imagine the arguments they have every afternoon about coffee and craft beers.
Nope. Estrogen increases muscle mass and tone, even without exercise. The effects are enhanced with exercise, and can be quite striking. Also increases lifespan..
So her lifespan is probably longer than most women (since most aren't on HRT), and definitely longer than if she had stayed a man. Between the two, she's probably gained a decade - and a decade that will be of the same or better quality than a man 20 years younger because of the reduction of risk of stroke, heart attack, hip fractures, better muscle tone, better, more youthful skin appearance, reduced risk of melanomas, etc.
Finally - a simple pill to extend life span - and it's cheap. Who needs expensive beauty cremes that falsely claim to reduce wrinkles when you can get the real thing? Too bad it's not for non-transsexual XY dudes (or female-to-male transsexuals), just genetic and transsexual women need apply. Guys are stuck with just getting older and pruney, and dying younger. But hey, it's your funeral.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
If you're going to start pointing fingers at traitors, take a look at a few past presidents. It's not like all those wars were necessary to the country as a whole, just to special interests.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Manning is a traitor that irresponsibly leaked.
He could have handled things better. But is it just that he went to prison while the war criminals he exposed did not?
Slashdot has grown up to become middle aged Republicans who earn six figure salaries and don't want to pay a penny in taxes.
You used to be cool, Slashdot. Now you're just old.
Aggreed. Did manning release anything that benefited the public? It seems more like manning released random documents just because he/she had access to them and felt like it
I remember some fun tidbits: It was funny to find that some of Iran's allies were asking us to attack Iran. That was the "cut the head of the snake" thing. But the result was decreased communication between us and other nations because they saw that we didn't keep their conversations secret. That benefits no one. We learned some details about Guantanamo Bay detainees - mostly that they were psychotic, had no real charges against them, and were tortured for useless information. But we already knew all that. The rest was just a random dump, probably in the hopes that the press would find something juicy in it to use.
Come on, at least read the article first. Not even Buzzfeed would maul the scientific contents that hard.
1. The muscle gain is only skeletal muscle.
2. The muscle gain is only compared to very low estrogen levels (and not in relation to testosterone at all) *in post-menopausal women*. We won't be seeing estrogen doping in our OS athletes.
I would say that you're being disingenuous here, but I think you're closer to outright lying. Second, estrogen treatment for post-menopausal women is on the rise due to the many positive results, including the reductions you mentioned as well as overall cancer risk and other things.
Um, you realize that the Clinton state department forced him to land in Russia, right? It wasn't even a planned stop.
Wasn't he planning to go to China? Not much of a difference.
Interesting reframe. It may be unjust that those implicated in the exposure weren't imprisoned (I make no judgement on that). But that doesn't make Manning going to prison unjust in the least. Different cases, different outcomes. They have nothing to do with each other.
Nope. Estrogen increases muscle mass and tone
Every bodybuilder wet-dream ! Oh wait, no they're just loading with tes and gh :-/ [including females]
"Breathing air increases muscle mass and tone" also. Because you are not dead, and oxygen is a critical ingredient.
Because testosterone gives you shredded, hypertrophic guns. And estrogen turns you into a pear-shaped weirdo with bitch tits.
That's why so many transexual are so fucking ugly too. They were a fat ugly weirdo before "taking estrogen" and then they get even more rounded and sloppy looking. Really does it matter if you skin looks younger if you already look like a fat neanderthal
If you believe Snowden has been allowed to live (and not die) in Russia all these years without turning over unredacted copies of all the classified information he stole, you seriously need to start taking your meds. Whether it was his intention or not, he has made his peace with Russia, and they've benefitted from it at leas as much as he has.
You missed the point with your analogy. We're talking about a muscle mass and strength increase (with exercise), not just maintenance of existing muscle.
That's why so many transexual are so fucking ugly too. They were a fat ugly weirdo before "taking estrogen" and then they get even more rounded and sloppy looking. Really does it matter if you skin looks younger if you already look like a fat neanderthal
I think you misspelled "fat American".
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
So, leaking evidence of war crimes to a responsible organization is treason now? The founders were a bunch of elitists pricks, but one thing they did right was to specifically define treason in the Constitution so it couldn't be abused for purely political purposes.
Like what you're doing right now.
Except there isn't. The "proper" channels are based around properly shutting down information getting out about mass government lawbreaking and war crimes. Case in point:
Except she raised concerns within the "chain of command" and was blown off, just like Snowden, just like John Kiriakou. This talking point has as much behind it as the "blood on her hands" canard: nothing.
All these people took an Oath of Office to protect the Constitution, not cover up crimes against humanity. Which means Manning was following her oath, not being a traitor. Which also brings up other questions: why is it that you authoritarians calling Manning a traitor but DGAF about the torture and war crimes revealed by Manning. Why is Dick Cheney (and his staff) never called a traitor for outing a covert CIA agent, who worked to stop loose nukes, for purely political purposes?
If you believe Snowden has been allowed to live (and not die) in Russia all these years without turning over unredacted copies of all the classified information he stole...
Mr. Snowden gave Glen Greenwald, an editor for 'The Intercept' the data he had in order to have it parsed to eliminate PII etc and release the data, *before* he left for Shanghai and then was suddenly forced by the US State Dept. to remain stranded in a Russian airport terminal without a passport.
He carried none of the data with him, for obvious reasons.
This has all been public knowledge for a long time, but people still want to attempt to perpetuate this outright lie & fabrication in an attempt to smear Snowden and cover up blatant and ongoing illegal and unconstitutional activities against the citizens of the US with the full knowledge and consent of US leadership.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
The Iraq War documents revealed war crimes, re-classifying journalists as "enemy combatants", and the brutality of the new government and security services that were installed. There were details of how over 700 civilians were killed for coming too close to checkpoints, including the mentally ill and pregnant women trying to get to hospital. Much of the Blackwater scandal came from those leaks.
The Guantanamo Bay files revealed that prisoners were held to try to extract intelligence, rather than because they were thought guilty of any crime. That included British citizens. Attempts to gather intelligence on Al Jazeera were revealed, including the imprisonment of one of their staff for six years on bogus grounds.
Afghan War documents included evidence of US war crimes. They also included evidence of US contractors hiring child prostitutes.
The cables she leaked are credited with being the catalyst for the Arab Spring. Kind of hard to deny the significance of that.
Video of the Granai airstrike could have been extremely valuable if it hadn't been lost too.
Manning was unwise to trust Wikileaks to handle the documents. She did try to go directly to respected journalists first. Maybe it's hindsight, maybe it's justified, but there was justification for the leaks and when handled properly some good came of them.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
I thought he was in Hong Kong along the way. You do know you can just walk over into China from Hong Kong right?
No, you just miss the point completely and there is no desire to convince you, or explain how oxygen is part of cell metabolism, growth, etc.
So the real question is: with such a flawed, blinkered view of biochemistry, how does the estrogen help a prominent manbrow and broad shoulders? Do you compensate by hunching? shadow tricks? Does estrogen provide a free trach shave or do you just clomp around like an ungainly hen with a suspicious wattle
No that's David Petraeus if you think this sort of thing is treason. Manning didn't have access to information at the classification that Petraeus leaked, and Manning didn't do it just to get laid.
The thing that make it unjust is Petraeus did the same thing, only far worse due to the higher classification of the documents he gave to a journalist and didn't do a day in prison.
Yeah, and we had to pay for this nuts chop-a-dic-off-of-me operation!
Snowden had value to Putin as a embarrassment alone - perhaps you should consider being less naive about world politics before you start accusing others of being insane.
Seems to be a lot of haters in the US on this one. It's probably worth mentioning, for the sake of balance and from a wider view (I'm not a US citizen), that without Manning US human rights violations would not otherwise have been acknowledged, and "A report written by the Department of Defense a year after the breach found that Manning's document leaks had no significant strategic impact on U.S. war efforts.[209, wikipedia]"
For US folks, you should be aware that US claims to moral superiority as a justification for world leadership, do come across as a little hypocritical at those times when the words don't match the deeds. The answer is to have the deeds match the words - it'd be great if you would do that. Truly.
[I'd post under my username but password forgotten and webmail service shut down! So AC will have to do]
The Pentagon themselves confirmed nobody was harmed by the release of the Manning leaks.
"We need to get over this notion, that, for Apple to win... Microsoft must lose." - Steve Jobs, 1997
No, no, and no. Petraeus was a shifty cleader, but your assertion about usher classification is blatantly flse, your assertion about "same thjng" is demonstrably false and them intention is of course completely different. manning is a traitor and should be,criminally liable for themdeaths he deliberately caused.
Rather than rail against mouthpieces, why not address the actual problem?
Oh, I'm sorry, actually the problem is that normies are batshit brainwashed into thinking TV shows reality. When it suits the feelings or fear based narratives you ascribe to, you have believed 100% bullshit. The problem lies with everyone who fails to address this.
Wake up. Don some tinfoil. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
Nobody talks about him anymore. He deserves more honor than this person nobody's ever heard of.
Except for a penis.
No. There was a court case and a lot of press about it. Manning's clearance came nowhere near having access to the material that Petraeus leaked to a reporter.
Not if you cannot demonstrate it.
What deaths? Can you name one?
They are both traitors. Or did you forget Snowden sought asylum with a foreign adversary?
I just don't get how Manning has become the media darling and receives all the support when someone who really performs the EFF's mission statement - Edward Snowden - still languishes in Russia.
There's no way Manning could have had any Sexual Reassignment surgery yet - so she's still in possession of her male sexual organs. This is a fact because no SRS surgeon worth a dime will touch a patient until they've completed at least one full year living as a member of the opposite gender, per WPATH.
When Obama pardoned her she was dishonorably discharged thus meaning that she'd not receive a penny for her surgery even IF the Military Machine had decided to go down that path. Right now that's been revoked whilst under review; that said she still won't receive a single dime from the Army for any part of her treatment.
Not that it's going to stop any of the bigoted trans* bashers here who just make up all this shit about how she's already had the surgery AND that it's been paid for by the public purse - because - hey, why bother with FACTS when ignorant lies sound SO much better?
Wow, there's some folk here who are totally thick as shit and haven't bothered to educate themselves on the subject.
Note: I've not made ANY mention of her crime or anything else; all I care about is setting the truth straight about her transition. Period.
If you believe Snowden has been allowed to live in Russia all these years without turning over unredacted copies ...
I am a bit confused about what the reasons are for claiming this, despite it being being public knowledge that Snowden gave away all documents before leaving Hong Kong, not bringing any with him. Is it because you see Showden as an evil person whose reputation must be trashed at any cost, disregarding whether arguments are true or not? Is it because you actually believe this (despite that it would be extremely risky and stupid of him so he obviously did not do that)? Something else?
Could you explain WHY you claim this?
When you are sure of something, you probably are wrong (search for "Unskilled and Unaware of It").
What a disgrace.
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But bringing down the discussion to such a low level is not very constructive. So please don't.
When you are sure of something, you probably are wrong (search for "Unskilled and Unaware of It").
Why do you have a problem with that some people change gender? Do you feel threaten in some way? What's the deal?
When you are sure of something, you probably are wrong (search for "Unskilled and Unaware of It").
Stockmann, Snowden, Manning. The world needs more enemies of the people.
I think Chelsea is a great hero for exposing war crimes and other wrongdoings committed by USA, and I am always in favour of exposing such things.
Any country involved in a war will be responsible for committing terrible things. It is impossible to avoid, the soldiers are just humans and the military is an institution that tend to bring out the worst behaviour. Anyone that tries to deny this is being dishonest.
And the absolute disgrace with regards to her detention conditions. It is clear that she stuck some nerve and that someone has had an agenda to "take her" for it. Like threatening with indefinite solitary confinement for being in possession of an expired toothpaste.
When you are sure of something, you probably are wrong (search for "Unskilled and Unaware of It").
Petraeus gave several dozen classified documents to a reporter that had a clearance, but was not cleared for those specific documents. This resulted in a book being written that was then submitted to the DoD for pre-publication review, where it was determined that the book contained no classified information.
Manning released almost 1,000,000 documents, all of which were classified, and none of which he had read. He exposed not a single crime by the United States, or identified a single war criminal. He did reveal a great deal of detail about US dealings with foreign countries, embarrassing a bunch of US allies in the process. US relations took a noticeable hit and State still hasn't fully recovered.
Petraeus got off a little lighter than he should have. Manning got off MUCH lighter than he should have. He should still be in jail for decades to come.
Nope, sorry. Not a single US war crime was identified in the entire Manning release. Considering that almost all of the nearly ONE MILLION diplomatic cables Manning released were from diplomats that had absolutely ZERO to do with Iraq, it's very hard to believe you when you try to claim that they did. Along with the rest of your spurious exaggerations and outright fabrications.
For example, Manning had NOTHING to do with the Arab Spring. A Libyan fruit vendor and his friends didn't give a rat's ass about those cables - they just wanted enough money to live on. Only a few of the most idiotic of Manning's defenders actually believe that crap.
Perhaps YOU should read the article. Higher doses and more exercise promotes much more muscle gain. That they studied skeletal muscle doesn't mean that it doesn't affect other muscles. And logically, how could it affect one without the other?
Then there's personal experience. I'm 51 and I'm as strong as I was decades ago despite having less testosterone than 3/4 or more of all women. HRT works, and if you go for doses that put your estrogen level to that of a woman in her 20s (much higher than just relief from menopause - 3 to 8 times higher) and your job involves lots of heavy labour (like volunteering during flood relief) not only do you feel half your age, but the muscle gain is embarrassing. Visible changes in just 3 days - changes that wouldn't be anywhere near as pronounced with estrogen alone. And it continues increasing until the exercise level drops (like after the flood is over).
I never said that estrogen use was on the rise to increase muscle mass. Don't even imply it. It's an undesirable side effect if you get too much exercise. The only lie here is yours - that the muscle gain is only skeletal muscle. The article does not say that anywhere. It used to be that 2/3 of all women were on HRT, but they got scared off it because of the bogus Women's Health Initiative studies, which were based exclusively on horse hormones such as Premarin, not human estrogen. The increase in risk of stroke that they found is non-existent when using estrogen (eg. Estrace), so it's bottomed out at 12% of all women, and it's a real battle to get doctors and patients back on track.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Well, since everyone is slagging on Chelsea Manning, why not take look at September's issue of Vogue and see what she looks like now in a swim suit. You'll be disappointed that she doesn't look like a guy, but one of the effects of estrogen is to redistribute fat in the body, and that includes the face, giving a more rounded, female look..
And your "point" was bogus. Breathing is something that comes naturally to humans. Using exogenous estrogen is not - it's artificial. If you can't tell the difference between natural and artificial, it's no wonder you post anonymously.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
You fucktards still won't admit that Chelsea Manning was never convicted of treason, or more specifically, not convicted of aiding the enemy.
There definitely is a right way to do things - and the right way includes getting your facts straight.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Try this on for size - everyone in this post should quit pointing fingers at Chelsea Manning for being convicted of treason because she wasn't.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Chelsea Manning was never convicted of treason. So much for being a traitor.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
In a swimsuit in September's issue of Vogue. Hardly looks "mutilated". And certainly not like a dude. Get over it - people change sex. It's a legally recognized fact (including by the military tribunal that tried her, as well as the current chiefs of staff running the military).
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Snowden had value to Putin as a embarrassment alone - perhaps you should consider being less naive about world politics before you start accusing others of being insane.
Finally, something that Snowden and Trump have in common. Except that Snowden has done less harm to the country's reputation than the president has. :-)
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Which were at a much higher classification level than Manning gave to a reporter.
Same crime but far worse, especially given that the motive was not whistleblowing (as in Manning's case) but impressing the reporter enough that she had sex with him.
Manning did it for the USA - calling it treason suggests a very perverted idea of King before Country.
A man that never admits mistakes is a dishonest man. How willing are you to deny any wrongdoings on USA's behalf regardless of evidence to the contrary? Do you want to be honest? Or are you willing to look away, ignoring anything that contradicts what you have decided to believe?
War crimes include
Watch from 9 minutes into the Collateral Murder video; there is no way the killing of unarmed men picking up a wounded man lying on the street and carrying him into a van to drive him away does not match the above listed war crime. But don't just take my words for it. Listen to one of the soldiers actually being there on the ground:
Their overall mission that day was to protect us, to provide support for us, so I can see where the initial attack on the group of men was warranted. However, personally I don't feel that the attack on the van was warranted. I think that the people could have been deterred from doing what they were doing in the van by simply firing a few warning shots versus completely obliterating the van and its occupants.
When you are sure of something, you probably are wrong (search for "Unskilled and Unaware of It").