Category Archives: national security

Hoover, the NSA and the Art of Blackmail

Posted on November 12, 2014 by mininganalystnow

Contents The Banyan Tree and Realpolitik. 1 Who really runs America?. 1 Hoovers’ legacy: establishing the tools of a police state. 3 Leaks and Power 3 Privacy and Power 4 The Banyan Tree and Realpolitik Who really runs America? The … Continue reading →

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A new model of government: The West pivots towards authoritarian control for economic security.

Posted on November 8, 2014 by mininganalystnow

   Contents Introduction: the slow death of democracy.. 2 Australia: A US test market for authoritarian conversion?.. 5 The US is no Longer a “Functioning Democracy”. 8 Who are “They”?.. 11 Hoovers’ legacy: taking the US towards a police state.. … Continue reading →

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My experience with the media – targeting legislators and officials

Posted on October 13, 2014 by mininganalystnow

  Contents Overview….p1 A personal account: meetings with the Fourth Estate…p2 The media and Elected Representatives…..p3 Reprisals against my Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek…..p4 Threats to the Commonwealth attorney general’s office…..p5 Former Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, MP…..p7 First meeting with Ruddock … Continue reading →

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Australia’s tryst with tyranny: ASIO hatchet jobs on politicians.

Posted on September 29, 2014 by mininganalystnow

Contents – Australia’s curious case of Ross Cameron, MP (page 1) – The government’s lawyers weigh in on how elected representatives ought to behave: (page 3) – Wikileaks Party, Professor Keane, ASIO and the September 2013 Australian federal election. (page … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks Party, ASIO and the September 2013 Australian federal election

Posted on July 30, 2014 by mininganalystnow

I attended a presentation by Professor John Keane (Director, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights at Sydney University) at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) in Sydney 19 November 2013. The title of his presentation was “People Power in … Continue reading →

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FBI targets Wall Street analyst after report on US mining company Freeport McMoran

Posted on July 19, 2014 by mininganalystnow

I left the USA in 1999, a political refugee after a period of intense FBI persecution. Before my exodus, I was a young mining analyst working on Wall Street for British investment bank for SG Warburg (now part of UBS). … Continue reading →

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Concerns of Freeport corruption

Posted on March 19, 2014 by mininganalystnow

Recent allegations of Freeport corruption are in regard to possible breaches of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 2003 Freeport acknowledged it paid Indonesian military and police units and officials for protection. In 2005 and 2006, the New York … Continue reading →

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I was most surprised by ASIO’s brazen interference with my solicitors and barristers in Australia. Lawyers I retained to advise me on ASIO related matters at various times revealed they were in possession of private details about me, and they … Continue reading →

Posted on October 15, 2013 by mininganalystnow | Leave a comment

ASIO hatchet job: Australia’s curious case of Ross Cameron, MP

Posted on October 10, 2013 by mininganalystnow

Australia’s curious case of Ross Cameron, MP This post is included on Mining Analyst as it vividly demonstrates the overreach, hidden role and abusive power of domestic intelligence agency activity. In Australia, parliamentarians have the right to vote their conscience, … Continue reading →

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