North Korea: bombs and youth power

AUDIO: North Korea started 2016 with a nuclear bomb and the launch of a satellite. The United States and its allies believe North Korea needs to be brought under control and tougher economic sanctions have been promised. But Kim Jong Un’s ‘tough’ actions are not for Western consumption but for a new generation of young Koreans […]

French spying agency tapping Australia’s communications

Melbourne University intelligence expert and research fellow at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability Richard Tanter said the latest French revelations were part of a broader picture, largely revealed by Snowden as well as disclosures by WikiLeaks, that showed the US, its Five Eyes partners and other allies and rivals, including France, had gained […]

Secret life of Pine Gap gets airing

The report’s authors are Australian ­National University emeritus professor Des Ball, British investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, Canadian intelligence researcher Bill Robinson and Melbourne University professor Richard Tanter.

Pine Gap’s new spy role revealed

The new report by Australian National University emeritus professor Des Ball, British investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, Canadian intelligence researcher Bill Robinson and Melbourne University professor and Nautilus Institute researcher Richard Tanter, an independent policy think tank, draws upon secret intelligence documents leaked by former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and a wide range of publicly […]

Pine Gap shines in global snooping: report

Public awareness of the Torus program is largely a product of revelations by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden. So says a report released last week by a team from the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability, in Berkeley, California, including Desmond Ball, Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University.