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The Pirate Bay website was blocked to millions of users. A UK high court ruled that the country's leading Internet Service Providers had to censor the site, claiming that both the Bay and its users were breaking copyright laws. David Seaman, journalist and host of The DL Show, joins us to take a closer look at the case.The Pirate Bay website was blocked to millions of users. A UK high court ruled that... more
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My home town ain't no town,
it ain't no home....
banker came and took away
everything we never got the chance to own
Sell your soul banker man
but you won't ever rob me of mine,
sell your soul banker man
now I know there's some things worse than dying...
My home town ain't no home,
it ain't no town
my home town is out on loan
every inch of solid ground
Sell your soul banker man
don't look back
now don't you ever look around
sell your soul banker man
in for a penny
you might as well be in for a pound
My home town ain't no town,
it ain't no home
banker came and took away everything
we never got the chance to own
sell your soul banker man
take your place in the great downsize
sell your soul banker man
ain't no face not filled with lies
Sell your soul banker man
but you won't ever rob me of mine
sell your soul banker man
wonder how you can sleep at night
sell your soul banker man
but you won't ever rob me of mine
sell your soul banker man
now I know there's some things
worse than dying
Sell your soul banker man
but you won't ever rob me of mine...
My home town ain't no town,
it ain't no home...My home town ain't no town,
it ain't no home....
banker came and took away... more
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On 2011-08-15, The pacifist-based group known as Anonymous descended upon San Francisco in response to #muBARTek cutting Cellular/Internet service to try and censor communication between Citizens hoping to enjoy their First Amendment Rights.
"In Egypt, it takes a mass uprising to bring down a phone network - in the US, it takes rumors of a protest." -@kaepora
Text Narration that I was too tired (been up all night long producing this video) to throw captions in the video for:
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On the evening of August 15th, 2011;
Anonymous made sure that the people were heard at the BART Civic Center Station.
We told you to expect us, and we delivered.
Above all else, many of the public who were unaware of our presence, learned that we are pacifists who demand a better world, and that we will do whatever it takes to accomplish our goals; including incarceration and physical abuse, which did in fact occur at the hands of the Police at Embarcadaro without any physical response from Anonymous.
The majority of the media and the government have once again been exposed for the frauds that they are:
Today, the public learned that Anonymous is not a terrorist organization, we are simply your neighbors who give enough of a shit to take personal risks in order to improve our surroundings.
Furthermore, the Anonymous battleship is now being flanked by the Atari Teenage Riot and Broken Sidewalk Farm battleships in order to continue our efforts to protect and uplift the impoverished, feed and clothe the misfortunate, and implement Open Source Industrial and Agricultural Solutions.
We are your neighbors
We are your lovers
We are your friends
We Are Anonymous
We Are Legion
We Do Not Forgive
We Do Not Forget
Expect Us.On 2011-08-15, The pacifist-based group known as Anonymous descended upon San... more
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Hackers have reportedly broken into Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik's email account and turned the contents over to police in an effort to help their investigation. See, hackers aren't all amoral cybermonsters.
The eight-person Norwegian hacking crew Noira, led by a 17-year-old boy named "Frederik," say they broke into two of Breivik's email accounts after he killed more than 70 people in Norway last month. The group turned over the emails to a freelance journalist Kjetil Stormark who was writing a story about the group; he then turned the emails over to the cops. Noira was also behind the hack of Breivik's Twitter account.
Noira is essentially the Norwegian branch of the hacktivist group Anonymous, and it appears they were motivated by similar activist goals—to help the case against Breivik. Stormak says he's not publishing the emails so as not to jeopardize the investigation (boring), but tells Threatpost "The e-mails show some of the activity and contacts made by the perpetrator in the weeks and months leading up to the terror attacks. The mails also tell a tale about his private life." One thing everyone wnats to know is if Breivik was working alone or as part of an international anti-Muslim terrorist group, as he's claimed.
This could cause some weird legal issues for the cops: Will they be able to use evidence that was so obviously illegally obtained? Also, it's sort of awkward for them to be working with "Frederick" even as he's wanted by the FBI in its international Anonymous manhunt, according to Threatpost. Could be a good buddy cop comedy, though.
http://gawker.com/5829286/teenage-hacker-breaks-into-norway-shooters-emailHackers have reportedly broken into Norway shooter Anders Behring Breivik's email... more
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Anonymous is developing a new DDoS tool which is said to exploit SQL vulnerabilities to support the group's future campaigns. So far, what they have is something that is platform neutral, leveraging JavaScript and vulnerabilities within SQL to create a devastating impact on the targeted website. Previously, Low Orbit Ion Canon (LOIC) was the go to weapon for Anonymous supporters during various Operations .However, LOIC is also the reason scores of people have been arrested in the last year, so many feel its time is at an end.
According to Developer "RefRef is a revolutionary DoS java site. Basically, by using an SQL and .js vulnerability, you can send a page request packet from your home computer with embedded .js file, because of the vulnerability in the SQL/Javascript engine on MOST websites, the site actually TEMPs the .js file on its own server. So now the .js is in place on the host of the site. Next since you still have the request, it picks up the .js file, and all of the requesting for packets power happens on the server, not the requestee. I send two packets from my iphone, and everything else happens on the server. Basically eats itself apart, because since both are on the server, its all a local connection."
The new tool, called #RefRef, is set to be released in September, according to an Anon promoting it on IRC this afternoon. Developed with JavaScript, the tool is said to use the target site’s own processing power against itself. In the end, the server succumbs to resource exhaustion due to #RefRef’s usage. An attack vector that has existed for some time, resource exhaustion is often skipped over by attackers who favor the brute force of a DDoS attack sourced from bots or tools such as LOIC.
The tool is very effective, a 17-seconds attack from a single machine resulting in a 42-minute outage on Pastebin yesterday. As expected, the Pastebin admins weren't very happy with their platform being used for such tests and tweeted "Please do not test your software on us again."
The effectiveness of RefRef is due to the fact that it exploits a vulnerability in a widespread SQL service. The flaw is apparently known but not widely patched yet. The tool's creators don't expect their attacks to work on a high-profile target more than a couple of times before being blocked, but they don't believe organizations will rush to patch this flaw en masse before being hit.
This means there are a lot of possible targets out there that will be hit at least once. "This tool only makes you vulnerable if you don't keep your systems patched, perform the basic security, which is how Sony got caught with it's pants down," the RefRef developers said.
The tool works by turning the servers against themselves. It sends malformed SQL queries carrying the payload which in turn forces the servers to exhaust their own resources. However, the tool's GUI does have a field for inputting the refresh interval so it might combine traditional forms of HTTP hammering with the new technique.
Some security experts have been skeptical that the success of Anonymous's DDoS attacks can be explained through LOIC alone. They proposed that some of the group's supporters also have access to botnets, a theory that has partially proven to be correct.
http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/07/refref-denial-of-service-ddos-tool.htmlAnonymous is developing a new DDoS tool which is said to exploit SQL vulnerabilities... more
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Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless individuals who claim to oppose certain ways different governments or high profile organizations work. Over the last few months their 'hackathon' has only been gaining momentum but
authorities like the FBI and various police departments from around the globe have been working overtime trying to crack down on their activities. While they have met with some amount of success, the response from these cyber activists has still been overwhelming.
The police have arrested a teenager, one Jake Davis who goes by the alias Topiary, in Scotland. The 18 year old hacker is believed to be a key member and spokesman for hacker groups LulzSec and Anonymous. He was released on bail on the condition of no 'Internet access'. However, besides being a spokesperson, there is no actual proof that he has taken part in any of the hacks. The hearing for his case has been scheduled for August 30th 2011.
Anonymous being a group that is not the type to take any of this lying down immediately started a campaign called 'Free Topiary' to seek justice for Jake Davis. According to a Pastebin post, Anonymous said, “Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally. We are sick of the twisted corporatocracy that controls us through our government, our news media, and our internet. From the remote and desolate Shetland Islands, Jake's voice reached millions. Perhaps the success of his message was in its simplicity, Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve."
They state that Jake Davis may face jail time but a jail sentence to him was not a failure of any sort. The group goes on to state that if they were criminals, they would be rich. Since they are not, they are trying to raise money through BitCoin to help pay for his legal fees. The group is certainly sticking by each other and instead of worrying about getting caught; they still continue to target websites and 'expose' them .
http://tech2.in.com/news/general/anonymous-unfazed-by-topiary-arrest-starts-support-campaign/233742Anonymous, as you probably know by now, is a hacker group that is made up of countless... more
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Hacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more closely in the event they are assisted by other hackers with higher skill levels and decide to strike critical infrastructure.
The warning comes from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
"Some members of LulzSec have demonstrated moderately higher levels of skill and creativity that include using combinations of methods and techniques to target multiple networks," according to the six-page advisory. "This does not take into account the possibility of a higher-level actor providing LulzSec or Anonymous more advanced capabilities."
Anonymous and a splinter group known as LulzSec have wreaked havoc against government and business websites and servers, from low-level defacement of websites up to more sophisticated actions such as stealing sensitive data.
The agency categorized the attacks as "rudimentary" and associated with youths known as "script kiddies" for their use of simple tools to hack. But law enforcement agencies in countries such as the U.S., U.K., Spain and the Netherlands have made arrests in attempts to stem their activities.
On Monday, U.K. prosecutors charged an 18-year-old man with five offenses and said that he is "Topiary," a spokesman for Anonymous who ran a prolific Twitter account antagonizing law enforcement and promoting the groups' cybermischief. Jake Davis, of the Shetland Islands, was freed on bail and is not allowed to use a computer.
Anonymous and LulzSec have targeted defense contractors such as HBGary and ManTech as well as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.K. Serious Organised Crime Agency. Private industry targets included Fox.com and SonyPictures.com.
Anonymous coordinated a large campaign in defense of WikiLeaks in December 2010. The websites of MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and the Swiss Bank PostFinance were subjected to denial-of-service attacks after they stopped processing payments to WikiLeaks following the whistle-blowing site's release of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.
The NCCIC wrote that the groups often do "a significant amount of reconnaissance" before attacking an organization, heavily using social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to announce their targets.
Those warnings can allow computer security experts to bolster their defense, the NCCIC wrote. The U.S. government expects further attacks on its infrastructure.
"Future attacks are likely to continue but will likely remain limited in scope due to a lack of advanced capabilities," the NCCIC wrote. "These attacks are also likely to target the Federal government and critical infrastructure sectors, particularly in response to publicized events relating to civil liberties, cyber security, or allegations of censorship (online or otherwise)."
The Twitter account "AnonymousIRC" acknowledged the NCCIC's warning: "Now they know what Lulz are," the group wrote, using the Internet term for "laugh out loud."
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/237162/us_warns_anonymous_lulzsec_could_up_their_game.htmlHacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security may need to be monitored more... more
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For the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week with the arrest of the hacktivist extraordinaire known as Topiary.
"Topiary" is the online alias of 18-year-old Jake Davis. Authorities claim Davis is a key player in the Anonymous collective. Davis is also accused of association with Lulz Security (LulzSec) - the short lived but stunningly successful offshoot of Anonymous.
Davis appeared at a central London court Monday after London's Metropolitan Police, also known as Scotland Yard, announced Sunday they had charged the 18-year-old Davis with multiple offenses. Davis is being charged with unauthorized access to a computer system and conspiring with others to launch online attacks against the website of the U.K.'s Serious Organized Crime Agency, the British equivalent of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Davis is reported to be the creator of press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security. Davis is being described by his fellow hacktivists as the "greatest digital graffiti artist of all time". As such, Davis is quickly becoming an Internet celebrity. The fact that media reports describe Davis as being autistic only contributes to the mystique and air of celebrity surrounding Topiary.
Davis supporters, via the Anonymous collective, have launched an online campaign - Free Topiary - planning protests and collecting donations to pay for legal fees.
The following is an excerpt from Free Topiary:
A purveyor of many lulz, this swank garden hedge known as Topiary left his personal Twitter account with a quotation... "You cannot arrest an idea."
Jake wrote many lulzy press releases for both Anonymous and Lulz Security.
The Lulz Boat's journey on the seven proxseas went underway only with the aid of Jake and his natural ability to entertain.
There was a great purpose and an important message behind these mischevious acts of cyber-vandalism. Jake Davis brought lulz to the oppressed. He spoke in a voice that resonated globally and reached us personally.
Jake Davis may face jail time, but he publicly spoke of this in the most noble of terms. A jail sentence is, to him, not a failure of any sort.
It is a triumph.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison." ~ Henry David Thoreau
The following is a selection of relevant tweets in support of Topiary:
We need more people like #Topiary free him
As a crotchy oldman I say, Free #Topiary
Topiary used SQL in college but he never injected. #FreeTopiary
If I was a judge, I'd give Topiary 9001 hrs of community service & count every one of his crimes as hours off his sentence. #FreeTopiary
If I have kids, I'll raise them to be the nextTopiary #FreeTopiary
#Topiary is not a hacker or a DDoSer. His arrest will not slow us down. We are stronger than ever. We are #Anonymous. We are one! #AntiSec
Currently Jake "Topiary" Davis is out on bail.
https://www.examiner.com/anonymous-in-national/free-topiary-from-anonymous-to-celebrity-hacktivistFor the Internet collective known as Anonymous, the lulz are bittersweet this week... more
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Despite the recent spate of arrests on their side, Anon released 400MB of NATO data courtesy of big-time cybersecurity firm ManTech last night. This is their way of making good on a promise and reiterating that they "aren't scared anymore".
You'll recall that NATO officially condemned Anonymous early last month. Well, as part of their long attack on ManTech, you'll find a bevy of stolen NATO reports from the past several years, financial charts, and pictures of personnel both on duty and at rest. Pretty big, and this is only a portion of the gig of data they say they're sitting on.
Anonymous effectively called ManTech's $100 million contract with the FBI into very loud question. Indeed, ManTech also have contracts with the likes of the DOJ, NSA, and and NASA. All of whom are at risk now that Anon has gotten inside. They end their release with this:
Dear Government and Law Enforcement, we are repeating this message as we have the suspicion you still do not take us seriously: We are not scared anymore and your threats to arrest us are meaningless. We will continue to demonstrate how you fail at about every aspect of cybersecurity while burning hundreds of millions of dollars that you do not even have.
Your move, guys.
http://gizmodo.com/5826169/anonymous-fires-back-at-nato-with-fbi-hack-releases-400mb-of-their-dataDespite the recent spate of arrests on their side, Anon released 400MB of NATO data... more
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Another leader at LulzSec has just been arrested, but will it help bring down the organization or just incite more cyber attacks?
Scotland Yard just arrested the LulzSec spokesperson in the Shetland Islands in the north of Scotland on Wednesday. His real name wasn’t released, and the only details that were given was that this individual is 19 years old (which fits in with the average age of some of the LulzSec and Anonymous hackers arrested so far) and he goes by the pseudonym “Topiary.”
Another 17-year-old male has been interrogated as well, but not arrested at this time.
LulzSec and Anonymous have both been on a rampage this year, with most of the security infiltrations scaling upward at global businesses and federal governments worldwide in the last few months. Most of the attacks were stringed together as part of the “AntiSec” hacktivist campaign. Although the pair of hacker groups announced their retirement of sorts a few weeks ago, they came back with a vengeance with an attack on Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun following the News of the World scandal.
Most recently (today, in fact), Anonymous and LulzSec revealed their next target publicly: eBay’s PayPal.
The reason? It’s twisted. It came down to a retaliation as PayPal is withholding funds from WikiLeaks while the FBI rounds up members of Anonymous. Thus, not only are big businesses going to pay, but so are the little people who have nothing to do with this as these hackers start draining accounts to teach the FBI a lesson.
More arrests of top leaders in these groups could easily follow Topiary’s own arrest today. However, the pattern of hack attacks is a rather downward spiral. Sometimes the attacks are motivated by more plausible activist reasons (such as the response to the News of the World incidents), but then others are just to strike back after one of their own gets apprehended.
For example, after three alleged members of Anonymous were arrested in Spain over the infamous and detrimental attack on Sony’s PlayStation Network, the group retaliated with a hack job on the website of the Spanish national police force.
Thus, it is debatable as to what could happen next. The hacker groups themselves are rather volatile, as even LulzSec and Anonymous are more like frenemies than partners-in-crime. The former was a spin-off of the latter group. (Although they’re definitely and literally partners-in-crime too, it wouldn’t be surprising if their current alliance just collapsed one day.)
There is the possibility that if enough of the leaders are taken out, there won’t be any direction about what to attack next and maybe they’ll go back into a self-imposed retirement again. Or, even more likely, we’ll see another attack in revenge of today’s arrest.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/lulzsec-spokesman-arrest-could-incite-more-cyber-attacks/53302Another leader at LulzSec has just been arrested, but will it help bring down the... more
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British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in the Shetland Islands, who they believe to be "Topiary" the spokesman for the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking groups.British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in the Shetland Islands, who they... more
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Dear PayPal, its customers, and our friends around the globe,
This is an official communiqué from Anonymous and Lulz Security in the name of AntiSec.
In recent weeks, we've found ourselves outraged at the FBI's willingness to arrest and threaten those who are involved in ethical, modern cyber operations. Law enforcement continues to push its ridiculous rules upon us - Anonymous "suspects" may face a fine of up to 500,000 USD with the addition of 15 years' jailtime, all for taking part in a historical activist movement. Many of the already-apprehended Anons are being charged with taking part in DDoS attacks against corrupt and greedy organizations, such as PayPal.
What the FBI needs to learn is that there is a vast difference between adding one's voice to a chorus and digital sit-in with Low Orbit Ion Cannon, and controlling a large botnet of infected computers. And yet both of these are punishable with exactly the same fine and sentence.
In addition to this horrific law enforcement incompetence, PayPal continues to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, a beacon of truth in these dark times. By simply standing up for ourselves and uniting the people, PayPal still sees it fit to wash its hands of any blame, and instead encourages and assists law enforcement to hunt down participants in the AntiSec movement.
Quite simply, we, the people, are disgusted with these injustices. We will not sit down and let ourselves be trampled upon by any corporation or government. We are not scared of you, and that is something for you to be scared of. We are not the terrorists here: you are.
We encourage anyone using PayPal to immediately close their accounts and consider an alternative. The first step to being truly free is not putting one's trust into a company that freezes accounts when it feels like, or when it is pressured by the U.S. government. PayPal's willingness to fold to legislation should be proof enough that they don't deserve the customers they get. They do not deserve your business, and they do not deserve your respect.
Join us in our latest operation against PayPal - tweet pictures of your account closure, tell us on IRC, spread the word. Anonymous has become a powerful channel of information, and unlike the governments of the world, we are here to fight for you. Always.
Signed, your allies,
Lulz Security (unvanned)
Anonymous (unknown)
AntiSec (untouchable)
http://pastebin.com/LAykd1esDear PayPal, its customers, and our friends around the globe,
This is an official... more
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The hacking group LulzSec may have just lost its mouthpiece.
U.K. police say they've arrested LulzSec's spokesman, known as "Topiary," from a residential address in the Shetland Islands. The 19-year-old man, whose real name was not revealed, is being transported to London, and a search is ongoing at his address, Slashgear reports.
Police also say they're searching the Lincolnshire residence of a 17-year-old male in a related case, but haven't made an arrest.
LulzSec is known as much for its numerous hacks on government agencies and corporations as it is for bravado. The group maintains an active Twitter account and issued press releases to brag about its latest hacking feats. Topiary was believed to be at the helm of these publicity efforts.
But lately, LulzSec has faded from the spotlight. Shortly after rival hackers released a trove of information that supposedly gave away the identities of several LulzSec members, the group announced that it was ending its hacking campaign. LulzSec did, however, return to take part in hacking News Corp. alongside with a larger group called Anonymous. (Anonymous also saw 14 of its own alleged members arrested last week.)
Arrest Details
Police announced the arrest of Topiary just hours after Anonymous and LulzSec called for a boycott of PayPal due to its withholding of funds from WikiLeaks. LulzSec's Twitter account has not been updated since about seven hours ago, when it denounced PayPal in a series of posts.
There's just one discrepancy about this arrest worth noting: In documents released last month that claimed to expose LulzSec members, Topiary is listed as living in Sweden under the name Daniel Ackerman Sandberg. That obviously conflicts with police's arrest of a man in the Shetland Islands. Surely it won't be long before LulzSec responds with its side of the story.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/236712/lulzsec_hackers_spokesman_topiary_arrested_uk_cops_say.htmlThe hacking group LulzSec may have just lost its mouthpiece.
U.K. police say... more
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If you need any more proof that the hacking group Anonymous has achieved rockstar status in certain nerdy circles, check out their groupies. SexyFawkes is a porn site (NSFW) of naked ladies (mostly) wearing the group's signature Guy Fawkes' mask.
These being hacker groupies, the site is crowd-sourced, so anyone can contribute, and they have a rapidly growing Twitter follower count. While naked people wearing a mask made famous by the movie/comic book V for Vendetta doesn't do much for me, SexyFawkes may have stumbled into one of the the last smut niches: hacker porn. Next, we're going to have videos of busty girls installing Linux on their desktops wearing nothing but a strategically-coiled T1 cable.
http://gawker.com/5821769/anonymous-hackers-have-naked-groupies-nowIf you need any more proof that the hacking group Anonymous has achieved rockstar... more
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The US is violating UN rules by refusing unmonitored access to the Army private who is accused of passing secret documents to WikiLeaks, the UN's chief torture investigator has said.
UN special rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said the US had has broken rules by insisting on monitoring conversations with Pte Bradley Manning.
Mr Mendez says he needs unrestricted access to Pte Manning to do his job.
Pte Manning, 23, is being held in a military prison awaiting trial.
The intelligence analyst, who joined the US Army in 2007, is accused of leaking 720,000 secret military and diplomatic US government documents.
They were later published by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks.
Advocates for government transparency have called for the released of Pte Manning, placing pressure on the US government.
'Unfettered access'
After being confined alone in a cell for 23 hours per day in a detention facility in Quantico in the state of Virginia, Pte Manning was transferred to Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas in April.
Mr Mendez said the US had told him Mr Manning was being treated better now than when he was in Quantico.
But the UN investigator said the US must allow him to determine whether the conditions at Quantico that Pte Manning experienced amounted to "torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".
"For that, it is imperative that I talk to Mr Manning under conditions where I can be assured that he is being absolutely candid," Mr Mendez said in a statement.
Mr Mendez said that because the US is a "strong supporter of the international human rights system", the country's actions "must seek to set the pace in good practices that enhance the role of human rights mechanisms, ensuring and maintaining unfettered access to detainees during enquiries".
Pentagon officials have previously said Pte Manning is being held in appropriate conditions considering the seriousness of the charges against him.
He has been charged with using unauthorised software on government computers to download classified information and to make intelligence available to "the enemy", as well as other counts related to leaking intelligence and theft of public records.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14126223The US is violating UN rules by refusing unmonitored access to the Army private who is... more
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