The outgoing director of GCHQ has used his farewell speech to praise the UK surveillance agency’s practices. In the wake of Edward Snowden’s revelations, Sir Iain Lobban called the agency’s work a “mission of liberty, not erosion of it.” http://rt.com/uk/197924-gchq-director-defends-surveillance/
Swedish Armed forces are ready to use force if they detect any foreign submarine in the waters of the Stockholm Archipelago, the supreme commander general said as the operation in search of the underwater threat entered its fifth day. http://rt.com/news/198036-sweden-sub-search-force/
By Mick Krever, CNN An expanded American offensive against ISIS in Iraq and Syria may complicate the work of humanitarian workers already trying to help desperate civilians in the region, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday… http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/11/for-humanitarian-workers-american-offensive-may-spell-trouble/?hpt=hp_bn9
By Mick Krever and Dominique van Heerden, CNN As President Obama lays out his plan to fight ISIS, a new sporting event in London is drawing attention to the plight of so many wounded veterans of the last decade’s wars. http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/11/sporting-event-draws-attention-to-wounded-soldiers/?hpt=hp_bn9
By Mick Krever, CNN U.S. President Barack Obama must show the world that he is “all in” if there is any hope of defeating ISIS, two veteran American diplomats told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, hours before President Obama was set to reveal his plan to fight ISIS in a primetime ad… http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/10/obama-must-go-all-in-against-isis-say-two-heavyweight-american-diplomats/?hpt=hp_bn9
Oscar Pistorius judge Thokozile Masipa was a historic figure in South Africa even before the disabled athlete landed in her court on a murder charge. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/10/world/africa/oscar-pistorius-judge-masipa/index.html?hpt=hp_mid
The gruesome ISIS video showing the death of British aid worker David Haines prompted revulsion and condemnation after it was posted Saturday. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/14/world/meast/isis-david-haines-beheading/index.html?hpt=hp_t1