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Babylonia · 20 mei 2008, 19:36

Een succesvolle website met hoogwaardige kwaliteits journalistiek
wordt geteisterd door het pentagon en vraagt om hulp.

Ever since it was created, the Voltaire Network has relentlessly opened debates and triggered controversies. Its foes have launched smearing campaigns aimed at intimidating its members and discrediting its activities. Today, they would like to see it disappear.

During the past six years, the U.S. Defense Department has forbidden mainstream media from reporting our activities, threatening to lift journalist accreditations; the State Department has included us among "the main anti-american misinformation sources in the world" (probably a tribute vice pays to virtue); envoys from the U.S. National Security Council have attempted to bribe us; a specialized Tsahal team hacked our website; contracts were made on our president and some of our South-American contributors. However, until May French authorities had guaranteed our physical security, freedom of circulation and expression. Today this is over: pressure is mounting, extending to our relatives, and we can no longer rely on France’s benevolence.

Not only our main Paris-based collaborators’ communications were tapped, but they were also closely and extensively investigated in order to track down our sources of information. From peer to peer, this surveillance was eventually extended to our families and friends.

Last July 17th and August 1st, George W. Bush signed two executive orders (# 13438 and 13441) criminalizing opponents to his Iraq and Lebanon policies. Bank accounts belonging to our Middle-Eastern collaborators were immediately frozen, they and their families were banned from entering U.S. territory. According to our information, last August, under the pretext of mutual defense agreements, U.S. authorities asked their French counterparts to take identical measures against members of our French team who were already banned from U.S. territory.

During the months of August and September, French and U.S. officials, abusively resorting to laws against money laundering and terrorism financing, lead investigations to try and identify our regular donators and pressure them.

Furthermore, some of our writers were addressed spoken, yet credible threats by individuals working for the French and U.S. governments.

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Babylonia · 20 mei 2008, 20:17

In interview waarin Thierry uitlegt waarom hij het land verlaat in maart denk ik van dit jaar.

http://eldib.wordpress.com/2007/12/1...tte-la-france/

20 mei 2008, 19:36	#1
Babylonia Parlementslid Geregistreerd: 4 januari 2007 Berichten: 1.605	Voltaire journalisten network needs your support Een succesvolle website met hoogwaardige kwaliteits journalistiek wordt geteisterd door het pentagon en vraagt om hulp. Ever since it was created, the Voltaire Network has relentlessly opened debates and triggered controversies. Its foes have launched smearing campaigns aimed at intimidating its members and discrediting its activities. Today, they would like to see it disappear. During the past six years, the U.S. Defense Department has forbidden mainstream media from reporting our activities, threatening to lift journalist accreditations; the State Department has included us among "the main anti-american misinformation sources in the world" (probably a tribute vice pays to virtue); envoys from the U.S. National Security Council have attempted to bribe us; a specialized Tsahal team hacked our website; contracts were made on our president and some of our South-American contributors. However, until May French authorities had guaranteed our physical security, freedom of circulation and expression. Today this is over: pressure is mounting, extending to our relatives, and we can no longer rely on France’s benevolence. Not only our main Paris-based collaborators’ communications were tapped, but they were also closely and extensively investigated in order to track down our sources of information. From peer to peer, this surveillance was eventually extended to our families and friends. Last July 17th and August 1st, George W. Bush signed two executive orders (# 13438 and 13441) criminalizing opponents to his Iraq and Lebanon policies. Bank accounts belonging to our Middle-Eastern collaborators were immediately frozen, they and their families were banned from entering U.S. territory. According to our information, last August, under the pretext of mutual defense agreements, U.S. authorities asked their French counterparts to take identical measures against members of our French team who were already banned from U.S. territory. During the months of August and September, French and U.S. officials, abusively resorting to laws against money laundering and terrorism financing, lead investigations to try and identify our regular donators and pressure them. Furthermore, some of our writers were addressed spoken, yet credible threats by individuals working for the French and U.S. governments. As a result of all this, we had to undertake serious and costly measures in order to guarantee the safety of our contributors and correspondents, and make sure the identity of our donators remained confidential. The interruption of all financial support during the months necessary to implement our new system has threatened the continuation of our Europe, Arab world and Latin America-based activities. Ever since the September 11th, 2001 attacks, we have been denouncing the instrumentation and use of terrorism by the United States to justify outside military aggressions and domestic repression. Our work has set its mark in the long term and was met by a large public (between 2 and 2.5 million unique visitors every month on the main website Voltairenet.org, and 92 000 subscribers to the free mailing lists). Our grid of analysis is now used all over the world, including in the U.S., despite all the efforts to talk us down. The Voltaire Network is an international tool in the fight against propaganda and for spiritual emancipation. It works in Europe, but also from and for South countries whose economical ressources are less. Our readers from the South need the Voltaire Network to exist as it is. As a reader from a northern country, you are not only supporting the Voltaire Network for yourself: you also do it for citizens of much poorer countries than yours. Voltairenet.org is a citizen’s initiative financed solely by its readers’ support. Only your support in the form of contributions can help it carry on its information and analysis work. Hence we are asking you to make a special effort and help us in these difficult times. Make a donation to the Voltaire Network http://www.voltairenet.org/article157052.html

20 mei 2008, 20:17	#2
Babylonia Parlementslid Geregistreerd: 4 januari 2007 Berichten: 1.605	In interview waarin Thierry uitlegt waarom hij het land verlaat in maart denk ik van dit jaar. http://eldib.wordpress.com/2007/12/1...tte-la-france/