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Brazilian officials seeking to charge US journalist for allegedly hacking phones

Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 09:39 UTC
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Brazilian authorities are seeking to bring charges against Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who published Edward Snowden's intelligence agency leaks. Greenwald has been accused of “helping guiding and encouraging” a criminal group that hacked into the phones of Brazilian officials. Read full article

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  • Terence Hill

    “The New York Times reported on Tuesday morning that Brazilian prosecutors alleged that Greenwald was part of a “criminal organization” that hacked into the cellphones of public officials and prosecutors. In multiple stories for The Intercept, which he co-founded“
    ”Manuela d’Ávila, a leftist politician, tweeted: “The federal police after a long investigation declared that Glenn did not commit any crime and that he acted with great caution.”
    Brazil’s Supreme Court issued an injunction last year that prohibited Greenwald for being investigated in the alleged hackers’ case, citing press freedom laws.
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/21/glenn-greenwald-charged-cybercrime-brazil

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Pay no attention to the highly misinformed Tearant Hill, a self declared Brazilian toilet expert (according to his delusions responsible for protecting the free world from atomic war during the Cuban middle crisis), in residence in a Canadian basement, bitching and whining about nonsensical international law which he knows absolutely nothing of, again tattling mendacious slop...

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    If you bully me sock puppet... i bully you..., Shicuréo...

    Pay no attention to that highly misinformed Shilean Shicuréo..., a self declared sailorman of a Spanish-made four masted barkentine with an ugly carrion eating chicken at the bowsprit..., that still smells of dead communists blood, urine and faeces...
    Compare that with our Argentina-made three masted Windjammer beauty..., prided by voluptuous “Ursula”...
    https://live.staticflickr.com/8758/16841383487_d6fe06e819_b.jpg

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • DemonTree

    “Compare that with our Argentina-made three masted Windjammer beauty..., prided by voluptuous “Ursula”...”

    It's a very nice ship. Shame it's the only one the Argentine navy has...

    Ursula: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/7/72/Profile_-_Ursula.jpeg/revision/latest?cb=20190312053911

    Terry
    You never replied on the other thread. Don’t you think these charges against Greenwald are very similar to the ones the US has against Assange?

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo the Geographically Challenged
    “Going to the Toilet in Brazil
    Where Do I Put my Toilet Paper?
    Brazilian bathrooms have something else besides the sink and the toilet: a trash bin. And, yes, that's where you put the paper after you used it.”
    Ana Gabriela Verotti Farah, Staff Writer, The Brazil Business
    https://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/going-to-the-toilet-in-brazil
    Aha! Here you are whining and opining. So you're not at quandary when in Brazilian bathroom.
    “Going to the Toilet in Brazil; Where Do I Put my Toilet Paper?
    Brazilian bathrooms have something else besides the sink and the toilet: a trash bin. And, yes, that's where you put the paper after you used it.”
    Ana Gabriela Verotti Farah, Staff Writer, The Brazil Business
    https://thebrazilbusiness.com/article/going-to-the-toilet-in-brazil
    “..for protecting the free world from...” You're too kind, but for the contributions of every one involved, it didn't happen did it?
    As for your vital military contributions no Bolivians were able to sneak in on your watch, and you know semaphore. Not much use against USSR nuclear weapons.
    But, quite an accomplishment for a rube.
    DT
    I never knew you wanted me to. I can see similarities, but Greenwald is afforded Constitutional protection, whereas, Assange apparently is not.

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    “Greenwald is afforded Constitutional protection, whereas, Assange apparently is not.”

    So what you're saying is, Brazil has better constitutional protections than the UK?

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 08:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    This is solely for the eyes of THINK's bullied sock puppet.
    (Other readers are trespassing on his privacy.)

    I have great affection for the esteemed ARA Libertad, and unlike some readers here, I was unhappy about the lengthy undignified impoundment of the vessel.

    Mister DemonTree is mistaken about it being the sole vessel... Argentina has several floaters, including one that can roll over in the harbor like a trained dog...

    And yes, yes, yes ...although my country's ship was thoroughly cleaned of the blood, the sad memory can never be completely erased...

    I'm absolutely convinced the Brazilian government will afford all the legal rights to the esteemed journalist, but the toilet facilities must be very primitive. Apparently the Trump administration is not seeking any extradition of him either.

    I saw the following in today's news. (It's shocking to see domestic criminals operating randomly, committing acts of violence against innocent Iranian government officials.)
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/key-soleimani-ally-irgc-commander-shot-dead-my-masked-assassins-motorcycle

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 09:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Shicuréo...

    Allow me to correct some of your mild delusions ..., surely caused by an evident overdosis of antioxidants in your diet and the corresponding lack of some good old huge bifes de chorizo...

    1) The ARA Libertad was never impounded..., hermanito...
    It was illegally detained in Ghana and its territorial integrity defended at gunpoint by its crew until the moment of its unconditional release..., remember...?

    2) I am perfectly content that our Argentinean navy currently consists of a nice Windjammer with a big boobied figurehead..., a nice Icebreaker and some coastal patrol and inspection boats... We don't need no more..., do we...?

    3) why do you call the Esmeraldas stench of Commie blood..., urine and faeces a “sad memory”...?
    That was Toribio's scope... To create an indelible “Esprit de Corps” in each and every corner of the Shilean Armed Farces... Like the Boy Scouts..., just a tad different...

    Remember..., “der schlimmste Feind, dem du begegnen kannst, wirst du immer dir selber sein; du selber lauerst dir auf in Höhlen und Wäldern....”
    F. W. N.

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 10:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    DemonTree
    “So what you're saying is...” I absolutely have no interest in making such comparisons period

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 11:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    I prefer Goethe over Friedrich Nietzsche. Johann is quoted: “Few people have the imagination for reality.”

    Oh I remember the “detainment” well. I also remember you deriding the grand vessel's value to your country. Hypocritical don't you think?

    What deeply concerns me is Greenwald's toilet facilities...

    Jan 22nd, 2020 - 11:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Estimado Shicuréo...

    All those plant based antioxidants la Defarge feeds you are making your milico memory even more selective than usual...

    I perfectly remember me deriding the nepotism..., corruption and classism of the selection process of the “fortunate” cadets that are “selected” to sail her...
    (An incredible high percentage of small “Toribios” with the righ surnames and/or connections...)

    I also remember deriding the high cost paid by us civilians for those parasites to make a World Cruise...

    But I do clearly remember having expressed my deep appreciation of the professional crew and officiality that knew how to act..., keep their self-respect and gain ours...

    Capisce...?

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 12:25 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Estimado THINK

    Perhaps you're correct, but if you remember, I defended the captain and his loyal crew. ...and you refer them as parasites...

    I do agree that I was indeed fortunate to have been from a family that valued education greatly. As I said before, the navy had a keen interest in seeking candidates from English language schools. The Grange was first on their list...

    Which reminds me of Crosby, NASH, and Stills:

    You who are on the road
    Must have a code that you can live by
    And so become yourself
    Because the past is just a good-bye.
    Teach your children well,
    Their father's hell did slowly go by,
    And feed them on your dreams
    The one they picks, the one you'll know by.
    Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,
    So just look at them and sigh
    And know they love you.
    And you, of tender years,
    Can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
    And so please help them with your youth,
    They seek the truth before they can die.
    Teach your parents well,
    Their children's hell will slowly go by,
    And feed them on your dreams
    The one they picks, the one you'll know by.
    Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,
    So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 01:59 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Think

    Estimado Sicureo...

    I am correct..., if you remember..., I do..., in principle..., refer to ALL ranked members of the Armed Farces..., all over the world..., as parasites...
    A few of them though..., act sometimes in ways that commands my respect...
    Such was the case during the ARA Libertad episode in Ghana...

    Now to music...
    I Think you are missing some important details in CSN&Y's songs...

    Firstly..., there IS a difference between “teaching” and “educating”...
    You don't hear them singing ...: ***“ Educate your Children well ”*** ... do you...?

    Secondly..., I noticed that you typed NASH in capitals... Was it perhaps a subliminal reference to Iquique's Michel...?
    - You know that CSN&Y was blacklisted under the Plan Condor..., right...?
    Owing one of their LP's..., combined with other subversive behaviour like being a long-haired male..., a short-haired female wearing trousers or whatever..., could get you dissapeared during the seventies...
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10

    Thirdly..., a bit of senseless trivia...
    Mr. Stills was doing the little sister of my CR ex in the sixties... I was told... ;-)

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 09:55 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • DemonTree

    Chicureo
    “Argentina has several floaters, including one that can roll over in the harbor like a trained dog...”

    Lol. I am also happy that the Argentine navy is less than capable. People with dangerous toys have a nasty habit of wanting to use them. Also, I reckon Think was never a Boy Scout.

    I was just reading about the Libertad being held in Ghana - didn't follow the story when it was happening. Quite funny, but what was that about the captain possibly scuttling the ship?

    Revealing that Terry is more interested in the toileting habits of Brazilians than constitutional questions. ;)

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 10:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    I remember the mood of my father when Fidel Castro graced our country with his presence for 23 days during the Unidad Popular.

    I have also shared my thoughts about anxiously living the 1970s, including the anticipated attack upon our nation by the former Soviet backed social justice idealists, as well as later by our megalomaniac/kleptomaniac neighbors...

    I won't broach the debate on who had the most villainous military government...

    The verse: “Their father's hell did slowly go by” has great significance to me as a son as well as being a father...

    “Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry”

    I also understand why the captain was prepared to scuttle his beloved ship. Irse a pique antes que rendir el pabellón.

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 01:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    The vultures couldn't really have taken the ship, surely? I thought the point was to embarrass Argentina into paying.

    What was Think doing during the 70s? Safely out of the country like Enrique?

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 02:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    DemonTree the slavish follower aka The Appendage
    “Terry is more interested in the ...” I did follow the Libertad. So just stick to what you accomplish best, which is sucking up to various reactionaries. The conclusion of the “toileting habits” was just another issue, that proved another of your reactionary cuddle chum's was an unmitigated liar, like yourself.
    https://en.mercopress.com/2020/01/11/iran-admits-it-downed-unintentionally-the-ukrainian-jet-killing-176-people/comments#comment506452
    If you're even remotely interested in constitutional questions regarding Assange do some work on your own “unwritten constitution” and the European Human Rights.
    Chicureo the Geographically Challenged
    “The anticipated attack upon Chile” Was instigated by the US and Chilean reactionaries like yourself.

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    I'm not interested in constitutional questions, just wanted to see you try and justify the unjustifiable again. And you may as well throw away the European Convention on Human Rights, you don't think your beloved Tory reactionaries are going to keep us in it, do you?

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 03:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    DemonTree the slavish follower aka The Appendage
    “You try and justify the unjustifiable again.”
    No proof, no truth

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 03:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    DemonTree the optimistic gardener, hopefully The Cultivator of a Bountiful Harvest
    “Terry the YCL-LJC sock puppet of THINK, is more interested in the toilet facilities of Brazilians ...” There are rumors of fully functional modern toilets, but no documentary proof has so far been presented, which is exceptionally alarming... I do support Liberated progressive sanitary facilities for all social classes. So I suggest you just stick to what you accomplish best, which is enjoying life and enjoying the anticipated future in your family. Excrement cleanup will be a momentous task ahead. Again, pay little attention to basement dwelling YCL-LJC sock puppets. The conclusion of the Cuban missile crisis is a clear example of adolescent narcissistic delusions of a mendacious YCL-LJC resident of Canada. ”The anticipated attack upon Chile” Was instigated by in part by YCL-LJC sock puppet reactionaries that he/she/it certainly belongs. I suspect ALL Canadians and here is my proof: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2280272/bizarre-theory-fidel-castro-is-canadian-pm-justin-trudeaus-father-emerges-online-after-internet-sleuths-discover-some-mysterious-coincidences-and-similarities/. If the YCL-LJC sock puppet has even remotely interest in parentage questions regarding Trudeau, he should do some work on his own “unwritten morality suspicions” and the The Young Communist League of Canada (YCL-LJC) is a Canadian Marxist-Leninist youth organization founded in 1922. The organization is politically and ideologically united but organizationally independent from the Communist Party of Canada.
    That is PROOF that he/she/it belongs and denial proves Gollum is a LIAR! Proven and documented!

    Proof and truth!

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    DemonTree the slavish follower aka The Appendage
    “You try and justify the unjustifiable again.”
    No proof, no truth. You're just whiny loser. If you don't like losing don't keep picking a fight. Otherwise, take your beatings like a man, and not like a little wimp.
    Chicureo the Geographically Challenged
    I've heard all the wing-nut BS about PET, thanks for confirmation that you are one of them.
    Toiletries were just a vehicle to prove you and JB are liars, mission accomplished.
    https://en.mercopress.com/2020/01/11/iran-admits-it-downed-unintentionally-the-ukrainian-jet-killing-176-people/comments#comment506452
    https: //en.mercopress.com/2020/01/11/iran-admits-it-downed-unintentionally-the-ukrainian-jet-killing-176-people/comments#comment506406

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 04:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Heh. I don't mind looking at pictures of Trudeau, but can't really see a resemblance. Did any of Fidel's ancestors have blue eyes?

    “Excrement cleanup will be a momentous task ahead.”

    Too true. :(

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 04:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    DemonTree


    The highly regarded journalist, Milo Yiannopoulous has been involved in an eye opening investigation of the Canadian Prime Minister's true parentage. Margaret Trudeau was notoriously promiscuous and was in love with Fidel.

    Fidel's father was a wealthy Spanish farmer and Canarian mother. Fidel's height was 6'3“, Justin Trudeau 6'2”, and Pierre Trudeau 5'8”.

    Trudeau has blue eyes and Castro brown, so for it to be true Castro would need to have recessive blue eyed gene, which Ángel Castro was born in Láncara, Galicia.
    Galicia has a reputation as the region of Spain with the highest percentage of light hair and blue eyes.
    There it is: PROOF and TRUTH

    Another proof is that the Young Communist League of Canada mendacious sock puppet has been unable to prove that he/she/it does NOT belong is the TRUTH of PROOF of membership.

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 05:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Doesn't prove anything, I'm from a short family and above average height. Why do we care who his father is anyway? Communism isn't inherited like blue eyes are.

    Also while looking up heights I found a picture of Trudeau standing next to Trump and he's easily taller. Trump's been telling some porkies...

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 05:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    DemonTree


    I thought by mentioning Milo Yiannopoulous alone you caught my illogic...

    Illogic, not logic, proves that almost all Canadians are the same. Their national sport consists of a violent battle with wooden sticks and are ruled by an old lady who spends a lot of her time in Scotland. The cold weather and bipolar lingual identity drives them mad and are why most are closet Marxists. The now silenced YCL-LJC sock puppet is a perfect example of the nation's polemic of poor racial inbreeding.

    That is why Margaret Trudeau sought a superior genetic mate for her offspring, producing Justin...

    ...and before you quibble with my statements, I'm only using the illogical arguments of our YCL-LJC sock puppet, so it must be proof with truth...

    As far as height, I decline to debate - but in regards to trade negotiations, Trump is a relentless and ruthless negotiator, taking no prisoners in winning. https://youtu.be/wN7KHWdyrbI

    Cheers!

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Is he one of those alt-right trolls? The world would be a better place without their toxic ideology.

    It's more entertaining than most conspiracy theories, but I'd be careful insulting Canadians; JB has Canadian citizenship. ;)

    Thinking about my parents, back in the 70s they would have fit Think's description nicely, and they are perfectly ordinary and conventional. The juntas weren't really that nuts were they?

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 09:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Milo Yiannopoulous trolls everyone to the ultra extreme. Variety is the spice of debate.

    If you remember, I was assigned to Canada for a brief time. I stand by my characterization. Terry however couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag and has been eradicated from this thread by fear...

    Jack Bauer would not be a person I'd pick in a bar fight.

    South American juntas in the 70s in general were comprised of nutcase megalomaniacs, including Chile.

    Jan 23rd, 2020 - 10:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • DemonTree

    Some of the effects of the internet on society are very unfortunate, especially for young people. Seems to be screwing up their ability to form relationships in real life, and there's all these evil groups trying to radicalise and recruit them into violence. But it's impossible to avoid.

    Our Terry has been busy arguing with Roger Lorton about the Falklands. Perhaps he's on Argentina's side now? Never thought I'd see the day.

    Re JB, that could be taken 2 different ways. ;)

    The Argie Junta was defo megalomaniac, first trying to pick a fight with Chile and then actually picking one with the UK...

    Jan 24th, 2020 - 10:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo the Geographically Challenge
    “I was assigned to Canada for a brief time.”
    You still can't take the country out a farm boy, as you clearly show your just a rambling rube.

    Jan 24th, 2020 - 11:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    DemonTree

    Horrible things occurred during the Dirty War in South America and I've made no secret of my sadness, but Argentina really went crazy trying to unite its populace with its war mentality patriotism...

    I cannot imagine a more noble title than that of a farmer. It's a pleasure to be a farm boy at heart... There is actually a satisfying sense of smell of manure and compost rotting. Holding soil texture, beautifully crumbling in the palm of your hand and smelling whether it's sour or sweet... It's a wonderful sensation and PRIVLEGE.

    Jan 24th, 2020 - 02:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    What dirty “War”..., Shicuréo...?
    It wasn't no dirty “War”..., Sicuréo...
    Neither was it any “Two Demons”..., Shicuréo...
    Don't lie to yourself and others..., and accept the Höhlen und Wäldern welche Sie selbst gewählt haben...”

    Capisce...?

    Jan 24th, 2020 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    ...And so become yourself
    Because the past is just a good-bye.
    Teach your children well,
    Their father's hell did slowly go by,
    And feed them on your dreams...

    Jan 24th, 2020 - 10:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Soooo nice you can find solace for your soul pains in some words of a zurdito like Graham Nash..., Shicuréo..

    - “So come all you warriors who live for the fight,
    Come listen to somebody, someone who might
    Have been there before you and they have the right,
    They've been dying to tell you the score.
    The old warriors don't want you to hurt any more.”

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IlvrcXmY5eE

    Jan 25th, 2020 - 12:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo the Geographically Challenged
    “A ... smell of manure” Yes it permeates all of your writings.

    Jan 25th, 2020 - 02:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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