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21st Century Pacificism (The Old Stuff)
I have always been ideologically opposed to war and all the horrors that flow in its wake: agonising fear and death, famine, displacement, maiming, torture, rape, internment and the breakdown of all...
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La Conférence régionale du journalisme d’enquête, Geneva
The end of April saw me basking in the hot and sunny weather of Geneva, where I had been invited to give a talk (Download Geneva) at the Swiss Press Club. We had a lovely time in Geneva, and many...
View ArticleThe Lindmo Show, Norway
Following on from my talk at the Norwegian SKUP investigative journalism conference in March, I was invited onto the Anne Lindmo Show in Norway on 4 May. Anne is one of the most famous and respected...
View ArticleThe Real News Network on Whistleblowing, Part 2
Part Two of my recent interview on the excellent, independent and fearless Real News Network: The Real News Network on Whistleblowing, Part 2
View ArticleThe Free Speech Debate
My recent interview for the excellent Oxford University Free Speech Debate project, run by Professor Timothy Garton Ash. I discuss whistleblowing, the Official Secrets Act, Wikileaks and much more:...
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Lies, damned lies, and newspaper reporting…
Also on the Huffington Post UK, RT, The Real News Network, nsnbc, and Information Clearing House: Where to start with this tangled skein of media spin, misrepresentation and outright hypocrisy? Last...
View ArticleTalk at the Icelandic Centre for Investigative Journalism
Wikileaks spokesman, Kristinn Hrafnsson, invited me to speak at the Icelandic Centre for Investigative Journalism while I was in Iceland in February. While focusing on the intersection and control...
View ArticleSpies need more oversight, not new powers
Published on www.politics.co.uk, and Huffington Post UK. Following the awful murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich last week, the political securocrats who claim to represent the interests of the...
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Dearlove Doublethink
Published on Consortium News, RT Op-Edge, and The Real News Network. In a sensational article in a UK newspaper last weekend, the former head of the UK’s foreign intelligence gathering agency, MI6,...
View ArticleRiga Talk about Spies, Whistleblowers and the Media
Last week I was invited to discuss the control of the media by the spies and the government apparatus by the Centre for Media Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Many thanks to Hans,...
View ArticleUS/UK spy chiefs cover up NSA surveillance scandal
First published on RT Op-Edge. Also on Information Clearing House and The Huffington Post. The disparity in response to Edward Snowden’s disclosures within the USA and the UK is astonishing. In the...
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The Empire Strikes Back
First published by RT Op-Edge. Sir Andrew Parker, the recently elevated Director General of the UK’s domestic security Service (MI5) yesterday made both his first public speech and a superficially...
View ArticleLondon Real TV Interview — coming soon
Here is a taster of my recent interview on London Real TV. It was diverse, lively and fun, and should be broadcast in full tomorrow: Annie Machon — Whistleblower — London Real TV from Annie Machon on...
View ArticleBBC “World Have Your Say” debate
A recent interview on BBC World Service radio, on “World Have Your Say”. An interesting debate with some other former intelligence types: BBC World Service “World Have Your Say” interview from Annie...
View ArticleVoice of Russia radio interview about spies, oversight, whistleblowers, and...
Here is an interview I did for Voice of Russia radio in London last week about spies and their relationship with our democratic processes, oversight, Edward Snowden and much more: Voice of Russia radio...
View ArticleCCC talk — the Four Wars
Here is my recent talk at the CCC in Hamburg, discussing the war on terror, the war on drugs, the war in the internet and the war on whistleblowers: 30C3 — The Four Wars; Terror, whistleblowers, drugs,...
View ArticleChelsea Manning wins 2014 SAAII Award
January 16, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Contact: Coleen Rowley (email: rowleyclan@earthlink.net) or Annie Machon (email: annie@anniemachon.ch) Chelsea Manning Awarded Sam Adams Integrity Prize for 2014...
View ArticleInterview on Swedish Aftonbladet TV
I’m currently in Stockholm to do a keynote tomorrow at the fantastic Internet Days conference, an annual gathering organised by Internet Infrastructure Foundation. This morning, I would say at the...
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Keynote at Internetdagarna, Stockholm, November 2014
Here is my keynote speech at the recent Internetdagarna (Internet Days) conference in Stockholm, Sweden, discussing all things whistleblower, spy, surveillance, privacy and TTIP: Keynote at...
View ArticleSwedish SVT TV Interview, November 2014
Here’s an interview I did while at the excellent Internetdagarna conference in Stockholm last month. It covers all things whistleblower, going on the run, and spy accountability: Interview on Swedish...
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