Birgitta Jonsdottir

Type: Person

Name: Birgitta Jonsdottir

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 1 reports

WikiLeaks helping Snowden seek asylum

On a press conference call Wednesday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told reporters that his organizations had been in contact with the legal team working with NSA whistle-blower Ed Snowden, attempting to broker a deal for asylum in Iceland. Assange, ... [Published Salon - 3 hours ago]

Entities: WikiLeaks, Iceland, Birgitta Jonsdottir

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

WikiLeaks

Fighting the Secrecy/Surveillance State

The emergence of Bradley Manning, Julian Assange and now Edward Snowden represents just the tip of the iceberg of a popular resistance that is challenging the U.S. government’s excesses in secrecy and surveillance, a movement that Iceland MP Birgitta ... [Published Consortium News - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: WikiLeaks, Surveillance, Daniel Ellsberg

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

The complete guide to views of Edward Snowden

The hero-traitor index to Edward SnowdenThe debate over the National Security Agency's spying programs has turned into a referendum on the 29-year-old who revealed them.Opinions on Edward Snowden run the gamut from hero to traitor and every station in ... [Published Inside Bay Area - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Edward Snowden, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Index, Traitors

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 4 reports

Icelandic MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir talks asylum options for NSA whistleblower

Birgitta Jónsdóttir at a 2011 meeting on open government.Birgitta Jónsdóttir is waiting for Edward Snowden to drop her a line.The Icelandic Member of Parliament and Wikileaks supporter happens to be in San Francisco at the moment, working to raise awareness ... [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Birgitta Jonsdottir, Whistle-Blower, US National Security Agency, WikiLeaks, Iceland

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

John Bolton

Snowden disappears from hotel and seeks asylum

THE US is braced for a drawn-out effort to capture the rogue spy who exposed its domestic surveillance apparatus, while President Barack Obama has been urged to prosecute him for treason. Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old intelligence contractor, was seeking ... [Published Irish Independent - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Treason, Birgitta Jonsdottir, John Bolton

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 3 reports

US National Security Agency

Self-Proclaimed NSA Whistle-Blower Seeking Asylum in Iceland … and His Road to Extradition

Watch our interviews with international criminal defense lawyer Douglas McNabb and member of the Icelandic parliament, Birgitta Jonsdottir, from last night’s ON THE RECORD and sound off. ... [Published FOXNews.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Whistle-Blower, US National Security Agency, Extradition, Iceland

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 2 reports

NSA whistleblower supporters to speak on civil liberties

Daniel Ellsberg GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEFamed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and plans to march in the upcoming San Francisco Pride Parade to honor Bradley Manning . In an editorial published earlier today, Ellsberg ... [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Whistle-Blower, Daniel Ellsberg, US National Security Agency, Iceland

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 2 reports

Edward Snowden Told to Leave Hong Kong or Face Extradition

Share this with a friendFollow us and never miss a story!Pro-Beijing legislator Regina Ip has requested that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden leave Hong Kong, stating that the city cannot grant him refugee status against the U.S. government’s request ... [Published Opposing Views - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Hong Kong, Edward Snowden, Extradition, Iceland

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 6 reports

NSA Whistleblower Comes Out, Congress Calls For Investigation

The NSA had a rough time of it last week. It was revealed on Wednesday that the spy agency was collecting phone records from millions of Verizon subscribers. It was revealed a day later that the agency was also collecting online records from major tech ... [Published WebProNews - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Whistle-Blower, Mike Rogers, Investigation

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Will Iceland Offer NSA Surveillance Whistleblower Edward Snowden Political Asylum From The US Government?

Iceland has been brought into the fray around Edward Snowden, the U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program whistleblower currently holed up in a Hong Kong hotel, after Snowden said Nordic country “most encompasses” the values of freedom that ... [Published International Business Times UK - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Edward Snowden, Iceland, Whistle-Blower, Political Asylum, US National Security Agency

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Icelandic MP: ‘How U.S. Can Have a Revolution’

Icelandic MP for the Pirate Party Birgitta Jónsdóttir is quoted on how to bring about a revolution in an article entitled ‘5 Ways the U.S. Can Have an Icelandic Revolution,’ published on huffingtonpost.com yesterday.Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Photo: Páll Kjartansson/Iceland ... [Published Iceland Review Online - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: U S Can Corp, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Iceland, Pirate Party

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Carl Gibson: 5 Ways the U.S. Can Have an Icelandic Revolution

"We have to nationalize the banks. We have to get rid of the government. We need to have access to the internet seen as a human right. We need to have a new Constitution," said Birgitta Jonsdottir, founder of the Icelandic Pirate Party. Jonsdottir, a ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Iceland, U S Can Corp, Birgitta Jonsdottir, Matt Taibbi

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Icelandic MP Offers To Help NSA Whistleblower S... [Published Hit & Run - Jun 11 2013] <p><img alt="" height="318" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/_external/2013_06/birgitta-jonsdottir-credit-bir.jpg?h=318&w=260" title="Birgitta Jonsdottir\|\|\|Credit: Birgitta Jonsdottir/wikimedia" width="260" style="float: right;"/>Icelandic ...
Fatster’s Roundup [Published Firedoglake - Jun 11 2013] Hello. International Developments ❖ “ Taliban militants beheaded” two boys , one 10-years-old, the other 16 years-old, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. ❖ Taliban attack on “the military side of Kabul’s international airport”, leaving some injured. ...
Edward Snowden and the Iceland Option [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - Jun 10 2013] Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed details about two massive spying programs, initially holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong, a part of the world he chose apparently because of its "spirited commitment to free speech ...
What's Next for NSA Leaker Edward Snowden? [Published Gawker - Jun 10 2013] Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old who revealed himself on Saturday as the leaker behind The Guardian's NSA scoops, is holed up in a Hong Kong hotel. What's his next move?Snowden told The Guardian that he flew to Hong Kong to weather the leak-publication ...
Icelandic Lawmaker Ready To Help NSA Whistleblo... [Published Talking Points Memo - Jun 10 2013] Tweet this storyAn Icelandic lawmaker said Sunday that she's prepared to help whistleblower Edward Snowden seek asylum in that country, Forbes reported.Member of parliament Birgitta Jonsdottir and Smari McCarthy, executive director of the Icelandic Modern ...