TNI in the news

TNI fellows, staff and consultants who are quoted, interviewed, featured or published in other media outlets. Please note that as many of our network also work for other organisations, we do not assume to take credit for all of these media "hits."

Activist speaks against wars
Matc Times

The war on Aghanistan was unnecessary because the Afghan government had nothing to do with the 9-11 attacks.

November 2009
Media veterans concerned with media “packages” to cover elections
Two Circles

The role of the media: where do we go from here?

November 2009
Will the EU’s “civilian” satellites also be used to guide bombs?
Prospect

Could Galileo also be pressed into service for a more explicitly offensive EU “superpower” strategy?

November 2009
The End Of Poverty?, Asking The Question in Its Title, Opens Theatrically November 13
About.com

The End of Poverty? is a new documentary that will help us to reflect on those who have been denied access to the natural riches that surround them.

November 2009
Do we know what we're doing in Afghanistan?
OpEdNews.com

The peace movement has a lot of work to do, it must demand de-escalation in Afghanistan.

October 2009
Ethnic groups likely to suffer
Financial Times (Germany)

The ruling junta is trying to crack down on ethnically distinct territories to reconcile Burmese and Chinese relations.

October 2009
Inside Story - The UN mission in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera

The UN has huge role to play in Afghanistan, but when it is trying to do this under the conditions of occupation it is inevitable that it is going to be seen as part of that occupation, not as part of the solution.

October 2009
EU will Internet und Mobiltelefone anzapfen
C6 Magazin

Ein Bericht, der unbeabsichtigt im Internet als PDF-Dokument mit Datum vom 30. Juni 2009 veröffentlicht wurde, liefert Einsichten in ein heimlichtuerisches Projekt der Europäischen Union, das darauf ausgerichtet ist, die Bürger zu überwachen, wie Wikileaks am 4. Oktober berichtete.

October 2009
"Militaire industrie profiteert van Europees onderzoeksgeld", zegt TNI-rapport
PALA

De Europese programma's rond interne veiligheid, goed voor een
totaalbudget van 1,4 miljard euro, zijn gericht op onderzoek dat steun
biedt aan de Europese militaire en veiligheidsindustrie.

October 2009
EU zkoumá, jak monitorovat abnormální chování
Tyden.cz

Evropská unie financuje ambiciózní programy, které mají v rámci boje proti terorismu monitorovat lidské chování. Mnozí pozorovatelé se obávají, že všichni Evropané budou brzy mezi podezřelými.

October 2009
Militaire industrie profiteert van Europees onderzoeksgeld
11.be

“Het hele proces lijkt ontworpen te zijn door lobbyisten, voor lobbyisten”, zegt Ben Hayes, TNI onderzoeker en auteur van het rapport. “In haar streven naar een verhoogde 'industriële competitiviteit', heeft de EU het ontwerp van haar onderzoeksprogramma volledig uitbesteed aan de bedrijven die het meest te winnen hebben aan de uitvoering van dit programma.”

October 2009
EU to monitor deviant behaviour in fight against terrorism
NRC Handelsblad

The EU is funding ambitious programmes to monitor human behaviour in the fight against crime and terrorism. Some people are afraid this will turn us all into suspects.

October 2009
U.N. Body Backs War Crimes Charges on Israel, Hamas
Inter Press Service (Copyright)

If Washington remains unwilling to hold Israel accountable for its violations in Gaza war, as seen in its voting against the UN Human Rights Council resolution, the potential for a new U.S. position in the world will be impossible.

October 2009
Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
Wikinews

A report accidentally published on the Internet provides insight into a secretive European Union surveillance project designed to monitor its citizens, as reported by Wikileaks earlier this month. Project INDECT aims to mine data from television, internet traffic, cellphone conversations, p2p file sharing and a range of other sources for crime prevention and threat prediction. The €14.68 million project began in January, 2009, and is scheduled to continue for five years under its current mandate.

October 2009
Feed the world
Financial Times

The recent food crisis in many poor countries is due to the dismantlement of the developing nations’ state support for local agriculture, and opening up to liberalised international food trade, as promoted by the international financial institutions.

October 2009
In de EU is snel lopen verdacht, een koude neus ook
NRC Handelsblad

Technologie moet ons beschermen tegen toekomstige terreuraanslagen, criminaliteit, of massale immigratie. Dat is de gedachte achter het EU-onderzoeksprogramma Security, waarin de komende jaren 1,4 miljard euro beschikbaar is. Dat geld wordt besteed aan projecten die technologie ontwikkelen om de veiligheid van de Europeaan te vergroten. Onderzoeker Ben Hayes van het Transnational Institute schreef een kritisch rapport over de projecten die Security financiert.

October 2009
Digital.Leben
Radio OE1

Michael Fiedler hat mit dem Autor Ben Hayes gesprochen. Der Titel "NeoConOpticon" hat seinen Ursprung übrigens in der Idee des Panopticon.

October 2009
EU 'homeland security' lacks democratic oversight, says watchdog
EUobserver

Decisions on the expansion of the lucrative security sector in the EU are hived off from public view and are being made by the companies that will ultimately profit from them.

October 2009
First Black President tries to undo Bush-era hatred, but can he?
The Final Call

President Barack Obama seized the world stage beginning at the United Nations and ending at The Group of Twenty economic summit in Pittsburgh.

October 2009
L a rencontre prévue le 1er octobre, à Genève, entre l'Iran et les représentants
L'Humanité Dimanche

L a rencontre prévue le 1er octobre, à Genève, entre l'Iran et les représentants du groupe des Six, composé de l'Allemagne et des membres du Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU (États-Unis, France, Russie, Chine, Grande-Bretagne) sur le nucléaire iranien apparaît comme une première étape tendue.

October 2009