HPR1055: TGTM Newscast for 2012/8/15

Summary: TGTM Newscast for 2012/8/15 Here is a news review: Senate Anti-Leaks Bill Threatens the Rights of the Press and the Public Assange Lawyer: U.K. Has No Legal Grounds to Block WikiLeaks Founder’s Trip to Ecuador Free Public Health: An Unquestionable Achievement of Cuba Hey, We Finally Have A Privacy And Civil Liberties Oversight Board... After Being Left Dormant For Almost Five Years Pros and cons of Chomsky and Hedges Europe Already Has Draft Standard For Real-Time Government Snooping On Services Like Facebook And Gmail Victory Over Cyber Spying U.S. to Oppose U.N. Regulation of Internet There’s a Good Chance Your Friends Are Phonies Has Your ISP Joined the US “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme? Other Headlines: A call for an ‘independent labor movement’ Independent Activism in Cuba US Attorneys Refuse to Assure Judge That They Are Not Already Detaining Citizens Under NDAA My Virgin experience as a Paedophile! Broadening the Lens on Human Trafficking News from "techdirt.com," "havanatimes.org," and "allgov.com" used under arranged permission. News from "torrentfreak.com," and "eff.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution license. News from "democracynow.org," and "peoplesworld.org" used under permission of the Creative Commons by-attribution non-commercial no-derivatives license. News Sources retain their respective copyrights. Links https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/senates-anti-leaks-bill-threatens-rights-press-and-public http://www.democracynow.org/2012/8/7/headlines#875 http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=75790 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120803/01382919920/hey-we-finally-have-privacy-civil-liberties-oversight-board-after-being-left-dormant-almost-five-years.shtml http://peop