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Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria's Assad
Washington Examiner ^ | 3-19-16 | Rudy Takala

Posted on 03/20/2016 8:48:13 PM PDT by boycott

Google in 2012 sought to help insurgents overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to State Department emails receiving fresh scrutiny this week.

Messages between former secretary of state Hillary Clinton's team and one of the company's executives detailed the plan for Google to get involved in the region.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: android; apple; assad; egypt; encryption; eritrea; facebook; fatah; gaza; google; googlemaps; hamas; hizbollah; iphone; iran; iraq; israel; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; linux; microsoft; pgp; rudytakala; sinai; syria; twitter; waelghonim; waronterror; yemen
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Google executives supported the overthrow of EGYPT during the so-called Arab Spring. Now it appears that they were supporting the overthrow of SYRIA.

"Wael Ghonim, Google exec, says Egypt's revolution is 'like Wikipedia'"

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/02/wael-ghonim-google-exec-says-egypts-revolution-is-like-wikipedia.html

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“We are very, very proud of what Wael Ghonim was able to do in Egypt, they were able to use a set of technologies that included Facebook, Twitter and number of others to really express the voice of the people. And that is a good example of transparency. And we wish them very much the best. I have talked to him. We are very, very proud of what he has done.” said Google’s CEO and Leader Mr Schmidt in Barcelona.

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It troubles me very much how a US company can stir international conflict with our government's backing.

1 posted on 03/20/2016 8:48:14 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

Don’t be evil, lol...


2 posted on 03/20/2016 8:50:42 PM PDT by SteveH
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To: boycott

Russia and China know everything about what our government is doing.
This explains so much.
Zuckerberg can pack his bags.
They aren’t going to allow any foreign insurgent agents in China.


3 posted on 03/20/2016 8:52:23 PM PDT by mabelkitty (Trump 2016 !!!!! Member of the Trumpist Party; Reject Crumney!)
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To: boycott

So Google execs are qualified to get involved in international affairs?


4 posted on 03/20/2016 8:53:53 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: boycott

Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria’s Assad
Posted on 3/20/2016, 10:32:41 PM by MarvinStinson
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411654/posts
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5 posted on 03/20/2016 8:55:45 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: rdl6989

Technology industrial complex.


6 posted on 03/20/2016 8:57:55 PM PDT by taterjay
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To: boycott

Google started Egypt. Now we hear that Google is behind the Syrian civil war too?
W-—T-—F?


7 posted on 03/20/2016 8:59:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
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To: boycott

Exactly right. This is never mentioned either.


8 posted on 03/20/2016 9:00:09 PM PDT by Ray76 (Judge Roy Moore for Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
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To: boycott

It’s going to be like “Rollerball”, where nations are replaced by Corporations.


9 posted on 03/20/2016 9:00:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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So Google execs are qualified to get involved in international affairs?

Yes, because they are progressives. Their intentions are beyond question. On the other hand, DuckDuckGo hasn't started a war.

10 posted on 03/20/2016 9:01:49 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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I was at a meeting recently where a former Disciplinary Counsel for the State (the person that goes after attorneys engaging in ethical lapses or malpractice) said she would consider it a per se ethical violation for an attorney to communicate with clients via Gmail. She said, “you do know they are reading everything you send and there is no privacy with Gmail, don’t you?”


11 posted on 03/20/2016 9:02:40 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Repeal The 17th

Sorry. I did a search but obviously not a very good one. I believe I just searched “Assad” and didn’t see this story come up.

Thanks for the link.


12 posted on 03/20/2016 9:05:00 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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Silicon Valley wants a return on their huge donations to the Democratic Party. It is clear they can manipulate the foreign policy of the United States if for no other reason than to massage the egos of their executives. “OK try calling me a nerd now! I have power! I do, I do, I do!” Try to imagine the outcry if it was Wall Street guys who tried to do that.


13 posted on 03/20/2016 9:05:43 PM PDT by allendale
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“It’s going to be like “Rollerball”, where nations are replaced by Corporations.”

And many of us are just panting to give them all of our information over which they (and if they get their way) ONLY they will have control. Seems to be a lot swirling around all these enormous and secretive companies.


14 posted on 03/20/2016 9:05:52 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Where the Hell do you put the bayonet?" - Gen. "Chesty" Puller, at a flamethrower demonstration.)
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To: rdl6989

One got on the stage in Egypt.....and got quickly kicked off by the Muslim Brotherhood.


15 posted on 03/20/2016 9:08:02 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Trump it is.)
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To: allendale

Millions of refugees are displaced. Google needs to pay to house them.


16 posted on 03/20/2016 9:08:54 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Thankfully, the muzzie brotherhood was kicked out of Egypt.


17 posted on 03/20/2016 9:09:50 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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To: kaehurowing

I was at a meeting recently where a former Disciplinary Counsel for the State (the person that goes after attorneys engaging in ethical lapses or malpractice) said she would consider it a per se ethical violation for an attorney to communicate with clients via Gmail. She said, “you do know they are reading everything you send and there is no privacy with Gmail, don’t you?”

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Yep. Some old school, mossback firms are quietly losing business without knowing why, and it is over their utter lack of cyber security. Corporate clients in particular are quietly using this as a litmus test for whether firms are minimally competent to handle their work.


18 posted on 03/20/2016 9:18:37 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (That giant flushing sound is the New Whirled Order, going down the tubes.)
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Millions of refugees are displaced. Google needs to pay to house them.

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Actually, some of these unofficial as well as official actors need to face war crimes tribunals for their malicious and destructive dabbling.


19 posted on 03/20/2016 9:19:53 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (That giant flushing sound is the New Whirled Order, going down the tubes.)
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To: Psalm 144

Actually, some of these unofficial as well as official actors need to face war crimes tribunals for their malicious and destructive dabbling.

Agree.


20 posted on 03/20/2016 9:21:06 PM PDT by boycott (--s)
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