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While so-called journalism organizations are whining about Ecuador law that ends oligarch news monopolies, their work is being done by WikiLeaks: Keeping a journalistic source safe.
Panama may not rank that high on the list of NSA targets for mass surveillance, but we still have a FinFisher espionage command and control server being run in Panama by what appears to be the government.
The US embassy is leaking intelligence information about Gustavo Perez's activities in setting up special forces with former Noriega cronies that could commit a coup.
PelePolice is not included in a new WikiLeaks release about the booming market for surveillance and espionage software and tools. But it should be.
Panama's intelligence gathering messed up with imaginary plots, a paranoid president, a spy chief scheming to get the Israelis on board and attempts to protect the government against investigations into drug trafficking.
On August 5, we reported how the US had tried to recoup wiretapping equipment it had previously donated to the Panamanians because the equipment was being used for unlawful purposes such as political espionage. Newly released cables from WikiLeaks now reveal how Martinelli tried to blackmail the US into assisting him with an illegal espionage operation.
The Panama government is using spying equipment for political espionage and to stay informed about legal cases against (affiliated) drug traffickers.
Martinelli's so-called "free internet" program is in reality a nationwide system for the government to spy on its citizens, China, Iran and Cuba-style.