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Wikileaks has obtained and published information that exposes the US Central Intelligence Agency hacking operations. Though the authenticity of the document is yet to be verified, but all calls to ask for the authenticity has proven abortive as the CIA won't respond on the issue.

                

The document details the size and scope of CIA hacking operation. The agency also employed more than 5,000 users that helps it in producing more than a thousand trojans, viruses  and "weaponised" malware.

To protect its own operations, the CIA is reported to have crafted different techniques that makes them appear as Russian hackers, but in recent times, the CIA arsenal of cyber-weapons have been stolen and currently in the hands of foreign spies and criminals.

One of the tools was reported to have landed in the laps of a former US government hacker and contractor, whom also leaks the information to Wikileaks.

The hacking program as detailed in the documents can tap into iPhones, Microsoft Window operating system, Google Android phones, and also Samsung Smart TV, which also can be used as a microphone.

Wikileaks said that the smart-tv can be placed into a "fake-off" mode, which will allow the agency to record conversations when the TV is off, and the recordings will then be sent to a CIA server.

Ted Lieu, a U.S rep senator has called for an invetsigation into the leaks, Ted said;

I am deeply disturbed by the allegation that the CIA lost its arsenal of hacking tools. The ramifications could be devastating, We need to know if the CIA lost control of its hacking tools, who may have those tools, and how do we now protect the privacy of Americans.

The potential privacy concerns are mind-boggling.

Wikileaks is well known for leaking state secrets that has been stolen from government agencies, powerful individuals and individuals, but the recent batch of leaks is yet to be confirmed by independent experts.

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The US president, Donald Trump has said that Christians seeking refugee status in the United States will be given priority status than the Muslims.

              

While speaking to the Christian Broadcasting Network, Donald Trump said it was impossible, or tough for Christians to enter the United States, while the Muslim were given a quick pass. Donald Trump said;

If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible and the reason that was so unfair -- everybody was persecuted, in all fairness -- but they were chopping off the heads of everybody but more so the Christians. And I thought it was very, very unfair. So we are going to help them.

The president did not give evidence for his accusation, and why the Department of Homeland Security and State Department would have given Muslims quick pass to the United states than the Christians. According to a non-partisan Pew research centre, 99% of those that were admitted into the USA were Muslims, with only 1% to be Christians.

The CIA World fact book said that 87% of Syrians are Muslims, and 10% are Christians.

 

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NSA whistleblower. Edward Snowden has said in the past that our smartphones are transmitting information that could be monitored by different agencies, especially the NSA.

To help block such transmission, Snowden and co-designer, Andrew “Bunnie” Huang gave a presentation via video link to the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Thursday where he presented a device that lets the phone owner knows when his device is transmitting data over WI-FI, Bluetooth and been exploited by unauthorized security agencies.

                           

The initial design of the phone called the introspection engine, have a small, monochromatic display, which shows whether the phone is “dark”, or whether it is transmitting data.

The device is still an academic project and not yet massively distributed to the market, but the device might change the way consumers view their smartphones as "tracking device"

                                

Presenting the phone case, Edward Snowden said;

 If you have a phone in your pocket that’s turned on, a long-lived record of your movements has been created, As a result of the way the cell network functions your device is constantly shouting into the air by means of radio signals a unique identity that validates you to the phone company,” he added.

And this unique identity is not only saved by that phone company, but it can also be observed as it travels over the air by independent, even more dangerous third parties.

Snowden, former NSA and CIA contractor, currently living in Russia leaked classified intelligence documents in June 2013, and the documents show the extent the US government has been spying on its people, foregin government and political leaders around the world.

 

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Donald Rickard, a US Spy working for the CIA has confirmed that he was responsible for the tip that led to the arrest of former African president, Nelson Mandela. Rickard served as the US vice-consul in Durban and CIA operative.

According to a taped interview with British filmmaker John Irvin. Mr Rickard said Nelson Mandela was considered;

The world’s most dangerous communist outside of the Soviet Union” and was about to incite a rebellion against the apartheid regime, opening the door for Soviet intervention.  If the Soviets had come in force, the United States would have had to get involved, and things could have gone to hell.  We were teetering on the brink here and it had to be stopped, which meant Mandela had to be stopped. And I put a stop to it.

                          

Nelson Mandela was disguised as a chauffeur when he was arrested in Durban.

Donald Rickard died 2 weeks after this heavy revelation, and his bombshell has prompted calls for the CIA to release more information about the arrest, and their relationship with the apartheid government.

A senior official of the African National Congress, Ronnie Kasrils, who also worked with Nelson Mandela said;

 Mandela’s early capture certainly hindered the struggle against apartheid,It is clear that the regime and its spooks worked hand in glove with the CIA. The CIA needs to come clean on what happened.

Nelson Mandela spent 28 years in prison when he was arrested, and was convicted for trying to rebel against the white minority in the country. He denied claims that he was a communist. 

When Mandela was arrested, the cold war between the Soviet Union and the US was at its height and CIA had its eyes on various countries where they saw communism as a growing threat. Such countries include China, East Germany, Cuba and Vietnam.

 

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Since the death of Notorious BIG and his best friend Tupac, a lot of music fans believe something is not right since nobody could point to Tupac's grave and they all believe any grave for Tupac is probably fake since it's looking like either Tupac or someone is not saying the truth.

    

A lot of YouTube videos have shown Tupac look-alike partying or showing Tupac in some award night. So this had left a lot of unanswered questions on the lips of the rapper fans.

Well, if you are in the US, the best government agency that can find a pin in the haystack, CIA, while tweeting with hashtag #twitterversary said that they don't know where Tupac is, they never said if he is dead or alive, but if he is alive, they don't know is location.

Tweet from the CIA below:

     

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