The leader of a self-described dissident group that attacked the staff of the North Korean Embassy in Madrid, stealing troves of documents, fled to the US and offered the files to the FBI, court papers say.

A group of 10 men raided the North Korean Embassy in Madrid on February 22. The intruders bound and gagged staff, placed hoods over their heads and interrogated the chief of the mission before escaping with hard drives, flash drives and documents.

A 14-page summary of the case, which is being investigated by Spanish police, sheds light on details of the brazen attack and on the identity of the perpetrators. The document, seen by El Pais and a number of other outlets, identifies the leader of the gang as Adrian Hong Chang, a US resident and Mexican national.

he court documents suggest that the crime was carefully plotted by Hong Chang, who had stocked up on combat knives, mock pistols, tactical flashlights, balaclavas, and handcuffs in preparation for the assault. Moreover, Hong Chang got to know the head of the North Korean mission, So Yun Sok, before the attack. The gang leader posed as a potential investor in the North Korean economy during their previous encounter, El Pais reported, citing court documents.

Apparently, security staff let Hong Chang into the embassy – in a statement claiming responsibility for the attack on Wednesday, self-styled human rights group Cheollima Civil Defense said they had been 'invited' by someone from inside the mission. The group, which calls for the overthrow of the North Korean government, insisted the raid was not coordinated with any government.

Spanish police reportedly had a chance to thwart the attack as it was still underway, but were tricked by the gang leader. The wife of one of the embassy workers jumped from a window as events were unfolding and was spotted by neighbors who called medics and the police. But when police officers came to the embassy door, they were greeted by Hong Chang himself, posing as a North Korean diplomat. He assured the officers that there was no reason to worry, a response that was apparently enough to ward off further inquiry.

Shortly afterwards, eight of the gang members left the embassy, dashing away in four diplomatic cars, while Hong Chang and another of his associates stayed a little longer, eventually leaving the building through a back door and booking a rental car under the alias 'Oswald Trump.' Not wasting any time, Hong Chang flew to Lisbon using his Mexican passport and was in New Jersey on February 23. He then contacted the FBI and offered the stolen data. It is unclear if the US intelligence accepted the 'gift.'

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https://www.rt.com/news/454837-embassy-fbi-north-korea/

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A vote to consider amendments to the controversial Article 11 and Article 13 copyright laws has failed in the European Parliament by a margin of five votes. However, enough MEPs to flip the result now say they mis-clicked.

A total of 13 MEPs have issued corrections to their voting on Tuesday, when the European Parliament narrowly rejected debating amendments that might have watered down or even completely erased Articles 11 and 13 from the updated EU copyright rules.

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https://www.rt.com/news/454842-copyright-vote-wrong-button/

‘Never forget what they did here’: Snowden vents dismay at EU copyright reform

https://www.rt.com/news/454795-snowden-eu-article-13-copyright-internet/

Massachusetts’ Amherst College has drawn criticism for publishing a ‘language guide’ to the latest social justice buzzwords. The ensuing fiasco is the latest battle in the neverending war over free speech on America’s campuses.

The college’s Office of Diversity circulated a ‘Common Language Guide’ last week. Flicking through its pages, the guide is an exhaustive list of the latest, politically correct, university-approved terms to describe pretty much everything.

Predictably, much of the guide’s pages are devoted to issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality, all covered from the furthest left position possible. From ‘Cultural Appropriation’ to ‘Biological Determinism,’ every social justice box is ticked. Did you know that “women cannot be ‘just as sexist as men,’” because ‘Reverse Oppression’ is not real? And when LGBT people’s achievements in the military are celebrated, that’s a blatant case of ‘Homonationalism.’

The list goes into minute detail. A “masculine-presenting queer black women whose gender presentation can be more fluid and/or androgynous than completely masculine” should simply be referred to as ‘boi,’ for instance. A ‘packer’ is a “phallic object worn in the underwear to give the appearance of having a penis.” The special underwear a packer sits into, by the way, is called a ‘gaff.’

The definition of some political terms puzzled critics. ‘Capitalism,’ for example, is described as a system that “leads to exploitative labor practices, which affect marginalized groups disproportionately.” Thanks for the one-line explanation of Marxism, Amherst, no need for that $72,000 per year economics degree any more!

The Diversity Office pulled the document from its website a day later. College President Carolyn ‘Biddy’ Martin admitted that its black-and-white statements on all things political, racial and sexual ran “counter to the core academic values of freedom of thought and expression.”

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https://www.rt.com/usa/454818-college-language-guide-free-speech/

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good one