June 11, 2013
The trial of disgraced Army private Bradley Manning has revealed troubling information about the May, 2011, raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout: one of the raid members - presumably a Navy SEAL member - suffered memory loss stemming from 'repetitive' traumatic brain injury.
The raid member,…
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June 14, 2013
On Thursday, I held a news conference announcing my intent to pursue legal action against the federal government for infringing on Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights. The National Security Agency’s collection of …
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June 15, 2013
Following whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks of National Security Agency documents pointing to mass online surveillance, both Facebook and Microsoft have released details on the number of legal orders made to them by the NSA.
Only a few days after revelations of the surveillance program known as PRISM, which…
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June 14, 2013
Edward Snowden could become a valuable asset for China’s cyber security experts if he is persuaded to share the knowledge of American surveillance programs. He has already given information of alleged NSA attacks on Chinese computer networks.
The former NSA contractor is now under criminal investigation in the…
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June 14, 2013
The FDA is warning that implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers and defibrillators, are often connected to networks that are vulnerable to cyber attacks that could shut down or manipulate the machinery.
Hackers with malicious intentions could introduce malware into the equipment, thereby gaining access to…
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June 14, 2013
After concluding that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against the country's insurgency, thus crossing a ‘red line,’ the Obama administration has decided to start sending arms to anti-Assad rebels for the first time since, officials say.
An internal memorandum circulating within the Obama…
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Added by Pam Vredenburg on June 13, 2013 at 11:49pm —
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6/13/13
Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.
The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear at the end of the year under a provision in the health care law that nudges aides and lawmakers onto…
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06/12/2013
Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are looking into allegations that the Internal Revenue Service seized 60 million medical records from a California health care provider.
“The Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating allegations that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in the…
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Added by Pam Vredenburg on June 12, 2013 at 8:30pm —
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June 12, 2013
The head of the United States National Security Agency defended the dragnet phone surveillance program carried out by his office during a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon on Capitol Hill.
Gen. Keith Alexander, the NSA director and head of the US Cyber Commander, told the Senate Appropriations defense…
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June 12, 2013
The UK is stepping up its campaign to bring large-scale farming of genetically-modified crops into Europe, with Environment Secretary Owen Paterson expected to become the second senior official in recent days to ask the EU to loosen existing controls.
In the thrust of the speech that has been leaked to the…
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June 11, 2013
A lawsuit accusing the Obama administration of multiple constitutional violations has been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union after an NSA contractor leaked details about an unprecedented example of mass surveillance.
The ACLU filed their claim in federal court on Tuesday, five days after Guardian…
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June 12, 2013 
The Sierra Club, one of the oldest environmental organizations in the US, has announced that it will be suing the State Department for access to documents regarding an environmental review of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline.
The lawsuit will be filed following the…
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October 08, 2012
With a sad twist of irony, corporate and government elite dine on safe, organic food while the masses, those very people who are supposedly represented and protected by their governments, are poisoned by hidden genetically modified organisms, pesticides and dangerous contaminants. The…
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Added by Pam Vredenburg on June 10, 2013 at 10:09pm —
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June 10, 2013
As news continues to surface about classified NSA documents leaked last week, the man who blew the whistle on the secret spy program is quickly becoming the center of attention.
With all eyes turned to 29-year-old Edward Snowden, the former CIA analyst who leaked documents…
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June 11, 2012
Hold onto your holsters, folks: shooting a cop dead is now legal in the state of Indiana.
Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servant — including an officer of the law — in cases of “unlawful intrusion.” Proponents…
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June 8, 2013
A majority in the U.S. Senate has told President Barack Obama not to do it. There’s no doubt that an overwhelming majority of Americans would oppose it — if the media ever told them about it.
Nonetheless, this past Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry said that…
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Added by Pam Vredenburg on June 9, 2013 at 5:40pm —
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Long-term exposure to microwave radiation provokes cancer growth: evidences from radars and mobile communication systems.…
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June 06, 2013
Drone strikes in Pakistan have killed 1,000 civilians, activists say, while the US maintains they only target terrorists. Victims of drone warfare and their families live in constant fear of another strike, and say they are “angry and want revenge.”
A review of classified US intelligence records has revealed…
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