I’m sure it won’t be long before Michael Hayden is declared to be a “liar” or somebody says “Well, it’s different under Obama because there’s more “oversight” with how he’s doing it.” Regardless, Senator Obama would probably be all over President Obama: The former director of the US National Security Agency has indicated that surveillance programs have …
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From The Guardian: The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA’s history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical assistant for …
The Syrian rebels have said that they will not participate in peace talks that Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to organize in Geneva unless they receive new weapons and ammunition. The Syrian opposition will not attend the proposed Geneva conference on the crisis in Syria unless rebel fighters receive new supplies of arms …
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Can’t say that I disagree and the sentence they are recommending is less than what is in the guidelines: Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal …
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Knees jerk and some reflexively blame the NRA. Problem is, nobody wants to talk about the issue of mental illness and apparently, the Santa Monica shooter had mental health issues: The gunman’s rampage began at a home in this beachfront city, leaving two dead inside. Then he carjacked a woman and fired at a public …
The May 2013 jobs report is out, and frankly, it ain’t pretty. The economy added 175,000 jobs in May 2013. The unemployment rate 7.6%, while the U6 unemployment (which tracks people who aren’t working full time who want to be) 13.8%. The labor force participation rate 63.4%, up a bit. Construction and manufacturing jobs exhibited …
A gay couple is suing a Colorado baker. The reason: the baker refuses to bake them a wedding cake. A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a Colorado bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honor their Massachusetts ceremony, and alleging that the owners have a history of turning away …
Despite Egypt’s rapid decent towards tyranny, Secretary of State John Kerry approved another welfare check foreign aid package worth $1.3 billion for its Muslim Brotherhood led government. This was done in spite of Egypt not meeting democratic standards. Secretary of State John Kerry quietly acted last month to give Egypt $1.3 billion in U.S. military …
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In February, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) informed federal agencies spending more than $100 million on research to develop strategies to make published results of federal funded research publicly available. OSTP stipulated that results must be freely available within one year of publication. Legislation to ensure access to research findings was …
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Ever see the movie ‘Enemy of the State’? It was actually ahead of its time (made in 1998) with all that we have learned about what the government has been doing. This is mind boggling: The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, …
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