All News Articles for 2013-06-14
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Obama to Champion NSA Spying at Global Superpower Summit Announcement comes as Administration faces deluge of criticisms at home and abroad. Read more |
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Wired's James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander’s Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar Bamford: "Never before has anyone in America’s intelligence sphere come close to his degree of power." Read more |
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Gov't Sues Exxon For 'Disrupting Lives and Damaging Environment' State and Federal offices are going after the Oil Giant for gross violations and damage following Pegasus pipeline rupture Read more |
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Rising Temperatures and Drought Fuel Largest Fire in Colorado History Residents brace for a season of more harsh blazes as heat reaches new records Read more |
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House Votes to Maintain 'Indefinite Detention' at Gitmo Members of the US House of Representatives also elect to block a plan to close the controversial prison Read more |
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US 'Military Support' in Syria Will Lead to Full-Scale War, Critics Warn As Western leaders and major media outlets rushed to back the White House's recent claim that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its rebel forces—urging increased U.S. "military support" for the rebels—progressive voices emerged Friday to warn against U.S. intervention, which would only escalate the conflict and lead to an even greater loss of life in the region. Read more |
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Protesters Skeptical as Turkish PM Flips from Threats to Concessions In a move to quell ballooning protests, Erdogan pledges Gezi Park referendum Read more |
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Glenn Greenwald Talks Snowden, NSA on All In [Wednesday night broadcast] Read more |
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Millions of Iranians Head to Polls Following ouster of reformist candidate, many rally behind moderate cleric Read more |
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Non-Violent Keystone XL Activists = 'Eco-Terrorists,' According to TransCanada Documents Vague language also ensnares journalists, researchers and academics Read more |
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US Drums of War Beat Louder in Syria White House claims Assad used chemical weapons Read more |