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All News Articles for 2013-06-24

Monday, June 24, 2013
	Anti-War Activists Targeted as 'Domestic Terrorists' Shocking new revelations come as activists prepare to sue the U.S. military for unlawful spying Read more
	As World Plays 'Where's Snowden?' Michael Ratner and Glenn Greenwald Speak Out The international mystery surrounding National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has deepened after the former U.S. intelligence contractor failed to board a flight as expected from Moscow to Havana today. Snowden reportedly arrived in Moscow Sunday after fleeing Hong Kong. Read more
	Global 'Bully': As Snowden Seeks Asylum, Critics Blast US for Manhunt 'Massive Worldwide Surveillance System' should be the story, not whereabouts of the man who exposed it Read more
	US Military Quietly Deploying Hundreds of Soldiers to Egypt The revelation comes as the Egyptian military escalates threats against protesters Read more
	Massive Flooding Hits Canada's Dirty Energy Center: A Wakeup Call on Climate Change? Might the torrential rainfalls that have set off record floods in the Canadian province of Alberta—home of the massive tar sands project—jolt action on climate change? Read more
	Gitmo Prisoner: Administration Escalating Brutality Towards Hunger Strikers Shaker Aamer: "The administration is getting ever more angry and doing everything they can to break our hunger strike. Honestly, I wish I was dead." Read more
	Blowback: Pakistan Taliban Say Killing of Foreign Hikers Retaliation for US Drone Strikes A spokesman for the Taliban movement in Pakistan on Monday publicly claimed the group's responsibility for the killing of nine foreign hikers in the Himalayas over the weekend, saying that the massacre was a direct result of a US drone strike last month along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. "We did it and we claim responsibility for this attack," said Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan in a phone call to Agence France-Presse . Read more
	Expect More Resistance: Direct Action Targets Tar Sands as #FearlessSummer Kicks Off 9 arrests following action that thwarted construction of a tar sands pump station Read more
	'It's Absolutely Insane': Protests Fill Texas Capitol as Sweeping Anti-Choice Bill Advances Public outcry as Texas House rams through harsh anti-abortion bill Read more
	SCOTUS Punts on Affirmative Action In 7-1 decision, justices send issue back to lower court Read more
	Edward Snowden 'Likely to Have Left Russia' Source tells Interfax news agency that fugitive American whistleblower may have already got out of the country. Read more
	Ecuador: 'Freedom of Expression' Basis for Snowden Asylum Nation's foreign minister says NSA whistleblower request for safe harbor will be considered thoughtfully Read more
	Edward Snowden 'Healthy and Safe' But Location Unknown As whistleblower attempts journey towards asylum, US officials up ante for his capture Read more