All News Articles for 2013-08-05

Monday, August 5, 2013
[title] Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence NSA Critics?
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Revealed: EPA Fracking Study Rebukes Agency's Own Safety Claims
DeSmog Exclusive: Censored EPA PA fracking water contamination presentation published for first time
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Fukushima Radioactivity Seeping Into Ocean at 'Emergency' Level, says Watchdog
Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority taskforce says TEPCO's "sense of crisis is weak"
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Bagram: Torture, Detention Without End at US Military's 'Other Guantanamo'
Prisoners languishing in US-run Afghan prison will have no hope as officials admit there is no plan to shut it down
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As WalMart Writes Checks, Critics Blast Teach for America
Critics blast non-profit as 'pipeline' for pro-corporate policies like charter schools and privatization
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Rejecting NSA Spying, Wikipedia Boosts Security after XKeyscore Revelations
Co-founder: "I challenge the rest of the industry to join us. Encryption is a human rights issue."
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German and US Spy Agencies Share Vast Metadata Trove
Leaked documents reveal Germany's "daily" spy exchange with NSA
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Gitmo Architect Says Gitmo Shouldn't Have Been Built
William Lietzau, the Pentagon detainee policy head with history of defending indefinite detention, now says notorious prison was a mistake
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[title] Chris Hayes: What It's Like to Spend Years in Solitary Confinement
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Not Too Little Wind Energy, But Too Much
Despite claims by critics, wind energy proves that only poor infrastructure, lack of political will inhibits industry's growth
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[title] Encore: The Faces of America’s Hungry
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Is NSA Secretly Feeding Spy Intel to Police for Petty Crimes?
Repeated claims that surveillance network only used for counter-terrorism belied by new documents from DEA
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