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      The New Cold War and the Unquestioned 'Establishment'

      Newswire Editor
      Apr 30, 2014

      STEPHEN COHEN sfc1@nyu.edu and via Caitlin Graf, caitlin@thenation.com
      KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, rdambrose@thenation.com, @KatrinaNation

      Available for a very limited number of interviews, Cohen is professor emeritus at New York University and Princeton University. Also available for a limited number of interviews, Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation. They just co-authored the piece "Cold War Against Russia -- Without Debate" for The Nation, in which they wrote, "Future historians will note that in April 2014, nearly a quarter-century after the end of the Soviet Union, the White House declared a new Cold War on Russia -- and that, in a grave failure of representative democracy, there was scarcely a public word of debate, much less opposition, from the American political or media establishment. ...

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      NYT: Snowden Retained 'Espionage Act' Attorney

      Newspaper reports that NSA whistleblower sought counsel of lawyer who specializes in cases like his

      Jon Queally
      Apr 29, 2014

      NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, according to the New York Times, sought the legal counsel of an attorney expert in criminal cases related to the 'U.S. Espionage Act,' under which the Justice Department has filed multiple charges against him.

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      Obama Urged to Show Restraint on Ukraine

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      Veteran Intelligence Professionals For Sanity
      Apr 28, 2014

      MEMORANDUM TO: The President
      FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
      SUBJECT: Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S. National Interest

      Dear Mr. President:

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