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The Guardian's Bombshell Revelation About NSA Domestic Spying Is Only The Tip...
Last night Glenn Greenwald revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) is using the so-called "business records" provision of the Patriot Actto secretly collect telephone records of millions of...
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Immigration Reform Is In Danger Of Complete Collapse
The chances of comprehensive reform to the nation's immigration system — once thought to have broad, bipartisan support — are quickly disintegrating. Legislation in both the House and Senate have run...
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GOP CONGRESSMAN: The Government's Phone Tracking Has Stopped A Terrorist...
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters on Thursday that the National Security Agency's collection of Americans' phone records has thwarted a...
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Two Weeks Ago The NSA Said It Was 'The Only Ones Not Spying On The American...
Following the news that broke last night that the federal government was getting full records of all Verizon phone calls, the Obama administration is now trying to defend this move, by claiming they...
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Staff Sex Abuse At Youth Prisons Is 3 Times As High As Abuse In Adult Prisons
Hundreds of teen-agers are raped or sexually assaulted during their stays in the country's juvenile detention facilities, and many of them are victimized repeatedly, according to a U.S. Department of...
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CAMP CUPCAKE: Take A Tour Of America's Cushiest Prison
An ex-Michigan Supreme Court justice who pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud is likely heading to federal prison camp in West Virginia.But Diane Hathaway could have it a lot worse. A judge has recommended...
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'Patent Trolls' Are Just One Symptom Of An Entirely Screwed Up Patent System
The latest episode of the NPR radio show This American Life addresses the question of patent trolls by following up an episode from two years ago, focusing on the efforts by Nathan Myhrvold's company...
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Reports Of Armed Robbery At London's Selfridges Store
There have been multiple reports of a "smash and grab" robbery at the Selfridges department store on Oxford Street in London at around 8.30pm GMT.Despite multiple reports of gunfire, the Metropolitan...
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REPORT: Tech Giants Share Shocking Amount Of User Data With The Government
The National Security Agency and FBI have been engaging in a highly classified program that mines data from leading U.S. internet companies, according to a bombshell report in The Washington Post...
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Whistleblower Was 'Horrified' That Government Could 'Literally Watch Your...
The program detailed in the bombshell Washington Post report wasn't meant to be publicly disclosed, despite the fact that it had been established in 2007.A government whistleblower provided the...
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SCARY: These Slides Purport To Show How The NSA Watches Your Every Online Move
UPDATE: Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google have all denied involvement in the PRISM program.EARLIER: A top-secret April PowerPoint slideshow details how the National Security Agency partnered with...
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Turtle Researcher May Have Been Murdered By Drug Traffickers
On May 31, conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval was found bound, beaten, and shot through the head on the beach he had devoted his career to, according to TicoTimes.Sandoval spent many hours on Moín...
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INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: WaPo And Guardian Reports On 'PRISM' Program Have...
The Director of National Intelligence defended the Obama administration from reports that the National Security Agency mined data from major Internet companies, releasing a statement saying it is...
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GLENN GREENWALD: The US Wants To 'Destroy Privacy Around The World'
The journalist who took part in breaking two attention-grabbing stories on government surveillance charged that the United States is interested in destroying privacy all over the world."There is a...
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Here's The Law The Obama Administration Is Using As Legal Justification For...
In an unusual statement late Thursday night, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper justified the Obama administration's broadening surveillance powers under Section 702 of the Foreign...
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A Brutal Poll For Obamacare Comes At The Worst Possible Time
More Americans than ever view President Barack Obama's signature health-care legislation negatively, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC poll.The poll, which was released on Thursday, found that...
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Hacker Who Helped Expose Steubenville Could Get More Prison Time Than The 2...
A 26-year-old cybersecurity consultant who made the rape of a 16-year-old in Steubenville, Ohio a national outrage has been raided by the FBI, Mother Jones reports.Deric Lostutter — previously known as...
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Obama Blasts Media 'Hype' Over Secret Program, Calling Them 'Modest...
President Barack Obama pushed back on what he called "hype" over reports detailing broad government surveillance, saying "modest encroachments on privacy" were necessary tradeoffs for security. "Some...
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LAWYER: Why BigLaw Is A Terrible Place For Women
A lawyer who sued big-time law firm Greenberg Traurig for sex bias has given some insights into why she left BigLaw.Francine Griesing has spent 32 years in the law — landing a top role in...
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Scarlett Johansson Sues Over Bizarre French Book That Depicts Her Doppelganger
Scarlett Johansson is suing a French publisher over the use of her likeness in a book.According to French radio RTL, Johansson filed a lawsuit against JC Lattes for exploiting her likeness in "The...
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