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Date Sent: 2012-12-17
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, December 17, 2012 AM edition |
Family of slain border agent sues federal officials -- Obama to Name Kerry as new Secretary of State
Snitching, For Fun and Profit -- Strip Search Of 10-Year-Old Prompts Complaint Against Elementary School -- Congressmen Confront EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Over Use of Alias 'Richard Windsor' -- China tightens 'Great Firewall' internet control with new technology -- Islamofascist Killers Threaten Syria -- Egyptians appear to back constitution -- ‘Fiscal cliff’? Britain has already jumped. -- Is Gun Control The Answer To Violence? -- Sandy Hook Research ….. Teachers listed as Victims NOT on School Website as Faculty -- TRUE SOURCE OF RANDOM SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENCE IS OFTEN PSYCHOTROPIC
DRUGS -- The True Source Of Random & Mass Shootings And Violence -- Ban all guns now! -- Innocents Betrayed ~ The History of Gun Control - FULL LENGTH -- Halt the Massacre of Innocent Children by Ending Prohibition on Self-Defense in Schools -- Why Is Pesticide Used As An Ingredient In Infant Formula?
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News Link • Gun Rights
Family of slain border agent sues federal officials
12-17-2012
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Reuters
The parents of a slain U.S. Border Patrol agent have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in connection with the botched "Fast and Furious" federal sting operation that saw guns purchased in the United States slip to suspected criminals in Mexico.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Obama Expected to Name Sen. John Kerry as new Secretary of State
12-16-2012
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New York Times
President Obama is leaning strongly toward naming John Kerry, the Massachusetts senator and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for president 8 years ago, to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, according to administration officials and friends
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Snitching, For Fun and Profit
12-17-2012
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Simple Justice
For a fee, Watkins and associates sold information about other criminals that they could turn around and offer up to federal agents in hopes of shaving years off their prison sentences. They were paying for information to buy was freedom.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
Strip Search Of 10-Year-Old Prompts Complaint Against Elementary School
12-17-2012
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CBS News
In a complaint filed against assistant principal a fifth-grader alleges he was ordered to remove his socks, shoes, pants and shirt so the principal could conduct a manual search for a $20 bill that was inevitably found in the cafeteria.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Obama Administration
Congressmen Confront EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Over Use of Alias 'Richard Windsor'
12-17-2012
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Weekly Standard
"In recent weeks, questions have been raised in Congress and among public interest groups about the use of one or more secondary email accounts and aliases by you and potentially other officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)," they wro
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
China tightens 'Great Firewall' internet control with new technology
12-17-2012
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The Guardian
A number of companies providing "virtual private network" (VPN) services to users in China say the new system is able to "learn, discover and block" the encrypted communications methods used by a number of different VPN systems.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • World News
Egyptians appear to back constitution
12-16-2012
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Washington Post
Egypt’s main opposition bloc on Sunday alleged widespread fraud and called for mass protests after preliminary results showed supporters of a controversial draft constitution winning a solid majority in the first round of balloting.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
‘Fiscal cliff’? Britain has already jumped.
12-16-2012
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Washington Post
Britain has already crashed over its own economic precipice, with the Conservative-led government unleashing a radical experiment in austerity since coming to power in 2010 that has seen public spending corralled and taxes increased on this side of t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
Is Gun Control The Answer To Violence?
12-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Just looking at the recent stories regarding violence and the senseless loss of life, disregarding all the rest of the negative news, we are stunned at where we as a species has headed while asking what it might take to fix the brutal situation we fi
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Conspiracies
Sandy Hook Research ….. Teachers listed as Victims NOT on School Website as Faculty
12-16-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
I came across something VERY ODD when I was researching and trying to find out if Newtown Connecticut schools have security cameras installed. I did this due to the fact there has not been one mention of reviewing any security video of the horrible
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Gun Rights
TRUE SOURCE OF RANDOM SHOOTINGS AND VIOLENCE IS OFTEN PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
12-16-2012
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http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com
Suicidal tendencies and violent, destructive thoughts are some of the admitted behavioral side effects of mind-altering prescription medications.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
The True Source Of Random & Mass Shootings And Violence
12-16-2012
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http://www.dailypaul.com/
Published on Jul 23, 2012 - Find out why Dr. Ron Paul is crusading to STOP mandatory mental screening and forced drugging of our children. This video highlights the link between psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence
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Ernest Hancock
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Feature Article • Gun Rights
Ban all guns now!
Goshe King
Let us get rid of knifes, stones, and whatever it is that mankind has ever used to harm another human. That would solve it all. It is only common sense
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News Link • Energy
Residential fuel cells in Japan
12-16-2012
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http://www.off-grid.net, by TECHSTAR
Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. will create a new electricity supply system that does not rely on conventional electric utilities, aiming for commercialization by fiscal 2014, The Nikkei has reported.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Environment
Suffocating The World " The Disastrous Effects of Plastic Bags
12-16-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Scott Morefield
The 1980’s saw the gradual shift from paper to plastic shopping bags in grocery stores all across the developed world.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Why Is Pesticide Used As An Ingredient In Infant Formula?
12-16-2012
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http://wakeup-world.com, By Sayer Ji
Why is cupric sulfate " a known herbicide, fungicide and pesticide " being used in infant formula? And why is it displayed proudly on product labels as a presumably nutritious ingredient?
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Robert Lee
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Reference Link • Internet
The Best Replacements for Privacy-Invading Services
Lifehacker (h/t Claire Wolfe)
These days, everyone's out to violate your privacy. But even if you care about privacy, you probably don't want to leave the internet forever, so here are some of the best alternatives to major services that actually respect your privacy.
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Feature Article • TERRORISM
What would Muhammad do?
Goshe King
I thought long and hard about the title of this article and there was no simple answer. Some of my readers may already be wondering what this article is all about so I’ll cut to the chase, and in all honesty the question at hand is, what would Muhamm
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News Link • Gun Rights
School shooter Adam Lanza likely on meds; labeled as having ‘personality disorder’
12-15-2012
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mike Adams
Gun control? We need medication control!
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Internet
Gov Haslam Begs Congress To Allow Internet Sales Tax!
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Gov. Bill Haslam and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire have sent a letter to two U.S. Senate Finance Committee leaders urging action before the end of the year on legislation allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales. The bill is known as
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Chris Menke
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
On The Controlled Media Matrix and Collateral Damage
12-14-2012
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The Daily Bell
You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Pentagon to send missiles, 400 troops to Turkey
12-14-2012
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Associated Press
The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Stop Congress from Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act, a Warrantless Spying Bill
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
We could be celebrating the New Year by ripping out the fiber optic cables that are sending copies of all our emails to the National Security Agency.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Samsung TVs Can Be Hacked to Spy on Viewers
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
Security firm exposes dangers of so-called “smart” products
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TSA Calls Bomb Specialist On Wheelchair Bound 12-Year-Old Girl With Bone Disorder
12-14-2012
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Prison Planet
The TSA continues to keep Americans safe from terrorists, once again thwarting a dangerous threat, this time from a wheelchair bound twelve-year-old girl with a genetic bone disorder.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Gets Its Way in Ag Bill
12-14-2012
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Common Dreams
“The Farmers Assurance Provision” is the title of a rider, Section 733, inserted into the House of Representatives 2013 Agriculture Appropriations Bill
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Marc Victor
The Attorney For Freedom Show #2
12-14-2012
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KQCK Radio
The Attorney For Freedom Show 12-13-12 on KQCK Live Radio with special guests Ernest Hancock and Butler Shaffer.
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Mike Wasdin
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News Link • Healthcare
The Citizens for Liberty Health Care Town Hall (video)
12-12-2012
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The International Libertarian
What is the solution to the health care crisis? That was the subject of the Citizens for Liberty Health Care Town Hall. Special guest Speakers were Katy Weber Abram from Americans for Prosperity(http://americansforprosperity.org/), Dr Nick Pandelidis
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • TERRORISM
Canadian Supreme Court to rule on definition of terrorism
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Long-awaited decisions weigh anti-terrorism law against freedom of expression and religion
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Clashes erupt in Argentina over verdict in sex slave trial
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Protesters have clashed with police in Buenos Aires after the acquittal of 13 people in a high-profile sex-slavery case that sparked public outrage across the country.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • WAR: About that War
US Providing Training to Syrian Rebels in Jordan
12-14-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The US has been providing training to Syrian rebel fighters on the use of sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons in neighboring Jordan, as news of the US’s formal recognition of the Syrian Opposition Coalition.
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Obama Administration
Susan Rice withdraws as candidate for secretary of state
12-13-2012
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Washington Post
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name as President Obama’s leading candidate for secretary of state, saying the administration could not afford the “lengthy, disruptive and costly” confirmation process her Republican critics have promised.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bradley Manning in court: Idealist or emotionally unstable?
12-13-2012
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AFP
Who is the real Bradley Manning: a fragile and unstable being, with suicidal tendencies, or a man of conscience, aware of his actions and determined to make his mark in the world? Defense attorneys and prosecutors drew competing portrayals of
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Report finds harsh CIA interrogations ineffective
12-13-2012
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Washington Post
After a contentious closed-door vote, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved a long-awaited report concluding that harsh interrogation measures used by the CIA did not produce significant intelligence breakthroughs, officials said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
European court: German was victim of US rendition
12-13-2012
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AP
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a German car salesman was a victim of torture and abuse, in a long-awaited victory for a man who had failed for years to get courts in the United States and Europe to recognize him as a victim.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
College Cop Fired after Barging into Dorm Room without Warrant
12-13-2012
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A solid victory for camera-wielding citizens: a University of Kentucky-Lexington police officer was fired less than 48 hours after a video went viral showing him and another officer barging into a college student’s dorm room without a warrant.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Detroit Gives Away Lots For $200 To Reduce Blight
12-13-2012
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CBS News
The city of Detroit is expanding its White Picket Fence Program, designed to end blight by allowing residents to buy adjacent city-owned lots for $200. To sweeten the deal, buyers also receive $200 gift cards to be used towards fencing and upkeep su
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Barely Noticed by Cops, Non-Tribal Poker Rooms Thrive in Phoenix
12-13-2012
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Phoenix New Times
John Schnaubelt walks in. He's a large guy in his mid-40s and would have been noticeable even if he hadn't stared at the players and said, "Hello, ladies and gents!" in a suspiciously loud, looking-for-trouble kind of voice.
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News Link • Obama Administration
Chaffetz: State Dept Hiding Benghazi Survivors
12-13-2012
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Breitbart
Congressman Chaffetz said he has been “thwarted” by the State Department from seeing any Americans who survived the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. Many people forget that there were Americans who survived
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Senate takes step toward banning stalking software
12-13-2012
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AP
A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress. The software is popular among jealous wives or husbands because it can continuously track the whereabouts of a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
U.S. judge orders 9/11 suspects' CIA experience kept secret
12-13-2012
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Reuters
The U.S. military judge overseeing the Guantanamo prosecution of five alleged conspirators in the September 11 attacks has issued an order maintaining secrecy over the defendants' experiences in clandestine CIA prisons.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Somali Woman Gets Prison for Supporting Charity
12-13-2012
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AP
A woman who fled war-torn Somalia as a child was sentenced Tuesday to 8 years in prison for sending $1,450 and insisted she wasn't a terrorist and said her contributions were motivated by a desire to provide food and medical care for those in need.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Precious Metals
Levy on gold could be budget windfall, U.S. lawmakers say
12-13-2012
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Reuters
Revising a 19th-century US law that governs the mining of gold and other precious metals could add billions of dollars to federal coffers, according to Democratic lawmakers. Taxpayers receive no royalties on metals pulled from federal land,
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