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Date Sent: 2013-05-24
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
Obama outlines rules for armed drone strikes -- NY Governor Threatens The Jobs Of Sheriffs
05-23-13 -- George Donnelly - Andrea Glasscock Garcia - Angela Keaton (MP3 & Video LOADED) -- Solar plane sets distance record on U.S. tour -- Small town vigilantes refuse to disarm in tense Mexican state of Michoacan -- Electric carmaker Tesla Motors pays off government loan 9 years early -- Sheer Wind Innovation Promising -- Driving Volkswagen’s 261-MPG
Diesel-Electric Supercar Spacepod -- The Value of Hemp -- More Evidence
That Ancient Mars Could Support Life Found by Old Rover -- Water fluoridation DEFEATED in Portland -- Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in Landmark Case -- Judy
MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life -- Park Police, Fish
& Wildlife Service and Philadelphia Cops prepare to attack peaceful
demonstrators -- Jim Babb on Jury Nullification at Smoke Down Prohibition III -- 05-23-13 -- George Donnelly - Andrea Glasscock Garcia - Angela Keaton - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Reality Check Exclusive: Cincinnati agent giving orders in IRS scandal? -- Best Video EVER - IRS Commissioner Squirms -- New College Grads Are Waking Up To A Huge Debt Hangover -- The Cable Business Is Finally, Really Getting Killed By The Internet -- China's Hunger For Electric Cars May Mean A Second Chance For Fisker -- Iraq Today: America's Imperial Legacy -- Mission Creep Toward Full-Scale War on Syria -- DHS Bullet Shortage? No Problem. Print Your Own Ammo
AZ: Worldwide ‘March Against Monsanto’ Protests Planned for
Saturday, May 25th, 8 a.m. - Noon PDT; Fundraiser raffle for Steve Porak's Cancer Treatment - 36" Ferret .50 BMG on an Olympic AR-15 Lower Receiver
Free Adam Kokesh Legal Fund - Shield Mutual - George Donnelly
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News Link • Drones
Obama outlines rules for armed drone strikes
05-23-2013
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Reuters
In a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy on Thursday, President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones to kill terrorists abroad, and in a nod to concerns, outlined plans to limit the use of such strikes.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
New York Governor Reportedly Threatened The Jobs Of Sheriffs
05-23-2013
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Business Insider
Some critics have pointed to New York State’s new gun control law as chilling in its scope and intent.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Solar plane sets distance record on U.S. tour
05-23-2013
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AFP
Solar Impulse landed in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas at 1:08 am (0608 GMT) after an 18 hour and 21 minute flight from Phoenix, Arizona, a distance of 1,541 kilometers (950 miles), organizers said. “This leg was particularly challenging because
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Air Force Not Doing Such a Great Job of Owning the Weather
05-23-2013
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The Local Voluntary
The US Air Force has a stated goal to own the weather by 2025. While it is rather well known that weather modification was used during the Vietnam War it is much less known that this technology has a great potential for abuse in the domestic arena.
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Michael Baysek
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News Link • Mexico
Small town vigilantes refuse to disarm in tense Mexican state of Michoacan
05-23-2013
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AFP
Interior Minister Miguel Angelo Osorio Chong said earlier that the soldiers were merely having a “dialogue” with the residents to resolve the dispute, but he insisted that the authorities would disarm and detain anyone with a weapon.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation
Electric carmaker Tesla Motors pays off government loan 9 years early
05-23-2013
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Rawstory
“I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress that worked hard to create the ATVM program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Chemtrails
DOWNTOWN TUCSON covered with TOXIC SPRAY! 05/21/2013
05-22-2013
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Chris Haskell - Real News Tucson
Tucson Arizona was completely covered (05/21/2013) with huge amounts of man-made clouds which are a product of Weather-Manipulation patented by the United States Government under the name "Stratospheric Geo-Engineering" otherwise called Chemtrails!
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Chris Haskell
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Sheer Wind Innovation Promising
05-23-2013
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arclein
SheerWind’s INVELOX wind energy system captures the breeze from an above ground portal and funnels the wind through a tapering passageway that naturally accelerates its flow. This kinetic energy drives the INVELOX generator that operates at ground le
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robert klein
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News Link • Transportation
Driving Volkswagen’s 261-MPG Diesel-Electric Supercar Spacepod
05-23-2013
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Wired.com
At first glance, the Volkswagen XL1 is like any other supercar. It’s long and low " lower, even, than a Lamborghini Aventador " with the same alluring blend of science and art and physics.
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News Link • Agriculture
The Value of Hemp
05-23-2013
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arclein
Hemp is a variety of cannabis sativa that has a long history of use in the United States. However, since the 1950s it has been lumped into the same category of marijuana, and thus the extremely versatile crop was doomed in the United States. Hemp is
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robert klein
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
More Evidence That Ancient Mars Could Support Life Found by Old Rover
05-23-2013
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space.com
The venerable Mars rover Opportunity, the older and smaller cousin of Curiosity, has discovered another water-weathered rock hinting that the Red Planet could have supported life in its ancient past, NASA officials said.
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News Link • Science
Weird Skin Color Illusion Can Reduce Racism
05-23-2013
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arclein
No need to break out the tanning booth. A new study finds that an illusion that makes people feel that a rubber hand is their own can make white people less unconsciously biased against people with dark skin.
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robert klein
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
Turmeric - A fierce superfood spice that melts away body fat and defeats insulin resistance
05-23-2013
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naturalnews.com
Besides garnering attention as a a veritable fountain of youth, cancer tamer and fibromyalgia remedy, turmeric has proven itself to be a formidable weight loss superfood as well.
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News Link • Water Issues-Water Fluoridation
Water fluoridation DEFEATED in Portland
05-23-2013
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naturalnews.com
Voters in Portland, Oregon solidly defeated a city-wide water fluoridation measure yesterday, with 60% of the voters saying "NO!" to the practice of adding toxic fluoride chemicals to the water.
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News Link • Agriculture
Monsanto Found Guilty of Chemical Poisoning in Landmark Case
05-23-2013
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arclein
“It is a historic decision in so far as it is the first time that a (pesticide) maker is found guilty of such a poisoning,” said Francois Lafforgue, Paul Francois’ lawyer, to Reuters earlier in the year.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protect
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robert klein
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News Link • Death
Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life
05-23-2013
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ted.com
Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk, Judy MacDonald Johnston shares 5 practices for planning for a good end of life.
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News Link • Police State
Park Police, Fish & Wildlife Service and Philadelphia Cops prepare to attack peaceful demonstrators
05-23-2013
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www.youtube.com
By James Babb...
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Corruption
Reality Check Exclusive: Cincinnati agent giving orders in IRS scandal?
05-23-2013
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fox19.com
The claim that the ongoing IRS scandal is limited to low level employees is falling apart.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Best Video EVER - IRS Commissioner Squirms
05-23-2013
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Daily Paul.com
OMG this was just priceless to see Rep. Jim Jordan from Ohio NAILS that IRS thug. Watch as he starts to sweat and squirm and change his answers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
New College Grads Are Waking Up To A Huge Debt Hangover
05-23-2013
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Business Insider
If MTV really wants to show young people coming to grips with the "Real World" after college, how about slapping them with $35,000 worth of debt and shoving them out into the job market?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Entertainment: Television (TV)
The Cable Business Is Finally, Really Getting Killed By The Internet
05-23-2013
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Business Insider
After years of premature declarations of the death of pay TV, it looks like it's actually starting to happen.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
When America Stops Importing Energy
05-23-2013
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nytimes.com
You’ve probably heard by now about the American energy revolution.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
China's Hunger For Electric Cars May Mean A Second Chance For Fisker
05-23-2013
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Business Insider
Fisker may have designed the hybrid car sometimes called the “most beautiful of the 21st century,” but that hasn’t stopped it from teetering on the verge of bankruptcy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Activism
PRESS RELEASE - Rally for Kokesh and Poe - Starts @ 10:00 a.m. Thurs May 23rd
05-22-2013
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Shield Mutual
(Philadelphia, PA, May 22, 2013) " Comedy activist troupe "The Panic Hour” and activist advocate Shield Mutual are supporting a rally Thursday May 23, 2013 at the James A. Byrne federal courthouse at 601 Market St. in Philadelphia that will demand t
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • 3D Printing
DHS Bullet Shortage? No Problem. Print Your Own Ammo
05-22-2013
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Daily Mail
A video showing what is thought to be first ever 3D-printed bullet being fired has appeared on YouTube.
In the video, from user Taofledermaus, three bullets of different weights and shapes are fired at various targets using a Mossberg 590 shotgun.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
FBI Agent Kills Man After Questioning Him About the Boston Marathon Bombing
05-22-2013
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The Atlantic Wire
The FBI only said that an agent "encountered the suspect while conducting official duties. The suspect is deceased," but has not offered any other details. Update: The FBI now says that suspect became "violent" during questioning, which
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News Link • Bitcoin
Bitcoin ATMs: Handy Vending Machines or Money-Laundering Nightmares?
05-22-2013
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Wired.com
The Robocoin is an ATM for Bitcoins, and for a few glorious days this past weekend, on a conference center floor in San Jose, California, it dished out thousands of dollars in exchange for Bitcoins, the world’s most popular digital currency.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Police State
Rule of Law No Longer Exists in America " Shahid Buttar (video)
05-22-2013
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Next News Network
Gari Franchi interviews Shahid Buttar on the government that rules America and what--if anything--can be done to restore our liberty. I listened to this soon after waking up this morning and was blown away.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
San Diego Mayor urges jury nullification
05-22-2013
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Daily Paul.com
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is urging jury nullification in medical MJ case:
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has injected himself into a federal criminal case against the operator of a medical marijuana dispensary, intensifying his standoff with federal
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction Are Back
05-22-2013
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Business Insider
What Warren Buffett once called "financial weapons of mass destruction" are firing again, with securitization and shadow banking at post-financial crisis highs.
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Boston bombing suspect's friend Ibragim Todashev killed in FBI shootout
05-22-2013
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CBS News
The FBI has not commented on the relationship between Ibragim Todashev and Tsarnaev but confirmed that Todashev died in the shootout and that he was being interviewed in connection with the April 15 attack.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Mindblowing Aerial Photos Reveal The Utter Destruction In Moore, Oklahoma
05-22-2013
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Business Insider
The deadly tornado struck Moore County in Oklahoma Monday has killed at least 24 people, as it left a mighty wake of destruction across the suburban landscape.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
California Cop Panics Over Cell Phone Camera, Thinking it Could be a Gun
05-21-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A California cop who was being video recorded by a smartphone said she was in fear for her life because the phone could have possibly been a gun, marking at least the 4th time this year a cop uttered those nonsensical words.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Oregon Rodeo “No Video Allowed” Policy Applies only to Out-of-Towners
05-21-2013
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Photography Is Not a Crime
Officials at the Eastern Oregon rodeo where an activist was arrested were very clear about their policy forbidding videography. The restrictions applied to everybody except the “good folks who want to film their relatives or friends.”
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News Link • Immigration
Senate panel approves sweeping immigration reform bill
05-21-2013
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Washington Post
A Senate committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants, setting the stage for the full Senate to consider the landmark legislation next month.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Petraeus’s role in drafting Benghazi talking points raises questions
05-21-2013
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Washington Post
A close reading of recently released government e-mails sent during the editing process, and interviews with senior officials from several government agencies, reveal Petraeus’s early role and ambitions in going well beyond the committee’s request,
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Top IRS Official to Invoke Fifth, Issa Subpoenas
05-21-2013
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National Journal
Lois Lerner, the IRS official who headed the tax-exempt division when the targeting of tea-party groups took place, plans to invoke her Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions before Congress on Wednesday.
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News Link • Environment
U.S. Has Depleted Two Lake Eries' Worth Of Groundwater Since 1900
05-21-2013
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popsci.com
Aquifer water levels are rapidly falling across most of the U.S., according to a new study.
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News Link • Drones
Oklahoma Students Design Drones That Can Fly Into Tornadoes
05-21-2013
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popsci.com
The remotely piloted vehicles could one day replace storm chasers, who risk their lives to capture valuable data about tornadoes.
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News Link • Adam vs The Man
Adam Kokesh Legal Defense Fund
5/21/2013
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freeadam.net
Fund to get a lawyer for Adam's hearing on Thursday. Adam was falsely arrested for Felony Assault on a Federal Officer. Video shows otherwise.
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News Link • Syria
Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
05-21-2013
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AP
Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of “defense material” to rebel groups to help protect the population, its foreign minister said Tuesday.
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News Link • Police State
Court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
05-21-2013
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Reuters
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. government had properly classified top secret more than 50 images of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden taken after his death, and that the government did not need to release them.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Protesters chant 'IRS has got to go' in Cincinnati
05-21-2013
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AP
Chanting "IRS has got to go," tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups. Waving such signs as "internal revenge service" and some wearing Colonial-era attire, members of tea party groups gathered
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GI's plea to 1 count
05-21-2013
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AP
Prosecutors say they will accept an Army private's guilty plea to a lesser version of one of the 22 counts he faces. Maj. Ashden Fein said prosecutors had changed their minds about trying to convict Pfc. Bradley Manning with violating the federal
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