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Date Sent: 2013-12-21
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, December 21, 2013
 
Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer

Senate Passes NDAA 2014 via Fast Tracking, President To Sign -- Critics: NSA agent co-chairing key crypto standards body should be removed -- Google: Surge in pressure from govts to DELETE CHUNKS of the web -- Texas County Commissioners Vote For Illegal Speed Cameras -- State Police Acknowledge Use Of Cell Phone Tracking Device -- US Death Squad Diplomacy in Syria -- Elie Wiesel's Anti-Iranian Agenda -- N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses -- 9/11 Families 'Ecstatic' They Can Finally Sue Saudi Arabia -- Florida Couple Forced to Dig Up 17-Year Old Organic Garden -- These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying -- Chrisman case: Ex-police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison -- Democratic Socialism, Guns, and the Failure of the Constitution -- Jesus’ Government -- The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America -- Deceased Researcher’s Message In A Bottle Discovered In The Arctic -- New Iran Bill Sets Stage for Obama-Senate Battle -- Meet Wall Street: Your New Landlord

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Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer News Link  •  Surveillance
 Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer
12-20-2013  •  Reuters 
As a key part of a campaign to embed encryption software that it could crack into widely used computer products, the National Security Agency arranged a secret $10 million contract with RSA, the most influential firm in computer security  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Senate Passes NDAA 2014 via Fast Tracking, President To Sign News Link  •  Police State
 Senate Passes NDAA 2014 via Fast Tracking, President To Sign
12-21-2013  •  . 
Late Thursday night, the Senate passed the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill, is infamous for its language on indefinite detention, and "disappearing" of American citizens. Once again, the bill was past via Fast-Tracking while most of the country w  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Critics: NSA agent co-chairing key crypto standards body should be removed News Link  •  Surveillance
 Critics: NSA agent co-chairing key crypto standards body should be removed
12-21-2013  •  ars technica 
Security experts are calling for the removal of a National Security Agency employee who co-chairs an influential cryptography panel, which advises a host of groups that forge widely used standards for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Google: Surge in pressure from govts to DELETE CHUNKS of the web News Link  •  Internet
 Google: Surge in pressure from govts to DELETE CHUNKS of the web
12-21-2013  •  The Register 
"Judges have asked us to remove information that’s critical of them, police departments want us to take down videos or blogs that shine a light on their conduct, and local institutions like town councils don’t want people to be able to find informati  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Texas County Commissioners Vote For Illegal Speed Cameras News Link  •  Camera Fraud
 Texas County Commissioners Vote For Illegal Speed Cameras
12-21-2013  •  The Newspaper 
Texas lawmakers acted and Governor Rick Perry (R) signed a law banning photo radar in the state. On Tuesday, Denton County Commissioners voted 3 to 1 to move forward on a speed camera program regardless of the law.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
State Police Acknowledge Use Of Cell Phone Tracking Device News Link  •  Surveillance
 State Police Acknowledge Use Of Cell Phone Tracking Device
12-21-2013  •  . 
Installed in a surveillance vehicle, Stingray tricks all cellphones in a set distance " sometimes exceeding a mile " into connecting to it, capturing location data and numbers dialed for calls and text messages from thousands of people at a time.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
US Death Squad Diplomacy in Syria Feature Article  •  Syria
 US Death Squad Diplomacy in Syria
Stephen Lendman
   Syria
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Elie Wiesel's Anti-Iranian Agenda Feature Article  •  Imperialism
 Elie Wiesel's Anti-Iranian Agenda
Stephen Lendman
   anti-war
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N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses News Link  •  Surveillance
 N.S.A. Spied on Allies, Aid Groups and Businesses
12-20-2013  •  New York Times 
Secret documents reveal more than 1,000 targets of American and British surveillance in recent years, including the office of an Israeli prime minister, heads of international aid organizations, foreign energy companies and a EU official  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
9/11 Families 'Ecstatic' They Can Finally Sue Saudi Arabia News Link  •  911 / World Trade Center
 9/11 Families 'Ecstatic' They Can Finally Sue Saudi Arabia
12-20-2013  •  ABC News 
Families of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks celebrated a federal court's ruling that allows relatives of people who died in the 9/11 terror attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. Most of the hijackers who attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Florida Couple Forced to Dig Up 17-Year Old Organic Garden News Link  •  Food
 Florida Couple Forced to Dig Up 17-Year Old Organic Garden
12-20-2013  •  . 
Hermine Ricketts and Tom Carroll have gardened in their front yard for 17 years. Their back yard doesn’t receive enough sunlight. Recently, their community in Miami Shores decided to make such front yard gardens off-limits. That new rule was enacted  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying News Link  •  Surveillance
 These Programs Were Never About Terrorism: They’re About Economic Spying
12-20-2013  •  Washingtons Blog 
The NSA was already spying on American Senators and prominent Americans who spoke out against the Vietnam War more than 40 years ago. The NSA has also been conducting industrial espionage for many decades.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Chrisman case: Ex-police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Chrisman case: Ex-police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison
12-20-2013  •  FOX News 
Sentencing for a former Phoenix cop who plead guilty to manslaughter charges after shooting and killing an unarmed man....Chrisman asked the judge for leniency and that's what he got -- the minimum sentence of 7 years in prison for shooting  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Democratic Socialism, Guns, and the Failure of the Constitution News Link  •  Gun Rights
 Democratic Socialism, Guns, and the Failure of the Constitution
12-20-2013  •  The International Libertarian 
This one was just too good to pass up. An acquaintance on the left sent me the Democratic Socialists of America article "There Is No Second Amendment Right To A Gun". It reinforces everything the anti-federalists said about the Constitution back wh  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Darren Wolfe
Jesus’ Government News Link  •  Government
 Jesus’ Government
12-20-2013  •  http://www.lewrockwell.com, By Joseph Sobran 
Not again! Another politician “denies any wrongdoing,” but resigns his post.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America News Link  •  Food
 The Crazy, Ingenious Plan to Bring Hippopotamus Ranching to America
12-20-2013  •  http://www.wired.com, By Greg Miller 
In the early years of the last century, the U.S. Congress considered a bold and ingenious plan that would simultaneously solve two pressing problems " a national meat shortage and a growing ecological crisis. The plan was this: hippopotamus ranching.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Deceased Researcher’s Message In A Bottle Discovered In The Arctic News Link  •  Geology
 Deceased Researcher’s Message In A Bottle Discovered In The Arctic
12-20-2013  •  http://www.popsci.com, By Francie Diep 
In the northernmost reaches of the Canadian Arctic, 500 miles (800 kilometers) away from the nearest human settlement, researchers discovered a literal message in a bottle, Halifax’s Herald News reports.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
New Iran Bill Sets Stage for Obama-Senate Battle News Link  •  Iran
 New Iran Bill Sets Stage for Obama-Senate Battle
12-20-2013  •  http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz 
Bill Endorses Any Future Israeli Attack on Iran  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Meet Wall Street: Your New Landlord News Link  •  Housing
 Meet Wall Street: Your New Landlord
12-20-2013  •  http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden 
Blackstone Group appears to be trying to oligopolize the business of renting single-family homes in the U.S..   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 22, 2013 Edition Opinion  •  Humor
 SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, December 22, 2013 Edition
12-20-2013
John Semmens
   Bill Would Require State Approval to Homeschool Ohio State Senator Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard) has introduced legislation to boost state regulation of homeschooling. Senate Bill 248 would require that parents be investigated and approved before being
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You Don’t Have to Look Far to Find a Certain Kind of Freedom Opinion  •  Philosophy of Liberty
 You Don’t Have to Look Far to Find a Certain Kind of Freedom
12-20-2013
Paul Rosenberg
   Liberty is important, not for its own sake, but because it’s the condition that allows life to flourish. So, you could call the list below “pro-life.” However, since we don’t want to confuse this with an abortion debate, let’s just call it “Pro-Freed
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Digital Age Privacy Rights Feature Article  •  Police State
 Digital Age Privacy Rights
Stephen Lendman
   NSA
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The Davi Barker Deception? Opinion  •  Philosophy: Libertarianism
 The Davi Barker Deception?
12-19-2013
Mike Renzulli
   Barker and his group's attempts at taqiyya are actually an insult since he thinks no one will question his claims about Islam nor read sources that refute his claims while downplaying or even white washing elements of his religion.
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Gundersen: All of Japan IS Contaminated, Gov’t Covering Up News Link  •  Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
 Gundersen: All of Japan IS Contaminated, Gov’t Covering Up
12-19-2013  •  http://www.dailypaul.com, goldenequity 
In this, the third installment in our short film series, Fairewinds Energy Education's Arnie Gundersen discusses sources of radiation the Japanese government is not taking into consideration when assessing the risk to it's people and the rest of the   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Arkansas Mom Totally Flattens Common Core News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 Arkansas Mom Totally Flattens Common Core
12-19-2013  •  http://www.dailypaul.com, ProudAmericanFirst 
Karen Lamoreaux - Arkansas State Board of Ed  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Judge: In Texas, Search Warrants Can Now Be Based on a News Link  •  Justice and Judges
 Judge: In Texas, Search Warrants Can Now Be Based on a "Prediction of a Future Crime"
12-19-2013  •  http://blogs.dallasobserver.com, By Eric Nicholson 
Police in Parker County had been watching Michael Fred Wehrenberg's home for a month when, late in the summer of 2010, they received a tip from a confidential informant that Wehrenberg and several others were "fixing to" cook meth.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
CATO Hiring Feature Article  •  How to Help
 CATO Hiring
Donna Hancock
   The Cato Institute is seeking to hire a scholar to study and critique federal spending policies. The expert would examine particular spending programs and overall spending levels through studies, op-eds, blogs, media appearances, and contributions to
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Reddit bans comments from global warming skeptics News Link  •  Climate Change
 Reddit bans comments from global warming skeptics
12-19-2013  •  http://dailycaller.com, Giuseppe Macri 
A content editor on Reddit’s science forum wrote Monday that the site has banned climate-change skeptics, and asks why more news outlets haven’t done the same.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
China Confirms Near-Collision Of US, Chinese Warships, Accuses US Of News Link  •  China
 China Confirms Near-Collision Of US, Chinese Warships, Accuses US Of "Deliberate Provocation'
12-19-2013  •  http://www.zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden 
Last Friday we reported of a freak near-incident in the South China Sea, when a US warship nearly collided with a Chinese navy vessel, operating in close proximity to China's only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, although details were scarce.  Read Full Story
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Chinese Moon Display Contains Image of Europe Being Nuked News Link  •  China
 Chinese Moon Display Contains Image of Europe Being Nuked
12-19-2013  •  http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph Watson 
Startling detail a sign of Beijing’s plan to militarize space?  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
China Has A Good Reason To Crack Down On Bitcoin News Link  •  Bitcoin
 China Has A Good Reason To Crack Down On Bitcoin
12-19-2013  •  Business Insider 
The price of Bitcoin has been getting clobbered over the last day as China continues to crack down on its use.   Read Full Story
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Teacher Suspended Over Viral Video Showing Him Screaming At A Special Needs Student News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 Teacher Suspended Over Viral Video Showing Him Screaming At A Special Needs Student
12-19-2013  •  Business Insider 
A teacher in New Jersey has been suspended for reportedly berating a special needs student in his classroom, Fair Lawn Patch reports.   Read Full Story
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Moody's lowers N.J. debt outlook to negative, citing slow recovery News Link  •  Economy - Economics USA
 Moody's lowers N.J. debt outlook to negative, citing slow recovery
12-19-2013  •  . 
Wall Street analysts at Moody’s Investors Service lowered their outlook on New Jersey’s debt from stable to negative, saying the state remains hamstrung by rising costs and “a sluggish economic recovery” despite Gov. Chris Christie’s efforts.  Read Full Story
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Cable #1 Rated, 'Duck Dynasty's Patriarch Phil Robertson Fired Following Anti-Gay Remark News Link  •  Media: Television
 Cable #1 Rated, 'Duck Dynasty's Patriarch Phil Robertson Fired Following Anti-Gay Remark
12-19-2013  •  . 
The news comes after the reality star compared being gay to bestiality, drawing ire from LGBT groups including GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign.   Read Full Story
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Lawsuit: Woman Faced Illegal Body Cavity Search, Observed Bowel Movement News Link  •  Bill of Rights
 Lawsuit: Woman Faced Illegal Body Cavity Search, Observed Bowel Movement
12-19-2013  •  CBS News 
A federal lawsuit says U.S. border and customs officials strip-searched a New Mexico woman at the El Paso border crossing, then took her to a hospital for illegal body cavity probes.  Read Full Story
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Target says data from 40 million credit cards stolen News Link  •  Internet
 Target says data from 40 million credit cards stolen
12-19-2013  •  Reuters 
Target Corp said data from about 40 million credit and debit cards might have been stolen from shoppers at its stores during the first three weeks of the holiday season, in the second-largest card breach at a U.S. retailer. The data theft,  Read Full Story
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List of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Saying ‘NO’ to Obama Gun Control News Link  •  Gun Rights
 List of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Saying ‘NO’ to Obama Gun Control
12/19/2013  •  http://godlikeproductions.com 
The remarkable thing about what these brave men and women are doing is that nobody told them to do it. Neither the CSPOA nor any other organization that we are aware of contacted sheriffs across the nation and asked them to make statements; this is   Read Full Story
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What your insurance policy going to cost under ObamaSCAM. You don't need to sign up or in to see News Link  •  Healthcare Industry
 What your insurance policy going to cost under ObamaSCAM. You don't need to sign up or in to see
12/19/2013  •  http://godlikeproductions.com 
You can look at all the costs of Obamas "affordable" insurance policies in the U.S. All the states and Cities. You will see cost is even determined in the city you live in. My computer skills are limited so I'll provide direction. If someone could  Read Full Story
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