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Date Sent: 2014-03-10
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Monday, March 10, 2014 |
US Private Military Contractors in Ukraine? -- McCain: Tragic No US Military Option In Ukraine
Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says -- Detroit police officer responding to 911 domestic violence call allegedly rapes victim -- Don't You Know There is a War On? - by Giovanni Martelli -- Making Cop-Worship Mandatory - by William Grigg -- Ed Snowden claims he raised concerns with NSA officials more than 10 times -- Women protest against proposed Iraq law that would allow marriage of nine-year-old girls -- Duke University rules porn star student has not broken any rules -- Libyan rebels warn of 'war' if navy attacks oil tanker -- China draws 'red line' on North Korea, says won't allow war on peninsula -- Heightened US/Russian Tensions -- Freedom and opportunity offshore: Peter Schiff and flag theory -- Georgia Officially Demands a “Convention of the States” to
Stop Obama -- Whistle Blower Claims She Forged Obama’s Birth
Certificate, Guess Who It Is? -- Fall River Man Arrested For
Videotaping Police Officer -- Kerry urges US envoys to make climate
change a priority -- Assange to SXSW: We're all being watched -- Rand Paul wins 2014 CPAC straw poll, Ted Cruz finishes a distant
second -- The Grand Chess Board of World War III Part 1 -- The End
of Drone War? -- Hillary Clinton: Playing a Dog-Eared ‘Hitler’ Card
-- What Europe Should Know about US Mass Surveillance -- Putin mocks
the West and threatens to turn off gas supplies -- Stolen European
passports on missing plane -- Google Facing Class Action Privacy
Lawsuit -- Kmele Foster Turns Ex-CIA Spook Into Blubbering Idiot
Over Snowden At SXSW -- Snowden Says 'Many Other' Spy Programs
Remain Secret ~ 'For Now' -- RT Anchor Cites Ron Paul Interview
Censorship as Reason for Resignation! -- Snowden: "I could have read the private
communications of any member of this committee... -- Russia's Plan
For The BRICS To Dismantle The Dollar System -- Why does my bank
want a picture of my child to open a savings account? -- What
Happens if Russia Dumps its U.S. Treasuries -- So you want a large
scale revolution? -- UKRAINE - Scripted to perFECKtion - Video
AZ: Memorial for Steve Porak - Calvary Community Church Thursday March 13th @ 2 p.m. - Phoenix, AZ -- PrepperFestAZ - March 21-23, 2014
Freedom's Phoenix Digital Magazine March 2014 Edition READY FOR
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News Link • World News
McCain: ‘It’s Tragic’ There’s No U.S. Military Option In Ukraine
03-09-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Daniel McAdams
If the US/EU backed overthrow of the Ukrainian government last month had a face, that face would be Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). McCain is the “Energizer Bunny” of US interventionism: wherever there is a government to subvert, a regime to change, chaos t
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bank of International Settlements
Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says
03-10-2014
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Bloomberg
The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of recession and companies took advantage of record low interest rates,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Detroit police officer responding to 911 domestic violence call allegedly rapes victim
03-10-2014
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Rawstory
A Detroit police officer who responded to a 911 call regarding domestic violence has been arrested and charged with sexual assault against the woman who made the call,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Don't You Know There is a War On? - by Giovanni Martelli
03-10-2014
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L. Neil Smith's The Libertarian Enterprise
Every 200 years or so, there comes a time when the ruling class fails to consider the tenuousness of its position, creating a system of tyrannical government and power usurped from those who should hold it"every man, woman, and child,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Making Cop-Worship Mandatory
03-10-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
“Get on the ground! Get on the ground!” That demand is spat by police into the face of thousands of people every day in this country, many " perhaps most -- of whom have neither been caught in a criminal act nor have been named on an arrest warrant.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Ed Snowden claims he raised concerns with NSA officials more than 10 times
03-10-2014
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Rawstory
National Security Agency whistleblower Snowden said he tired to bring his concerns to the attention of superiors on at least 10 occasions before deciding to leave the organization with a massive cache of secret documents.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Iraq
Women protest against proposed Iraq law that would allow marriage of nine-year-old girls
03-10-2014
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Reuters
About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated on Saturday in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Duke University rules porn star student has not broken any rules
03-10-2014
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Rawstory
The top U.S. college where a student has revealed she works as a porn actress to pay her fees said Friday she has broken no rules, and stressed that financial aid is available.
First-year student “Belle Knox” of Duke University, who has received t
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Massachusetts Cop Sees Man Recording him Before Arresting him for Secretly Recording him
03-10-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
A Fall River man says he was recording a police officer who was out of control, when he was arrested and his cell phone seized. Now the video he recorded is gone. Police say he erased it, even though they were the ones holding the phone.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Libya
Libyan rebels warn of 'war' if navy attacks oil tanker
03-10-2014
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Reuters
Armed protesters in Libya traded threats with the government in a tense stand-off over the unauthorized sale of oil from a rebel-held port. A North Korean-flagged tanker loaded $36 million of crude oil will be bombed if it tries to leave.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • China
China draws 'red line' on North Korea, says won't allow war on peninsula
03-10-2014
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Reuters
China declared a "red line" on North Korea on Saturday, saying that China will not permit chaos or war on the Korean peninsula, and that peace can only come through denuclearization.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Freedom and opportunity offshore: Peter Schiff and flag theory
03-09-2014
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YouTube.Com/Andrew Henderson
Andrew Henderson, Peter Schiff, Jeff Berwick, Ernest Hancock, Stephanie Murphy, Bobby Casey, Joel Nagel, Pete Sisco, Domingo Silva, Steve Michaels, and many more...
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Gold and Silver
O.C. gold-coin dealer closes after complaints of delays
03-09-2014
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Orange County Register
An Orange County coin dealer who has been accused by frustrated customers nationwide of delaying numerous gold- and silver-coin shipments has closed shop, according to a posting on the company's Costa Mesa office window.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • States' Rights
BREAKING: Georgia Officially Demands a “Convention of the States” to Stop Obama
03-09-2014
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http://www.capitalisminstitute.org,
It’s finally happening. Several weeks ago, Georgia’s House voted for a resolution to bring about a “Convention of the States” to stop Obama and end the growth of federal tyranny.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Whistle Blower Claims She Forged Obama’s Birth Certificate, Guess Who It Is?
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, Jawa86
It is important to note that the only person to “see” and authenticate the long form birth certificate of one President Barrack H. Obama is now dead in a plane crash.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Police State
Fall River Man Arrested For Videotaping Police Officer
03-09-2014
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http://boston.cbslocal.com
A Fall River man says he was recording a police officer who was out of control, but instead, he was arrested and his cell phone was seized.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Climate Change
Kerry urges US envoys to make climate change a priority
03-09-2014
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http://news.yahoo.com, AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on American ambassadors around the world to make the fight against climate change a top priority ahead of new UN talks next year.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Assange to SXSW: We're all being watched
03-09-2014
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http://edition.cnn.com, By Doug Gross
From his sanctuary in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, with roughly a dozen police officers outside, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Saturday that everyone in the world will be just as effectively monitored soon -- at least digitally.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rand Paul wins 2014 CPAC straw poll, Ted Cruz finishes a distant second
03-09-2014
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By Seth McLaughlin and Stephen Dinan
Rubio and Ryan, GOP leaders in Congress all see big drops in support
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Robert Lee
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News Link • World News
Putin mocks the West and threatens to turn off gas supplies
03-09-2014
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http://www.telegraph.co, By Damien McElroy
Russian leader says does not want 'new cold war' but threatens to disrupt European gas supplies
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Stolen European passports on missing plane
03-09-2014
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By COLLEEN BARRY
Foreign ministry officials in Rome and Vienna confirm that names of two nationals listed on the manifest of the missing Malaysian airlines flight match passports reported stolen in Thailand.
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News Link • Surveillance
Google Facing Class Action Privacy Lawsuit
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Cornmeal Smithy
Google (GOOG), fighting claims that it illegally scans private e-mail messages, says it shouldn’t have to face a lawsuit that lumps together hundreds of millions of Internet users. It may not have to, but the issues the lawsuit raises may be harder t
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Kmele Foster Turns Ex-CIA Spook Into Blubbering Idiot Over Snowden At SXSW
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by MMJ Ministry
Kmele Foster Turns Ex-CIA Spook Into Blubbering Idiot Over Snowden At SXSW
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden Says 'Many Other' Spy Programs Remain Secret ~ 'For Now'
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Barracuda Trader
A carnival float depicts President Barack Obama putting Edward Snowden in an electric chair during a parade Monday in Duesseldorf, Germany.
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News Link • Political Theory
Video: Rand Paul’s Starkly Libertarian CPAC Speech: We Must Defend the Rights of All
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by emalvini
Rand Paul’s Starkly Libertarian CPAC Speech: We Must Defend the Rights of All
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News Link • Government
Issa Walks Out Of IRS Scandal Hearing As Cummings Calls Proceedings ‘Un-American’
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by BarracudaTrader
A House hearing on the IRS targeting of conservative groups erupted into an argument between Rep. Elijah Cummings and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa just moments after former IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Snowden: "I could have read the private communications of any member of this committee...
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Cornmeal Smithy
Snowden: "I could have read the private communications of any member of this committee, as well as any ordinary citizen."
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News Link • Gun Rights
The “Pacifist” Advocates of Violence Lie Again
03-08-2014
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The International Libertarian
They seem to be all for non-violence until is is time to disarm peaceful people like us activist gun owners. Then the violence and bullying become OK.
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • Currencies
Russia's Plan For The BRICS To Dismantle The Dollar System
03-09-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Calgary4Paul
"A week before the recent BRICS summit in Durban, the Kremlin administration has silently produced a document (PDF) which describes the Russian strategy in the context of BRICS cooperation.
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News Link • Transportation
Village Praxis Series: Choosing the Right Truck for the Coming Unpleasantness
03-09-2014
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http://zerogov.com, by Chris Dates
This segment of the Praxis Series is fairly specific in its scope, and focus. I will not cover repair, or maintenance of all-mechanical Diesels. Nor will I cover lift kits, Diesel tuning, or high-speed go-fast stuff. That said, I will be more than ha
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Reference Link • Gun Rights
Connecticut's Gun Ban Is Worse Than Hitler's Gun Ban
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
The country is racing to disarm its citizens and strip them of the ability to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. The move is being led by Connecticut, but it spreading around the country like wildfire. Gun confiscation is a prelude to
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, March 9, 2014 Edition
03-07-2014
John Semmens
Seriously Ill Hurt by Obamacare a “Tiny Minority”
As the number of seriously ill patients whose access to treatment has been impeded by the Affordable Care Act continues to increase, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius insists th
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News Link • Camera Fraud
Texas Voters Reject Red Light Camera Candidates
03-07-2014
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The Newspaper
Two of the figures most responsible for the spread of red light cameras in the Lone Star State lost their jobs Tuesday. Texas state Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) and state Representative Linda Harper-Brown (R-Irving) were both defeated
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions
03-07-2014
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Reuters
Crimea's parliament voted on Thursday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from President Obama.
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Senate staffers slipped secret CIA documents from agency’s headquarters
03-07-2014
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McClatchy News
Congressional aides preparing the Senate Intelligence Committee’s study of the CIA’s secret interrogation and detention program walked out of the CIA's headquarters with classified documents the CIA contended they weren’t authorized to have
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Homeland Security
How ICE and GoDaddy teamed up to help censor Mexican political website
03-06-2014
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Rawstory
On December 2nd, 2013, the site disappeared offline. The United States host, GoDaddy, suspended the domain with no prior notice. GoDaddy told its owners that the site was taken down "as part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Journalist Sues BART Police After “Retaliatory Arrest”
03-06-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
After being penned like an animal and arrested inside an official “free-speech zone,” a San Francisco-area journalist has filed suit against BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police Department, for planning his arrest ahead of time.
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News Link • Government
Federal prosecutors drop key charges against journalist Barrett Brown
03-06-2014
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AFP
Federal prosecutors in Texas dropped a raft of charges Wednesday against a well-known journalist-activist in a closely watched digital freedom case involving hyperlinks and the Anonymous hacking collective.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Inspector general raises questions about 2,300 new cases
03-06-2014
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An investigation by the state inspector general found that convicted former state chemist Annie Dookhan was the “sole bad actor” at the state drug lab where she mishandled evidence. But the probe also found that the lab had major management problems,
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Court Dismisses Challenge Of Conviction Based On Discredited Pathologist's Testimony
03-06-2014
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Jonathan Turley
The government effectively argued that its witness was so notorious that the defense should have raised his incompetency at trial. It succeeded.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Florida mayor fights backyard gun ranges in 'Gunshine State'
03-06-2014
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Reuters
Neighbors were outraged by the live gunfire, but their surprise was nothing compared to that of municipal leaders, who were shocked to realize there was nothing they could do about it.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Charges dismissed against Utah arson suspect
03-06-2014
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"Originally, a K9 unit indicated there was accelerant," defense attorney Jay Winward said Tuesday. "The state crime lab reports there was no accelerant found. There was nothing that indicated that there was accelerant used."
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Black Budget Spending with CAFR Expert WALTER BURIEN (Video)
03-06-2014
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Every year, the Federal Government spends trillions of dollars. Budgets of states, counties and cities also put out vast sums of money for goods and services. Official agencies are required to document their spending, so these expenses can be viewed
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