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Date Sent: 2014-07-14
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Monday, July 14, 2014 |
The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
Jordan reluctant to host U.S.-led Syria rebel training -- Pope Francis:
'About 2%' of Catholic clergy pedophiles -- Federal raid near Alhambra
results in child porn charges -- Officer Robert Eloff's Third Victim --
Bloggers,
Surveillance and Obama's Orwellian State -- Cops pummel, tase, shoot
suspect with bean bags in video — but no investigation done -- Florida
teen gets 23 years in prison for fatal shooting of a former police dog
-- Meet the medical student who wants to bring down Dr. Oz -- FAA
investigating drone flights after Fourth of July fireworks video goes
viral -- Making No-Knock Raids Ineffective Through Innovation -- Former
al-Qaeda Commander: ISIS Works for the CIA -- Claim: Feds
Detain, Threaten to Cavity Search Journalist At Border -- If
Only The U.S. Had Stayed Out Of WWI -- Homeland Security, Feds
Swarm Small Town -- Congressman Thomas Massie Has my
Attention: Press Conference Regarding 9/11 -- Target's Gun Ban
Has Unexpected Results -- Half Of The World's Population Lives
In These 6 Countries -- On This Day 210 Years Ago, The US Vice
President Killed The Ex-Treasury Secretary -- IS YOUR CHURCH
PART OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER?
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News Link • Surveillance
The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
07-13-2014
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The Guardian
At least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the US, says whistleblower William Binney â€" that's a 'totalitarian mentality'
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Syria
Jordan reluctant to host U.S.-led Syria rebel training
07-13-2014
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Reuters
Jordan, where the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has been covertly training Syrian rebels for more than a year, is reluctant to host an expanded rebel instruction program, U.S. officials said.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Pope Francis: 'About 2%' of Catholic clergy pedophiles
07-13-2014
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BBC News
Pope Francis has been quoted as saying that reliable data indicates that "about 2%" of clergy in the Catholic Church are paedophiles.
The Pope said that abuse of children was like "leprosy" infecting the Church, according to the Italian La Repubbl
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Federal raid near Alhambra results in child porn charges
07-13-2014
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FOX News
Among the assets stationed at the school were tactical vehicles from the Alton Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office, a mobile command center for the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, an ambulance, an ARCH medical helicopter and a U
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Officer Robert Eloff's Third Victim
07-13-2014
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Simple Justice
It would be bad enough, actually beyond bad enough, had this been all that one can point to when it comes to Buffalo Police Officer Robert Eloff's exercise of power. You see, this man, Christopher Kozak, was beaten by mistake.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
Bloggers, Surveillance and Obama's Orwellian State
07-13-2014
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Time magazine
"People are afraid to respond to me," said a former reporter. One of the journalists whose phone records were obtained by the Justice Dept last spring during its investigation into a leak of classified information about a failed Al-Qaeda plot.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Cops pummel, tase, shoot suspect with bean bags in video â€" but no investigation done
07-13-2014
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Rawstory
A Massachusetts man is considering legal action against police officers who repeatedly struck him with batons and shot him with beanbags in a booking room. Joseph O'Brien was taken into custody in April 2012 after he was found unconscious
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Florida teen gets 23 years in prison for fatal shooting of a former police dog
07-13-2014
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Rawstory
A 17-year-old Florida boy was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a retired police dog. Ivins Rosier was found guilty in May on charges of cruelty to animals with a firearm, burglary of a dwelling with a firearm and shooting int
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
Meet the medical student who wants to bring down Dr. Oz
07-13-2014
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A third-year medical student becoming increasingly concerned with the public-health impact of Dr. Mehmet Oz's pseudoscience health advice decided to ask state and national medical associations to do something about it.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government
FAA investigating drone flights after Fourth of July fireworks video goes viral
07-13-2014
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Rawstory
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating several videos filmed using drones that flew into and around firework displays, including two apparently shot on the Fourth of July and one from Florida that has received nearly nine million YouTub
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Police State
Making No-Knock Raids Ineffective Through Innovation
07-13-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by dwalters
In my humble opinion, the most beautiful side of promoting liberty is in the medium of innovation. By coming up with effective ways to compete with State functions, the populace can shrink the government without having to rely on the promises of poli
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Immigration
Claim: Feds Detain, Threaten to Cavity Search Journalist At Border
07-13-2014
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http://www.prisonplanet.com, Mikael Thalen
New Mexico ICE agents say photography creates "national security issue"
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • History
If Only The U.S. Had Stayed Out Of WWI
07-13-2014
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by David Stockman
The first big wave of embracing a liberal international economic order â€" relatively free trade, rising international capital flows and rapidly growing global economic integration â€" resulted in something remarkable.
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News Link • Gun Rights
Target's Gun Ban Has Unexpected Results ...
07-13-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by meekandmild
Target's Gun Ban Has Unexpected Results As Assailants Attack Store's Unarmed Customers
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News Link • Drones
The Best Drone Photos Of 2014
07-13-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com,
Aerial photo-sharing website Dronestagram announced the winners of its 2014 Drone Photo Contest.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • World News
Half Of The World's Population Lives In These 6 Countries
07-13-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
The world population has reached 7.2 billion, according to data from the United Nations, which celebrates World Population Day today, July 11. The numbers rose from just 2.5 billion in 1950.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Everything You Need To Know About The iPhone 6
07-13-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
The next iPhone is likely only a few months away, and reports and rumors about the new device are spreading like crazy.
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Freedomsphoenix Readerfour
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News Link • History
On This Day 210 Years Ago, The US Vice President Killed The Ex-Treasury Secretary
07-13-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
On July 11, 1804, two leading U.S. politicians overreacted to personal insults between them.
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Feature Article • LOVE
Jackalope Freedom Festival Special
Agorist Alma
Jackalope Freedom Festival is nearing. Aug 1-3 Come early and stay late!
Jackalope Hunt for the Kids, bring your friends and family! No FEE to Enter!
Where spontaneous order happens naturally without any force, coercion, or aggression. Jackalopes a
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Opinion • Humor
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, July 13, 2014 Edition
07-11-2014
John Semmens
Administration Requests Budget Increase for Immigrant Bedding
Asserting that "it would be inhumane for us to force these innocent immigrant children to sleep on substandard beds," Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell has requested an
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News Link • Conspiracies
What Is the United States Government?
07-11-2014
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www.organiclaws.org/
In the video below Dr. Ed Rivera, professor of law and government, is interviewed by Patrick Timpone. Mr. Timpone compares Dr. Rivera's work decoding the Organic Laws, the founding documents of the United States of America to deciphering the DiVinci
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Thomas Costanzo
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News Link • Economy - International
Why Killing The Ex-Im Bank Is Crucial To The Future Of Capitalism
07-11-2014
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http://www.lewrockwell.com, By David Stockman
The surface facts make abundantly clear that the case for the Ex-Im Bank is truly lame. In the most recent year (2013), its credit guarantees and other programs accounted for $37 billion of exports or less than 2% of the $2.2 trillion of exports gene
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News Link • Energy
US Oil Production Surpasses Saudi Production.
07-11-2014
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arclein
Born in South Dakota, Fred was a young, 28-year-old geologist when he went to work for the Standard Oil Company of California. In 1930, the company sent him to the Persian Gulf, where he recommended they begin drilling a test well on Bahrain.
Not on
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robert klein
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Iraq Rebels Steal Nuclear Material
07-10-2014
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Next News Network
Militant forces seeking to overthrow the government in Iraq have seized supplies of uranium. The material was stolen from Mosel University. The theft was confirmed by a report from the Iraqi government to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Voting and Elections
In the never-ending attempt to appeal to young voters, candidates sure love Bitcoin and guns
07-11-2014
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Washington Post
Candidates these days understand the need for good "optics" - that is, how they look at a glance. Since everyone knows you can't believe what they say,...candidates define themselves with accessories like smartphones and such.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Iraq
The Truth About ISIS With Syrian Girl
07-11-2014
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infowars.com
Who is backing ISIS? What is the agenda behind the group's takeover of Iraq and the Middle East?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • United Nations
Agenda 21: Global conspiracy or climate savior?
07-11-2014
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fortune.com
Are grassroots opponents of sustainable planning being silenced by international power . . . or have they marginalized themselves?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
The War Against Our Natural Right Of Self-Defense Continues
07-11-2014
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chuckbaldwinlive.com
Culprits Include The City Of Chicago, Big Retailers, The Media, And Churches
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Propaganda
ABC News tells viewers that scenes of destruction in Gaza are in Israel
07-11-2014
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electronicintifada.net
More than fifty Palestinians have been killed and another 450 wounded since Monday in Israel's ongoing assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" by the Israeli army.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Kneeling in Fenway Park to the Gods of War
07-11-2014
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truthdig.com
On Saturday I went to one of the massive temples across the country where we celebrate our state religion.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Bush Administration
The Worst President Since World War II? Uh, Guess Again
07-8-2014
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Marco Cáceres . Hufff Post
When Bush was inaugurated president of the USs on 1/20/01, the unemployment rate stood at 2.4%. By the time Dubya completed his 2nd term in office on 1/19/09, the unemployment rate had risen to 7%. When Dubya took office in 2001, the budget surplus w
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Obama Administration
US surrenders in Iraq, Syria and Ukraine:
The world is learning the high price of US detachment
07-7-2014
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Luiza Ch. Savage, Macleans
The poll found the biggest decline in support for Obama was among Democrats.There is one thing they do agree on. A record number of Americansâ€"75%â€"now believe the Iraq War was a mistake. No one knows that better than Obama.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Whistleblowers
In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are
07-5-2014
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Barton Gellman, Tate, Soltani, Washington Post
Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital networks, according to a four-month investigation by The Washingto
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Iraq
If the invasion of Iraq was an innocent mistake, you got some explaining to do
07-10-2014
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Democrats lied about Iraq. Republicans lied about Iraq. Democrats continue to lie about Iraq. Republicans continue to lie about Iraq. Both of these parties make up the majority of our political process, and government as a whole.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Immigration
Let the Immigrants Stay - by Sheldon Richman
07-10-2014
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FFF
Where does government get the moral authority â€" I'm not talking about legal power â€" to apprehend and detain human beings of any age who have committed aggression against no one? There is no such authority.
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Who Is More Deserving Than The District Attorney?
07-10-2014
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Simple Justice
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman sought to bring the spirit of helping by creation of a pro bono requirement to help those truly worthy such as Nassau County District Attorney cum United States Congressperson, Kathleen Rice?
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News Link • Homeland Security
ACLU Sues Feds for Profiling Photographers as Terrorists
07-10-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
The ACLU filed a lawsuit today against the federal government on behalf of the five men, challenging the legality of the Suspicious Activity Reporting program, which could potentially lead to a cascade of lawsuits considering how many of us have ende
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News Link • Drug War
It Takes A Narco-Saint Expert
07-10-2014
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Simple Justice
The defendant had $324 in cash in his pocket? Proof he's a drug dealer, because drug dealers transact business in cash. If he has no cash in his pocket, it's proof he's a major drug dealer, because major drug dealers have people who do the dirty tr
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
Files on UK role in CIA rendition accidentally destroyed, says minister
07-10-2014
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The Guardian
The British government's problems with missing files deepened dramatically when the Foreign Office claimed documents on the UK's role in the CIA's global abduction operation had been destroyed accidentally when they became soaked with water.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
New Jersey Cops Caught on Camera Siccing Dog, Attacking Man for Recording Woman's Arrest
07-10-2014
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Photography Is Not a Crime
It was the typical textbook cop beatdown we've come to expect from the Blue Mafia with one cop yelling "stop resisting" to a non-resisting citizen crying out in pain as another cop sics a dog on him and another cop kicks him in the face.
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
Australian judge says incest may no longer be a taboo
07-10-2014
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telegraph.co.uk
Judge in Australia says incest may no longer be a taboo and the only reason it is criminal is potential birth abnormalities, which can be solved by abortion
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Corruption
Federal judge orders IRS to explain lost emails
07-10-2014
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yahoo.com
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the IRS to explain under oath how it lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Germany asks top US intelligence official to leave country over spy row
07-10-2014
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theguardian.com
Move comes in response to two reported cases of suspected US spying in Germany
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Round 'Em All Up And Sort It Out Whenever
07-10-2014
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Simple Justice
To those unfamiliar with the methods used by police to make absolutely certain that no possible criminal gets away, the story of Gregory Drummond's arrest might seem incredible. There is nothing incredible about it. Indeed, it's so ordinary
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
US Culpability in the Failure of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
07-10-2014
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antiwar.com
The murder of three Israeli youth by unknown Palestinians and the less-publicized but equally tragic murder of three Palestinian youth by Israelis, along with Israeli bombing of urban areas in Gaza and the arrest and detention of hundreds of Palestin
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