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Date Sent: 2011-08-25
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, August 25, 2011 PM edition |
"The Oracle of Omaha" Infuses BofA With $5 Billion in Badly Needed Cash
The Proposed UN Small Arms Treaty; pushed by Hillary Clinton -- FDA
wages secret war on raw milk farmers using KGB-style spying and
infiltration techniques -- TSA Follies with Firearms - by Bill Buppert -- Big Sis Gives Green Light For Drone That Tazes Suspects From Above -- Marc Faber: don’t store your gold in the United States -- CIA and Libya: Rep. Kucinich and the Elephant in the Room -- Ron Paul suggests spending cuts could lead to riots --
Evidence of 'mass execution' in Tripoli -- Berkshire Hathaway Invests
$5 Billion in Bank of America -- Chilean protesters clash with police --
Syria faces more sanctions amid crackdown -- How to Reload your own Ammo -- Pentagon Quake Nightmare: Fukushima on the Mississippi -- Only 2% of
welfare applicants in Florida failed drug tests -- Steve Jobs Resigns
as CEO of Apple -- Forty Years After the Gold Standard, Investors are
Desperately Looking for Safe Havens -- US government asset seizures on
the rise -- Stewart Rhodes - Founder of Oathkeepers -- OathKeepers in Quartzsite, AZ - Saturday August 27th -- Tom Woods Discusses the Revolution Super PAC on Adam vs. The Man -- Adam vs The Man canceled... Why? -- Bank-Favoring
Government Corruption Reaches Pinnacle: Creating A Nation of
Sharecroppers -- Rick Perry: Know-Nothing Neoconservatism Reincarnated?
-- Home Prices Decline 5.9% in Second Quarter -- 9/11 After A Decade:
Have We Learned Anything? -- Foreclosure-Gate: Securitized Mortgages
Were Not Placed In Trusts -- ‘Profiteers of Misery’: The U.S. Private
Prison Industrial Complex
AZ: Freedom Musician JORDAN PAGE
at Hancock's Friday night 6 p.m. Potluck; Jordan Page to perform in Quartzsite
August 27th (donate) Oath
Keepers To Muster in Quartzsite, AZ on August 27th, bring your
cameras; RON PAUL 2012, Street Demonstration, Street Signing
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
"The Oracle of Omaha" Infuses BofA With $5 Billion in Badly Needed Cash
08-25-2011
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Businessinsider.com
Buffett's Berkshire has agreed to buy 50,000 preferred shares of Bank of America for $5 billion.
That means he's paying $100,000 per share.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Gun Rights
Dr. Adrian Krieg: The Proposed UN Small Arms Treaty; pushed by Hillary Clinton
08-25-2011
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www.thedailybell.com
The greatest gun grab in world history is in the midst of debate in the UN and is being pushed by Obama, Holder, Clinton, and all of Obama's Czars.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • WAR: About that War
Robert Fisk: History repeats itself, with mistakes of Iraq rehearsed afresh
08-25-2011
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www.independent.co.uk
With Gaddafi at large, a guerrilla war eroding the new powers is inevitable
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News Link • Food
FDA wages secret war on raw milk farmers using KGB-style spying and infiltration techniques
08-25-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
After weeks of investigation, NaturalNews can now reveal that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is waging a clandestine war on raw milk dairy farmers through a network of government spies who are coached on infiltration and social engineering tec
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News Link • Gun Rights
TSA Follies with Firearms by Bill Buppert
08-25-2011
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zerogov.com
A loaded firearm has a round in the chamber by all gun community standards. We are addressing the legal definition here and not the assumption that all firearms are loaded for safety purposes.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Becomes a Drone Pilot for a Day
08-25-2011
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http://www.popsci.com/
Want to fly an unmanned surveillance drone? It's easier than you think. Much, much easier
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Freedoms Phoenix Reader 3
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
There They Go Again
08-25-2011
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http://lewrockwell.com/
Picking up where they left off in 2008, the media is in the midst of a campaign to ignore and undermine the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul (they gave me even rougher treatment during my 2010 Senate run).
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Steve Jobs’ Greatest Technology Triumphs
08-25-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
When Steve Jobs announced his resignation from Apple on Wednesday, it didn't just bring an end to his long reign as CEO of the company he co-founded.
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News Link • Gold and Silver
Marc Faber: don’t store your gold in the United States
08-25-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
This time, Faber had a very clear message: that everyone should own *physical* gold… and what’s more, they should store it outside of the United States:
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News Link • Government
CIA and Libya: Rep. Kucinich and the Elephant in the Room
08-25-2011
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http://www.prisonplanet.com/
In addition to calling for war crime prosecutions against NATO for killing Libyan civilians, Rep. Dennis Kucinich wants to know if the CIA had a hand in the effort to overthrow Gaddafi and install al-Qaeda.
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News Link • Ron Paul Says...
Ron Paul suggests spending cuts could lead to riots
08-25-2011
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http://www.rawstory.com/
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul wants to make deep cuts to spending and entitlements, but he’s worried there might be European-style riots in the U.S. if he gets his way.
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News Link • Libya
Evidence of 'mass execution' in Tripoli
08-25-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Al Jazeera correspondent finds bodies of men reportedly killed by Gaddafi forces just as rebels closed in on capital.
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Irene: New York City, Mid-Atlantic Put on High Alert
08-25-2011
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http://www.accuweather.com/
Hurricane Irene is now on a path that could take it dangerously close to, if not over, the mid-Atlantic coastline and New York City on Sunday, posing a serious danger to millions of people.
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Berkshire Hathaway Invests $5 Billion in Bank of America
08-25-2011
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http://www.cnbc.com/
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will invest $5 billion in Bank of America, stepping in to shore up the company in the same way he helped prop up Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis.
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News Link • Activism
Chilean protesters clash with police
08-25-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
Police use tear gas and water cannons as two-day nationwide strike against unpopular president gets off to violent start
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News Link • World News
Syria faces more sanctions amid crackdown
08-25-2011
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http://english.aljazeera.net/
EU and UN consider tightening sanctions on Assad's regime, as his violent crackdown on protesters continues.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Russian Progress Cargo Spacecraft Crashes in Eastern Russia After Failing to Find Orbit
08-25-2011
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http://www.popsci.com/
Too bad the shuttles are shuttered. A Russian Progress cargo spaceship bound for the ISS crashed in eastern Russia this morning after failing to reach orbit.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists Who Cloned Dolly the Sheep Plan to Clone Endangered Scottish Wildcats
08-25-2011
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http://www.popsci.com/
One of the scientists responsible for cloning Dolly the sheep 15 years ago is developing a new cloning technique that he believes could help save endangered species.
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News Link • Internet
ISPs Could Make More Money by Offering Multiple Service Plans
08-25-2011
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http://www.technologyreview.com/
A study finds that three to four tiers of service would be all that it would take to create better options for consumers and near-optimal profits for providers.
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News Link • Healthcare
Cost of Compassion: Drug Resistance in Military Hospitals
08-25-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
Back in June, there was an unnerving report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that NDM-1, the “Indian supergene” that renders common hospital-acquired infections practically untreatable, had been found in the military hospital at Ba
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Pentagon Quake Nightmare: Fukushima on the Mississippi
08-25-2011
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http://www.wired.com/
In May, the federal government simulated an earthquake so massive, it killed 100,000 Midwesterners instantly, and forced more than 7 million people out of their homes.
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News Link • Just For Fun!
Slow-Motion Video: A Puppy Being Adorable
08-25-2011
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www.popsci.com
Seamus the puppy shows what a good boy he is! Isn't Seamus a good boy?
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Constitution
IMAGINE: America With A Constitution...
08-25-2011
There *IS* a profound plan to restore our Constitution, but it requires that YOU get involved! Join the live Constitution Lobby webinar tonight, THUR. AUG. 25 7-9 PM EST. Includes a live PowerPoint overview, progress update and Q&A.
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Bob Schulz
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News Link • Welfare: Social
Only 2% of welfare applicants in Florida failed drug tests
08-25-2011
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www.rawstory.com
Florida's nascent drug testing program for welfare recipients has been in effect for just over a month, and already it is representing a significant cost to the state.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • World News
The Depression Continues / Worst Home Sales In 50 Years / The Ron Paul News Blackout Continues
08-25-2011
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http://www.thedailybell.com/
"Both the U.S. and Europe are facing a decade of slow growth brought on primarily by the blunders of central banks, noted doomsayer Marc Faber said.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
Hurricane Irene: Major Northeast Threats
08-25-2011
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www.prisonplanet.com
Our projected path map below continues to paint an ominous picture by pointing Hurricane Irene right in the direction of the East Coast this weekend.
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
08-25-2011
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www.wired.com
Steve Jobs, mastermind behind Apple, has resigned as CEO of the company effective immediately. Tim Cook, formerly Apple, Inc’s chief operating officer, has been named the new CEO, Apple’s board of directors announced on Wednesday. Jobs has been appoi
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Forty Years After the Gold Standard, Investors are Desperately Looking for Safe Havens
08-25-2011
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http://www.thedailybell.com/
"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value." " Alan Greenspan (before he converted to the "other side")
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News Link • Surveillance
US government asset seizures on the rise
08-25-2011
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http://www.sovereignman.com/
The Wall Street Journal published a disturbing article earlier this week entitled “Federal Asset Seizures Rise, Netting Innocent With Guilty.”
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Tom Woods Discusses the Revolution Super PAC on Adam vs. The Man
08-25-2011
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www.revolutionpac.com
http://RevolutionPAC.com | Tom Woods joins Adam Kokesh to discuss the newly formed super PAC to support Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential efforts.
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News Link • Adam vs The Man
Adam vs The Man canceled... Why?
08-25-2011
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www.facebook.com
I will be able to speak more freely about AVTM's cancellation after concluding my legal business with RT. Until then, just know that the FEC complaint was not a factor, but Jesse Benton is.
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News Link • Housing
Bank-Favoring Government Corruption Reaches Pinnacle: Creating A Nation of Sharecroppers
08-25-2011
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Market-ticker.org
For those who believe that Republicans: Corporate Kleptocrats and Democrats: Supporters of The People, you had damn well better wake the hell up.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Initial Claims Surge to 417,000, Far Higher Than Consensus
08-25-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
After taking a quick detour into pseudo-positive economic data, the BLS sends us right back into the depression, with an initial jobless claims number of 417, far higher than consensus of 405K...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Rick Perry: Know-Nothing Neoconservatism Reincarnated?
08-25-2011
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nationalinterest.org
One unnamed Perry adviser told Foreign Policy online’s Josh Rogin that Perry “will distinguish himself from other Republicans as a hawk internationalist, embracing American exceptionalism and the unique role we must play...
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News Link • Housing
Home Prices Decline 5.9% in Second Quarter
08-25-2011
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BlackListedNews.com
U.S. home prices fell 5.9 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, the biggest drop since 2009, as foreclosures added to the inventory of properties for sale, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • 911 / World Trade Center
9/11 After A Decade: Have We Learned Anything?
08-25-2011
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InformationClearingHouse.info
The US government’s account of 9/11 is the foundation of the open-ended wars that are exhausting America’s resources and destroying its reputation, and it is the foundation of the domestic police state that ultimately will shut down all opposition...
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News Link • Housing
Foreclosure-Gate: Securitized Mortgages Were Not Placed In Trusts
08-25-2011
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NakedCapitalism.com/
Did you get it? They said that these procedures were standard between the two companies, which was to “..to memorialize the transfer of ownership lender to the securitization trust” right before initiating foreclosure.
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News Link • Politics: Democratic Campaigns
Must see video of candidate Obama: Increasing debt is irresponsible!
08-25-2011
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The Political Commentator
Candidate Obama had much different ideas concerning our country's debt load then President Obama has!
Once again a H/T goes to the Mark Levin Show where I heard this tape yesterday afternoon.
Warning: If you are not sitting down, please take a
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Contractors, Government & Military
‘Profiteers of Misery’: The U.S. Private Prison Industrial Complex
08-24-2011
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Kanya DAlmeida, IPS
According to a recent report by the Justice Policy Institute, the U.S.’s two largest private prison companies - Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group - pocketed collective annual revenues of 2.9 billion dollars at the close of 2010.
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News Link • Energy
Wind Power Construction Rebounds
08-25-2011
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arclein
In December of 2010, Congress extended the 1603 program for another year, through the end of 2011. A part of the 2008-09 stimulus program, the 1603 program allowed developers who could get construction underway promptly to take the value of a project
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robert klein
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News Link • Science
How Viruses Infect Plants
08-25-2011
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arclein
auses its distinctive yellowing symptoms in plants by slicing a gene that makes chlorophyll, the green pigment in leaves. By preventing the production of chlorophyll, the virus causes the leaves to become partially or entirely yellowed which dramatic
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Life Prospects on Mars
08-25-2011
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arclein
If science and academia community types once begin to grasp that yes there is surface water on Mars in a liquid state and yes there appears to be basic forest life taking advantage of it, then the implications begin to sneak up on them and then it's
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News Link • Natural Disasters
Quake Sends US East Coast Scrambling Like 9/11
08-25-2011
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arclein
Several bars in Washington smelled a business opportunity and declared earthquake happy hours for residents who did not want to brave the commuter crowds -- or who were suddenly given the afternoon off.
"We have a lot of people who got half the d
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas
08-24-2011
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AP
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has become one of the nation's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
Compiled Terrorism in USA Database points to FBI
08-23-2011
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Mother Jones
The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots"or leading them?
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US
08-23-2011
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Russia Today
The Federal Bureau of Investigation employs upwards of 15,000 undercover agents today, ten times what they had on the roster back in 1975.
If you think that’s a few spies too many " spies earning as much as $100,000 per assignment " one doesn’t ha
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