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Date Sent: 2014-05-30
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Friday, May 30, 2014 |
Inside the Ring: Memo outlines Obama’s plan to use the military against citizens
Encryption Tool Endorsed By Snowden Abruptly Shuts Down -- Louisiana Lawmakers Vote To Give Themselves Exemption To Gun Bans -- A Country Where Police Burn Infants in their Cribs -- Obama at West Point -- Reactions to Obama at West Point -- Silly Mundane, "Civil Rights" are for Killer Cops
-- Frigid winter takes toll as US GDP contracts for first time in 3
years -- Jorge Ramos: Reporters ‘Cozy with Power,’ Act Like They’re in a
Club -- Bilderberg 2014: Reporters Arrested as Cloak of Secrecy Descends -- Seattle police file lawsuit challenging federal restrictions on use of force -- Corporations and wealthy elites now control more than 75 percent of the world’s farmland -- Chicago man can’t sue city for torture by detectives, federal appeals court rules -- 05-29-14 -- Gary Franchi - Jean Carbonneau (MP3 & VIDEO
LOADED) -- Woman 'laughed' when she got citation for Facebook post
-- Biden challenges graduating AF Academy cadets to create ‘new
world order’ -- Bilderberg at 60: inside
the world's most secretive conference -- MIAMI GARDENS POLICE
RECORDS REVEAL BROAD POLICY... -- Europe has an even bigger
crisis on its hands than a British exit -- Why Are Food Prices
So High? -- Why Hemp, The Sustainable Wonder Crop, Is Sweeping The
Nation -- Why Republicans Are Useless In The Battle Against
Crony Capitalism... -- NAPOLITANO: Glenn Greenwald’s ‘No Place
to Hide’ is a nonfiction thriller -- Federal government spending tax
money on Zombie Apocalypse Plan -- Jim Rogers 'US Foreign
Policies Pushing Nations Away from Dollar' -- Men Thought To
Be Impersonating Cops Robbing People, Turned Out To Just... --
City of Detroit is auctioning off properties -- APD,
Protesters Clash Over Questionable Citizen Deaths
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News Link • Obama Administration
Inside the Ring: Memo outlines Obama’s plan to use the military against citizens
05-29-2014
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By Bill Gertz
A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans.
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Encryption Tool Endorsed By Snowden Abruptly Shuts Down
05-30-2014
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Forbes
On Wednesday afternoon, the official website for the TrueCrypt encryption software " which allows users to encrypt hard drives and sensitive files " was updated to say that it is no longer safe to use. While the website does not provide additional de
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News Link • Gun Rights
Louisiana Lawmakers Vote To Give Themselves Exemption To Gun Bans
05-30-2014
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Infowars
Louisiana lawmakers voted to ease restrictions on gun bans in public buildings. Specifically to allow Louisiana lawmakers to carry concealed weapons into public buildings, amending an existing law that prohibits anyone from doing that.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
A Country Where Police Burn Infants in their Cribs
05-30-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Lew Rockwell blog)
“I stand behind what our team did,” insists Habersham County, George Sheriff Joey Terrell, referring to a 3:00 a.m. no-knock SWAT raid in which a 19-month-old child was severely burned by a flash-bang grenade. “There’s nothing to
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Silly Mundane -- "Civil Rights" are for Killer Cops
05-30-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
The US Constitution, as Seattle police officers pretend to understand it, extends to police an unqualified right to the discretionary use of aggressive force, and prohibits “second-guessing” by those who are not members of the State's coercive caste.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Frigid winter takes toll as US GDP contracts for first time in 3 years
05-29-2014
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Reuters
The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter for the first time in three years as it buckled under the weight of a severe winter, but there are signs activity has since rebounded.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Jorge Ramos: Reporters ‘Cozy with Power,’ Act Like They’re in a Club
05-29-2014
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Univision/Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos, branding him as one of the most confrontational newsmen out there these days, on the heels of his confronting John Boehner over immigration reform. And it’s that very issue where Ramos
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News Link • Secret Societies
Bilderberg 2014: Reporters Arrested as Cloak of Secrecy Descends
05-29-2014
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Infowars
A cloak of secrecy has descended around the site of the 2014 Bilderberg Group conference in Copenhagen after 2 reporters were arrested inside the Marriott Hotel for refusing to delete footage of Bilderberg organizers
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News Link • Torture
Seattle police file lawsuit challenging federal restrictions on use of force
05-29-2014
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Reuters
Seattle police officers filed a federal lawsuit challenging new policies that restrict use of force, saying the rules endanger lives of both officers and civilians. More than 120 officers have joined the lawsuit, which seeks a complete dismantling
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News Link • Food
Corporations and wealthy elites now control more than 75 percent of the world’s farmland
05-29-2014
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The Guardian
The world’s food supplies are at risk because farmland is becoming rapidly concentrated in the hands of wealthy elites and corporations. Small farmers, the UN says, grow 70% of the world’s food but the land which they control is shrinking
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Chicago man can’t sue city for torture by detectives, federal appeals court rules
05-29-2014
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Rawstory
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled a man who confessed to murder after he was tortured by the notorious Chicago Police Dept detective Jon Burge cannot sue the city, since he already settled with it in 1988 for $3,000.
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Radio/TV Show • Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock - Radio
Host:
Ernest Hancock
05-29-14 -- Gary Franchi - Jean Carbonneau (MP3 & VIDEO LOADED)
Gary Franchi (Next News Network) on the launch of the Global Freedom Summit 2014 and how you can get in on the event - Jean Carbonneau (former Maine libertarian party officer; anarchist; r3VOLutionary) on what he sees are the main issues of the day a
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News Link • Bioterrorism
The Day GMOs Ate an Organic Farm
05-29-2014
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Farm Wars
It’s a sad day in Organic Town when the government decides that organic farmers have no recourse against GMO contamination.
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Barbara Peterson
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News Link • Social Networking/Social Media
Woman 'laughed' when she got citation for Facebook post
05-29-2014
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http://www.chicagotribune.com, By Alicia Fabbre
Christine Adamski said she was surprised last week when she received a citation in the mail for a comment she made on Facebook, but she also knew immediately she wasn’t going to pay it.
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News Link • New World Order
Biden challenges graduating AF Academy cadets to create ‘new world order’
05-29-2014
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http://www.stripes.com, By Tom Roeder
Under a blazing sun, Vice President Joe Biden challenged graduating Air Force Academy cadets on Wednesday to help create a “new world order for the 21st century.”
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News Link • Inventions
Is this the future of condoms?
05-29-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co, By Anna Hodgekiss
Is this the future of condoms? Cap device goes on the very tip of the penis to boost sensitivity, inventor claims
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News Link • World News
Bilderberg at 60: inside the world's most secretive conference
05-29-2014
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http://www.theguardian.com, Charlie Skelton
Topics on the agenda for the three-day summit first held on 29 May 1954 will include: does privacy exist?
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Animal lovers have got to see this. It's just too cool!
05-29-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, go213mph
A goat named Mr. G received the surprise of his life recently when he was reunited with his best friend, a donkey named Jellybean.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Europe has an even bigger crisis on its hands than a British exit
05-29-2014
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By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
British people will vote to leave the EU unless offered a new dispensation, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Why Are Food Prices So High?
05-29-2014
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zerohedge.com
Anyone who buys their own groceries (as opposed to having a full-time cook handle such mundane chores) knows that the cost of basic foods keeps rising, despite the official claims that inflation is essentially near-zero.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Movpak fits an EV into a backpack
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Adam Williams
Gizmag has covered several potential solutions to "last-mile transportation" that aim to help people get from, say, the train station to the office, or the bus stop to home.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Mealspec flameless cooker can boil water and cook real food
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By C.C. Weiss
Flameless ration heaters have been used to heat US military MRE rations for decades.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Here's What People Are Really Buying On Amazon
05-29-2014
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Business Insider
A new report out of the Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) shows that people are buying more electronics than anything else on Amazon and that groceries sell better than expected.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Why Hemp, The Sustainable Wonder Crop, Is Sweeping The Nation
05-29-2014
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/03/hemp-sust
There's a new hemp trend sweeping the nation and it has nothing to do with those beaded friendship bracelets from the '90s.
Twenty-three states have now enacted pro-industrial hemp legislation (Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signed the latest bi
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Outdoor Survival
Bruce ‘Buckshot’ Hemming " A Modern Mountain Man
05-29-2014
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by Bruce Buckshot Hemming
Being a Modern Mountain man I have traveled all over and have had some very unique experiences in my lifetime. I snared a wild pig in Hawaii, trapped arctic blue fox in Alaska, trapped monster sized mink in North Dakota, and had some hair rising Spri
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scribble Ink lets users draw with colors that they find around them
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Ben Coxworth
If you want to sample a color that you encounter in the real world and then reproduce it on your computer, you might already be interested in devices like the SwatchMate Cube or the NODE Chroma module.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to Unveil Manned Dragon ‘Space Taxi’ on May 29
05-29-2014
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universetoday.com
SpaceX CEO, founder and chief designer Elon Musk is set to unveil the manned version of his firms commercial Dragon spaceship later this week, setting in motion an effort that he hopes will soon restore America’s capability to launch US astronauts to
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News Link • How To
Chainsaws 101: How to Use a Chainsaw Safely
05-29-2014
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http://www.artofmanliness.com
So you had a tree service come out to the house and give you an estimate to take down that pine tree that’s shading your wife’s petunias, and the figure that they quoted made you stagger. “Heck,” you thought, “for that much money I can buy a chainsaw
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News Link • Architecture
MIT's CityHome project re-thinks small space versatility
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Angus MacKenzie
For many residents today, the idea of fitting furniture into a 600 sq ft (56 sq m) condo or apartment has become a compact reality.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Google takes its first 100 percent self-drive car to the streets
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Bridget Borgobello
Google has revealed its first self-driving car prototype, which as you guessed requires no driver.
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News Link • Transportation
Eco Marine Power unveils solar-electric unmanned surface vessel
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Stu Robarts
Eco Marine Power (EMP) has unveiled high level design plans for an unmanned surface vessel (USV) to be powered by a solar-electric hybrid system.
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
This Graphic Shows Everything You Need To Know About Modern Warfare
05-29-2014
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Business Insider
This graphic, which David J Kilcullin, then the Chief Strategist for the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, included in a 2006 presentation at the U.S. Government Counterinsurgency Conference, isn't one of the all-time
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News Link • Inventions
The eCool cranks out earth-cooled beer one can at a time
05-29-2014
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http://www.gizmag.com, By Dave Parrack
Spending a day lounging in a warm garden is absolute bliss.
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News Link • Drones
Maine Hacker Club: DIY Drones
05-29-2014
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youtube
While in Maine, WeAreChangeCT met Derrick Slopey from the Maine Hacker Club who revealed his homemade UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) which he had pieced together using their 3D printer and schematics from DIY Drones website
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News Link • Books
NAPOLITANO: Glenn Greenwald’s ‘No Place to Hide’ is a nonfiction thriller
05-29-2014
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washingtontimes.com
New book tells how the NSA spies on Americans
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News Link • United Nations
MMA Update: MRF Release - United Nations General Assembly Calls ...
05-29-2014
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http://www.massmotorcycle.org,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MMA Update: MRF Release - United Nations General Assembly Calls For Global Mandatory Helmet Law
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News Link • Currencies
Jim Rogers 'US Foreign Policies Pushing Nations Away from Dollar'
05-29-2014
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by freedom express
Sanction threats against Russia sent shock waves of panic across the world of investment. There's still those who still believe in the prospects of the Russian economy, despite the political turmoil.
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News Link • Police State
APD, Protesters Clash Over Questionable Citizen Deaths
05-29-2014
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thefreethoughtproject.com via Twitter search
"According to Mayor Berry, the protest was peaceful until people “not connected with the original protest” showed up and began wreaking havoc. At this point police declared the protest illegal..."
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Opinion • Communications
What Do We Mean by Legal?
05-28-2014
Paul Rosenberg
In order to secure long-term, effective obedience from humans, some rationale beyond a fear of violence must be used. People must believe that obeying the enforcer’s word is the right thing to do. That’s why codes of law invoke some type of unseen hi
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden; NBC News Exclusive with Brian Williams
05-28-2014
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NBC News
In a wide-ranging and revealing interview, Brian Williams talks with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the global impact and debate sparked by his revelations.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Philosophy of Liberty
Freedom Confessional by Gary Franchi - Global Freedom Summit 2014
05-28-2014
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FreedomSummit2014.Com
The Global Freedom Summit is an online event designed to provide attendees unique insight into the issues of the day with practical solutions to become more free in body, mind, and soul.
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News Link • Syria
US trains Syrian rebels in Qatar to ‘ambush' soldiers and 'finish off' the wounded
05-28-2014
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Russia Today
At a secret base in Qatar, the US military is training rebels to raid Syrian government troops and vehicles, as well as to “finish off the soldiers still alive after an ambush,” first-hand interviews in a Frontline documentary have revealed.
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News Link • Libya
US deploys warship carrying marines off Libya
05-27-2014
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AFP
The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship with about 1,000 marines off the coast of Libya in case the US embassy must be evacuated, a US defense official said Tuesday.
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Two men wrongfully accused of murder sue Douglas County liability insurer
05-27-2014
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Attorneys for Matthew Livers and Nicholas Sampson filed garnishment claims against the St. Paul Travelers Cos. for $6.6 million " the sum awarded in a federal civil rights case against former Douglas County crime lab
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
But For Video: Execution
05-27-2014
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Simple Justice
Not that there is any shortage of videos showing violence perpetrated by police against a person for no good reason, but few show an actual, honest-to-God execution.* This one does.
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
13 years after leaving amid scandal, ex-trooper rehired by W.Va. State Police
05-27-2014
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14 years ago, Trooper Hinzman left the West Virginia State Police after he was part of a bogus-arrest and beating scandal that rocked the agency and resulted in a government payment of $1 million to settle the resulting lawsuit.
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News Link • Corruption
How FBI Agent Involved In Boston Marathon Shooting Collected Medical Disability
05-27-2014
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Jonathan Turley
When FBI Special Agent Aaron McFarlane, 41, murdered an individual of interest in the Boston Marathon bombing, a few police officials were reportedly confused. McFarlane was collecting $52,488 a year in disability benefits
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Glenn Greenwald Details The 'Fireworks Show' NSA Leak That He's Saving For Last
05-27-2014
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http://www.businessinsider.com
“As with a fireworks show, you want to save your best for last,” Glenn Greenwald told GQ recently. “There's a story that from the beginning I thought would be our biggest, and I'm saving that. The last one is the one where the sky is all covered in s
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