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Date Sent: 2013-06-20
Freedom's Phoenix PM Edition for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
TWA Flight 800 crash not due to gas tank explosion, say former investigators
Kim Dotcom's Great Data Massacre -- Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks -- Internet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells Obama -- Detroit cop who killed 7-year-old girl walks free after mistrial -- AP CEO Says Government Sources Won’t Talk After Justice Department Probe -- FBI director admits domestic use of drones for surveillance -- What Lies Ahead for Gold? -- Washington Is Insane by Paul Craig Roberts -- Michael Lind Is Right: Libertarianism Doesn't Work -- Absolute Proof Santa Monica Shooting was Staged -- Will new tectonic fault system kill the Atlantic? -- Is Facebook Reading Status Updates to Co-opt Comment Threads? -- Music Festivals, Bluetooth Monitoring and the Behavior of Crowds -- Britain's new 'peasants' down on the farm -- 06-19-13 -- Davi Barker - Carla Gericke - Dave Butler - From Porcfest X - LISTEN LIVE on LRN.FM -- Freedom's Phoenix at
Porcfest X - pictures from Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH -- NSA
leaker Edward Snowden a spy for China or whistleblower? -- Neighborhood 'Glock Block' Warns Criminals: We Don't Call Police... -- Obama lies, downplays impact of government spying on Americans -- I agree with Jesse Ventura 99% of the Time, But This is a Deal breaker for me -- Google contests US gag order as Gmail users freaked by US spying -- Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Discusses The Constitution, NSA Spying and Torture -- Russell Brand Takes Over Morning Joe Interview to Ask About Bradley Manning & Edward Snowden -- Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie” -- Putin Alone at G8
AZ: We have a .50 cal WINNER!!!; Kick-Off Rally - People's Veto
of Medicaid Expansion
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
TWA Flight 800 crash not due to gas tank explosion, say former investigators
06-19-2013
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The Ticket
The producers of an upcoming documentary on TWA Flight 800"which exploded and crashed into the waters off Long Island, N.Y., on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board"claim to have proof that an explosion outside the Paris-bound flight caused
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News Link • Internet
Kim Dotcom's Great Data Massacre
06-19-2013
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The Atlantic Wire
Dotcom says "petabytes" of files (one petabyte is equal to 1,000 terabytes) have been deleted. "This is the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet caused by the US government, the Department of Justice & Leaseweb," Dotcom claims.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks
06-19-2013
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AP
Afghanistan’s president said he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Internet
Internet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells Obama
06-19-2013
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Reuters
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that government monitoring of Internet communications needed to remain within proper limits.
"I made clear that although we do see the need for gathering information, th
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Detroit cop who killed 7-year-old girl walks free after mistrial
06-19-2013
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Rawstory
Weekley shot and killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones on the night of May 16, 2010, as officers executed a search warrant on the duplex her family lived in. The officers entered Stanley-Jones’s home searching for a murder suspect who was later found
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News Link • Media: Print
AP CEO Says Government Sources Won’t Talk After Justice Department Probe
06-19-2013
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AP
“What I learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and I think should alarm everyone in this country. The actions of the DOJ against AP are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case,” AP's CEO said
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Surveillance
FBI director admits domestic use of drones for surveillance
06-19-2013
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Reuters
Robert Mueller, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confirmed to lawmakers that the FBI owns several unmanned aerial vehicles, but has not adopted any strict policies or guidelines to govern the use of the controversial aircraft.
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News Link • Energy
Shell Oil Ex-President: We Must Change How We Think About Energy
06-19-2013
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popularmechanics.com
Former Shell Oil president John Hofmeister founded Citizens for Affordable Energy, a nonprofit group promoting diversity and innovation in U.S. energy supplies, and joined the advisory board of the Irvine, Calif."based Fuel Freedom Foundation,
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
Mission RS All-Electric Street Legal Superbike
06-19-2013
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cleantechnica.com
All-electric motorcycles have been around for awhile now. But Mission Motorcycles is taking the fun, eco-friendly concept to the next level.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Chickens and Turkeys
Rent-A-Chicken provides eggs for wannabe farmers
06-19-2013
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highlandstoday.com
It's not out of the ordinary to rent things such as textbooks, power tools and designer dresses.
But a chicken?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Energy
Tesla hints at battery swap that's faster than filling gas tank
06-19-2013
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nbcnews.com
Nearly a month after announcing plans to set up a high-speed network of “Supercharger” stations across the U.S. and Canada, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is hinting the start-up electric vehicle maker might......
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Robert Lee
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News Link • 3D Printing
A 3-D Printed Fashion Show Inspired By Birds
06-19-2013
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popsci.com
Warning: do not attempt to use these pieces to fly. You cannot fly.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Obama Administration
Washington Is Insane by Paul Craig Roberts
06-19-2013
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Information Clearing House
In the 21st century the two hundred year-old propaganda that the American people control their government has been completely shattered. Both the Bush and Obama regimes have made it unmistakenly clear that the American people don’t even influence, mu
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Biology, Botany and Zoology
A Homely Rodent May Hold Cancer-Fighting Clues
06-19-2013
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nytimes.com
The laboratory of Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov, a husband-and-wife team of biologists at the University of Rochester, has the feel of a petting zoo.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Philosophy: Libertarianism
Michael Lind Is Right: Libertarianism Doesn't Work
06-19-2013
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The International Libertarian
What? Has the International Libertarian gone crazy? No, here's the story. Michael Lind published a couple of articles trying desperately to discredit libertarianism. (See The Question Libertarians Just Can’t Answer and Grow Up, Libertarians) He thi
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Darren Wolfe
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News Link • False Flag Operations
Absolute Proof Santa Monica Shooting was Staged
06-19-2013
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YouTube.Com Operation Terror
The Santa Monica patsy was not wearing combat boots that was seen by the witnesses so the staging crew removed his shoes and placed boots on the sidewalk.
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Donna Hancock
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News Link • Geology
Will new tectonic fault system kill the Atlantic?
06-19-2013
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newscientist.com
The dying Mediterranean Sea may have contaminated the Atlantic with a subduction zone. One day, it could help destroy the vast ocean.
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News Link • Internet
Is Facebook Reading Status Updates to Co-opt Comment Threads?
06-19-2013
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Technologyreview.com
Facebook may be going a step too far by adding unsolicited gift card suggestions to people’s status updates.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Robotic Arm Will Kick Your Butt at Air Hockey
06-19-2013
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technewsdaily.com
A new research project out of Japan has air hockey champions shaking in their sneakers. Researchers have developed a robotic arm that dominates the air hockey table with a killer combination of precise moves and long-term strategy.
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News Link • Inspiration
Joseph Kim: The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.
06-19-2013
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ted.com
A refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life -- but he still searches for the family he lost.
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News Link • Food
Britain's new 'peasants' down on the farm
06-19-2013
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The Guardian
The English peasantry may have officially died out in the Middle Ages, but a new breed of small-scale farmers who live off a few acres and celebrate life on the land have been accepted to join the world's biggest peasant organization.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
True Poverty at One Third Population
06-19-2013
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arclein
The official poverty statistic comes from a measure that was created in the mid--well, early 1960s. And it was really put together quickly, and it was kind of considered a placeholder, just 'cause the federal government wanted to have some way to me
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Nuclear Bomb Tests Confirm Brain Regeneration
06-19-2013
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arclein
he first definitive evidence that we generate new brain cells throughout our lives. The study also provides the first model of the dynamics of the process, showing that the regenerat
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robert klein
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News Link • Agriculture
Burgeoning Local Food Revolt
06-19-2013
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arclein
A food system contributes to community sustainability if it is economically viable for small farmers; nourishing of the earth and elements; and socially equitable for all involved, including farm and food workers and consumers.
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robert klein
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News Link • Israel - Palestine
Jordan's Turn in the Sun?
06-19-2013
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arclein
from 1973 onwards, it was never going to be possible for the great powers to impose a solution from the outside (though the U.S. administrations that followed, from Nixon
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robert klein
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News Link • Art
Exhibit Explores The Dazzling Beauty Of Space Photography
06-19-2013
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popsci.com
Visions of the Universe exhibit showcases captivating cosmic images
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News Link • 3D Printing
World’s smallest 3D batteries created using novel technique
06-19-2013
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sciencerecorder.com
To successfully print 3D electrodes, the researchers designed and tested several specialized inks.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Statistics and Magnetic Socks Shape Modern Taekwondo
06-19-2013
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livescience.com
It's tempting to call some Olympic events, such as wrestling, judo and taekwondo, "messy sports" because it's difficult to quantify exactly how much any given factor contributes to success in each competition
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News Link • Humor
Weather Channel Accused of Pro-Weather Bias
06-19-2013
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Daily Paul.com
"What we've discovered in our research is that there's an ancient cabal of powerful weather fanatics operating outside any government - sometimes called the Cloud Elders, sometimes called the Knights Doppler, pulling the strings..."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Secret Government Projects
NSA leaker Edward Snowden a spy for China or whistleblower?
06-18-2013
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Uttara Choudhury, First Post
Former vice president Dick Cheney told Fox News Sunday that he thinks Snowden is a “traitor” and warned that the intelligence analyst may be spying for the Chinese government.
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Activism
Glenn Beck Making Sense?
06-19-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Glen Beck appeals to Americans against intervening yet again, in the Middle East. Graphic video. Courtesy the "Silver Bear Cafe."
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Self-Defense
Neighborhood 'Glock Block' Warns Criminals: We Don't Call Police...
06-19-2013
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Daily Paul.com
Neighbors organize ‘Glock Block’ after increase in crime.
Fliers posted around the neighborhood read, 'This is a Glock Block, We don't call 911.'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Obama lies, downplays impact of government spying on Americans
06-18-2013
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CALLIE MORAN - Capitol Hill Blue
“All of that is true " except for the fact that for the government, under the program right now, to do that, it would be illegal. We would not be allowed to do that,” Obama said.
Which may have been the biggest lie of all " a suggestion that the fe
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Draft
I agree with Jesse Ventura 99% of the Time, But This is a Deal breaker for me
06-19-2013
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Daily Paul.com
I have been following Jesse Ventura for quite some time and think he is amazing. I think he makes great points and I agree with him on 99% of the time.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Intelligence: Use and Abuse
Google contests US gag order as Gmail users freaked by US spying
06-19-2013
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by Uttara Choudhury
Internet companies such as Google, Facebook, and Yahoo that handle sensitive personal data are worried the relentless media coverage will erode public confidence, making people feel less comfortable sending personal emails and sharing photos. That co
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Entrepreneurship
Start-up to bring test-drive cars to buyers, avoiding dealership
06-19-2013
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Reuters
A new company hopes to make the car-buying process easier for consumers and more efficient for dealers by bringing cars to buyers for test drives, avoiding the need to spend hours at a dealership.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Agriculture
Alternative gardening methods
06-19-2013
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chippewa.com
There are many alternatives to the “traditional” gardens we think of planting in the spring. This article will explore several gardening methods that perhaps you might not be aware of.
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News Link • Health and Physical Fitness
American Medical Association officially labels obesity a disease;
06-19-2013
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www.kjrh.com
For the first time obesity is being called a disease by the American Medical Association.
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News Link • Transportation
All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand
06-19-2013
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business.time.com
Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months.
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News Link • Activism
Warning to Britons in Brazil
06-19-2013
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telegraph.co.uk
The Foreign Office has updated its advice for travellers to Brazil following anti-government protests in a number of major cities.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Discusses The Constitution, NSA Spying and Torture
06-19-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Steve Wozniak is not only co-founder of Apple Computer, he is an extremely thoughtful person and patriot. In the video below, Steve was approached in an airport and he took the time to provide us with some thoughts about all of the disturbing author
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Chris Menke
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Russell Brand Takes Over Morning Joe Interview to Ask About Bradley Manning & Edward Snowden
06-19-2013
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dailypaul.com
This guy exposes the MSM actually blows them apart with truth.
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News Link • MEDIA NEWS REFERENCES
National Mortgage Settlement Checks for $1,480 to Go Out June 10 - by Esther Cho
6/18/13
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National Mortgage Settlement checks for about $1,480 will be sent starting June 10, with a completion date of June 17. According to releases from various state attorneys general offices, Rust Consulting, the settlement administrator, will mail the pa
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Mike Brosnahan
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News Link • Whistleblowers
Bank of America whistle-blower’s bombshell: “We were told to lie”
06/18/13
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Salon
Bank of America’s mortgage servicing unit systematically lied to homeowners, fraudulently denied loan modifications, and paid their staff bonuses for deliberately pushing people into foreclosure: Yes, these allegations were suspected by any homeowner
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News Link • Whistleblowers
WikiLeaks breach included secret details on Guantanamo prisoners: official
06-17-2013
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Reuters
Data released by Private Bradley Manning included biographical material on Guantanamo prisoners, details of their religious affiliation, and names of their relatives with extremist links, Rear Admiral David Woods, who ran Guantanamo said
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News Link • Surveillance
Cnet: NSA admits listening to US phone calls without warrants
06-17-2013
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http://www.dailypaul.com, by Freedom's Remnant
The National Security Agency has acknowledged in a new classified briefing that it does not need court authorization to listen to domestic phone calls.
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