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Date Sent: 2013-06-22
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Saturday, June 22, 2013
 
U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs

Federal judges order California to free 9,600 inmates -- Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon -- Europe unable to break impasse on who pays when banks fail -- Facebook admits year-long data breach exposed 6 million users -- Federal nullification efforts mounting in states -- Chen Guangcheng Spyware Row: Blind Chinese Dissident May Have Been Spied On During NYU Tenure -- What Cop T-Shirts Tell Us About Police Culture -- In Florida, Selling a Pot Pipe Is a Felony But Illegally Pushing Millions of OxyContin Is a Fine -- Blood, spit and cops: Nationwide drug roadblocks raise eyebrows -- How Government Uses Accounting Tricks To Hide The Student-Loan Swindle -- Personal Appeal from Christine Smith -- The Awakening Sunni Giant -- SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 23, 2013 Edition

 
U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs News Link  •  Whistleblowers
 U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage in leaks about NSA surveillance programs
06-21-2013  •  Washington Post 
Federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, and the US has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, Snowden was charged with espionage, theft and conversion of government property  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Federal judges order California to free 9,600 inmates News Link  •  Criminal Justice System
 Federal judges order California to free 9,600 inmates
06-21-2013  •  Los Angeles Times 
A trio of federal judges ordered Gov. Jerry Brown to immediately begin freeing state inmates and waived state laws to allow early releases, threatening the governor with contempt if he does not comply.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon News Link  •  Transportation: Air Travel
 Lawyers challenge U.S. 'no fly' list in federal court in Oregon
06-21-2013  •  Reuters 
A federal judge in Oregon grilled Justice Department lawyers over the government's secretive "no-fly" list, questioning whether those banned from commercial air travel for suspected links to terrorism have any realistic avenue for appeal.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Europe unable to break impasse on who pays when banks fail News Link  •  European Union
 Europe unable to break impasse on who pays when banks fail
06-21-2013  •  The Register 
Europe failed to agree on how to share the cost of bank collapses on Saturday, as Germany resisted attempts by France to water down rules designed to spare taxpayers in future crises.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Facebook admits year-long data breach exposed 6 million users News Link  •  Internet
 Facebook admits year-long data breach exposed 6 million users
06-21-2013  •  Reuters 
Facebook Inc has inadvertently exposed 6 million users' phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers over the past year, the world's largest social networking company disclosed late Friday.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Federal nullification efforts mounting in states News Link  •  States' Rights
 Federal nullification efforts mounting in states
06-21-2013  •  AP 
Imagine the scenario: A federal agent attempts to arrest someone for illegally selling a machine gun. Instead, the federal agent is arrested - charged in a state court with the crime of enforcing federal gun laws. Farfetched? Not as much as you mi  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Chen Guangcheng Spyware Row: Blind Chinese Dissident May Have Been Spied On During NYU Tenure News Link  •  China
 Chen Guangcheng Spyware Row: Blind Chinese Dissident May Have Been Spied On During NYU Tenure
06-21-2013  •  Reuters 
Like nearly everything surrounding Chen these days, the existence of the spyware is in dispute, and only adds to the public recriminations there have been between NYU and Chen's supporters over events surrounding the end of his fellowship.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
What Cop T-Shirts Tell Us About Police Culture News Link  •  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 What Cop T-Shirts Tell Us About Police Culture
06-21-2013  •  by Radley Balko (Huffington Post) 
The quote was printed on t-shirts worn by NYPD's infamous Street Crimes Unit, which was disbanded after shooting unarmed Amadou Diallo 41 times as he reached for his wallet. 2 NYPD police commissioners used the phrase "hunter of men" to   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
In Florida, Selling a Pot Pipe Is a Felony But Illegally Pushing Millions of OxyContin Is a Fine News Link  •  Drug War
 In Florida, Selling a Pot Pipe Is a Felony But Illegally Pushing Millions of OxyContin Is a Fine
06-21-2013  •  Huffington Post 
Florida has a massive problem with its "OxyContin Express". The state is home to more "pill mills" where addicts get their "hillbilly heroin" than any other. Walgreens, the national pharmacy chain, has been under DEA investigation for distribution.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Blood, spit and cops: Nationwide drug roadblocks raise eyebrows News Link  •  Police State
 Blood, spit and cops: Nationwide drug roadblocks raise eyebrows
06-21-2013  •  CNN (video) 
The roadblocks went up on a Friday at several points in two Alabama towns, about 40 miles on either side of Birmingham. For the next two days, off-duty sheriff's deputies in St. Clair County, to the east, and Bibb County, to the southwest, flagge  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
How Government Uses Accounting Tricks To Hide The Student-Loan Swindle News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 How Government Uses Accounting Tricks To Hide The Student-Loan Swindle
06-21-2013  •  Forbes 
With interest rates on federal student loans set to double on July 1, Congress is considering legislation to prevent the increase. But there’s a problem"no one seems to know how much the student loan program costs in the first place.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Personal Appeal from Christine Smith News Link  •  General Opinion
 Personal Appeal from Christine Smith
06-21-2013  •  Christine Smith's blog 
I am asking every one of you who has valued my work/writings over the years to please consider my appeal.  Read Full Story
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The Awakening Sunni Giant News Link  •  Syria
 The Awakening Sunni Giant
05-21-2013  •  Michael Weiss Now. Lebanon 
Saudi Arabia is dead-serious about ending the Assad regime. Last Friday, King Abdullah cut short his summer vacation in Morocco and flew back to Riyadh not only to meet with his national security advisors but to coordinate a new strategy for winni  Read Full Story
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Reported by: J E Andreasen
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 23, 2013 Edition Opinion  •  Humor
 SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, June 23, 2013 Edition
06-21-2013
John Semmens
   Congressman Demands “More Balanced” Campaign against Terrorism Representative Jim McDermott (D-Wash) directed pointed criticism at the FBI's focus on Islamic terrorists. His criticism was sparked by a bus ad that featured photos of 16 suspected te
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Freedom's Phoenix at Porcfest X - pictures from Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH Feature Article  •  Conferences
 Freedom's Phoenix at Porcfest X - pictures from Roger's Campground in Lancaster, NH
Donna Hancock
   Ernest Hancock reports from Porcfest X. Enjoy the daily updates, pictures of events and attendees, and the radio show daily from 9-Noon EDT live from the media room at Roger's Campground...
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Barack Obama: Born in the U.S.A. Opinion  •  Conspiracies
 Barack Obama: Born in the U.S.A.
06-21-2013
Mike Renzulli
   Lt. Mike Zullo of the "Cold Case Posse" announced he has "irrefutable evidence" that President Obama's birth certificate is forged. The facts speak otherwise.
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Occupied Elementary: Community Sit-In Against School Shutdown News Link  •  Education: Government Schools
 Occupied Elementary: Community Sit-In Against School Shutdown
06-20-2013  •  http://www.commondreams.org, Sarah Lazare 
Parent: 'We’re not leaving until this school is saved'   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs News Link  •  Communications
 In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs
06-20-2013  •  http://www.democracynow.org 
In a major victory for the community radio movement after a 15-year campaign, the Federal Communications Commission has announced it will soon begin accepting applications for hundreds of new low-power FM radio stations in October.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Amazing moment deaf three-year-old boy hears for the first time News Link  •  Positive News
 Amazing moment deaf three-year-old boy hears for the first time
06-20-2013  •  youtube 
Deaf three-year-old Grayson hears his father's voice for the first time after surgery in the US. Report by Genelle Aldred.  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes News Link  •  Housing
 Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes
06-20-2013  •  ted.com 
In 1985, architect Paul Pholeros was challenged by the director of an Aboriginal-controlled health service to "stop people getting sick" in a small indigenous community in south Australia. The key insights: think beyond medicine and fix the local env  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Chinese, U.S. factories struggle, Europe still in slump News Link  •  Economy - International
 Chinese, U.S. factories struggle, Europe still in slump
06-20-2013  •  By Jonathan Cable and Steven C. Johnson 
Factory output in China weakened to a nine-month low in June while U.S. manufacturing closed out its worst quarter in the last four, suggesting the road to recovery for the world economy remained an uneven one.  Read Full Story
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Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance News Link  •  Whistleblowers
 Head of revived watchdog pledges open look at U.S. surveillance
06-20-2013  •  http://www.reuters.com, By Alina Selyukh 
The head of a newly revived federal privacy oversight board pledged on Wednesday to be "as transparent and public as possible" as the board reviews recently exposed U.S. government secret surveillance programs.  Read Full Story
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Edward Snowden's Flight To Hong Kong Is Looking Smarter And Smarter News Link  •  Whistleblowers
 Edward Snowden's Flight To Hong Kong Is Looking Smarter And Smarter
06-20-2013  •  http://www.businessinsider.com, Michael Kelley 
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has several potential ways to avoid trial in America if and when the U.S. government files criminal charges against him, extradition experts and law enforcement officials told Sari Horwitz and Jia Lynn Yang of The Was  Read Full Story
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GOLD MELTDOWN News Link  •  Gold and Silver
 GOLD MELTDOWN
06-20-2013  •  http://www.businessinsider.com, Sam Ro 
Gold prices are getting destroyed. The sell-off really accelerated at around 3 AM ET.   Read Full Story
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Who is the DEADBEAT: Borrower or Bank? News Link  •  Housing
 Who is the DEADBEAT: Borrower or Bank?
6/20/13  •  Posted on June 20, 2013 by Neil Garfield Danielle  
The propaganda from the banks has been far-reaching. Even if they devised a scheme to fraudulently throw away a homeowner’s hope at a modification, they are still pursuing the “deadbeat” homeowner argument. The essence is that the homeowner was no  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Mike Brosnahan
Inside the Phoenix PD's Use of Federal Anti-Terrorism Resources to Track Protesters News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Inside the Phoenix PD's Use of Federal Anti-Terrorism Resources to Track Protesters
06-20-2013  •  Phoenix New Times 
....this information " obtained using taxpayer-funded resources " promptly was shared with those whom Occupy organized to protest. Police officials passed along details to bank executives and the American Legislative Exchange Council  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
How to Use Bitcoin the Right Way News Link  •  Bitcoin
 How to Use Bitcoin the Right Way
06-20-2013  •  FreemansPerspective.Com 
The Bitcoin phenomenon also represents something more. It's something that offers free men and women the opportunity to trade with each other on a global scale - privately and safely without need to rely on fiat currency, an unstable banking system o  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Donna Hancock
U.S. doctors are dumping all health insurance and charging patients LESS News Link  •  Healthcare Industry
 U.S. doctors are dumping all health insurance and charging patients LESS
06-20-2013  •  naturalnews.com 
In some places across the US, high-cost health insurance coverage is being discarded altogether.   Read Full Story
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Reported by: Robert Lee
Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization News Link  •  Census
 Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization
06-20-2013  •  Drake Bennett and Michael Riley, Bloomberg 
The director of national intelligence, James Clapper"President Obama’s top intelligence adviser"is a former Booz Allen executive. The firm’s vice chairman, Mike McConnell, was President George W. Bush’s director of national intelligence and, before t  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins
Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: “We Were Told to Lie” to Rip Off Borrowers News Link  •  Housing
 Bank of America Whistle-blower Bombshell: “We Were Told to Lie” to Rip Off Borrowers
06-20-2013  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
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  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Chris Menke
Snooping and spying for profit News Link  •  Contractors, Government & Military
 Snooping and spying for profit
06-19-2013  •  Sam Pizzigati, People's World 
Booz Allen has tens of thousands of employees doing intelligence work for the feds. They populate the highest echelons of America's intelligence apparatus, and vice-versa. The Obama administration's top intelligence official, James Clapper, just happ  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Leon Felkins
NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed News Link  •  Intelligence: Use and Abuse
 NSA Disruption of Stock Exchange Bomb Plot Disputed
06-18-2013  •  David Kravets, Wired 
According to interviews and court records, the 2008 Stock Exchange Bomb Plot failed, not because the authorities broke it up, but because the alleged attackers decided against it.  Read Full Story
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Joseph Weekley: Self-Pitying Stormtrooper News Link  •  Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
 Joseph Weekley: Self-Pitying Stormtrooper
06-19-2013  •  by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate) 
“It was my gun that shot and killed a 7-year-old girl,” insists Detroit resident Joseph Weekley, who took part in a fatal home invasion on May 17, 2010. He insists that he didn’t intend to pull the trigger, and has no knowledge of doing so,  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Republicans pull a fast one on voters - by Laurie Roberts News Link  •  Arizona's Top News
 Republicans pull a fast one on voters - by Laurie Roberts
06-19-2013  •  Arizona Republic 
Gov. Jan Brewer signed an elections bill that basically wipes out Libertarian and other third-party candidates, boosting their signature requirements to unattainable levels. Green Party candidates would actually have to collect more signatures  Read Full Story
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FBI Foils Plot To Build X-Ray Weapon to Kill Obama News Link  •  TERRORISM
 FBI Foils Plot To Build X-Ray Weapon to Kill Obama
06-19-2013  •  ABC News (video) 
Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, of Galway, N.Y., spent months designing and constructing an X-ray system that would emit deadly amounts of radiation and could be detonated remotely, according to the FBI. Crawford recruited Eric J. Feight,  Read Full Story
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Rental Car Co. Run by Teenagers Undercuts Hertz, Avis News Link  •  Crony Capitalism
 Rental Car Co. Run by Teenagers Undercuts Hertz, Avis
06-19-2013  •  ABC News 
It's easy to see how traditional rental companies might not be amused to have their prices undercut. But San Francisco International is crying foul, as well. Doug Yakel, public information officer for SFO, tells ABC News that FlightCar refuses to  Read Full Story
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Reported by: Powell Gammill
Added Info: The Mysterious Death of Journalist Michael Hastings News Link  •  World News
 Added Info: The Mysterious Death of Journalist Michael Hastings
06-19-2013  •  http://chrisinmaryville.net/ 
After reading the news of Michael Hastings deadly car crash on the Economic Policy Journal.com and sharing Robert Wenzel’s post, Robert has added additional information in various posts that I will combine below for ease of reading.   Read Full Story
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