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Date Sent: 2014-06-26
Freedom's Phoenix Edition for Thursday, June 26, 2014 |
Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches, updates privacy laws
The U.S. Supreme Court Is Marching in Lockstep with the Police State -- Big Brother Wants Your Son
-- So That's Why They Kept the Drone Kill Memo Secret -- Texas Sheriffs
Form Warrantless Checkpoints in Guadalupe River, Searching Witless
Inner Tube Riders -- Gov't Seizes Control of All Your Financial Accounts
-- The FAA is changing how planes approach to land - in a manner that
used to be considered unsafe -- Illinois Appeals Court Backs Chicago
Parking Meter Lease -- Behind the Blue Wall: Domestic Abuse as a Professional Entitlement -- If the American Revolution had failed,.... -- To Poison Feral Pigs, Feds Turn to ... Bacon Ingredient? -- Study finds genetic links between schizophrenia and cannabis use
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Supreme Court bans warrantless cell phone searches, updates privacy laws
06-25-2014
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Washington Times
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through people's cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Justice and Judges
The U.S. Supreme Court Is Marching in Lockstep with the Police State
06-25-2014
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The police and other government agents can probe, poke, pinch, taser, search, seize, strip and generally manhandle anyone they see fit in almost any circumstance, all with the general blessing of the courts.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Draft
Big Brother Wants Your Son
06-25-2014
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by Wendy McElroy
Civil conscription refers to using draftees to address domestic problems such as a natural disaster or civil unrest. Compelling civilians to fill the domestic needs of the state during peacetime may sound alien to Western ears
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drones
So That's Why They Kept the Drone Kill Memo Secret
06-25-2014
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Now the US government has released parts of its We-Can-Kill-People-With-Drones memo, it's hard to miss why it was kept secret until now. Liberal professors and human rights groups and the UN were claiming an inability to know whether drone
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Bill of Rights
Texas Sheriffs Form Warrantless Checkpoints in Guadalupe River, Searching Witless Inner Tube Riders
06-25-2014
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by Martin Hill, LibertyFight.com
There were 6 uniformed Sheriffs, wearing their hip-boots, forming a human blockade; a CHECKPOINT in the river, blocking every innertube from passing by. They had their sunglasses on, their hands on their hips and their arms
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Government Debt & Financing
Gov't Seizes Control of All Your Financial Accounts
06-25-2014
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The US government and the Fed are completely out of ammo. They desperately need money to maintain their own power, and taxes are no longer enough. So in order to keep the Ponzi scheme going, the government has made
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
The FAA is changing how planes approach to land - in a manner that used to be considered unsafe
06-25-2014
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Wired
The new way saves fuel. time and labor hours,...so its good for the airlines' bottom line, but is dependent on computerized automation and optimization. Thus the question;..."but what if it goes offline?"
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Corruption
Illinois Appeals Court Backs Chicago Parking Meter Lease
06-25-2014
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The Newspaper
Taxpayers upset by rising parking meter rates in Chicago failed to overturn the 2008 deal that leased the city's parking meters to Morgan Stanley until the year 2083. The state Appellate Court held it is not the court's job to
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
Behind the Blue Wall: Domestic Abuse as a Professional Entitlement
06-25-2014
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by William N. Grigg (Pro Liberate)
Despite being arrested on a domestic violence charge involving assault with a deadly weapon, and his blatant violation of a protection order, Tim Gallick remains armed and at large because he is a traffic enforcement officer with the LAPD.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Humor
If the American Revolution had failed,....
06-25-2014
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Youtube
Well,...that's one way of looking at it.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Entertainment: Sports
Ghana team at world cup demands $3 million to keep playing, gov't sends jet with physical cash
06-25-2014
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Bloomberg
Back at home, Mahama has taken steps to ensure that the broadcast of Black Stars games isn't disrupted by regular blackouts. He has asked the aluminum smelter to cut power usage during the World Cup to ensure that games can be shown live.
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Animals and Pets
To Poison Feral Pigs, Feds Turn to ... Bacon Ingredient?
06-25-2014
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Newser Editors and Wire Services
Sodium nitrate is pretty poisonous to destructive, prolific porkers
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Study finds genetic links between schizophrenia and cannabis use
06-25-2014
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http://www.reuters.com, By Kate Kelland
Genes that increase the risk of a person developing schizophrenia may also increase the chance they will use cannabis, researchers said on Tuesday after studying more than 1,000 users of the drug.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military
Little noticed change in U.S. Army's focus - training concerns turn toward integration with Navy
06-24-2014
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Military.com
Hawaii receives formerly odd contingent of attack helicopters and increased number of V22 tilt-rotor Ospreys, begins training Army pilots for carrier-borne operations. One finds themselves asking "Why"?
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Politics
Tea Party Coup in Washington - Shahid Buttar
06-23-2014
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Next News Network
Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, was defeated in a primary election on June 10th, by a political novice. He quickly resigned his post as majority leader in the House, leaving a political vacuum for the GOP.
But, was this victory the result
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Steve Forbes: Return to Gold Standard - Now
06-23-2014
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Next News Network
Businessman Steve Forbes is calling for an immediate return to the gold standard in theUnited States.
The former presidential candidate has released a new book, called MONEY: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economyâ€"and What
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Activism
Russell Brand Calls for "Joyful Revolution"
06-23-2014
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Next News Network
Comedian Russell Brand called for 50,000 protestors to stage a peaceful revolution to remove the British government from power.
The remarks were made in London's Parliament Square, next to the legislative houses.
He told the assembled crowd
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Uncle Freedom
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Outrageous L.A. Court Tells Defendants: "Traffic Ticket Trials Not Allowed"
06-24-2014
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by Martin Hill, LibertyFight.com
In an outrageous illustration of government corruption gone mad, traffic court clerks in Los Angeles County have resorted to telling defendants who want to plead not guilty to traffic citations that traffic ticket trials are 'not permitted due to bud
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • TERRORISM
The British jihadist who swapped boozing for terror - and the schoolboy charity fundraisers ..
06-24-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
Third Briton in ISIS recruitment video identified as Abdul Raqib Amin
Former Aberdeen schoolboy described as keen footballer who enjoyed drinking and going to nightclubs
He was filmed with fellow Brits Nasser Muthana and Reyaad Khan in ISIS clip
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
AAA: Iraq civil war pushing up gas prices in US
06-23-2014
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Washington Post
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the civil war in Iraq is pushing up gasoline prices in the United States. [The Bush Legacy still haunts us.]
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Central Intelligence Agency
My CIA handlers cheated me out of $5million... then set a trap to murder me:
06-24-2014
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dailymail.co.uk
He was the spy who'd risked everything to bring down top terrorists. His reward? to become a target himself
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Free Speech
Ecuador Seeks to Control Opposition Media by Designating Press a 'Public Service'
06-24-2014
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breitbart.com
As Wikileaks' Julian Assange marks a second year living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London decrying the alleged suppression of free press in the Anglo West, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa plots even more potent initiatives to silence opposition
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Food
Nestle reveals secret project to build food 'replicator'...
06-24-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Mark Prigg
Firm developing a machine that bosses describe as 'the next microwave'
Would create personalised supplements and food from nutrient capsules
Aims to create a kitchen 'replicator' within five years
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Multi-Million $ Contract Awarded By U.S. Federal Government For MRAP-ATV Military Vehicle Mirrors
06-23-2014
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Midland Daily News
Rosco, Inc. announces the award of a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The new contract covers the manufacturing of mirrors for the MRAP-ATV (MATV) military vehicle. The award, as issued through Defens
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Activism
Native Hawaiians voice anger at federal officials
06-24-2014
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tbo.com
Dozens of Native Hawaiian speakers expressed anger and mistrust with the federal government Monday during the first of a series of meetings that could lead to the group being recognized similarly to an American Indian tribe.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
Iraq war architect still warning about mushroom clouds from terrorists
06-23-2014
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Lewison, Daily Kos
Why oh why is Iraq War Architect Dick Cheney still given a deferential platform by the major broadcast networks? Must be because the tilt of his lips when he talks makes for good TV, or because they hope they can get answers to really probing questio
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Afghanistan
Karzai Says the War in Afghanistan Was a 'Conspiracy'
06-24-2014
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defenseone.com
In Aprilâ€"two weeks after the election to replace him and usher in the first democratic transfer of power in Afghanistan's historyâ€"Hamid Karzai sat down with Mujib Mashal for his "After Karzai" story ...
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Political Parties
'Is it more Downton Abbey than it is America?'...
06-24-2014
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By David Martosko
'She's generating an imperial image,' warned a former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman
'She's been living 30, going on 40 years with somebody bringing your coffee to you every morning'
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Freak accident causes house to be hit by artillery
06-24-2014
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miamiok.com
In a bizarre accident, a rural Wyandotte home was damaged by an errant cannon round late Saturday.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
E-Spliff: Dutch company develops world's first electronic joint
06-24-2014
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https://uk.news.yahoo.com, By Rishma Dosani
A Dutch company has invented the world's first electronic joint.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Iraq
In Iraq, ISIS Channels Mao
06-24-2014
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http://thediplomat.com, By James R. Holmes
Unlike al-Qaeda, ISIS seems to understand Mao Zedong's classic Phase III battlefield struggle.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Colorado's Cannabis Consumption Conundrum
06-24-2014
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reason.com
For visitors to Denver, legally buying marijuana is easy, but legally smoking it is hard.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Whistleblowers
US Special Counsel: VA Dismissed Whistleblowers
06-24-2014
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military.com
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel on Monday said that Department of Veterans Affairs' medical inspectors routinely dismissed whistleblower allegations of sloppy care that endangered patients at VA hospitals.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • China
China's 'Sovereign Internet'
06-24-2014
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http://thediplomat.com, By Shannon Tiezzi
China is increasingly seeking not just domestic but international influence over cyberspace.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Animals and Pets
Feds Research Breeding Sheep With Lower Methane-Emitting Flatulence
06-24-2014
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http://dailycaller.com, Michael Bastasch
The U.S. government funded research into methane emissions from sheep digestive systems â€" flatulence and burps â€" to see why some sheep produce more of the greenhouse gas than others.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Conspiracies
A forthcoming film about Kelo v. City of New London
06-24-2014
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Washington Post
Today is the ninth anniversary of Kelo v. City of New London, the controversial Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that it was permissible for the government to take private property and give to another private owner in order to promote
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Transportation
City tells app to stop auctions of parking spaces
06-24-2014
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http://bigstory.ap.org, By TERRY COLLINS
San Francisco's city attorney issued a cease-and-desist demand Monday to a mobile app called Monkey Parking, which allows people to auction public parking spaces that they're using to other nearby drivers.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Sexuality: Sex and the Law
YOU are a rapist; yes YOU!
06-24-2014
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Washington Post
Cathy Young has an excellent column in Reason.com about a bill in California that would require universities in that state to use an "affirmative consent" standard for evaluating sexual assault complaints....
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Surveillance
Police to Get Handheld X-Ray Scanner For Vehicle Inspections & "Public Safety"
06-24-2014
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Infowars
The scanner will be used by "law enforcement, first responders, border control, event security, maritime police and general aviation security," in order to search for currency, drugs and explosives. Police will use the device to inspect
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Media: Internet
US Media Restricted at Border, Federal Agent Cites Safety Concerns
06-23-2014
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Breitbart
"You can't be here," a Border Patrol agent said. After learning that he was speaking with Breitbart Texas, the agent repeated his assertion and stated, "It isn't safe for you here." The agent refused to give his name and then grabbed
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News Link • Surveillance
New leaks show Germany's collusion with NSA
06-23-2014
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Several new Snowden-leaked documents show how closely Germany's intelligence agencies work with the NSA. But did the German government deliberately soften laws protecting privacy to make life easier for them?
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News Link • Corruption
Financial Scandal: Organizational Change Has Led to Chaos in Greenpeace
06-23-2014
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spiegel.de
Last week, news emerged that a Greenpeace employee had lost millions in donor money through ill-conceived currency deals. Now the environmentalists are in danger of losing their biggest asset: their credibility.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Gun Rights
Police confiscate weapons from 'Pastafarian'
06-23-2014
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metro.co.uk
An Australian man says police confiscated four of his guns because he posed for his firearm licence photo with a colander on his head.
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Justice and Judges
Judge Orders Deployed US Sailor To Attend Custody Hearing Or Lose Daughter, Face Arrest
06-23-2014
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seattle.cbslocal.com
A U.S. Navy sailor from Washington State is currently serving on a submarine thousands of miles away in the Pacific Ocean, but a judge has ordered him into an impossible custody scenario:
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Robert Lee
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News Link • Business/ Commerce
Tesla is now most important automaker in world, Morgan Stanley says
06-23-2014
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latimes.com
Could Tesla Motors be the world's most important car company?
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Robert Lee
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News Link • European Union
Polish PM Slams "Organized Criminal Eavesdropping" For "Destabilizing EU" Amid U
06-23-2014
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zerohedge.com
First it was US' Victoria Nuland's "fuck Europe" leaked recording; then Turkey's Erdogan faced embarrassing details of a false-flag war with Syria from leaked recordings;
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