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Date Sent: 2013-04-24
Freedom's Phoenix AM Edition for Wednesday, April 24, 2013 |
Bombing suspect cites US wars as motivation -- Jordan: Israel Can Use Airspace to Attack Syria
13 corrections officers indicted in Md., accused of aiding gang’s drug scheme -- Chicago-area teen latest snared in website traps -- Here’s a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data -- EU Lifts Sanctions, Will Buy Oil From Syrian Rebels -- Drone Strikes and the Boston Marathon Bombing -- US: Iran’s Civilian Program the Greatest Threat to Nuclear NPT --White House Endorses Internet Sales Tax --
FBI and RCMP Bust al-Qaeda “Major Terror Plot” in Canada -- North Korea
Adamantly Denies Conspiracy Theory Linking It To Boston Bombing -- Police Say The Naked Man Arrested In Boston Was Not Tamerlan Tsarnaev --
Father of Boston bombing suspects ‘to fly to U.S. tomorrow’ to seek
‘justice and the truth’ for sons -- Why Terrorism Happens -- Up-Close Look at the Bloodied Riddled Boat Where Bombing Suspect Hid as It Is Revealed He Was Shot -- Why Is Boston 'Terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson, and Columbine? -- Radioactive Gases Detected From North Korea's Recent Nuclear Bomb Test -- Reddit Is More Dangerous Than The Syrian Electronic Army's Hackers -- Innovation vs. Privacy: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Drones -- Yemeni Tells Senators About ‘Fear and Terror’ Caused by U.S. Drones -- How Federal Distracted-Driving Guidelines Will Shape Your Next Phone -- When and why did we invent war? -- FBI investigating armed attack at Tennessee nuclear plant -- Preventing Misinformation from Spreading through Social Media -- American hospitals deporting unconscious patients
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Boston bombing suspect cites U.S. wars as motivation, officials say
04-23-2013
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Scott Wilson, Greg Miller and Sari Horwitz
The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the attack, according to U.S. officials familiar with the interviews.
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News Link • Drug War
13 corrections officers indicted in Md., accused of aiding gang’s drug scheme
04-23-2013
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Washington Post
More than a dozen Maryland state prison guards helped a dangerous national gang operate a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scheme from behind bars that involved cash payments, sex and access to fancy cars, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
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News Link • Police State
Chicago-area teen latest snared in website traps
04-23-2013
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AP
It was a sham site constructed and controlled by the FBI with the aim of snaring terrorist wannabes in the virtual world before they could carry out real-world harm. Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, 18, was arrested on a terrorism charge stemming from the
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News Link • Hacking, Cyber Security
Here’s a Good Reason to Encrypt Your Data
04-23-2013
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David Kravets via WIRED.com
There’s many reasons to password-protect " or encrypt " one’s digital data. Foremost among them is to protect it during a security breach.
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News Link • European Union
EU Lifts Sanctions, Will Buy Oil From Syrian Rebels
04-23-2013
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Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com
The European Union has agreed to a partial lifting of the Syrian oil embargo today, permitting member nations to engage in any deals in the nation that are approved by the rebel Syrian National Coalition (SNC).
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News Link • Obama Administration
Drone Strikes and the Boston Marathon Bombing
04-23-2013
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Robert Wright via The Atlantic
The more we learn about the Boston Marathon bombing, the more reason there is to doubt the wisdom of Obama's drone-heavy approach to fighting terrorism.
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News Link • TAXES: Internet
White House Endorses Internet Sales Tax
04-23-2013
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DANIEL HALPER via PrisonPlanet.com
The White House today endorsed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would be a tax hike for purchases made over the Internet. The White House claims the tax would “level playing field for local retailers.”
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
FBI and RCMP Bust al-Qaeda “Major Terror Plot” in Canada
04-23-2013
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PrisonPlanet.com
One week after the Boston bombing, Canada has arrested two men it claims planned to attack a passenger train running between New York and Toronto. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the terrorist plot involved derailing the train, but gave no fur
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
North Korea Adamantly Denies Conspiracy Theory Linking It To Boston Bombing
04-23-2013
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Geoffrey Ingersoll via PrisonPlanet.com
North Korea’s KCNA news agency will blast out threats of nuclear annihilation, but they draw the line at getting blamed for the Boston Marathon Bombings.
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Police Say The Naked Man Arrested In Boston Was Not Tamerlan Tsarnaev
04-23-2013
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Geoffrey Ingersoll via PrisonPlanet.com
On Thursday night while police were hunting in Watertown, Mass. for bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, at one point they arrested a naked man who looks a lot like Tamerlan.
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Father of Boston bombing suspects ‘to fly to U.S. tomorrow’ to seek ‘justice and the truth’ for sons
04-23-2013
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HUGO GYE via PrisonPlanet.com
The father of the two Boston bombing suspects will apparently travel to the U.S. tomorrow in order to seek ‘justice and the truth’.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Why Terrorism Happens
04-23-2013
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Allan Stevo via LewRockwell.com
There are lots of reasons why terrorism happens. Suicide terrorism is discussed in depth in Robert Pape's excellent book Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Up-Close Look at the Bloodied Riddled Boat Where Bombing Suspect Hid as It Is Revealed He Was Shot
04-23-2013
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Hayley Peterson via LewRockwell.com
The boat where Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was discovered has likely seen its last sail for some time, according to a newly released photo of the vessel that shows a bloodied, bullet-ridden port side.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Why Is Boston 'Terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson, and Columbine?
04-23-2013
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Glenn Greenwald via LewRockwell.com
Can an act of violence be called 'terrorism' if the motive is unknown?
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News Link • World News
Radioactive Gases Detected From North Korea's Recent Nuclear Bomb Test
04-23-2013
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Francie Diep via PopSci.com
The gases help confirm it really was a nuclear test.
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News Link • Internet
Reddit Is More Dangerous Than The Syrian Electronic Army's Hackers
04-23-2013
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Dan Nosowitz via PopSci.com
How a high-profile hack fell apart within seconds, and why good intentions are often the most efficient way to destroy lives.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Innovation vs. Privacy: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Drones
04-23-2013
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Eli Dourado via WIRED.com
The most important lesson of the internet age is that we can’t anticipate what will happen when we give people " from talented engineers and developers to everyday users " an exciting new platform … along with the freedom to innovate on top of it.
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News Link • 3D Printing
The $30M Bet That Shapeways Becomes a Factory for Everyone
04-23-2013
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Michael V. Copeland via WIRED.com
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz plays the investing game different from much of its VC cohort. Rather than scattering its money around a relatively large number of startups
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News Link • Military
Yemeni Tells Senators About ‘Fear and Terror’ Caused by U.S. Drones
04-23-2013
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Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.com
For the first time, the Senate heard from someone who lives in a village where U.S. drone strikes are believed to have killed civilians.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
How Federal Distracted-Driving Guidelines Will Shape Your Next Phone
04-23-2013
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Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.com
Uncle Sam wants automakers to make it impossible for you to text your wife, check Facebook and watch a video while you’re driving " suggestions that could have just as much impact on mobile phone manufacturers as automakers.
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News Link • Energy
Moniz Nominated as Energy Secretary
04-23-2013
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David L. Chandler via TechnologyReview.com
Director of MIT Energy Initiative would replace Steven Chu in cabinet post
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News Link • History
When and why did we invent war?
04-23-2013
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science.howstuffworks.com
Human history is filled with conflict. Some of that conflict takes place on a small level involving only a few people -- sometimes the battle takes place within a single person's mind.
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI investigating armed attack at Tennessee nuclear plant
04-23-2013
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
Authorities are still searching for answers following a bizarre firefight Sunday between a suspicious person and a security guard patrolling a Tennessee nuclear power plant.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken the reigns of the probe, bu
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Software Predicts Which Companies Are an Easy Sell
04-23-2013
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Jessica Leber via TechnologyReview.com
A former Yahoo search engineer raises funds to bring sophisticated data mining and modeling to the business world.
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News Link • Misinformation
Preventing Misinformation from Spreading through Social Media
04-23-2013
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Technologyreview.com
New platforms for fact-checking and reputation scoring aim to better channel social media’s power in the wake of a disaster.
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News Link • Privacy Rights
Innovation vs. Privacy: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Drones
04-23-2013
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Wired.com
The most important lesson of the internet age is that we can’t anticipate what will happen when we give people " from talented engineers and developers to everyday users an exciting new platform …
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News Link • Whistleblowers
In defense of whistleblowers: Margaret Heffernan at TEDxDanubia 2013
04-23-2013
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ted.com
“The reason whistleblowers speak up is because they care.”
Bad things happen when good people fail to act, says Margaret Heffernan. At TEDxDanubia, she explores the crucial role of whistleblowers, despite the sometimes high costs paid for uncovering
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Reference Link • Conspiracies
Will Your Family Survive the Coming Tyranny?
www.thecommonsenseshow.com
On the heels of the Boston false flag bombing, the government will need to keep our “children safe” through the massive rollout of the TSA at all sporting events, malls and shopping centers, bus depots, train stations and on the highways and byways o
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News Link • Anthropology
Ancient DNA reveals Europe's dynamic genetic history
04-23-2013
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http://esciencenews.com
Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7,500 years old has been used to reconstruct the first detailed genetic history of modern Europe.
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News Link • Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Judgment Day looms: Researchers prove that humans feel empathy for robots
04-23-2013
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http://www.extremetech.com,
Good news, prospective robot overlords: Researchers in Germany have proven that humans do indeed feel empathy for robots.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Galaxy Goes Green in Burning Stellar Fuel
04-23-2013
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http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Astronomers have spotted the "greenest" of galaxies, one that converts fuel into stars with almost 100-percent efficiency.
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Hubble captures preview of comet that could upstage moon
04-23-2013
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http://www.usatoday.com, Dan Vergano
The storied space telescope captures a view of a comet headed for a close swing past the sun and a starring role in the nighttime sky this year.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Gcorelab Gets $482,000 For New Battery Cooling Technology
04-23-2013
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http://techcrunch.com, Victoria Ho
A Singapore clean-tech company called Gcorelab has just received $482,000 (S$589,000) in funding for a new technology that promises to control the thermal issues that have plagued lithium-ion batteries.
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News Link • Transportation
First Chevy Volt Electric Car Gets 450 MPG in New Jersey
04-23-2013
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http://www.nbcnewyork.com, By Brian Thompson
Two-and-a-half years after Chevrolet delivered its first Volt electric car, its owner from New Jersey says the vehicle has gotten the equivalent of about 450 miles per gallon.
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News Link • Transportation
Report: EVs to Make Up 2% to 10% of World’s Cars by 2035
04-23-2013
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http://www.greentechmedia.com, Jeff St. John
A wide range of EV futures, depending on how much better batteries can get"and how expensive oil becomes.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Forget thermoplastics " Mcor says the future of 3D printing is in paper
04-23-2013
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http://venturebeat.com, Ricardo Bilton
NEW YORK CITY " For a slightly unconventional take on 3D printing, consider Mcor Technologies’ Iris Printer.
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News Link • Healthcare Industry
American hospitals deporting unconscious patients
04-23-2013
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http://www.salon.com, By David Pitt
Two undocumented immigrants woke up in Mexico after being admitted to a U.S. hospital. They weren't the first
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News Link • Boston Marathon Bombing
Boston Marathon Attacks, Chechnya and Oil " the Hidden U.S. Connection
04-22-2013
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http://oilprice.com
As Boston and U.S. security agencies congratulate themselves over the apparent neutralization of a pair of Chechens that bombed the Boston Marathon, troubling questions are beginning to arise.
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News Link • TAXES: Federal
Analysis of Obama’s budget finds a higher tax burden for most Americans
04-22-2013
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Washington Post
President Obama’s budget would raise taxes mainly on people earning more than $200,000 a year, although earners at nearly every income level would face a somewhat higher tax burden, according to a new nonpartisan analysis.
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News Link • TERRORISM
FBI: No ricin found in home of Mississippi suspect
04-22-2013
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AP
Defense lawyers for Curtis say investigators' failure to find any ricin means the government should release their client. That lack of physical evidence could loom large as a detention and preliminary hearing continues Tuesday morning.
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
Feds Delay Policy to Allow Small Knives on Planes
04-22-2013
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AP
Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs. A policy change scheduled to go into effect this week that would have allowed passengers to carry small knives, bats, and other sports equipment
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
W.Va. Teen Arrested After 'Almost Inciting Riot' Wearing NRA Shirt to School
04-22-2013
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ABC News
A West Virginia teen arrested and accused of nearly inciting a riot after a confrontation with a teacher over his National Rifle Association t-shirt has inspired dozens of students across his county to wear similar apparel in solidarity.
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