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US tests nuclear-capable missile
The US has test-fired a nuclear-capable missile despite a pledge to destroy thousands of its nukes. The Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base into a 4,200 mile flight over the Pacific to a target on the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. [...]
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DNA samples taken at police checkpoint “€˜gross abuse of power,” say PA drivers
A Pennsylvania community is asking questions after a government contractor, with help from the local police, pulled drivers off the road and into a parking lot to ask about their driving and 'most notably'€“ pressure them into providing a DNA sample. [...]
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Texas judge: Search warrants can be obtained based on predictions of future crimes
Police in Texas may now obtain a search warrant based on "€œa prediction of a future crime,"€ according to a dissenting judge on the state'€™s criminal appeals court. The ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals came last week, ending a controversial case in which police searched a house before obtaining a warrant but were still able to present the confiscated evidence during a trial. [...]
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“We cannot trust them anymore”€™: Engineers abandon encryption chips after Snowden leaks
The developers of the FreeBSD operating system say they no longer trust computer processor chips manufactured by two of the top tech companies,€” and cite National Security Agency secrets spilled by former contractor Edward Snowden as the reason why. [...]
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NSA uses advertisers’ cookies to track specific web browsers – report
The US National Security Agency has quietly subverted the tools used by online advertising companies in order to track surveillance targets and improve its monitoring ability, according to a report based on documents obtained by Edward Snowden. [...]
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War on the Press: NYT Reporters Sue DHS Over Interrogation Coverup
The Department of Homeland Security is being sued by two New York Times reporters who say the agency failed to respond to FOIA requests following enhanced interrogations at New York’s JFK airport. [...]
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Obama to Military – Will you FIRE on Americans?
Military litmus test. Obama asking officers if they will shoot an American if the command was given. Some officers stepping down. Government buying enuff amo to kill half the population along with body bags. Obama shaking up the top ranks of the military command structure -- but is it also preparing to make war on the American population? [...]
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Congress Investigates Obama’s Attempt to Become Dictator
If Obama’s complete disregard for the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency continues, it will create a precedent in which future presidents will act as absolute autocrats. At a congressional hearing on Dec. 2, House Representative Trey Growdy (R-SC) asked what will stop Obama from not enforcing election laws considering his pattern of “prosecutorial discretion” of other standing l [...]
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“Not real James Bonds”: Assange explains why “small publisher” WikiLeaks beat the Pentagon
WikiLeaks'€™ major achievement is in weakening the authority of US intelligence, according to the whistle blowing website founder, Julian Assange, who has just marked three years under virtual house arrest in the UK. [...]
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“Nothing is beyond our reach”€™: Evil octopus strangling the world becomes latest US intelligence seal
Billions of dollars annually are being used to fund operations conducted by the United States intelligence community, the likes of which allow the government to eavesdrop on emails, listen to world leaders’ phone calls and about everything in-between. [...]
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Canadian denied entry to the US after agent cites private medical records
A wheelchair-bound Canadian woman was denied entry to the United States this week because she was previously diagnosed with clinical depression. Now she wants to know why the US Department of Homeland Security had her medical history on file. [...]
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Cyber Command and NSA breakup looming over Snowden leaks – report
The fallout over the Snowden affair hits "critical stage" as Washington continues the push to separate Cyber Command, which oversees cyberspace operations, from the National Security Agency. [...]
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Edward Snowden Wins Whistleblower Award in Germany
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has been awarded the biennial "whistleblower prize"€ in Germany, in recognition of his "€œbold efforts"€ to expose the monitoring of communications data by his former employer. In Snowden’s address on the presentation of the 2013 Whistleblower Award - channeled by internet activist and journalist Jacob Appelbaum [...]
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NSA broke its own rules in “virtually every” record, declassified documents show
The National Security Agency systematically broke its own rules and collected information it wasn't supposed to, according to 1,000 pages of highly redacted classified files released for the first time by the Obama administration. [...]
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Top 5 Ways America is Exceptional | Brainwash Update
Abby Martin defends the notion of American Exceptional-ism. Highlighting the categories where the US truly is exceptional, from obesity to war making, but not in the areas that Americans should be proud of such as literacy and environmental protection. Top 5 Ways America is Exceptional | Brainwash Update /* */   [...]
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The Assassination of J. F. K 🎞
The mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine who had embraced Marxism and defected for a time to the Soviet Union. Oswald never stood trial for murder, because, while being transferred after having been taken into custody, he was shot [...]
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Merkel demands clarity on NSA’€™s role in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded that Washington give Germany clarity over the future of the NSA in the country, stating that the practice had put transatlantic ties "€œto the test.-€œThe allegations are grave,"€ she said. Merkel kicked off the session by tackling the controversial issue of the US tapping her personal phone calls and the “millions” of associated NSA data int [...]
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CIA monitors Americans’ financial activities
The Central Intelligence Agency is collecting bulk records of international money transfers, including the financial and personal data of millions of Americans. Citing “officials familiar with the programs,” the Wall Street Journal reported that the CIA and FBI collect financial information when international transactions are filed through numerous money-transfer companies, including MoneyGram [...]
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Drug War Horror: Border Agents Probed Woman’s Vagina and Anus
Without Consent In Fruitless Search For Narcotics. What is wrong with law enforcement in the Southwest? They've become notorious for invasive drug searches. A week after news outlets spotlighted the cases of two New Mexico men who had their anuses searched by police looking for drugs, another woman has come forward with a similar story. [...]
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