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Maxwell Abbott, PR Watch: President Obama was elected on a platform that included promises for increased transparency and openness in government. Despite this rhetoric, Obama has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any administration in history and overseen the massive growth of the NSA s surveillance apparatus.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/20777-bills-in-congress-crackdown-on-whistleblowers

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Sen. Manchin to CNN on NSA: 'Big Brother Truly Is Watching You'

"You know, we always heard as a child growing up and in different phases of our life, that Big Brother is watching you," Manchin said. "And now we found out that Big Brother is truly watching you." Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) told CNN's Candy Crowley on Sunday

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sen-manchin-to-cnn-on-nsa-big-brother-truly-is-watching-you/



Congress Must Not Cede Its War Power to Israel

By Sheldon Richman

The American people should know that pending right now in Congress is a bipartisan bill that would virtually commit the United States to go to war against Iran if Israel attacks the Islamic Republic.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37228.htm



Citizens Have Become Subjects

By Paul Craig Roberts

In terms of surveillance technology, we are far beyond Orwell s imagination. In terms of the unaccountability of government, we exceptional and indispensable people now live a 1984 existence.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37258.htm



5 Tips for Living in a Surveillance State
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/02/1266225/-5-Tips-for-Living-in-a-Surveillance-State



Government s Surveillance Powers Can t Keep Going Unchecked

Government surveillance of Americans, in the name of protecting the nation, didn t start with the National Security Agency s recently revealed collection of citizens' telephone records.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-governments-surveillance-powers-cant-keep-going-unchecked/2014/01/03/2c4e14bc-7401-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html



My 2014 resolution: stop my country from becoming a surveillance state

This will be a vital year in the fight for privacy and an open internet. All Americans should join the cause before it s too late.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/05/new-years-resolution-stop-nsa-surveillance-state



A Government Turning the Tools of War on Its Citizens

By Peter Van Buren

Weapons, tactics, techniques and procedures that have been used abroad in war are coming home, this time employed against American Citizens.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37459.htm


From Information Clearing House

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The Most Important Surveillance Order We Know Almost Nothing About
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/12/31

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Why Congress Is Held in Contempt
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/patrick-j-buchanan/congress-is-held-in-contempt/



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