World-News

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/11/27-2

NSA/GCHQ Targeted Humanitarian Groups
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/20-6

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Deeply Disappointed with Obama

By William Pfaff

This seems a disheartening disappointment, which the United States might have been spared.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37080.htm



Obama advisory committee whitewashes US spying programs

A report released Wednesday by the Obama administration s hand-picked presidential advisory panel on the National Security Agency s (NSA) spying programs consists of minor reforms intended to preserve and legitimize the government s illegal operations.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/12/19/spyi-d19.html



NSA Program Stopped No Terror Attacks, Says White House Panel Member

By Michael Isikoff

The conclusions of the panel s reports were at direct odds with public statements by President Barack Obama and U.S. intelligence officials. "Lives have been saved," Obama told reporters last June.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37174.htm



How U.S. spying cost Boeing multibillion-dollar jet contract

Brazil had been struggling for years to decide which company to choose for a $4 billion-plus fighter jet contract, one of the world s most sought-after defense deals and one that would help define the country s strategic alliances for decades to come.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-boeing-brazil-insight-idUSBRE9BJ10P20131220



Obama Can t Point To a Single Time The NSA Call Records Program Prevented a Terrorist Attack

By Andrea Peterson

Asked specifically, on Friday, if he could identify a time when that program stopped a similar attack, President Obama couldn t. That s because the program hasn t prevented a second 9/11.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37208.htm



Edward Snowden, After Months of NSA Revelations, Says His Mission s Accomplished

By Barton Gellman

"All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are governed," he said.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37207.htm



Edward Snowden s Heroic Work: Our Media Must Match His Courage

By Cindy Jeffers

The media must continue to push back in 2014 against the government s violations of privacy and civil liberties.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article37201.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Welcome to NSA s world of 'general warrants and always-on surveillance'
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11769/

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Media Ignored 9/11 Calm Amid Chaos
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/the-911-files/media-ignored-911-calm-amid-chaos.html



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