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Pentagon Unilaterally Grants Itself Authority Over 'Civil Disturbances'

By Jed Morey

The manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects offered the nation a window into the stunning military-style capabilities of our local law enforcement agencies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34961.htm



FBI Director Continues Cover-up of Contacts with Boston Bombing Suspects

By Barry Grey

The bombings were used as the pretext for an unprecedented police-military lockdown of Boston and its suburbs, in which civil liberties were effectively suspended and federal, state and local forces tested out techniques for dictatorial rule.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35018.htm



''The United States Is A Police State''

Video

Interview with Paul Craig Roberts.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35147.htm

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How the DHS Failed to Prevent Terrorism

Carl Gibson, Occupy.com: Russia first warned the FBI of the Boston bombing mastermind in 2011, but the FBI and Department of Homeland Security were too busy monitoring the Occupy Boston protesters instead.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16446-the-wrong-men-how-the-dhs-failed-to-prevent-terrorism

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Media Blackout Over Serious Boston Bombing Questions
http://lewrockwell.com/gucciardi/gucciardi10.1.html

A Pack of Questions About the Boston Bombing Backpacks
http://lewrockwell.com/orig10/lindorff15.1.html

Boston Bombing: The Action Is in the Reaction
http://lewrockwell.com/eddlem/eddlem63.1.html

Suppressing the Truth About the Boston Bombings
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2013/06/04/375-suppressing-the-truth-about-the-boston-bombings/

The American Dictatorship
http://lewrockwell.com/reed/reed261.html

Will the Pentagon Impose a Military Dictatorship?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/anthony-gucciardi/will-the-pentagon-impose-a-military-dictatorship/

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DHS Admits Boston Drill Involving Backpack Explosives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uPUkDTcnGNM



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/14-12



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http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/us-fighting-74-wars.html

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Sister Assata: This Is What American History Looks Like

By Alice Walker

What is most distressing about the times we live in, in my view, is our ever accelerating tolerance for cruelty.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34959.htm



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Leaving Afghanistan Is a $7 Billion Moving Task for U.S.

It will require sending Humvees, helicopters, drones and 12 1/2-ton mine-resistant vehicles home by rail and truck networks stretching from Karachi to ports in the Baltic Sea.

http://is.gd/xE876X



Afghans Claim to Have Video of U.S. Special Forces Guy Torturing Civilians

Allegedly, there s a videotape in Afghan government hands showing a man named Zakaria Kandahari presiding over the torture of an Afghan civilian who, along with 15 others, recently disappeared from Wardak Province. Kandahari, an American citizen, is ''seen conducting'' the torture session and ''supervising'' others.

http://is.gd/qI9EUC



New revelations of torture and murder of Afghan civilians by US Special Forces

Zakaria Kandahari, a member of a US Special Forces ''A Team,'' has been accused by Afghan officials of carrying out and directing the torture of 15 civilians detained in recent raids in Warduk province.

http://is.gd/R5saKu



Drones Are the Napalm of Our Crazy Time

By Ethan Casey

The common element is death rained down from the sky, and drones take this a step further by leaving the inflictors of it safe back in the States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35034.htm



US Government Admits Extrajudicial Murder of Four American Citizens

By RT

"I am writing to disclose to you certain information about the number of US citizens who have been killed by US counterterrorism operations outside of areas of active hostilities." United States Attorney General Eric Holder.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35049.htm



Killing Americans: Jeremy Scahill on Obama Admin s Admission 4 U.S. Citizens Died in Drone Strikes

Video

Three killed in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. A fourth, Jude Kenan Mohammed, whose death was not previously reported, was killed in Pakistan.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35062.htm



Learning to Fear Obama

How Counter Terrorism Equals Terrorism

By Douglas Valentine

You are more likely to be killed by a bee sting than a terrorist attack.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35071.htm



Why Did You Kill My U.S.-Born Son, Grandson in Drone Strikes?

Video

Nasser al-Awlaki speaks out for the first time since the Obama administration confirmed drones had killed four U.S. citizens, including his son.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35201.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Secrecy, drones, prisons and kill lists

CounterPunch
by Alyssa Rohrright

But who could be surprised? From the very start of Obama s presidency, he and his administration have managed to take the Bush-era attack on civil liberties and not just continue them, but in many cases, significantly expand them...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/15/secrecy-drones-prisons-and-kill-lists/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Obama Speaks On Drones and Gitmo: CODEPINK Speaks Back
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/05/22-6

Counterterrorism in the Twilight Zone
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/09-3

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The Halfway "Obama Doctrine"

Robert Parry, Consortium News: President Obama's counterterrorism speech failed to quiet his critics on the Left who want an immediate end to the "war on terror" and those on the Right who demand more Bush-Cheney policies, says Robert Parry.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/16595-the-halfway-obama-doctrine



Obama s Counterterrorism Policy

Ted Asregadoo, Truthout: Ted Asregadoo talks to law professor and Truthout writer, Marjorie Cohn about torture and indefinite detention at Guantanamo, Just War theory and the Obama administration's new rules on drone strikes.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16719-truthout-tv-interviews-marjorie-cohn-about-obamas-counterterrorism-policy



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The conference is struggling to craft a deal on nuclear disarmament, preventing arms from spreading to outer space and halting the development of other weapons of mass destruction.

http://is.gd/v7p3Ra


From Information Clearing House



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Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

05/13/13

The War Party is never at a loss for funds because those who directly benefit from our foreign policy of global intervention know what side their bread is buttered on: they know if they aren t constantly ginning up another 'crisis' they just aren t doing their job, and they are always doing their job, believe you me...What can one do against this avalanche of cash? How is it possible to fight an enemy that can buy Congress ten times over and yet still have money left over to buy off the media, too? Well, it s not hopeless, it s just hard...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/05/12/the-price-of-peace/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The Dark, Arcane Side of American Politics
http://lewrockwell.com/burris/burris34.1.html

Is It Okay To Kill?
http://lewrockwell.com/vance/vance334.html

Unsung Heroes and Enemies of Freedom
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/victor8.1.1.html

The Century of Arbitration and Peace
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/08/jonathan-goodwin/a-time-of-arbitration-and-peace%E2%80%A8/



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According to a new report, the jobless rate for 15- to 24-year olds in the richest countries is at a decades-long high and isn t expected to drop much in the next few years.

http://is.gd/gLkPKH



The Mean Team Piles on Jobless Americans

By Jim Hightower

Without jobless payments, you see, desperate millions will be forced to whatever low-wage, no-benefit, dead-end jobs the barons design.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35517.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Corporations Win, Workers Pay
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/13-2



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Video

The American Civil Liberties Union is warning the US public against being bogged down in too much debt. The group has revealed figures showing a rising number of people who fail to pay their debts and fines end up behind bars without a court verdict. The practice is being criticized as unconstitutional, but it s alive and kicking in the State of Ohio.

http://is.gd/T7GmJF



Poverty in America: Why Can t We End It?

RONALD REAGAN famously said, ''We fought a war on poverty and poverty won.'' With 46 million Americans, 15 percent of the population, now counted as poor, it s tempting to think he may have been right.

http://is.gd/kOo650



Another Crisis Coming, Worse Than the Last: Roche

The bond markets will crash once global central banks stop buying debt, triggering a financial crisis much worse than the one seen in 2008, strategist David Roche told CNBC.

http://is.gd/B5bCEM


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The Strait of Hormuz is the busiest passageway for oil tankers in the world, with over 17 million barrels (or 20% of the total world supply) moving through the narrow stretch of water each day.

http://is.gd/AmC5Bn



Lethality Beyond the Pale

By Nick Turse

An Israeli attack on the Iranian capital of Tehran using five 500-kiloton weapons would, the study estimates, kill seven million people, 86% of the population, and leave close to 800,000 wounded.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34918.htm



Consequences of Western Intransigence in Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran

By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett

As long as Washington refuses to recognise Iran s right to enrich, no substantial agreement will be possible.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34920.htm



Israel Fights America s Battles?

By Jordan Chandler Hirsch and Sam Kleiner

The Pentagon, at the very least, appears to be embracing the idea of Israel fighting America s battles in the Middle East in exchange for high-end weapons systems.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34931.htm



Israel Hints at New Strikes, Warning Syria Not to Hit Back

''If Syrian President Assad reacts by attacking Israel, or tries to strike Israel through his terrorist proxies,'' the official said, ''he will risk forfeiting his regime.''

http://is.gd/KXs3xr


From Information Clearing House

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Nuclear Terror in the Middle East
http://lewrockwell.com/engelhardt/engelhardt457.html



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By Paul Craig Roberts

I know from my own media experience that an independent print and TV media no longer exists in the West. The American media is a tightly controlled disinformation ministry.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34911.htm



How Elite Economic Hucksters Drive America s Biggest Fraud Epidemics

By William K. Black

The work of Alan Greenspan and other unethical economists has cost us trillions of dollars, millions of jobs and endless suffering.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35179.htm

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President Obama Uses a Sledgehammer Against Dissent
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/05/31

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Alan Greenspan, Doing His Best to Make Things Worse

Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: Alan Greenspan isn t just being a bad economist; he s being a bad person, refusing to accept responsibility for his errors in and out of office. And he s still out there, doing his best to make the world a worse place.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19742-alan-greenspan-doing-his-best-to-make-things-worse



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