World-News

Specifically at issue was the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which was reenacted by Congress in December. The act established the existence of secret courts capable of issuing warrants authorizing law enforcement officials to monitor communications between individuals inside the U.S. corresponding with individuals overseas.

http://is.gd/2YLlAG



Ending Forfeiture Abuse

Video

Law enforcement can take your property without even charging you with a crime.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34565.htm



IRS Claims It Can Read Your E-mail Without a Warrant

By Declan McCullagh

The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy ''generally no privacy'' in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34573.htm


From Information Clearing House



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By Jacob G. Hornberger

The president doesn t want to alarm Americans by informing them that he now wields the power to assassinate anyone he wants, including Americans here in the United States.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34112.htm



The US Government Has Constructed a Ubiquitous Surveillance State

By Glenn Greenwald

The Obama DOJ just succeeded in convincing the five right-wing members of the Court to allow it to conduct its Surveillance State beyond the rule of law.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34110.htm



We Are Bradley Manning

By Chris Hedges

All those within the system who publicly reveal facts that challenge the official narrative will be imprisoned.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34167.htm

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Bradley Manning s Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Although whistleblower Bradley Manning pled guilty to ten offenses that will garner him 20 years in custody, military prosecutors are pursuing further charges, aiding the enemy and violation of the Espionage Act, that carry life in prison. But he had a duty under the Geneva Conventions to report war crimes exposed in the classified materials he leaked.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/16731-bradley-mannings-legal-duty-to-expose-war-crimes

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Bradley Manning: The Face of Heroism
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/bradley-manning-heroism.html

The War Against Bradley Manning: A War Against All Who Speak Out Against Injustice
http://lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead75.1.html

Hear Bradley Manning in His Own Voice
http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/bradley-manning-ungagged.html

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Bradley Manning: The Conscience of America
https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/07-10

The Case of the US vs Bradley Manning
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/03/11



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/27-3

Privatized Water Systems More Costly than Loans ?
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/04/04-0



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http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27-5



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By Colin Todhunter

We are just as complicit in buying into the bogus merits of international capitalism and the mentality that supposes countless dead children are worth much less than a highly profitable barrel of cheap oil.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34106.htm



Is the US Maintaining Death Squads and Torture Militias in Afghanistan?

By Glenn Greenwald

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and local residents insist that the answer is yes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34103.htm



U.S.-Backed Forces Tortured, Abducted and Killed Civilians, Claims Afghan Gov t

The inquiry comes after Afghan President Hamid Karzai barred U.S. troops from operating in the province where the abuses allegedly took place.

http://is.gd/F9Ke1z



Drones Over There, Total Surveillance Over Here

By Saskia Sassen

The logic of the system is that we must all be considered suspect in a first step in order to ensure our safety. Who, then, have we the citizens become, or turned into? Are we the new colonials?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34099.htm



Invasion of the 'Movement Snatchers '

By Philip A Farruggio

It will take an upsurge of we the overwhelming majority of fair and decent Americans to pull back the empire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34107.htm



The US and the M Word

By Dan DeWalt

Violating international borders, stalking an individual and blowing him up without the benefit of accusation or trial, most people would call that premeditated murder.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34142.htm



How does the U.S. mark unidentified men in Pakistan and Yemen as drone targets?

In so-called signature strikes, the U.S. kills people whose identities aren t confirmed. Attacks against unknown militants reportedly may account for the majority of strikes.

http://is.gd/dqUJXc



Drones And Suicide Bombs In Central Park: McChrystal

By Special Correspondent

To the United States, a drone strike seems to have very little risk and very little pain, at the receiving end, it feels like war. Americans have got to understand that.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34148.htm



5 big Native American health issues you don t know about

Young Native Americans are more likely to kill themselves than any other group.

http://is.gd/E1xWQu


From Information Clearing House

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Senator Leahy: We Demand A Public Release of Legal Memos on Drone Strikes
http://codepink.salsalabs.com/o/424/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7131

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No oversight for drone killings
http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-crimes-1/us-as-murder-inc-.html

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'We Are Those Two Afghan Children Killed by War'
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/04



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Weapons of Mass Distraction

Video

A closer look at the corporate media s complicity in selling war to the American people by highlighting multiple staged events.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34100.htm



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/02/26-8

The Roberts Court vs. Voting Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/27-9

Supreme Court Argument Highlights the Need for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, ACLU Says
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/02/27-0

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Defend Martin Luther King s Dream Act

Protect the Voting Rights Act and Expand It Across America.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/659/726/862/


From Information Clearing House



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SCOTUS Conservatives Signal Intention to Dismantle Voting Rights Act
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/02/28

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Who funds the War Party?

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

02/25/13

The following list is by no means exhaustive: that would require an entire book rather than a relatively short column. However, what follows should serve as an introduction to those who are seeking to impose their foreign policy agenda on a war-weary and dead-broke country...

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2013/02/24/who-funds-the-war-party/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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How to Stop the GOP from Stealing the White House

Thom Hartmann, The Daily Take: The Republican Party has been hijacked by a small group of cranky billionaires who want to rig the Electoral College in what have historically been blue or Democratic-voting states.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14812-how-to-stop-the-gop-from-stealing-the-white-house



Why Is Obama Taking Orders From a Secretive Billionaire?

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Show: ''Our national wealth, our national retirement and social safety net programs should not be handed off to Wall Street.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14952-why-is-obama-taking-orders-from-a-secretive-billionaire



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http://lewrockwell.com/spl5/oscar-humiliation.html



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