White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance Efforts

White House Tries to Prevent Judge From Ruling on Surveillance EffortsWASHINGTON – The Obama administration moved late Friday to prevent a federal judge in California from ruling on the constitutionality of warrantless surveillance programs authorized during the Bush administration, telling a court that recent disclosures about National Security Agency spying were not enough to undermine its claim that litigating the case would jeopardize state secrets.

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Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneer

Exclusive: Secret contract tied NSA and security industry pioneerCredit: Reuters A National Security Agency (NSA) data gathering facility is seen in Bluffdale, about 25 miles (40 km) south of Salt Lake City, Utah, December 16, 2013. Jim Urquhart/ Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show that the NSA created and promulgated a flawed formula for generating random numbers to create a “back door” in encryption products, the New York Times reported in September.

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DNA samples taken at police checkpoint ‘gross abuse of power,’ say PA drivers

DNA samples taken at police checkpoint ‘gross abuse of power,’ say PA driversAFP Photo / Ross Mantle 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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Class Action Lawsuit Against Bank of America for Unlawful Debt Collection Calls/Texts

Class Action Lawsuit Against Bank of America for Unlawful Debt Collection Calls/Texts(Source: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California) – A notification program is underway, as approved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, to alert cellular telephone users that a $32,083,905 Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit claiming that Bank of America unlawfully used an automatic telephone dialing system and/or an artificial prerecorded voice to call or text cell phones without the prior express consent of the recipients.

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Environmental activists face up to ten years in prison for glitter-covered banner

​Environmental activists face up to ten years in prison for glitter-covered bannerOklahoma City police charged two activists on Friday for enacting a “terrorism hoax” after the pair unfurled a banner covered in glitter at a fossil-fuel company’s headquarters. Authorities took the glitter as evidence of a possible biochemical attack. About a dozen environmental activists with the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance group demonstrated Friday at Devon Tower, headquarters of Devon Energy.

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Couple spends month in jail after cop mistakes soap for cocaine

Couple spends month in jail after cop mistakes soap for cocaineA New York couple spent nearly a month in jail after a Pennsylvania state trooper mistakenly identified two bricks of homemade soap as cocaine and arrested them for transporting the drug. On December 12, law enforcement authorities officially dropped the charges against the couple – 26-year-old Annadel Cruz and 30-year-old Alexander Bernstein – who were pulled over in Pennsylvania as they were driving from New York to Florida.

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Hersh revelations and false-flag talk in media

Hersh revelations and mainstream mediaWhenever a big, media-hyped attack or atrocity happens, the mainstream media always says the same thing: “The bad guys did it.” And who are these “bad guys”? The enemy-du-jour of the powers-that-be. The authorities blamed 9/11 on “radical Muslims.” They blamed the Boston Marathon, Sandy Hook and Aurora, Colorado massacres on “gun nuts” and “extremists.”

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‘Mindfulness’ Meditation Alters Gene Expression, Study Suggests

Simple Form Of Meditation Affects The Genes, Study ShowsIt’s no secret that mindfulness meditation — a practice that encourages focusing attention on the present moment — can ease emotional stress. And evidence is mounting that mindfulness also may have key benefits for your physical health — from lowering blood pressure to helping curb addiction.

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How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work

How Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life WorkHow Ted Koppel and ABC TV Tried to Steal my Life Work By Nate Thayer December 8, 2013 I am banned by legal agreement to write the following: ABC Television/ Disney Corporation, after seven years in court, where they attempted to bankrupt me and ruin my reputation for objecting to them stealing fifteen years of…

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