Eric Holder defends prosecution of Aaron Swartz – RT USAUnited States Attorney General Eric Holder says that the Department of Justice never intended for computer hacker Aaron Swartz to serve a prison sentence longer than a couple of months. Reporting to the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing Wednesday morning, Mr. Holder said Swartz’s January suicide was “a tragedy” but that the Justice Department acted appropriately throughout the prosecution.
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With Legal Reserves Low, Bank of America Faces a Big LawsuitBank of America has been underestimating its legal risks for years, and brazenly so, according to its critics. Is that strategy about to pay off with the Federal Reserve? On Thursday, the Fed will release figures on how much capital the nation’s biggest banks must have to cover a “stress” situation.
Bank of America Under NY Investigation for MortgagesJames Freedland, a spokesman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, did not return a call and an email seeking comment. Bank of America has been working to put its mortgage-related troubles behind it after sustaining more than $40 billion in losses from its home loan business since the financial crisis.
Screen Propaganda, Hollywood and the CIA“One of the most pervasive trends in 21st century western culture has become somewhat of an obsession in America. It’s called “Hollywood history”, where the corporate studio machines in Los Angeles spend hundreds of millions of dollars in order to craft and precisely tailor historical events to suit the prevailing political paradigm.”
Shameless: The NYPD Lied Under Oath to Lock Up Occupy ActivistA prominent housing activist and Occupy organizer was found innocent last week on charges of assaulting a police officer. The acquittal came in large part due to video evidence presented that indicated that the New York Police Department (NYPD) told bald-faced lies to justify Michael Premo’s arrest.
DHS built domestic surveillance tech into Predator dronesHomeland Security’s specifications say drones must be able to detect whether a civilian is armed. Also specified: “signals interception” and “direction finding” for electronic surveillance. (Credit: U.S. Department of Homeland Security) The U.S.
Department of Justice says White House can use ‘lethal force’ on American citizens on US soil – RT USAThe US government has the right to use military force on American citizens, even at home – but only in “extraordinary circumstances,” the attorney general has stated in a letter to Senator Rand Paul.
Technological unemployment: panacea or poison?“We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living.
Activist arrested for wearing ‘Occupy Everything’ jacket – RT USAIf you’re planning a trip to Washington, DC, you might want to choose your wardrobe wisely. A federal judge says that a Florida man was not wrongly arrested for wearing an “Occupy Everything” jacket inside the Supreme Court.
UN demands prosecution of Bush-era CIA crimes – RT USAA United Nations investigator has demanded that the US publish classified documents regarding the CIA’s human rights violations under former President George W. Bush, with hopes that the documents will lead to the prosecution of public officials.
10 Years Ago: “The Most Important Leak” Aimed at Stopping the Iraq War | Accuracy.OrgIn 2003, Katharine Gun was a 28-year-old Mandarin specialist at the UK Government Communications Headquarters, the equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency. She leaked what Daniel Ellsberg, who himself leaked the Pentagon Papers, has called “the most important and courageous leak I have ever seen. …
Life Inside the Aaron Swartz InvestigationA reluctant witness’s account of a Federal prosecution. If you haven’t been following the case, start with the editor’s note for context. Once your life is inside a federal investigation, there is no space outside of it. The only private thing is your thoughts, and even they don’t feel safe anymore.
’Capitalism Hits the Fan’: A Lecture by Richard Wolff on the Economic Meltdown | BillMoyers.comEconomist Richard Wolff believes capitalism has spun out of control, is not salvageable in its current state, and that nothing short of a major systemic overhaul is needed to get America back on track and fix the problems that unraveled our economy.
NOVA | Mind of a Rampage KillerPRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY Miles O’Brien EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Julia Cort EDITED BY Rob Tinworth ADDITIONAL PRODUCING BY Kate Tobin Michael Bicks Sarah Holt Terri Randall PRODUCTION MANAGER Stephanie Mills ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Will Toubman Karinna Sjo-Gaber ADDITIONAL EDITING BY Rebecca Nieto Bill Lattanzi Vincent Liota CAMERA Cameron Hickey Thomas Danielczik Joseph
Occupy Movement Files Lawsuit Against Every Federal Regulator of Wall StreetBy Pam Martens: February 28, 2013 In several respects, Occupy Wall Street reminds me of the feminist movement. Corporate funded media has declared the women’s rights movement dead ad nauseam for four decades – and yet it thrives and reinvents itself.
NHS recognition of mindfulness meditation is good for depression | Mia HanssonScientists have now discovered how mindfulness meditation can give patients control over levels of depression, anxiety and chronic pain, says Mia Hansson Mindfulness meditation has been shown to give patients control over their own depression and anxiety levels and levels of chronic pain, according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
How to preserve your civil rights at Homeland Security checkpoints: