Top Pentagon thinker bemoans “civilian subjugation to the military.”Blistering charges of misplaced power and a morally bankrupt culture in the nation’s “military-industrial complex” are rarely leveled by one of the defense establishment’s own. But that is exactly what an instructor of the military’s rising stars lobbed on Tuesday when he very purposely engaged in friendly fire at a defense budget conference co-hosted by the Cambridge-based Project on Defense Alternatives.
Spike in law enforcement assassinations raises fearsThe Easter weekend assassination of a Texas prosecutor highlights a growing concern about targeted attacks on law enforcement authorities. It’s a fear one Texas police officer shared with Yahoo News. He and his family spent the past holiday season essentially in hiding after learning his name was inked on a white supremacist gang’s hit list.
Women’s Press ” Blog Archive ” Losing my religion for equality…by Jimmy CarterAnd to think that the population of the U.S. have continued to revile this incredible man, long after the military establishment torpedoed him, and left Americans to be helped by the Canadian Ambassador, instead of doing their job! What a humanitarian, what an intellect!
Fusion center director: We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government Americans – RT USALaw enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.
‘Challenging the dollar’: Bitcoin total value tops $1 billion – RT NewsAlready bigger than many sovereign currencies, Bitcoin has broken the $1 billion in value mark this week. In the wake of continuing economic crises and liquidity shortages, this new virtual currency is poised to challenge the euro and US dollar.
BofA, H&R Block, Citi Sued for $309 Million by Trust Over MortgagesA unit of Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch was sued by a trust seeking more than $309 million in damages for alleged breaches of representations and warranties related to the sale of more than 5,000 mortgages.