Destroying the Right to Be Left Alone

Destroying the Right to Be Left AloneFor at least the last six years, government agents have been exploiting an AT&T database filled with the records of billions of American phone calls from as far back as 1987. The rationale behind this dragnet intrusion, codenamed Hemisphere, is to find suspicious links between people with “burner” phones (prepaid mobile phones easy to buy, use, and quickly dispose of), which are popular with drug dealers.

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Saudi Arabia Threatens to “End Career” of AP Reporter Over Chemical Weapons Story

Saudi Arabia Threatens to “End Career” of AP Reporter Over Chemical Weapons StoryJournalist who exposed how rebels were behind August 21st attack faces intimidation Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com September 23, 2013 Associated Press reporter Dale Gavlak has been threatened over her involvement in a story which exposed how Syrian rebels were responsible for the August 21st chemical weapons attack after being handed the weapons by Saudi intelligence agents.

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Pope attacks global economics for worshipping ‘god of money’

Pope attacks global economics for worshipping ‘god of money’Credit: Reuters/Giampiero Sposito 1 of 5. Pope Francis looks on as he leads a mass outside the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria in Cagliari September 22, 2013. Francis, at the start of a day-long trip to the Sardinian capital, Cagliari, put aside his prepared text at a meeting with unemployed workers, including miners in hard hats who told him of their situation, and improvised for nearly 20 minutes.

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Years after recession, many in U.S. still struggling, polls show

Years after recession, many in U.S. still struggling, polls showCredit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson A girl looks at a food stand at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, California September 4, 2013. Twenty percent of U.S. adults – one in five – polled last month said that at times in the past year they did not have enough money to buy food for themselves or their families, according to Gallup’s findings.

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The Ten Most Disturbing Things You Should Know About the FBI Since 9/11

The Ten Most Disturbing Things You Should Know About the FBI Since 9/11On September 4, 2013, James Comey became the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first change in leadership at the bureau since the 9/11 attacks provides Congress, the president, and the attorney general the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the FBI’s post-9/11 policies and programs.

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Financial Armageddon is Building in the Shadows, And You Bear the Risk

Financial Armageddon is Building in the Shadows, And You Bear the RiskIncreased regulation and low interest rates are driving lending from the regulated commercial banking system into the unregulated shadow banking system. The shadow banks, although free of government regulation, are propped up by a hidden government guarantee in the form of safe harbor status under the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform Act pushed through by Wall Street.

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Another Mass Shooting, Another Psychiatric Drug? Federal Investigation Long Overdue

CCHR InternationalThere is overwhelming evidence that psychiatric drugs cause violence. 22 International drug regulatory warnings cite violence, mania, hostility, aggression, psychosis and even homicidal ideation. Fact: Despite 22 international drug regulatory warnings on psychiatric drugs citing effects of mania, hostility, violence and even homicidal ideation, and dozens of high profile shootings/killings tied to psychiatric drug use, there has yet to be a federal investigation on the link between psychiatric drugs and acts of senseless violence.

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Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War

Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into WarFaking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War The GRTV Backgrounder on Global Research TV This GRTV production by James Corbett was first released in January 2012. In the light of the recent media disinformation campaign in relation to Syria, we bring this carefully researched video-documentary report to the attention of GR readers.

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Group behind 9/11 bus ad responds to criticism

Group behind 9/11 bus ad responds to criticismThe group behind an ad campaign questioning the official explanation of 9/11, which is running on OC Transpo buses, says its message should be protected as free speech. The group called Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth have launched a global ad campaign called “ReThink911,” which is running in other cities including New York and Toronto.

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Why Wall Street Is Very, Very Angry at Richmond, California, Right Now

Why Wall Street Is Very, Very Angry at Richmond, California, Right NowVery early Wednesday morning, the city council in Richmond, California, narrowly voted to move forward with a plan to aid underwater homeowners. It’s a plan so controversial that everyone from Wall Street investment banks, to the National Association of Realtors, to U.S. congressmen, to state politicians, to the Federal Housing Finance Agency has weighed in.

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A Copyright Victory, 35 Years Later

This case took 35 years to resolve …

A Copyright Victory, 35 Years LaterIn the lucrative world of music copyright, it may be something of a watershed moment: on Friday, after six years of legal wrangling and decades after he wrote the lyrics to the hit song “YMCA,” Victor Willis will gain control of his share of the copyright to that song and others he wrote when he was the lead singer of the 1970s disco group the Village People.

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