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In Affirmative Action Ruling, Supreme Court Upholds Importance of Diversity in College Admissions; Insider Threat: Government Employees Urged to Tattle On Coworkers In Effort to Stop Classified Leaks; Eve Ensler on New Memoir & Confronting Gender Violence with Congolese Activist Christine Deschryver. HeadlinesJune 25, 2013 Julian Assange: NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden “In a Safe … Continued
Where is Edward Snowden? Glenn Greenwald on Asylum Request, Espionage Charge; More Leaks to Come; WikiLeaks Attorney Praises Ecuador For Considering Snowden Asylum Request Despite U.S. Pressure. HeadlinesJune 24, 2013 Edward Snowden Flees Hong Kong for Russia; U.S. Files Espionage Charges Ecuador Considers Asylum Bid from Snowden Hong Kong Allows Snowden’s Departure, Seeks Info … Continued
The FBI’s License to Kill: Agents Have Been Deemed “Justified” in Every Shooting Since 1993; FBI’s Use of Drones for U.S. Surveillance Raises Fears over Privacy, Widening Corporate-Gov’t Ties; The Other James Gandolfini: “Sopranos” Actor Remembered For Support of Injured Vets, Community Media. HeadlinesJune 21, 2013 Leaked Docs Detail Broad Guidelines for NSA Retention … Continued
Did U.S. Gov’t Lie about TWA Flight 800 Crash? Ex-Investigators Seek Probe as New Evidence Emerges; In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs. HeadlinesJune 20, 2013 Taliban-U.S. Talks Stalled After Afghan Gov’t Protests Obama Proposes Nuclear Arsenal Reduction in Berlin Speech Obama to Limit Carbon Emissions … Continued
Michael Hastings Dies at 33; Fearless Journalist Challenged Power & Exposed Myths of Afghan War; Defiant Turkish Demonstrators “Finding New Ways to Protest” in Face of Relentless State Crackdown; Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts & High Costs of World Cup, Olympics; Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing the … Continued
A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Urged to Stop Force-Feeding Hunger-Striking Prisoners; Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes “False” Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate. HeadlinesJune 18, 2013 Edward Snowden: NSA Leaks Motivated by “Litany of Lies” from U.S. Officials Obama Claims Domestic Spy Programs are “Transparent” China Demands Explanation for U.S. … Continued
Iran Elects Moderate President Hassan Rouhani — Will U.S. Respond by Easing Crippling Sanctions? As World Awaits U.S. Reaction to NSA Leaks, Movement Emerges to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong; Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents; Turkish Unions Hold National Strike as Protesters Face Worst Crackdown … Continued
Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons? James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander’s Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar; Breast Cancer Patients Declare Victory as Supreme Court Bars Patenting of Human Genes. HeadlinesJune 14, 2013 FBI Director: NSA Leaks Caused “Significant Harm” Report: … Continued
Juan Gonzalez: Failures in NYC’s New Billion-Dollar 911 System Could Be Costing Lives; Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in 70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA’s Critics; A Mexican Migrant’s Death Portends Dangers of Harsh “Border Security” in Senate Immigration Bill; As Judge Weighs Legality of NYPD’s Stop and Frisk, Justice Dept. Calls … Continued
More Intrusive Than Eavesdropping? NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Gov’t Sweeping Personal Info; Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate With Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone; Medgar Evers’ Murder, 50 Years Later: Widow Myrlie Evers-Williams Remembers “A Man for All Time.” HeadlinesJune 12, 2013 Admin Probes NSA Leaks as Surveillance Challenges … Continued
