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Senate Insider Speaks Out: Ex-Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Spying and Obama’s NSA Reforms; Black, Gay and a Pacifist: Bayard Rustin Remembered For Role in March on Washington, Mentoring MLK. HeadlinesAugust 13, 2013: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 2 in Yemen, Injures Civilians U.S. Embassy in Yemen Remains Closed; 18 Other Posts Reopen Obama Outlines Reforms … Continued
Senate Insider Speaks Out: Ex-Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Spying and Obama’s NSA Reforms; Black, Gay and a Pacifist: Bayard Rustin Remembered For Role in March on Washington, Mentoring MLK. HeadlinesAugust 12, 2013U.S. Drone Strike Kills 2 in Yemen, Injures CiviliansU.S. Embassy in Yemen Remains Closed; 18 Other Posts ReopenObama Outlines Reforms for NSA … Continued
Son of Victim in Sikh Temple Attack Unites with Former White Supremacist to Fight Violence and Hate; Onondaga Leader Oren Lyons, Pete Seeger on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples; Pete Seeger Remembers His Late Wife Toshi, Sings Civil Rights Anthem “We Shall Overcome.” HeadlinesAugust 9, 2013 Snowden’s Email Provider Mysteriously Shuts Down … Continued
New York Police Ends Practice of Keeping Innocent New Yorkers in Stop-and-Frisk Database; “I Do Not Want to Die in Prison”: Cancer-Stricken Lawyer Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release; Activists Accuse Washington, D.C. Police Officer of Infiltrating Bangladesh Sweatshop Protests. HeadlinesAugust 8, 2013 Report: NSA Sifting Through Troves of Cross-Border Communications Obama Cancels Putin Summit … Continued
How The Washington Post’s New Owner Aided the CIA, Blocked WikiLeaks & Decimated the Book Industry; “I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave”: Reporter Mac McClelland on Life Inside the Online Shipping Machine. HeadlinesAugust 7, 2013 Yemen Claims Al-Qaeda Terror Plot Foiled; U.S. Drone Strike Kills 7 Bradley Manning’s Maximum Sentence Reduced to 90 Years … Continued
Greenwald: Snowden “Doing Very Well” in Russia After Sparking “Extraordinary Debate” on NSA, Spying; Greenwald: Is U.S. Exaggerating Threat to Embassies to Silence Critics of NSA Domestic Surveillance?; New Iranian President Calls For West to End Sanctions, Reduce “Antagonism and Aggression.” HeadlinesAugust 5, 2013 U.S. Extends Closing of 19 Diplomatic Posts amid Security Fears … Continued
Reps. Conyers & Massie on Bipartisan Campaign Against NSA Spying; Call for James Clapper to Resign; “We Are Slowly Dying”: Fast Food Workers Launch Strike For Living Wage and Right to Unionize. HeadlinesAugust 2, 2013 U.S. Denounces Russia for Giving Snowden Asylum, Reconsiders Summit Iraq Sees Deadliest Month in More Than 5 Years Egypt: … Continued
As Edward Snowden Wins 1-Year Asylum in Russia, NSA Program Tracking Real-Time Internet Use Exposed; NSA Confirms Dragnet Phone Records Collection, But Admits It Was Key In Stopping Just 1 Terror Plot. HeadlinesAugust 1, 2013 Prosecution Witness: No “Specific Example” Manning Leaks Harmed Lives U.S. Internet Spying Program Revealed as Senate Tackles NSA Surveillance … Continued
“Bradley Manning Has Become a Martyr”–WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Guilty Verdict; Facing Rest of Life Behind Bars, Will Bradley Manning’s Sentencing Weigh Lack of Harm to U.S.? HeadlinesJuly 31, 2013 Bradley Manning Acquitted on “Aiding the Enemy” Charge, Guilty on 20 Other Counts Senate Hearing Tackles NSA SurveillanceWyden: NSA Violations “More Serious” Than Acknowledged by … Continued
