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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 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
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
“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
New Mideast Talks Hang on Old Question: Will U.S. Drop Support for Israeli Annexation of West Bank? As EU Envoy Meets With Morsi, Bloody Crackdown on Anti-Coup Protesters Deepens Egyptian Crisis. HeadlinesJuly 30, 2013 Bradley Manning Verdict Expected Today; Trial to Enter Sentencing Phase Israel, Palestinian Authority Restart Peace Talks After 3-Year Lapse EU … Continued
