Bigger threat: Edward Snowden or NSA?
By Dean Obeidallah, Special to CNN updated 8:44 AM EDT, Sat June 15, 2013 Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is a political comedian and frequent commentator on various TV networks […]
Man Behind Syrian ‘Chemical Weapons’ Claim Is Fiction Writer Who Ran Benghazi Cover-Up
White House makes miraculous discovery to distract from domestic scandals Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com June 14, 2013 Ben Rhodes, the White House national security advisor behind the claim that President […]
Sleeping With the Devil: How U.S. and Saudi Backing of Al Qaeda Led to 9/11
We Created Al Qaeda to Fight the Soviets in Afghanistan Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski admitted on CNN that the U.S. organized and supported Bin Laden and the […]
US says it will give military aid to Syria rebels
The US is to supply direct military aid to the Syrian opposition for the first time, the White House has announced. President Obama made the decision after his administration concluded Syrian forces under Bashar al-Assad were using chemical weapons, a spokesman said. Ben Rhodes did not give details about the […]
Iran: The real cost of sanctions
We look at the impact of increased sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ask who it really affects. The United States has unveiled aggressive new sanctions targeting Iran’s currency and car industry that are among the toughest yet. They are aimed at making Iranian money all but unusable outside the […]
German cops arrest American for Nazi insults
Source: The Local He is said to have flung the insults at officials while serving time in a Bavarian prison. After serving his sentence he returned to the USA but failed to keep in touch with the authorities despite knowing the investigation into the insults was active. A decision to […]
Obamacare: Is a $2,000 deductible ‘affordable?’
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Until now, much of the debate swirling around Obamacare has focused on the cost of premiums in the state-based health insurance exchanges. But what will enrollees actually get for that monthly charge? States are starting to roll out details about the exchanges, providing a look at just […]
SEEKING JUSTICE: The long road from Guantanamo to Switzerland
by Stefania Summermatter and Peter Siegenthaler, swissinfo.ch June 11, 2013 – 11:00 Illegally imprisoned for eight years, three former inmates of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have found refuge in […]
Violence up 5 percent worldwide since 2008: Report
The world has grown more hostile in recent years, according to the Global Peace Index. Hopes that we can all just march toward ever-greater peace and equality saw a serious […]
Why NSA spying scares the world
CNN: Editor’s note: Ronald Deibert is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, where he is director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs. He is author of “Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace” (Signal/McClelland & […]
NSA leaker Edward Snowden is a hero to some, traitor to others
Computerworld – Depending on whom you ask, National Security Agency (NSA) contract employee Edward Snowden is either a hero or a traitor for leaking details about top-secret U.S. surveillance programs to the media. Snowden on Sunday identified himself as the person who had provided The Guardian and other newspapers with details of a top-secret phone […]
Obama to daughters: If you get tattooed, I’ll get one to match
Peter Scowen, The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Apr. 24 2013, 1:12 PM EDT, Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 24 2013, 1:25 PM EDT President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, have further limited their two daughters’ narrow range of options for expressing garden-variety teen rebellion by telling them that, if […]
Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
Source: The Huffington Post Russia would consider granting asylum to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Snowden fled the United States after leaking information about […]
S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to ‘stable’ from negative
(Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s on Monday removed the near-term threat of another credit rating downgrade for the United States by revising its outlook to stable from negative, citing an improved economic and fiscal outlook. The change effectively means there is less than a one-third chance of a downgrade in […]
Civil activists ask: Are you posting too much or too little on social media? (In 5 star hotel, paid for by USAID)
BEIRUT: Journalists, activists, bloggers and marketers gathered Saturday in Beirut to discuss the best ways for groups to make their voices heard through social media. An all-day conference at the […]
Unity and fun at Islamic Heritage Festival on Saturday at Penn’s Landing
Source: articles.philly.com Halal Hustler T-shirts and Muslim Princess tote bags were for sale, as were funnel cakes and fried chicken. At the Islamic Heritage Festival on Saturday at Penn’s Landing, […]
Spending cuts likely deeper in 2014
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) There’s been a lot of concern about the effects of the spending cuts under the so-called sequester this year. But it’s likely that federal spending will soon go down even further in many ways. That’s because, barring action by lawmakers, the cap on total defense and domestic […]
Ellsberg: NSA Defector did a big service
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NSA leaker holed up in Hong Kong hotel, running low on cash
By Jethro Mullen and Matt Smith, CNN updated 5:09 AM EDT, Mon June 10, 2013 Hong Kong (CNN) — The man behind of one of the biggest leaks in the […]
San Francisco Airport’s garage now Muslim house of worship
Here’s a sign of the changing times — Muslim cabbies now have their very own place at San Francisco International Airport to wash their hands and feet before they pray. […]