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Updated August 9, 2013 - 11:26 PM EDT
Obama Unveils Non-Reforms on Surveillance
 
  Email Firm Used by Snowden Shuts Down in Anti-Spying Protest
  Another Secure Email Service, 'Silent Circle,' Is Shutting Down
  NSA Searches All Messages To and From US
  NSA's Overreach Weakens US Diplomatic Position With EU
  IRS Manual Detailed DEA's Use of Hidden Intel Evidence
  Apple's Cook, Tech Execs Meet With Obama to Talk Surveillance
Egypt Now Denies Israeli Drone Strike in Sinai
US Drones Pound Yemen: 34 Killed as Plot 'Foiled'
 
  US Drone Strikes Fueling Backlash in Yemen Over Civilian Deaths
  Yemenis Fearful as US Attacks on al-Qaeda Grow
Iranian Political Prisoners Beg Obama to End Sanctions
Over 50 Killed in Major Bombings in Afghanistan, Pakistan
Hearing: No Evidence Qaeda Benefited From WikiLeaks
Syria Rejects Claim Assad Motorcade Was Hit in Shelling
Viewpoints
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the US Terror State  by Anthony Gregory
The US Empire Provokes Terrorism  by Sheldon Richman
Snowden, Greenwald and WikiLeaks Are Winning  by Mark Weisbrot
Do We Really Want a Cold War II?  by Patrick J. Buchanan
Osprey Aircrafts in Okinawa  by Allen Mendenhall
Bureaucratic Security  by Steve Chapman

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Frontline
In Wishing Bush Well, Putin Has Message for Obama
White House Rejects Calls for US Boycott of Olympics
John Lewis: 'I Never Praised' Snowden
Britain: Privacy International to Challenge Telecoms Firms Over GCHQ Cooperation
 
The War at Home
With NSA and NYPD Under Scrutiny, Is Tide Turning on Surveillance?
NSA to Cut System Administrators by 90 Percent to Limit Data Access
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Friends Indicted for Obstruction of Justice
Fears Over NSA Surveillance Revelations Endanger US Cloud Computing Industry
Judge in Ft. Hood Military Trial Says Nidal Hasan Can Continue to Represent Himself
US Army General Improperly Accepted Gifts in South Korea
Federal Judge: Bitcoin, 'A Currency,' Can Be Regulated Under American Law
Pakistan/India
172 People Killed in Ramadan, Including 13 Cops
Firing Injures Pakistani Civilian at Kashmir Border
India Accuses Pakistan of Kashmir Attack
Killing of Three Top Security Officials by TTP: Operation Under Way in Chilas to Arrest Militants
Asia
US, Philippines to Open Troops Talks
Taiwan Lifts Philippines Sanctions After Shooting Apology
Vietnam War Victims Found in Jungle
Xu Zhiyong: Activist Speaks From Chinese Jail
Thousands Mark Myanmar Anniversary
New Letter From American Held in North Korea Points to Poorer Health
Europe
Scotland Yard Counter-Terrorism Unit Investigate Dubai Abduction
Gibraltar Row: Warship Deployments Routine Says Downing Street
Latvia Puts Extradition of Suspected Hacker to US on Hold
Americas
2 Mexican Teens: Van Sold by US Govt Had Cocaine
Ecuadorean Soldier Killed in Firefight With Band of Colombian Rebels Along Border River
Bolivia Reduces Coca Crop for Second Year: UN Report
6 Venezuelan Sergeants Detained After College Student Shot to Death by Troops on Crime Patrol
Colombia's Santos Says FARC Faces Jail, Death Without Peace
 
Syria
Nearly 4,500 Killed in Syria During Ramadan: Activists
Syrian Opposition Visits Deraa in Challenge to Assad
Israel/Palestine
Israel Gives Preliminary Approval for 800 New Settler Homes
Israel Shuts Airport at Egypt Border, Citing Security
US Air Force Chief Ends Secretive Week-Long Visit to Israel
Iraq
Seven Killed as Ramadan Winds Down in Iraq
Iraqi Prison Escapee Led Revenge Attack That Killed His Brother and 10 Others
Iraq's New Provincial Law Could Threaten Foreign Businesses
Desert Trench for Kirkuk Draws Arab Ire
Iraqis Seek Places to 'Breathe' Amid Deadliest Summer in Years
Middle East
Two Arrested in Saudi Arabia on Suspicion of Planning Attacks
Lebanon President Urges Expanded Probe Into Israeli Incursion
At Least 5 Killed in Sectarian Conflict in North Yemen
Iran's Press TV Switches to New YouTube Page After Ban
Turk Leaders Seek Distance From Life Terms Imposed Over Coup Plot
Egypt
Backers of Egypt's Morsi Defy Calls to Clear Streets
Egypt Crisis: Coptic Pope 'Fears Attacks on Christians'
Libya
Wave of Political Killings Hits Libya
Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi's Lawyer Calls for UK Intervention Over Execution Fears
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission: 305,000 Voters Turned Away
Is Zimbabwe Preparing Its Own Version of Apartheid?
Africa
Ethiopian Muslims Stage Eid Protests, Some Are Arrested
Two British Women, 18, Attacked With Acid in Zanzibar
Families of Hostages Beg Somali Pirates to Free Relatives for Eid
President of Tiny Benin Dissolves His Government
Oil Majors to Stay Onshore Nigeria Despite Grumbles
 
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8/09/2013
Hating On Russia

Philip Giraldi
8/08/2013
Throw the Bums Out

Ivan Eland
8/07/2013
Dangerous US Policy in East Asia

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/06/2013
Congress Finally Getting Wise to JIEDDO

Nebojsa Malic
8/02/2013
KLA Boss and the Empire

David R. Henderson
3/13/2013
Rand’s Stand

Ran HaCohen
3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

Charles V. Peña
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee
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Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
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Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Tom Engelhardt
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Sascha Matuszak
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington
 
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