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2013/08/242013/08/24

Marcus Aurelius: Conflicted About Ethics, Secrecy, & the Public Interest

COMMENTS: 1. This is one of more internally contradictory pieces I can remember reading; 2. Mark Bowden certainly knows a thing or three about perpetuating compromise of classified information since he’s done bunch of it; 3. Bowden harkens back to old saying, “.. there are good secrets, there are bad secrets, and there are non-secrets …

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2013/08/242013/08/24

John Perry Barlow: Electronic Frontier Foundation Calls for New [Congressional] Church Committee to Probe NSA Violations of Constitution, Law, and Regulation

Three Illusory “Investigations” of the NSA Spying Are Unable to Succeed By Mark M. Jaycox Since the revelations of confirmed National Security Agency spying in June, three different “investigations” have been announced. One by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), another by the Director of National Intelligence, Gen. James Clapper, and the third …

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2013/08/242013/08/24

David Swanson: 10 Problems with the Latest Excuse for War [Against Syria]

10 Problems with the Latest Excuse for War If you own a television or read a newspaper you’ve probably heard that we need another war because the Syrian government used chemical weapons. If you own a computer and know where to look you’ve probably heard that there isn’t actually any evidence for that claim. Below …

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2013/08/21

SchwartzReport: Lies, More Lies, Still More Lies, Then Some More Lies…

When your government lies to you over and over, as is the case in the U.S. today, the result is a loss of faith in the institutions of the state. I saw this happening in the old Soviet Union. People openly talked about how nothing the government said could be trusted. At the time it …

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2013/08/162013/08/16

Marcus Aurelius: Unlawful Command Influence Compounded by Ignorance

Article below and accompanying SECDEF memo are about a non-trivial, very high-stakes issue that threatens to destroy the military chain of command. Principal immediate causes are the actions of two separate Air Force three-staff commanders, one of them female, who exercised their lawful discretion as courtmartial convening authorities in accordance with Article 60 of the …

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2013/08/142013/08/14

Jean Lievens: The Rise of the Internet Dissidents — With Global Reach, Who Cannot Be Repressed

The Rise of the Internet Dissidents Manning, Snowden and Assange by NOZOMI HAYASE CounterPunch, 13 August 2013 NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s volcanic revelations of ubiquitous US surveillance are in their third month. The aftershocks felt around the world continue. As Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum, the White House fell into anger and dismay. Computer scientist Nadia Heninger argued that …

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2013/08/082013/08/08

Sanjay Gupta: Legalize Marijuana — and Question Authority

Why I changed my mind on weed By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s groundbreaking documentary “WEED” at 8 p.m. ET August 11 on CNN. (CNN) — Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called “Weed.” The title “Weed” may sound cavalier, but the content …

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