AFIO Selected Headlines: Google, Woolsey, Hayden

Google Comes Under Fire for ‘Secret’ Relationship with NSA. Consumer Watchdog, an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google’s privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation into the Internet giant’s “cozy” relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration.  In a letter sent Monday, Consumer Watchdog asked Representative Darrell Issa, the new chairman …

Assisi-Rome 2nd Meeting

The first meeting, in Assisi on Saturday 22 January 2011, was off the record.  The letter is in the Franciscan Order’s hands.  The third meeting, with a major trans-Europe foundation, is off the record until the Secretary-General obtains approval to proceed with broad dissemination of the letter. The second meeting, arranged by Sergio Germani, was …

WASHINGTON RULES: US-Korea-China-NK NAFTA

A project of Americans for Free and Fair Trade Dear Citizen: Barack Obama is pushing a NAFTA-Style Korea Free Trade agreement that would undermine America’s sovereignty, laws and economy. This deal would: Allow foreign corporations to drag the U.S. before U.N. and World Bank tribunals to enforce special trade privileges and to demand compensations from the …