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Julian Assange Launches WikiLeaks Party in Australia
The founder of the world's most prominent whistleblower group formally announced the launch of the WikiLeaks Party on Thursday, along with his candidacy and six other members who will run for senate seats in Australia's fall election.
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Hundreds March to Save Brooklyn's LICH Hospital
In Brooklyn on Wednesday, hundreds took part in mock funeral services for local healthcare that ended in multiple arrests.
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Revealed: Leaked Report Shows High Civilian Death Toll from CIA Drone Strikes
The secret Pakistani document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism describes 147 civilian deaths, much higher than the U.S. administration has admitted to.
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Revealed: How Cities Are Seizing Underwater Mortgages Through Eminent Domain
Officials have discovered that they can use their eminent domain power to buy underwater mortgages at their current market value and resell them to homeowners at reduced price and mortgage payments.
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Exposed: State Dept.'s Keystone XL Contractor Blatantly Lied About Ties to Big Oil
A major research dossier unfurled this week shows the ERM Group openly lied about its connections to Big Oil, tar sands and TransCanada.
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The Insider Threat Program: Obama's Crackdown on Leaks That "Aid the Enemy"
Even before Edward Snowden exposed the secret collection of Americans’ phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a new and unprecedented government-wide crackdown on security threats.
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Why the NSA's Intelligence-Industrial Complex is Ripe for Abuse
Where oversight and accountability have failed, Snowden's leaks have opened up a vital public debate on our rights and privacy.
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Revealed - "Sock Puppet" Software Allows U.S. Military to Creat Fake Online Identities
The U.S. military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda.
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NSA Leaks Show Us What New Fascism Looks Like
The power of truth-tellers like Edward Snowden is that they dispel a whole mythology carefully constructed by the corporate cinema, the corporate academy and the corporate media.
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California's Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 2: The Environmental Costs
Many scientists and environmental experts-turned-activists are making their way to the Golden State in recent months as the battle over fracking the Monterey Shale Deposit heats up.