The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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If the CIA Kills a U.S. Citizen, Amazon Becomes Partner in Assassination
Amazon signed a $600 million cloud-computing deal with the CIA making it responsible for keeping state secrets, aggregating data and helping with drone strikes.
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Can Utah Shut Down the NSA Data Fusion Center By Turning Off the Water?
The Fourth Amendment Protection Act would prohibit state material support, participation or assistance to any federal agency that collects electronic data or metadata without a search warrant.
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Bernie Sanders to Nation: "If You Are Not Prepared to Defend Privacy Rights, Don't Expect My Vote"
At a town hall meeting in Vermont, Sen. Sanders said that citizens taking a stand against secretive mass data collection is crucial.
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The Day We Fight Back: 2/11/14 Worldwide Protests to End Mass Surveillance
We aren’t going to let the NSA and its allies ruin the Internet. On February 11 the world demands an end to mass surveillance in every country by every state.
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Occupy Activist Faces a 7-Year Jail Term for “Assault” On Police Officer
Cecily McMillan, 25, was charged with assault in the second degree, a Class D felony in New York, for allegedly elbowing an NYPD officer in the head during an arrest.
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NATO 3 Acquitted of Terrorism Charges As Police Informants Lose At Their Own Game
Convicted on two counts of arson and “mob action” but acquitted on much more serious terrorism charges, the NATO 3 trial marks an important step forward helping to reshape public opinion and end the war on terror.
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Glenn Greenwald, Fellow Snowden Reporters Expected To Win Top Journalism Award
Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and Barton Gellman are up for the George Polk award.
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Ukraine Resistance Withstands Ice and Violence In 11-Week-Long Occupation
An uneasy calm hangs this week over Kiev’s Maidan, where riot police and masked demonstrators engage in a 24-hour staring contest across ice bricks, burn barrels and scrap metal as the political impasse marks 11 weeks of occupation.
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12 States and Counting: Vermont Legislation Is Latest to Take on NSA Spying
The Green Mountain State last week introduced the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, which would prohibit any state support of the National Security Agency.
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Exposed: NATO 3 Trial Reveals Entrapment, Police Misconduct, Faulty Evidence
When police encourage and orchestrate ”terrorist plots,” and then arrest their ”co-conspirators” prior to the act, can you call it law enforcement? We're about to find out with the trial of the NATO 3 in Chicago.
