Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Opposing U.S. Drone Strikes, Pakistani Protesters Block NATO Supply Route
Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes on Saturday blocked a road in northwest Pakistan that is used to move NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.
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Why More American Cities Are Rejecting the National Defense Authorization Act
As Americans stand up to claim and defend their birthright of liberty and democracy, the tide is beginning to turn against the detention provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, as legislation is passing in more U.S. cities.
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16 Mind-Blowing Facts About Who Really Killed JFK
Government documents declassified after the passage of the JFK Records Act in 1992 provide overwhelming evidence implicating the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies as well as top military officials and corporate entities in the president's assassination.
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Why Does Britain Want to Deport One-Time Protester Trenton Oldfield?
The 37-year-old was imprisoned for interrupting a boat race last year, which highlighted inequalities and Britain's rigid class system. Now, the government wants him out of the country. Their rationale: he may “threaten national security.”
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Revealed: U.S. and U.K. Struck Secret Deal Allowing NSA to "Unmask" Britons' Personal Data
In another Snowden revelation, a 2007 deal allowed the NSA to store previously restricted material in which U.K. citizens not suspected of wrongdoing were caught up in the surveillance dragnet.
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Exclusive: Teen's Mysterious Killing At Mexican Border Exposes Unaccountable, Violent U.S. Policy
The fatal cross-border shooting by U.S. agents of an unarmed 16-year-old boy highlights a spate of killings of Mexicans who posed no security threat and who were standing on their own country's soil — raising serious questions about U.S. border violence.
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After 30 Years of Silence, the Original NSA Whistleblower Looks Back
Meet Perry Fellwock, the NSA's first whistleblower.
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Green Activists Navigate Life In the Post-Privacy Era
The most visible manifestation of surveillance in the environmental movement has been a rash of undercover agents who blurred the lines between police work and entrapment -- and now every experienced green group has a policy for dealing with them.
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Exposed: Private Firms Are Selling Mass Surveillance Systems Around World
Corporations sell spying tools at private trade fairs to developing countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, with "off the shelf" equipment to allow them to snoop on millions of emails, text messages and phone calls, according to new documents.
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Banning Surveillance: What States and Localities Can Do About Drones
Cities from Minnesota and Virginia to Illinois and Massachusetts have passed legislation outlawing the use of aerial drones in their region. Now it's time for other cities, towns and counties to pass similar resolutions.
