Biden cared more about the appearance of having an independent DOJ untainted by politics than he did about holding an unrepentant criminal ex-president accountable.
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Cecily McMillan Verdict Proves Dissent Is Dangerous – And More Important Than Ever
Nonviolent protest and exposure are two vital tools at our disposal – now it’s time to wake from our dream and resist.
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America's Kangaroo Justice: Welcome to The Post-Constitutional Era
Our corporate masters, unchecked by state power and dismissive of the popular will, do not see the fires they're igniting – and the Supreme Court's refusal to hear Hedges v. Obama is a signpost on the road to dystopia.
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Hedges: The “Dual State” That Edward Snowden Enabled Us To See
A debate this week at Oxford University centers on whether the NSA whistleblower helped or harmed the public good – but on a deeper level, this debate revolves around our nation’s loss of liberty.
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1st Amendment On Trial As Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Is Challenged in Boston
The five animal rights activists represented in the lawsuit say their right to free speech is being chilled by the law.
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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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Cutting Off the NSA's Juice
For the NSA’s top executives, maintaining a vast flow of juice to keep Big Brother nourished is essential — and any interference with that flow is unthinkable.
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Beyond the NSA: Other Agencies Spy on You, Too
The Surveillance State Repeal Act would rescind the PATRIOT Act entirely, as well as the 2008 amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, restoring rights that have been constitutionally violated by the FBI among other agencies.
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Why Is University of Pennsylvania Hosting Secret Meetings About Secret Surveillance?
Last month's conference here, entitled "On the Very Idea of Secret Laws," featured moderated discussions about secret courts, secret laws and America's rampaging surveillance apparatus—and was kept strangely, well, secret from the public.
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Taking the Fight for Electronic Privacy to the Streets
On Oct. 26, a bipartisan coalition will stage the nation's biggest domestic protest against mass surveillance as thousands march on Capitol Hill to demand the right to private communication.
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Albany, N.Y., Unanimously Passes Anti-NDAA Resolution
On October 7, the Albany, NY Common Council unanimously passed a resolution making it the first U.S. city to prohibit indefinite military detention without charge or trial under the National Defense Authorization Act.
