WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists.
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Jonathan Turley on Rachel Maddow: “Obama is obstructing justice” – YouTube
Uploaded on Apr 16, 2009
On Rachel Maddow’s Show, Jonathan Turley talks about the release of the CIA memos on how the Bush administration authorized torture, and how Obama is guilty of obstruction if he refuses to appoint a special prosecutor or have the DOJ investigate and prosecute the Bush administration.
Assange’s Christmas address from Ecuador embassy in London (Full Speech) – YouTube
Streamed live on Dec 20, 2012
The man on the frontline of the information battle, Wikileaks editor Julian Assange, has given a Christmas address. He has delivered his speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he’s been ensconsed for six months, after being granted political asylum – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/ptfxo7
PaulCraigRoberts.org Agenda Driven News – Paul Craig Roberts
Posted By Paul Craig Roberts On December 19, 2012 @ 10:38 am In Articles & Columns
I have known for a long time that US news is agenda-driven. Tonight (December 18) I was made aware of the extent to which agenda-driven US news drives the news of the rest of the world.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, Russia Today Moscow requested a live TV interview via Skype about the Newtown, Connecticut, school shootings that killed 20 young children and several adults. I was interested to know what was Moscow’s interest in the shootings, and I agreed to the interview.
I was surprised to see that RT Moscow’s interest was to spread the official US story of the shootings and to ask me if I thought “assault weapons” would be banned as a consequence.
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via PaulCraigRoberts.org Agenda Driven News – PaulCraigRoberts.org.
CT. COP on Sandy Hook Inconsistencies: “THINGS DON’T ADD UP” – SGTbull07
Published on Dec 18, 2012
Firearms industry expert and part-time police officer Mark S. Mann (pseudonym) lives in Connecticut, just miles from the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. He’s been following the story closely, talking to cops he knows in the area and he will be reporting for us as this story develops. Mark says there are just too many inconsistencies with the ‘official’ story and he says, “things don’t add up.” As we all now know, regardless of whether the mass murders of children and adults at Sandy Hook was a false flag operation, or the actions of a lone nut, the establishment intends to use this event to attack the Constitutional rights of law abiding Americans – they’re coming after the guns. And just like Stuart Rhodes of Oath Keepers, Mark says, “We will not tolerate any abuses to our 2nd Amendment rights.”
US Demands Judge Dismiss Lawsuits Against Assassination of Citizens — News from Antiwar.com
Vows to Declare ‘State Secrets’ If Case Continues
by Jason Ditz, December 16, 2012
The Obama Administration has demanded that a federal judge throw out a lawsuit relating to the assassination of three US citizens in Obama-ordered drone strikes, saying that questions about overseas kill lists are beyond the purview of the court system and that it is inappropriate to question the president in this regard.
The demand comes with a threat to declare the entire issue of the killings a “state secret” if the judge doesn’t dismiss the lawsuit out of hand, which would make the case as a practical matter virtually impossible.
The Justice Department’s motion went on to say that the court system had no say over the question of whether assassinating American citizens overseas was proportionate or justified, and that questions of “due process” in the summary executions were not something courts could constitutionally consider.
The motion also insisted that there was no standing to question the assassination of Anwar Awlaki or his son, Abdulrahman Awlaki, because the later was the heir of the former and was killed before he was able to file a lawsuit as executor of the estate.
The elder Awlaki was referred to as a “leader” in a terrorist group in the motion, but the administration has repeatedly declined to provide any evidence for this, and has only cited sermons critical of US foreign policy as proof he is an “extremist.” The younger Awlaki was never even suspected of a crime, but was assassinated shortly after his father.
via US Demands Judge Dismiss Lawsuits Against Assassination of Citizens — News from Antiwar.com.
How to Make the Case for Freedom! – YouTube
Published on Dec 15, 2012
Freedomain Radio Listener Emails, 5 December 2012
– Do Boys Learn Differently from Girls?
– How to Best Make the Case for Freedom?
– What about Right to Work Legislation?
– Is It Initiating Force to Get Your Children to Do Chores?
Right to Work Bill Passes!
Do you think boys learn differently than girls?
Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke | Matt Taibbi
If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or “drug paraphernalia” in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me.
Breuer this week signed off on a settlement deal with the British banking giant HSBC that is the ultimate insult to every ordinary person who’s ever had his life altered by a narcotics charge. Despite the fact that HSBC admitted to laundering billions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug cartels (among others) and violating a host of important banking laws (from the Bank Secrecy Act to the Trading With the Enemy Act), Breuer and his Justice Department elected not to pursue criminal prosecutions of the bank, opting instead for a “record” financial settlement of $1.9 billion, which as one analyst noted is about five weeks of income for the bank.
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via Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke | | Rolling Stone.
Rare Recordings of Napoleon Hill : Napoleon Hill : Free Download &… | LinkedIn
“If you are interested in personal growth, I highly recommend these profound philosophy of achievement lectures of Napoleon Hill’s from his 1954 Chicago sessions.”
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rare+recordings+napoleon+hill
[The link previously provided no longer works, but the same recordings are on YouTube.]
The Illusion Of Online Security | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR
The age of passwords is over. That’s the claim made in this month’s “Wired” magazine. Most of us trust that a string of letters, numbers and characters is enough to protect our bank accounts, email and credit cards. But hackers are breaking into computer systems and hosts of user names and passwords on the Web with increasing regularity. And because so much of our personal information is stored in the cloud, hackers can trick customer service agents into resetting passwords. Some Internet companies say the trade-offs — convenience and privacy –- are necessary to protect our data. Privacy advocates say that price is too high. Diane and her guests discuss the illusion of online security and whether you can make your accounts harder to crack.
Guests
Simon Davies founder of Privacy International.
Cecilia Kang technology reporter for the Washington Post.
Kevin Mitnick information security expert and former hacker.
via The Illusion Of Online Security | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR.
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