Sgt. Robert Bales, convicted for Afghan murder spree, begs for mercy in letter saying he “was consumed by war, hate”….
--ObamaCo report cites Egypt’s abysmal human rights record, but sidesteps rules in calling for continued US aid
--Jason Leopold at VICE gets FBI file on Samir Khan, and American who was killed in same drone strike with Awlaki
--NY Times reports on shifting alliances, as al Qaeda shares power in Yemen with rebel groups against Houthis
--4 hours after Obama claimed to end bulk collection of phone records, his lawyers ask secret court to restart it
--Obama and leaders say “nobody is listening to your phone calls”, but computers convert speech to text
--latest video of bad cops is from Salinas, California, where multiple officers pounded retarded man
--more TSA failure: 73 people on terror watch lists work at airports, have access around security points
--former Gitmo prisoner Moazzem Begg writes moving article about the boy-prisoner, Omar Khadr
--Vincent Bugliosi, Manson prosecutor who accused George W. Bush with murder in Iraq, dies at 80
--super pollster Mervin Field dies at 94
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