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“I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of “Admin.” The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid “dens of crime” that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labor camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business concern.”– C.S. Lewis
International Newsworthy
Syrian Border: U.S., Israel Begin Two-Week Air Combat Exercise
Top US Officer Urges Caution on Syria Intervention
UK Organizing UNSC Meeting on Syria
Syria’s Opposition Leaders Lobby Paris for Advanced Weapons
Turkey’s Syria Policy in Shambles over Support for Jihadists
Iraqi FM: Only Full-Scale War Can Unseat Assad
Al- Nusra Asks Members to Kill Syria Kurds
NGO: Syria Kurds Overrun Villages, Expel Jihadists
FSA Would Not Allow Kurds Autonomy: Commander
Al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra Terrorists Confess to Perpetrating Terrorist Acts
Syrian Rebels Claim Control of Western Aleppo
Syrian Rebels Target Regime Supply Lines in North
Disillusioned Rebels Drift Back to Take Assad Amnesty
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US Targets Iran Oil Exports & Chinese Banks
Lindsey Graham Wants War With Iran at the End of the Summer
Partition No Panacea for Afghanistan
Pashtuns Rue Militant Image
Despite Promises to Talk, New Pakistan PM Gets Tough on Insurgents
Pakistani Taliban Claim Attack on SHC Judge in Karachi
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64 Turkish Journalists under Arrest: CHP
The Rise of ‘Cleric Militias’ in Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Targets Kurdish Neighborhoods
Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Iraq Prison Attacks
Al-Qaeda Raids on Iraqi Prisons Raise Fears of Return to Civil War
American Weapons Linked to Outbreak of Birth Defects & Cancer in Iraq
US Drone Strikes in Yemen Cast a Long Shadow over Life on the Ground
Hezbollah Dismisses EU Terror Designation
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US Senate would Keep Aid to Egypt with “Conditions”
Egypt: Growing Anger with Western Opinion
Cairo Clashes Between Morsi Backers, Foes Escalate
Al Jazeera Accuses Authorities of Intimidation Campaign
How U.S. Drug Sting Targeted West African Military Chiefs
Libya Prepares Constitution amid Insecurity
South Sudan President Fires Cabinet
South Sudan Starts Closing Oil Wells in Unity State
3 Congo Helicopters Blast M23 Positions
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The Real Snap in Putin’s Military Inspection
Putin to Offer Advanced Antimissiles to Soothe Iran’s S-300 Grudge
Georgians Protest over Foreclosures
Kerry, Go Fix Karabakh!
Uzbekistan Begins Building Rail around Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan: Is Chinese Investment Really Win-Win?
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The Future of Britain’s Nuclear Deterrent
Bulgarian Parliament Blocked by Protesters
Expansive New Zealand Surveillance Bill Expected to Pass through Parliament
National Newsworthy
White House: Amash Trying to ‘Dismantle’ Counterterrorism Tool
NSA Calls Secret Briefing to Block Measure Curtailing Its Power
White House Begs-Urges Congress to Bow to the NSA
FISA, NSA Spying a New Focus of Tech Lobby
Venture Capitalists View Electronic Surveillance as Attractive Growth Sector
NSA Can Track Phones even When they’re Turned Off?
NSA Claims Inability to Search Agency’s Own Emails!
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Poll: Obama Approval Nears Record Low
Only 1 in 5 Americans Trust the Government to Do What Is Right
Congress and the Justice Dept’s Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” Threaten to Exclude Bloggers
McCain Will Not Block Dempsey Nomination
Bloomberg Vetoes Bills to Limit Stop-and-Frisk Policy
Urban Warfare Training Exercises Continue in Chicago Area
Arkansas Police Add Saliva Tests to Check for Drugs and Alcohol
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Hillary Clinton’s Brother & DHS Nominee under Investigation for “Cash for Visa” Program
Watchdog Finds IRS Executives Racked Up Six-Figure Travel Bills
About the Bay: The Perks of Being Janet Napolitano
Former Top SEC Enforcer Accepts $5 Million Salary from Wall Street Firm
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ACLU Calls for New Investigations into Todashev Death
Activists File Lawsuit to Overturn ‘Ag Gag’ Law
Bradley Manning Trial Transcripts
Cryptome: Bradley Manning FOB Hammer Facilities
Snowden Asylum Still Under Review, Stays in Airport for Now – Lawyer
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Another Win for Monsanto: US Raises Allowable Levels of Company’s Pesticide in Crops
USDA Fast-Tracks ‘Rubber-Stamp’ Approval of ‘Dangerous’ GE Seeds
Obama Administration Sues Exxon for Polluting Pennsylvania Drinking Water with Toxic Fracking Waste
BofA, Barclays Sued by Houston for Libor Manipulation
Goldman Sachs Contains 4,000 Separate Corporate Entities
Goldman Sachs Aluminum Price Manipulation Scheme
‘Detroit will Start a Wave of Municipal Bankruptcies’
New Home Sales Rise as Average, Median Home Prices Drop to 2012 Levels
Noteworthy Editorials
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts: Role Reversal- How the US Became the USSR
Andrew Gavin Marshall: Egypt under Empire Part 2- The “Threat” of Arab Nationalism”
Dr. James Petras: Wall Street Take-Off: 2012 –2013
Andrew Napolitano: If We Are Subservient to Government
Senator Ron Wyden: The Truth Is Out, and Americans Are Angry
Kafka’s America: Secret Courts, Secret Laws, and Total Surveillance
Rise of the Warrior Cop
Liberalism and the National Security State
The Nour Party’s Perilous Gamble
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