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“One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.” – Thomas B. Reed (1886)
International Newsworthy
Russia Voices Alarm over US Troops in Jordan
Syria in ‘Free Fall’
The Crowning of the Syrian Islamic Front
Syria: Arming Rebels Is ‘Dangerous’ US Decision
Saudi’s Bandar Supervises Arming Militant Groups in Syria
Syria Rebel Chief: Assad Departure Must Precede Talks
Syria’s Sectarian War Causes Hamas Split, Analysts Say
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Is Turkey Seeking An Israel Scapegoat for Protests?
Erdogan Unifying His Opposition
Turkey PM Praises Police ‘Heroism’
BBC Reporters ‘Intimidated’ by Turkey
Many Detained in Turkey Police Raids
Turkey Quietly Signs Oil Deal With Iraqi Kurds
Turkey: An Economic Miracle Under Threat?
EU Opens New Chapter with Turkey in Accession Talks
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The Decline of Iran’s Hard-Liners?
US State Department Downplays Iran’s Role in Latin America
Iran’s Oil Industry Presents Challenges for Rouhani
Iran to Boost Trade with Iraqi Kurdistan
Afghanistan: Kerry-Kayani Secret Deal Stinks
Taliban Attack Afghan Presidential Palace, CIA Office; 3 Guards Killed
US ‘Outraged’ Over How the Taliban Office Opened
Afghan Protesters Clash with US Troops
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As Banks Eye Iraq, Citi Plans Office in Baghdad
Terrorist Bombings Kill 14 across Iraq
Twin Suicide Bombs Kill 8 Iraqi Turkmen
Islamic Jihad Demands Hamas Fire Minister over Killing
Lebanon Army Arrests 60 of Assir’s Men
Sheikh Al-Assir’s Militants Kill Lebanese Soldiers in Sidon
Elusive Justice for Yemen’s Revolutionaries
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Is Egypt on the Verge of Civil War?
Egyptian Army Will Remain Neutral in June 30 Protests
Egypt Steps Up Gaza Tunnel Crackdown, Dismaying Palestinians
Nigeria: Boko Haram Hunters Take Over Checkpoints
Obama ‘Ignores’ Nigeria
Tunisia’s Army Chief of Staff Resigns
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China’s Rise to Hegemony
Putin on Back Foot at St Petersburg
Major Information Sites Suspended in Russia over ‘Bribery Instructions’
Russia’s Dagestan Moves to Pardon Rebel Fighters
IMF Training Course Starts in Georgia
Azerbaijan’s Opposition Gears Up to Give Aliyev Serious Challenge
Armenia Says Three Arrested for Spying for Azerbaijan
Turkmenistan: Was a Turkmen Militant Captured in Syria?
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German Police Carry Out Raids against Islamist Network
German Politicians Demand Details on British Surveillance Program
UK Spying on Germany’s Major Data Cable to US Triggers Media Storm
Ireland: Financial Playground for the Global Elites
Colombia: NATO Expands Into Latin America
National Newsworthy
NSA Surveillance May Be Legal – but It’s Unconstitutional
NSA’s Internal Procedures Don’t Tell the Whole Story
U.S. Surveillance Best Suited for Gathering Information on Law-Abiding Citizens
Skype Began Cooperating with NSA 5 Years Ago
Obama’s “Insider Threat Program” Views Whistleblowers as “Enemies of America”
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NSA Surveillance Leaks Prompt Legislation
Senators: NSA Must Correct Inaccurate Claims over Privacy Protections
Congress Insisted They NOT be Briefed on NSA Surveillance
Congress Insisted They Be Kept in the Dark on NSA Spying
GOP Rep. Jones’ Bill Makes Syria Intervention an Impeachable Offense
Issa Subpoenas Four State Department Officials in Benghazi Probe
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US Officials Don’t Know How Much Secret Material Snowden Took
Behind Snowden’s Hong Kong Exit: Fear and Persuasion
Amnesty International: US Must Not Hunt Down Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Russia Rejects US Demand for Snowden’s Extradition
Snowden Never Entered Russia: Foreign Minister
Snowden Receives Refugee Document of Passage from Ecuador
Naomi Wolf: My Creeping Concern that the NSA Leaker Edward Snowden is not who he Purports to be…
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High Court Strikes Down Key Part of Voting Rights Act in 5-4 Ruling
Missing Money at the DOD
IRS: Targeting Went On Through May
20 Pages of Objections to the TSA’s Body Scanners Submitted
White House Recruiting Hollywood Stars for ObamaCare Rollout
EPA Halts Study Linking Fracking with Water Pollution
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Options on Debt Derivatives Nearing $100 Billion
Bond links: Junk Bond Investors Get Burned
Consumer Confidence Reaches Five-Year High in June
The Last Mystery of the Financial Crisis
“Flip That House” In These Bubbling Cities
Noteworthy Editorials
Stephen Lendman: America: Police State Ruthlessness Writ Large
Francis A. Boyle: Obama Backs First-Strike Nuclear War as U.S. Policy
Peter Dale Scott: Boston Bombings: Was Tamerlan Tsarnaev a Double Agent Recruited by the FBI?
M K Bhadrakumar: Snowden- A Pawn in Big-Power Politics
Christopher Dickey: You Say You Want a Revolution?
Norman Solomon: The Pursuit of Edward Snowden: Washington in a Rage, Striving to Run the World
James Petras” Presidential Rule by Deception: Obama, the Master Con-man
Paul Pillar: The Next Intifada
Washington’s Blog: Is Your Smart Meter Spying On You?
Big Brother (Uncle Sam) Is Trying to Rewrite Our History — Again
Who are the Real Traitors?
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP Video – “Whistleblower: NSA Wiretapped Obama, Petraeus, Alito & Others
Video 1: Press TV- James Corbett on US Media Ignoring Second Whistleblower
Video 2: Charlie McGrath- War~ It is All About the Money
BFP Podcast: Empire-Power & People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- “The World is Rising”
Podcast 1: Corbett Report-Sibel Edmonds Blows the Whistle on Government Blackmailing
Podcast 2: Traces of Reality- 201NSA, Predictive Programming, Michael Hastings and Syria
Podcast 3: Peter B. Collins Show- Snowden Evades Dragnet; Did James Clapper Lie?
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