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“If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.” –Henry David Thoreau
International Newsworthy
Russia NOT to Ship “Offensive” Weapons to Syria: Lawmaker
U.S. Eases Sanctions on Syrian Opposition
US ‘Debating Options’ to Help Syrian Rebels
Bill Clinton Sides With McCain Over Obama on Syria
UK Coalition Gives Clegg a Veto on Arming Syria
Colombia Worries as Troops Join Arab Mercenary Force
Diplomats Predict Assad Will Soon Launch Campaign to Retake Aleppo
UN: At Least 93,000 People Killed in Syria
Al-Qaeda Divides over Syria and Iraq
Over 6000 Foreign Militants Killed in Syria
Syria Islamist Rebels Celebrate Shi’ite Deaths
Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggles to Cope with Syrian Refugees
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Turkey: Protests Reverberate in Anatolian Heartland
‘Everyone Is Afraid’: Erdogan Regime Cows Embattled Media
Erdogan Gives Protesters ‘Last Warning’
Turkish Interior Minister Urges Protesters to Leave Gezi Park
Referendum May Be Held on Gezi Park
Istanbul Square Crackdown Shakes Erdogan’s Regional Credibility
Mossad Chief Made Secret Visit to Turkey, Asked to Meet Erdogan
Protesting Kurds Finding Solidarity in Gezi
Kurds Fear Impact of Istanbul Protests on Peace Process
Turkish TV Channels Fined for Live Coverage of Protests
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Iran Flexes Muscle with Taliban Meeting
Iran Denies Foreign Minister Called for Talks With US
Bahrain Arrests ‘Iran-Linked’ Cyber Group
Iran: Reformist Groups, Figures Rally Around Rohani
Google Finds Iranians Hacked on Election Eve
Economic Issues Remain Murky as Iranians Go to the Polls
Iran Imposes Severe Restrictions on Media Election Coverage
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Afghanistan: Sentence Goes on for Foreign Detainees in Bagram
Blasts Kill 8 Afghan Soldiers, 4 Civilians
Six Policemen Found Dead in Afghanistan
Pakistan Sets Sights on Drones
Pakistan Hikes Defense Spending in New Budget
No Money in Pakistan Budget for Iranian Gas Pipeline That US Opposed
Pakistan Tries Anew to End Insurgency in Resource-Rich Baluchistan
Sharif Targets Power Crisis
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Al-Qaeda Linked Terrorists in Mali May Have Surface-to-Air Missiles
Jordan: U.S. Leads Large-Scale, 19-Nation War Games
Main Tuareg Rebel Group Says Ready to Sign Accord
Sudan’s Hassan al-Turabi: Bashir Does Not Represent Islam
1,072 Chinese Gold Miners Return from Ghana
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Putin Says Moscow Willing To Restore ‘Full Scale’ Relations with Georgia
Russians Rally for Release of Protesters
NGOs Find Loopholes in Russia’s Foreign Agents’ Law, Officials Urge Corrections
Russian Oil Price Jumps 20% in a Month as Rosneft Cuts Domestic Sales
Georgia to Shut Two Bases in Afghanistan
Georgia Goes on PR Offensive over Afghanistan
NATO Week in Georgia, Completing Integration of Balkans
Stratfor Head Says Coop with Azerbaijan Meets US “Interests”
Baltics Hope NDN Is Route to Closer Ties with Central Asia
Daghestani Police Thwart ‘Anti-Azerbaijani’ Protest
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Bank of England Advisor ‘We’ve Intentionally Blown the Biggest Government Bond Bubble in History’
EU Failed to Protect Citizens from NSA
Pressure on Merkel to Talk ‘Prism’ With Obama
Expansion of Saudi-British Defense Cooperation in Focus
Eni Awarded New Exploration Licenses in Barents Sea
National Newsworthy
The Cyberwar Industrial Complex
Only One Big Telecom CEO Refused to Cave to the NSA … And He’s Been In Jail For 4 Years
Was a Telecom CEO Sent to Prison for Resisting NSA?
The NSA’s Best Defense of Prism Didn’t Even Last a Week
NSA Surveillance Played Little Role in Foiling Terror Plots- Experts Say
HRW Sees Urgent Need for US Surveillance Reforms
Leak Highlights Risk of Outsourcing US Spy Work
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NSA’s Word Games: How They Deceived Congress
Reid: Lawmakers Were Informed About Phone, Internet Snooping
Feinstein & Rogers Refuse to Discuss Constitutionality of Mass Surveillance
Rep. Peter King Wants Glenn Greenwald Punished
Lawmakers See Edward Snowden as a Leaker, Not as a Hero
Senators Request Independent Investigation into NSA Programs
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Obama Administration Prepares Charges against NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
Washington Post Talks to Feds on Publishing More NSA Slides
Feds Hunted for Snowden in Days Before NSA Leaks Went Public
More Americans See Man Who Leaked NSA Secrets as ‘Patriot’ than Traitor: Poll
Snowden Vows More Revelations
Snowden “I Am Neither A Traitor Nor Hero. I’m An American”
Edward Snowden Vows Not to ‘Hide from Justice’
Snowden Wants ‘People of Hong Kong to Decide My Fate’
NSA Leaker Fears for Family Safety
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IRS Agents Train with AR-15 Rifles
House Committee Looks into IRS Seizure of 60 Million Medical Records
Top U.S. General Disputes Benghazi Attack Story
US Probes Sexual Offenses by Envoys Abroad
DHS Wants Equipment for “Riot Control Situations”
Cryptome: Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Gene Patents
Monsanto Hit with Class Action Lawsuits in Mystery GMO Wheat Case
Lieberman Staffer to Lead New Lobby Shop
U.S. Runs $139 Billion Budget Deficit in May
California, Illinois on Brink of Pension Crisis
Hourly Wages See Sharpest Drop Since at Least 1947; Bank Profits Hit Record High
Noteworthy Editorials
Pepe Escobar: See You on the Dark Side
Peter Dale Scott: The NATO Afghanistan War & US-Russian Relation-: Drugs, Oil, & War
Andrew Napolitano: Liberty in Shambles
Micah Zenko: To Protect and Defend…
Stephen Lendman: America’s National Security State
Security, Liberty and the Forever War
The Constitutional Amnesia of the NSA Snooping Scandal
Put the NSA on Trial
How Obama Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Unaccountable Surveillance
US Secret Police Secrets
BFP Select Videos & Podcast
BFP EyeOpener Video Report: NSA Spying: False Hope vs. Real Solutions
Video 1: Corbett Report-The Transformation of Society
Video 2: Corbett Report-New World Next Week
BFP Podcast Show 1-The Reality Principle with Eric Draitser-“ Elections in Iran” with Yassamine Mather
BFP Podcast Show 2- Pepe Escobar on Police State USA, Apathy America, Uprising in Turkey & More!
Podcast: Peter B. Collins Show-Snowden, Still in Hong Kong, Alleges US Hacking of China
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