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 The new policy to block visas for U.N. Ambassadors who engaged in espionage

 
by Grant Smith

 America’s national government has become inured to lying and cheating the people whom it ostensibly serves, lying as consistently and thoroughly as would be the case with an occupying foreign power trying to keep a captive population pacified.

John Chuckman

 World View: New claims say Ankara worked with the US and Britain to smuggle Gaddafi’s guns to rebel groups

 
 
By Patrick Cockburn
 

(RT) – Former US Secretary of State was nearly hit by a shoe during a speech in Las Vegas Thursday, dodging the object at the last second as an usher escorted a young woman from the audience.

Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a fundamental rethink of the role of the internet in our lives — and the laws that protect it. “Your rights matter,” he say, “because you never know when you’re going to need them.” Chris Anderson interviews, with special guest Tim Berners-Lee.

 
By Brandon Martinez
In late September 2001, a couple of weeks after 9/11, the United States was struck with what the Bush regime dubbed a “second wave” of terrorism. Letters laced with deadly anthrax spores arrived in the mailboxes of prominent media figures and two American senators. Five people were killed and 17 others were infected.

 
 
Paul Balles
 
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. –George Orwell
 Judging from all the reports, America’s National Security Agency (NSA) can do just about anything involving the communication of just about anyone.

 Bad Precedent and Bad Faith 

 
 
 by Lawrence Davidson
 
Part I – Hedges v. Obama
 

Obama Ups the Stakes in Syria
 
 
by Stephen Lendman
 
Obama lied. He’s a serial liar. He claims Syria used chemical weapons. His so-called red line was crossed. No verifiable evidence provides proof. Clear facts prove he lied.
 Syria’s Foreign Ministry called Obama’s accusations “a caravan of lies” and “fabrications.”