As Mayor Rahm Emmanuel seeks second term, Chicago police “black site” and history of abuse are exposed by Spencer Ackerman….Read Ackerman’s report here.
--Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Emmanuel’s progressive challenger, cites Rahm’s opposition to immigration reform as he woos Latino voters
--immigration battle on Capitol Hill continues, as Dems hold firm and try to fault GOP for pending cutoff of Homeland Security funds
--at Consortium News, Robert Parry asks: Ready for Nuclear War Over Ukraine?
--progress reported in Iranian nuke talks
--2013 NSA memo leaked by Snowden shows active cyberwar between US and Iran
--CIA Director Brennan wants his own cyberwar unit
--Pando’s Yasha Levine seeks your help in funding new book, Surveillance Valley
--Iranian news service says Iraqis shot down 2 British planes and says those planes were dropping supplies to Islamic State forces
--California man who says he was CIA contractor claims that IS is a fabricated group funded by CIA. The report is from Iran’s Press TV
--report that 90 Christians in Syria abducted by IS
--Israel flexes bully muscles, browns out the West Bank over bills that are unpaid because Israel cut flow of tax money to Palestinian Authority
--VA director Robert MacDonald joins Brian Williams and Bill O’Reilly in the dock—he lied to vet about serving in special forces
--as FCC vote on net neutrality is set for Thursday, GOP readies corporate response
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