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RON PAUL: 'The US Government Is Clearly At War In Yemen'
In a blog piece entitled "Why is the US at war with Yemen?" former Texas Congressman Ron Paul posits that the U.S. is conducting illegal conflict with the Middle Eastern country, and that it won't be...
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Obama's 'Independent' Review Of Mass Spying Is Destined For Failure
In the wake of seemingly endless leaks from ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, President Obama's attempt to manage the political fallout seems destined to fail.On Friday, Obama announced that he would...
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NOMURA: Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange Might Win A Seat In Next Month's...
Australia is going to the polls on September 7 for Parliamentary elections, and the expectation is that the current Labour government lead by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will go down for defeat.A...
View ArticleRussia Holds 'Tank Biathlon,' And Supposedly Challenged The US To One
I've argued that we should stop paying for tanks, basically because the only time we'd use them in a concerted land war against another super power would be during biblical Armageddon.Well ... I was...
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A Documentary Filmmaker Was The 'Mastermind' Behind The Snowden Disclosures
Peter Maas of The New York Times has published a long article detailing how documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras helped Edward Snowden leak thousands of classified documents detailing the National...
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US Plans To Buy Weapons From Former KGB Agent, Who Also Arms Syria's Assad
If this isn't absurd, I don't know what is.The Atlantic today ran a post detailing how arms deals with Russia to supply Afghans with helicopters (that they can't even use) not only tie the Russian...
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In Powerful New Tactic, Al Qaeda Is Handing Out Teletubbies
Al Qaeda in Iraq has rebranded itself, adopted a new name, and some new tactics, and devoted itself to toppling the Bashar Al Assad regime in Syria, according to Liz Sly with the Washington Post. In...
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The Best Tech School On Earth Is Israeli Army Unit 8200
If you want to make it as a tech entrepreneur, enlist in the Israeli Defense Force and shoot for Unit 8200.Unit 8200 runs Israel's tech intel unit of arguably the best military intelligence gathering...
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Glenn Greenwald's Article On NSA Snooping Actually Snooped On Everyone Who...
An article by The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on XKEYSCORE actually gathered the browsing habits of everyone who clicked and wasn't protected (by private, encrypted, and/or proxy browsing), reports Bob...
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Dragonflies Are The Crazy Deadly Predator Drones Of The Animal Kingdom
Dragonflies have an insane ability to change directions and kill prey, according to new research highlighted in a report by Natalie Angier for the New York Times."One research team has determined that...
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GOOGLE: If You Use Gmail, You Have 'No Legitimate Expectation Of Privacy'
If you happen to be one of the 400 million people who use Google's Gmail service for sending and receiving emails, you shouldn't have any expectation of privacy, according to a court briefing obtained...
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The Pentagon Will Grant Gay Families In The Military Equal Benefits
The Pentagon will announce today a plan to extend all military benefits to same sex couples, an unnamed source told NBC News.The changes will grant military members leave explicitly to travel to states...
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At Least 43 Dead In Egypt As Police Clear Out Pro-Morsi Camps In Cairo
Security forces backed by bulldozers moved in Wednesday on two huge protest camps set up in Cairo by supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi, launching a long-threatened crackdown that...
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Pictures Show Utter Mayhem In Egypt
The Egyptian interim president has announced a state of emergency for all Egyptian cities for the span of a month, reports Reuters.The Egyptian Army made good on their long threatened promise to crack...
View ArticleTwitter Totally Trolled Al Qaeda Last Night
Last night an Al Qaeda affiliate asked it's loyal Twitter followers for suggestions to help with Public Relations, and the Twitter hive mind answered.J.M. Berger, a counter terrorism expert who wrote...
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3 Key Takeaways From Edward Snowden’s Q&A With The New York Times
Edward Snowden took questions from New York Times reporter Peter Maass recently, which the Times published yesterday. The interview occurred as part of Maass’ profile of Laura Poitras, the documentary...
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Egypt's Voice Of Reason Just Quit The Vice Presidency
Mohamed ElBaradei, the The Nobel laureate and former head of the United Nations' nuclear regulatory agency, has resigned his post as Egypt's interim vice president amid a violent crackdown on...
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The Entire History Of The World In One Chart
The Vault is Slate's history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here.This “Histomap,” created by John...
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16 Photos Showing How Brutal Syria's Summer Has Been
Nowhere has been hotter this summer in terms of war than Syria. The uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which is now in its 29th month, has broken the country into three parts, while...
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Edward Snowden And Al Qaeda Both Know How To Avoid NSA Detection
People who know what they're doing — like renegade National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden and professional terrorists at Al Qaeda — find it relatively easy to avoid detection.From the...
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