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NSA ANALYST: We Simply Don't Have Time To Read Emails That Aren't Related To...
"Do I, as an American, have any concerns about whether the NSA is illegally or surreptitiously targeting or tracking the communications of other Americans?"So begins the open letter NSA Mathematician...
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Ted Cruz Finally Took His War Analogies To Obamacare A Little Too Far
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) just wrapped up his 21-plus-hour speech against Obamacare.Near the end, he offered this whopper: “Now in 31 minutes we will be concluded,” Cruz said. “I don’t want to miss the...
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Renowned Artist Makes Powerful 3D Street Art Depicting Obama And Putin Having...
A powerful new piece by renowned street artist Eduardo Relero is on display near the ongoing U.N. General Assembly in New York.It depicts U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir...
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UK Detainment Of Activist Fits Right In With CIA's Drone PR War
It is hardly surprising that Yemen's most vocal activist, Baraa Shiban, was detained and interrogated at a U.K. airport, given the explicit public relations battle over drones being waged by the...
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Newsweek Pakistan Illustrates Female Suicide Bomber Cover Story With Image Of...
The Sept 13 & 20 issue of Newsweek Pakistan is drawing all kinds of attention on the Internet, largely thanks to a cover featuring a pair of tampons lit as if they are sticks of dynamite:Twitter’s...
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Latest Hero From Nairobi Mall Attack: Irish Army Ranger Who Saved Hundreds
Incredible stories of heroism continue to come to light in the aftermath of a catastrophic terror attack at the upscale Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. We previously reported on the British Royal...
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Department Of Defense Reportedly 'Furious' That FBI Released Video Of Navy...
The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly "furious" that the FBI released video footage of the Navy Yard shooter earlier today, according to Jennifer Griffin, national security correspondent for Fox...
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The US Is Developing A New Rapidly Deployable Combat Buggie
General Dynamics confirmed today that it had won a government contract worth more than $500 million to develop the newest ground combat vehicle for U.S. special forces.General Dynamics is producing an...
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A Judge Will Soon Decide If Amazon Gets To Build The CIA A $600 Million Cloud...
Amazon surprised the enterprise world in August. It wants a judge to rule in its tiff with IBM over the CIA's $600 million cloud.On Wednesday we learned that a judge will hear oral starting October 7,...
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Declassified Documents Reveal NSA Spying On Martin Luther King, Senators, And...
The National Security Agency eavesdropped on civil rights icon Martin Luther King and heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali as well as other leading critics of the Vietnam War in a secret program later deemed...
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Peace May Be A Whole Lot Tougher On Combat-Hardened Troops
Being in the military during the past decade of war has been tough for many servicemembers, but the life of peacetime service soon to hit combat-tested troops will present its own challenges.The...
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Russia's Evidence For Syrian Rebels Using Chemical Weapons Last Month Is...
Russian Foreign Minister told David Ignatius of The Washington Post that he has presented U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with evidence that Syrian rebels used chemical weapons on August 21 in the...
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Why Syria Peace Talks Can't Even Start For The Foreseeable Future
This week President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly that military action cannot end the Syrian war and advocated the need for a political settlement.But a deal needs two sides.And the Western...
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Bizarre Report Claims $26 Billion In Unclaimed Cash Left At Moscow Airport
Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport has a strange secret, according to the Russian press.Moskovsky Komsomolets writes that 20 billion euros ($26 billion) has been sitting in the airport since 2007. The...
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Here's The Map That Lincoln Used To See The Reach Of Slavery
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 map, made by the U.S. Coast...
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Army Tattoo Regulations Are Set To Change, And Soldiers Aren't Happy
Speaking to troops at FOB Gamberi in eastern Afghanistan, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler announced that strict changes to Army Regulation 670-1 — governing the wear and appearance of members of...
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New Images Show Huge Scale Of Destruction At Nairobi Mall
The attack on a Nairobi mall earlier this week has left a trail of destruction, with 72 dead and reports of almost that many missing.Kenya's president today released a series of images that show the...
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Mystery Machine Gun Found In Closet At JFK Airport
A machine gun was found stashed in a closet at one of JFK Airport's biggest terminals, ABC 7 reports.Police aren't sure who owns the gun, according to the news station.The gun was found in a management...
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This Marine Escaped PTSD Inside A Mixed Martial Arts Octagon [PHOTOS]
Shane Krutchen is an undefeated MMA fighter.He's also a former Marine whose unit, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, spearheaded the invasion into Iraq.The unit saw some of the heaviest fighting of the war....
View ArticleChess Master Kasparov On The Best Way To Annoy Putin At The 2014 Olympics
Russian political activist and grand chessmaster Garry Kasparov doesn't think people offended by recently passed Russian anti-gay laws should protest by boycotting the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. Rather,...
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