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A New Left-Right Alliance?

September 12, 2014December 15, 2013 by Thomas Moore

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OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN On the 24th of July the U.S. House of Representatives voted on amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill. This amendment if passed would have denied funding for National Security Agency (NSA) programs which have been collecting meta-data on communications between and among United States citizens, including telephone and e-mail traffic. The vote …

Chris Hedges Hails “Monumental” Ruling Blocking NDAA Indefinite Detention

September 14, 2014July 8, 2012 by Amy Goodman

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DEMOCRACY NOW! In a rare move, a federal judge has struck down part of a controversial law signed by President Obama that gave the government the power to indefinitely detain anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial — including U.S. citizens. Judge Katherine Forrest of the Southern District …