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Amendment to defense bill requires the US to help Israel remove 'existential threats'
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 22:43:14 -0700 | political-news
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requires the US to take "all necessary steps" to help Israel "remove existential threats" including preventing a nuclear Iran. A feature of US politics is attaching amendments to important bills that may...
Civil liberties groups demand Congress investigate and reign in scope of surveillance
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 03:58:04 -0700 | political-news
A coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and Internet companies is demanding immediate action from Congress including a committee to investigate the issue and legislation to legally reign in the scope of surveillance. Among the groups signing an open letter...
Critics question role of NSA surveillance in stopping terrorist plots
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 03:08:50 -0700 | political-news
The widespread surveillance programs revealed to the public last week have prevented dozens of terrorist attacks, according to Army General Keith Alexander, head of the US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency (NSA). While the exact number...
Experts question evidence that Assad used chemical weapons
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 14:40:33 -0700 | political-news
The US has announced that it will now arm Syrian rebels. The reason given is that US intelligence has established that on several occasions Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, a red line for triggering US intervention. News reports...
Canada-EU trade deal mostly about increasing corporate power
Posted by: northsunm32
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 12:03:06 -0700 | business-news
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is busy promoting the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, while on his travels in Europe. Critics claim that the agreement is less about free trade than about extending the power of huge global...
Most Americans prefer 'Big Brother' to better privacy
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Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-15 15:26:20 -0700 | political-news
A new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll shows that 56 percent of Americans support NSA accessing of telephone call records through secret court approval while only 41 percent find it unacceptable. Many Americans, fully 45 percent, feel the government should...
