Saturday, June 15, 2013

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What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from ... - The Republic

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What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from ...
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WASHINGTON — Revelations of a secret program to seize data from major tech companies has rekindled the debate over how much government surveillance is appropriate. The program known as Prism has attracted the most attention. PHOTO: FILE - In this ...

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What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from ... - Fox News

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What makes Prism shine? National Security Agency's megadata collection from ...
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WASHINGTON – In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government spies and eavesdroppers ...
Secret to Prism success: Even bigger data seizurePost-Bulletin

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Tech companies working with the NSA are making a Faustian bargain - GigaOM

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Tech companies working with the NSA are making a Faustian bargain
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Whatever the details might be, it seems clear that dozens of technology companies — and perhaps even more — have co-operated with the NSA on its surveillance program. And they could pay a high price for doing so. Deal with the devil. photo: Luis Louro.
Yahoo and the Secret CourtNew Yorker (blog)
Revealed: Yahoo FOUGHT against NSA's warrantless spying program but lost ...Daily Mail
Yahoo fought back against 'unconstitutional' government order before joining ...The Verge
Pulse 2.0 -New York Times (blog) -Huffington Post
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AP IMPACT: Raised in the NSA's shadow - a life of disillusionment, a decision to ... - The Republic

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AP IMPACT: Raised in the NSA's shadow - a life of disillusionment, a decision to ...
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FORT MEADE, Maryland — The intelligence contractor whose leak of top-secret documents has exposed sweeping government surveillance grew up in Fort Meade, Maryland, in the shadow of the headquarters of the nation's spy agency, its presence an ...

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Poll: Most men aspire to be dads - Houston Chronicle

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Poll: Most men aspire to be dads
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A recent Associated Press-WE tv poll found more than 8 in 10 men said they have always wanted to be fathers or think they'd like to be one someday. Debates about the different ways women approach motherhood dominate news coverage about parenthood ...

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Senate Dems' answer on health care: Go on offense

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ATLANTA (AP) -- Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are reinforcing their support for the overhaul even as Republicans intensify their criticism....
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Web giants get broader surveillance revelations

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Facebook and Microsoft Corp. representatives said that after negotiations with national security officials their companies have been given permission to make new but still very limited revelations about government orders to turn over user data....

Amid Gitmo strike, ex-detainee tells of force-feed

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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- For more than three months, the U.S. military has faced off with defiant prisoners on a hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay, strapping down as many as44 each day to feed them a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube to prevent them from starving to death....

USA must allow Bradley Manning to use ‘public interest’ defence