Linkedin – by David Kirkpatrick

News about the National Security Agency’s PRISM program and its privileged access to internal user data at 9 U.S. Internet companies has unleashed a torrent of justified anger and hand-wringing. But the worries do not go far enough. Almost everybody is still looking at this through a narrow domestic lens. Our values and goals may be more challenged than you think.   Continue reading “Did Obama Just Destroy the U.S. Internet Industry?”

** FILE ** The supersecret National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, Md., has declassified some details about its history. (Associated Press)Washington Times – by Shaun Waterman

The National Security Agency’s collection of phone data from all of Verizon’s U.S. customers is just the “tip of the iceberg,” says a former NSA official who estimates the agency has data on as many as 20 trillion phone calls and emails by U.S. citizens.

William Binney, an award-winning mathematician and noted NSA whistleblower, says the collection dates back to when the super-secret agency began domestic surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks.    Continue reading “Whistleblower’s NSA warning: ‘Just the tip of the iceberg’”

Would Be Worlds Biggest Oil Merger Agreed at Bilderberg 060613tile8Prison Planet – by Steve Watson

Despite countless examples that prove the contrary, detractors, debunkers and non believers continually argue that the Bilderberg group holds no power, and that it is just a talking shop for elite has-beens. Now yet more evidence has emerged that policy and secret multi-billion deals between business heads and government are formulated at the meeting.   Continue reading “Would-Be World’s Biggest Oil Merger Agreed at Bilderberg”

A cyber-security centre in the USGuardian – by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill

Barack Obama has ordered his senior national security and intelligence officials to draw up a list of potential overseas targets for US cyber-attacks, a top secret presidential directive obtained by the Guardian reveals.

The 18-page Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued in October last year but never published, states that what it calls Offensive Cyber Effects Operations (OCEO) “can offer unique and unconventional capabilities to advance US national objectives around the world with little or no warning to the adversary or target and with potential effects ranging from subtle to severely damaging”.   Continue reading “Obama orders US to draw up overseas target list for cyber-attacks”

Monsanto Surrenders: Ends All GMO Lobbying In EuropeCare 2 – by Beth Buczynski

It’s almost surreal, but it’s true. Monsanto has officially give up its fight to spread genetically modified seeds and plants throughout Europe.

In a time when the power and political influence of Monsanto Co. seems nearly insurmountable, this is a huge victory for opponents of genetic engineering. For those in the U.S. and other countries where Monsanto’s stranglehold is palpable, it serves as a rally cry to keep up the good fight.   Continue reading “Monsanto Surrenders: Ends All GMO Lobbying In Europe”

ABC News – by SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed legislation into law Wednesday that prevents the public release of crime scene photos and video evidence from the Connecticut school shootings that took the lives of 20 first graders and six school employees.

The new law, a result of efforts to balance private and public interests, creates an exemption to the state’s Freedom of Information Act and applies to homicides in Connecticut.   Continue reading “Conn. Gov. Signs Bill Restricting Newtown Photos”

3W5SERGEANT.JPGSac Bee – by Jim Sanders, David Siders and Jeremy B. White

FBI agents raided the offices of Sen. Ron Calderon and the Legislature’s 24-member Latino Caucus on Tuesday as part of an undisclosed investigation originating in Los Angeles.

Agents who executed the search warrants in the late afternoon left Calderon’s office shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, carrying several boxes of material.   Continue reading “FBI raids offices of Calif. state senator, Latino legislative caucus; warrants remain sealed”

** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)Washington Times – by Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon

An al Qaeda terrorist stated in a recent online posting that U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens was killed by lethal injection after plans to kidnap him during the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi went bad.

The veracity of the claim by Abdallah Dhu-al-Bajadin, who was identified by U.S. officials as a weapons expert for al Qaeda, could not be determined. However, U.S. officials have not dismissed the terrorist’s assertion.   Continue reading “Al Qaeda weapons expert: U.S. ambassador to Libya killed by lethal injection”

Breitbart- by Kerry Picket

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) revealed new testimony from IRS employees on CNN’s State of The Union on Sunday. According to transcribed excerpts released by the Committee, a Cincinnati IRS employee made it clear they were told by Washington, D.C. personnel to give extra scrutiny to Tea Party groups:    Continue reading “IRS Employee: D.C. Told Us To Target Tea Party”

WND – by Drew Zahn

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – The cop who told the citizens of Milwaukee to arm themselves against violent criminals has now been crowned the “Constitutional Sheriff of the Year.”

Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. received the award Friday at the annual convention of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, or CSPOA, in St. Charles, Mo.   Continue reading “‘Constitutional Sheriff of the Year’ goes to…”

irs-2WND – by Jack Minor

Amid an unusual spotlight on IRS conduct, a Colorado businessman contends his case is one the government particularly wants to keep hidden, because it could cause the whole federal agency to self-destruct.

Jeff Maehr, a Colorado chiropractor who has engaged in a number of business ventures, including PureHealthSystems.com, admits he has refused to file federal income tax returns since 2002, but he says the IRS is afraid to press criminal charges against him.   Continue reading “IRS Actually Fears Man Who Doesn’t File Taxes”