From the Trenches World Report

Politico – by Tal Kopan

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Monday wouldn’t say whether he knew about the National Security Agency’s PRISM surveillance system , noting there are a number of classified programs the government uses.

Asked by “CBS This Morning” host Norah O’Donnell whether he knew about PRISM before the disclosures, the No. 2 Republican in the House said, “There are a variety of classified programs that exist for us to, again, guard against a terrorist threat.”   Continue reading “Eric Cantor ducks on PRISM”

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Do you intrinsically possess individual privacy rights, based upon natural law authority, or are your civil liberties arbitrarily defined by the current whims of government? How you answer, this question speaks loudly about your understanding of the nature of your very being. Those who deem that natural law is a myth or a superstition are poised for voluntary surrender of their vital identity. The cataloging of individual essence is aberrant. Your deoxyribonucleic acid is the core element of personal uniqueness and human dignity. If your DNA is subject to government collection and storage, the right of personal privacy is destroyed.   Continue reading “The Essence of DNA Identity”

Raw Story – by Agence France-Presse

A secretive deal aimed at settling a dispute with Washington over Swiss banks’ alleged complicity in tax evasion by Americans has caused uproar in the wealthy Alpine nation.

Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf announced a deal last week that she said would put an end to the row that has been poisoning relations between Switzerland and the United States for years.   Continue reading “Secretive U.S. bank deal alarms Swiss parliamentarians”

Geektime – by Avi Schneider

If you’re the NSA, the largest and most well funded digital security agency in the world, and you have to spy on hundreds of millions of your own citizens – a task too complicated, both technically and legally, for you to carry out by yourself; who’s the only friend you have both talented and trustworthy enough to help you carry it out; Habibi, do you really have to ask? Israel of course.   Continue reading “Is the NSA outsourcing its domestic spying to Israel?”

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?”

American Everyman – by Scott Creighton

UPDATE: So what exactly did the hero tell us?

1998   Continue reading “Manufactured Hero Edward Snowden – The NSA Whistleblower Exposed as Career NSA, CIA, Special Forces Trained Agent”

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’”

Public Awareness Network – by lesmoore

Codex Alimentarius exemplifies the type of pressure brought to bear upon weaker nations by the United Nations. The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for “food book”) is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines and other recommendations relating to food production and food safety. Its texts are developed and maintained by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a body that was established in 1963 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).   Continue reading “Codex Alimentarius – The Planned Depopulation Project”

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Liberal media blaming guns, mental issues, avoiding discussion of foreign ties, immigration status

From Fox43, “Santa Monica gunman had past mental issues, police sources say”:    Continue reading “Santa Monica shooter’s mother “away on vacation” in the Middle East”

Kingston Community News – by MARYLIN OLDS

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation, along the Columbia River in Benton County, was built in our own back yard in 1943 to produce plutonium as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project.

It continued operation during America’s campaign to build the biggest nuclear weapons arsenal in the Cold War, as well as producing nuclear energy. The last reactor stopped operating in 1987. Hanford was added to the Superfund list for long-term hazardous cleanup in 1989.   Continue reading “Time is of the essence at Hanford site | As It Turns Out”

Mr. Conservative – by Bookworm

While Washington may be ignoring you (at least, when it’s not spying on you), your voice can still be heard, at least at the state level. Although Nevada’s Republican governor Brian Sandoval had already announced that he intended to veto the Nevada legislature’s “universal background check” bill, thousands of citizens called the governor’s office to make sure that he kept his word.   Continue reading “Nevada Governor Will Veto Firearm Background Check Bill After Receiving Thousands of Calls From Gun Owners”

Mr. Conservative – by Kristin Tate

Christine Padilla, a California lawyer, was only sentenced to 48 hours in jail after she hit and killed a nanny pushing a toddler in a stroller, while driving in San Diego.

The 35-year-old attorney was sentenced to 48 hours of jail time, probation, and 180 days of electronic surveillance.

Last month, Padilla pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter and two traffic infractions. She was driving a Toyota 4Runner, and told police she was extremely deprived of sleep when the crash happened on February 1.   Continue reading “Woman Who Killed Nanny And Injured Toddler Only Sentenced To 48 Hours Of Jail Time”

Vine of Life News – by Gaby Dunn

Is this Craigslist weed dealer the DEA, a scammer, or just an idiot?

Is this guy really selling marijuana over the Internet? Or is it an elaborate Craigslist sting by the Drug Enforcement Agency? Like the original poster on Reddit’s weed community r/trees, I too was in disbelief that a man would advertise a mail order weed business via the Internet. The ad reads “Medical Marijuana Shipped ($250)” and goes on to describe a business that is “smooth, fast, and always discreet,” using search-engine optimization tags like kush, pot, dope, bong, hash, 420, loud, dope, buds, and rolling, all to increase visibility and accessibility on Craigslist.   Continue reading “Kush, pot, dope, bong, hash, buds, and rolling”

The Guardian – by Ewen MacAskill

Source for the Guardian’s NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next.

Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill.

Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower?

A: “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife’s phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.   Continue reading “NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’”

Huffington Post – by Rebecca Shapiro

The Guardian published the identity of the whistleblower on Sunday responsible for providing the paper with top-secret documents that revealed the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. The paper wrote that it was revealing Edward Snowden’s identity at his request:   Continue reading “Edward Snowden NSA: Guardian Reveals Identity Of Whistleblower Behind NSA Revelations”