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Former Email Provider Attacks Surveillance State, Germany Regulates Truck Drivers Out of Existence, Bob Filner To Become a Touchy-Feely Private Citizen: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 8.22.2013 4:30 PM

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    The man who closed encrypted email firm Lavabit to escape a government order to snoop on customers says the Obama administration created a surveillance state that hearkens back to the McCarthy era. For its part, the White House finds itself constantly on the defensive, dreading the next NSA spying revelation.

  • Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper takes to Tumblr to convince us his operation is as cuddly as lolcats.
  • San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is expected to, at long last, resign. Well, maybe one grope for the road.
  • In recent years, Germany imposed tough qualifications on truck drivers and stiff fines on those who who work without official permission. Now, shockingly, the country has a shortage of people willing and able to drive trucks.
  • A Department of Homeland Security employee responsible, in part, for acquiring guns and ammunition for the feds has a sideline in promoting vitriolic anti-white, anti-gay views.
  • Thailand is poised to become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage. This is not a surprise.
  • While education choice explodes in popularity around the United States, Virginia has all of five charter schools, since local school districts have veto power.
  • California lawmakers move to give prosecutors the option to be more lenient with drug charges. Wait…prosecutors?

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