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ObamaCare Still a Big 404 Error, Syria Versus Sequestration, More FISA Court Documents to Come Out: P.M. Links

Scott Shackford | 9.5.2013 4:30 PM


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  • This is your brain (scan) on ObamaCare
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    Attempts to actually implement the Affordable Care Act remain thwarted by computer glitches.

  • House Republicans are looking to use the potential for war in Syria to try to undo the sequestration cuts to the military budget.
  • Counterfeiting American dollars is more profitable than producing cocaine in Peru. Does that count as a drug war victory?
  • France says it won't go it alone in any military actions on Syria, which is another incentive for Congress to say no.
  • More Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court documents are going to be released, thanks in part to pressure from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (not to mention public outrage).
  • Following a failed attempt to assassinate Egypt's interior minister, the country is vowing a crackdown on terrorism there. Can Egypt actually crack down more than it has already cracked down?

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Scott Shackford is a policy research editor at Reason Foundation.