Iranians Protest on Anniversary of Embassy Takeover
"Death to America," etc., etc. ...
Civil Liberties
Washington Post Explains How It Knows NSA Accessed Google, Yahoo Data
In response to NSA criticism of reporting
Bill Banning Anti-Gay Job Discrimination Has Votes to Pass Senate
House passage is not likely
Russian Nationalists Rally Against Immigrants
Stealing jobs, causing crime, the usual complaints
Supreme Court Declines Involvement in Okla. Abortion Pill Case
Previous rulings invalidated state ban on RU-486
The Madness of Law Enforcement's Escalating Brutality
It's a spiraling descent into insane tactics as frustrated law enforcers face-off with a non-compliant population.
NSA Chief Keith Alexander Likely To Be Stripped of Authority Over US Cyber Command
Decision to be made by senior military officials
Brazil Acknowledges It Spied on American Diplomats
Officials have been complaining about American surveillance
Virginia's Libertarian Moment
Robert Sarvis will not win, but some libertarian principles will.
Senate Mulls Outlawing Anti-Gay Job Discrimination; What Will Come of Freedom of Association?
Most Americans now support such laws
Planned Parenthood Asking Supreme Court To Put Texas' New Abortion Restrictions on Hold
Says 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals went too far
Supreme Court Won't Hear Oklahoma's Attempt To Limit Drug-Induced Abortions
Justices not commenting on the dismissal
Snowden Says US and UK "Worst Offenders" When it Comes to "Criminal Surveillance Programs"
Comments made in letter published by German newspaper Der Spiegel
Investigation Finds CIA Made Doctors Torture Terror Suspects
Were told ethical standards didn't apply because the suspects weren't ill
UK Ministers Banned From Bringing iPads To Cabinet Meetings Because of Spying Fears
Chinese could be listening
Google's Executive Chairman Slams the NSA
"It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true"
White House Staffers Increasingly Using Twitter as Part of Communications Strategy
More than a dozen additional staffers have been given official Twitter accounts since July
The War on Pot is Over! (If We Want It)
Never again will a pol gain votes by attacking pot legalization.
European Agencies Worked Together with England on Surveillance
So perhaps some of the outrage is a bit staged
