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The government’s probe into possibly charging WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange or others connected to the whistle-blowing site is “ongoing,” a federal judge said Wednesday in a brief ruling.
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Field records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, needed to document combat injuries, disability claims and the simple history of both wars, were never kept, were destroyed or simply cannot be found…
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I am checked in to Saturday Night Live
“Watched the @LouisCK ep again… I bet he wrote the Lincoln sketch, it’s sublime as is the opening stand-up act.”
30 others are also checked-in.
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October 24, 2012. By Nathan Fuller. As Army Private First Class Bradley Manning nears 900 days in jail without trial, his lawyer moves to dismiss all charges for lack of a speedy trial.
–Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Top Ten Wish List Progressives should Press on President Obama
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Federal judge tells FBI to do more to comply with open government laws when disclosing what backdoors it wants Internet companies to create for government surveillance.
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It is the job of every entrepreneur to make money given the current constraints of society and technology. Nobody gets to dismantle civil liberties just because they can’t make money otherwise – and perhaps especially if they can’t make money otherwise.
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The arrest of editor Kostas Vaxevanis for exposing alleged tax cheats is just the latest attack on free speech in Greece. Democracy itself is now in danger, say Asteris Masouras and Veroniki Krikoni
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