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Boasting of virtues not in evidence
By Saul Landau
“America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.…
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Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the U.S. government?
A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case
Glenn Greenwald
From guardian.co.uk
The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are…
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The spokesman
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
NEW YORK – The point is that we should all sing, says Pete Seeger, a troubador who has devoted himself for seven decades to give a…
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Political calculus keeps Cuba on U.S. list of terror sponsors
By Carol J. WilliamsFrom Los Angeles Times
Cuba’s communist leadership was quick to send condolences to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings and to reiterate to Washington…
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State to miss deadline for terrorism report, will not change Cuba status
By Pete Kasperowicz
From The Hill
The State Department is expected to release its annual Country Report on Terrorism in the latter half of May, missing today's deadline by a few…
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Diluting the terror watch lists
By Juliette Kayyem
From The Boston Globe
BOSTON - Since the attacks on the Boston Marathon, and the investigation of the Tsarnaev brothers, there has been much discussion…
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New Bush library, same old Bush record
By Bill Press
It was inspiring to see them side by side at Southern Methodist University in Dallas: Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and…
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Kerry, Cuba and terrorism
By Isabel Kaplan
From The Huffington Post
Every year, by April 30, the secretary of state presents to Congress the annual Country Reports on Terrorism.
A central component of this…
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Another country
By David Brooks
From the Mexican newspaper La Jornada
That also explains the almost hysterical tone against this reform, as well as, on a more general level, the raging fear that so…
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A tale of two explosions
By Max J. Castro
MIAMI - Two lethal explosions took place on the same day last week.
You would have to live on another planet to have missed the horror that happened at the end of…
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