Protesters Taking Over This Brazil Metro Station Exemplifies The Huge Wave...
Brazil's political leaders are bracing for more protests after about 200,000 total demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday.About 65,000 gathered in Sao Paulo,...
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Google To Surveillance Court: It's Our First Amendment Right To Publish...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc asked the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to allow it to publish aggregate numbers of national security requests it receives separately from...
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This Futuristic Weapons System Would Allow Troops To Blow Up Targets Simply...
PARIS — Raytheon Co. is pitching a futuristic new uniform system featuring a helmet-mounted monocle that would let troops target air strikes simply by moving their head and pressing a button.The...
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John Kerry Has Been Pushing For Air Strikes In Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry "vociferously" pushed for air strikes on Syrian airfields at a White House meeting last Wednesday, reports Jeffrey Goldberg of Bloomberg.Kerry was shot down by Chairman of...
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Microsoft Says They've Disrupted A Global Cybercrime Ring Responsible For...
BOSTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed...
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War Correspondent Michael Hastings Killed In Car Accident
War correspondent and Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings died this morning in a car accident in LA.Ben Smith, BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief, said in a statement:We are shocked and devastated by the news...
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In Syria's Uprising, Death Has Left A Wide And Indiscriminate Wake
In Syria, death finds those who seek it, and those who flee. It finds the loyal soldier and the rebel. It finds fathers and brothers, sisters and mothers. Sons and daughters.The UN's "conservative...
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Military Community Reacts To Rapper Lil Wayne Dancing On American Flag
By now you may have seen the YouTube video that shows Lil Wayne dancing on an American Flag after it was dropped at his feet on the set of his newest music video.If not, don’t worry, here it is...
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Michael Hastings Was The Type Of National Security Reporter I Didn't Have The...
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US Government Claims That 'Nobody' Is Listening To Your Phone Calls Are...
Since we began began publishing stories about the NSA's massive domestic spying apparatus, various NSA defenders – beginning with President Obama - have sought to assure the public that this is all...
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Michael Hastings' Takedown Of Stanley McChrystal Is Filled With Insights That...
Journalist Michael Hastings, 33, died in a car crash on Tuesday.The BuzzFeed writer and Rolling Stone contributing editorfearlessly covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan— and American society in...
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Here’s The Late Michael Hastings’ 10 Essential Tips For Young Journalists
Tragic news broke last night that war correspondent Michael Hastings died in a car accident in Los Angeles. He was 33.It’s not everyday that a piece of journalism takes down a 4-star general, but...
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Italian Military Unveils Its Super-Goofy Looking HammerHead Drone
PARIS – Italian aviation firm Piaggio Aero unveiled Tuesday the HammerHead unmanned aircraft system along with Selex ES here at the Paris Air Show marking the first time an Italian company has...
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FBI Director Admits Domestic Use Of Surveillance Drones With Little Oversight
On Wednesday FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress that the agency uses drones for domestic surveillance purposes despite lacking rules to govern their use, Russia Today reports.While not a...
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19 Reasons The Navy Should Cut This $37 Billion Floating Eyesore
It costs $200 million.No wait, now it's $400 million. Hold on, what we meant was $440 million per ship.The Littoral Combat Ship is more than just an eyesore — it's a noncapable, cyber-vulnerable,...
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How The End Of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Will Force Gay Marriage
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) endorsed marriage equality today. Her statement about why focuses on a lesbian couple, one of whom serves in the Alaska National Guard.Murkowski says their lack of access...
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There's A New Bill To Keep Your TV (Or Xbox) From Spying On You
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill that would prohibit TV boxes or DVRs from automatically monitoring viewers to serve targeted ads, Hiawatha Bray of The Boston Globe reported earlier...
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Forget 'Red Lines,' The US Shouldn't Start Wars To Preserve Global Street-Cred
Jeffrey Goldberg makes a questionable assertion on Iran and Syria:Whether we like it or not, we are in a conflict with Iran, and our credibility is on the line.It’s true that many American politicians...
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2 NY Men Accused Of Trying To Create X-Ray Weapon To Secretly Sicken...
ALBANY, New York (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of...
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Women Can Certainly Make It In Special Ops, But There Will Be Issues
We’ve done several posts about women in combat and Special Ops from a wide range of view points. We even interviewed a female soldier attached to an ODA team in Afghanistan. The issue has never been...
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