- David Miranda: 'They said I would be put in jail if I didn't co-operate'
- David Miranda, schedule 7 and the danger that all reporters now face—"As the events in a Heathrow transit lounge – and the Guardian offices – have shown, the threat to journalism is real and growing."
- Is Glenn Greenwald's journalism now viewed as a 'terrorist' occupation?—"David Miranda's detention shows that being the partner of the man who interviewed the NSA whistleblower is enough to see you treated like a terrorist."
- White House Had Advance Notice on Heathrow Detention—Claims they didn't sanction his detainment. WSJ
- Snowden journalist to publish UK secrets after Britain detains partner
- Britain forced Guardian to destroy copy of Snowden material—Different unnamed officals were quoted as saying, "You've had your fun. Now we want the stuff back."; "We can call off the black helicopters"; and "You've had your debate. There's no need to write any more."
- Time for Answers from the NSA—"After a report of 2,776 privacy violations, even NSA defenders are getting fed up."
- N.S.A. Calls Violations of Privacy 'Minuscule' NYT
- Feds target instructors teaching how to beat polygraph tests
- Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches—Thanks Obama!
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NZ PM John Key appeared to lose patience with a journalist at a media conference today—Walked on being asked about the spying bill.
- UK: Police 'spied on activists for blacklisting agency'—"Whistleblower says he believes he personally collected intelligence that later appeared in files of agency."
- Poll: 82% Of Americans Believe U.S. Is Losing 'War On Drugs'
- Grand Jury Decides Not to Charge Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Youth in Bronx—Over a bag of marijuana? NYT
- American Drug War: U.S. Prosecution Tactics Frees Colombian Nationals
- In 2011, 1 in 25 Americans was arrested—"The War on Drugs still accounts for startling arrest rates, borne out in FBI stats." Salon
- Father of foster child who died speaks to KVUE—Daughter taken away from pot-smoking parents died in foster care.
- Student left in DEA cell to get $4 million from US—Doesn't look like anyone's getting fired or publicly reprimanded over this.
- Mexican Cartels Are Recruiting US Soldiers As Hitmen, And The Pay Is Good
- More Fast and Furious guns surface at crimes in Mexico
- Owner irked after raid on Arlington's 'Garden of Eden'—"They came here under the guise that we were doing a drug trafficking, marijuana-growing operation. They destroyed everything." They being a SWAT Team.
- Arlington Farm Owners Demand Apology From Police After Drug Raid Comes Up Empty
- Texas Police Hit Organic Farm With Massive SWAT Raid
- Feds Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Unprecedented Rate
- Feds Raid Pot Dispensaries in Washington, Where the Drug is Legal
- California Democratic Party Marijuana Resolution Asks Obama To End Federal Crackdown
- New York 'stop and frisk' policy ruled discriminatory—"New York City's police department violated the civil rights of thousands [NYT] through its stop and frisk policy, a US judge has ruled. Judge Shira Scheindlin said police chiefs 'turned a blind eye' to evidence that officers had discriminated by race when making the stops." Unconstitutional.
- Cop Cams Ordered To Help Fix NYC Stop-And-Frisk
- Mayor Bloomberg Loves Cameras Watching Everyone... Except His Cops
- Holder To Announce Move Against Mandatory Minimum Sentencing—"Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes, divert people convicted of low-level offenses to drug treatment and community service programs and expand a prison program to allow for release of some elderly, non-violent offenders."
- Mandatory Drug Sentences Author: 'We May Have Overreacted'—"Former Rep. E. Clay Shaw, Jr., who helped draft the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, says it's time to reconsider."
- Welcome drug prosecution reform still needs Congress's help
- Fareed Zakaria: "If our Politicians can take on the prison lobbies, there is hope for America."
- Supreme Court: California must continue prisoner release
- FCC slashes what prisoners pay for phone calls—" A decade after families of prison inmates asked for action, the Federal Communications Commission agreed to limit how much companies can charge for phone calls made from behind bars."
- Judge to open documents in Idaho prison lawsuit—"Inmates at the Idaho Correctional Center... brought the lawsuit in 2010, contending the [Corrections Corporation of America]-run prison was so violent that prisoners called it 'Gladiator School.'"
- CCA warden says he didn't know about understaffing
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed—"I apologize because I didn't look hard enough, until now. I didn't look far enough. I didn't review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis."
- Charlotte's Web
- NJ governor: Ease access to kids' medical pot
- Pro-marijuana ads pulled from NASCAR's Brickyard 400
- Federal Drug Agency Denies Marijuana Is Less Toxic Than Alcohol—Lying liars.
- As haze clears, are American opinions on marijuana reaching tipping point?
- Florida: Backer says passion, not politics, motivates medical-marijuana drive
- Quinn to Sign Medical Marijuana Bill—"Illinois will become 20th state in the union to allow for medical marijuana use; New law takes effect Jan. 1."
- New York City Comptroller John Liu calls for legalized pot in NYC—The money earned can be used to fund education.
- Canada: Trudeau says he supports legalizing marijuana
- Legal Weed is Hurting San Francisco's Hippies
- A push in Mexico City to legalize marijuana use
- Uruguay's lower house votes to legalize marijuana—The UN's International Narcotics Control Board is "concerned," but this may be the "tipping point" on the war on drugs.
- Big Marijuana lobby fights legalization efforts
- Pope Francis attacks drug legalisation in Latin America—Just when I was starting to like the guy.
