- Media seeks Guantanamo force-feeding videos—"[T]he Defense Department has classified the videos as 'secret' national security information." Politico
- U.S. Court Rules Constitutional Rights Don't Apply for Americans Overseas
- Federal judge rules U.S. no-fly list violates Constitution—Blatantly anti-liberty.
- Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for seven years in Egypt—"Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of Al-Jazeera English sentenced on terrorism-related charges."
- Pair wrapped bacon around door handles of Edinburgh mosque
- Hannity Goes After Muslim Student Who Asked Question At Benghazi Panel
- Blackwater trial defence raises possibility of witness coaching—"Lawyers for ex-Blackwater guards accused of killing 14 in Baghdad in 2007 say prosecution witnesses 'orchestrated' stories."
- TSA Agent Arrested For Dealing Cocaine
- Reporter Who Was Wrong About Iraq: Stop Criticizing Those Who Were Wrong About Iraq—Never forget the cunt-astic coverage of war whoring Judith Miller.
- Megyn Kelly Takes On Another Iraq War Architect
- NYT Journalist Stands Behind Her John Bolton Reporting Amid GOP Outrage
- Thank God For Dick Cheney (Really)—"The more the former vice president talks, the better Obama seems."
- Cheney doesn't want to talk about 'what happened 11 or 12 years ago'
- Iraq dredges up painful memories for GOP—"Amid the renewed chaos in the country, key figures from George W. Bush's administration have reemerged in the public spotlight, bringing fresh attention to past mistakes the GOP would rather forget."
- This Leading GOP Congressional Candidate Insists We Found Saddam's WMD Program—"Former Army officer Steve Russell claims his friend discovered Iraq's nuclear weapons program—but says the war had nothing to do with WMDs anyway."
- US fired depleted uranium at civilian areas in 2003 Iraq war, report finds—"Dutch peace group Pax says findings show US was in breach of official advice meant to prevent suffering in conflicts."
- Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman who ordered Saddam Hussein's death in 2006 reportedly killed by jihadists
- MI6 Fears 300 Islamist Fighters Back In UK—"An ex-intelligence chief tells Sky News that security services face a "nightmare" tracking militants who return to Britain."
- Jihad in Syria lures Somalis from Minnesota
- Obama Warns Threat From Iraq Militants Could Grow
- Why the Iraqi army can't defeat ISIS
- Hezbollah: Gulf states will regret funding ISIS
- The Christian family refusing to give up its Bethlehem hill farm—And doing it peacefully.
- Presbyterians Vote to Divest Holdings to Pressure Israel—"The church voted at its general convention to divest from three companies that it says supply Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory." NYT
- Palestinian boy, 7, dies of injuries from Israeli air strike: medics
- Israel continues crackdown in Palestine in search for settlers—"Israeli troops arrested 30 more Palestinians in the West Bank Wednesday night as they ramped up a massive search for three young settlers believed to have been kidnapped."
- Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenager Protesting Arrests in the West Bank NYT
- Attack from Syria kills Israeli teen; Israeli military kills two Palestinians
- HRW: Israel orders removal of security camera that showed Nakba killings
- Palestinian village wins UNESCO listing against Israel barrier plan—"A Palestinian village joined UNESCO's world heritage sites list on Friday after an emergency nomination meant to try to block Israel from building a barrier across its ancient farmland."
- Court releases DOJ memo justifying drone strike on US citizen
- "Civilian casualties" authorized under secret US drone-strike memo—"US justifies killings as acts of war despite civilian deaths, global precedent."
- When drones fall from the sky—"More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, showing the potential dangers of throwing open U.S. skies to drone traffic, according to a year-long Washington Post investigation." WaPo
- US officials move to ban drones from national parks
- African firm is selling pepper-spray bullet firing drones
- VA deaths covered up to make statistics look better, whistle-blower says
- Every Senior V.A. Executive Was Rated 'Fully Successful' or Better Over 4 Years NYT
- GOP Sen. Ron Johnson: It costs too much to fund the VA—Support the troops, and then don't.
- VA looks into the fatal shooting by police of KC veteran Issac Sims
- Marine vet says VA classified him as dead
- Government's PTSD treatment for veterans lacking, report finds LA Times
- Arizona judge rules pot can be used for PTSD
- British Army turns to Oculus Rift to take the sting out of battlefield trauma
- Airman on his way to report for duty gets stranded in Price, community comes to his rescue
- Marine who took grenade blast for comrade receives Medal of Honor
- Baxter's back! Family agrees to return deployed soldier's beloved dog after girlfriend sold him on Craigslist... even though their children were attached to him—The parents did the right thing.
- Vet says he was asked to leave Walgreens because of service dog
- Baton Rouge Hotel Reprimanded for Refusing Service Dog—"The front desk worker told the family she was aware of laws protecting access for service dogs, but the owner insists."
- Local sailor ordered to be in court, despite being out to sea—"Hindes' Navy commanders point to the 'Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.' [...] But circuit court judge Margaret Noe in Michigan denied that protection for Hindes." Grounds for mistrial?
- Reps. Goodlatte And Ruppersberger Admit That NSA Is Warrantlessly Spying On Americans' Communications
- The NSA's mass surveillance program for phone call metadata is still going
- New leaks show Germany's collusion with NSA—"Several new Snowden-leaked documents show how closely Germany's intelligence agencies work with the NSA. But did the German government deliberately soften laws protecting privacy to make life easier for them?"
- Looks like someone's profiting from Snowden—European defense firms—"Chill is just beginning for US cloud companies as governments seek local help."
- Microsoft: NSA security fallout 'getting worse' ... 'not blowing over'
- 'That is total bullsh*t!': Glenn Greenwald and Iraq War vet square off on Snowden leaks
- Ralph Fiennes hits out at internet surveillance and loss of press freedom—"Actor says lack of web privacy is 'frightening' and Russian media has had its 'spine snapped' over reporting on anti-gay measures."
- Seizing data for 2.5 years amounts to "general warrant," court says—"Decision limits government powers to search seized computer data carte blanche."
- Poorly anonymized logs reveal NYC cab drivers' detailed whereabouts—"Botched attempt to scrub data reveals driver details for 173 million taxi trips."
- Delaware Attorney General Throws Subpoeana At Reddit Over Comment On Photo Of Two People Having Sex Behind A Dumpster—Over consensual sex.
- New sensors will scoop up 'big data' on Chicago
- The Surveillance/Police State: Assisting the Dismantling of Inalienable Rights
- US police departments are increasingly militarised, finds report
- Illinois buys cell-tracking gear complete with NDAs, no-bid process—"Homeland Security grant funded secret buy of stingrays for state police."
- Google, Microsoft Commit to 'Kill Switch' Phone Tech—Worked well for Apple, but the question remains, will this 'feature' be turned against us?
- Researchers Find and Decode the Spy Tools Governments Use to Hijack Phones—Whoops, too late.
