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Today's Buzz: Should U.S. arm Syrian rebels?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardLast week the Obama administration announced that it would begin arming rebels in Syria’s civil war, two years after the conflict began. The decision came as the White House said it had conclusive evidence that Syria had used chemical weapons...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Can the Obama administration be trusted?
— Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the U.S. Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security...Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, PRISM (surveillance program), National Government
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Too much secrecy threatens our security
After I downgraded the scandal value of the National Security Agency's massive gathering of our phone records and email data, a curious reader raised a thoughtful question: Would I "have the same tone if this story broke while (George W.) Bush was prez?"...Tags: Justice System, Politics, PRISM (surveillance program), National Government, Email
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After NSA leak, Obama finally admits security-liberty choice
Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope — the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security Agency's recording...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Software Industry, Edward Snowden, Government, National Security Agency
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Pushing the envelope on data collection, NSA-style
WASHINGTON - Thirty-five years ago in United States v. Choate, the courts ruled that the Postal Service may record "mail cover," i.e., what's written on the outside of an envelope -- the addresses of sender and receiver. The National Security Agency's...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Software Industry, Edward Snowden, Government, National Security Agency
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Jeffrey Goldberg: Obama's plan to arm Syrian rebels falls short
Here are five observations, most of them depressing, about the Syrian civil war, formulated in light of the announcement by the White House that President Bashar al-Assad's regime has, in fact, used chemical weapons and that, in response, the U.S. will...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Nuclear Policy, Weaponry, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program
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6/15
Electing Republicans to run the government, which they do not believe in, is like electing atheists to run a religion. It is nonsense for us to become embroiled in Syria in support of the so-called rebels, who are affiliated with al-Qaida, the sworn...Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Elections, Orlando Predators, Personal Weapon Control
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Allentown's Syrian community mostly against U.S. intervention
Two years of civil war have torn Syria apart, pitting neighbor against neighbor in sectarian strife that has decimated the country and killed tens of thousands of innocents. In Allentown's tight-knit Syrian community, things are far less splintered....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Weaponry, Christianity, Politics
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NSA surveillance defeats democracy
"And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other tool provided in the Patriot Act, charges of abuse of power...Tags: George W. Bush, Jarmes R. Clapper, FBI, Lawyers, F James Jr Sensenbrenner
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A journalist abroad, charting America's clandestine 'Dirty Wars' ★★★
Richard Rowley's documentary "Dirty Wars" is a sobering account of acclaimed journalist Jeremy Scahill's reporting on the war on terror in the Middle East and Africa, and the effect its clandestine operations have had not just on those shaken by its...
Tags: Anwar al-Awlaki, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Movies, Wars and Interventions
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Islamist terrorists still aspire to kill you
Very smart libertarians often make an argument against muscular counterterrorism efforts (I prefer this term over "war on terror," because "war on terror" reminds me of Donald Rumsfeld). It goes like this: Why do we obsess over terrorism when a) guns, b)...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Boston Marathon, Civil Rights, Jihad
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Is collecting phone records an outrage?
A few weeks ago, the Obama administration found itself under attack from Republicans as well as journalists for its handling of an investigation of a leak to the Associated Press about an al-Qaida operation. It seems the Justice Department had gone to...Tags: Justice System, Lindsey O. Graham, National Security Agency, Verizon Communications, John Boehner
Jun 17, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 17, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 15, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 16, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
Jun 14, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 15, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 14, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 13, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 13, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jun 12, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 12, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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