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FBI Request To Tech Companies Made Public For First Time

“There’s a behind the curtains push” to pressure “groups who either don’t want to fight or are otherwise inclined to help the FBI get the records they want. And it’s all happening in secret.”

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GOOGLE PRIVACY

For several years internet and tech companies have been struggling with federal agencies, including the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, over whether companies must legally furnish private user data without a warrant. This ongoing conflict, happening largely behind the scenes, was brought to public attention earlier this month when

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GOP Adjourns Session Of US Lower House Amid Sit-in Over Gun Control

The US Republican Party adjourned, early Thursday, a session of the House of Representatives amid an hours-long sit-in staged by the Democratic Party, which is demanding the adoption of tougher gun controls, local media reported.

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Over 100 Democrats began a sit-in on the House floor shortly before noon on Wednesday, demanding House Speaker Paul Ryan put two pieces of gun legislation to a vote. Republican lawmakers voted in favor of adjourning the session shortly after midnight in an effort to put an end to the 16-hour long sit-in. The next session of the House is scheduled

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Did George W. Bush Bless Israel’s Killing of Yasser Arafat With Polonium?

French jurists delayed their decision on whether to reopen an investigation into the cause of Yasser Arafat’s death, but mounting evidence of polonium poisoning and shocking admissions suggest an explosive assassination cover-up has been underway for over a decade.

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A Palestinian youth walks next to a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in the northern West Bank village of Kabatyeh, Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Arabic text quotes a famous idiom meaning "We are holding to our promise." (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

On Friday, a French court ruled to postpone a decision on whether to resume an investigation into the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat until June 24 or July 8. This comes amid growing suspicions that Israeli agents assassinated him using polonium poisoning. In 2012, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader’s widow, Suha

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Pentagon And CIA Supporting Opposing Syrian Rebel Groups

The Pentagon and the CIA are involved in an embarrassing infighting over Syria: incredible as it may seem, the two US government’s services are supporting different rebel groups, while their goals on the ground are somehow not overlapping.

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Tawfiq Hassan

While the Syrian Arab Army assisted by Russia is gaining ground in Syria, eliminating Daesh and al-Qaeda terrorists, Washington is yet to decide whom exactly it supports in the Middle Eastern region. And here is the rub, since Washington has at least two versions of what it should do in Syria. "Two Department of Defense officials told The

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FBI ‘On Very Fine Line’ With Anti-Terror Sting Ops In Mosques

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is on questionable ground when infiltrating mosques and arresting young Muslims as they attempt to head overseas to join extremist groups, political advocacy group American Muslims for Trump Director Sajid Tarar told Sputnik.

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FBI agents enter Trenton City Hall, Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Trenton, N.J.

WASHINGTON  — Tarar pointed out that his backing Trump, who has angered many Muslims by calling for a ban on Syrian refugees entering the United States, stems from the candidate’s willingness to say that radical Islam is a threat to Western civilization. Muslims for Trump plans to participate in a fundraiser with another organization called the

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West’s Most Powerful Meet at Bilderberg Annual Bash in Germany

Politicians, bankers, influential leaders and chiefs of major global businesses are meeting at the annual Bilderberg conference in Germany from Thursday (June 9), during which global matters, including relations with China and Russia, as well as the the migration crisis will be discussed.

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An activist protests near the meeting place for the conference of the Bilderberg Group meeting in Sitges, Spain, Thursday, June 3, 2010. The Bilderberg Group is an unofficial conference of around 130 invitation-only guests who are insiders in politics, banking, business, military and the media. The group's meetings are held in secret and are closed to the public. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is set to rub shoulders with ex-CIA Director David H. Petraeus, Philip M. Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, ex-British MI6 chief John Sawers and IMF boss Christine Lagarde at the 64th Bilderberg meeting, which is set

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Assange: Google Heavily Integrated With The US Establishment

US tech giant Google is heavily integrated with the US establishment and is allying with the US exceptionalism campaign, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said.

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As much as 80 percent of the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) budget is privatized, demonstrating the merger between Washington and corporate organizations, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Tuesday. A video link up with Julian Assange, journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, at the session, End of the Monopoly: The Open

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