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A European Court Just Ruled NSA Surveillance Practices Violate Human Rights

The suit was brought by Amnesty International, Big Brother Watch, the ACLU, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, and other civil liberties groups.

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Last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the U.K.’s GCHQ spy agency is in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights with its mass surveillance programs. The court ultimately found that these activities violate the family and privacy rights of British and European citizens, and this assertion ultimately includes a

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Spain Cancels Saudi Arms Sale Over Yemen War Crime Concerns

Madrid plans to pay back the $10m it has already received as part of the deal.

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Though the United States and the United Kingdom receive the most widespread criticism for supplying weapons to the Saudi government, which has been condemned for causing thousands of civilian deaths in Yemen, other Western governments are also complicit. In 2015, the Spanish government sold the Kingdom 400 bombs in exchange for $10.6 million and

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Internet Users Crowdfund Release of 4,358 CIA MKUltra Documents

Black Vault, a website that publishes government documents, appealed to the internet for help after the CIA refused to waive the fee it was demanding to release the documents.

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A redacted CIA document showing Sidney Gottlieb's June 9, 1953 letter approving an MKUltra sub-project on LSD. Photo | Public Domain

A crowdfunding campaign has succeeded in raising the funds necessary to pay a Freedom of Information Act request fee for documents related to the CIA’s controversial MKUltra program. John Greenewald of Black Vault, a website that publishes government documents, appealed to the internet for help after the agency refused to waive the $425 fee it

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Ohio Cop Shoots Journalist After Mistaking Tripod For Gun

“I turned around from the Jeep and it seemed like instant, I heard pop-pop, … I was just doing my job.”

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Police officer holds a gun near the Olympia shopping centre after a shooting was reported there in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, July 22, 2016. Several people have been reported to be killed. (Lukas Schulze/dpa via AP)

A police officer in Clark County, Ohio opened fire on a journalist Monday night after he mistook the reporter’s camera equipment for a weapon. The incident occurred around 10 pm after Andy Grimm, a photographer for the New Carlisle News who was out photographing a thunderstorm — due to pass the small town about 20 miles north of Dayton — began

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Military Drones Will Soon Replace Police Helicopters In Neighborhoods Near You

American law enforcement agencies are getting their hands on the same drones that have been carrying out airstrikes and surveillance on foreign battlefields.

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A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper taxis down an Afghanistan runway. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)

According to the defense contractor that developed the Predator and Reaper drones for the United States military’s operations in the Middle East, drones will have begun to replace piloted law enforcement helicopters by the year 2025. On Monday, it was reported that the contractor, General Atomics (GA), is pressing hard for the Federal Aviation

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Russia Responds To US Sanctions By Dumping The Dollar

The sanctions bill, born of U.S. politicians’ continuing accusations that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, was passed by Congress and sent to Trump’s desk for final approval at the end of July.

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Following new sanctions against Russia that President Donald Trump signed into law last week, Moscow responded Monday by announcing Russia will speed up work on reducing the country’s dependence on Western payment systems and the U.S. dollar in general, according to Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency. “We will, of course, intensify work

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Private Prison Demands 300 More Prisoners Or It Close Down

The corporate entity that operates the facility, CoreCivic — formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America — is the second-largest private prison company in the nation.

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New prisoners at the Department of Youth Services Detention Center begin the intake process by being searched Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002. (AP Photo/Will Shilling)

New Mexico — A small community in New Mexico is learning firsthand the consequences of relying on corporate industry to fuel your economy. In the case of Torrance County, it’s the private prison industry. From a July 25 article by the Santa Fe New Mexican: “The company that has operated a private prison in Estancia for nearly three decades has

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