Protesters have long decried the lack of transparency around TPP negotiations. (Photo: SumofUs/flickr/cc)

After Years Of Backroom Secrecy, Public Will Finally Get To See Full TPP Text

Legislative clock starts ticking as Obama administration prepares to release text of pro-corporate trade deal.

by Deirdre Fulton

Secrecy Over TPP Fuels Growing Opposition In Congress

More and more lawmakers joining opposition to corporate-friendly trade deal over lack of transparency.

Secrecy Over TPP Fuels Growing Opposition In Congress

Support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is dropping in response to the lack of transparency over the controversial deal. (Photo: Backbone Campaign/flickr/cc) The back-room push for the corporate-friendly Trans-Pacific Partnership (

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Virtually everything about this kind of NSA surveillance is highly secret and we’re left with far from a full picture.

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Among the snooping revelations of recent weeks, there have been tantalizing bits of evidence that the NSA is tapping fiber-optic cables that carry nearly all international phone and Internet data. The idea that the NSA is sweeping up vast data streams via cables and other

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