New York Times finally takes on the role of American SWAT Teams. Nah, they're criticizing Brazil (which is pretty bad).
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News Roundup 2/7/20
US News Police officers hired 118 handymen then charged them with working without a license. [Link] Congress is investigating three fatal incidents that killed 17 US service members in 2017 and 2018. ProPublica investigations found that the deaths occurred because of...
1/24/20 Nozomi Hayase on Glenn Greenwald and the ‘Assange Precedent’
Scott talks to Nozomi Hayase about the movement to prosecute Glenn Greenwald for cybercrimes in Brazil. Greenwald is accused of helping to steal confidential text messages, as opposed to simply publishing information that had been hacked by someone else. This is...
Greenwald Interviewed on His Charges
In The New Yorker: The case against you relies in part on the claim that you helped in “facilitating the commission of a crime.” Did you do anything to encourage the hacking of cell phones or other devices? No. In fact, when the source first talked to me, he had...
News Roundup 1/22/20
US News Illinois changes a law that suspended driver's licenses for unpaid parking tickets. [Link] Reports say Trump will add seven countries to his travel ban list. [Link] Iranian students with valid visas are being detained when they get to the US and some of them...
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
Breaking in the New York Times. Note that this is the same as Trump's case against Julian Assange: The recipient and publisher of a leak is a co-conspirator with whoever did the leaking. It's a war against honesty in language first and foremost, and it's a threat to...
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Army Veteran Has Prosthetic Legs Repossessed After VA Refuses To Pay
NATO Is a Mess. It Is Time to End the Outdated Alliance.
On FPF #425, I explain why NATO should be dissolved. NATO leaders are meeting in London and there are plenty of issues among the members. Turkey is recently purchased Russian made air defense systems and is refusing to sign off on defense plans unless other countries...
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