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Peter Dreier, Truthout: Billionaires from the Walden family to Bill Gates to the Koch brothers have spent millions defaming public education. Now filmmakers Jim and Dawn O'Keefe offer an antidote.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17455-go-public-finally-a-film-that-celebrates-public-schools



Extensive Koch Links to New Right-Wing $250 Million Mega Fund

Nick Surgey, PRWatch: The shadowy, Koch-funded 'Freedom Partners' group posted its first federal tax report, which uncloaked several Koch-related entities that were previously unknown. New details of the group s spending are available for the first time.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/18919-revealed-extensive-koch-links-to-new-right-wing-250-million-mega-fund



Six Ways Neoliberal Education Reform May Be Destroying a College Near You

Owen Davis, AlterNet: Those who have followed K-12 reforms see the writing on the wall for higher education. To truly remedy the system, higher education must be understood as a public good, rather than private commodity available only to those who ll pay the asking price.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/19339-six-ways-neoliberal-education-reform-may-be-destroying-a-college-near-you



Are the Koch Brothers the New "Copper Kings"?

The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: The ghost of William A. Clark, the corrupt "Copper King," is alive and well in the form of billionaires such as the Koch Brothers, who are corrupting our political process while destroying the environment and poisoning us.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/19569-are-the-koch-brothers-the-new-copper-kings

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Blessed Are the Rich

By Jim Hightower

One thing I have come to value in the last couple of years is the altruism and keen economic insights of the fourth-richest man in America: Charles Koch.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35652.htm

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Trojan Horse for mass indoctrination
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/24467.html

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Koch Bros. Financial Cabal Exposed
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/09/12-1

How a Koch Brothers 'Business League' Spent $236 Million to Frame the Debate
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/13-0



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Cato Institute
by Nat Hentoff

07/10/13

At long last, enough members of Congress have rediscovered their primary reason for being there at this defining time in U.S. history, to rescue the disappearing Constitution...

http://tinyurl.com/lu982nj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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The Daily Take, The Thom Hartmann Program: Taking wage policy advice from Charles Koch is like taking advice on how to run a neighborhood watch program from George Zimmerman.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17520-the-koch-brothers-are-waging-war-against-the-poor



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Snowden bestreitet, Daten russischen oder chinesischen Geheimdiensten weiter gegeben zu haben, neben Prism hat die NSA ein weiteres Lauschprogramm...

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39492/1.html



''Für viele Chinesen ist es bizarr, wenn sich Washington weiter als das größte Opfer von Cyberspionage inszeniert''

Zum Auftakt des bilateralen Strategischen und Wirtschaftlichen Dialogs wird deutlich, dass China nach den NSA-Enthüllungen anders auf die Vorwürfe der Wirtschaftsspionage reagiert.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39496/1.html



Neue NSA-Dokumente enthüllen die Zusammenarbeit von Microsoft mit der NSA

Danach hat Microsoft Hintertüren eingebaut, der Konzern und die US-Geheimdienste weisen dies zurück.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39499/1.html



Bürokratische Wahnsysteme

Nach der US-Armee verbietet auch das US-Heimatschutzministerium seinen Angestellten den Zugriff auf veröffentlichte Geheimdokumente.

http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39519/1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/07/11

NSA Sued Over 'Blatantly Unconstitutional Attack on Civil Liberties'
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/16-9

Looming Decision on Manning s 'Aiding the Enemy' Charge Threatens to 'Hammer Down' Future Whistleblowing
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/16-4

The Sky Darkens for American Journalism
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/25-8

Manning and Snowden Light Path for the US to Return to Its Better Self
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/26-7

Govt. Prosecution 'Not Based in Fact,' Says Manning s Defense on Final Day
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/26-3

National Lawyers Guild: Harper Government Ignores Torture Opponents? Call to Ban Dick Cheney from Canada or Prosecute Him
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2013/10/16-3

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Privacy Coalition Sues NSA to Halt Dragnet Surveillance

Candice Bernd, Truthout: A broad coalition of 19 political advocacy groups led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit against the NSA Tuesday for violating their First Amendment rights by collecting their call records.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17623-privacy-coalition-sues-nsa-to-halt-dragnet-surveillance



The Administration Versus James Risen

Charles M. Smith, Truthout: The recent case against journalist James Risen is a reflection of the government s ongoing war against journalism, especially in the wake of the NSA surveillance program. We as citizens must work to protect those who fight for the truth.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/20139-the-administration-versus-james-risen

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Bradley Manning: US 'aiding the enemy' charge a travesty of justice: Amnesty

''The charge of 'aiding the enemy' is ludicrous. What s surprising is that the prosecutors in this case, who have a duty to act in the interest of justice, have pushed a theory that making information available on the internet, whether through Wikileaks, in a personal blog posting, or on the website of The New York Times, can amount to 'aiding the enemy'.''

http://is.gd/KNHAsq



'Snowden won t disclose more docs, I have thousands': Greenwald

Edward Snowden is unlikely to make new revelations since ''he doesn t want to end up in a cage like Bradley Manning'', said The Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, adding that he himself decides what to publish from the thousands of leaked documents.

http://is.gd/h5LEzU



Bush-Cheney began illegal NSA spying before 9/11, says telcom CEO

Contradicting a statement by ex-vice president Dick Cheney on Sunday that warrantless domestic surveillance might have prevented 9/11, 2007 court records indicate that the Bush-Cheney administration began such surveillance at least 7 months prior to 9/11.

http://digitaljournal.com/article/352455



Journalist James Risen Ordered to Testify in CIA Leaker Trial

By Ed Pilkington

Appeals court rules that reporters have no first amendment protection that would safeguard confidentiality of their sources.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35604.htm



Bradley Manning 'Aiding the Enemy' Charge is a Threat to Journalism

By Yochai Benkler

Without an informed and free press, there cannot be an enlightened people. That s what this trial is really about.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35606.htm



How Bradley Manning s 'aiding the enemy' charge could jolt journalism

If publishing sensitive government information online, even with the intent of exposing perceived wrongdoing, is 'aiding the enemy,' investigative journalism could be seriously affected.

http://is.gd/1gtcdP



James Risen s Risk of Prison Means Journalism is Being Criminalised

By Lindsey Bever

That a New York Times national security reporter may be jailed for refusing to name a source is a total affront to press freedom.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article35829.htm



Why an Iraqi Single Mom Is Suing George W. Bush for War Crimes

Saleh is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit targeting six key members of the Bush Administration: George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, and Paul Wolfowitz. In Saleh v. Bush, she alleges that the Iraq War was not conducted in self-defense, did not have the appropriate authorization by the United Nations, and therefore constituted a 'crime of aggression' under international law.

http://is.gd/vWxsMz



It Is Time For Journalists To "Surrender Or Fight.

By Savannah Luschei

James Risen faces incarceration after refusing to comply with a 2008 subpoena issued by a federal grand jury demanding that he testify in the case of former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterlin.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36894.htm


From Information Clearing House

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NZ Government: iJournalists must be treated as Spies
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=579_1375101344


From ECOTERRA Intl.



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