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Stephen Benavides, Truthout: In its current configuration, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2014 will effectively authorize indefinite surveillance of everyone.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/17070-indefinite-surveillance-say-hello-to-the-national-defense-authorization-act-of-2014



Obama s Crackdown Views Leaks as Aiding Enemies of US

Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers: Obama s unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of ''insider threat'' give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range of other conduct.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/17141-obamas-crackdown-views-leaks-as-aiding-enemies-of-us



Whistleblowing 2.0: From the Pentagon Papers to Bradley Manning to PRISM

Patrick McCurdy, Waging Nonviolence: Being a whistleblower often comes with harsh consequences, yet what is even more dangerous is a society whose citizens are afraid to speak truth to power.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/17155-whistleblowing-20-from-the-pentagon-papers-to-bradley-manning-to-prism

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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Slams Surveillance State, Hails NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/21-5

Corporatizing National Security: What It Means
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/21-3

Another Brick in the Wall: Supreme Court Shields Corporations From the Law (As Usual)
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/21-6

Corporations have Constitutional Rights. Unions? Not So Much
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/06/21-4

NSA ''Disappears'' Its Own Fact Sheet on Spying Program
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/06/26-3

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Why the Washington elite hates Edward Snowden

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

06/21/13

Every in-group has its internal rules and regulations, its assumptions about what is right and good and what is beyond the pale, and regarding this last, what is clear is that disrespecting or in any way denigrating the wit and wisdom, never mind the authority, of our Wise Rulers is first on the list of Politico s Don ts. Washington is all about secrets, and access to power: to reveal the former is to surrender the latter, and in Washington that is unthinkable. So instead of investigating the abuses of power, our 'journalists' spend their days sucking up to Power, as is underscored in this Politico piece, entitled 'The Leaker Who Won t Stop Talking'...

http://tinyurl.com/othvscj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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'Absolute surveillance' 'beyond the imaginable', major global corporations secretly help NSA
http://ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/11547/



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