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on June 13, 2013 in World News

Troops ‘targeted by NSA for anti-Obama views’

The NSA is systematically monitoring the Internet posts and telephone  conversations of U.S. military returning from Afghanistan, according to a  civil-liberties attorney. “The FBI and the Secret Service are showing up to request an interview to  question specific Internet posts the veteran has placed on websites such as  Facebook,” explained attorney John Whitehead, founder of the Rutherford  Institute. Whitehead said the agencies are looking for “anti-Obama views that can be  interpreted to reflect psychological problems of sufficient seriousness to  disqualify the veteran from ever owning a firearm.” Whitehead told WND credible sources within the National Security Agency have  told him… View Article

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on June 13, 2013 in World News

Caller phoned 999 to tell police his prostitute was ugly

A MAN dialled 999 to complain to police that a  prostitute was UGLY after  meeting her outside a hotel. The caller told West Midlands Police he wanted “to report her for breaching  the Sale of Goods Act”. But an officer in the call centre at Solihull, Birmingham, responded by  telling the man the woman had not committed any offences and explained to  him  that soliciting for sex was illegal. The force has now sent the man a letter warning him about wasting police  time. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “A 999 call was received by police  at around… View Article

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on June 13, 2013 in World News

Breaking: Obama Threatens Veto of Religious Protection for Military

Breitbart News last week that Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) passed an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee protecting religious speech of service members in the military. President Barack Obama has now threatened to veto the bill if it passes the full House and Senate. The White House released a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) on H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014. Among other items, the SAP includes as an objection to the bill: Expansion and Implementation of Protection of Rights of Conscience of Members of the Armed Forces and Chaplains of Such Members: The Administration strongly… View Article

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on June 12, 2013 in World News

‘I’m firing!’: California grandma, 72, shoots intruder but misses

A 72-year-old Southern California grandmother who shot at — and narrowly  missed — a man trying to break into her home said Tuesday she was shocked at the  attention her action was getting but does not regret defending herself and her  husband, an 85-year-old World War II veteran who uses a wheelchair. Jan Cooper, of Anaheim, fired one shot from her .357 Magnum Smith &  Wesson revolver around 12:30 a.m. Sunday as a man attempted to break into her  home. During a 911 call during the incident, Cooper can be heard begging with  the dispatcher to send deputies and warns… View Article

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on June 12, 2013 in World News

University of BC Doctors Expose Vaccination Cover-up: Official Documents Released From The UK

Dr Chris Shaw, from the University of British Colombia’s (UBC)  Department of Ophthalmology, Visual Sciences, Experimental Medicine and Neuroscience published a paper in the Journal Inorganic Biochemistry along with his colleague, Dr.  Lucija Tomljenovic that revealed Government experts have known about the dangers associated with vaccinations. They investigated information exposing a 30 year scandal of official meetings by UK government vaccine committees and independent medical ‘experts’ with drug industry connections. The paper is at the bottom of the article under “sources”. A Freedom of Information Act request filed with the CDC  seeking information on what the CDC knows about the dangers of vaccines, had… View Article

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on June 12, 2013 in World News

Off-duty cops collect DNA samples at Alabama roadblocks

Off-duty cops in two counties in Alabama spent the weekend collecting saliva  and blood samples from drivers at roadblocks. According to Lt. Freddie Turrentine with the St. Clair County Sheriff’s  Department, drivers were asked to voluntarily offer samples of their saliva and  blood for a study being conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research and  Evaluation. The drivers were compensated for their samples. “They’ve got big signs up that says ‘paid volunteer survey’ and if they want  to participate they pull over there and they ask them questions and if they are  willing to give them a mouth swab they… View Article

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on June 11, 2013 in World News

Ron Paul Reacts to the NSA

  Like most people, former representative Ron Paul (R., Texas) learned the details of the federal government’s far-reaching surveillance program when he read about it over the weekend. But as someone who has spent the last several decades warning of government’s encroachment on civil liberties, he wasn’t exactly shocked by the revelations. “The thought of our government doing this wasn’t a bit of a surprise,” he tells National Review Online. “I assumed they had been doing it. They’ve had the authority to do it. I said that’s what the Patriot Act would end up doing.” At the very least, the official… View Article

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on June 10, 2013 in World News

Military told not to read Obama-scandal news

Military told not to read Obama-scandal news President Obama has said the outrage over the federal government’s decision  to monitor citizens’ phone activity is all “hype. He might want to share his opinion with the U.S. Air Force, which is ordering  members of the service not to look at news stories about it. WND has received an unclassified NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) that warns airmen not to look at news stories related to the data-mining scandal. Want  to know how and why America has so rapidly come to resemble the totalitarian  society described by novelist George Orwell in “1984,” one… View Article

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on June 10, 2013 in World News

The Untouchables: NY Senate passes bill making ‘annoying’ police a crime

The New York State Senate passed a controversial bill on Wednesday that aims to classify ‘aggravated harassment of a police officer’ as a crime, but will it give the authorities the green light for strong-arm tactics if passed? Sponsored by Senator Joe Griffo, Bill S.2402 would make it a felony to “harass,  annoy, or threaten a police officer while on duty.”   “Our system of laws is established to protect the foundations  of our society,” Senator Griffo said. “Police officers who  risk their lives every day in our cities and on our highways  deserve every possible protection, and those who… View Article

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on June 10, 2013 in World News

DHS defends suspicionless searches of laptops and cell phones

  The United States government doesn’t need a reason to seize and search the cell phones, laptops and other electronic devices of Americans entering the country, according to a Department of Homeland Security document provided to the press this week. The DHS has long insisted that border agents and immigration  officers are allowed to collect the electronics of US citizens  crossing into the country without reason or cause, but a December  2011 document made public this week once and for all shines a  light on a sparsely discussed security-measure that has attracted  the attention of privacy advocates and others who’ve… View Article

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