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U.S. military options in Syria remain challenging
Reuters* Obama likely to keep cautious on arming rebels * White House plays down prospects of no-fly zones * U.S. 'boots on the ground' also unlikely By David Alexander and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is promising to...Tags: John McCain, U.S. Military, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry
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Hero or traitor, Snowden driven by fear of government intrusion
ReutersBy John Shiffman and Daniel Trotta June 10 (Reuters) - A high school dropout who became a whiz at information technology, Edward Snowden was the son of parents who divorced in 2001, the year he turned 18. Twelve years later, he would catapult to...Tags: Daniel Ellsberg, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Technology, Organized Crime
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NSA surveillance defeats democracy
"And so the charges of the hysterics are revealed for what they are: castles in the air. Built on misrepresentation. Supported by unfounded fear. Held aloft by hysteria. On this and every other tool provided in the Patriot Act, charges of abuse of power...Tags: Arts and Culture, F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Justice System, Jarmes R. Clapper, Libraries
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Military sexual assault: Senate approves new procedures
The Senate Armed Services Committee endorsed several steps to improve prosecution of military sexual assault on Wednesday during a rare open debate of its annual defense policy bill, but it killed a controversial proposal opposed by Pentagon leaders....
Tags: Parties and Movements, National Defense Authorization Act, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. House of Representatives, Prosecution
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FBI director defends secret surveillance programs
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller III strongly defended the government’s secret collection of millions of phone logs and emails Thursday, saying federal judges, Congress and the Department of Justice inspector general’s office...
Tags: National Security Agency, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, FBI, Police Investigations, Justice System
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Military doctors urged to refuse force-feeding at Guantanamo
ReutersBy Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. military doctors should refuse orders to force-feed hunger strikers at the Guantanamo detention camp because it violates their ethical obligations, two doctors and a medical...Tags: Cuba, Human Rights, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Military, Suicide
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Boeing, Bell win multibillion-dollar contract for 99 V-22s
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co and Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc , on Wednesday won an additional $4.9 billion contract for work on 99 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, on top of a $1.4 preliminary contract awarded in December. The deal, which...Tags: Boeing Co., Military Equipment, Textron Incorporated
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State Plan For Cyber Threats To Electric Grid Taking Shape
The Hartford CourantDan Esty, the state's energy commissioner, sat across a conference table from Art House, Connecticut's head utility regulator, in the bunker of the State Armory in Hartford last July for a drill that simulated a statewide response to a major hurricane....Tags: West Hartford, Labor Day, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Central Intelligence Agency, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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LETTER: Military Leaders Part Of Sex Assault Problem
The increase in reported sexual assaults prompted the nation's top military leaders to testify at Capitol Hill to defend their ability to handle these cases within their chain of command [June 5, news, "Pentagon Blasted On Sex Assaults"]. It seems our...Tags: Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. charges eight for cybercrime targeting banks, government
Reuters(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Wednesday unveiled criminal charges against eight people accused of trying to steal at least $15 million from U.S. customers in an international cybercrime scheme targeting accounts at 15 financial...Tags: Theft, Kiev (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Prosecution, Justice System
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FACTBOX-Nine cases of Americans indicted for media leaks
ReutersBy David Ingram and Joseph Ax June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors are increasingly seizing on an anti-espionage law to pursue Americans suspected of divulging government secrets to the press, a major shift in the use of a 1917 law that was designed to...Tags: Daniel Ellsberg, Central Intelligence Agency, Prosecution, Justice System, Pentagon Papers Release (2011)
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