Thursday, March 6, 2014

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Dan Froomkin | The Inverse of Oversight: CIA Spies on Congress
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan. (photo: AP)
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
Froomkin reports: "In the wake of an explosive new allegation that the CIA spied on Senate intelligence committee staffers, one senator felt this morning that he needed to make something clear."
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As EU Meets, Crimea Moves to Hold Vote on Joining Russia
David M. Herszenhorn and Alan Cowell, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Ignoring pressure and objections from the West and from Ukraine's fledgling national government, the pro-Russian authorities in Crimea pressed ahead on Thursday with plans to break away from Ukraine and become part of Russia."
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US Drones: 'Psychological Torture' From Above and the Resistance From Below
Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams
Lazare reports: "Campaigners on the ground say the accumulated years spent living under constant threat of death from above are sowing tragedy, 'psychological torture,' and resistance across the country."
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Senate Rejects Obama Nominee for Justice Department Civil Rights Post
Dan Roberts, Guardian UK
Roberts reports: "President Barack Obama's fragile authority in the US Senate was dealt another blow on Wednesday as seven Democrats rebelled against the administration to block the appointment of Obama's controversial pick to run the civil rights division of the Department of Justice."
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Virginia GOP Opposes Medicaid Expansion Despite Benefits to Their Districts
Robert McCartney, The Washington Post
McCartney reports: "Virginia House Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford) is leading the campaign to block Medicaid expansion even though the largest hospital in his Fredericksburg district says it desperately needs the money."
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NRA Campaigns Against the Plan to Save the World's Elephants
Hayes Brown, ThinkProgress
Brown reports: "The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Friday asked its 3.1 million members to call their representative in Congress and urge them to block a rule designed to protect the world's elephants from being poached into extinction."
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