Friday, March 14, 2014

RSN: TransCanada Whistleblower's Evidence Ignored, Keystone XL South Rushed Into Operation, et al



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Robert Parry | Obama Has Stumbled Into a Constitutional Firefight
President Barack Obama during his remarks on the George Zimmerman case. (photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "When historians set off to write the story of Barack Obama's administration, they will have to struggle with why the 44th President chose not to hold his predecessor accountable for grave crimes of state and why he failed to take control of his own foreign policy."
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White House Withholds Thousands of Documents From Senate CIA Probe, Despite Vows of Help
Jonathan S. Landay, Ali Watkins, Marisa Taylor, McClatchy
Excerpt: "The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for its investigation into the now-defunct CIA detention and interrogation program."
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Nick Turse | American Proxy Wars in Africa
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Turse writes: "Since 9/11, the U.S. military has been making inroads in Africa, building alliances, facilities, and a sophisticated logistics network."
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SCOTUS Ruled in Favor of the Nation's Top Corporate Interest Group in 7 of 8 Cases This Term
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser reports: "So far this term, the Supreme Court handed down eight cases where the United States Chamber of Commerce filed a brief - and a majority of the justices sided with the Chamber in all but one of these decisions."
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5 Reasons Americans Are Getting Fatter: It's Not Just the Food
Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet
Rosenberg reports: "Still there are scientific reasons why Americans are blimping up and they aren't limited to eating too much and exercising too little."
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TransCanada Whistleblower's Evidence Ignored, Keystone XL South Rushed Into Operation
ulie Dermansky, EcoWatch
Dermansky reports: "Pipeline safety regulators in North America have done nothing but write warning letters to TransCanada in the two years since former employee Evan Vokes revealed evidence indicating the company had been breaking the rules."
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Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf at Heart of Political Battle in Southwest
Laura Paskus, Al Jazeera America
Paskus reports: "As state and federal political administrations have changed over time, support for the program to recover the Mexican gray wolf population has waxed and waned. Southwestern ranchers remain virulently opposed to the predator."
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