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Greenwald | From MLK to Anonymous, the State Targets Dissent
Glenn Greenwald, Guardian UK
Greenwald writes: "A prime justification for surveillance - that it's for the benefit of the population - relies on projecting a view of the world that divides citizens into categories of good people and bad people. In that view, the authorities use their surveillance powers only against bad people, those who are 'doing something wrong,' and only they have anything to fear from the invasion of their privacy."
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Glenn Greenwald, Guardian UK
Greenwald writes: "A prime justification for surveillance - that it's for the benefit of the population - relies on projecting a view of the world that divides citizens into categories of good people and bad people. In that view, the authorities use their surveillance powers only against bad people, those who are 'doing something wrong,' and only they have anything to fear from the invasion of their privacy."
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Human Rights
Watch: Syria 'Used Chemical Weapons Again'
Associated Press
Excerpt: "A leading human rights group says it has strong evidence that Syria's army used chemical weapons on rebel-held areas last month."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "A leading human rights group says it has strong evidence that Syria's army used chemical weapons on rebel-held areas last month."
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Russia Keeps
Its Distance After Ukraine Secession Referendums
Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times
MacFarquhar writes: "Russia stopped short on Monday of outright recognition of the contentious referendums organized by separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, Russian-speaking provinces of southeast Ukraine, instead using the results to intensify pressure for a negotiated autonomy for those provinces."
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Neil MacFarquhar, The New York Times
MacFarquhar writes: "Russia stopped short on Monday of outright recognition of the contentious referendums organized by separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, Russian-speaking provinces of southeast Ukraine, instead using the results to intensify pressure for a negotiated autonomy for those provinces."
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Florida Couple
Fined $746 for Crime of Feeding Homeless People
Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress
Keyes writes: "After feeding the hungry in a Daytona Beach park every weekend for more than a year, it's just as easy to imagine Chico and Debbie Jimenez given a ticker-tape parade as what they actually got: a slew of citations and a permanent ban from the park."
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Scott Keyes, ThinkProgress
Keyes writes: "After feeding the hungry in a Daytona Beach park every weekend for more than a year, it's just as easy to imagine Chico and Debbie Jimenez given a ticker-tape parade as what they actually got: a slew of citations and a permanent ban from the park."
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Obama's
Decision on US Deportations Poses Political Risks
Jeff Mason and Julia Edwards, Reuters
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama's decision on possible changes to U.S. deportation policy sets up an election-year skirmish that could help Democrats win points with their political base while irritating Republicans who are open to immigration reform."
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Jeff Mason and Julia Edwards, Reuters
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama's decision on possible changes to U.S. deportation policy sets up an election-year skirmish that could help Democrats win points with their political base while irritating Republicans who are open to immigration reform."
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Senate
Deadlocks on Energy Bill, Ending Chances of Keystone XL Vote
Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Kane writes: "The Senate deadlocked Monday on a bipartisan energy bill, with Republicans mounting a filibuster that also is likely to end any near-term consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal that has become a key issue in several critical elections."
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Paul Kane, The Washington Post
Kane writes: "The Senate deadlocked Monday on a bipartisan energy bill, with Republicans mounting a filibuster that also is likely to end any near-term consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal that has become a key issue in several critical elections."
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