Bill Simpich | State Secret: The Framing of Lee Oswald
Bill Simpich, Reader Supported News
Simpich writes: "My new book, State Secret: Wiretapping in Mexico City, Double Agents, and the Framing of Lee Oswald, tells the story of a Soviet defector who returned to the United States and how he was closely watched over the final four years of his life."
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Charles Pierce | The Bergdahl Chronicles: Murky Is as Murky Does
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The end of the day yesterday was enlivened by the news that several of the soldiers currently calumnizing Bowe Bergdahl were being prepped for the job by several ratfckers of the Republican kind, including a famous Twitter commando who once was tasked with keeping John Bolton's meds on schedule."
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The Top 5 Claims That Defenders of the NSA Have to Stop Making to Remain Credible
Cindy Cohn, Nadia Kayyali, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Excerpt: "If you hear any one of these in the future, you can tell yourself straight up: 'this person isn't credible,' and look elsewhere for current information about the NSA spying. And if these are still in your talking points (you know who you are) it's time to retire them if you want to remain credible. And next time, the talking points should stand the test of time."
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Amy Davidson | Bowe Bergdahl and the Guantánamo Paradox
Amy Davidson, The New Yorker
Davidson writes: "Want to be more sure that the people now at Guantánamo stay prisoners for an extended period of time? Then convict them of something; give them a sentence."
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Protesters Frack David Cameron's Home
Steven Swinford, Miranda Prynne, Telegraph.co.uk
Excerpt: "Environmental protesters this morning targeted David Cameron's home as the government unveiled new powers to enable fracking to take place under people's properties."
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Nearly 800 Dead Babies Found in Septic Tank in Ireland
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing fresh accusations of child abuse after a researcher found records for 796 young children allegedly buried in a mass grave beside a former orphanage for the children of unwed mothers."
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Major Companies Distance Themselves From US Chamber Campaign Against Obama's Climate Plan
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Israel writes: "Leading climate-friendly members of Chamber don't want to be associated with its anti-climate report. Several member companies, contacted by ThinkProgress, declined to endorse the Chamber's efforts against the administration's move to address a direct cause of climate change."
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