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The CIA Lawyer Who Led a Secret Effort to Spy on the Senate

Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "Now the public can read an extraordinary, recently released memo written by the unnamed CIA lawyer who led the effort to improperly monitor Senate overseers, outraging Senator Dianne Feinstein and prompting calls for a new CIA director."
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Whistleblower John Kiriakou: 'I Would Do it All Again' to Expose Torture
Amy Goodman, Democracy NOW!
Goodman writes: "In a wide-ranging interview, Kiriakou says, 'I would do it all over again,' after seeing the outlawing of torture after he came forward."
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Civil Rights Attorneys Sue Ferguson Over 'Debtors Prisons'
Joseph Shapiro, Esquire
Shapiro writes: "In a new challenge to police practices in Ferguson, Mo., a group of civil rights lawyers is suing the city over the way people are jailed when they fail to pay fines for traffic tickets and other minor offenses."
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Kofi Annan: US Invasion of Iraq Created Islamic State
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Sunday that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq helped create the Islamic State group."
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Latin America's Mass Murderers to Be Tried in Italian Court
teleSUR
Excerpt: "After decades of impunity, those responsible for the wave of political violence that swept Latin America under the dictatorships of 1970s and 1980s will be tried in court this week in Rome, Italy."
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Euro Bankers Kick Syriza in the Face
Mark Weisbrot, CounterPunch
Weisbrot writes: "On Wednesday the European Central Bank (ECB) announced that it would no longer accept Greek government bonds and government-guaranteed debt as collateral."
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How Environmental Activists Turned a Pipeline Into a Climate Movement
Naureen Khan, Al Jazeera America
Khan writes: "Keystone XL has prompted thousands of protests in cities across the country, provoked a fierce political debate in Washington, sparked heated legal battles and galvanized a broad coalition of environmental activists in a way that few other issues have in the last generation."
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