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RSN: Bernie Sanders Could Be the Greenest Presidential Candidate Ever, Liberal, Labor Groups Fume as Obama Sells TPP at Nike HQ, GOP Delayed Reauthorization of Patriot Act After Court Ruling Against NSA




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Glenn Greenwald, Cora Currier and Andrew Fishman | US Government Designated Prominent Al Jazeera Journalist as "Member of Al Qaeda"
The U.S. government labeled the prominent journalist Ahmad Muaffaq Zaidan, Al Jazeera's longtime Islamabad bureau chief, as a member of Al Qaeda and placed him on a watch list of suspected terrorists. (photo: Stan Honda/AFP)
Glenn Greenwald, Cora Currier and Andrew Fishman, The Intercept
Excerpt: "The U.S. government labeled a prominent journalist as a member of Al Qaeda and placed him on a watch list of suspected terrorists, according to a top-secret document that details U.S. intelligence efforts to track Al Qaeda couriers by analyzing metadata."
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Liberal, Labor Groups Fume as Obama Sells TPP at Nike HQ
Jordan Fabian, The Hill
Fabian writes: "Many on the left say that the global shoe and apparel manufacturer is the poster child for what's wrong with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal Obama is negotiating with 11 other Pacific nations."
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Snowden, Assange and Manning Statues Erected
Molly Hannon, The Daily Beast
Hannon writes: "Sculptor David Dormino says Dead Poets Society inspired him to make statues of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning."
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GOP Delayed Reauthorization of Patriot Act After Court Ruling Against NSA
Dan Roberts and Sabrina Siddiqui, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Senate Republicans have conceded they may have to temporarily suspend plans for a long-term reauthorisation of the Patriot Act after a court ruling against its use by the National Security Agency dramatically turned around the prospects for surveillance reform in Washington."
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Expert: "Psychologists Who Aided Torture Should Be Charged"
Amy Goodman and Robert Jay Lifton, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "A new report alleges the APA, the world's largest group of psychologists, secretly coordinated with government officials to align its ethics policy with the operational needs of the CIA's torture program."
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Racist Texts Between San Francisco Cops Spark Review of 3,000 Arrests
Salvador Hernandez, BuzzFeed
Hernandez writes: "San Francisco's police chief is expected to recommend that six of the 14 officers allegedly involved in the communications be fired. Meanwhile, three judges will review thousands of cases handled by the officers to determine if bias played a factor."
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Bernie Sanders Could Be the Greenest Presidential Candidate Ever
Ben Adler, Guardian UK
Adler writes: "The Democratic presidential primary race got its second major candidate last week, and its first true climate hawk: Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, self-described democratic socialist."
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