Tuesday, August 4, 2015

RSN: Airline Ban on Transporting Game Trophies Grows, Execution of Gaddafi's Spymaster: A Perversion of Justice That Suits Western Security Services




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Robert Fisk | Execution of Gaddafi's Spymaster: A Perversion of Justice That Suits Western Security Services 
Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with Abdullah al-Senussi, his intelligence chief and brother-in-law. (photo: EPA) 
Robert Fisk, The Independent 
Fisk writes: "Gaddafi's spymaster Abdullah al-Senussi will be shot in Libya before he has a chance to tell us about the cosy relationship he had with our Western security services when he liaised between his boss, the CIA and MI6." 
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Airline Ban on Transporting Game Trophies Grows 
Sarah Larimer, The Washington Post 
Larimer writes: "Delta Air Lines and American Airlines will no longer allow the shipment of lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo hunting trophies, the carriers said Monday." 
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Cybersecurity Bill Could 'Sweep Away' Internet Users' Privacy, Homeland Security Warns 
Sam Thielman, Guardian UK 
Thielman writes: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday said a controversial new surveillance bill could sweep away 'important privacy protections,' a move that bodes ill for the measure's return to the floor of the Senate this week." 
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Zephyr Teachout on Getting Big Money Out of Politics in 2016 
Zephyr Teachout and Justin Miller, The American Prospect 
Miller writes: "In 2014, the campaign finance reform activist and Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig launched Mayday PAC - the super PAC to end super PACs." 
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Hundreds of Civilians Killed in US-Led Air Strikes on ISIS Targets 
Alice Ross, Guardian UK 
Ross writes: "The air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has killed more than 450 civilians, according to a new report, even though the US-led coalition has so far acknowledged just two non-combatant deaths." 
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Puerto Rico Defaults for the First Time 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The news comes after years of economic turmoil in the island, produced mainly by the 2007-2010 recession and housing crisis that have affected the United States, however this situation will hurt directly to the island's residents, since the debt is mostly owned by residents through credit unions." 
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Beyond Extinction: Transition to Post-Capitalism Is Inevitable 
Nafeez Ahmed, Medium 
Ahmed writes: "The risk of civilizational collapse and outright extinction is perhaps the clearest signal that there is something deeply wrong with the global system in its current form." 
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