Thursday, October 6, 2016

RSN: Not One New York Police Officer Has a Body Camera, US Drives Rainforest Destruction by Importing Amazon Oil, Study Finds, Fox News' Stunningly Racist Interview in Chinatown Won't Do Any Favors for Donald Trump




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Robert Reich | Why We Need a Universal Basic Income 
Robert Reich. (photo: AP) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "The economy we're heading toward could offer millions of people more free time to do what they want to do instead of what they have to do to earn a living."
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NSA Contractor Arrested, Criminally Charged With Stealing Secrets 
Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica 
Farivar writes: "A government contractor with top-secret clearance was arrested in late August and criminally charged with 'unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials by a government employee or contractor.'" 
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Not One New York Police Officer Has a Body Camera 
Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times 
Goldstein writes: "In 2013, after finding the department's stop-and-frisk practices unconstitutional, the judge ordered that a pilot program be established in at least five precincts. Three years later, not one of the department's approximately 35,800 officers is wearing a body camera." 
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Top CIA Officers to Face Questions About Brutal Interrogations in Civil Suit 
Greg Miller, The Washington Post 
Miller writes: "Two former high-ranking CIA officials will be compelled to answer questions under oath about the agency's brutal interrogations of terrorism suspects, a federal judge ruled Tuesday as part of a lawsuit brought against former CIA contractors by the American Civil Liberties Union." 
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Fox News' Stunningly Racist Interview in Chinatown Won't Do Any Favors for Donald Trump 
Esther Yu Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress 
Yu Hsi Lee writes: "In a Fox News segment filled to the brim with offensive stereotypes about Asians, reporter Jesse Watters took to the streets of New York City's Chinatown ostensibly to interview Chinese people about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump." 
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Iraqi Group to Sue US for 2003 Invasion 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "After the U.S. Congress struck down sovereign immunity and allowed citizens to sue Saudi Arabia, Iraqis say they deserve to do the same against the U.S." 
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US Drives Rainforest Destruction by Importing Amazon Oil, Study Finds 
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK 
Milman writes: "US imports of crude oil from the Amazon are driving the destruction of some of the rainforest ecosystem's most pristine areas and releasing copious amounts of greenhouse gases, according to a new report." 
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