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James Bamford | The Multibillion-Dollar US Spy Agency You Haven't Heard Of 
Have you heard of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency? (photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District/Getty Images/Foreign Policy) 
James Bamford, Foreign Policy 
Bamford writes: "On a heavily protected military base some 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., sits the massive headquarters of a spy agency few know exists. Even Barack Obama, five months into his presidency, seemed not to have recognized its name." 
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Secret Service Sought Extra $60 Million for Trump-Era Travel and Protection, Files Show 
Drew Harwell and Amy Brittain, Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post." 
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Trump's Staff Wanted Military Vehicles for the Inaugural Parade, Emails Reveal 
Drew Schwartz, Vice News 
Schwartz writes: "President Trump's transition staff was "seriously considering" putting the US's military prowess on display at his inaugural parade by featuring heavy military vehicles, according to new emails obtained by the Huffington Post." 
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Muslims Inside FBI Describe Culture of Suspicion and Fear: 'It Is Cancer' 
Spencer Ackerman, Guardian UK 
Ackerman writes: "Muslim special agents and intelligence analysts at the FBI are reporting a climate of fear inside the agency coinciding with the political ascendance of Donald Trump, the Guardian has learned." 
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Watch Al Franken Shut Down Gorsuch's Cruel Decision in the 'Frozen Trucker' Case 
Laurel Raymond, Think Progress 
Raymond writes: "Senator Al Franken (D-MN), as he said himself during Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing on Tuesday, used to have 'a career in identifying absurdity' as a humorist and one of SNL's original writers." 
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Four Dead, at Least 20 Injured in UK Parliament 'Terrorist Incident' 
Toby Melville and William James, Reuters 
Excerpt: "An assailant stabbed a policeman and was shot by police just outside Britain's parliament building in London on Wednesday in what police described as a 'terrorist incident.'" 
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These Two Rivers Were Just Given the Same Legal Rights as Humans 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "While the U.S. makes it easier for coal companies to dump mining waste into streams and waterways, other countries are acknowledging the importance of water and granting personhood to these precious resources." 
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