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RSN: John Kiriakou | Newly Declassified Documents Shed Light on Gina Haspel's Involvement at Guantanamo
 John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News Kiriakou writes: "Last week, the Central Intelligence Agency declassified what at first glance appears to be an innocuous transcript of a request for discovery and witnesses made by Guantanamo defense attorneys during a hearing in the 'trial' of 9/11 suspect Khalid Shaikh Muhammad." READ MORE  Joan Baez. (photo: Ty Hyten)
Joan Baez: On Art, Activism, and Letting Things Go
T. Cole Rachel, The Creative Independent Rachel writes: "Musician and activist Joan Baez reflects on retirement, switching gears creatively, and why giving people options is more important than telling them what to do." READ MORE  Supporters of Amendment 4 talk to voters at Charles Hadley Park in Miami before the November 6 election. (photo: Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Alice Speri | 1.4 Million Felons Get Their Voting Rights Back in Florida Today, Whether Republicans Like It or Not
Alice Speri, The Intercept Speri writes: "More than 1 million Florida residents will become eligible to vote on Tuesday as the newly amended state constitution restores voting rights to most of its previously disenfranchised felons." READ MORE  TSA workers. (photo: Nam Y. Huh)
Federal Workers Protest Against Government Shutdown Across the Country
Elham Khatami, ThinkProgress Khatami writes: "As the partial government shutdown stretches into its third week - making it the second longest shutdown in U.S. history - federal workers in Philadelphia took to the streets Tuesday to protest the White House and congressional inaction that has left them without work and pay for 18 days." READ MORE  Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview in Moscow. (photo: Thomson Reuters)
Russian Who Attended Trump Tower Meeting Charged With Obstruction of Justice
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK Swaine writes: "A Russian lawyer who met senior aides to Donald Trump in 2016 had previously 'secretly schemed' with the Russian official who was purportedly offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton, US authorities have alleged." READ MORE  Qunun left the airport hotel on Monday afternoon. (photo: Royal Thai Police)
Saudi Teen Who Fled Family Under Protection of UNHCR
Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Excerpt: "The father and brother of an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family and barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room, saying she feared they would kill her, have arrived in Thailand, Thai officials said Tuesday." READ MORE  Canadian mega pipeline construction. (photo: Jerome Charaoui)
Canada Police Raid Indigenous Checkpoints Against Mega Pipeline
teleSUR Excerpt: "Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, is evicting two camps located on Wet'suwet'en territory, enforcing a court order that upheld in December a private company's request to exploit a pipeline crossing indigenous land." READ MORE |
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