James Bamford | Trump's War on the US Intelligence Community

James Bamford | Trump's War on the US Intelligence Community

James Bamford | The White House's Leak Hunt Is Battling the Wrong Enemy With the Wrong Weapons

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FOCUS: James Bamford | The White House's Leak Hunt Is Battling the Wrong Enemy With the Wrong Weapons 

James Bamford, NBC News
Bamford writes: "The Trump administration has declared all-out war on leakers, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is focusing on individuals who have given the news media comparatively small amounts of White House information."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
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Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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RSN: Evidence Points to Another Snowden at the NSA

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FOCUS: James Bamford | Evidence Points to Another Snowden at the NSA 
 
James Bamford, Reuters 
Bamford writes: "Rather than the NSA hacking tools being snatched as a result of a sophisticated cyber operation by Russia or some other nation, it seems more likely that an employee stole them. Experts who have analyzed the files suspect that they date to October 2013, five months after Edward Snowden left his contractor position with the NSA." 
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RSN: Why the Current Approach Against ISIS Will Fail, Colorado School Board Scraps Plan to Teach Students Whitewashed View of U.S. History After Uproar

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James Bamford | The NSA and Me

James Bamford, The Intercept
Bamford writes: "My goal was to draw attention to the dangers the agency posed if it is not closely watched and controlled-dangers that would be laid bare in stark detail by Edward Snowden years later."
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Colorado School Board Scraps Plan to Teach Students Whitewashed View of U.S. History After Uproar
Jack Healy, The New York Times
Healy reports: "A battle over teaching American history that stirred student protests and kindled a debate about censorship in schools reached an emotional climax on Thursday night."
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Scott Ritter | Why the Current Approach Against ISIS Will Fail
Scott Ritter, Reader Supported News
Ritter writes: "The key to victory over the Islamic State is to be able to get at what is, figuratively and literally, inside the building."
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Tweet: Ferguson Grand Jury, 'No Evidence to Indict Darren Wilson'
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Prosecutors are investigating a Twitter post claiming that grand jurors hearing evidence in the police shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old near St. Louis haven't seen enough evidence to justify prosecuting the officer."
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Atul Gawande | The Ebola Epidemic Is Stoppable
Atul Gawande, The New Yorker
Gawande writes: "What is disturbing, though, is that the hospital's initial mistake is hardly unusual in our health system. Other hospitals might not have been any better prepared to avoid it."
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Pope Francis Expected to Win Nobel Peace Prize Over Poverty Focus
Mikael Holter, Bloomberg News
Holter reports: "A Japanese group seeking to preserve pacifism in the Asian nation's constitution and Pope Francis, who has made the fight against poverty a focus of his tenure, are among the top contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize."
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Japan Braces for 300-Mile-Wide Typhoon
Sky News Weather
Excerpt: "And after dozens of deaths following three previous typhoons in Japan this year, forecasters say further devastation is possible."
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Unpatriotic?

When those few brave souls stood and questioned the US invasion of Iraq, they were called 'Unpatriotic,' yet history has proven the right.

Let's not make the same mistakes over and over.

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