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US Department of Justice launches new intel-gathering program to ‘counter extremism’

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September 16, 2014
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The US Department of Justice said it is launching a national pilot program in a number of cities to try and detect American extremists interested in joining terrorist organizations and...

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SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR: ‘Drones will create Orwellian future’

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September 15, 2014
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US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has voiced concerns that, without sufficient protections, the age of unmanned drones and ubiquitous surveillance will usher in an “Orwellian world.” Sotomayor told faculty...

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[WATCH]DC cop under fire by own chief after harassing man filming arrest

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September 13, 2014
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The Police Chief in Washington, DC, is speaking out against one of her officers and in support of a man who stopped to record police arresting a man on a...

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[VIDEO]’His hands were up!’ New footage shows Ferguson witnesses reacting to teen’s death

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September 12, 2014
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New footage of the moments just after Ferguson, Missouri teenager Michael Brown was killed by a local police officer indicates that a witness on the scene said the unarmed 18-year-old’s...

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VETO: Missouri lawmakers approve 72-hour wait for abortions

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September 11, 2014
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Missouri’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted late Wednesday to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s earlier veto of a bill that institutes a 72-hour waiting period before a woman can have an abortion. Missouri...

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FBI: Entirety of US gov’t has been hacked, leading to ‘unprecedented’ collaboration with industry

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September 11, 2014
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Every sector of the United States government has likely been hacked at some point, according to the FBI, which has lent to “unprecedented” partnerships with private industry to protect financial...

Battle for the Net: ‘Neutrality’ is fundamental basis of the Internet

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September 11, 2014
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Battle for the Net, an internet freedom campaign joined by heavyweights of the internet industry, has succeeded in sending millions of public comments to US authorities criticizing the two-tiered internet...

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Google, Yahoo, Apple urge US govt to protect email privacy

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September 11, 2014
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Dozens of tech giants, including Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook and Twitter, have written to the US government urging ‘to bring to the floor’ a bill which gives more privacy protection...

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Police agencies that use military weapons at riots may be forced to repay federal grants

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September 10, 2014
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A representative of the DHS, one of three federal agencies responsible for allocating military equipment to local police forces, indicated during the first congressional hearing devoted to the last month’s...

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Armed citizen militias build up along US-Mexico border

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September 10, 2014
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Armed militias continue to patrol the United States-Mexico border seeking to repel any migration north, but critics warn that these self-styled ‘freedom defenders’ lingering on private land represent a powder...

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UP IN SMOKE: Philadelphia set to decriminalize marijuana possession

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September 10, 2014
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The Mayor of Philadelphia has agreed to endorse legislation that decriminalizes the possession and public consumption of marijuana, making it one of the largest American cities to turn back punitive...

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Ferguson public meeting erupts in anger and accusations

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September 10, 2014
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The Missouri town’s first public meeting since the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown, 18, killed by a white police officer on August 9, turned chaotic with audience members...

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NRA goes head-to-head with billionaire Bloomberg’s anti-gun campaign

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September 9, 2014
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The National Rifle Association and its 5 million members are attempting to win over US public opinion in the debate over guns against the efforts of former New York City...

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REPORT: Congress won’t address NSA reform until after mid-term elections, may delay until 2015

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September 8, 2014
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As the November midterm elections inch closer, the chances of Congress taking up a widely supported bill that would reform the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance program are gradually shrinking....

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[VIDEO] Bronx man claiming police brutality, incident caught on video

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September 8, 2014
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A New York man says multiple police officers beat and pepper-sprayed him for no reason other than that he asked a question – and video footage seems to back him...

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[VIDEO] Oregon man arrested for filming SWAT raid

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September 8, 2014
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Footage recently posted to YouTube shows an Oregon man being arrested for filming, or “interfering” with, a militarized police raid across the street from his apartment. The man – whose...

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Snowden extradition from Switzerland unlikely if he appears for NSA testimony

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September 8, 2014
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Switzerland will most likely guarantee safety to National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, if he comes to testify against the NSA’s spying activities, Swiss media said. REPORT: Leaks from Snowden...

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NYPD officers to begin testing body cameras this fall

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September 6, 2014
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The New York Police Department announced it will start outfitting dozens of officers with body cameras this fall – an effort that could potentially see the entire agency embrace the...

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[WATCH] Man refuses to let cops search house without warrant, films police despite protests

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September 5, 2014
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A video recently uploaded to Facebook shows a man demanding a search warrant of police officers at his door who claimed the man could be harboring a criminal. Police in...

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Riot erupts after prison break from Nashville juvenile jail

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September 4, 2014
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Two dozen teens broke out of a common area at a Nashville juvenile detention center late Wednesday, wandering around the yard inside the facility’s fencing with wooden sticks and fire...

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Celebrity nude photos hack turns into child porn case

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September 3, 2014
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Investigations into the hacking of celebrities’ iPhone accounts, which resulted in the leak of nude or semi-nude photos of various female personalities, have turned into a child abuse case, as...