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News
Updated August 14, 2013 - 10:33 PM EDT
Egypt: Hundreds Die In Raids On Morsi Camps
 
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The Truth About Searches of Americans' Email
 
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  NSA Backlash Dominates Kerry's Visit to Brazil
  Q&A: Edward Snowden Speaks to Peter Maass
CIA Won't Acknowledge Drone Targeted Killings
 
  Drone Strikes in Yemen Show Flaws of US Strategy
Palestinian Prisoners Freed, Court Nixes Appeal
 
  Israel Violates Peace Talk Deal, Announces More Settlement Expansion
  Even Worse Odds Than in 2008 for Mideast Deal
Air Force Nuke Unit Fails Key Security Test
 
  Irony Alert: Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as 'National Security Threat'
  Pentagon 'Realignment' Could End AFRICOM, Merge Commands
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Obama Says Snowden No Patriot – How Would Ben Franklin's Leak Be Treated Today?  by Tom Mullen
After Guantánamo, Another Injustice  by John Grisham
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