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Officials say that more than a dozen classified rulings have created a secret body of law that gives the NSA the power to gather massive information collections on Americans.  The data collection is not just restricted to terrorism suspects but

Some lawmakers in Iceland have proposed granting Edward Snowden citizenship. Snowden is thought to be in the Moscow airport, waiting to hear from the countries from which he has sought asylum.   Iceland requires that Snowden would need to be

Al Hayat TV is reporting that Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi is under house arrest.  However, Morsi’s spokesman denied the report to ABC News. On Tuesday, Egypt’s military imposed a deadline for Morsi to resolve the situation after days of massive

Apple will pay for and build a massive solar powered plant to serve a giant data center in northern Nevada. “The Fort Churchill Solar Array, to be built in Yerington, was included in a filing Monday by NV Energy Inc.

On Monday, Cablevision filed an emergency application for a stay with the Supreme Court to suspend the National Labor Relations Board actions against the company.  The Obama administration has ignored the court’s decision that Obama’s recess appointments were unconstitutional and

The Guardian has published a list of countries where Edward Snowden has made applications for asylum. Currently, Snowden is in the transit area of the Moscow airport waiting to find some place who will accept him.  Some countries have indicated

Glenn Greenwald made an appearance on Fox News this morning, promising more leaks and accusing the Obama administration of targeting Snowden to intimidate whistleblowers within his administration. Interviewed by Eric Bolling, Greenwald said:  What the Obama administration wants…is to make

According to the latest IBD/TIPP Presdential Leadership Index, Obama’s approval rating is at a record low.  The Presidential Leadership Index dropped to 43% from 49% a month ago.  “The 11.7% slide was the worst since Obama took office. For the

President Obama, who did not hesitate to take a stand against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, has urged “restraint” in Egypt and avoided addressing the question as to whether Morsi should step down.  Millions and millions of Egyptians

Wikileaks released this statement today from Edward Snowden. In the letter, Snowden rips Obama for rejecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, revoking his passport, and claims Obama is afraid of a constitutional government and informed public. One week ago

This weekend we saw another leak from Edward Snowden, this time regarding the United States spying on the European Union’s mission in New York and it’s embassy in Washington DC.  One document lists 38 embassies and missions, describing them as

On Monday morning, protestors stormed the national Muslim Brotherhood Headquarters in Cairo.  “People are reported to have ransacked the building in the eastern Moqattam district and also set it on fire.” Millions of protestors took to the streets on Sunday

A bipartisan group of Senators sent a letter yesterday to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asking for answers about domestic surveillance programs.   Of particular concern was “business records” provision of the PATRIOT Act being reinterpreted to “allow the

The father of Edward Snowden has offered the US a deal that he thinks would lead to the return of his son to the US. The proposal was revealed in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and obtained by

Speaker John Boehner is already getting pressured regarding the immigration bill the House will consider when they return on July 10th.  Heritage Action for America and Club for Growth are sending signals to the Speaker they are going to keep

A newly released report from the NSA’s Inspector General reveals that a program code named Stellar Wind was collecting bulk metadata on the emails of Americans. The program Stellar Wind was revealed before by Bill Binney, so it isn’t entirely

Speaker John Boehner said today that any House-Senate compromise must have majority of the House GOP support before he will bring to the entire House for a vote. “For any legislation — including the conference report — to pass the

In press conference in Africa, President Obama said today that he won’t be “wheeling and dealing” to extradite Edward Snowden calling him a “29-year old hacker.”  “I’m not going to have one case with a suspect who we’re trying to

State GOP leaders are set to run television attack ads against Pro-immigration bill Democrats up for reelection in 2014.   “It’s just another sign that even vulnerable Democrats like Landrieu, Begich, Hagan and Pryor are more loyal to Chuck Schumer and

As Edward Snowden is assumed to be somewhere in the Moscow airport, Ecuador asked the US for reasons why it should not grant him asylum.  “The government of Ecuador has requested that the U.S. submit its position regarding this applicant

Glenn Greenwald, who was the first to break the Edward Snowden/NSA Scandal, has written today in the Guardian about his persecution by the media for covering the story.  Greenwald says he has been “fully expecting those kinds of attacks since

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