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NYPD-CIA domestic spying program legality questioned

AP Photo WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA’s top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment. Normally, when the […]

Michael Bloomberg, Ray Kelly

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA's top lawyer never approved sending a veteran agency officer to New York, where he helped set up police spying programs, The Associated Press has learned. Such approval would have been required under the presidential order that Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said authorized the unusual assignment. Normally, when the

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SOPA/PIPA debate may find resolution in OPEN Act

Representative Darrell Issa (MintPress)—On January 18th, several popular websites participated in a 24-hour Internet blackout, forcing Congress to rethink the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA). The OPEN Act, which was introduced by Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) yesterday, is […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
بواسطة Janessa Schilmoeller
Reddit Blackout Screenshot

(MintPress)—On January 18th, several popular websites participated in a 24-hour Internet blackout, forcing Congress to rethink the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (PIPA). The OPEN Act, which was introduced by Representative Darrell Issa

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Could a $1 Trillion Student Loan Forgiveness Policy Jump Start the Economy?

  (MintPress)— The numbers are alarming: $1 billion, $1 trillion. The former is the amount of federal student loans taken out last year, the first time student borrowing has hit that benchmark over the span of one year. The latter is the total amount of outstanding student loan debt that borrowers face – again, a […]

Joey LeMay
بواسطة Joey LeMay

  (MintPress)— The numbers are alarming: $1 billion, $1 trillion. The former is the amount of federal student loans taken out last year, the first time student borrowing has hit that benchmark over the span of one year. The latter is the total amount of outstanding student loan debt that borrowers face - again, a first. According to Julie

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Details of his vast personal fortune trail Romney

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Under duress two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney acknowledged he has invested part of his millions in the Cayman Islands, although his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven. Neither Romney nor his campaign provided details, such as how much he […]

Mitt Romney

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Under duress two days before the pivotal South Carolina primary, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney acknowledged he has invested part of his millions in the Cayman Islands, although his aides say he never used the location as a tax haven. Neither Romney nor his campaign provided details, such as how much he has invested

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Occupy movement unites diverse participants with common goals

AP Photo (Mint Press)—Every generation needs a new revolution. Wise words – courtesy of Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of America. If you’re wondering if Jefferson was right or not – just take a look at what’s going on with the Occupy movement in the U.S. right now.  The movement was born in […]

Carissa Wyant
بواسطة Carissa Wyant
As Congress returns from its winter recess, protesters aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement demonstrate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(Mint Press)—Every generation needs a new revolution. Wise words - courtesy of Thomas Jefferson, one of the founding fathers of America. If you’re wondering if Jefferson was right or not - just take a look at what’s going on with the Occupy movement in the U.S. right now.  The movement was born in September of 2011, when protesters, backed by the

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Anti-Terrorism regulations block vital lifeline to Somalia

AP Photo (MintPress)—Over a hundred Somali Americans gathered outside a Wells Fargo bank in Minneapolis, MN last Friday, January 13th to take action against US banks that have closed money transfer services to Somalia because of complex federal regulations. A small group of the protesters took turns closing their Wells Fargo accounts as part of […]

Janessa Schilmoeller
بواسطة Janessa Schilmoeller
Seven month old Somali boy Minhaj Gedi Farah

(MintPress)—Over a hundred Somali Americans gathered outside a Wells Fargo bank in Minneapolis, MN last Friday, January 13th to take action against US banks that have closed money transfer services to Somalia because of complex federal regulations. A small group of the protesters took turns closing their Wells Fargo accounts as part of Somali

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