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$0.60 For Cake: Al-Qaida Records Every Expense

Clues from Al-Quaida’s “meticulous bookkeeping techniques” point to a highly-structured multinational organization.

Rukmini Callimachi, the Associated Press
بواسطة Rukmini Callimachi, the Associated Press

 TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The convoy of cars bearing the black al-Qaida flag came at high speed, and the manager of the modest grocery store thought he was about to get robbed. Mohamed Djitteye rushed to lock his till and cowered behind the counter. He was dumbfounded when instead, the al-Qaida commander gently opened the grocery's glass door and

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Investigation Reveals Rampant Fraud by Privatized Hospice Groups

Siphoning billions of Medicare dollars, for-profit hospice companies found recruiting non-dying patients.

Lauren McCauley
بواسطة Lauren McCauley

A Washington Post investigation into the world of hospice care published Thursday found that what was initially intended to be a peaceful end-of-life alternative led by religious and community organizations, has now evolved into a $17 billion for-profit industry ripe with scams and abuse. Hospice care, which focuses on providing comfort to the

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Judge on NSA Case Cites 9/11 Report, But It Doesn’t Actually Support His Ruling

U.S. district court Judge William Pauley makes faulty reference to 9/11 report, while experts say the NSA could have avoided the pre-9/11 failure even without the metadata surveillance program.

Justin Elliot
بواسطة Justin Elliot

Update Dec. 28, 2013: In a new decision in support of the NSA's phone metadata surveillance program, U.S. district court Judge William Pauley cites an intelligence failure involving the agency in the lead-up to the 9/11 attacks. But the judge's cited source, the 9/11 Commission Report, doesn't actually include the account he gives in the ruling.

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Saudi Arabia To Give Lebanon $3 Billion To Strengthen Army

The deal, called the largest military grant in Lebanon’s history, includes weapons purchase from France.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia has pledged $3 billion to Lebanon to help strengthen the country's armed forces and purchase weapons from France, Lebanon's president said Sunday, calling it the biggest grant ever for the nation's military. Michel Sleiman, who made the surprise announcement in a televised national address, did not provide any further

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Israel Prepares To Free Palestinian Prisoners

With Netanyahu expected to accompany the releases with plans to build hundreds of new homes in Jewish settlements, criticism comes from some unlikely quarters.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a public uproar Monday over the impending release of more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks as part of a U.S.-brokered package to restart Mideast peace talks. With Netanyahu expected to accompany the releases with plans to build hundreds of new homes in

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NSA Intercepting Laptops Bought Online To Install Spy Malware

The NSA’s TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agency’s top secret weapon.

Common Dreams
بواسطة Common Dreams

Germany's Der Spiegel is reporting Sunday that the US National Security Agency (NSA), working with the CIA and FBI, has been intercepting laptops and other electronics bought online before delivery to install malware and other spying tools. According to Der Spiegel, the NSA diverts shipping deliveries to its own "secret workshops" to install the

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