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Stanford Study: It Is Trivially Easy to Identify People With Metadata

Before Edward Snowden, NSA overreach was unknown. Now, collecting metadata can be more revealing than listening in to the content of phone calls.

John Glaser | AntiWar
بواسطة John Glaser | AntiWar

When the NSA’s bulk collection of every single American’s phone records was disclosed this past summer, defenders of the program argued it was not invasive surveillance because it’s only metadata (who you called, when, and for how long) and doesn’t include the identity of the callers or the content of the conversation. “There are no names, there’s

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In Alberta, Environmental Regulators Now Funded by Fossil Fuel Industry

‘How unbiased can this be?’ ask critics of regulator stacked with oil industry players.

Jacob Chamberlain
بواسطة Jacob Chamberlain

Alberta, home to massive tar sands reserves, has a new environmental regulator in town. Only this one is funded entirely by the fossil fuel industry, the Edmonton Journal reports Monday. Roughly 150 publicly funded environment department staff including fish and wildlife officers, forestry officers, biologists, rangers and others who watch

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Activists: Syria Will Let Food Into Rebel Town

The deal accepted by the town of Moadamiyeh is one of a number of short-lived, local truces reached between opposition-held towns and government forces in recent months.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of a blockaded rebel-held town near Damascus raised the flag used by the government of President Bashar Assad in a deal that sees them accept symbolic humiliation in exchange for food, activists said on Thursday. The deal accepted by the town of Moadamiyeh is one of a number of short-lived, local truces reached between

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US Drone Strike In Pakistan Kills 3 Militants

Angered by strikes, protesters continue to block main supply road for Afghanistan-bound NATO trucks.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suspected American drone fired two missiles at a home in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, killing at least three foreign militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said Thursday. The U.S. authorities often target Taliban, al-Qaida and their Pakistani supporters in the country's tribal

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Oil Companies Push For Atlantic Coast Drilling

Since it’s unknown how much gas and oil exist, drilling could be more environmentally and financially costly than oil companies project.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke
In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded near a beach 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Painter)

Encouraged by Southern lawmakers and lobbyists from the energy industry, the Obama administration is considering opening the Atlantic Coast to oil drilling. Obama is expected to announce his decision within the next three months. If the president decides to allow the drilling, the first step will include seismic testing of the ocean floor to

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Hydrofracking Linked To Hormone-Disruption: Study

Hydrofracking fluid in the Colorado River threatens the health of more than 30 million people.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese
APTOPIX Fracking A Closer Look

A recent study has offered evidence to confirm that the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing -- or hydrofracking -- may offer a potentially serious risk to public health. Researchers at the University of Missouri have found evidence of hormone-disruption in water near fracking sites in western Colorado -- including samples from the Colorado

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