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Afghan MSF medical personnel treat civilians injured following an offensive against Taliban militants by Afghan and coalition forces at the MSF hospital in Kunduz.

Centcom Report Claims Only 14 Civilians Killed In US Strikes Over Past Year

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7 Arrested As Tensions Rise & Protesters Breach Security Fence At DNC 2016

While protests started peacefully on Wednesday with a ‘fart-in’ to expose corruption in the American democratic system, they intensified as conflicting groups clashed and protesters breached the massive security fence erected outside the Wells Fargo Center.

Kit O'Connell
بواسطة Kit O'Connell

PHILADELPHIA --- From passing gas to burning flags to breaching a massive security fence, activists expressed their outrage at the Democratic Party on Wednesday night. Dozens of police crowded around the entrance to AT&T Station, the subway stop closest to the site of the Democratic National Convention, to prevent a “fart-in” protest to

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Intelligence Official Overseeing Whistleblowing Cases Blows Whistle Himself

McClatchy says claims “add to a barrage of allegations that the federal government’s handling of whistleblower cases is flawed.”

Deirdre Fulton
بواسطة Deirdre Fulton
Whistleblower

An official charged with investigating whistleblower cases within the U.S. intelligence community is himself blowing the whistle on alleged "public corruption," according to new reporting by McClatchy. Journalist Marisa Taylor describes Daniel Meyer as "the Obama administration's top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle

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Turkey Warms To Russia; Pipeline, Sanctions To Be Discussed, Qatar Blames KSA, UAE For Coup

While it is still too early to tell who organized the coup or even to fully analyze Erdogan’s behavior afterwards, these recent developments are notable.

Brandon Turbeville
بواسطة Brandon Turbeville
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, Republican People's Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, second left, National Movement Party leader Devlet Bahceli, left and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim look on at the start of their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 25, 2016.

It’s been over a week since the Turkish coup has taken place and still no one definitively knows what happened, who was behind it, and who was originally meant to benefit. It is rather obvious now that, since the coup did not succeed, Erdogan will find himself in a much safer position domestically than before it took place by virtue of the massive

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Federal Judge Green Lights Government Use Of Hidden Mics In Public

A federal judge has ruled that law enforcement may continue to place recording devices in public places because it does not violate the constitutional guarantee against warrantless searches and privacy protections. 

Derrick Broze
بواسطة Derrick Broze
A sign for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offices in Washington, DC.

On Friday July 22, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton issued a 17-page ruling which found the practice of placing recording devices on the steps of courthouses in Oakland and Martinez, California to be “unsettling,” but not in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The four defendants in the federal criminal fraud case are accused of rigging real

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Fact Checking Speeches At The DNC

It’s hot out there, politically speaking, with Hillary Clinton’s convention going full steam and Donald Trump refusing to stay quiet while Democrats put on their big show. Reality is sometimes getting warped in the process.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press
President Barack Obama waves to the delegates before speaking during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

WASHINGTON -- It's hot out there, politically speaking, with Hillary Clinton's convention going full steam and Donald Trump refusing to stay quiet while Democrats put on their big show. Reality is sometimes getting warped in the process. A look at some claims Wednesday and how they compare with the facts, on a day packed with a lengthy news

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Police Raid Protest Camp In Minnesota, Nearly 70 Arrested

Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor’s residence since July 7, a day after Philando Castile, a black man, was shot and killed by a suburban police officer during a traffic stop.

Associated Press
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Joshua Lawrence is arrested by St. Paul police after protesters refused to move from in front of the Governor's residence on Summit Ave. in St. Paul, Minn. on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

ST. PAUL, Minn.  — Nearly 70 people have been arrested as officers cleared demonstrators from the street in front of the Minnesota governor's mansion, police in St. Paul said Wednesday. Demonstrators have been camping outside the governor's residence since July 7, a day after Philando Castile, a black man, was shot and killed by a suburban

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