Tag: NSA
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Petitions for Snowden Encounter Officialdom in Washington
The Department of Justice accepted a pair of petitions with more than 100,000 signers on Wednesday – several thousand pages urging restoration of Edward Snowden’s passport and an ironclad U.S. government commitment not to interfere with political asylum for the National Security Agency whistleblower. Acceptance of the petitions by the Justice Department at its Washington…
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Secret TPP Text Leaked as Left and Right Criticize “Corporate Power Grab”
WikiLeaks today released “the secret negotiated draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Intellectual Property Rights Chapter. The TPP is the largest-ever economic treaty, encompassing nations representing more than 40 per cent of the world’s GDP.” The New York Times reports that while “the Obama administration is rushing” the TPP “before the end of…