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Israeli's read the morning paper on Ben Yehuda Street. Israel’s new military censor, Col. Ariella Ben Avraham, has mandated expanded monitoring and censorship of Israeli media, requiring social media activists and bloggers to have 'security related content' vetted by the government.

Israel Issues New Directive To Its ‘Free Press’: ‘Censorship: The Freedom To Speak Responsibly!’

Archives for février 2016

Six Cops File Suit Against Thier Own Department, Alleging Corruption

“This ‘culture of corruption’ violates the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990, (20 U.S.C. § 1092(f), and 34 C.F.R. 668.46), the officers say.”

Derrick Broze
Par Derrick Broze
Arizona State University Police (Photo: Mesa0789.Flickr)

Maricopa County, Arizona — On February 17, 20-year law enforcement veteran Charles Cornfield, as well as five other police officers, filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Court against the the Arizona Board of Regents, former ASU Police Chief John Pickens, current Police Chief Michael Thompson, and 10 other ASU employees. Cornfield is supported by

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Kerry: If Ceasefire Fails, Partition Of Syria Is ‘Plan B’

Though “partition” is meant to suggest a split on government-rebel lines, the reality is the rebels don’t hold enough territory to be a country, and the partition would amount to a recognition of the ISIS caliphate as a state of its own.​

Jason Ditz
Par Jason Ditz
ISIS fighters parade through the streets of their de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria

Speaking to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, Secretary of State John Kerry suggested the latest push for a ceasefire in Syria could amount to the last chance for one, and suggested that the US would see a partition of the country as “plan B.” Kerry didn’t offer any details on how this would work, of course, but that fact that the US

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New WikiLeaks Release Exposes ‘Most Highly Classified’ NSA Spy Ops

Among the NSA’s targets was UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon. « If the Secretary General can be targeted without consequence then everyone from world leader to street sweeper is at risk, » says Julian Assange

Nadia Prupis
Par Nadia Prupis
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New documents published by WikiLeaks on Tuesday reveal more of the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) spying operations on foreign leaders, including its interception of climate talks between UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The cables, some of which are marked "Top Secret" and which WikiLeaks says are the

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US Military Contractors Return To Iraq In Droves

Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number of contractors assisting in the campaign against ISIS.

Defense One
Par Defense One

The number of private contractors working for the U.S. Defense Department in Iraq grew eight-fold over the past year, a rate that far outpaces the growing number of American troops training and advising Iraqi soldiers battling Islamic State militants. The sharp increase, disclosed in a recent Pentagon report to Congress, underscores the

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After Sweeping Nevada, Trump Declares: ‘I Love The Poorly Educated’

« I love the poorly educated! They are the smartest people, the most loyal people. »

Lauren McCauley
Par Lauren McCauley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, middle, takes a picture with supporters at a caucus site, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

After Donald Trump's sweeping victory in Nevada on Tuesday, the billionaire expressed optimism that what had been, until now, a grueling and jumbled Republican contest would be over sooner than expected. Trump, who trounced his opposition in Nevada with 46 percent of the vote, touted the diversity of his supporters. "We won the Evangelicals,"

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Israel’s Culture Minister Wants To Fine Artists Opposed To Settlements

Since her appointment last year, the former IDF spokesperson has been accused of attempting to bring Israeli artists in line with her political ideology.

Associated Press
Par Associated Press
Israel Culture Minister, pictured in her former role as IDF spokesperson, Miri Regev. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

JERUSALEM — Israel's polarizing culture minister is pushing regulations that would allow her to fine cultural institutions that refuse to perform in West Bank settlements. Miri Regev's office said Wednesday she opposes boycotts and supports "cultural justice" for all of Israel. Regev has had a fraught relationship with the cultural community

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