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20 May 2013
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s new Silicon Valley PAC says it’s about immigration reform, but panders to far right extremists….and obscures Read more →
17 May 2013
Pentagon says war against al Qaeda likely for “10 to 20 years” as Senate considers limits on AUMF, the 9/11 Read more →
16 May 2013
PBC welcomes corporate media to the battle for Bill of Rights protections from government snooping–reporters aren’t the only victims…..Gleen Greenwald Read more →
15 May 2013
White House resurrects proposed reporter shield bill in attempt to distract from illegal AP spying and widespread surveillance; GOP pounces…on Read more →
14 May 2013
AG Eric Holder recused himself from AP snooping case, orders criminal investigation in IRS scandal, Pelosi implies Bush deserved impeachment…PBC Read more →
PBC News & Comment Wednesday, May 23
by Peter B. Collins on May 23, 2012
FBI competes with NSA with new Domestic Communications Assistance Center to crack Skype and install a “backdoor” in all systems; White House now manages all drones more on drones: ACLU objects to US law enforcement using drones with weapons
even more on drones: US agrees to sell a fleet to Iraq
–Gareth Porter does more great reporting on the March 11 massacre of civilians in Afghanistan, challenging the claim that Sgt. Bales was the lone deranged gunman
–Vatican deals with another sex scandal, as US bishops play victims in “war on religion” that they have provoked
–Canadian gangs are running guns from the US across the border–is it time to seal it?
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