"No Mercy" by The Stranglers describes Beltway response to Ed Snowden's eloquent appeal for clemency as Germans propose asylum deal....Click here for GoDaddy deal that benefits the PBC Podcast!
--NY Times recaps NSA revelations, listing code names like Dishfire, Spinaltap and focusing on targets obviously unrelated to terrorism
--Jason Leopold FOIA'd the NSA's top 10 talking points, and reports that half relate to 9/11
--humorless NSA whacks Minnesota seller of spoof NSA merchandise
--Brazil is exposed for spying on foreign targets in Brazil
--journalist Roger Shuler remains in jail, as well-funded opponents use paid search and phony websites to smear him
--International study confirms that doctors were compromised by CIA and Pentagon to participate in torture
--Dem. Senators Gillibrand (NY) and McCaskill (MO) are split on fix for rape in the military--Gillibrand has the right idea
--in rare move for Wall Street firm, SAC Capital pleads guilty to insider trading, will pay fine over $1 billion
--federal appeals court intervenes, causing thousands of Texas women to be denied access to abortion
--a different federal appeals court says the owners of a company can impose their religious beliefs on employees by denying contraceptive coverage, but declines to protect the company
--Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity is spending money in council election in 20,000 population town
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