Intelligence Director James Clapper says he regrets that NSA didn't reveal domestic spying plans right after 9/11, when fear ruled.....Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and generate $15 to the PBC Podcast!
--Snowden's newest: NSA used British and Australian spy networks to spy on Americans while pretending it was legal; Assange calls for special prosecutor to investigate
--like Clapper, Justice Dept. is caught in a lie that it denies, for using surveillance info in federal court trial in Oregon
--from Snowden docs, NY Times reports that NSA used Australian intel agency in end-run that spied on US law firm
--just before court martial set to begin, lead prosecutor resigns from prosecution of Gen. Sinclair for rape
--Gitmo prosecutors add problematic charge of conspiracy in a case
--Justice Dept. issues new guidelines for banks to handle cash from legal cannabis sales
--UAW is defeated in vote at VW plant in Chattanooga
--13 killed in Kiev as police break up protest
--39-year-old Matto Renzi likely next Italian prime minister
--in this excellent essay, Peter van Buren looks at the claimed power of the president to order people killed, even Americans
--ex-CIA office John Kiariakou reports on retaliation for his "letters from Loretto" prison
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