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--Vodaphone, world’s #2 carrier, reveals permanent, hard-wired “back doors” for surveillance
--Germany’s Deutche Telekom set to report on government surveillance next
--Senate Intel committee badly split over House’s weak and insidious “NSA reform bill”
--on VA, Sens. Sanders and McCain promote compromise bill to reduce delays
--D-Day’s 70th commemoration complicated by attempt to isolate Russia, forcing French president to dine twice
--G-7 announces more meaningless sanctions on Russia
--Israel announces 1,500 new illegal settlements
--Prof Stephen Zunes says extreme US policies killed Israel-Palestine talks
--Pando reveals that Gates Foundation is funding PBS Common Core series that will benefit Microsoft
--in Friday’s NY Times, lead editorial blasts GOP hypocrisy on Berghdahl, and even David Brooks defends Obama
--GM investigated GM over ignition problems, absolves top brass of any responsibility
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