32-year NSA veteran Kirk Wiebe tells us: limited reforms to Patriot Act will not limit spying on millions of innocent Americans…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Modest Surveillance Reforms Will Leave Police State Untouched
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–Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby files criminal charges against 6 cops, including murder and manslaughter for death of Freddie Gray… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Baltimore Prosecutor Moves Quickly to Indict Cops
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Baltimore’s top cop reveals undisclosed stop by Freddie Gray’s paddy wagon as mainstream media shifts focus to side shows, distractions…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Media Side Shows Distract from Real Racial Problems with Cops
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Globetrotting journalist Pepe Escobar joins us from Paris, offering informed offshore perspectives on Mediterranean refugees, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and more. Continue reading Brilliant Reporter Pepe Escobar Updates the Yemen War and Much More
Vermont’s socialist senator will make it official, he’s running for president as a Democrat, offering strong challenge to Hillary Clinton… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Bernie Sanders Will Enter Democratic Presidential Race
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Curtis Mayfield’s 1972 hit “Freddie’s Dead” reminds us that drug war and abusive police have changed little in 40+ years…. Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Freddy’s Dead, Baltimore Riots
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Loretta Lynch sworn in as attorney general, as new evidence arises almost daily that FBI’s gone rogue, seems invulnerable to critics, reformers Continue reading PBC News & Comment: FBI is Out of Control, Beyond Oversight
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[audio https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Buttar2.mp3]Shahid Buttar, executive director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, comments on our new Attorney General, the fight over renewal of the Patriot Act, and his recent arrest after a Senate hearing. Continue reading Bill of Rights Defender Shahid Buttar on New Attorney General, Patriot Act Renewal, and His Recent Arrest
Obama uses Nixon’s “limited hangout” strategy to limit drone transparency while claiming to be transparent, more Americans killed without process… Continue reading PBC News & Comment: Obama’s Drone Disclosure Prompts Many Important Questions
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[audio https://www.peterbcollins.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/JFrank.mp3]Justin Frank, MD, author of Obama On the Couch, returns to discuss the role of manufactured fear in American life and politics. Continue reading Psychiatrist Justin Frank Analyzes the Fear That’s Used to Control Us