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NSA veterans say NSA leaders should face prosecution
: Not only did they go through multiple and all the proper internal channels and they failed, but more than that, it was turned against them. … The inspector general was the one who gave their names to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution under the Espionage Act. And they were all targets of a federal criminal investigation, and Tom ended up being prosecuted -- and it was for ...
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Domestic dissent can change U.S. foreign policy for the better
Several years ago, I had lunch with a US government official who told me about a trip that I had taken, that almost nobody knew about. I didn’t have to ask him where he got the information. For as long as I can remember, our government has been spying on dissidents, especially those who oppose crimes committed in the name of ';national security';. When I was a student at the ...
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The Iranian people challenge the West
Hassan Rouhani’s stunning and sweeping victory in the Iranian presidential election is already generating much debate among expert Iran-watchers about how to interpret this outcome. There are different views, for example, on what inference should be drawn regarding the posture of Supreme Leader Khamenei toward the election. Was this outcome one that the leader might have anticipated and is ...
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Sapping Assads Strength -- Israel Stirs The Pot In Syria
For much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria's civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad's regime toppled? Did it favor military intervention to help opposition forces? And what did it think of the increasing visibility of Islamist groups in Syria? It was difficult to guess. In recent weeks, however, Israel has moved from relative inaction to a ...
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Israel warns Irans new President
The surprise victory of reformist candidate Hassan Rowhani in the Iranian presidential elections triggered a predictably harsh reaction yesterday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has warned of possible military strikes to curb the Iranian nuclear programme. Netanyahu said Israel would stop Iran from building a bomb "by any means", and that to relax international pressure now ...
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Turkey expands crackdown on street unrest
The Turkish authorities widened their crackdown on the antigovernment protest movement on Sunday, taking aim not just at the demonstrators themselves, but also at the medics who treat their injuries, the business owners who shelter them and the foreign news media flocking here to cover a growing political crisis threatening to paralyze the government of Pr?me Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. ...
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Defector Syrian general will be conduit for U.S. military aid to rebels
A mild-mannered Syrian general who taught at a military academy before he defected last year is poised to play a key role in shaping the outcome of Syria's war now that the United States has said it ...
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I saw Nasrallah in Qusair
In the center of the city, I stood in the middle of the main road as a huge, black four-wheel-drive came my way. I stared at the man sitting beside the driver: The face was familiar, but something was missing. It was clear I was face to face with Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, without a turban, wearing a military uniform. He smiled and nodded to me, and while I was still ...
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Want to learn how to think Read fiction
new research suggests a simple antidote for this affliction: Read more literary fiction. A trio of University of Toronto scholars, led by ...
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Israel rejects Jewish extremist groups terrorist tag despite hate crimes
A Palestinian man walks past graffiti painted on a wall outside a house in Hebrew reading "price tag" near where two vehicles were torched in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh ...
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Did Israel Attack Syria Again
The IDF is refusing to comment on reports that Israel attacked the Al-Miza military airbase near Damascus last night, which if true could lead to a Syrian response and a massive escalation of the 27 month ...
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Cisco CEO John Chambers in Israel again
Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) CEO John Chambers, one of the leaders in global high tech, is making another visit to Jerusalem, exactly a year after his last visit. The official reason for the visit, as well as for the previous one, is to attend the President's Conference to which he was invited by President Shimon Peres. Chambers will arrive today for a three-day visit. In addition to ...
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Iranian discontent unlikely to bring nuclear change Israel
Hassan Rohani . "He doesn't count. He doesn't call the shots," Netanyahu said, adding that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made all the decisions regarding nuclear policy, which the West fears is geared towards developing an atomic bomb. "The Iranian election clearly reflects deep disaffection of the Iranian people with its regime, but ...
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UPDATE 1-Israel Chemicals challenges plan to review royalties
Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:48am EDT By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV, June 17 (Reuters) - Israel Chemicals, which has an exclusive permit to extract minerals from the Dead Sea, challenged a government proposal on Monday to review state policy on royalties. Eitan Sheshinski, an Israeli economist who played a leading role in revising tax rules for the oil and gas sector, will now head a review of policy on ...
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Israel picks team to build high-speed web network
JERUSALEM -; An Israeli committee has chosen a consortium led by Swedish company ViaEuropa to build a nationwide high-speed broadband ...
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Hamas urges former ally Hezbollah to leave Syria
RAMALLAH, West Bank -; The Palestinian militant group Hamas has urged Lebanon's Hezbollah, a former ally, to withdraw its fighters from Syria, signaling growing sectarian tensions over the war ...
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Iran’s Election White House Sees ‘Hopeful Sign’ Israel Warns Against Wishful Thinking
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with president-elect Hassan Rouhani on Sunday, June 16, 2013. (Photo: Office of the supreme leader) (CNSNews.com) - As supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued "necessary guidelines" Sunday to Iran's new president-elect, Israel urged against wishful thinking following the election of a man described variously as a ...
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Is a Third Intifada Brewing in Israel
JERUSALEM, Israel -- There's been talk that a third intifada -- armed Palestinian uprising -- may be brewing. Some dismiss the notion as baseless while others sense it's true. Rock, knife, firebomb attacks and vandalism -- ...
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Palestinian Authority Swears in New Government
JERUSALEM, Israel -- The Palestinian Authority swore in its new government Thursday under newly appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Since 1998, the English professor has served as president of al-Najah University in Nablus (biblical Shechem) and as secretary-general of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission. Many see the appointment of Hamdallah as a pawn in ...
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Palestinian hopes for two states not possible says Israeli minister Bennett
Naftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, at Jerusalem's Western Wall. 'We are residents here, not occupiers,' he told settlers. Photograph: Sebastian ...
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Chinese hail Edward Snowden as a hero | Helen Gao
'Many [on Chinese social media sites such as Weibo] call Snowden a "hero" and "just what this world needs," while urging the Chinese government to ensure his safety.' Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty ...
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Hani Zurob an abstract painter rooted in Palestines reality
130617-boullata.jpg A Palestinian painter from Gaza, Hani Zurob may have only been practicing as a fine artist since the late 1990s, but he already has an enviable list of solo shows — 12, spread ...
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Israel Chemicals attacks Eytan Sheshinski
Several hours after the announcement by the Ministry of Finance that it is setting up a second Sheshinski Committee to examine royalties on all the country's natural ...
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Uri Dromi Israel lacks clarity on a Palestinian state
When I was teaching journalism 12 years ago, I invited the press officer of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to speak to my students about the State Department's working relationship with the media. One of the students asked him: "What do you do if a reporter calls you in the middle of the night and tackles you with a sensitive question about the Israeli-Palestinian ...
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Hamas to Hezbollah Leave Syria and focus on fighting Israel instead.
Palestinian Islamist movement says Hezbollah involvement inflames sectarian conflict in Syria; Saudi Arabia reportedly supplies anti-aircraft missiles to ...
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Palestine is a potential eco-friendly hub
Palestine, occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Territories or the Occupied Territories, call it what you will, this patch of land in the Middle East has many different name according to political opinion, but what many don’t realize about it is the ingenuity that takes place on a daily basis.
Palestine is one of the poorest regions in the world and certainly in the Middle East, the territory which is loosely made up of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is a large refugee camp because none of the inhabitants have sovereignty and therefore do not have a centrally strong government to provide basic services. Much of the areas income is derived through donations and money earned by day laborers within Israel. Read more
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