Juan Cole | Comey Did It to Himself and Us, by Gutting Privacy, Encryption, and 4th Amendment




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Juan Cole | Comey Did It to Himself and Us, by Gutting Privacy, Encryption, and 4th Amendment 
Former FBI director James Comey testifying in Washington on May 3, 2017. (photo: AP)
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Comey has been a central figure in the gutting of the fourth amendment of the Constitution and in attempts to make sure the FBI and the rest of the US government can break your encryption and spy on you illegally."
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Chelsea Manning. (photo: ABC News)
Chelsea Manning. (photo: ABC News)

Chelsea Manning on Trump's Mission Accomplished Tweet: "I Believe I Have Heard Those Words Before"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "In his tweet on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump wrote, 'A perfectly executed strike last night.'"
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Sean Hannity. (photo: Mike Segar/Reuters)
Sean Hannity. (photo: Mike Segar/Reuters)

Fox's Hannity Revealed as Mystery Client of Trump's Personal Lawyer
Brendan Pierson, Karen Freifeld and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer was forced on Monday to reveal in a New York federal court that Fox News personality Sean Hannity, one of Trump's most ardent defenders, was also on his client list."
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an arrest. (photo: Soluciones Magazine)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an arrest. (photo: Soluciones Magazine)

No Sanctuary: Who Polices the Immigration Police?
Deborah Sontag and Dale Russakoff, ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Excerpt: "ProPublica and the Philadelphia Inquirer found numerous cases in which ICE agents and police officers allegedly engaged in racial profiling, conducted warrantless searches, detained people without probable cause, fabricated evidence, and, in this one extreme instance, solicited a bribe."
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Sig Sauer rifles on display. (photo: John Sommers II/Reuters)
Sig Sauer rifles on display. (photo: John Sommers II/Reuters)

Tax Guns Instead of Arming Teachers, California Lawmaker Proposes
Alexei Koseff, The Sacramento Bee
Koseff writes: "The money would also pay for a counselor at every middle school, whose primary responsibility would be to detect and report potential threats of violence."
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Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)
Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)

Neo-Nazi 'Tyrone' Exposed as US Marine
Paul Abowd, Al Jazeera
Abowd writes: "Just weeks before a white supremacist rally turned deadly last August after a neo-Nazi allegedly drove his car into a crowd in Charlottesville, Virginia, several of the rally's organisers discussed ways to use cars as weapons in an online chatroom."
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Rick Scott. (photo: NY Post)
Rick Scott. (photo: NY Post)

Kids Are Suing Florida Governor Rick Scott Over Climate Change
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "A group of eight kids filed a lawsuit on Monday in Florida against Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) in an attempt to force the notoriously climate-averse politician to take action on climate change."
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