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US Treasury denies it is trying to torpedo Bitcoin

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“Bitcoin itself is nearly impossible to regulate. And the government at least seems to understand this point. But that doesn’t mean they can’t spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt.  In this short 4-page speech, the Director twice made a connection between Bitcoin and (you guessed it) terrorism. Twice more connected Bitcoin to those who would exploit children. And four times linked digital currency to ‘criminals’ in general. And, even though they cannot control Bitcoin, FinCEN is obviously laying the foundation to regulate every business that touches Bitcoin, from exchange houses to swap websites to digital wallet providers.”

http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/us-treasury-denies-it-is-trying-to-torpedo-bitcoin-12056/

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Our Open Surveillance ‘Debate’: DOJ Wants to Block Release of Secret Court Opinion

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“Because of the efforts of President Barack Obama’s Administration to quash any release of even a smidgen of information about the government’s surveillance program, his comment today that he looked forward to a ‘debate’ on the issue was met with skepticism. Then, hours later, the Department of Justice responded to a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation trying to stop the release of a secret court opinion connected to the very surveillance program about which Obama claimed to want to debate.”

http://reason.com/blog/2013/06/07/our-open-surveillance-debate-doj-wants-t

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Eric Holder ‘confident’ of bringing NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden ‘to justice’

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“The United States is confident it will bring Edward Snowden to justice for ‘extremely damaging’ leaks about secret internet surveillance programmes, US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.  ‘The national security of the United States has been damaged by those leaks. The safety of the American people and safety of people in allied nations is at risk,’ he said. Holder also said that he had agreed to share details with the European Union about the so-called PRISM programme, which was exposed after Snowden spoke to British and American newspapers.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/14/eric-holder-confident-of-bringing-nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-to-justice/

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FBI director claims NSA spying could have prevented 9/11

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“The FBI has shrugged off growing congressional anxiety over its surveillance of US citizens, claiming such programs could have foiled the 9-11 terrorist attacks and would prevent ‘another Boston’.   In a frequently heated debate over balancing privacy and security, Mueller went further than other government officials in claiming that the collection of data on all American phone calls had become an essential part of counter-terrorism efforts and would make the US ‘exceptionally vulnerable’ if watered down. He also rejected calls from technology companies such as Google to disclose the scale of the programs, saying even this information could help terrorists.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/13/fbi-director-claims-nsa-spying-could-have-prevented-911/

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Key anecdote to defend NSA data gathering is full of holes

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“James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said a data collection program by the National Security Agency helped stop an attack on a Danish newspaper for which Headley did surveillance. And Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the Senate intelligence chairwoman, also called Headley’s capture a success. But a closer examination of the case, drawn from extensive reporting by ProPublica, shows that the government surveillance only caught up with Headley after the U.S. had been tipped by British intelligence. And even that victory came after seven years in which U.S. intelligence failed to stop Headley as he roamed the globe.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/12/key-anecdote-to-defend-nsa-data-gathering-is-full-of-holes/

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Google, Yahoo, and Facebook Are Scrambling: “We Never Cooperated with the NSA!”

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“How can they escape? Snowden’s story confirms James Banford’s story. Bamford revealed all this in 2008. No one cared. Now, without warning, this is a hot story all over the Web. How does a company plausibly deny this? They are all going with a version of this one: ‘We never inhaled.’ In March, 2012, Wired ran Bamford’s story on the NSA’s huge complex in Utah: ‘The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say).’ It got some coverage, but there was no follow-through. Congress does not care. Congress funded it.”

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/06/11/google-yahoo-and-facebook-are-scrambling-we-never-cooperated-with-the-nsa/

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Candidate Obama Debates President Obama On Government Surveillance

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Candidate Obama debates President Obama on Government Surveillance

“On August 1, 2007, candidate Barack Obama sharply criticized then-President George W. Bush’s government surveillance programs. Recently, following the disclosures of Edward Snowden, President Barack Obama defended the NSA’s top-secret PRISM program. If you don’t agree with President Obama, exercise your 1st amendment rights so together we can save our 4th amendment rights before it’s too late.”

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US lawmakers call for review of Patriot Act after NSA surveillance revelations

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“In unbroadcast elements of a transcript issued by NBC, the director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, said he had responded in the ‘least untruthful manner’ possible when denying that the NSA collected data on millions of Americans during congressional hearings. Clapper also confirmed that senator Dianne Feinstein, chair of the intelligence committee, had asked for a review to ‘refine these NSA processes and limit the exposure to Americans’ private communications’ and report back ‘in about a month’.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/10/patriot-act-nsa-surveillance-review

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General Hayden CIA and NSA Head Confronted About Domestic Spying [2011]

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General Hayden CIA and NSA Head Confronted About Domestic Spying [2011]

“General Michael Hayden runs away after legit questioning about the privacy of Americans citizens, that he himself violated.”

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Lies the IMF Tells

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“The International Monetary Fund has published a scathing internal self-assessment of its bailout of Greece three years ago. It isn’t pretty. The IMF underestimated the damage that fiscal austerity would do to the Greek economy in its earliest rescue of the nation in 2010. It was too slow to promote a write-down of the nation’s debts to more sustainable levels. And it was compromised by a sometimes unwieldy partnership with major European institutions in what became known as the ‘troika.’ The IMF could have handled its 2010 bailout of Greece quite a bit better, a staff review found.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/29203/Lies-the-IMF-Tells

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