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The FBI’s License to Kill: Agents Have Been Deemed "Justified" in Every Shooting Since 1993

Charlie Savage, Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez Democracy Now!
New documents reveal the FBI has cleared its agents in every single shooting incident dating back two decades. Out of 289 shootings that were found to be deliberate, no agent was disciplined except for letters of censure in five cases. Even in a case where the bureau paid a shooting victim more than a million dollars to settle a lawsuit, the internal review did not find the agent who shot the man culpable.

You are the Target! Lessons of the Snowden Revelations

Alfredo Lopez CounterPunch
You have the right to meet, plan and organize without having the government looking over your shoulder (or tracking your calls and stealing your email) because all power in the government’s hands can and eventually will be abused in the absence of strong “checks and balances”.

Susan Rice at the UN - Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Carl Bloice Black Commentator
The timing of Rice’s announcement is eerily reminiscent of what occurred a decade ago when Powell was at the Bush Administration’s foreign policy helm. Then, as now, the decision to escalate the conflict came amid feverish international effort to prevent war

Friday Nite Videos -- June 21, 2013

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Why the World Cup should not be Brazil's priority. Flashmob Carmina Burana. John Oliver, immigration and pro wrestling. Gandolfini's other work: Wartorn. Movie: How to Make Money Selling Drugs. Dance-off at the office.

'No, I'm Not Going to the World Cup'

This video was recorded right before the recent protests started, but with all of this going on, it becomes even more evident that the World Cup and the Olympics should not be Brazil's priority.