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PRISM & ‘Purity’: NSA Follows Nazi Tradition July 09, 2013 " Information Clearing House  - " RT "---  The NSA in America is following in the Nazi tradition in its attempt to discriminate based on data collection, modeled around their belief system - which justifies trashing the Constitution in pursuit of ‘pure’ data. DNA is data. Thanks to the scientific work of Watson and Crick and their discovery of the double-helix and all its component parts in the DNA strands that make up all living cells, we know that humans are made up of data. To microbiologists and bio-engineers, this information means the development of drugs and treatments for illnesses - leading to more healthy, better lives. 

For Egypt’s Islamists, War Is Now a Legitimate Option Why? Because those who deservedly and miserably lost to the Islamists in 2012 did not care to wait for the next election to try to defeat Morsi. Those in the West who have contended that some Muslims are not capable of democracy have been proven right, although the proof lies in the behavior of those pro-democracy Egyptians the West praises and supports. Egypt’s Islamists, on the other hand, played by the political game’s rules and—if the military’s diktat holds—they have lost and war is now their main option.

Arab Oil Cash to Kill Democracy in Egypt July 11, 2013 " Information Clearing House  -  In order to determine whether the turmoil in Egypt is in the best interests of the mass of ordinary Egyptians, we should use the trusted maxim - follow the money.

The Dictionary of the Global War on You (GWOY) by Tom Engelhardt -- Antiwar.com In the months after September 11, 2001, it was regularly said that “everything” had changed. It’s a claim long forgotten, buried in everyday American life. Still, if you think about it, in the decade-plus that followed – the years of the PATRIOT Act, “ enhanced interrogation techniques ,” “ black sites ,”  robot assassination campaigns , extraordinary renditions , the  Abu Ghraib photos , the Global War on Terror, and the first cyberwar  in history – much did change in ways that should still stun us. Perhaps nothing changed more than the American national security state, which, spurred on by 9/11 and the open congressional  purse strings  that followed,  grew in ways  that would have been alien even at the height of the Cold War, when there was another giant, nuclear-armed imperial power on planet Earth........

Tuesday Terror: 86 Iraqis Killed, 234 Wounded -- Antiwar.com Coordinated violence took place across Baghdad today, as bomb after bomb exploded in neighborhoods across the city. The bloodshed extended deep into Shi’ite southern Iraq, which has been relatively quiet compared to restive northern Iraq. Overall, at least  86 Iraqis were killed and 234 were wounded .

Glenn Greenwald: New bombshell coming - Hadas Gold - POLITICO.com

Spy Chief Clapper ‘Apologizes’ for Lying to Congress -- News from Antiwar.com When the NSA surveillance scandal first came to light last month, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was extremely defiant about having been caught lying to Congress, bragging that he gave the “ least untruthful ” lie he could think of.