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Indeed, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) – an author of the PATRIOT Act – and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) have proposed the USA Freedom Act to curb some of the NSA’s worst violations of US citizens' privacy

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In a free society, one would figure that a whistleblower like Edward Snowden or Pfc. Bradley Manning, who risks his whole career to reveal deeply disturbing actions by the U.S. Government would be treated as a hero. And indeed, both are heroes in the international press and on the internet. Yet the U.S. Government treats both as traitors who revealed information harmful to national security. They prosecuted Bradley Manning and sentenced him to 35 years, and Snowden would surely face the same fate if he returned to the US. Hence, he lives in exile in Russia

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This letter is aimed at Chancellor Angela Merkel, and was delivered to her by Green Party member Hans-Christian Ströbele, who is heavily involved in the investigation into US international spying. Ströbele went to Moscow to talk to Edward Snowden in person and was given this printed letter

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The German government has been investigating US surveillance in particular earnest following the shocking revelation that the US was spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s private cell phone.

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30-year-old former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden set off the NSA spying scandal with his revelation of the PRISM program that monitors and stores every major web-based communication moving through the United States

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Jack’s eye opening was the opening image of Lost. Jack’s eye closing was the final image.

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Kanye is doing something amazing that would normally take more than 4-5 people – hence, a “one-man gangbang”

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Tim Cook is CEO of Apple – quite big shoes to fill. But his legendary predecessor Steve Jobs was only 2 spots ahead of where Cook is on the list the last year he was on it, in 2010.

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The RapJenius tells you which looks are hot this fall, with inspiration from celebrities

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