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Lawsuit: CIA Withholds Documents Using Legal Exemption It Does Not Have Authority to Apply
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) For the past eight years, the CIA has used an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that “protects intelligence sources and methods” …
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Exxon Mobil’s Tax Rate Drops to 13 Percent, After Making 35 Percent More Profits on Rising Gas Prices in 2011
Exxon Mobil, the most profitable of the big five oil companies, made $41.1 billion in profits last year. Although Exxon made 35 percent more profits since 2010, its estimated …
Support in US for Afghan War Drops Sharply, Poll Finds
Washington - After a series of violent episodes and setbacks, support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped sharply among both Republicans and Democrats, according to the latest New …
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The Occupy Files: DHS Investigated Anonymous and Kept Tabs on Political Hackers
Protesters wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and maybe a black hat or cape have been a common sight at Occupy protests across the country. On the street, they were …
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Reproductive Rights and the Long Hand of Slave Breeding
I hate liberalism's language of “choice.” I always have. Redolent of the marketplace, it reduces the most intimate aspects of existence, of women's physical autonomy, to individualistic purchasing preferences. …
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Climate Change Disappears From Keystone XL Pipeline Debate
President Barack Obama walks with White House Advance Associate Valerie Tyburski following an event at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard near Cushing, Okla., March 22, 2012. (Photo: Pete Souza …
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Supreme Court to Hear Heart of Health Care Law Case
Supporters and opponents of the health care law demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington, March 26, 2012. The Supreme Court on Monday starts three days of hearings on …
Citing Truthout Report, UN Special Rapporteur “Looking Into” Guantanamo “Suicides“
On Friday, March 9, Christof Heyns, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, responded to an inquiry by this reporter regarding new information on the deaths …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Anti-Muslim Hate Crime in California, and More
In today's On the News segment: “Obamacare” goes before the Supreme Court, Wall Street doubles down on GOP donations, “Shoot First Law” in Florida under scrutiny, climate change is …
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Burning Ice: The Next Energy Boom?
Set a lighter to an icy block of methane hydrate, a naturally frozen combo of methane gas and water, and flames spew forth at random. However unlikely this fluke …