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FBI secretly creates Internet policeThe FBI was rather public with its recent demands for backdoor access to websites and Internet services across the board, but as the agency awaits those secret surveillance powers, they're working on their own end to have those e-spy capabilities. 1 $10 million a year: the average salary of an American CEOIf you weren’t sold on the whole Occupy Wall Street thing before, then listen up — despite the United States still in the process of picking itself out of a major recession, the average corporate CEO raked in nearly $10 million apiece in 2011. 2 Army propagandist admits to smear campaign against journalistsThe co-owner of an information operations firm hired by the US government to flood foreign nations with pro-American propaganda has admitted to orchestrating a smear campaign aimed at journalists critical of the company. 3 Chicago police want their money for working during NATO Summit Regardless of if you condemn or condone the Chicago Police Department’s handling of last week’s NATO Summit protests, there’s no denying that the Windy City cops were indeed on the job. Why then, ask the officers, aren’t they being properly paid? 4 Israel takes back promise to Obama not to attack Iran before the electionSources from inside Washington, DC are telling the international media that Israeli leadership is upset with US President Barack Obama’s handling of Iran’s alleged nuclear threat and may take military action before the November election. 5

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Today: 20:52 40 comments Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’ The Department of Homeland Security has flagged hundreds of words as "suspect" – and while many make sense, like "Al Qaeda," some are just plain odd. For example, the DHS may dig through your cyber life if you write something about snow. Or pork.		Today: 06:15 1 comment US federal court OK's handcuffing teens at school A US federal court has approved a lawsuit settlement banning public schools in a Mississippi school district from handcuffing students younger than 13, but still allowing them to handcuff teenage students.
Today: 02:30 14 comments War Medals of Dishonor thrown out RT speaks to US veterans who feel betrayed by the system that pushed them into fighting America’s false-pretense wars, as the former soldiers throw out their medals which they deem symbols of lies.		Today: 02:07 22 comments Students in Texas to be monitored with microchips If it’s good enough for a dog, it’s good enough for a kid, right? A school district in Texas will be watching over its students a lot more closely, but not with the aid of extra teachers. Instead each pupil will be monitored with microchips.
Today: 02:00 4 comments Out of jail free: Dozens of inmates released due to guard shortage Approximately 70 inmates in a North Las Vegas jail were released simply because there were not enough officers to guard them. That’s because literally dozens of officers called in sick last weekend.		25.05, 15:15 6 comments Manning backers oppose ‘outrageous secrecy’ of trial Supporters of WikiLeaks informer Bradley Manning say he is being tried amid far more secrecy than any terrorist in Guantanamo. They want prosecution motions, transcripts of proceeding and other material to be released to the public.
25.05, 14:19 5 comments US massive Big Brother marijuana bust ruled ‘illegal’ A US federal judge says GPS surveillance in the seizure of 68 kilos of marijuana was illegal, as drug enforcers and troopers didn't have a warrant to place the tracking device on the suspect’s truck.		25.05, 03:55 6 comments Former US soldier guilty of plotting attack on Fort Hood staff A US federal jury has convicted an AWOL army private of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up a restaurant full of soldiers from the Fort Hood military base. It could land the former serviceman in prison for life.
25.05, 02:00 7 comments Guards regularly raped inmates in Alabama prison A new report published this week alleges that female inmates at an Alabama State correctional facility were repeatedly raped and abused by their male prison guards.		25.05, 01:31 12 comments Californian cops to be fired for beating homeless man to death More than a year after they beat a disabled homeless man to death, three California police officers are expected to be fired from the force soon over their role in the killing of Kelly Thomas.

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