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Deeper News Links 9/5/2013

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Russia releases key findings on chemical attack near Aleppo indicating similarity with rebel-made weapons

People injured in what the government said was a chemical weapons attack, breathe through oxygen masks as they are treated at a hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo March 19, 2013 (Reuters / George Ourfalian)

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Deeper News Links 9/4/2013

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Deeper News Links 9/4/2013

                    Compiled by Robert Taft

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Insanity in D.C.: McCain playing poker during Syria hearing, Kerry met with Assad six times in 2009

By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Amidst all the rhetoric and confusion, one thing is clear: the current situation in Washington, D.C. is nothing short of

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Posts about No War With Syria rallies being censored by Facebook on major pages

By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie Posts speaking out against the United States’ proposed military operation in Syria are being censored on the Anti-Media’s Facebook page. Nick Bernabe, the administrator of the page, provided two reports from users confirming problems interacting with the page as well as evidence showing that posts mentioning the war in Syria were

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Deeper News Links 3/3/2013

                    Compiled by Robert Taft

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Deeper News Links 3/3/2013

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Politicians enraged that Britain gave export licenses to sell Syria 'nerve gas chemicals'

Members of Parliament are seen attending a session of Parliament in the House of Commons in London (Reuters / UK Parliament via Reuters TV) MPs demanded an explanation from government ministers Monday after finding out that the UK granted licenses to export chemicals to

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Report: DEA has access to database of Americans’ phone records dating back over 25 years

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Putin: US should present Syria evidence to Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti / Aleksey Nikolskyi) Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared ‘utter nonsense’ the idea that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons on its own people and called on the US to present its supposed evidence to the UN Security Council. Putin has further called the Western tactic a ‘

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UN weapons inspectors leave Syria ahead of schedule, won't have results for weeks; Obama to deliver statement

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American spy agencies launched 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011 alone, leaked documents show

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NSA pays major telecom companies for access to data networks

AFP Photo / Kirill Kudryavtsev In what appears to be a quid pro quo, the NSA dishes $278 million to major US companies for access to their communication networks that scoop up large volumes of both foreign and domestic bound data. The relationship with major telecom companies is part of a Corporate Partner Access Project -- funded under the NSA’s Special Source Operation

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Snowden reveals US intelligence’s black budget: $52.6 billion on secret programs

The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski) Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has leaked a new top-secret document that for the first time ever publicly discloses how the United States spends tens of billions of dollars annually on clandestine spy programs. The

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Russia, China urge restraint over Syria military intervention

Opposition fighters, civilians and journalists stand near a United Nations (UN) vehicle as UN arms experts inspect the site where rockets had fallen in Damascus' eastern Ghouta suburb

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U.S. says it will take action against Syria even if the United Nations and allies do not back the operation

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