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NSA $2 Billion Data Center Set to Open in September 2013

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The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) | Threat Level | Wired.com

The National Security Agency's immensely secret project in the Utah desert will intercept, analyze, and store yottabytes of the world's communicationsincluding yours.

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All the Infrastructure a Tyrant Would Need, Courtesy of Bush and Obama

More and more, we're counting on having angels in office and making ourselves vulnerable to devils.

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NSA Spying Appears to Stem from 550-Word Section of PATRIOT Act

At least some of the broad data collection by the National Security Agency, revealed in various reports over the past two days, was authorized under a controversial part of the USA PATRIOT Act — section 215.

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The NSA, This New American Digital Life, and Your Privacy: A Handy Guide

After two-and-a-half dizzying days of revelations about NSA surveillance, President Obama offered an assurance: "[W]ith respect to the Internet and emails," he said, "this does not apply to U.S. citizens, and it does not apply to people living in the United States." Which depends heavily on how you define "apply." So we spoke with some people and did a little poking around to figure out how much you might need to worry about the government accessing your private information.

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This is what winning looks like

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Insurgents Attack Red Cross Compound in Afghanistan

The violence shocked the Red Cross, which said it was the first time in its more than 30 years in Afghanistan that its offices had been attacked.

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As Rebels Lose Ground in Syria, U.S. Mulls Options

The Syrian government’s firepower and Hezbollah’s large-scale entry into the fight against the rebels have heightened obstacles to a U.S.-backed peace conference in Geneva.