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The Fourth State

The press is the fourth state with the ability to bring into the light, the government, and corporate’s corruption. The US Constitution is the framework for the “check and balances” of the branches of government. But, without the press, those check and balances wont make it to the spotlight. In the absence of accountability from the government, whistleblower and reporters play an important role…

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Fearing arrests, two Australian journalists flee China

Fearing arrests, two Australian journalists flee China

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Two Australian journalists fled China on Tuesday under diplomatic protection, fearing arrest as political pawns in the rapidly worsening relationship between Canberra and Beijing.

Their dramatic overnight exit came following days of secret wrangling that had seen both men holed up in Australia’s diplomatic missions to escape the clutches of China’s feared security police.

Bill Birtles…

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Good information to be aware of in our digital age - "The Iranian officers who knocked out Saeid Pourheydar’s four front teeth also enlightened the opposition journalist. Held in Evin Prison for weeks following his arrest early last year for protesting, he says, he learned that he was not only fighting the regime, but also companies that armed Tehran with technology to monitor dissidents like him. Pourheydar, 30, says the power of this enemy became clear as intelligence officers brandished transcripts of his mobile phone calls, e-mails and text messages during his detention. About half the political prisoners he met in jail told him police had tracked their communications and movements through their cell phones, he says."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-31/iranian-police-seizing-dissidents-get-aid-of-western-companies.html