Category Archives: USA

Two of These Speeches

President Obama gave a press conference yesterday in which he addressed the revelations upon the leaks by whistle-blower Edward Snowden two months ago. “As I said at the National Defense University back in May, in meeting those threats, we have … Continue reading

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Crimes Against the American People

The current surveillance scandal by the NSA becomes more and more bizarre. The e-mail provider Lavabit which has granted users with encrypted messages, has abruptly shut down his service after it had probably been forced to relinquish encrypted information to … Continue reading

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Terror Alert Justified

The current terror alert, which has resulted in temporary closures of U.S. and allies’ embassies in MENA countries, is logical and, of course, justified. Some have rightly speculated that the Obama administration tries to distract from the NSA scandal in … Continue reading

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Obama Unleashed

If it is true that the Arab Spring, which had its origin in Tunisia two years ago, only sparked after certain diplomatic cables leaked to WikiLeaks had been published by the whistle-blower platform, and later incited Egyptians to quickly get … Continue reading

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One Hundred and Thirty-six

One hundred and thirty-six years in prison are Bradley Manning’s perspective after judge Army Col. Denise Lind had convicted him guilty yesterday for 20 charges including espionage. Juan Cole has listed top ten ways, Manning has changed the world with … Continue reading

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