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Tentatively scheduled for Saturday, a pair of votes attempting to extend Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the authority which the White House (illegally, according to the courts) uses for NSA surveillance, remains stalled amid a filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul (R – KY). Sen. Paul is seeking amendments to the bills, one of which […]
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DC Court Rules US Can Keep Torture Docs Secret
May 21st, 2015 
David Schulberg A DC district court judge today ruled that the Obama Administration can keep the Senate’s CIA torture report as well as CIA documents regarding torture secret as long as they want. Judge James Boasberg insists that the question of whether the documents can be public was already decided “by the other two branches of government” […]
