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The Biggest Drug Cartel is Finally Busted

2014-02-09T09:59:00.001-08:00

Outdoor Hunting Adventures: The Biggest Drug Cartel is Finally Busted: Finally the drug cartel that's responsible for most of the drugs in america is busted. I'm not surprised. Your not going to hear a...

The Biggest Drug Cartel is Finally Busted

2014-02-09T09:56:00.001-08:00

Finally the drug cartel that's responsible for most of the drugs in america is busted. I'm not surprised. Your not going to hear about this on your favorite news outlet

Gun Confiscation right here in the United States

2014-02-08T07:39:00.002-08:00

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Gun confiscation for everyone in the United States of America

These are not thugs. These are normal people. Normal citizens of theses states.

Justin Bieber in Court Live

2014-02-07T14:08:00.001-08:00

Outdoor Hunting Adventures: The Gun Safe

2014-01-31T14:48:00.001-08:00

Outdoor Hunting Adventures: The Gun Safe: The Gun Safe is a group on Facebook that is pro gun. Come and join all the gun discussions from conceal carry to customizing your own per...

The Gun Safe

2014-01-31T14:43:00.003-08:00

The Gun Safe is a group on Facebook that is pro gun. Come and join all the gun discussions from conceal carry to customizing your own personal firearm.

AR-15 pistol legality

We have a 1911 fans as well as others

Who doesn't like a stainless 1911??

                                          The arguably best gun ever. The old Colt revolver.
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Come Join us at The Gun Safe youll love the experience.

How to Skin a Deer

2013-11-08T05:51:00.000-08:00

Video: How to Skin your Deer

SKINNING
When skinning a deer it can either be hung head up or head down. I now skin mine head down. But if head up then begin by making a circular cut around the deer's neck. Connect this cut with the cut made in the stomach during field dressing. Remove the hide by grasping the skin and pulling down hard with both hands. Use your knife carefully when freeing the hide from the carcass to avoid cutting the skin. If the flesh begins to pull off with the skin, stop pulling and try again after cutting the flesh back with the knife.

NOTE: If the cape is to be saved, you can cut the middle and rear portion of the hide free by starting skinning just behind the shoulder and working down from there.

When you have the hide down around the shoulders you will have to cut off the front legs with a hacksaw just above what you would think is the deer's knees. Then on the inside of the deer's legs cut toward the chest and connect this cut with the one made up through the chest and abdomen during gutting. After you work the hide free around the front legs with a knife. You can continue to work the hide down the deer's back towards its feet and tail.

Once you get the hide down around the deer's tail, simply cut the tail off with a knife. Let me say this again. When you are pulling and cutting the hide from the deer and you can see that the hide is now coming off of the tail, you can now simply cut the tail free. This cut you understand is not through hide but only through the tailbone itself because you have pulled the hide down far enough so that it exposes the tailbone under the hide. That's a long explanation for something simple just so you will not get confused. Continue until you get the hide down around the deer's tarsal glands (the dark patches on the inside of the hind legs) then take a saw and cut through the leg just above the tarsal gland.

By now you are tired from unpacking, driving, getting up early and dragging the deer out of the woods, skinning and gutting. But you are not finished yet. You must still store the meat for butchering. I will not go into great detail at least not today but this is how I do it. I first cut out the backstrap and tenderloins out and place in an ice chest. Then I cut the front legs free (no bones to cut) and place them in an ice chest. Then I cut the back hindquarters free with a knife. You can works a hindquarter free with just a knife if you work your way to the ball and socket joint that holds the hindquarters to the hips. Just work the point into this joint and work around the ball.

Once both tendons are cut the hindquarter will be free. Place any other meat such as ribs and neck into the icechest. Now place a bunch of ice in the icechest with the meat. I am now totally exhausted from all the work. So I am in no mood to begin butchering the deer. So I usually wait a couple of days before I begin butchering.
Video: How to Skin your Deer

Best Burnout You Will Ever See

2013-10-21T19:57:00.001-07:00

The Most Important AR-15 Pistol Questions

2013-10-21T15:12:00.003-07:00

This is some questions that everyone ask if your about to build a AR pistol.
These answers are from the A.T.F. So they are good.

Question # 1: Am I able to legally construct this lower receiver into an AR-15 type pistol?
A: Yes, since you are utilizing a receiver that has never been barreled as a rifle action, you may lawfully assemble a pistol. However, we advise you to confirm that assembly of such a pistol does not violate any State laws or local ordinances where you reside.

Q #2: Would I be required to register it as an NFA firearm with a tax stamp?
A: No.

Q #3: Do AR-15 type pistols have a restriction on barrel length?
A: No.

Q.#4: Would a 10-1/2 inch or 11-1/2 inch length barrel be allowed?
A: Yes.

Q #5: Can I use standard AR-15 type hand guards on the pistol?
A: Yes.

Never seen anything like this-Put me in coach

2013-10-21T08:20:00.002-07:00

thats just crazy lol

244-Inch Buck Could be a New Record Bowkill in Wisconsin

2013-10-21T08:12:00.001-07:00

A giant nontypical buck — that has been reportedly gross-scored 244 inches — could be a new record in Wisconsin.

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-could-be-a-new-record-bowkill-in-wisconsin#sthash.NIseQVTM.dpuf

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-cou

This monster rack from Wisconsin could be a state record with its amount of mass and scorable points. (Photo: WhaleTalesArchery.com)

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-could-be-a-new-record-bowkill-in-wisconsin#sthash.NIseQVTM.dpuf

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-could-be-a-new-record-bowkil

A giant nontypical buck — that has been reportedly gross-scored 244 inches — could be a new record in Wisconsin.

This monster rack from Wisconsin could be a state record with its amount of mass and scorable points. (Photo: WhaleTalesArchery.com)

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-could-be-a-new-record-bowkill-in-wisconsin#sthash.NIseQVTM.dpuf

A giant nontypical buck — that has been reportedly gross-scored 244 inches — could be a new record in Wisconsin.

This monster rack from Wisconsin could be a state record with its amount of mass and scorable points. (Photo: WhaleTalesArchery.com)

The photo of this buck and hunter is making the email rounds today. It was posted on the Whale Tales website; that’s an archery retailer in Waukesha County outside of Milwaukee.
The Internet has been abuzz this morning with the photos of this nontypical buck, allegedly killed by bowhunter in Waukesha County, Wisconsin
- See more at: http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/articles/deer-news/big-buck-photos-244-inch-buck-could-be-a-new-record-bowkill-in-wisconsin#sthash.NIseQVTM.dpuf

Food plots can be key to deer hunting

2013-10-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

Food plots can be a key ingredient to improving one’s deer hunting recipe. Not only are they more nutritional, but they are also much more productive than feeders dispensing corn, according to wildlife biologists with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Carefully designed and crafted food plots provide much more than just deer food. They may actually increase your chances of successfully harvesting a deer.

Cover is an additional needed ingredient, said Ralph Meeker, AGFC’s assistant deer program coordinator.

He explained that deer much prefer situations that have two elements – food and cover. “Deer spend a great deal of time eating and hiding from predators. When these two key elements are provided in close proximity that’s when you get the most ‘bang’ for your buck,” Meeker says. “Providing this cover may be as simple as developing the edges that surround your food plot in order to provide for edge habitat. That’s the transitional area of brush and grass that differentiates the mature timber from open spaces such as fields or food plots,” he added.

The usual pattern for deer is to cautiously move from the woods to find things to eat in the food plots. If the plot is ringed with an assortment of bushes and shrubs, this helps the deer to stay out of sight from assorted threatening elements, including two-legged types.

With a large food plot, Meeker said, a suggestion is to leave or create an island in the middle of the plot. This island can be a tree or two left when plowing for the food plot, or it can be some bushes left or planted in the middle of the food plot. This island can encourage deer to feed across the plot and to the cover of the island.

Persons wanting to create food plots can contact private land biologists of the AGFC for suggestions and technical information, including on-site visits. There is no cost for these services. Phone 800-364-4263 to connect with a private land biologist. Private lands biologists also have a network of partner agencies and professionals including foresters, soil conservationists, grazing specialists, and fisheries biologists, that can help with food plots and other conservation practices on private lands.

Current Arkansas deer harvest now available online

2013-10-21T08:03:00.002-07:00

LITTLE ROCK –Deer hunters interested in studying the state’s deer harvest can now get real-time data on the season. Hunters can check the deer harvest numbers at https://dev.ark.org/gamecheck/reports.php.

The information is available as a result of the agency’s use of the online and telephone checking system for deer. In addition to ease of use, faster data processing and real-time data reporting, the new process has enabled the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission to analyze the deer harvest by date. According to the AGFC’s Deer Program Coordinator Cory Gray, the information will allow the agency to chart trends during the season. “It also will provide valuable details about the effects of season structure on harvest,”

Gray said. Gray said the information hunters are providing is invaluable to the agency. “It is critical that hunters provide us accurate data and give us all of the information requested,” he explained.

To provide the information over a cell phone, hunters must call from an area where a cell phone signal is strongest. “Hunters have 24 hours to check their game, so we’re asking people using a cell phone to go to a location with a signal stronger than one bar. Hunters need a good signal so their information comes through as strong as possible on the system,” Gray says. “It’s not going to work if you don’t have the signal strength,” he added.

As of right now, checking deer can be done in one of three ways, the call to 866-305-0808 or online atwww.agfc.com. There’s also iPhone and Android AGFC applications that are available.

When you’ve finished checking your game, you’ll be given a four-digit check number that must be recorded on the license. So make sure you have a pen ready. –

2012 Camero SS 125 mph at night

2013-10-21T07:55:00.001-07:00

Funniest Joke Ever Rated R

2013-10-21T07:54:00.001-07:00

Which AR-15 to Buy

2013-10-14T08:09:00.002-07:00

All right, after reading the 1000 th “I just found this site, and my friend has a Vulcan AR 15 for sale, is it a good deal” thread, I though about putting this together for the newbie. This is a compilation of a lot of the stuff I have learned from spending way too much time around here. Its also a lot of stuff I wish I had known before I started putting money into rifles. I am far from an expert, so if you see errors (in facts not opinions) please let me know. I also could use help with details on the different brands and what they offer. Please share your knowledge.

In a nutshell, "mil-spec" rifles are made based on a "Technical Data Package" which is a closely guarded secret document which belongs to Colt. This gives the specification for every part on a rifle. The TDP not only tells the specifications of the part- dimensions, materials to be used, etc, it also specifies how parts are to be tested.

For example, the standard for barrels, is that every one must fire a high pressure round, and then be MPI inspected. There are specs for testing of every part in the rifle. The spec might be for individual or batch testing. Colt and FN must have metallurgists who test samples of every batch of barrels, for example to confirm that the metal the barrel is made of is what the supplier said it is. This is true of bolts, springs, pins, etc. Every part has a specification for how it is to be tested, and all testing is documented. For example, the Crane article says that a lower receiver is inspected for 102 different points. This is all overseen by government inspectors as well, who can step in and say- "Lets see this particular rifle tested in this way" at random.

What does all this do for you? Well, lets say that "company J" forges upper receivers. One day they make 1000 upper receivers, and happen to ship 500 to FN or Colt for military rifles, and another 500 to Vulcan (just as an example). The milspec may require that a certain number of the receivers are subjected to destructive testing to confirm that the mix in the alloy was done correctly for the batch. While doing this, they find that a mistake was made, and the whole lot is rejected. Meanwhile, Vulcan- the official supplier to the Speshul Forces is busy building uppers out of their receivers. They can also advertise that they bought their uppers from the same company which supplies the military. The only difference is the quality assurance which takes place after manufacture.

COLT
WINDHAM WEAPONRY
ARMALITE
STAG
BRAVO COMPANY MANUFACTURING
BUSHMASTER
SMITH AND WESSON
DPMS

What does all this come down to?

You have to decide what you want and how much you want to pay for it. Can you buy a Colt and get a lemon? Yes. Can you buy an M&A kit and get a great rifle? Yes. When you pay more for parts you are paying more for something which is MORE LIKELY to perform well. The extra you pay for the Colt makes it LESS LIKELY that you will have a problem, but does not make it impossible. The smaller amount you pay for one of the cheaper uppers means less quality control and makes it MORE LIKELY that you will have problems. If you are a contractor or SWAT cop going into dangerous places, you should spend as much as you can afford because the price of a part failure can be your life. In addition, when you pay more for higher quality raw materials, you will likely get a longer life from them. If you are intending to attend courses which teach you to shoot (we all should), or to compete in three gun competition or you like to put many hundreds of rounds downrange when you go out, you will likely start to stress your rifle more and you will probably see the benefit from the extra $ you put into your gear. To me, putting more money into quality components is getting easier and easier. When you consider that 1K of Wolf ammo is going for over $200 these days, putting an extra $200 into a rifle which will probably last the rest of your lifetime is a no brainer. That said, we don't all need Colts. Most of the companies above provide very good products which will meet the needs of most users. Buying a decent product and then spending a lot of time using it is the best way to find out if it is reliable, as well as being ready to use it if the need ever arises.
ARM

Constution Ride

2013-10-14T07:55:00.001-07:00

Some pictures of the ride.

Will The United States Strike Syria?

2013-10-14T07:47:00.002-07:00

US interventions post-Cold War

The proposed US military strike on Syria would be the latest in a long list of overseas intrusions.

While most Syrians get poorer with every day of war, Aleppo's main gun seller Abu Mohammad is doing just fine by selling firearms, including rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and even swords."War is great business," said the northern city's only gun shop owner, as he laid several hand grenades out on a counter."I wanted to help the rebels because they had no arms or ammunition," the 39-year-old told AFP, adding that he makes an astonishing 50,000 Syrian pounds ($370) a day. Abu Mohammad opened his gun store in the rebel-held neighborhood of Fardos earlier this year after a leg injury cut short a nine-month stint battling alongside the Free Syrian Army.Several weapons are exhibited on the shop walls, including 9mm guns and AK-47 assault rifles, one of them silver-plated."They're made in Iraq and Russia, and prices range from $1,500 to $2,000, depending on the quality," said Abu Mohammad's 20-year-old son, a rebel fighter who lends a hand in the store."We also have military uniforms.

Government Still Down for the Count

2013-10-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

Barack Obama and congressional Republican leaders are going to try to resolve their fiscal impasse.
On Friday, Mr Obama met Senate Republicans at the White House and spoke with House of Representatives speaker John Boehner by phone to negotiate on a way to get federal workers back to work.
While there have still been no specific details of what was discussed, both sides have expressed optimism on TV news shows

Government Shut Down

2013-10-12T21:28:00.001-07:00

Democrats and Republicans were unable to resolve their differences over Obamacare and now the government is shut down.

And at a time when the economy's finally showing signs of life, that could be troubling.

Shutdowns don't come cheap. Federal agencies have to use up time, energy and resources to plan for one. Shutting down and then reopening the government also costs money. According to the Congressional Research Service, the two previous shutdowns -- in late 1995 and early 1996 -- cost the country $1.4 billion. But what will the shutdown mean for you? Will your daily life be affected?

10. Vacation all I ever wanted: Need to get away? Well, you can't. At least not to national parks. Or to national zoos. Or to national museums. They'll be closed. That's 368 National Park Service sites closed, millions of visitors turned away.

Were you thinking more along the lines of a trip to France? If you don't already have a passport, you might have to bid that adieu -- you might not get your blue book in time. The last time the government threw a hissy fit, 200,000 applications for passports went unprocessed. Tourism and airline revenues reeled.

But according to the State Department's current shutdown plan, offices will remain open because they generate enough in fees to support their operation. Any offices located in a federal building affected by the shutdown, however, may not be able to open.

9. Holiday. Celebrate: Don't go to work if you're a federal employee. You're on furlough. (Offer not valid for workers in "critical services," such as air traffic controllers, hazardous waste handlers and food inspectors.)

Do take some time to celebrate. In previous shutdowns, everyone who stayed home was paid retroactively after peace returned to Washington.

8. I won't back down: The men and women in uniform will stay on the job and be paid, according to legislation approved by Congress in the run-up to the shutdown.

Scenarios of the shutdown

7. If you drive a car, I'll tax the street: You may be thinking, "No functioning government, no need to pay taxes." Think again. The Man would continue to collect taxes. U.S. bonds would still be issued. And other essential banking functions will go on.

6. Wait a minute, Mr. Postman: You know that whole "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night" thing? Apparently, the U.S. Postal Service works through shutdowns as well. Sorry, you won't catch a break from the junk mail. But hey, you may already be a winner!

5. I want a new drug: Oh, the irony. The Republicans still want to defund, delay or otherwise chip away at Obamacare in exchange for funding the government. But the health care act at the center of this storm would continue its implementation process during a shutdown. That's because its funds aren't dependent on the congressional budget process.

4. Pass the ammunition: Not so fast. A shutdown would affect the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Translation: That gun permit you wanted processed won't happen anytime soon if this goes on for a while.

3. Money (that's what I want): Well, if you own a small business and needed a loan from the government, you'll have to wait, depending on how long this lasts. If you were planning to buy a house and needed a federal loan, you'll have to wait. If you're a veteran, you might have to make a few trips to the mailbox before that check arrives.

If you're on Social Security, however, don't worry -- probably. Social Security payments were sent during the last shutdown. President Barack Obama's expected to keep workers on the payroll to process checks. But would there be enough employees to process new benefits for the newly retired?

2. Anything dirty or dingy or dusty: Oscar the Grouch is a company of one. No one loves trash. But if you live in Washington, expect it to pile up if there's a shutdown. There wouldn't be anyone to collect your garbage. Washington's budget has to be approved by Congress. No budget for the city = no trash collection. And, according to The Washington Post, D.C. produces about 500 tons of garbage each week.

1. I'm proud to be an American: Perhaps the biggest hit would be to the collective psyche. America is the largest economy in the world and a beacon for how democracy ought to work. To watch elected lawmakers engage in a high-stakes staring contest with no one willing to blink is no way to do business. A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that 51% would blame Republicans for the shutdown. The United States has operated without a budget since 2009 and has avoided a government shutdown with last-minute deals. It's been one stomach-turning sequel after another.

Too Funny - Nonstop Funny Dogs

2013-09-10T10:47:00.001-07:00

Walmart Cuts Ties With Paula Deen

2013-07-11T19:49:00.001-07:00

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced that it has ended its relationship with the Southern celebrity chef, part of the continuing fallout in the wake of revelations that she used racial slurs in the past. The world's largest retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark., currently carries a variety of products under her moniker, including food items, cookware and health and wellness products, at all of its 4,000 U.S. namesake stores. The retailer began selling her merchandise several years ago.
"We will not place new orders beyond those already committed," said Dave Tovar, a Wal-Mart spokesman. "We will work with suppliers to address existing inventories and agreements."
Tovar said the retailer is still working through the details with suppliers.
The severed ties with Wal-Mart are the latest blow to Deen's business. Meanwhile, Paula Deen's name is being stripped from four buffet restaurants owned by Caesars. Caesars said Wednesday that its decision to rebrand its restaurants in Joliet, Ill.; Tunica, Miss.; Cherokee, N.C.; and Elizabether, Ind., was a mutual one with Deen.
Last week, the Food Network said that it would not renew the celebrity cook's contract. And on Monday, Smithfield Foods said it was dropping her as a spokeswoman. Smithfield sold Paula Deen-branded hams in addition to featuring her as a spokeswoman.
Meanwhile, the celebrity chef's representatives distributed nine letters supporting Deen from other companies that work with her, as she fights to keep her business empire from crumbling.
Target Corp., which carries Paula Deen-branded products, reiterated Wednesday it was "evaluating the situation."
Deen appeared in a "Today" show interview earlier Wednesday, dissolving into tears and saying that anyone in the audience who's never said anything they've regretted should pick up a rock and throw it at her head.

NSA fears Snowden saw details of China spying.

2013-07-11T19:41:00.001-07:00

The National Security Agency is worried that Edward Snowden may have accessed files that reveal how the United States spies on China and other strategic countries, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
An internal review has found that the former NSA contractor "was able to range across hundreds of thousands of pages of documents," the Post wrote, citing an unidentified former official briefed on the issue. But another intelligence official, also unidentified, told the Post that so far it did not appear that Snowden obtained data collected through hacking or other means.
The official said Snowden had "got a lot" but "not even close to the lion's share" of the NSA's intelligence trove. Nonetheless, the official described potential harm to U.S. surveillance efforts as "a concern."
The Post writes:

The possibility that intelligence about foreign targets might be made public has stirred anxiety about the potential to compromise the agency's overseas collection efforts. U.S. officials fear that further revelations could disclose specific intelligence-gathering methods or enable foreign governments to deduce their own vulnerabilities.

Snowden has stated publicly he does not plan to publicize technical specifics of the NSA's operations. He has archived encrypted documents with others, the Guardian newspaper has said, and U.S. officials worry they could eventually be out of his control.
The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald told the Daily Beast that "if anything happens" to Snowden, "the stories will inevitably be published."
Snowden leaked the files to the Post and the Guardian.
Separately, Greenwald and other Guardian reporters wrote that documents leaked by Snowden show that Microsoft "collaborated closely with U.S. intelligence services to allow users' communications to be intercepted." The company said it was legally obligated to cooperate.
With Microsoft's help, the NSA evaded encryption to intercept e-mails on Outlook and Hotmail, and Web chats and video calls on Outlook and Skype. It also gained access to SkyDrive, the company's cloud storage service.
The NSA shared the material with the FBI and CIA,the Guardian said. One agency document described the effort as a "team sport.."
The formerly secret files illuminate the workings of the PRISM surveillance operation and reveal the extent of cooperation between big technology companies and the government during the past three years, the Guardian said.
Microsoft responded that it merely follows the law.

Edward Snowden Documents

2013-07-11T19:39:00.001-07:00

New top secret documents provided by Edward Snowden allege Microsoft worked with the National Security Agency to get around the tech giant’s own encryption systems and Skype helped the agency collect video calls.

The documents, which were not posted online, allegedly show that Microsoft collaborated with the NSA months before the launch of their Outlook.com portal to make sure the NSA would be able to intercept and read web chats. The company also reportedly helped give the NSA easier access to its cloud storage device called SkyDrive.

In response to the new report, Microsoft again emphasized that the company “only ever compl[ies] with orders about specific accounts or identifiers, and we would not respond to the kind of blanket orders discussed in the press over the past few weeks…”
“To be clear, Microsoft does not provide any government with blanket access to SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype or any Microsoft product,” the company said in a statement to ABC News. “We have clear principles which guide the response across our entire company to government demands for customer information for both law enforcement and national security issues. First, we take our commitments to our customers and to compliance with applicable law very seriously, so we provide customer data only in response to legal processes.”

Snowden, a 30-year-old former contractor with the NSA, is believed to be stranded in the transit area of a Moscow airport. While in Hong Kong in mid-June, Snowden revealed himself as the source of a series of reports in The Guardian and other international outlets about the NSA’s vast foreign and domestic surveillance programs. Snowden fled Hong Kong for Moscow in late June for Moscow and has applied for political asylum in nearly two dozen countries. He has been charged in the U.S. with espionage.

Breaking News US to go ahead with F-16 jets delivery to Egypt

2013-07-11T19:30:00.003-07:00

The ouster of the first Egyptian elected president, Mohamed Morsi, and a consequent political unrest nothwithstanding, the United States has said it will go ahead with the delivery of four F-16 fighter jets to Egypt.

American officials said that the jets are likely to be delivered in August as the US has made no changes its plans so far.
This comes even as the White House has not come up with its clear stand on the ouster of Morsi by the Egyptian army. The US has neither welcomed the removal not has it denounced it as a military coup. It says that it needs time to evaluate the situation.
Washington will have to cut a huge military aid to Cairo if the removal of the Islamist leader is determined to be a military coup.
Subsequently the jet deal will also be affected because the Egyptian military receives the lion's share of the $1.5 billion in annual American assistance to the country.
But officials said there is no change in the US outlook as of now.
"There is no current change in the plan to deliver F-16s to the Egyptian military," an US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Asked whether American review of Egyptian political crisis had put the F-16 delivery on hold, the official said: "The delivery remains scheduled as planned."
White House spokesman Jay Carney also said the US has not changed its mind as of now.
"It's our view that we should not in the best interests of the United States make immediate changes to our assistance programmes," Carney said.
The spokesman directed specific questions about the jets to the Defense Department and added that the administration would take its time to consider the implications of removing Morsi from power.
The Pentagon in a statement reiterated what President Barack Obama had said on July 3 about having ordered a review of U.S. assistance to Egypt.
The jets are part of an already agreed bigger order of 20 planes - eight of which were sent to Egypt in January. The final eight are expected to be shipped later this year.
President Obama has been careful not to use the word "coup" in relation to the recent events in Egypt to avoid triggering a legal cut-off of aid.
An Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman has said Morsi is being held in a "safe place" and treated in a "very dignified manner" even as arrest warrants have been issued for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, and nine senior figures.
They are charged with inciting deadly violence in Cairo on Monday