Ear to the Ground | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T05:04:08+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Google Fights For Transparency in FISA Court http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/14JMNFBenrg/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/google_fights_for_transparancy_in_fisa_court_20130618/ eff, fisa, fisa court, free speech, google, nsa, prism, privacy, tech,

The Internet giant says its free speech rights have been violated because it is legally prohibited from discussing even the vaguest details of government surveillance requests.

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]]> 2013-06-19T05:04:08+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/google_fights_for_transparancy_in_fisa_court_20130618/ Nate Silver vs. Politico: It’s on Again http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/FA98auTJsqw/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/nate_silver_vs_politico_its_on_again_20130618/ election 2012, jim vandehei, john f. harris, media, nate silver, nate silver 538, nate silver fivethirtyeight, new republic, politico, politics, talking points memo,

The war of words between the site and the statistician appears to be escalating yet again after Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei accused Silver of getting “up on his high horse quite a lot” in an interview in New Republic.

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]]> 2013-06-19T01:16:50+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/nate_silver_vs_politico_its_on_again_20130618/ Reporter Who Brought Down the ‘Runaway General’ Dead at 33 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/JpaipnVar-s/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/reporter_who_brought_down_the_runaway_general_dead_at_33_20130618/ clinton, journalism, media, michael hastings, military, rolling stone, runaway general, stanley mcchrystal,

Michael Hastings is best known as the Rolling Stone contributor whose reporting ended the military career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal but more important, he was a fearless reporter who did not suffer bullshit answers. He died Tuesday at the age of 33 in a car crash.

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]]> 2013-06-19T01:11:23+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/reporter_who_brought_down_the_runaway_general_dead_at_33_20130618/ U.S. and Taliban Announce Direct Negotiations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/k9TTmDczRqg/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/us_and_taliban_anounce_direct_negotiations_20130618/ afghanistan, government, hamid karzai, negotiations, peace talks, taliban, taliban negotiations, terrorism, war, white house,

After more than 11 years of war in Afghanistan, a country known as “the graveyard of empires” for its inability to be conquered and held, the White House announced Tuesday that it will sit down with the Taliban and try to work things out with words instead of bombs.

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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Sen. John McCain’s hypocrisy on “secret emails” and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s revelation about the scary way a GOP-controlled Senate would act.

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]]> 2013-06-18T23:21:10+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/irs_conspiracy_theory_debunked_rand_paul_criticizes_cheney_and_more_2013061/ Bill Ayers: Try Obama, Bush for War Crimes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/8jvjptFAD_4/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/bill_ayers_try_obama_bush_for_war_crimes_20130618/ barack obama, bill ayers, george w. bush, politics, real clear politics, terrorism, war crimes, weather underground,

“Every president in this century should be put on trial,” the professor and former Weather Underground member said. “Every one of them goes into an office dripping with blood and then adds to it. And, yes, I think that these are war crimes. I think that they’re acts of terror.”

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]]> 2013-06-18T20:31:19+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/bill_ayers_try_obama_bush_for_war_crimes_20130618/ Experts Don’t Buy Claim Syria Used Chemical Weapons http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/CW0Tzu6ueIo/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/experts_dont_buy_claim_syria_used_chemical_weapons_20130618/ barack obama, bashar al assad, chemical weapons, jean pascal zanders, obama administration, philip coyle, sarin gas, syria,

Late last week, some leading chemical weapons experts voiced skepticism about U.S. claims that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used sarin gas against rebels on at least four occasions this spring. Months of investigation have failed to uncover the telltale signs of an attack, they say.

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A few-cent rise in public transportation prices led to protests Monday across Brazil involving more than 100,000 people angered over heavy-handed policing, poor public services and high costs for the World Cup.

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]]> 2013-06-18T05:45:53+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/a_message_to_our_readers_20130617/ New Iranian President Wants to Heal ‘Old Wound’ With U.S. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/EarToTheGround/~3/qe8hWaEoGCw/ http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/new_iranian_president_wants_to_heal_old_wound_with_us_20130617/ conservatives, election, hassan rohani, iran, iran nuclear program,

During his first news conference since winning Iran’s presidential election, Hasan Rowhani promised to improve relations with the West and be more forthcoming about his country’s nuclear program, although he maintained that it would not give up its nuclear rights.

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