Reports - Robert Scheer's Columns | Truthdig http://www.truthdig.com/report/category/scheer/ 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 2013-06-18T07:14:41+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gifTruthdig.com logo Subscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with NewsAlloySubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with Attensa for OutlookSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with FlurrySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation The Terror Con http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/e8PpjV8pb3A/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_terror_con_20130618/ bill keller, booz allen, booz allen hamilton, edward snowden, government, iran, iraq, media, military, money, nsa, robert scheer, security, surveillance, surveillance state, terrorism, tom friedman, war, whistle blowers, Robert Scheer's Columns

The name of the game is threat inflation, and no one has been better at it than the folks at Booz Allen Hamilton, the inventors of the new boondoggle called cyberwarfare.

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]]> 2013-06-18T07:14:41+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_terror_con_20130618/ One American Who Isn’t for Sale http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/jNOK4gnuvtA/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/one_american_who_isnt_for_sale_20130611/ bush, carlyle group, clinton, democrats, edward snowden, government, iraq, military, nsa, pentagon, prism, robert scheer, security, surveillance, terrorism, war, Robert Scheer's Columns

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden worked for a private company that got 98 percent of its $5.8 billion last year from the taxpayers, who are the same folks being spied upon.

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]]> 2013-06-11T09:15:34+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/one_american_who_isnt_for_sale_20130611/ China Benefits From Bush’s Folly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/Z5oZGasQUfg/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/china_benefits_from_bushs_folly_20130603/ bush, china, colonialism, economy, george w bush, government, imperialism, iran, iraq, iraq war, military, neocons, oil, paul wolfowitz, politics, religion, war, Robert Scheer's Columns

What the Chinese have demonstrated is that in the modern world, to the conquerors do not go the spoils.

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]]> 2013-06-04T06:43:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/china_benefits_from_bushs_folly_20130603/ Congress Still Puts Out for Wall Street http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/VFg7FXpoEAM/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/congress_still_puts_out_for_wall_street_20130527/ banks, citi, citibank, citigroup, congress, democracy, democrats, economy, government, house, law, regulation, republicans, robert scheer, wall street, Robert Scheer's Columns

The big banks’ influence in Washington has only grown in direct proportion to the harm they have caused to the nation’s economy.

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]]> 2013-05-28T04:44:43+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/congress_still_puts_out_for_wall_street_20130527/ Tumblr Is Worth $1.1 Billion to Yahoo for One Reason: You http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/eK9t7RFSF7c/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_is_tumblr_worth_11_billion_to_yahoo_you_20130521/ book, data mining, eric schmidt, google, government, money, privacy, robert scheer, tumblr, wall street, yahoo, Robert Scheer's Columns

Tumblr shunned advertising and earned the trust of its users, but Yahoo undoubtedly has other plans.

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]]> 2013-05-21T04:00:34+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_is_tumblr_worth_11_billion_to_yahoo_you_20130521/ Elizabeth Warren, a Great Investment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/NzUFpmLjsok/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/elizabeth_warren_a_great_investment_20130514/ banks, campaign, congress, economy, ed markey, elizabeth warren, government, loans, massachusetts, politics, senate, student loans, students, wall street, Robert Scheer's Columns

How astonishing to have a public servant who actually cares to inform the public about the inner workings of the system of crony capitalism that has wedded big government with big business.

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]]> 2013-05-14T07:29:33+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/elizabeth_warren_a_great_investment_20130514/ Obama Did It for the Money http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/A-E5tGMPVVo/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obama_did_it_for_the_money_20130507/ barack obama, democrats, economy, housing crisis, jack lew, penny pritzker, robert scheer, sub prime, subprime lending, subprime mortgages, Robert Scheer's Columns

The president has chosen to fill two key Cabinet positions dealing with business practices with people who specialized in financial rip-offs.

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]]> 2013-05-07T07:09:07+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/obama_did_it_for_the_money_20130507/ Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/m5FNb6fu8ww/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/googles_spymasters_are_now_worried_about_your_secrets_20130429/ dictator, dictators, dictatorship, eric schmidt, google, government, internet, politics, privacy, privacy laws, privacy rights, robert scheer, secrets, security, terrorism, Robert Scheer's Columns

There is a growing acceptance and indeed a demand for additional surveillance cameras, cellphone eavesdropping, location checks and biometric identifiers.

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]]> 2013-04-30T06:18:40+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/googles_spymasters_are_now_worried_about_your_secrets_20130429/ 277 Million Boston Bombings http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/O4C3btdKVtg/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/277_million_boston_bombings_20130423/ afghanistan, boston bombings, cluster bombs, congress, government, iraq, israel, laos, military, robert scheer, terrorism, vietnam, vietnam war, war, Robert Scheer's Columns

The horror of Boston should be a reminder that the choice of weaponry can be in itself an act of evil.

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]]> 2013-04-23T08:50:40+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/277_million_boston_bombings_20130423/ It Wasn’t David Stockman Who Wrecked the Economy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/RobertScheer/~3/zyeoPP82UCU/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/it_wasnt_david_stockman_who_wrecked_the_economy_20130402/ alan greenspan, bailout, barack obama, ben bernanke, bush, clinton, crony capitalism, david stockman, deregulation, government, history, lawrence summers, libertarian, libertarianism, libertarians, media, money, robert scheer, wall street, war, Robert Scheer's Columns

For all of the strident attacks on Stockman’s column, I have yet to read a serious critique of his most brazen claim.

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