Theguardian.com, By: Glen Greenwald, 10/25/2013

The most under-discussed aspect of the NSA story has long been its international scope. That all changed this week as both Germany and France exploded with anger over new revelations about pervasive NSA surveillance on their population and democratically elected leaders.

As was true for Brazil previously, reports about surveillance aimed at leaders are receiving most of the media attention, but what really originally drove the story there were revelations that the NSA is bulk-spying on millions and millions of innocent citizens in all of those nations. The favorite cry of US government apologists -–everyone spies! – falls impotent in the face of this sort of ubiquitous, suspicionless spying that is the sole province of the US and its four English-speaking surveillance allies (the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand).

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I think I should tell you at this point that I am one of people who gave advanced warnings about 9/11 and I personally contacted the office of attorney general John Ashcroft and the office of counterterrorism in August of 2001. We could have stopped that attack; a decision was made at the highest levels not to do so and that is the problem.

You are correct we are being inundated with information, but there is always an ulterior agenda and if something is being allowed to happen, the Boston Marathon bombing, I am not convinced that we did not know about that attack beforehand.

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The Raw Story - 10/23/13, Agence France-Presse

The verdict comes as the US continues to press ahead with litigation against giant banks over their handling of mortgages and mortgage-backed securities ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.

The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase are currently in negotiations over a multi-billion settlement

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By: Dr. Mercola, 10/16/2013

Did you know that nearly 20 percent of corporate crime is being committed by companies that make products for your health? Sad but true, no less than 19 pharmaceutical companies made AllBusiness.com’s Top 100 Corporate Criminals List for the 1990s, and the trend has continued if not increased into the 21st Century. Crimes committed by some of the most well-known drug companies include:

    Fabricated studies

    Covering up serious problems with their drugs

    False claims

    Bribery, illegal kick-backs, and defrauding Medicare, Medicaid, and even the FDA