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So Much For Middle East Democracy Posted: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 So Much For Middle East Democracy The real story behind the military coup in Cairo led by General al-Sissi is much more complex than the western media is reporting. Far from a spontaneous uprising by Egyptians, – aka "a people's revolution" – what really happened was a putsch orchestrated by Egypt's "deep government" and outside powers – the latest phase of the counter-revolution against the so-called Arab Spring. Egypt: Violence increases pressure on Obama to 'pick sides' Obama has said the US is 'not aligned with' any side in the strife in Egypt, but with growing Egyptian fears their country could slip into civil war, the pressure to abandon US neutrality mounts. For Egypt's Islamists, War Is Now a Legitimate Option Bradley Manning trial hears of outlook on life in months before leaks began WikiLeaks source's comments read to court by woman with whom he held online chats between February and August 2009 Linchpin for Obama's plan to predict future leakers unproven, isn't likely to work, experts say In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not scientifically proven to work, according to experts and government documents. New Snowden allegations rile Latin America Allegations that the United States has been actively spying on friends and foes in Latin America threatened to open new diplomatic fronts for the Obama Germany Defends Its Cooperation with NSA Angela Merkel's government said on Monday that its cooperation with American intelligence was fully regulated by strict legal guidelines after a magazine reported that the U.S. National Security Agency was in close cahoots with German spies. Edward Snowden: US surveillance 'not something I'm willing to live under' In second part of Glenn Greenwald interview, NSA whistleblower insists he is a patriot who regards the US as fundamentally good US privacy group challenging NSA and FBI collection of phone records Electronic Privacy Information Center to file petition asking supreme court to suspend FBI's blanket collection of data Oliver Stone calls National Security Agency secret-leaker Edward Snowden 'a hero' 'It's a disgrace that (President) Obama is more concerned with hunting down Snowden than reforming these George Bush-style eavesdropping techniques,' the outspoken director said Thursday at a Czech film festival. Snowden is reportedly holed up in a Moscow airport waiting for a country to grant him asylum. Obama urged to halt Ramadan force-feeding at Guantánamo Islamic leaders call on administration to rethink policy towards hunger-striking detainees during religious fast Lauryn Hill begins prison sentence for tax evasion Rapper will serve three months in a Connecticut jail after failing to pay tax on $2m earnings |
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