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US government back to business after debt deal Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 UN Expert Challenges Foundations of US Covert Drone War Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions US government back to business after debt deal Republican infighting continues, while president and Democrats express new unity Senate Debt Deal Weakens Congress on Debt Ceiling Capitol Hill talk regarding the Senate deal apparently includes a provision that would take away the Congress' power to increase the debt ceiling. According to Politico, it looks like the buzz appears to be true. Documents reveal NSA's extensive involvement in targeted killing program Obama Administration fights quick Supreme Court review of NSA program Door May Open for Challenge to Secret Wiretaps New EU rules to curb transfer of data to US after Edward Snowden revelations Regulations will make it harder to move European data to third countries, with fines running into billions for failure to comply MPs set to investigate Guardian's involvement in Snowden leaks Keith Vaz says home affairs committee to look at newspaper's activities as part of inquiry into counter-terrorism Extent of spies' mass surveillance to be investigated in public inquiry Intelligence inquiry begun after Edward Snowden leaks and Guardian revelations on GCHQ and NSA personal data sharing Pierre Omidyar commits $250m to new media venture with Glenn Greenwald Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fuelled by 'concern about press freedoms in the US and around the world' Rebel infighting between Kurds and Al Qaeda kills more than 40 in northeast Syria Israel and the Gulf Increasingly Nervous Over Iran-US Détente As hopeful, albeit vague, statements about talks in Geneva between Iran and the great powers continued to issue from the Swiss city Tuesday, foes of détente between Washington and Tehran maintained their own high tempo of work. U.S. says talks intense, serious after Iran hints at atomic concessions Iranian man who survived execution must be hanged again, judges say Morgue workers spotted that 37-year-old Alireza was alive a day after he was hanged for possessing crystal meth |
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