Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee used obscure language to characterize the push for a clean resolution which would end the government shutdown, labeling it a form of “martial law.” Advocating for the passage of a clean continuing resolution that would, at least temporarily, end the current standoff in Washington and reopen the government, Lee said there were enough members of Congress... 

Highly-redacted documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws show the Australian Attorney-General’s Department prepared a secret briefing on the US PRISM spying program months before it was exposed in Edward Snowden’s leaks. The documents in question were requested and obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). They reveal that the Attorney-General’s Department had a... 

The Iranian authorities have arrested four men for planning to sabotage nuclear sites, reports state news. The announcement comes as Iran’s newly-appointed president takes steps to allay fears over its supposed nuclear weapons program. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Sunday that a “number of saboteurs” had been caught “red-handed” before... 

The UN confirms chemical experts in Syria destroyed missile warheads, aerial bombs, and chemical mixing equipment on Sunday as they started eliminating the country’s chemical weapons. “The process of destroying Syria’s chemical weapons program began today,” said a statement released by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The experts supervised... 

A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party, which has been protesting against the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi since July. The judges made the recommendation on Monday, saying the party represents an outlawed group, The Associated Press reported. The recommendation is to be delivered to a Cairo court which is reviewing a case demanding... 

A court in Greece has sentenced former defense minister, Akis Tsochatzopoulos, to 20 years in prison for money laundering. The court found Tsochatzopoulos and 16 of his co-defendants guilty in a six-million money laundering case that has become emblematic of political corruption in the European country. Akis Tsochatzopoulos, 73, a founding member of the socialist Pasok party and a leading figure on... 

The organized conspiracy against the Golden Dawn carried on tonight with the grossly unjust detainment of their parliamentary spokesman and NY Division leader Christos Pappas. This was done with absolutely no aggravating circumstances and without any suspicion of his involvement in any criminal case. Christos Pappas was labeled an “executive of a criminal organization.” He was given this characterization... 

California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a law barring state cooperation with any attempt by the federal government to indefinitely detain people. The legislation targets the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Brown signed into law AB351, which goes beyond any other state in rejecting federal indefinite detention power, according to the Tenth Amendment Center. The law reads, in part,... 

Anthony Gucciardi, with Infowars.com and Storyleak.com, along with Weldon Henson and film editor Josh, both with Infowars.com, traveled today to the National Security Agency’s Utah Data Center to take exterior footage of the spy grid facility. The crew passed numerous warning signs and surveillance cameras on the access road to the center. “This is complete surveillance state on us,” Gucciardi... 

When it comes to Edward Snowden, it’s reasonable to expect a little hard talk from former NSA and CIA chief Michael Hayden. After all, it is HIS baby that’s been shamed by Snowden’s leaks. But hinting that there are ‘lists’ on which Snowden should be is taking things to a new level. Speaking at a panel discussion on Thursday, the ex-NSA director made it clear that he’s aware of Snowden’s... 

Pavlos of Glyfada, one of the most respected Bishops in the Orthodox church, bravely speaks out against the injustice against the people’s nationalist movement. “There are old politicians who owe money to the state. Yet they have been spared. The people know how many (referring to 0) politicians have been in prison, and instead they lock up the victims.” He then goes on to say: “They were... 

Prosecutors and investigators came to an agreement, Kasidiaris was released on bail, while Panagiotaros and Michos were released without bail, but all 3 are banned from exiting the country for the time being. John Lagos is still being held likely for political reasons. It appears that the foreign ordered witchunt against Golden Dawn is collapsing due to its science fiction type accusations. The media... 

These unscrupulous and heartless puppets of the pro-bailout coalition, are the willing servants and agents of the international loan sharks who fanatically obey the wishes of their masters and desperately fight the Golden Dawn, because they know that we are the only barrier to their unpatriotic plans. One of the most ardent supporters of foreign occupation forces, is the megalomaniac “Il Duce”... 

Britain could quit the European Convention on Human Rights so it can legally “chuck out” people threatening the country and its way of life, UK PM David Cameron said. Critics doubted Cameron’s honesty, saying such move would mean quitting the EU. In the first public statement of its kind, the British prime minister told BBC1 that he was ready to cut ties with the Strasbourg court, to prevent... 

It’s widely known that the NSA has taps connected to the various telco networks, thanks in large part to AT&T employee Mark Klein who blew the whistle on AT&T’s secret NSA room in San Francisco. What was unclear was exactly what kind of access the NSA had. Various groups like the EFF and CDT have both been asking the administration to finally come clean, in the name of transparency, if...