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Domestic Spying Revelation Could Be Devastating For The Obama White House Peter Foster, The Telegraph June. 6, 2013, 6:46 AM The Obama administration will be bracing itself for a torrent of hostile questions this morning following the apparent revelation that the National Security Agency has been data-mining the phone records of tens of millions of ordinary Americans. Not to be confused with eaves-dropping, or bugging the phones of those suspected of conspiring to commit a terrorist or criminal offence, the top secret court order published by The Guardian appears to show that the NSA has been trawling the anonymous 'metadata'...

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that his committee plans to investigate government loan programs to private corporations in light of allegations of improper dealings between the White House and failed energy company Solyndra and wireless startup LightSquared. "I want to see when the president and his cronies are picking winners and losers… it wasn't because there were large contributions given to them," the chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee said Tuesday morning on CSPAN. Issa said the committee was looking at whether it was improper for members of Congress or White House staff to select companies eligible...

MIDDLETOWN - Nine illegal immigrants were arrested last week after attempting to enter the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown.The workers from Mexico were hired as temporary employees at the plant. They were charged with possessing fraudulent documents, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.The men were held in immigration custody until Wednesday, when they were turned over to the U.S. Marshals Service after charges were filed in U.S. District Court, said Tim Counts, ICE spokesman.If convicted, the men could face up to five years in prison.The arrests were the result of an observant security guard who contacted the...

(An apology to our good Canadian FReepers who disagree with their government.) ============================================ Along with my commercial real estate business, some of you know that I have been involved in the security window film business since 9-11. Although outsourcing may be an overblown issue in some areas, in other areas what has happened is an outrage. Security window film is used to hold glass together and prevent shards from tearing people to pieces. Had the U.N. in Baghdad been fitted with security window film, some of the fatalities would have been prevented. In the United States are fine manufacturing companies...