Geopolitical – Week of 01.26.14

Uzbek Terror Suspect Challenges U.S. Surveillance Program
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty | 30 January 2014
An Uzbek man living in Colorado has become the first defendant to challenge the constitutionality of the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless surveillance program…

EU Has Secret Plan for Police to ‘Remote Stop’ Cars
The Telegraph | 29 January 2014
The EU is developing a secret plan to give the police the power to control cars by switching the engine off remotely…

Don’t Be Scared of Phone Tapping During Sochi-2014, It’s For Your Own Safety – Experts
The Voice of Russia | 10 October 2013
All sports delegations to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics will see unprecedented security safeguards…

Hundreds File Lawsuit Against Makers of Fukushima Nuclear Plant
RT | 30 January 2014
About 1,400 people have filed a joint lawsuit against three companies that manufactured Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant…

Much Of North Dakota’s Natural Gas Is Going Up In Flames
NPR | 30 January 2014
A remarkable transformation is underway in western North Dakota…

China Faces Obstacles on Road to Consumer Society
AP News | 30 January 2014
Business should be picking up for Zhao Guoping, a Beijing shopkeeper…

Sprint Reportedly Met With Justice Dept to Talk T-Mobile Deal
CNet | 29 January 2014
Masayoshi Son, head of Sprint parent SoftBank, and Sprint CEO Dan Hesse are attempting to smooth the way toward a merger…

Judge Reaffirms ‘Constitution-Free Zones’ Near Border, Teeing Up High Court Fight
Fox News | 13 January 2014
A federal judge who endorsed “suspicion-less” searches of laptops…

S. Korea Approves $7bn Nuclear Reactor Plan
RT | 29 January 2014
South Korea has given a green light to a $7 billion project to build two nuclear reactors by 2020…

Edward Snowden Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP
The Telegraph | 29 January 2014
The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian MP…

A Ban On Owning Farm Animals? Michigan Is Considering It
Off The Grid News | 24 January 2014
Keeping even one “farm animal” in residential neighborhoods could soon be illegal in Michigan…

Judge Reaffirms ‘Constitution-Free Zones’ Near Border, Teeing Up High Court Fight
Fox News | 13 January 2014
A federal judge who endorsed “suspicion-less” searches of laptops…

Ukraine Warns of Possible State of Emergency
France 24 | 27 January 2014
Ukraine’s justice minister has threatened to call for a state of emergency after anti-government activists seized the justice ministry in Kiev on Sunday…

Sochi 2014: Encyclopedia of Spending
The Anti Corruption Foundation
We are proud that Sochi hosts the Winter Olympic Games…

A Constitutional Right to Industrial Farming?
Bloomberg Businessweek | 09 January 2014
Article I of Indiana’s constitution begins in the usual way, spelling out the familiar rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…

Big Dog and Pony Show in Jacksonville
Veteran’s Today | 14 January 2014
Disabled Marine Veteran John, his brother Jim and father John Senior banded together with a couple of attorneys named Albion Giordano and Steven Nardizzi…

Nations Largest Cocaine Smuggler Revealed: The DEA
http://youtu.be/jbGaWSXfbWk
Information Clearing House | 25 January 2014
Newly released documents, and testimony from Justice Department and DEA officials now show the stories of government running cocaine are true…