Politics

Santa Monica Killer John Zawahri: A Familiar Profile

From his weapons to his mental-health history, he's the kind of mass shooter we've come to know all too well.

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| Tue Jun. 11, 2013 4:57 PM PDT
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What Really Drives a Whistleblower Like Edward Snowden?

A crash course in whistleblower psychology with expert C. Frederick Alford.

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| Thu Jun. 13, 2013 3:40 AM PDT
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The Gift of Bradley Manning

Knowing what the government is doing is not some special privilege. It's our right.

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| Tue Jun. 11, 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Does Sen. Jeff Sessions Think Obama Is Secretly a "Radical Machiavelli"?

At a conservative conference, this GOP senator praised a book that contends the president is a totalitarian extremist pretending to be a pragmatist.

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| Wed Jun. 12, 2013 3:45 AM PDT

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The Truth About Video Games and Gun Violence

Do brutal games lead to mass shootings? What do three decades of research really tell us?

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| Tue Jun. 11, 2013 3:46 AM PDT
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Is This Rape Case the Next Steubenville?

An Ohio woman who says she was gang-raped as a high school freshman reached out to Anonymous—with mixed results.

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| Tue Jun. 11, 2013 3:46 AM PDT
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Why the NSA Surveillance Program Isn't Like "The Wire"

Even if NSA's programs haven't been abused yet, that doesn't mean they're okay. It's the future that matters.

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| Mon Jun. 10, 2013 10:06 AM PDT
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Why the NSA Surveillance Program Isn't Like "The Wire"

Even if NSA's programs haven't been abused yet, that doesn't mean they're okay. It's the future that matters.

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| Mon Jun. 10, 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Edward Snowden and the Iceland Option

The NSA whistleblower floated the possiblity of taking a refuge in Iceland. Here's why that's probably not gonna happen.

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| Mon Jun. 10, 2013 3:30 PM PDT
Sami Al-Arian

The Other Guantanamo Bay

Due to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling, American Muslims are being pre-convicted and pre-punished on US soil.

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| Mon Jun. 10, 2013 10:26 AM PDT

The Trayvon Martin Killing Goes to Trial

Here are some key aspects of the case to consider as the court proceedings begin.

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| Updated: Sun June 9, 2013 9:35 AM PST

Prior NSA Whistleblower Warns Edward Snowden: Government Will Seek "Revenge and Retaliation"

Thomas Drake, who was prosecuted for allegedly leaking NSA secrets to the press, predicts what will happen to the source of the PRISM leak.

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| Sun Jun. 9, 2013 8:49 PM PDT
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Judge at Center of NSA Spying Controversy Attended Expenses-Paid Terrorism Seminar

Lectures included the promotion of executive branch power over Congress and the courts.

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance

Government lawyers are trying to keep buried a classified court finding that a domestic spying program went too far.

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 12:22 PM PDT
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Happy 35th Birthday, Tax Revolt! Thanks for Destroying California.

As California goes so goes the nation…are you listening tea party?

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 3:56 AM PDT
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Officials Can't Prove Holding 12,400 People in Solitary Makes Federal Prisons Safer

They're also ignorant about how long-term isolation is affecting prisoners, and what it costs, says a new GAO report.

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 3:56 AM PDT

The Domestic Surveillance Boom, From Bush to Obama

Timeline: PRISM, Total Information Awareness, and other moments in electronic eavesdropping after 9/11.

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 3:56 AM PDT

Exclusive: Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI

If convicted of hacking-related charges, Deric Lostutter could get more jail time than the rapists he went after.

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| Thu Jun. 6, 2013 5:08 PM PDT

Silicon Valley's Awful Race and Gender Problem in 3 Mind-Blowing Charts

…and one jaw-dropping stat.

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| Thu Jun. 6, 2013 11:11 AM PDT
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6 Issues That Could Make Immigration Reform Implode Next Week

Senators will try to hammer out a bipartisan compromise as immigration reform comes to the Senate floor. Here's how it could all go wrong.

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| Fri Jun. 7, 2013 3:56 AM PDT

Photo Essays + Slideshows

House Porn: Size Doesn't Matter Edition

Adorable, cheap, and green living spaces? Yes, please.

Photo Essay: Plastic Surgery Tourism

Images from a two-week trip to the land of lipo and breast lifts.

PHOTOS: Out of Saddam's Shadow

Ten years after the US-led invasion, Iraqi Kurdistan is thriving.

Chernobyl's Half Lives

Radiation checkpoints. Contaminated mushrooms. A quarter century after the meltdown, meet the families who chose to stay.

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