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- TOP 30 Known NSA Spying Techniques
- Cop Pulled Gun on 5th Graders and Forced Them on the Ground for Building Tree House
- Facebook Co-Founder Relinquished U.S. Citizenship -- Now the Empire Strikes Back
- Nightmare Confirmed by the Supreme Court: You Really ARE Guilty Until Proven Innocent
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 09:30 PM PDT
The scope of the National Security Agency’s spying abilities has increased dramatically in the last few of years. Rumors have been circulated for years about the agencies clandestine abilities. Many of those rumors have been confirmed, thanks to leaked documents and whistleblowers like Edward Snowden.
Below is a list of powers and tricks used by the NSA. Many of these abilities are shared by the NSA’s spying counterpart in the United Kingdom, known as the Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). Interestingly, most of the reporting about the USA’s Orwellian playbook comes from foreign publications.   |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 08:30 PM PDT
Police in Georgia forced a group of fifth graders to the ground at gunpoint this week as they attempted to build a tree fort in their own neighborhood.
According to 911 records, Henry County Police were called after a neighbor noticed the children “chopping off tree limbs,” an activity she claimed was hurting the environment and creating “tripping hazards.” Police arrived on scene to find 11-year-old Omari Grant and his friends playing in a small patch of trees, prompting at least one officer to reportedly draw his firearm and force the boys to the ground.   |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 08:00 PM PDT
Brazilian-born Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin relinquished his U.S. citizenship late last year. As an expatriate, Saverin must pay an "exit tax" on the value of any unrealized gains in his worldwide estate, less a $636,000 exclusion for 2011.
I'm not privy to billionaire Saverin's financial affairs, but I have no reason to doubt his statement that he will pay "hundreds of millions" of dollars in exit tax to the U.S. government. Some of this tax is on the pre-initial public offering (pre-IPO) value of his Facebook shares.
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014 07:00 PM PDT
Imagine for a moment that you and your wife operate a successful business refurbishing and selling used medical equipment.
One day, you receive a letter from a federal prosecutor informing you that the business is the target of a criminal investigation. The prosecutor demands that you turn over virtually all business records to the court within seven days. Naturally, you’re a little worried. The first thing you want to do is hire an attorney. But you don’t have cash on hand to pay the attorney, so you take out a home equity loan.   |
