Information the program collects has been valuable and ineffective in protecting the National Security. The program is operated under a statute that was publicly debated and the text of the statute outlines the basic structure of the program. The operation of the section 702 program has been subject to judicial oversight and extensive andrnal supervision, the board is found no indication of intentional abuse. Outside of this fundamental core, certain aspects of the section 702 program do raise theacy concerns and push Program Close to the line of constitutional reasonableness. Including the scope of u. S. Versus communications, the use of medications acquired through the internet that are neither to or from the target of the surveillance, and the use of such queries to search information collected under the program for the medications of certain u. S. Persons. With these concerns in mind, the report that we are voting on today offers a set of policy proposals that should strike a bette
What theyre doing is capitalizing on the dirt cheap prices of homes in cities where the crisis at the heart is. The other turning it into a get rich scheme. As blackstone and other private equity firms by over 200,000 rental homes, investment firms are bundling them into new securities. Could this help spark the next housing crisis . Finally, not a bug splat. In an act of artistic and drone attacks in pakistan, a group of artists and villagers have unveiled a giant banner laid out on the field of a young child. Organizers say the child lost her parents and two young siblings in u. S. Drone strike. Her picture is large enough to be picked up by satellite imagery. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Several victims said to remain in Critical Condition following wednesdays stabbing rampage at a pennsylvania high school. A teenage suspect is accused of moving through the school, slashing and stabbing his class
To know those products work to help smokers stop smoking. They are actually not approved for reduction. They are only approved for abrupt cessation. But there is a robust Evidence Base that when marketed to help smokers quit and when used properly, people can succeed. By contrast, to go to the questions from senator alexander about what you know and what you dont know when it comes to e cigarettes there is a whole lot to know. I agree with you totally. Can you point to any new innovation where we know right at the beginning everything about it and that we could come to an assessment. Im hopeful through your studies you find this product as safe. We dont want an unsafe product out there that contributes to a different problem. Ut if you find that its safe, are we going to say the same thing about ecigarettes 10 years from now. Gee, the body of evidence did a tremendous thing. Isnt that a good thing . If we are going to regulate them as Tobacco Products, we have to find that the claims,
He has limited resources and is focused on his survival. Someone saying that assad will send some of his forces to rebuild ties with the west does one really think that he has a better understanding of jihad he forces jihadi forces than the rebel forces fighting isis . At the political and strategic level, working with assad validates the suspicions of many sunnis, and including moderates, that reluctance to helping rebels is linked to a preference for a side and a strong secular dictator. Secular, lets qualify what that means here. It will be difficult to undermine the legitimacy. If we go down this road, this applies to iran. In a rock the best ally is a run iraq, the best ally is iran. If we had not realized what matters is the local actors and the legitimacy of the intelligence. The rationale to stand up to radical actors, perhaps, we should not be in that business altogether. The few successes that were scored in yemen and iraq are due to local actors taking on the responsibility.
It doesnt want to antagonize republicans. We will get reaction from Pablo Alvarado of the National Day Laborers organizing network, and speak with Aviva Chomsky, author of the new book, undocumented how immigration became illegal. Then part two of our interview with the famed essayist Tanehisi Coates about his explosive new atlantic magazine essay, the case for reparations. It is being credited for rekindling a National Debate on reparations for american slavery and institutional racism. To the myth lie that africanamericans who act right, who are respectable, you know, are somehow therefore immune to the plunder that is symptomatic of White Supremacy in this country. It does not matter. There is no bettering yourself that will get you out of it. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The nsa has released an email sent by Edward Snowden to its office of general counsel claiming it is the only email snowden se