ACLU Blasts Supreme Court Rejection of Challenge to Warrantless Spying Without Proof of Surveillance; Obama’s Chilling Secrecy, From Denying Drone Program’s Existence to Stonewalling on Legal Memos; Selling the White House? Obama-Linked Group Promises Top Donors Access to President; Behind the Brands: On Food Justice, Oxfam Gives Coca Cola, Kellogg’s, Nestle & Pepsi Failing Grades.
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February 27, 2013
Senate Confirms Chuck Hagel After GOP Ends Filibuster
Obama, Boehner Spar as Sequestration Cuts Loom
Budget Fears Prompt Release of Hundreds of Undocumented Immigrants
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Sweeping Surveillance Law
Obama Admin Continues to Withhold Drone Memos From Congress
Afghans Protest U.S. Special Forces in Wardak Province
NATO Withdraws Claim of Declining Taliban Attacks
Iran Mulls EU+3 Offer to Ease Sanctions
Judge Rejects Claim Bradley Manning Denied Speedy Trial
Appeals Court Strikes Down Florida, Georgia Drug Tests for Welfare Applicants
Arkansas Gov. Vetoes 20-Week Abortion Ban; Indiana Senate Advances Ultrasound Requirement
Federal Court Orders Release of Angola 3’s Albert Woodfox for 3rd Time
Rallies Mark 1st Anniversary of Trayvon Martin Killing