The UK confiscated journalist David Miranda's computers and memories as he passed through Heathrow Airport, using powers supposedly meant for dealing with terrorists.

When the government says "terrorists", it means dissidents and journalists, or anyone that stands in the way of its abuse of power. If occasionally a would-be terrorist gets caught up in the net, they consider that a bonus.

David Miranda is Glenn Greenwald's mate, and this appears to be an attempt to intimidate Greenwald. But Greenwald is not intimidated.

If the UK regime still fears public disapproval, Greenwald will make it regret this.

The Muslim Brotherhood held protest marches, which were not attacked.

Karzai fired a cabinet minister for meeting with Taliban negotiators.

US propaganda presents officials as "idealists" who wish they could make a better world — with no resemblance to the truth about them.

US citizens: call on Obama to block the USDA from letting poultry companies inspect themselves, and increase the contamination that's permitted.

Letting these companies "police themselves" is worse than letting teenage street gang members do so, because the companies have worse morals and are less trustworthy.