Senators Wyden and Udall say that PAT-RIOT Act surveillance has never proved necessary, and call for the government to publish more information about it.

Obama says he's not responsible for agencies that report to him; their supervision should be left to Congress and courts.

Of course, no sensible American trusts the FISA court to defend our freedom. Whether Congress will do so has yet to be seen. But what good is a president who passes the buck on our freedom.

Turkey's president calls the protests foreign meddling and says he wants to crush them.

He cites European repression of protests to justify his own.

It is true that countries such as the UK and Italy have repressed protests. So what? Injustice in one country does not excuse injustice in another country.

However, this should be a lesson that European countries and the US must not tolerate repression and lying thugs at home.

Some scientists say that Monsanto's supposed tests to find GMO wheat are flawed and cannot be relied on. In other words, we don't know how widespread those genes are.

Naomi Klein: 'Anti-Shock Doctrines' Show the Way to Resist.