[ Who/What/Why - http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/10/29/feds-accused-of-harassing-boston-bomber-friends-and-friends-of-friends/ ]
In the six months since the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI has by
all appearances been relentlessly intimidating, punishing, deporting
and, in one case, shooting to death, persons connected, sometimes only
tangentially, with the alleged bombers.
All of these individuals have something in common: If afforded
constitutional protections and treated as witnesses instead of
perpetrators, they could potentially help clear up questions about the
violence of April 15. And they might also be able to help clarify the
methods and extent of the FBI’s recruitment of immigrants and others for
undercover work, and how that could relate to the Bureau’s prior
relationship with the bombing suspects—a relationship the Bureau has
variously hidden or downplayed.
Who Cares? We Do
The Boston tragedy may seem like a remote, distant memory, yet the
bombing warrants continued scrutiny as a seminal event of our times. It
was, after all, the only major terror attack in the United States since
9/11. With its grisly scenes of severed limbs and dead bodies, including
that of a child, it shook Americans profoundly.
As importantly, in its aftermath we’ve seen public acquiescence in an
ongoing erosion of civil liberties and privacy rights that began with
9/11—and to an unprecedented expansion of federal authority in the form
of a unique military/law enforcement “lockdown” of a major metropolitan
area.
Nonetheless, at the time, most news organizations simply accepted at
face value the shifting and thin official accounts of the strange
events. Today few give the still-unfolding saga even the most minimal
attention. And it is most certainly still unfolding, as we shall see.
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by Valdis Bell
The 25 statistics that you are about to read are solid proof that the middle class in America is being systematically wiped out. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world. It seemed like almost everyone owned a home, had a couple of nice vehicles and could provide a very comfortable lifestyle for their families. Sadly, that has all changed. In America today, prices are rising at a very brisk pace but incomes are not. There aren’t nearly enough jobs for everyone anymore, and most of the jobs that are being “created” are jobs that pay very little. The largest employer in America is Wal-Mart, and the second largest employer is actually a temp agency (Kelly Services). In a desperate attempt to make ends meet, millions of American families endlessly pile up more debt, and millions of other American families find themselves forced to turn to the government for help. At this point, more than 49 percent of all Americans receive benefits from the federal government each month. The percentage of Americans that cannot financially take care of themselves is rising every single year, and our independence is being whittled away as we become increasingly dependent on the government. Unfortunately, our politicians continue to stand aside and do nothing as our jobs are shipped overseas, inflation steals our purchasing power and the middle class continues to shrink. The following are 25 stats that prove that the American Dream is being systematically destroyed… (Read More.....)
