POOF Ness – Susan&ZAP – “Break On Through” – 21 July 2014

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WashingtonExaminer – IRS Official: Lost Lois Lerner Emails May Still Exist – 21 July 2014

Washington Examiner

By Susan Ferrechio

Could the IRS have those missing Lois Lerner emails after all?

New testimony from a key Internal Revenue Service official indicates the IRS may not have lost two years of emails sent by former top IRS official Lois Lerner after all.

Read the full story at: www.washingtonexaminer.com /  link to original article

TheIndependent – Hacking Trial: Rupert Murdoch ‘Went Nuts’ About Rebekah Brooks’ And Andy Coulson’s Affair – 21 July 2014

The Independent

By James Cusick

Rupert Murdoch did not know Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson had been having an affair for years, and allegedly “went nuts” when he was given details before the phone hacking trial started.

Read the full story at:  www.independent.co.uk / link to original article

 

TheIndependent – Tulisa Drugs Trial Case ‘Thrown Out Of Court’, Judge Tells Jury – 21 July 2014

The Independent

The former X Factor judge was seen smiling in the docks as the judge announced the collapse of the case involving Mazhir ‘Fake Sheikh’ Mahmood

By Jenn Selby

Quote: Tulisa Contostavlos’s trial for allegedly brokering a cocaine deal worth £820 has been thrown out of court, the jury has heard.

Read the full story at: www.independent.co.uk / link to original article

 

ZeroHedge – Russia Touts South Stream Pipeline As Europe’s Gas Lifeline – 21 July 2014

 Submitted by Andy Tully via OilPrice.com,

Russia is mounting a major publicity campaign in Europe for its proposed South Stream gas pipeline in an apparent effort to reassure its EU customers that they can rely on Russian gas for the indefinite future.

The reason for Moscow’s public relations efforts is the continuing unrest in Ukraine. EU countries now get about 30 percent of their gas from Russia, half of it piped through Ukraine. Twice, in 2006 and 2009, that flow has been interrupted. Gas flows to Europe through Ukraine are intact today, but that status may change depending on whether relations between Russia and Ukraine improve or decline.

Read the full story at: www.zerohedge.com / link to original article

ZeroHedge – Goldman Managing Director Found Dead In Apparent Kite Surfing Accident – 21 July 2014

Police are still investigating the tragic death of 39-year-old Goldman Sachs Managing Director Nicholas Valtz this weekend. As Bloomberg reports, Valtz, a “novice kiteboarder,” was found dead yesterday by family members who went searching for him after he didn’t return from a kiteboarding outing. While there is no accusation of suicide in this case, it sadly brings the number of young financial services executives deaths to 16 this year.

FBI Entrapped Suspects In Almost All High-Profile Terrorism Cases In US – 21 July 2014

A new report by Human Rights Watch accuses the FBI of using sting operations to entrap informants, creating terrorists out of law-abiding individuals and targeting American Muslims in the agency’s counterterrorism investigations.

The Justice Department and the FBI have targeted American Muslims in “abusive” counterterrorism sting operations based on religious and ethnic identity, according to the new report from HRW and Columbia University Law School’s Human Rights Institute. The study found that many of the over 500 terrorism-related cases since the War on Terror began in 2001 have alienated the communities that the government should rely on to prevent terrorism.

“This is a number that sounds really big, and it makes it sound like Americans are being kept safe from terrorism attacks,” Andrea Prasow, deputy Washington director for HRW, said in a video released with the report. “But we found that in a lot of these cases, people were prosecuted who never would have committed a terrorist attack in the first place, if it weren’t for the involvement of the FBI.”

Read the full story at: www.rt.com / link to original article

Iraq Whitewash? Swathes Of UK Public Inquiry Findings Suppressed – 21 July 2014

A lack of transparency concerning a UK public inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq has bred heated criticism that its findings may vindicate a brutal war that divided the nation and blackened Tony Blair’s decade-long leadership.

In the aftermath of the eight-year investigation, the inquiry’s concluding report has been delayed as a result of negotiations concerning its content. Of particular concern to the British establishment, are records of a series of meetings and exchanges between then-US President George W. Bush and Blair.

It first emerged the Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence had blocked the release of these records in May 2014. Several months later, it has now been confirmed large proportions of these controversial exchanges will be omitted from the inquiry’s final report – remaining obscured from public knowledge indefinitely.

Read the full story at: www.rt.com /link to original article

ISIS Militants Ransack Catholic Monastery In Iraq – 21 July 2014

Islamic militants have seized a monastery in northern Iraq, kicking out its Christian monks as well as Christian residents of Mosul.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS) insurgents stormed the ancient Mar Benham monastery in the Christian town of Qaraqosh Sunday, near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which was overrun by ISIS on 10 June.

Mar Benham is a 4th century monastery run by the Syriac Catholic church.

A member of the Syriac clergy said the monks pleaded to be allowed to save some of the monastery’s relics but the ISIS fighters refused and ordered them to leave on foot with only the clothes on their back.

Read the full story at: www.rt.com / link to original article

UK Column News – 21 July 2014

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