Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Sanders is a True Maverick: Sen. Bernie Sanders recently was asked about an upcoming ruling in a Supreme Court case that may void limits on contributions to candidates’ campaign committees. He cited the impact on U.S. elections of donations by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, according to Wolf D. Fuhrig in a column for the Jacksonville (Ill.) Courier News “You do not want a political system which is heavily dominated by wealthy individuals. That’s not what American society is supposed to be about,” Sanders said. NATO General Warns of Further Russian Aggression: NATO’s top military commander warned Sunday that Russia could seek to expand its territorial conquest to new areas, just a day after Russian forces seized some of the final Ukrainian military installations in the contested Crimean peninsula. NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, said Russia had assembled a large force on Ukraines eastern border that could pose a threat to Moldova’s separatist Transnistria region, The Washington Post reported. N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers: The U.S. National Security Agency has infiltrated servers in the headquarters of Chinese telecommunications and internet giant Huawei Technologies Co, obtaining sensitive information and monitoring the communications of top executives, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The operation, code-named Shotgiant, was based on NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden, the former agency contractor who since last year has leaked data revealing sweeping U.S. surveillance activities. Continue reading here:
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:36:06 +0000
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