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Second Trump indictment lands, this one from federal charges filed by special counsel

Excerpt:	The indictment charges that Trump unlawfully took and retained classified information that did not belong to him after exiting the White House, and that he lied about his actions and obstructed the federal government's efforts to recover the documents, because he didn't want to give them back.
Published at:	11:56 AM on Friday, June 9th, 2023
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Civil Liberties, Open Government, Policy Topics
Other Tags:	Accountable Leaders, Criminal Justice, Public Records
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton kicks off campaign to become Washington’s next Secretary of State

Excerpt:	Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman will have a tough, credible Democratic challenger in 2020.
Published at:	9:24 PM on Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
Written by:	Caitlin Harrington
Categories:	Elections
Other Tags:	Privacy, WA-Exec
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Torturer Gina Haspel will be installed as new CIA head thanks to renegade Democrats

Excerpt:	Despite the opposition of Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, the United States Senate today voted to confirm torturer Gina Haspel to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, further harming the United States' international standing and handing Donald Trump another victory.
Published at:	1:46 PM on Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Open Government, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
Other Tags:	Accountable Leaders, Confirmation Votes, Human Rights, Nominations
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JCPOA with Iran will increase global security: An open letter to uncommitted Democrats

Excerpt:	Text of NPI's open letter to Democratic members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest who have not yet committed to support to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran.
Published at:	4:08 PM on Monday, August 31st, 2015
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	National Defense, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
Other Tags:	Diplomacy & Conflict, Nuclear Proliferation
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When are SSL and VPNs not secure? Why, when the NSA wants to spy on you, of course!

Excerpt:	With each passing week, it is becoming increasingly clear that former NSA employee Edward Snowden’s document dump constitutes the largest and most important leak in the history of the United States of America. While Snowden remains in Russia, newspapers in the West continue to sift through the documents he leaked, using those as the basis […]
Published at:	2:01 PM on Thursday, September 5th, 2013
Written by:	Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:	Civil Liberties, National Defense, Policy Topics, Technology
Other Tags:	Digital Freedom, Privacy, User Consent
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