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Barrett Brown | My Post Cyberpunk Indentured Servitude

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Barrett Brown | My Post Cyberpunk Indentured Servitude
Barrett Brown (photo: Nikki Loeher/Daily Beast)

Barrett Brown, The Daily Beast
Brown writes: "Not long ago I was a mild-mannered freelance journalist, activist, and satirist, contributing to outlets like the Guardian and Vanity Fair. But last Thursday I was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison in a case that Reporters Without Borders cited as a key factor in its reduction of America's press freedom rankings from 33 to 46."
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ISIS Video Purports to Show Beheading of Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto
Justin McCurry, Guardian UK
McCurry writes: "Islamic State (Isis) has released a video purportedly showing the beheading of the Japanese journalist Kenji Goto and containing a warning that Japan is now a target for the militants."
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How Guantánamo Diary Escaped the Black Hole and Got Past the Censors (Mostly)
Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "The book, in which Guantanamo detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi tells of his odyssey through overseas prisons and his torture and abuse by the US and its counterterrorism allies, is pockmarked with redactions left by military censors."
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US Ground Troops Could Be Needed in Iraq: Chuck Hagel
Bill Trott, Reuters
Trott writes: "Outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in an interview on Friday the United States might eventually need to send non-combat ground troops to Iraq to help turn back Islamic State forces."
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Ohio Delays All 2015 Executions, Amid Scrutiny of Lethal Injection Drugs
Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor
Jonsson writes: "The decision by Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Friday to postpone all seven scheduled 2015 executions in the state is part of growing evidence suggesting that courts - and American society - are coming to a fresh showdown over the humanity of how states administer the ultimate sanction."
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Americans Will Vote for Climate-Loving Politicians, New Poll Suggests
Shannon Hall, LiveScience
Hall writes: "Most Americans support government action to combat the effects of global warming and will likely vote for candidates who put forth a promising stance on environmental issues, a new poll has found."
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