Jacob Chamberlain

Report: US Military Doctors Complicit In Torture

Experts say health professionals designed and participated in cruel, inhumane, and degrading torture of military detainees.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

  According to a study published this week, doctors and psychologists working for the U.S. Department of Defense and CIA have participated in the physical and psychological torture of suspected terrorists in the post-9/11 era. The report, Ethics Abandoned: Medical Professionalism and Detainee Abuse in the War on Terror, was conducted by

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‘Courage Is Contagious’: NSA Employees Following Snowden’s Lead

Government Accountability Project says Snowden’s courage has generated influx of other whistleblowers.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain
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  The "courage" of Edward Snowden is "contagious," according to lawyer and transparency advocate Jesselyn Radack, who says that additional employees at the National Security Agency are now coming forward with what they consider objectionable practices by their employer. In an interview with ABC News on Thursday, Raddack revealed that an

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Syria Meets Deadline, Destroys Chemical Weapons Sites

OPCW inspectors say Syria met milestone on path to destroy chemical weapons.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain
Headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP/Peter Dejong)

  Meeting the demands put forth in a deal brokered by Russia and the United States last month, all chemical weapons production facilities controlled by the Syrian government have now been destroyed, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said Thursday. Syria "has completed the functional destruction of critical

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Pepsi, Nestle, Coca Cola Revealed As Big Money Behind GMO Labeling Fight

In Washington state battle, pro-GMO lobbyists forced to expose illegally hidden donors

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

  Following ongoing legal pressure from campaign groups and the Washington State Attorney General's office, pro-GMO trade group the Grocery Manufacturers Association released a listof high rolling donors to their campaign aimed at blocking GMO labeling in the state. As was expected, major food corporations and GMO users such as PepsiCo,

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Amid ‘Plummeting Morale’ Experts Concerned Fukushima Workers ‘Will Collapse First’

‘Mistakes are often linked to morale,’ warns Japan nuclear regulator.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

Workers trying to stabilize the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant are struggling to keep up with the work amid ongoing crises, health problems, poor wages and falling morale, The Guardian reports Wednesday. Roughly 6,000 workers are currently employed at the plant by the operator TEPCO. However, that number is a fraction of the size of

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Malala Yousafzai Tells Obama To End Pakistan Drone Strikes

In an oval office meeting, Malala Yousafzai expresses concern about the effect of U.S. drone strikes in her country.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain

  Malala Yousafzai, the sixteen-year-old Pakistani girl who survived a gunshot to the head by members of the Taliban for speaking out on women's right to education, told President Barack Obama in an Oval Office meeting on Friday that he should stop drone strikes in countries such as Pakistan. In a statement released after the meeting,

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Secret FISA Court Extends NSA Phone Spying

The NSA’s continued mass collection of private phone data is approved.

Jacob Chamberlain
Par Jacob Chamberlain
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The secretive U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has approved a request made by the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its dragnet collection of records on all U.S. phone calls. In what it claimed to be move for transparency, the office of the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper made the announcement late

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