by Democracy Now

The Senate is expected to vote on a controversial measure to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tomorrow. The legislation would rewrite the nation’s surveillance laws and authorize the National Security Agency’s secret program of warrantless wiretapping. We speak with Mark Klein, a technician with AT&T for over twenty-two years. In 2006 Klein leaked internal AT&T documents that revealed the company had set up a secret room in its San Francisco office to give the National Security Agency access to its fiber optic internet cables.

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by Jeremy Herron, AP

When media and technology tycoons convene Tuesday in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of dealmaking and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray.

Powerful moguls come to Allen & Co. investment bank’s annual retreat in Sun Valley seeking new acquisitions and alliances and _ increasingly in recent years _ the opportunity to retool their businesses.

by Danny Schechter

California Real Estate Insider Sues Financial Greed Industry In The Public Interest

It has been nearly a year since what we now know as the subprime crisis melted down the markets, caused banks to begin writing down assetless assets and forced The Federal Reserve Bank to come to the attempted rescue of the American economy by injecting billions of dollars into the banking system and cut interest rates seven times