Thursday, December 19, 2013

2013/12/19 Headlines: White House Panel Calls for Reform of NSA Surveillance; Greenwald: NSA Seeks "Elimination of Individual Privacy Worldwide"; U.N. Assembly Approves Landmark Privacy Resolution; U.S. Releases 2 Sudanese Prisoners; Bill Would Free Up to Half of Remaining Guantánamo Detainees; Senate Approves 2-Year Budget Deal Without Jobless Benefits; Fed to Scale Back Monthly Bond Purchases; South Sudan Violence Fears of Civil War; Amnesty: Both Sides Committing War Crimes in CAR; Russian Lawmakers Approve Mass Amnesty Bill; Pussy Riot Members Set for Release; LGBT Athletes Among U.S. Delegates to Russia Olympics; India Asks U.S. to Drop Charges Against Diplomat; Kerry Voices "Regret"; Report: Widespread Abuses in Secret Prisons of Assad Regime, Islamist Rebels