A 25-year-old man who in March was diagnosed with tuberculosis was arrested some 15 miles outside of Bakersfield, California, after vacating a motel room in which he was ordered to remain while receiving treatment. Half a world away, The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in three West African nations. Thus far, …
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The Washington Post asks, "Was it ‘crazy’ for this scientist to re-create a bird flu virus that killed 50 million people?" Let me cut to the chase. Yes. Just about anyone paying heed the past five to 10 years might have noticed a near-constant drumbeat on the possibility of pandemic: SARS, bird flu, swine flu …
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Amidst this week's revelation that a federal judge would likely rule in favor of a judicial activist who argues that the NSA's activities violate the Fourth Amendment — and the revelation that some in the NSA would rather grant fugitive Edward Snowden amnesty than drive him further into the open arms of the Russians and …
Continue reading Snowden Amnesty Debate Misses the Point — Again