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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Senate Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Program 'Misled' Public

Comments (8) | Central Intelligence Agency, cia, counterterrorism, Interrogation, National, Senate, Senate Intelligence Committee, terrorism, torture

Raishad Hardnett
Executive Producer

The report says CIA detainees were subject to "excruciating" interrogation methods for the sake of little to no significant information.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama Praises Colombia-FARC Peace Talks

Comments (1) | Americas, Barack Obama, colombia, colombia-farc, colombian rebels, counterinsurgency, counterterrorism, cuba, FARC, havana, International, juan manuel santos, marxist, narcotrafficking, peace negotiations, peace talks, plan colombia, President Obama, rebel, rebels, terrorism, trade agreements, u.s.-colombia trade promotion agreement, western hemisphere, White House

Colin Hale
Executive Producer

WATCH: Obama "wholeheartedly" supports talks between Colombia and the FARC rebel group.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

CIA Is Paying AT&T For Phone Data

Comments (8) | AT&T, bush administration, cia, counterterrorism, court order, data collection, digital surveillance, Edward Snowden, government surveillance, justice department, metadata, National, new york times, nsa, Patriot Act, phone records, phone wiretapping, subpoena

Jeremy Fuster
Executive Producer

The New York Times reports AT&T is getting $10 million to give CIA access to their metadata.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Things I'm Thinking 08/07/13

Comments (0) | Alcohol, Arab spring, aurora shooting, austerity, austerity measures, boston marathon bombing, counterterrorism, deficit spending, democracy, discovery channel, drinking, drinking age, Drunk Driving, Dzhokar Tsarnaev, economic futures, economy, egypt, embassies, embassy closures, eu, european union, eurozone, finance, Foreign Policy, foreignpolicy.com, Germany, Gitmo, guantanamo bay, guns, Ireland, James Holmes, Jay z, Liberty, libya, Middle East, minimum drinking age, morsi, Opinion, public safety, public works, Rotten Tomatoes, shark week, Smurfs 2, terrorism, terrorists, things i'm thinking

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Dan Morgan-Russell
Guest Contributor

This week's installment of Calum Hayes' summer opinion series, "Things I'm Thinking."

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Proposal To End NSA Program Voted Down

Comments (0) | counterterrorism, Edward Snowden, house of representatives, nsa, Patriot Act, phone records, Politics, Rep. John Amash, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Justin Amash

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Benjamin Li
Executive Producer

The proposal faced powerful opposition in Washington due to its potential effect on counterterrorism tools.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Federal Terrorist Database Too Big To Flag Boston Suspect

Comments (0) | Boston, boston marathon bombing, cia, counterterrorism, dept. of homeland security, dhrovkar tsarnaev, federal government, Ford, Nation and World, obama administration, Russia. federal intelligence, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, TIDE, Tsarnaevs, united states government

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

With some 875,000 records, some believe the federal terrorist database is too big to be of use.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

International Community Holds Israel To Unfair Double Standard

Comments (5) | Afghanistan, Burma, civilian deaths, counterterrorism, egypt, Gaza, golan, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, Israel, israeli fence, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, jewish state, jews, Judaism, mahmoud ahmadinejad, Mexico, Middle East, Military, military aid, North Korea, Opinion, palestine. terrorism, palestinian authority, state-sponsored terrorism, suicide bombing, Syria, u.s.-mexican border, UN General Assembly, un resolutions, united nations. united states

Rob Young, Creative Commons

Jonathan Kalfus
Guest Contributor

Israel's crimes are unfairly magnified in comparison to those of other nations.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Drone Strikes Shouldn't Discriminate Between Nationalities

Comments (7) | citizens, counterterrorism, declaration of human rights, Drone Strikes, drones, human rights, Opinion, targeted killing, terrorism, United Nations, United States, US foreign policy, us military

U.S. Pacific Air Forces, Creative Commons

Naina Sethi
Contributor

Why should Americans be immune from attack?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Twitter Tells The Story of Osama Bin Laden Death In Real Time

Comments (0) | 9/11, Abbottabad, Al Qaeda, counterterrorism, International, osama bin laden, Pakistan, Storify, terrorism, Twitter

Mary Slosson
Executive Producer

Twitter user @ReallyVirtual live tweeted the operation that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Guantanamo Bay To Restart Military Trials

Comments (0) | counterterrorism, guantanamo bay, Nation and World, Obama

President Obama with Military Officials. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons.

Ankit Tyagi
Staff Reporter

President Obama has allowed military trials to resume at the prison in Cuba.

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