Liberty Links 12/24/16

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Must Reads

Goldman Sachs Ties to Scandal-Plagued 1MDB Run Deep (Pure criminality, The Wall Street Journal)

Yahoo Email Scan Shows U.S. Spy Push to Recast Constitutional Privacy (Very disturbing, Reuters)

Egyptian Police Arrest Five People for Using Children to Stage Fake ‘Aleppo’ Footage (The Independent)

Watching the Climate Science Bubbles from the Outside (Scott Adams, Dilbert Blog)

Julian Assange: “Donald? It’s a Change Anyway” (Fascinating new interview with Julian Assange, La Repubblica)

Glenn Greenwald Weighs In On Election Hacks (Great interview, YouTube)

“From Putin with Love” – a novel by the New York Times (Errata Security)

Out of Prison, Barrett Brown Recommits Himself to Agitating Against Existing Order (ShadowProof)

U.S. Politics

CIA Head: Acting Like Russia ‘Beneath’ U.S. (Such ridiculous commentary from the CIA, it’s laughable, The Hill)

A Lobbying Roadmap to Influencing Trump (Politico)

Democrats’ Long Road Back to Hope and Change (Good op-ed by Joe Scarborough, The Washington Post)

NSA Inspector Who Criticized Snowden for Not Using ‘Official’ Channels Found Guilty of Retaliating Against Whistleblower Who Did Just That (Common Dreams)

Coverage of YouTube Prankster Another 2016 Media Failure (The Hill)

Gingrich Admits ‘Boo-Boo,’ Says ‘Draining the Swamp Is In’ (The Hill)

Artists Launch Protest, Ask Ivanka to Take Down Their Work (The Hill)

Was Barack Obama Bad for Democrats? (The New York Times)

Carmen Ortiz Stepping Down as US Attorney in January (She’s the one who went after Aaron Swartz, Boston Globe)

After Neo-Nazi Posting, Police in Whitefish, Mont., Step Up Patrols (The New York Times)

Geopolitics/WW3

Merkel Feels Hillary’s Pain as Web Trolls Bombard Her With Abuse (Bloomberg)

Geert Wilders Warns “Political Revolution Is Brewing In Europe” (Zerohedge)

Board Decides To Keep Lagarde As IMF Chief After Conviction (NPR)

Leadership Rivalry Threatens Ambitions of Italy’s 5-Star Movement (Reuters)

Wary Saudis Silent as Trump’s Israel Position Takes Shape (Al Monitor)

U.S. Returns Some Land on Japan’s Okinawa, Largest Transfer Since ’72 (Reuters)

Iraqi Forces in Mosul Mostly in Refit Mode (Reuters)

Economy/Finance

Pakistan Senate Proposes Scrapping 5,000 Rupee Note (Insane push to ban cash continues worldwide, BBC)

Bitcoin’s Total Value Hits Record High Above $14 Billion (Reuters)

Why Small Business Administration Is Providing Billions to Wall Street Firms (Real Clear Investigations)

Miscellaneous

Italian Supervolcano Is Stirring but It’s Not a Red Alert… Yet (Haaretz)

Vox’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest, Explained (FAIR)

Encryption App ‘Signal’ Fights Censorship With a Clever Workaround (Wired)

Hacking: How the New York Times Decides What to Publish (YouTube)

NES Mini Sells as Many Units in 30 days as Wii U in Six Months (ArsTechnica)

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (Bloomberg)

Liberty Blitzkrieg Partners

Handgun Wounding Factors: An Effectiveness Guide for Law Enforcement (Ammo.com)

Pacific Precious Metals

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Michael Krieger

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