Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsFBI tracked Halberstam for two decadesclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: This is why protecting the internet from government snoops matters: sooner or later, they cant resist NEW YORK ? The FBI tracked the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam for more than two decades, newly released documents show. The FBI monitored Halberstams reporting, and at times his personal life, from at least the mid-1960s until at least the late 80s, the documents show. The agency released only 62 pages of a 98-page dossier on the writer, citing security, privacy and other reasons. Halberstam won a Pulitzer in 1964 for his coverage of the Vietnam War while working as a reporter for The New York Times. In 1972, he wrote "The Best and the Brightest," a best-selling book critical of U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia. The documents also include stories written by Halberstam and telephone company records of calls to him. Tags: technology, security The Wal-Mart "Main Street" Christmas Hoaxclipped by: masburyclippers remarks: "The headline on Wal-Marts press release this week simply makes no sense: Wal-Mart Backs Main Street." After having ravaging Main Street merchants for the past 46 years, how could Wal-Mart "back" Main Street turns out that Wal-Marts promise is not to Main Street---but to "thousands of rollbacks...targeting the needs of American families helping "Main Street" sounded good--even though businesses on Main Street will tell you that Wal-Mart is the Grinch who stole their Christmas. This October alone, 38,000 jobs were lost in retail Many Wal-Mart shoppers are working less, thanks, in part, to Wal-Marts lack of appetite for American products, and a relentless pursuit of cheap labor in Third World sweatshops If Wal-Mart were willing to be brutally honest, their Main Street press release would proclaim: "Our price rollbacks have led to American job rollbacks." So thank you, Wal-Mart As Americas manufacturing base hemorrhages to China, Thailand, and Vietnam and Wall Street implodes its comforting to know that we can still get an 8" Home Decor Digital Picture Frame with iPod-Ready Input for only $99 Tags: wal-mart Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
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