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snowden Redaction fail: U.S. government admits it went after Lavabit looking for Snowden Cory Doctorow

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Business Judge blocks merger of publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Shuster Rob Beschizza

politics Trump raid affidavit will be released today Rob Beschizza

Safety The Pavement Fatigue Carrousel Andrew Yi

CIA CIA blows off senators who ask it to stop illegally spying on Americans without a warrant Mark Frauenfelder

politics Facebook's secret blacklist revealed Rob Beschizza

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twitter A federal judge wants to determine once and for all if Trump's tweets are legally binding Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow

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election security Senate Intel releases report on Russian interference in 2016 election Xeni Jardin

law Appeals court orders unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstein files Cory Doctorow

trump New Mueller Report version released after BuzzFeed News and EPIC sued for it Xeni Jardin