There has been a tectonic shift in the United States approach to Assad, Russia continues to call out Turkey, Saudi Arabia turns up the heat with Iran & the US is selling billions in arms.

Plus the NSA gets caught spying on members of Congress & we try to make sense of the supposed latest cyber scare.

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• Smith–Mundt Act
• Last year, President Obama was the number one weapons dealer in the world | Rare
• Naked man wearing Ronald Reagan mask peeps through window, terrifies neighbourhood – Trending – CBC News
• You Know Less Than You Think About Guns – Reason.com
• Obama wipes away tears as he calls for new gun measures – POLITICO
• New gun control rule: Some mentally ill patients can be reported by doctor to FBI – POLITICO
• Obama ‘best gun salesman’ on Earth: Stock picker
• Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors
• Cyber Terrorists Can’t Cyber — Medium
• Terror recruitment video has Trump excerpt – CNN.com
• How does the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 change the Internet surveillance laws? – The Washington Post
• U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress – WSJ
• RSF annual round-up: 110 journalists killed in 2015 – Reporters Without Borders
• 10 Over The Counter Drugs That Will Get You Higher Than Marijuana
• ‘How do you buy $7 billion of stuff you don’t need?’ – POLITICO
• China pours more scorn on French journalist being forced out
• Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance | WIRED
• ISIS group Al-Khansaa Brigade: mum killed for breastfeeding
• Propaganda Games: Sesame Credit – The True Danger of Gamification – Extra Credits – YouTube
• This Christmas, Tune It All Out | Rolling Stone
• U.S. Foreign Arms Deals Increased Nearly $10 Billion in 2014 – The New York Times
• Russia Counts 12,000 Turkey-Bound Oil Trucks from Iraq & Syria Washington’s Blog
• Just Before Passing Surveillance Expansion, Lawmakers Partied With Pro-CISA Lobbyists
• ‘Totally unacceptable’: State knew thousands of inmates released in error | The Seattle Times
• Revealed: How DOJ Gagged Google over Surveillance of WikiLeaks Volunteer
• Researchers Solve Juniper Backdoor Mystery; Signs Point to NSA | WIRED
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