Haven't I been saying this?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/26/alan-dershowitz-rips-edward-snowden-we-have-an-absolute-right-to-spy-on-other-countries/

Alan Dershowitz rips Edward Snowden: ‘We have an absolute right’ to spy on other countries

… In particular, Dershwoitz slammed Snowden for bringing to light the agency’s surveillance activities against other countries, saying they “raise some questions, but [were] not unconstitutional.

“We have an absolute right under our Constitution to listen to the prime minister of Israel, to listen to the chancellor of Germany,” Dershowitz said. “That is not a constitutional issue, and yet he disclosed — or people working on his behalf — the fact that we are using surveillance abroad, outside the country, where the Constitution does not apply.”

Interesting. Are we back to the same “anti-Iran” agreements we had before Sadam invaded Kuwait?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/26/u-s-sending-missiles-and-surveillance-drones-to-iraq-to-help-combat-al-qaeda-backed-violence-nyt/

U.S. sending missiles and surveillance drones to Iraq to help combat Al-Qaeda-backed violence: NYT

The United States is sending Iraq dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help it combat a recent surge in Al-Qaeda-backed violence, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

The weapons include a shipment of 75 Hellfire missiles purchased by Iraq, which Washington delivered to the country last week, the Times reported.

The daily wrote that 10 ScanEagle reconnaissance drones — smaller versions of the larger Predator drones that once were frequently flown over Iraq — are expected to be sent by March. [Meanwhile, they can hand deliver the missiles Bob]

Looks like telecom is in the contraction phase already.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/12/report-owners-of-sprint-in-final-stages-of-deal-for-t-mobile/?&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20arstechnica/index%20%28Ars%20Technica%20-%20All%20content%29

Report: Owners of Sprint in final stages of deal for T-Mobile

Sources say that SoftBank will make a $19 billion bid for 70 percent of T-Mobile.

On Wednesday, the Nikkei news agency cited unnamed sources who said that SoftBank, the company that owns a majority of Sprint, was “in the final stages of talks with T-Mobile's German parent, Deutsche Telekom.” News of a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile hit in early December, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Sprint’s parent company was wary of trying to merge with T-Mobile like AT&T had years earlier, only to see its efforts thwarted by the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission.

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