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Marcy Wheeler writes at EmptyWheel.net and is the author of "Anatomy of Deceit."

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The NSA’s stunning 9/11 failure: How big-money contractors made us more vulnerable to attack

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after giving a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, Wednesday, April 27, 2016. Trump's highly anticipated foreign policy speech Wednesday will test whether the Republican presidential front-runner, known for his raucous rallies and eyebrow-raising statements, can present a more presidential persona as he works to unite the GOP establishment behind him. (AP Photo/) (AP/Evan Vucci)

This is why Donald Trump has been invincible — and why he might not be invincible much longer

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Donald Trump (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

Citizens United made Donald Trump possible: How the GOP establishment flooded the election with money — and ended up drowning itself

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Tim Cook (Reuters/Robert Galbraith/AP/Michael Dwyer)

The FBI’s dangerous Apple-hack rationalizations: How it’s now stealing a page from the CIA’s torture playbook

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President Bush stands with Saudi Prince Salman, brother of Saudi King Abdullah, in Al Janadriyah, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP/Susan Walsh)

This week’s damning “60 Minutes” report shows just how absurd our War on Terror is

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The looming mystery behind the Panama Papers: How did the largest document leak in history even happen?

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(AP)

Donald Trump is terrorizing America: Why his lurid media spectacles have something in common with ISIS

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Tim Cook (Reuters/Robert Galbraith/AP/Michael Dwyer)

The Justice Department’s Apple crusade gets even sketchier: Why the latest revelations raise troubling new questions

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Merrick Garland (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Merrick Garland problem nobody’s talking about: Why his nomination creates another major judicial vacancy

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Loretta Lynch, Tim Cook (Reuters/Carlos Barria/AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

The government’s iPhone-cracking crusade is getting even creepier

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FBI Director James Comey in 2015 (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

The FBI’s shady iPhone evasions: Why its claims about the San Bernardino attack make no sense at all

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Hillary Clinton (AP/Pat Sullivan, File)

Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy is pure fantasy

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In this Dec. 11, 2014, file photo, CIA Director John Brennan pauses during a news conference at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. The Senate report on the CIA’s interrogation program and the spy agency’s official response clash on almost every aspect of the long-secret operation, from the brutality and effectiveness of its methods to the agency’s secret dealings with the Bush White House, Congress and the media. But both reports largely agree on one major CIA failure, the agency’s mismanagement of the now-shuttered program. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

The CIA’s ludicrous spying charade: Here’s what you need to know about John Brennan’s angry Senate tirade

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (AP/Carlos Osorio)

How Rick Snyder doomed Flint from the start: Tax cuts for the ultra-rich, poison for the poor

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Hillary Clinton (AP Photo/) (AP/Patrick Semansky)

What Hillary Clinton needs to learn from the Flint water crisis

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President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)

The violent contradictions of the Obama doctrine: How to plead for peace while bombing your enemies to hell

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(Reuters/Jim Urquhart)

Here’s how “terrorism” really factors into the Bundy siege

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(Reuters/Adrees Latif/Jason Reed)

How the feud between Rubio & Cruz has exposed our national security secrets

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(AP/Reuters/Luis Alvarez/Scott Morgan/Photo montage by Salon)

The truth about Dick Cheney vs. Donald Trump: Why the former dark lord of the GOP still can’t be trusted

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(Reuters/Mario Anzuoni)

America is obsessed with “terrorism”: Why our furious debate over semantics could be hurting us

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(Reuters/Lou Dematteis)

The dangerous limits of American empathy: Why do we need reminding that a refugee could be “the next Steve Jobs”?

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(AP/Luke Frazza)

The Bush dynasty is tearing itself apart: What George H.W. Bush vs. Dick Cheney is really about

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The broken logic of last night’s GOP debate: How conservative ideology just tore itself apart

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(Reuters/Larry Downing/AP/John Stillwell)

The raging irony of WikiLeaks’ latest release: Inside the absurd hacking of CIA chief John Brennan

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