SAUDI LAND PURCHASES FUEL DEBATE OVER US WATER RIGHTS

So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.

Almarai Co. bought land in January that roughly doubled its holdings in California’s Palo Verde Valley, an area that enjoys first dibs on water from the Colorado River. The company also acquired a large tract near Vicksburg, Arizona, becoming a powerful economic force in a region that has fewer well-pumping restrictions than other parts of the state.

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FEDS SEEK 5 YEARS PRISON FOR JOURNALIST IN HACKING CASE

Prosecutors are complaining that Matthew Keys, 29, a social media maven who worked for two TV stations and the Reuters news agency, used digital media such as Twitter to thumb his nose at the legal system in the wake of the guilty verdicts a federal jury in Sacramento returned against him last year.

“He expressed contempt for the jury’s verdict,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Segal wrote in a sentencing memo filed Wednesday. “Minutes after the verdict, [Keys] tweeted, ‘That was b—s—.’”

http://www.infowars.com/feds-seek-5-years-prison-for-journalist-in-hacking-case/

NSA’s Mass Metadata Collection Still Constitutional, Says Court

“I vote to deny plaintiffs’ emergency petition for rehearing en banc. I do so because, in my view, the Government’s metadata collection program is entirely consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Therefore, plaintiffs cannot show a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim, and this Court was right to stay the District Court’s injunction against the Government’s program.”

The collection of telephony metadata from a third party such as a telecommunications provider is not considered a seizure under the Fourth of the Amendment, as defined in the Supreme Court’s decision in Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979).

Even if it did however, the Fourth Amendment barrs only unreasonable searches and seizures.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/us/20151123/1030554584/court-nsa-mass-metadata-still-constitutional.html#ixzz3sLcnAZkH

NSA’S MASS METADATA COLLECTION STILL CONSTITUTIONAL, SAYS COURT

Judge Brett Kavanaugh explained in his concurring opinion why Klayman’s request was denied.

“I vote to deny plaintiffs’ emergency petition for rehearing en banc. I do so because, in my view, the Government’s metadata collection program is entirely consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Therefore, plaintiffs cannot show a likelihood of success on the merits of their claim, and this Court was right to stay the District Court’s injunction against the Government’s program.”

NSA’s Mass Metadata Collection Still Constitutional, Says Court

SHERIFF COMPARES CONSTITUTIONALISTS TO ISIS

The video brought about an immediate backlash after receiving nationwide attention, causing Knezovich toaccuse Infowars of “hatemongering” and taking the deputy’s comments out of context.

“Instead of apologizing for the comments made by his deputy, Sheriff Knezovich essentially blamed Infowars for daring to report on the issue, claiming that the quote was taken out of context while failing to explain how such a brazen statement could be taken for anything other than its face value,” noted Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson at the time.

Speaking with Infowars, Rep. Shea expressed outrage at Knezovich’s latest comments and also the article’s analysis on a local pastor.

“I fought Islamic terrorists on the ground in Iraq face-to-face,” Shea said. “I lost a man – who was a Christian and who would have fit the Sheriff’s definition of a constitutionalist – under my command fighting Islamic terrorists.”

http://www.infowars.com/sheriff-compares-constitutionalists-to-isis/