Geopolitical – Week of 02.14.16

Views of the country’s short- and long-term economic future are gloomier these days than they have been at any time since President Obama took office

Photo Credit: Kacper Pempel/Reuters By James Ball, Julian Borger and Glenn Greenwald US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption

By Hugh Son A House committee requested that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke turn over documents related to Stephen Friedman’s purchase of Goldman Sachs