some articles to support the news we've seen

We have seen today news which I feel need a bit more support of the wrotten text so here it is: one about the Patriot Act and one about the Solar Impulse plane circumnavigating the earth:

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21651817-america-argues-anew-over-how-much-snooping-nsa-can-do-reviewing-surveillance-state?fsrc=scn/fb/te/pe/ed/reviewingthesurveillancestate

https://instagram.com/p/3Yrr8VNmby/?taken-by=theeconomist