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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily — Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama — • Read the Verizon court order in full here — • Obama administration justifies surveillance
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Guardian:
Verizon forced to hand over telephone data - full court ruling — The US government is collecting the phone records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court order. Read the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order
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New York Times:
U.S. Is Secretly Collecting Records of Verizon Calls — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is secretly carrying out a domestic surveillance program under which it is collecting business communications records involving Americans under a hotly debated section of the Patriot Act …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
White House defends NSA collecting Verizon phone records — The White House on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's use of a secret court order to collect telephone records from millions of Verizon customers. — An administration official called the phone data a …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
What You Should Know About The Government's Massive Domestic Surveillance Program — The Guardian newspaper revealed on Wednesday night that the National Security Administration (NSA) is collecting information about the telephone records of millions of Americans through a warrant obtained …
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Associated Press:
White House defends collecting phone records — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday defended the National Security Agency's need to collect telephone records of U.S. citizens, calling such information “a critical tool in protecting the nation from terrorist threats.”
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Unknown Patriot Who Exposed the Government's Verizon Spy Program — In praise of whistle-blowers whose risky disclosures of official wrongdoing make the nation stronger rather than weaker — The federal government forced Verizon to turn over information on the phone calls of millions …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Lindsey Graham ‘glad’ NSA tracking phones
Lindsey Graham ‘glad’ NSA tracking phones
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Marc Ambinder / The Week:
U.S. responds to NSA disclosures
U.S. responds to NSA disclosures
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama administration defends Verizon records order
Obama administration defends Verizon records order
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
'It's Called Protecting America': Senators Defend NSA On Phone Records
'It's Called Protecting America': Senators Defend NSA On Phone Records
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NBC's Pete Williams: DOJ Will ‘Very Likely’ Investigate Guardian Scoop
NBC's Pete Williams: DOJ Will ‘Very Likely’ Investigate Guardian Scoop
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Report: Verizon providing all call records to U.S. under court order
Report: Verizon providing all call records to U.S. under court order
Guardian:
Obama administration defends NSA collection of Verizon phone records
Obama administration defends NSA collection of Verizon phone records
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Sen. Graham: 'I'm a Verizon customer. I don't mind turning over records'
Sen. Graham: 'I'm a Verizon customer. I don't mind turning over records'
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Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Manhunt over, Deval Patrick tied one on — Candid gov discusses attacks — By: — Gov. Deval Patrick gave a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the horrific days after the Boston Marathon bombings, telling employees at a Cambridge marketing firm yesterday he got “quite drunk” the day after the intense manhunt finally ended.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Gov. Deval Patrick says he got drunk after bomber captured — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick got “quite drunk” by himself a day after the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects concluded, according to a report Thursday. — The Boston Herald reported that the Bay State Democrat went …
Wall Street Journal:
IRS Staff Cite Washington Link — Two Workers Tell Congress That Agency Officials Helped Direct Tea-Party Reviews — Two Internal Revenue Service employees in the agency's Cincinnati office told congressional investigators that IRS officials in Washington helped direct the probe of tea-party groups that began in 2010.
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Politico:
GOP to Darrell Issa: Cool it — Shortly after Darrell Issa dubbed Jay Carney a “paid liar” on CNN last Sunday, House Republican leadership staffers called the California Republican's aides with a message: Cool it. — Issa's aides promptly responded: The remark was over the top, they agreed …
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Washington Post:
Could Rice's appointment signal a more activist U.S. foreign policy? — PRESIDENTS AND not their aides are responsible for setting the course of U.S. foreign policy, and in the case of President Obama, that has been true arguably to a fault. — It was Mr. Obama who insisted …
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Neocons praise Samantha Power pick
Neocons praise Samantha Power pick
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Virginia candidate E.W. Jackson: Yoga leads to Satan — E.W. Jackson, the Virginia GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, suggested that yoga could open individuals to Satan, according to a report. — Accompanying a profile of Jackson, who has been a thorn in the side …
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
Virginia's Republican Lt. Gov. Candidate Wrote an Interesting Book
Virginia's Republican Lt. Gov. Candidate Wrote an Interesting Book
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Bloomberg:
Gay Marriage Gains Ground in Poll as Court Readies Ruling — More than half of Americans support allowing same-sex couples to marry, endorsing the goal of gay-rights activists as the U.S. Supreme Court this month prepares to rule on the issue for the first time.
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Mark Murray / First Read:
Health care law's unpopularity reaches new highs — President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law remains unpopular with the American public just months before it fully goes into effect, according to the new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. — The poll shows 49 percent …
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Maria Sacchetti / The Boston Globe:
Mass. pair sues New York Post over Marathon bombing portrayal — A Massachusetts teenager and his 24-year-old friend filed a defamation lawsuit against the New York Post Wednesday in Boston, accusing the tabloid of falsely portraying them as suspects in the deadly Marathon bombings by plastering …
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Michael Linden / Center for American Progress:
It's Time to Hit the Reset Button on the Fiscal Debate — Endnotes and citations are available in the PDF version of this report. — The federal budget has dominated the policy and political debate in Washington over the past three years. During this time, both the underlying fiscal landscape …
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Reuters:
Kerry to U.S. Jews: Next few days will determine Middle East fate for decades — Those who believe the Israeli-Palestinian status quo is sustainable and that the separation fence will bring security to Israel are ‘lulling themselves into a delusion,’ U.S. secretary of state tells American Jewish Committee.
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