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10:35 AM ET, June 9, 2013

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Guardian:
Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data  —  Revealed: The NSA's powerful tool for cataloguing global surveillance data - including figures on US collection  —  • Boundless Informant: mission outlined in four slides  —  • Read the NSA's frequently asked questions document
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ODNI Newsroom Feed:
DNI Statement on the Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act  —  Over the last week we have seen reckless disclosures of intelligence community measures used to keep Americans safe.  In a rush to publish, media outlets have not given …
Politico:
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper condemns ‘rush to publish’  —  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper criticized the news media Saturday for what he called a “rush to publish” information based on “reckless” leaks about the government surveillance tool PRISM.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Paul weighs Supreme Court challenge to NSA surveillance programs  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he would examine ways to block the National Security Agency's surveillance programs before the Supreme Court.  —  “I'm going to be seeing if I can challenge this at the Supreme Court level,” vowed Paul on “Fox News Sunday.”
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Details of secret Internet data collection program declassified
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Intelligence for Dummies
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Government likely to open criminal probe into NSA leaks: officials
Discussion: TechCrunch
Justin Stanfield Thomas / The Huffington Post:
Justin Stanfield Thomas Shot, Killed Accidentally By 4-Year-Old Son In Arizona  —  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — Authorities in northern Arizona say a 4-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his father at a Prescott Valley home.  —  Prescott Valley police say the shooting occurred just after noon Friday.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Natalie Brand / KASW-TV:
PD: Boy, 4, accidentally shoots, kills father  —  PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father at a home in Prescott Valley Friday, according to a spokesman for the Prescott Valley Police Dept.  —  Police have identified the victim as 35-year-old Justin Stanfield Thomas …
Alan M. Dershowitz / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Syria crisis shows why Israel must remain strong  —  Whether Syrian death toll is 80,000 or 100,000, this figure is more than all people killed in nearly a century of conflict between Israel and its enemies, including several wars and thousands of acts of terrorism.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Dem senator skeptical call tracking needed to thwart terror threats  —  Democratic Sen. Mark Udall (Colo.) on Sunday expressed skepticism that the National Security Agency's massive phone tracking program was really necessary to help the government thwart possible terrorist attacks.
Discussion: Politico
Peter Hamby / CNN:
First on CNN: Republican Party to step up outreach to evangelicals  —  (CNN) - The Republican National Committee has brought on a director of evangelical outreach to massage the party's complicated relationship with religious conservatives, GOP sources told CNN on Saturday.
JTA / Jerusalem Post:
Paris museum opens exhibit of Palestinian ‘martyrs’  —  French government subsidizes museum which opens exhibition of 68 photos, entitled “Death,” of Palestinian suicide bombers.  —  A Paris museum subsidized by the French government opened an exhibition of photos of Palestinian suicide bombers …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Atlas Shrugs
Bob Cesca / The Daily Banter:
NSA Bombshell Story Falling Apart Under Scrutiny; Key Facts Turning Out to Be Inaccurate  —  It turns out, the NSA PRISM story isn't quite the bombshell that everyone said it was.  Yes, there continues to be a serious cause for concern when it comes to government spying and overreach with its counter-terrorism efforts.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
On the Sunday Morning Talk Shows, a Rather Familiar Cast of Characters  —  WASHINGTON — In mid-February, Senator John McCain went on the NBC program “Meet the Press” to explain his unhappiness with President Obama's nominee for defense secretary.  A week later, he took to “State of the Union” …
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Cincinnati IRS staffer: D.C. showed interest in Tea Party cases  —  An IRS staffer in Cincinnati told congressional investigators that a Washington official was the driving force behind the targeting of Tea Party organizations in 2010, and showed unprecedented interest in those groups' tax-exempt applications.
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
IRS lawyer who oversaw conservative targeting is retiring and his Facebook page has been removed
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and National Review
 
 
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Adam Harrington / CBS New York:
Rep. Israel: Repeal Dishonorable Discharges For Gay Veterans
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Advocate
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