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Daily Mail:
Revealed: The acrobat girlfriend of NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden... who he abandoned when he fled the U.S. — Lindsay Mills, 28, is reportedly the girlfriend Edward Snowden left behind when he leaked information about PRISM surveillance — The girlfriend of NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden …
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Jeffrey Toobin / News Desk:
Edward Snowden Is No Hero — Edward Snowden, a twenty-nine-year-old former C.I.A. employee and current government contractor, has leaked news of National Security Agency programs that collect vast amounts of information about the telephone calls made by millions of Americans …
Irin Carmon / Salon:
How we broke the NSA story — Exclusive: Laura Poitras tells Salon about getting contacted by Edward Snowden, and reveals more footage is coming — Shortly after Salon's biographical sketch on Laura Poitras went live, the award-winning documentary filmmaker agreed to a phone interview …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Sen. Feinstein calls Snowden's NSA leaks an ‘act of treason’ — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday said the 29-year-old man who leaked information about two national security programs is guilty of treason. — Feinstein said former National Security Agency Edward Snowden she doesn't see him as a hero or a whistle blower.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
NSA leak is treason, says Feinstein — “I don't look at this as being a whistle-blower,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calf.) said. “I think it's an act of treason.” — The whereabouts of Snowden were unclear Monday as authorities ramped up an investigation that could lead to his extradition and prosecution.
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
17,000 sign petition urging Obama to pardon NSA whistle-blower — More than 17,000 people have signed a petition urging President Obama to pardon the man who revealed details about two classified National Security Agency (NSA) programs. — The “Pardon Edward Snowden” …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden — The top-secret ‘Q Group’ has been chasing Edward Snowden since he disappeared in May. Eli Lake on the intel community's internal police—and why the agency is in ‘complete freakout mode.’
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Barton Gellman, Glenn Greenwald feud over NSA leaker
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Rand Paul / CNN:
Ron Paul gives thanks for leaker
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News analyst: ‘Bring back the death penalty’ for NSA leaker
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Greenwald Says 'There's A Lot More Coming,' Argues NSA Revelations Don't Harm Security
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
James Clyburn: NSA Leaks Part Of Effort To “Embarrass” Obama
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Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic Online:
Edward Snowden Shouldn't Have Gone to Hong Kong
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Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America | Daniel Ellsberg
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Douglas Rushkoff / CNN:
Edward Snowden is a hero
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Majority Views NSA Phone Tracking as Acceptable Anti-terror Tactic — Public Says Investigate Terrorism, Even IF It Intrudes on Privacy — OVERVIEW — A majority of Americans - 56% - say the National Security Agency's (NSA) program tracking the telephone records of millions of Americans …
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Jon Cohen / Washington Post:
Most Americans back NSA tracking phone records, prioritize probes over privacy — A large majority of Americans say the federal government should focus on investigating possible terrorist threats even if personal privacy is compromised, and most support the blanket tracking of telephone records …
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New York Times:
Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the best-known morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama.
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Obama administration will approve ‘Plan B’ pill for women and girls of all ages
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CBS News:
State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations — (CBS News) CBS News has uncovered documents that show the State Department may have covered up allegations of illegal and inappropriate behavior within their ranks. — The Diplomatic Security Service, or the DSS …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
IRS Caught on Tape Telling Nonprofit: “Keep Your Faith to Yourself” — The IRS scandal is deepening as a new tape has been released today showing a disturbing phone call the Internal Revenue Service placed to a non-profit organization. — Alliance Defending Freedom, a pro-life legal group …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Marco Rubio: In immigration reform, legalization comes first — ‘It is not conditional’ … In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet …
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Jerry Kammer / Front page feed:
Rubio, McCain, Reid Talk Strategy on Reform Bill
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Kieran Healy:
Using Metadata to find Paul Revere — London, 1772. — I have been asked by my superiors to give a brief demonstration of the surprising effectiveness of even the simplest techniques of the new-fangled Social Networke Analysis in the pursuit of those who would seek to undermine the liberty enjoyed by His Majesty's subjects.
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Suffolk University:
Suffolk University Poll: Democrat Markey Has 7-Point Lead Over Republican Gomez in Special General Election for U.S. Senate — Democratic Congressman Edward Markey holds a modest lead over Republican challenger Gabriel Gomez with just over two weeks to go before the special election …
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Blue Mass Group, Weekly Standard, Post Politics and Washington Wire
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Apple:
Apple Special Event, June 10, 2013 … Shop the Apple Online Store (1-800-MY-APPLE), visit an Apple Retail Store, or find a reseller.
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Avik Roy / Forbes:
Ohio Dept. Of Insurance: Obamacare To Increase Individual-Market Health Premiums By 88 Percent — Democrats continue to try to dismiss the evidence that Obamacare will dramatically increase the cost of insurance for people who buy it on their own. But on Thursday, the Ohio Department …
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