memeorandum: Obama administration will approve ‘Plan B’ pill for women and girls of all ages (Sam Baker/The Hill)

11:55 PM ET, June 10, 2013

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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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, CNN, BuzzFeed, Connecting.the.Dots, Business Insider, The Impolitic, Guardian, Washington Times, New Republic, ABCNEWS, Blogcritics, The Raw Story, Hit & Run, Telegraph, Little Green Footballs, The Lede and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, The Impolitic, The Huffington Post, Pressing Issues and Business Insider, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, The Lead with Jake Tapper, Mediaite and Business Insider

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” …

Discussion: Politico, Reuters, CNN, Red Alert Politics, Post Politics, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker, Business Insider, Mashable and msnbc.com

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.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, National Review, emptywheel, Mediaite and The Daily Beast

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.

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.’

Discussion: DownWithTyranny!, Hot Air, ABCNEWS, Guardian, Business Insider, Telegraph, CNN, The Strata-Sphere, WorldViews, Hit & Run and Hullabaloo

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Barton Gellman, Glenn Greenwald feud over NSA leaker

Discussion: Power Line, FishbowlDC and Washington Wire, more at Mediagazer »

Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Greenwald Says 'There's A Lot More Coming,' Argues NSA Revelations Don't Harm Security

Discussion: The Other McCain, Maggie's Farm, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, The Caucus and Guardian

David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News analyst: ‘Bring back the death penalty’ for NSA leaker

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Washington Monthly and The Huffington Post

Rand Paul / CNN:
Ron Paul gives thanks for leaker

Discussion: Campaign for Liberty, Politico and Activist Post

Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America | Daniel Ellsberg

John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
James Clyburn: NSA Leaks Part Of Effort To “Embarrass” Obama

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and ViralRead

Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic Online:
Edward Snowden Shouldn't Have Gone to Hong Kong

Discussion: New York Times and Guardian

Douglas Rushkoff / CNN:
Edward Snowden is a hero

Discussion: Washington Post, China Real Time Report, The Daily Beast, Yahoo! News, Mashable, Business Insider, The Agonist, Blogs of War, ABCNEWS and The Week

scmp.com:
Main menu — Iceland cannot grant US whisteblower Edward …

Discussion: immi.is, Guardian, KALW and The Daily Caller

Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:
Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum?

Discussion: WorldViews, The Reaction, Post Politics, p m carpenter's commentary, Washington Post, Lawfare, Daily Kos, New Republic, Activist Post, kottke.org and Prairie Weather

Tal Kopan / Politico:
Edward Snowden: 10 things to know

Discussion: Guardian, ThinkProgress, Telegraph and Pressing Issues

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 …

Discussion: The Monkey Cage, The Week, msnbc.com, Yahoo! News, Hit & Run, Business Insider, Taylor Marsh, TechCrunch, No More Mister Nice Blog, American Power and Washington Free Beacon

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 …

Discussion: p m carpenter's commentary, Hot Air, Hullabaloo, The Volokh Conspiracy, Post Politics, The Reaction, Capital New York, KALW, Firedoglake and Slashdot

Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:
Pew Poll: 56 Percent Of Americans Say Phone Tracking Is Acceptable Anti-Terror Tactic

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, CNN and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

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 …

Sam Baker / The Hill:

Obama administration will approve ‘Plan B’ pill for women and girls of all ages — The Justice Department said it would stop fighting a court order requiring it to remove all age restrictions on the sale of Plan B One-Step without a prescription. — Obama had previously said he was uncomfortable …

Discussion: Reuters

New York Times:
Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill

Discussion: The Talking Dog and Blue Mass Group

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Nice Deb and The PJ Tatler

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 …

Discussion: Power Line, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller

Jerry Kammer / Front page feed:
Rubio, McCain, Reid Talk Strategy on Reform Bill

Discussion: msnbc.com, The Plum Line, Hot Air and National Review

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 …

Discussion: Blue Mass Group, Weekly Standard, Post Politics and Washington Wire

Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — June 10, 2013 - Booker Leads In First Look …

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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.

Discussion: The Week, GigaOM, Engadget, The Verge, Nieman Journalism Lab, Mashable, The Next Web, TechCrunch and Featured stories

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Doug Ross, Washington Free Beacon and VodkaPundit

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.

Discussion: Doug Ross and Balloon Juice