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11:15 AM ET, June 10, 2013

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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks  —  He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate.  —  Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.
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Guardian:
Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations  —  The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows  —  • Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …
The Atlantic Online:
Edward Snowden in Hong Kong  —  I'm glad we have this information; I am sorry we are getting it from Hong Kong.  —  Three points:  —  1) I believe what I wrote two days ago: that the United States and the world have gained much more, in democratic accountability, than they have lost …
New York Times:
Booz Allen Grew Rich on Government Contracts  —  WASHINGTON — Edward J. Snowden's employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, has become one of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States almost exclusively by serving a single client: the government of the United States.
Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America |  Daniel Ellsberg  —  Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an ‘executive coup’ against the US constitution  —  In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: Edward Snowden ‘a bad guy’  —  Edward Snowden, the man who says he leaked national security documents is a “bad guy,” Donald Trump said Monday.  —  “I didn't like him, to me he looks like a grandstander,” Trump said on Fox News.  —  Trump added that there are “no winners” …
Discussion: msnbc.com
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Greenwald: NSA leak doesn't jeopardize national security  —  Greenwald accused the government of trying to “scare the American public.”  —  Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency's phone and internet surveillance programs …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Greenwald Says 'There's A Lot More Coming,' Argues NSA Revelations Don't Harm Security
Discussion: Hot Air
Booz Allen Hamilton:
Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information
Guardian:
Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower: ‘I do not expect to see home again’
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What's the Deal with Hong Kong?
Discussion: Guardian and Business Insider
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
DOJ launches criminal probe of NSA leaker
Discussion: Politico
Brian Knowlton / The Caucus:
Feinstein ‘Open’ to Hearings on Surveillance Programs
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
NSA leaker reveals self, has no apologies
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
NSA whistle-blower reveals his identity
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Report: Rep. Pallone joins NJ Senate race  —  Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) will join the growing field of contenders to replace the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D).  —  In an interview with the Associated Press, Pallone said he would make a formal announcement on Monday and enter the New Jersey Senate race.
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  June 10, 2013 - Booker Leads In First Look At New Jersey Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Christie Buries Buono 2-1  —  Newark Mayor Cory Booker has substantial leads over relatively unknown Democratic primary and general election opponents in a first look …
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Pallone to Enter Senate Race in New Jersey
Discussion: The Fix and Taegan Goddard's …
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Hillary Clinton Favorability Slips Slightly  —  Unfavorable views up to 39%, from 31% in April  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's favorability rating fell slightly in June to 58%, from 64% in April.  That is the first sub-60% rating Americans have given her since 2008.
Discussion: The Hill, Reuters and Weasel Zippers
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Big Shrug  —  I've been in this economics business for a while.  In fact, I've been in it so long I still remember what people considered normal in those long-ago days before the financial crisis.  Normal, back then, meant an economy adding a million or more jobs each year …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2001, Obama Predicted “Majoritarian Check” On Mass Surveillance In PATRIOT Act  —  “When we come to the wiretap provisions for example if those laws start encroaching too much on people's privacy the average person, me, Joe, everybody starts griping an complaining.”  —  View Video ›
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CBS DC
Washington Post:
Hundreds in government had advance word of Medicare action at heart of trading-spike probe  —  Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.
Discussion: Mediaite and Power Line
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Leaking Secrets Empowers Terrorists  —  The NSA's surveillance program doesn't do damage.  Revealing it does.  —  Once again, the tanks-have-rolled left and the black-helicopters right have joined together in howls of protest.  They were set off by last week's revelations that the U.S. government …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Pirate's Cove
U.S. News:
Santa Monica shooting spree suspect identified as death toll climbs  —  A fifth victim of the horrific shooting spree in Santa Monica, Calif., was confirmed dead Sunday as law enforcement officials revealed the name of the suspected gunman.  —  John Zawahri, 23, was identified by police …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Philly.com
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CNN:
Santa Monica shooting victim dies, bring toll to 5
 
 
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Ken Bensinger / Los Angeles Times:
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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Karzai: US Must ‘Explain’ to Muslims Why Radicalism Is Growing Amid War on Terror
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
What If China Hacks the NSA's Massive Data Trove?
Politico:
Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid: 2 sides of same coin
Discussion: ABCNEWS and msnbc.com
IEA:
IEA report shows how to stop growth in energy-related emissions by 2020 at no net economic cost
Discussion: Washington Post and Guardian
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Government surveillance unconstitutional?  Reaction from Sens. Rand Paul, Ron Johnson and Gen. Michael Hayden
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Althouse
Simon Johnson / Bloomberg:
Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm
Discussion: Real Time Economics
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to nominate Furman to lead economic council
Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Week
BBC:
Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59
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