memeorandum: In 2001, Obama Predicted “Majoritarian Check” On Mass Surveillance In PATRIOT Act (Andrew Kaczynski/BuzzFeed)

5:15 PM ET, June 10, 2013

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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Snowden Warned WashPost Reporter: U.S. Intel Community ‘Will Most Certainly Kill You...’ — Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman writes about his interactions with Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old federal contractor who leaked details of the NSA's PRISM program to The Guardian and the Post:

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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
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Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic Online:
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: Edward Snowden ‘a bad guy’

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Daniel Ellsberg / The Daily Beast:
Edward Snowden Is a Hero and We Need More Whistleblowers

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Douglas Rushkoff / CNN:
Edward Snowden is a hero

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Washington Post:
Edward Snowden says motive behind leaks was to expose ‘surveillance state’

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The Atlantic Online:
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Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:
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CBS News:

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Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
CBS News: U.S. State Department Cover-Ups Range From Prostitution Charges to Drug Rings

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Apple:

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CNN:
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:

The Irrationality of Giving Up This Much Liberty to Fight Terror — When confronted by far deadlier threats, Americans are much less willing to cede freedom and privacy. — The image is still powerful, isn't it? — So are the anger, and the memories. — Most Americans don't just remember …

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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 ›

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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.

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The Week:

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