memeorandum: Obama to nominate Furman to lead economic council (Justin Sink/The Hill)

8:55 AM ET, June 10, 2013

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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 …

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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 …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Pressing Issues and Talking Points Memo

Guardian:

Edward Snowden, NSA whistleblower: ‘I do not expect to see home again’ — Source for the Guardian's NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation - and what comes next — Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill.

Booz Allen Hamilton:

Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information — Booz Allen can confirm that Edward Snowden, 29, has been an employee of our firm for less than 3 months, assigned to a team in Hawaii. News reports that this individual has claimed to have leaked classified information are shocking …

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider, The Hinterland Gazette, Firedoglake, Forbes, Engadget, Gawker and Hit & Run

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.

Discussion: Wired, more at Mediagazer »

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

What's the Deal with Hong Kong? — Having given some initial reactions to the Snowden revelation below, let me say a bit more about Snowden's decision to go to Hong Kong. — Let's start by saying that the US has very long arms when it comes to seeking the extradition of people who've broken the laws at quite Snowden's scale.

Discussion: Guardian and Business Insider

Washington Post:

Edward Snowden identified as source of NSA leaks — Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old system administrator and former undercover CIA employee, unmasked himself Sunday as the principal source of recent Washington Post and Guardian disclosures about top-secret NSA programs, denouncing what he described …

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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 …

Discussion: The Verge and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »

Guardian:
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things' - video

Discussion: CBS News, Washington Free Beacon, Weekly Standard, Democracy in America, The Hill, Hullabaloo, emptywheel and The Huffington Post

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
NSA leaker reveals self, has no apologies

Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers, Associated Press and americanthinker.com

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
DOJ launches criminal probe of NSA leaker

Discussion: Politico

New York Times:
Booz Allen Grew Rich on Government Contracts

Discussion: Politico and Telegraph

Julian Borger / Guardian:
Edward Snowden's choice of Hong Kong as haven is a high-stakes gamble

Discussion: U.S. News, Business Insider, Telegraph, BBC and The Gateway Pundit

Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Edward Snowden: I mistakenly believed in Obama's promises

Discussion: USA Today, AMERICAN DIGEST, Yahoo! News, The Daily Caller, Guardian and The Gateway Pundit

Justin Sink / The Hill:

Obama to nominate Furman to lead economic council — President Obama will nominate Jason Furman as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers at a ceremony Monday afternoon at the White House. — Furman, currently the deputy director of the National Economic Council …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and The Week

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: Pirate's Cove and msnbc.com

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Senators should have known about snooping, says McCain

Discussion: Politico, Balloon Juice and National Review

Simon Johnson / Bloomberg:

Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm — At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth. Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending. — Neither is going to happen on a significant scale.