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5:40 PM ET, June 10, 2013

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Greenwald Says 'There's A Lot More Coming,' Argues NSA Revelations Don't Harm Security  —  The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Monday defended the 29-year-old who served as the source of one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history, arguing that the revelations of the National Security …
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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 …
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.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Edward Snowden: 10 things to know  —  Edward Snowden burst in public view when the 29-year-old identified himself as the source of leaks about the National Security Agency's surveillance of Americans.  Here are 10 things to know about Snowden.  —  1. Doesn't have a high school diploma.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Barton Gellman, Glenn Greenwald feud over NSA leaker  —  The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Monday blasted investigative reporter Barton Gellman for making “false” claims about the man they shared as a source: Edward Snowden.  —  The public tiff between two journalists who have led …
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” …
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.
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Big Brother isn't watching you
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Snowden Warned WashPost Reporter: U.S. Intel Community ‘Will Most Certainly Kill You...’
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News analyst: ‘Bring back the death penalty’ for NSA leaker
scmp.com:
Main menu  —  Iceland cannot grant US whisteblower Edward …
Discussion: immi.is, Guardian, KALW and The Daily Caller
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
James Clyburn: NSA Leaks Part Of Effort To “Embarrass” Obama
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: Edward Snowden ‘a bad guy’
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Hill
Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic Online:
Edward Snowden Shouldn't Have Gone to Hong Kong
Washington Post:
Edward Snowden says motive behind leaks was to expose ‘surveillance state’
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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Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
CBS News: U.S. State Department Cover-Ups Range From Prostitution Charges to Drug Rings
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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CNN:
Markey still up in Massachusetts Senate battle
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: The Dish and 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 ›
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Virginia delegate will be witness before grand jury in probe related to McDonnell  —  A Virginia state delegate has confirmed that he's been called to appear next month as a witness before a federal grand jury as part of an investigation related to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Carney defends Obama remarks on NSA briefings to Congress  —  White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday sidestepped questions about whether President Obama had been correct when he insisted last week that “all members of Congress” had been briefed on the National Security Agency's telephone record program.
Discussion: Politico
Mercury News:
BART's top-paid worker of 2012 never worked a day  —  With a gross salary of more than $333,000, BART's highest-paid employee last year wasn't its general manager, police chief or a worker who racked up gobs of overtime scrubbing grime from filthy train seats.
The Week:
How Obama's scandals could swing the GOP primaries  —  And why this is terrible news for Marco Rubio — and good news for Chris Christie  —  I  —  n America, we don't just pick presidents for who they are.  We sometimes elect them because they're the opposite of the last guy.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
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 …
 
 
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Emma Alberici / ABC News:
Assange's political ambition
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Stop Blaming the ‘Rogue Agents’
Discussion: Power Line and Conservatives4Palin
Richard A. Viguerie / New York Times:
A Conservative Case for Prison Reform
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Reuters:
S&P revises U.S. credit outlook to ‘stable’ from negative
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and KALW
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Column: Mounting controversies are all about trust
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Decline Case on Graphic Abortion Images
Discussion: RH Reality Check
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Santa Monica Mass Shooter Planned To Kill Hundreds With Stockpile Of Guns And Ammo
Discussion: U.S. News and Los Angeles Times
 Earlier Items: 
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
Grouping Students by Ability Regains Favor in Classroom
Discussion: The Answer Sheet
MJ Lee / Reuters:
Brown-Vitter bill struggling for support in Congress
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Conservatives as Defenders of the Media
Simon Johnson / Bloomberg:
Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm
Discussion: The Week and Real Time Economics
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Big Shrug