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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Solitary Leaker — From what we know so far, Edward Snowden appears to be the ultimate unmediated man. Though obviously terrifically bright, he could not successfully work his way through the institution of high school. Then he failed to navigate his way through community college.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Edward Snowden's NSA leaks are backlash of too much secrecy
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BBC:
US spy leaker Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong hotel
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New York Times:
Snowden, Facing Charges, Leaves Hong Kong Hotel
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New York Times:
How Edward J. Snowden Orchestrated a Blockbuster Story
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
17,000 sign petition urging Obama to pardon NSA whistle-blower
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Rand Paul / CNN:
Ron Paul gives thanks for leaker
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Barton Gellman, Glenn Greenwald feud over NSA leaker
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News analyst: ‘Bring back the death penalty’ for NSA leaker
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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 …
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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 …
Rand Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Big Brother Really Is Watching Us — Monitoring hundreds of millions of phone records is an extraordinary invasion of privacy. — When Americans expressed outrage last week over the seizure and surveillance of Verizon's client data by the National Security Agency, President Obama responded …
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New York Times:
Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has decided to stop trying to block over-the-counter availability of the best-known morning-after contraceptive pill for all women and girls, a move fraught with political repercussions for President Obama.
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Guardian:
Plan B: Obama allows morning-after pill for under-17s — President's reversal means emergency contraception drug will be available to women of all ages without a prescription — The Obama administration will stop trying to limit sales of emergency contraception pills …
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Obama administration will approve ‘Plan B’ pill for women and girls of all ages
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:
Obama Plan B Decision: Feds To Comply With NY Judge's Ruling
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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 …
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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 …
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Jerry Kammer / Front page feed:
Rubio, McCain, Reid Talk Strategy on Reform Bill
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to rally support for immigration reform as Senate weighs bill — President Obama will hold an event Tuesday morning to rally support for comprehensive immigration reform, as the Senate begins floor debate on a bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
PRISM Program: Obama Administration Held 22 Briefings For Congress On Key FISA Law — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials held 22 separate briefings or meetings for members of Congress on the law that has been used to justify the National Security Agency's controversial email monitoring program …
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