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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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ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Exclusive Interview With House Speaker John Boehner on NSA Leak, Immigration Reform And More — House Speaker John Boehner sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on “Good Moring America” to discuss the NSA leak, immigration reform, the IRS scandal and much more.
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Roger Simon / Politico:
The slacker who came in from the cold — Think you're a loser just because you dropped out of high school and never finished the military training you began? — Think you're a dud just because you work as a security guard even though you dreamed of becoming a global savior? — Well, don't beat yourself up.
Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: Russia offers to consider asylum request — Vladimir Putin's spokesman says any appeal for asylum from whistleblower who fled US will be looked at ‘according to facts’ — Russia has offered to consider an asylum request from the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, in the Kremlin's latest move to woo critics of the west.
New York Times:
Snowden, Facing Charges, Leaves Hong Kong Hotel — WASHINGTON — As Justice Department officials began the process Monday to charge Edward J. Snowden, a 29-year-old former C.I.A. computer technician, with disclosing classified information, he checked out of a hotel in Hong Kong where he had been holed …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The T-Word — So now both Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic chairman …
The T-Word — So now both Dianne Feinstein, the Democratic chairman …
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Rand Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Big Brother Really Is Watching Us
Big Brother Really Is Watching Us
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Philip Ewing / Politico:
Booz Allen fires Edward Snowden, says they didn't pay him $200K
Booz Allen fires Edward Snowden, says they didn't pay him $200K
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Abby D. Phillip / ABCNEWS:
House Speaker John Boehner: NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’
House Speaker John Boehner: NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Relies on Spies for Hire to Sift Deluge of Intelligence
U.S. Relies on Spies for Hire to Sift Deluge of Intelligence
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Megan McArdle / Asymmetrical Information:
Whistleblowers Are Weird — Edward Snowden doesn't seem all that likable.
Whistleblowers Are Weird — Edward Snowden doesn't seem all that likable.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
NSA leak is treason, says Feinstein
NSA leak is treason, says Feinstein
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. disrupts al-Qaeda's online magazine — U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaeda online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group's followers, according to officials. — The operation succeeded, at least temporarily …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Leaks fallout: How bad could it be? — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper claims the recent wave of leaks has done “huge, grave damage” to our intelligence gathering capabilities. — Nonsense, says Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian columnist who served as the primary conduit for the leaks …
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Charles S. Clark / Government Executive:
Banqueters and the Spying News Bombshell
Banqueters and the Spying News Bombshell
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Edward Snowden's NSA leaks are backlash of too much secrecy
Edward Snowden's NSA leaks are backlash of too much secrecy
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Wake Up! — In 2007, John McCain's “comprehensive” immigrant-legalization bill failed after opponents flooded the Senate with calls, shutting down the switchboard. Despite considerable press hype, the bill didn't even muster a majority on the crucial cloture vote. — It won't be that easy this time.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tough immigration choice for GOP
Tough immigration choice for GOP
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Yahoo! News:
‘Proud wacko bird’ Ted Cruz calls Obama biggest obstacle to immigration reform
‘Proud wacko bird’ Ted Cruz calls Obama biggest obstacle to immigration reform
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Pro-Immigration Republicans Do Not Welcome Obama's Return To The Debate
Pro-Immigration Republicans Do Not Welcome Obama's Return To The Debate
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The Official Google Blog:
Asking the U.S. government to allow Google to publish more national security request data — This morning we sent the following letter to the offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read the full text below. -Ed. — Dear Attorney General Holder and Director Mueller
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Jeff Merkley:
Senators: End Secret Law — Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Bill to Declassify FISA Court Opinions — Washington, DC - Today, Oregon's Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), accompanied by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Begich (D-AK), Al Franken …
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Spencer Ackerman / Guardian:
US senators bid to force government to reveal secret surveillance rulings
US senators bid to force government to reveal secret surveillance rulings
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Rainey Reitman / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying
86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying
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New York Post:
Hillary's sorry state of affairs — Probes into her department's sex scandals were quashed, memo says — WASHINGTON — A State Department whistleblower has accused high-ranking staff of a massive coverup — including keeping a lid on findings that members of then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's security detail …
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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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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
The New York Times takes down Anthony Weiner story — The New York Times “inadvertently” posted an article on the women involved in Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal — and then deleted it. — “For Women in Weiner Scandal, Indignity Lingers” by Michael Barbaro was posted on the Times's website Monday …
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
What to Make of a Warming Plateau — As unlikely as this may sound, we have lucked out in recent years when it comes to global warming. — The rise in the surface temperature of earth has been markedly slower over the last 15 years than in the 20 years before that.
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Tal Kopan / Reuters:
Bill Daley forms exploratory committee — Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley is the latest Obama White House alum to set his sights on higher office in Illinois, announcing on Tuesday he's forming an exploratory campaign to run for Illinois governor.
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Ray Long / Chicago Tribune:
Daley forms committee to challenge Quinn
Daley forms committee to challenge Quinn
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Domenico Montanaro / First Read:
NBC News/WSJ poll: Affirmative action support at historic low — As the Supreme Court prepares to once again weigh in on the issue of affirmative action, a record-low number of Americans support such programs, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Democracy Now:
Inside the NSA's Domestic Surveillance Apparatus: Whistleblower William Binney Speaks Out — Watch Part 1 of Interview with William Binney — William Binney describes how his former agency has built a massive system to track, monitor and record phone and Internet communications of U.S. citizens and people around the world.
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