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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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Yahoo! News:
Lindsey Graham: ‘If I thought censoring the mail was necessary, I would suggest it’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham would propose censoring Americans' ‘snail’ mail if he thought it would help protect national security, the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday. But for now, he says he doesn't think it's necessary.
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Philip Ewing / Politico:
Booz Allen fires Edward Snowden, says they didn't pay him $200K — Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has fired Edward Snowden, the computer technician who acknowledged leaking classified documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post, the company announced.
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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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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.
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Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: Russia offers to consider asylum request
Edward Snowden: Russia offers to consider asylum request
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Katherine Fung / The Huffington Post:
Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
Russia Says It Would Consider Asylum For Edward Snowden
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Cole Premo / CBS Minnesota:
Franken ‘Very Well Aware Of’ NSA Tracking Phone Records
Franken ‘Very Well Aware Of’ NSA Tracking Phone Records
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Washington Post:
In NSA programs, democracy works in secret
In NSA programs, democracy works in secret
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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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Abby D. Phillip / ABCNEWS:
House Speaker John Boehner: NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’
House Speaker John Boehner: NSA Leaker a ‘Traitor’
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Files Suit Over Phone Surveillance Program — WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program — whose existence …
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Skip Navigation / ACLU:
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying Program
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying Program
Jeff Merkley:
Senators: End Secret Law
Senators: End Secret Law
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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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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tough immigration choice for GOP — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Republican Whip John Cornyn (Texas) plan to vote Tuesday in favor of the motion to proceed to the reform bill, which is more than 1,000 pages long. — But they are undecided about whether to vote “yes” on final passage.
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CNN:
Senate to debate immigration
Senate to debate immigration
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Durbin: FISA declassification bill dead on arrival
Durbin: FISA declassification bill dead on arrival
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate votes 82-15 in first step to debate immigration reform
Senate votes 82-15 in first step to debate immigration reform
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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?
Leaks fallout: How bad could it be?
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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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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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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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Matthew DeLuca / U.S. News:
Ambassador responds to allegations of misconduct from State Department memo — The State Department is responding to claims that officials may have covered up alleged illegal and inappropriate behavior by department personnel, while an ambassador is accused of “routinely” soliciting sexual favors.
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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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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
The New York Times Inadvertently Posts a Weiner Sexting Story Online
The New York Times Inadvertently Posts a Weiner Sexting Story Online
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Kelly Ayotte, GOP star, changes mind on immigration … Immigration wasn't the main issue in the 2010 New Hampshire Senate race. But it was a topic of great interest for many Republican voters, and GOP candidate Kelly Ayotte took a pretty hard line. — Rather than calling …
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
Wake Up! — In 2007, John McCain's “comprehensive” …
Wake Up! — In 2007, John McCain's “comprehensive” …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Former President George W. Bush's Image Ratings Improve — Views of Bush more positive than negative for first time since 2005 — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views of former president George W. Bush have improved, with 49% now viewing him favorably and 46% unfavorably.
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Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
Why Should We Even Care If the Government Is Collecting Our Data? — Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove. — As people have tried to make sense of the recent revelations about the government's mass …
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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.