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10:55 AM ET, June 16, 2013

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Declan McCullagh / CNET:
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants  —  National Security Agency discloses in secret Capitol Hill briefing that thousands of analysts can listen to domestic phone calls.  That authorization appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Video: Congressman Claims He Was Told Government Could Listen To Phone Calls Without A Warrant  —  Democratic New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler claims he was told in a closed-door briefing that the NSA could listen to a specific phone call, and get a call's “contents” without a warrant, based solely on an analyst's decision.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Cheney calls Snowden a ‘traitor,’ defends NSA surveillance programs  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the National Security Agency's data surveillance programs and labeled admitted leaker Edward Snowden as a “traitor.”  —  “I think he's a traitor...I think he has committed crimes …
Discussion: Politico
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
U.S. spy agency paper says fewer than 300 phone numbers closely scrutinized  —  (Reuters) - The U.S. government only searched for detailed information on calls involving fewer than 300 specific phone numbers among the millions of raw phone records collected by the National Security Agency in 2012 …
Discussion: emptywheel
New York Times:
For Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting  —  WASHINGTON — In 2006, when Edward J. Snowden joined the thousands of computer virtuosos going to work for America's spy agencies, there were no recent examples of insiders going public as dissidents.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Palin slams military intervention in Syria: ‘Let Allah sort it out’  —  Former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin told a Washington audience Saturday that the U.S. should not get involved in the Syrian civil war.  —  Palin argued that the U.S. should not intervene …
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin On Syria: ‘Let Allah Sort It Out’ (VIDEO)
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
The Boston Globe:
A 13-point gap with 10 days to go, but disengaged voters remain unpredictable  —  Democrat Edward J. Markey holds a solid lead over his Republican rival, Gabriel E. Gomez, as the two enter the final week of the special US Senate campaign, according to a new Boston Globe poll.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bill Schools Barry on Syria  —  WASHINGTON — NOT only is President Obama leading from behind, now he's leading from behind Bill Clinton.  —  After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaughter in Syria, the president was finally shoved into action by the past and perhaps future occupant of his bedroom.
Discussion: Althouse and Prairie Weather
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Kraft: Putin stole Bowl ring  —  New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft revealed the real story behind a 2005 meeting with Vladimir Putin, during which the Russian president pocketed his Super Bowl ring, worth more than $25,000.  Kraft, at the time, claimed the diamond-encrusted bauble was a gift …
Robert Fisk / The Independent:
Iran will send 4,000 troops to aid Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria  —  World Exclusive: US urges Britain and France to join in supplying arms to Syrian rebels as MPs fear that UK will be drawn into growing Sunni-Shia conflict  —  Washington's decision to arm Syria's Sunni Muslim rebels …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and BBC
bigstory.ap.org:
SECRET TO PRISM PROGRAM: EVEN BIGGER DATA SEIZURE  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently …
Washington Post:
Eric Holder has been an excellent attorney general  —  We were disappointed to read David Ignatius's June 9 op-ed column, “A mediocre attorney general,” purporting to represent the views of a number of unnamed Washington lawyers about Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s tenure.
 
 
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Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
House Republicans see long slog ahead for probes of IRS targeting
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Slipping the constitutional leash
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Fears of National ID With Immigration Bill
Discussion: Hot Air and The Reaction
Garrett Bruno / ABCNEWS:
Democratic Convention Organizers Claim $500K of Lost Electronics
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Weasel Zippers
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Retired Federal Judge: Your Faith In Secret Surveillance Court Is Dramatically Misplaced
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Threats made to figures at center of IRS controversy: sources
Discussion: PERRspectives and The Hill
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP to constituents: Questions on ObamaCare? Call Obama
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI knew earlier of Boston bombing suspect
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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