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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 …
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CNN, Politico, Scared Monkeys and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Dick Cheney Laughs Off Privacy Concerns Over Government Surveillance — Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R), whose false statements helped propel the United States into an eight year war in Iraq, said Sunday that citizens should simply “trust” the federal government on matters of privacy and security.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Prairie Weather
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Cheney defends NSA surveillance
Cheney defends NSA surveillance
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
Associated Press:
Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations
Officials: NSA programs broke plots in 20 nations
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ThinkProgress, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and CNN
Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:
The ‘scandalanche’ & the data-mining
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata — On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.
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emptywheel, Lawfare, The Verge, The Volokh Conspiracy and Balloon Juice
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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.
Julian Sanchez:
Nadler and Mueller on Analysts Getting Call and E-mail Content
Nadler and Mueller on Analysts Getting Call and E-mail Content
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, emptywheel and Hit & Run
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
U.S. spy agency paper says fewer than 300 phone numbers closely scrutinized
U.S. spy agency paper says fewer than 300 phone numbers closely scrutinized
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Little Green Footballs and emptywheel
Ramzy Mardini / New York Times:
Bad Idea, Mr. President — AMMAN, Jordan — ACCORDING to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama risks looking like a “fool” if he decides not to intervene militarily in Syria's continuing civil war. Likening the situation to his decision to intervene in Kosovo in 1999, Mr. Clinton said Tuesday …
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Jerusalem Post, Washington Monthly and The Huffington Post
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rubio: Obama ‘failed’ in Syria — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hailed efforts to arm opposition forces seeking to topple Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, but said President Obama's decision to aid the rebels may have come too late. — “Timing matters and these were options that were there for us …
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Politico
Robert Fisk / The Independent:
Iran will send 4,000 troops to aid Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria
Iran will send 4,000 troops to aid Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria
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BBC and Israel Matzav
Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Sarah Palin On Syria: ‘Let Allah Sort It Out’ (VIDEO)
Sarah Palin On Syria: ‘Let Allah Sort It Out’ (VIDEO)
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Scared Monkeys, ABCNEWS, Taylor Marsh and The Raw Story
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. Rubio says most of immigration reform bill in ‘perfect shape’ — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday said that much of the Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill was in “perfect shape,” but added he would insist on tougher border security measures. — Rubio, one of the authors of the bill …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Six amendments to watch in Senate immigration reform fight — Senators are girding for a contentious floor fight next week over more than 100 immigration reform amendments that will be crucial to determining whether the chamber approves comprehensive legislation.
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The PJ Tatler
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.
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Ballot Box, CNN and Outside the Beltway
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA
Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA
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Blue Mass Group and Towleroad News #gay
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Jeb on 2016: ‘Split ballot’ among his parents — Former President George H.W. Bush wants son Jeb to make his own run for the White House, the former Florida governor hinted in an interview that aired Sunday. — Jeb Bush's mother, Barbara, said earlier this year that there have been …
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CNN
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.
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Althouse and Prairie Weather