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6:35 AM ET, June 17, 2013

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
DNI denies NSA analysts can tap calls without a warrant  —  The intelligence community on Sunday rejected claims from National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and reports suggesting that intelligence analysts were able to listen to domestic phone conversations without warrants.
Discussion: Politico
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Congressman denies report claiming NSA can listen to calls without warrants  —  Summary: CORRECTED: The senator who allegedly said the U.S. National Security Agency can listen to phone calls of both U.S. residents and foreign nationals without a court order debunks the original report.  —  Zack Whittaker
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Dick Cheney: Edward Snowden Is A ‘Traitor’ And Possibly A Chinese Spy  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday that Edward Snowden betrayed his country by leaking classified documents about the U.S. government's surveillance programs and warned that the former National …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Crooks and Liars
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Cheney calls Snowden a ‘traitor,’ defends NSA surveillance programs
Discussion: CNN, Reuters, Scared Monkeys and Politico
Ben Geman / The Hill:   McDonough: Obama will speak about NSA
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Lindsey Graham Warns GOP: 'It Doesn't Matter Who We Run In 2016′ If Immigration Reform Fails  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) — one of the Republican co-sponsors of an immigration reform bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for the nation's 11.1 million undocumented immigrations …
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NBC News:
June 14: Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss, Mark Udall, Bobby Scott, David Ignatius, James Risen, Andrea Mitchell
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Six amendments to watch in Senate immigration reform fight
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Guardian:
Revealed: how UK spied on its G20 allies at London summits  —  Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009  —  Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 …
Jason Miks / Global Public Square:
‘Everybody benefits from girls being educated’  —  “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN  —  Fareed speaks with Egyptian-born columnist Mona Eltahawy about the situation in Turkey and her role in the upcoming documentary ‘Girl Rising,’ which is premiering this Sunday on CNN at 9 p.m. ET.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
CNN CITES SUBWAY CENSOR ELTAHAWY AS AUTHORITY ON FREEDOM  —  On Sunday's edition of Global Public Square, CNN's Fareed Zakaria invited Mona Eltahawy to offer her perspective on the anti-government protests in Turkey and the rights of women in the Muslim world.
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Atlas Shrugs
CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama approval falls amid controversies  —  Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's approval rating dropped eight percentage points over the past month, to 45%, the president's lowest rating in more than a year and a half, according to a new national poll.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Ynetnews:
Report: Iran to send 4,000 soldiers to Syria  —  Pro-Iranian sources tell The Independent Tehran now fully committed to preserving Assad's regime, may propose opening up new ‘Syrian’ front on Golan Heights against Israel  —  Ynet  —  The Israel.  —  According to the report …
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Ramzy Mardini / New York Times:
Bad Idea, Mr. President
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rubio: Obama ‘failed’ in Syria
Discussion: Politico
Mike Allen / Politico:
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY — RYAN LIZZA: McCain chafes at Rubio — SCHUMER: Immigration needs 70 votes in Senate to give momentum for House — EMMETT BELIVEAU named director of White House Military Office  —  BULLETIN - Jennifer Epstein: “White House chief of staff Denis McDonough told Bob Schieffer …
Fred J. Eckert / Politico:
House approach on Benghazi: Crazy — or plain stupid?  —  Sometimes watching Speaker John Boehner and his House Republican “leadership” team in action calls to mind that scene from “Forrest Gump” in which Bubba's mother looks incredulously at Forrest and asks: “Are you crazy — or just plain stupid?”
ODNI Newsroom Feed:
ODNI Statement on the Limits of Surveillance Activities  —  The statement that a single analyst can eavesdrop on domestic communications without proper legal authorization is incorrect and was not briefed to Congress.  Members have been briefed on the implementation of Section 702 …
Discussion: TechCrunch and Weekly Standard
Jerusalem Post:
Syria: Egypt's Morsi joining US, Israeli conspiracy  —  Damascus lashes out at Egyptian president, Muslim Brotherhood after Morsi severs ties with Bashar Assad's regime.  —  Syria on Sunday harshly criticized Cairo's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Damascus …
 
 
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Aaron Tinney / The Sun:
Barack O'Farmer  —  Secret Service drive TRACTORS to guard …
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Yahoo! News:
Ahead of G8, A-list actors urge Obama to push for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Louie Gohmert Accuses FBI Of Aiding Muslim Brotherhood: ‘They Want Sharia Law, Not Our Constitution’
Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
What Sweden Can Tell Us About Obamacare
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AT&T to Load iPhones With Emergency Alerts From Obama - That You Can't Switch Off
Telegraph:
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Jeb Bush on 2016: ‘Split ballot’ among his parents
Discussion: CNN
Ben Geman / The Hill:
McDonough: Iranian election a ‘potentially hopeful sign’
Discussion: Politico
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Dick Cheney Laughs Off Privacy Concerns Over Government Surveillance
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Proposes High-Level Talks With U.S.
 

 
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