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WikiLeaks:
WikiLeaks Statement On Edward Snowden's Exit From Hong Kong — Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for a democratic nation via a safe route …
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David Gregory's Shocking Question To Glenn Greenwald — “Meet the Press” host David Gregory asked columnist Glenn Greenwald why he shouldn't be charged with a crime for working with NSA leaker Edward Snowden. — Greenwald was on to discuss his source's Sunday morning flight from Hong Kong to Moscow.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
You Don't Have To Like Edward Snowden — Reporters have always been comfortable ignoring their sources' motives. Now everybody else needs to get used to that. — Via: @MiriamElder — One of the most difficult features of the new news environment is that everybody gets to see the utter mess …
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New York Times:
Snowden, in Russia, Said to Seek Asylum in Ecuador — MOSCOW — Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor wanted by the United States for leaking classified documents about global American surveillance, fled his Hong Kong hide-out for Moscow on Sunday aboard …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
On Snowden's trip, no good options for Obama — Edward Snowden's globe-trotting is the latest international headache for President Barack Obama, with no relief in sight. — The former National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified documents about top secret electronic surveillance programs …
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BBC:
Edward Snowden asks Ecuador for asylum
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CNN:
WikiLeaks: Snowden arrives in Moscow
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Schumer: Putin 'aiding and abetting Snowden's escape'
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Guardian:
Edward Snowden asks for asylum in Ecuador - as it happened
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ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander
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Guardian:
Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow
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Reuters:
Snowden has ticket to Cuba, may go to Venezuela: Russian reports
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RT:
NSA leaker Snowden arrives in Moscow en route to ‘third country’ with WikiLeaks help
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The Hinterland Gazette and Blogs of War
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Snowden departed Hong Kong for a ‘third country,’ government says
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BuzzFeed:
LGBT Military Group's Board Ousts Leader, Prompting Staff And Board Resignations — Allyson Robinson took over the helm of OutServe-SLDN last October, the first out transgender leader of a national LGBT rights organization whose primary focus is not solely transgender issues.
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Bil Browning / The Bilerico Project:
OutServe/SLDN Exec Dir Fired; Senior Staff Resigns [Updated] — OutServe/SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson was fired after a board coup yesterday according to a leaked email sent to Bilerico Project. Robinson was the only transgender leader of a major LGBT organization that is not specifically trans-related.
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CNN:
Nelson Mandela in critical condition, South Africa's president says — Revolutionary and politician Nelson Mandela — (CNN) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is now in critical condition, officials said. — Mandela's condition worsened in the past 24 hours …
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Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Morality study finds conservatives show a ‘general insensitivity to consequences’ — When it comes to topics like abortion or assisted suicide, there seems to be no common ground between conservatives and liberals. Why is there such a noticeable rift between the two political orientations?
Lila Shapiro / The Huffington Post:
Equality House Hosts Gay Wedding Across From Westboro Baptist Church — On Saturday night, Kimberly Kidwell, a 31-year-old EMT, married Katie Short in a wedding ceremony on the front lawn of the Equality House in Topeka, Kan. — directly across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
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Washington Post:
Taliban kills foreign climbers in Pakistan — PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen stormed a camp on Pakistan's second-largest mountain Sunday, killing nine foreign climbers, including a U.S. citizen, in a brazen assault that could deal a blow to the country's efforts to jumpstart its tourism industry.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer predicts mass demonstrations if House blocks path to citizenship — A senior Democratic senator predicted Sunday there could be massive demonstrations in Washington if House Republicans try to block a bill to grant legal status to millions of immigrants.
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Hugh Muir / Guardian:
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield ordered to leave UK — Australian activist, whose wife is expecting a child this week, will appeal against Home Office ruling that he must leave country — The Australian activist who disrupted the 2012 Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race in protest …
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