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NSA Spied on European Union Offices — America's NSA intelligence service allegedly targeted the European Union with its spying activities. According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network.
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Guardian, CNN, TechCrunch, Washington Post, Gawker, The Moderate Voice, The Agonist, Informed Comment, The Hinterland Gazette, NPR, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Balloon Juice
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Schumer: Russia ‘should pay a price’ for harboring NSA leaker Snowden — Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) both urged a strong response to Russia's refusal to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. — “They should pay a price, either diplomatic, economic, geopolitical, for doing what they did.
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Julian Assange Praises ‘Hero’ Snowden, Rebukes U.S. ‘Disgraceful’ Treatment On ABC This Week — Appearing exclusively on ABC's This Week on Sunday morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discussed his and NSA leaker Edward Snowden's respective asylum situations, as well as the United States' …
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The Raw Story
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Schulz on alleged bugging of EU office by the US authorities — Brussels - — Foreign Affairs - Internal Policies and EU Institutions — The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz made the following statement on reports that EU offices have allegedly been bugged by the US authorities:
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BBC
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Assange: US decision to cancel Snowden's passport is a ‘disgrace’ — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Sunday defended National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and said the U.S. decision to cancel his passport and force his extradition was a “disgrace.” — “The United States canceled his passport.
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Politico
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Russian Lawmaker: ‘Morally Impermissible’ To Hand Over Snowden — A top Russian lawmaker on Sunday declared it was “morally impermissible” to hand over to the United States fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who remains in a political limbo at a Moscow airport.
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The Hinterland Gazette
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Key US-EU trade pact under threat after more NSA spying allegations
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The Privacy Surgeon, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Vox Popoli and The Agonist
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The Real John Roberts Emerges — This time a year ago, the conservative chief justice whose vote saved President Obama's health care law was a figure of mystery. In fact, “The Mystery of John Roberts” was the title I gave to one of my Opinionator columns for The New York Times last summer.
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Washington Monthly and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Democrats Get a Gift From the Roberts Court — BACK in the days when Republicans were reading polls through rose-colored glasses and imagining a Mitt Romney landslide, one of their most plausible arguments was that many pollsters were simply misreading the likely composition of the electorate.
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Booman Tribune and Election Law Blog
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Congressman Claims Immigration Bill Will ‘Force’ Immigrants To Become Citizens — A Republican Congressman argued that the immigration measures making their way through the House of Representatives won't include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants because many don't want to achieve legal status.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Gutierrez: Boehner's majority plan could doom immigration reform
Gutierrez: Boehner's majority plan could doom immigration reform
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CNN
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Sens. Schumer, McCain optimistic House will pass immigration bill
Sens. Schumer, McCain optimistic House will pass immigration bill
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Politico
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The Gezi Diaries: Can We Still Call Turkey Civilized? — Some see it as a modern democracy with an Islamic tint, an improving, reforming country. But if you were in Istanbul during the last month and a half, you'd have seen something completely different: a violent, authoritarian, increasingly suppressive and brutal regime.
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Agence France Presse and Power Line
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CNN:
Obama unveils $7 billion power initiative for Africa — (CNN) — U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa. — Funds from the initiative, dubbed Power Africa, will be distributed over the next five years.
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The Hinterland Gazette, Via Meadia, LewRockwell.com Blog, NPR and New York Times
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Obama Compares Nelson Mandela to George Washington
Obama Compares Nelson Mandela to George Washington
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Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit, Booman Tribune and ABC News
Associated Press:
Atheists unveil Fla monument near Ten Commandments — STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their nonbelief in God on Saturday to sit alongside a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments in front of the Bradford County courthouse.
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Secret-court judges upset at portrayal of ‘collaboration’ with government — Recent leaks of classified documents have pointed to the role of a special court in enabling the government's secret surveillance programs, but members of the court are chafing at the suggestion that they were collaborating with the executive branch.
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Prairie Weather and Althouse