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Martha Raddatz / ABC News:
Senior U.S. Official: Intercepted Al Qaeda Communications Indicate Planned Attack ‘Big,’ ‘Strategically Significant’ — ABC News' Martha Raddatz and Jonathan Karl report: — On the day that almost two dozen U.S. embassies and consulates across North Africa and the Middle East are closed following …
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Fox News:
Capitol Hill intelligence committee leaders: Terror threat ‘specific’ and ‘serious,’ included dates — Capitol Hill lawmakers, including top-ranking members of intelligence committees, on Sunday described the terror threat that closed 22 U.S. embassies and consulates across the Muslim region …
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Jihad Watch, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Gateway Pundit and CNN
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Chambliss: NSA spying uncovered threat — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, revealed on Sunday that the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs uncovered information about current terrorist threats to the United States.
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The PJ Tatler
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Graham: Al Qaeda ‘on steroids’ since Benghazi attack — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday called the latest terror threat “scary,” and said that an emboldened al Qaeda has been “on steroids” since the last year's deadly strike on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
So, What Is the Benghazi Cover-Up All About?
So, What Is the Benghazi Cover-Up All About?
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Washington Monthly, The Other McCain, American Thinker and Business Insider
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA — Documents provided by two House members demonstrate how they are blocked from exercising any oversight over domestic surveillance — • Morgan Griffith's requests for NSA information — • Alan Grayson's requests for NSA information
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Debate over NSA programs gets renewed attention amid terror threat
Debate over NSA programs gets renewed attention amid terror threat
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Politico
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Pay-up time for Brawley: '87 rape-hoaxer finally shells out for slander — Just $431,000 to go — Twenty-five years after accusing an innocent man of rape, Tawana Brawley is finally paying for her lies. — Last week, 10 checks totaling $3,764.61 were delivered to ex-prosecutor Steven Pagones …
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Scott Wong / Politico:
Schumer calls Putin a ‘school-yard bully’ — Russian President Vladimir Putin is nothing more than a “school-yard bully,” and President Barack Obama should cancel their meeting in Moscow next month, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) said Sunday. — Last week, Putin granted National Security …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Schumer: Obama should stand up to ‘schoolyard bully,’ cancel Putin meeting
Schumer: Obama should stand up to ‘schoolyard bully,’ cancel Putin meeting
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Hot Air
Jen Psaki / US Department of State:
Statement on Update of Embassy and Consulate Closure — Press Statement — Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson — Washington, DC — Given that a number of our embassies and consulates were going to be closed in accordance with local custom and practice for the bulk of the week …
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New York Times:
Other Agencies Clamor for Data N.S.A. Compiles — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency's dominant role as the nation's spy warehouse has spurred frequent tensions and turf fights with other federal intelligence agencies that want to use its surveillance tools for their own investigations, officials say.
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Sheldon Alberts / Hillicon Valley:
Unknown Republican blocks bill requiring email search warrants — An anonymous Republican senator has delayed a vote on legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other online messages. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) …
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The Gateway Pundit
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Martin O'Malley Putting Together “Framework” For Presidential Bid — The Maryland governor is openly making preparations for a White House run. “I think we're on course to have a body of work that lays the framework of a candidacy for 2016,” says O'Malley. — Image by Charlie Neibergall, File / AP
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Michael Froomkin / Discourse.net:
Democracy in Action (Missouri Edition) — ProPublica's The Payday Playbook: How High Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal is a little different from what they teach in high school civics classes. … Someone raised $2.8 million to fight the initiative. We don't get know exactly who:
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New York Times:
Republican No-Shows in the Budget Wars — Amid the morass of Washington's endless budget fights there was a moment of sweet revelation last week: House Republicans choked outright when they failed to muster support for the draconian dreams of Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin legislator and fabled budget hawk …
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