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Sara Fischer / CNN:
Controversy grows over prosecution of alleged Benghazi attack mastermind — (CNN) - While the suspected mastermind of the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi is now on U.S. soil, the political fallout related to his prosecution may just be beginning.
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Power Line, No More Mister Nice Blog, Booman Tribune and Politico
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Rogers: Benghazi suspect ‘compliant but not cooperative’ — (CNN) — Rep. Mike Rogers, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, said Sunday the suspect in the Benghazi attacks “likely” did not provide useful intelligence during his two-week detention aboard a ship to the United States.
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Politico
Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic Online:
Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment — It was probably legal. But was it ethical? — Updated, 7:45 p.m. Eastern. — Facebook's News Feed—the main list of status updates, messages, and photos you see when you open Facebook on your computer or phone—is not a perfect mirror of the world.
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Guardian, Forbes, Marginal REVOLUTION, The Raw Story, KDVR.com, PandoDaily and Telegraph
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ThinkProgress:
Facebook Conducted Psychological Experiments On Unknowing Users — The latest way that Facebook has been peeking into its users' personal lives may be the most surprising yet: Facebook researches have published a scientific paper that reveals the company has been conducting psychological experiments …
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Forbes, The Atlantic Online, The A.V. Club, The Raw Story, Business Insider and Althouse
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Obama to Seek Funds to Stem Border Crossings and Speed Deportations — President Obama will ask Congress to provide more than $2 billion in new funds to control the surge of illegal Central American migrants at the South Texas border, and to grant broader powers for immigration officials …
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ThinkProgress and Right Wing News
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama to ask for more than $2 billion in emergency funds to stem immigration influx — The Obama administration, in a dramatic escalation of its border-control strategy, will seek — more than $2 billion in emergency funds to help stem an influx of Central American women and children entering …
ThinkProgress:
Arizona Professor Body Slammed By Police During Jaywalking Stop, Now Charged With Assaulting Officer — A new video shows Dr. Ersula Ore, a professor at Arizona State University, body slammed by a police officer after being stopped for jaywalking near campus.
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KASW-TV, Hinterland Gazette and The Raw Story
BREITBART.COM:
PELOSI ON THE BORDER: WE HAVE TO USE THIS ‘CRISIS’ AS AN ‘OPPORTUNITY’ — Saturday at a press conference from the Rio Grande Valley, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed her tour of a border holding facility and addressed the humanitarian crisis of thousands unaccompanied minors flooding across …
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Power Line, Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
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Elizabeth Espinosa / Valley Central:
Pelosi: “It's not a crisis, it's an opportunity”
Pelosi: “It's not a crisis, it's an opportunity”
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Weasel Zippers
RT:
Target ISIS: First batch of Russian fighter jets arrives in Iraq — The first ten Russian Sukhoi fighter jets arrived in Iraq on Saturday, the country's Defense Ministry said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping the jets will make a key difference in the fight against ISIS.
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ParaPundit
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Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton's money woes — Please consider this in the nature of a friendly intervention. You have a money problem. It's time to deal with it before it gets worse. — Actually, you have two money problems. The first is how you talk about it. The second is how you collect it …
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Guardian, NewsBusters, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, The Moderate Voice and Wall Street Journal
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Guess Who Else Had Mysteriously Missing Emails: Sarah Palin — Like nearly every other conservative with a public platform, Sarah Palin has been using former IRS official Lois Lerner's missing emails as a tool to attack the Obama administration. But of all people, perhaps Palin …
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The Moderate Voice, Conservatives4Palin, Liberal Values and The Right Scoop
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Obama sees ‘serious threat’ to the U.S. from trained terrorists — The United States has been “under serious threat” from terrorists during his entire presidency, President Barack Obama says. — In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos aired Sunday on “This Week,” …
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CNN
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Clinton on pot laws: ‘I like where it is’ — Bill Clinton says the federal government should shy away from legalization of marijuana for now — but that states should continue to experiment with their own “Rocky Mountain high.” — The former president, in a taped interview in Denver …
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Mediaite
Patrik Jonsson / Christian Science Monitor:
Tea party leader Mark Mayfield suicide: A sign of politics ‘beyond the pale’? (+video) — ATLANTA — Mark Mayfield, a respected lawyer and tea party operative in Mississippi, has died after being accused of taking part in an unseemly, Watergate-like conspiracy to undermine long-time Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign.
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Althouse