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Sean Penn / Rolling Stone:
El Chapo Speaks — A secret visit with the most wanted man in the world … It's September 28th, 2015. My head is swimming, labeling TracPhones (burners), one per contact, one per day, destroy, burn, buy, balancing levels of encryption, mirroring through Blackphones, anonymous e-mail addresses …
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Associated Press:
LATEST: MEXICAN OFFICIAL SAYS PENN MEETING HELPED IN CAPTURE — MEXICO CITY (AP) — The latest on Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman who was recaptured six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison: (all times local) — A Mexican law enforcement official …
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Rolling Stone:
Watch Two Minutes of El Chapo's Exclusive Interview, Just Before His Recapture — Sean Penn, who tracked down the fugitive kingpin, sent questions; Chapo videotaped his responses in his first-ever interview. — Sean Penn, who tracked down the fugitive kingpin, sent questions …
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Ingrid Burrington / The Atlantic:
Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in Spy Country — Once in a while—not quite often enough to be a crisis, but just often enough to be a trope—people in the United States will freak out because a huge number of highly popular websites and services have suddenly gone down.
Brent Baker / NewsBusters:
CNN's Cooper Lets Slip: White House Press Corps ‘Agrees’ With Obama — Share it Tweet it — Ooops. CNN's Anderson Cooper seemingly let slip on Thursday night what anyone who has a watched a presidential press conference already knows, but journalists are usually loath to admit …
Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders Even in Early Races, Poll Finds — Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in tight Iowa race, with billionaire businessman ahead of field in New Hampshire — Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are deadlocked in both Iowa and New Hampshire three weeks …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Economist: GOP may win 47 states in general election — Supply-side economist Arthur Laffer is predicting Republicans will win the White House in a landslide this year, regardless of the nominee. — “I would be surprised if the Republicans don't take 45, 46, 47 states out of the 50,” …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Clinton's gamble on Muslims — Hillary Clinton is doubling down on slamming Republicans on their anti-Muslim rhetoric at campaign events in both Iowa and New Hampshire. — The attacks are mostly aimed at Donald Trump, the GOP frontrunner who has said he would impose a temporary ban …
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
Struggling GOP contenders relish moment to ignore Trump
Struggling GOP contenders relish moment to ignore Trump
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Kristen East / Politico:
Clinton campaign ad targets Trump, Cruz on foreign policy
Clinton campaign ad targets Trump, Cruz on foreign policy
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Germany on the Brink — ON New Year's Eve, in the shadow of Cologne's cathedral, crowds of North African and Middle Eastern men accosted women out for the night's festivities. They surrounded them, groped them, robbed them. Two women were reportedly raped.
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John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
Hillary's EmailGate Goes Nuclear — Does the latest release of Hillary's State Department emails include highly classified U.S. intelligence? — Back in October I told you that Hillary Clinton's email troubles were anything but over, and that the scandal over her misuse of communications …
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Wolfgang Rattay / BuzzFeed:
This Is What Really Happened The Night Women Were Sexually Assaulted In Front Of Police — “My friend was groped - it was disgusting. The whole situation is disgusting.” BuzzFeed News' Rossalyn Warren reports from Cologne. — Reporting From — AFP / Getty Images
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