Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:55 PM ET, June 10, 2013

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks  —  He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate.  —  Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.
RELATED:
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Greenwald Says 'There's A Lot More Coming,' Argues NSA Revelations Don't Harm Security  —  The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald on Monday defended the 29-year-old who served as the source of one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history, arguing that the revelations of the National Security …
Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America |  Daniel Ellsberg  —  Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an ‘executive coup’ against the US constitution  —  In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak …
New York Times:
Booz Allen Grew Rich on Government Contracts  —  WASHINGTON — Edward J. Snowden's employer, Booz Allen Hamilton, has become one of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States almost exclusively by serving a single client: the government of the United States.
The Atlantic Online:
Edward Snowden in Hong Kong  —  I'm glad we have this information; I am sorry we are getting it from Hong Kong.  —  Three points:  —  1) I believe what I wrote two days ago: that the United States and the world have gained much more, in democratic accountability, than they have lost …
Tal Kopan / Politico:
10 things to know about Edward Snowden  —  Edward Snowden burst in public view when the 29-year-old identified himself as the source of leaks about the National Security Agency's surveillance of Americans.  Here are 10 things to know about Snowden.  —  1. Doesn't have a high school diploma.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Donald Trump: Edward Snowden ‘a bad guy’
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Hill
Jia Lynn Yang / Washington Post:
Hong Kong hotel says Edward Snowden was there, but checked out Monday
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Greenwald: NSA leak doesn't jeopardize national security
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Politico:
Edward Snowden leak exposes cracks in contractor system
Discussion: The Hill and First Read
Julian Borger / Guardian:
Edward Snowden's choice of Hong Kong as haven is a high-stakes gamble
Booz Allen Hamilton:
Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information
Guardian:
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things' - video
CBS News:
State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations  —  (CBS News) CBS News has uncovered documents that show the State Department may have covered up allegations of illegal and inappropriate behavior within their ranks.  —  The Diplomatic Security Service, or the DSS …
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  June 10, 2013 - Booker Leads In First Look At New Jersey Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Christie Buries Buono 2-1  —  Newark Mayor Cory Booker has substantial leads over relatively unknown Democratic primary and general election opponents in a first look …
RELATED:
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Report: Rep. Pallone joins NJ Senate race
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
John Boehner begins to sketch immigration plan  —  Speaker John Boehner has been stunningly silent about his plans to move immigration reform through the House.  —  But privately, the Ohio Republican is beginning to sketch out a road map to try to pass some version of an overhaul in his chamber …
RELATED:
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid blasts John Cornyn ‘poison pill’
Discussion: Power Line and Washington Monthly
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Hillary Clinton Favorability Slips Slightly  —  Unfavorable views up to 39%, from 31% in April  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's favorability rating fell slightly in June to 58%, from 64% in April.  That is the first sub-60% rating Americans have given her since 2008.
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Navy Veteran and Conservative Blogger Running For Congress Against Alan Grayson  —  The 2014 mid-term election has already heated up, as U.S. Navy veteran and Conservative blogger Jorge Bonilla has officially announced that he is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Congress in Florida.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
In 2001, Obama Predicted “Majoritarian Check” On Mass Surveillance In PATRIOT Act  —  “When we come to the wiretap provisions for example if those laws start encroaching too much on people's privacy the average person, me, Joe, everybody starts griping an complaining.”  —  View Video ›
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CBS DC
Washington Post:
Hundreds in government had advance word of Medicare action at heart of trading-spike probe  —  Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and Power Line
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Big Shrug  —  I've been in this economics business for a while.  In fact, I've been in it so long I still remember what people considered normal in those long-ago days before the financial crisis.  Normal, back then, meant an economy adding a million or more jobs each year …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Simon Johnson / Bloomberg:
Next Debt-Ceiling Histrionics Could Do Real Harm  —  At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth.  Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending.  —  Neither is going to happen on a significant scale.
Discussion: The Week and Real Time Economics
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 12:55 PM ET, June 10, 2013.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Conservatives as Defenders of the Media
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Record 23,116,441 households on food stamps
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and Yahoo! News
Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
FAQs: Opinion announcement days
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Althouse
Jeff Sessions / Los Angeles Times:
Sen. Sessions on immigration bill's broken promises
Ken Bensinger / Los Angeles Times:
High prices are driving more motorists to rent tires
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Karzai: US Must ‘Explain’ to Muslims Why Radicalism Is Growing Amid War on Terror
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid: 2 sides of same coin
Discussion: ABCNEWS and msnbc.com
IEA:
IEA report shows how to stop growth in energy-related emissions by 2020 at no net economic cost
Discussion: Washington Post and Guardian
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Government surveillance unconstitutional?  Reaction from Sens. Rand Paul, Ron Johnson and Gen. Michael Hayden
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Althouse
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to nominate Furman to lead economic council
Discussion: Politico, The Week and CNN
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Leaking Secrets Empowers Terrorists
BBC:
Iain Banks dies of cancer aged 59