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6:20 PM ET, June 11, 2013

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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Solitary Leaker  —  From what we know so far, Edward Snowden appears to be the ultimate unmediated man.  Though obviously terrifically bright, he could not successfully work his way through the institution of high school.  Then he failed to navigate his way through community college.
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Yahoo! News:
Lindsey Graham: ‘If I thought censoring the mail was necessary, I would suggest it’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham would propose censoring Americans' ‘snail’ mail if he thought it would help protect national security, the South Carolina Republican said Tuesday.  But for now, he says he doesn't think it's necessary.
ABCNEWS:
Transcript: Exclusive Interview With House Speaker John Boehner on NSA Leak, Immigration Reform And More  —  House Speaker John Boehner sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on “Good Moring America” to discuss the NSA leak, immigration reform, the IRS scandal and much more.
Philip Ewing / Politico:
Booz Allen fires Edward Snowden, says they didn't pay him $200K  —  Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has fired Edward Snowden, the computer technician who acknowledged leaking classified documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post, the company announced.
New York Times:
Snowden, Facing Charges, Leaves Hong Kong Hotel  —  WASHINGTON — As Justice Department officials began the process Monday to charge Edward J. Snowden, a 29-year-old former C.I.A. computer technician, with disclosing classified information, he checked out of a hotel in Hong Kong where he had been holed …
Cole Premo / CBS Minnesota:
Franken ‘Very Well Aware Of’ NSA Tracking Phone Records  —  ST. PAUL (WCCO) — US Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., says he's not surprised by revelations that federal security agencies collect phone and computer data on American citizens.  —  The National Security Agency secretly gathered personal data …
Miriam Elder / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: Russia offers to consider asylum request
Roger Simon / Politico:
The slacker who came in from the cold
Discussion: Hit & Run, Washington Post and Hot Air
Washington Post:
In NSA programs, democracy works in secret
Discussion: New York Times
The Official Google Blog:
Asking the U.S. government to allow Google to publish more national security request data  —  This morning we sent the following letter to the offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Read the full text below.  -Ed.  —  Dear Attorney General Holder and Director Mueller
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Files Suit Over Phone Surveillance Program  —  WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its “dragnet” collection of logs of domestic phone calls, contending that the once-secret program — whose existence …
ACLU:
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging NSA's Patriot Act Phone Surveillance  —  In the wake of the past week's revelations about the NSA's unprecedented mass surveillance of phone calls, today the ACLU filed a lawsuit charging that the program violates Americans' constitutional rights of free speech, association, and privacy.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
ACLU files lawsuit over NSA call tracking  —  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday charging that the telephone call-tracking system disclosed via a leak last week violates the Constitution.  —  The suit, claiming First and Fourth Amendment violations …
Rand Paul / Wall Street Journal:
Big Brother Really Is Watching Us
Discussion: Right Turn, msnbc.com and VodkaPundit
Skip Navigation / ACLU:
ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of NSA Phone Spying Program
Discussion: Mashable and TalkLeft
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Kelly Ayotte, GOP star, changes mind on immigration … Immigration wasn't the main issue in the 2010 New Hampshire Senate race.  But it was a topic of great interest for many Republican voters, and GOP candidate Kelly Ayotte took a pretty hard line.  —  Rather than calling …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tough immigration choice for GOP
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate votes 82-15 in first step to debate immigration reform
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. disrupts al-Qaeda's online magazine  —  U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaeda online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group's followers, according to officials.  —  The operation succeeded, at least temporarily …
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New York Post:
Hillary's sorry state of affairs  —  Probes into her department's sex scandals were quashed, memo says  —  WASHINGTON — A State Department whistleblower has accused high-ranking staff of a massive coverup — including keeping a lid on findings that members of then-Secretary Hillary Clinton's security detail …
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Matthew DeLuca / U.S. News:
Ambassador responds to allegations of misconduct from State Department memo
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Former President George W. Bush's Image Ratings Improve  —  Views of Bush more positive than negative for first time since 2005  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views of former president George W. Bush have improved, with 49% now viewing him favorably and 46% unfavorably.
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
The New York Times takes down Anthony Weiner story  —  The New York Times “inadvertently” posted an article on the women involved in Anthony Weiner's sexting scandal — and then deleted it.  —  “For Women in Weiner Scandal, Indignity Lingers” by Michael Barbaro was posted on the Times's website Monday …
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Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke / The New York Observer:
The New York Times Inadvertently Posts a Weiner Sexting Story Online
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama Schmoozes Reporters At Secret Meeting  —  The president popped into an off-the-record briefing with reporters Monday.  —  Via: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama held an off-the-record meeting with select reporters from some of the nation's largest print …
David Scharfenberg / WBUR:
WBUR Poll Suggests Gomez Struggling To Catch Markey  —  Audio report above by Fred Thys; text report by David Scharfenberg  —  BOSTON — With two weeks to go until the special Massachusetts U.S. Senate election, a new WBUR poll (PDFs - topline, crosstabs) suggests Republican Gabriel Gomez …
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eagletonpollblog:
RUTGERS-EAGLETON POLL: DEMOCRATS GIVE BOOKER EARLY LEAD IN SEN. PRIMARY; MOST VOTERS OPPOSE …
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obama didn't change his mind on Plan B, Justice changed its legal strategy  —  President Obama still opposes over-the-counter access to emergency contraceptives for women and girls of all ages.  (Washington Post)  —  The Obama administration announced Monday it would no longer defend age limits …
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New York Times:
Obama to End Effort to Restrict Morning-After Pill
Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:
Why Should We Even Care If the Government Is Collecting Our Data?  —  Kafka, not Orwell, can help us understand the problems of digitized mass surveillance, argues legal scholar Daniel J. Solove.  —  As people have tried to make sense of the recent revelations about the government's mass …
 
 
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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman: American Muslim Leaders Are ‘Potentially Complicit’ In Terrorist Acts
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
Global Views of Iran Overwhelmingly Negative
Discussion: WorldViews and Pew Research Center
Emma Dumain / Goppers:
20-Week Abortion Ban Heading to House Floor Next Week
Discussion: msnbc.com, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Durbin: FISA declassification bill dead on arrival
Discussion: msnbc.com, The Plum Line and Mediaite
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GLENN BECK DELIVERS MOVING, TEARFUL MONOLOGUE — WITHOUT SAYING A SINGLE WORD
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