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7:15 PM ET, June 16, 2013

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Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata  —  On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Cheney calls Snowden a ‘traitor,’ defends NSA surveillance programs  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the National Security Agency's data surveillance programs and labeled admitted leaker Edward Snowden as a “traitor.”  —  “I think he's a traitor...I think he has committed crimes …
Discussion: CNN, Politico and Scared Monkeys
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Cheney defends NSA surveillance  —  Critics of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs are wrong in their views because terror threats persist, former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday.  —  Cheney was deeply involved in revamping national security programs after Sept. 11 …
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Dick Cheney Laughs Off Privacy Concerns Over Government Surveillance  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney (R), whose false statements helped propel the United States into an eight year war in Iraq, said Sunday that citizens should simply “trust” the federal government on matters of privacy and security.
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Dick Cheney: Edward Snowden Is A ‘Traitor’ And Possibly A Chinese Spy
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Ben Geman / The Hill:   McDonough: Obama will speak about NSA
Declan McCullagh / CNET:
NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants
Michael A. Walsh / New York Post:   The ‘scandalanche’ & the data-mining
Ramzy Mardini / New York Times:
Bad Idea, Mr. President  —  AMMAN, Jordan — ACCORDING to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama risks looking like a “fool” if he decides not to intervene militarily in Syria's continuing civil war.  Likening the situation to his decision to intervene in Kosovo in 1999, Mr. Clinton said Tuesday …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rubio: Obama ‘failed’ in Syria  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) hailed efforts to arm opposition forces seeking to topple Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad, but said President Obama's decision to aid the rebels may have come too late.  —  “Timing matters and these were options that were there for us …
Discussion: Politico
Robert Fisk / The Independent:
Iran will send 4,000 troops to aid Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Menendez: Time to ‘tip the scales’ in Syria
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. Rubio says most of immigration reform bill in ‘perfect shape’  —  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday said that much of the Gang of Eight's immigration reform bill was in “perfect shape,” but added he would insist on tougher border security measures.  —  Rubio, one of the authors of the bill …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Six amendments to watch in Senate immigration reform fight
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
The Boston Globe:
A 13-point gap with 10 days to go, but disengaged voters remain unpredictable  —  Democrat Edward J. Markey holds a solid lead over his Republican rival, Gabriel E. Gomez, as the two enter the final week of the special US Senate campaign, according to a new Boston Globe poll.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Gabriel Gomez endorses ENDA
Guardian:
GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits  —  Exclusive: phones were monitored and fake internet cafes set up to gather information from allies in London in 2009  —  Foreign politicians and officials who took part in two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009 …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Jeb Bush on 2016: ‘Split ballot’ among his parents  —  Former President George H.W. Bush wants son Jeb to make his own run for the White House, the former Florida governor hinted in an interview that aired Sunday.  —  Jeb Bush's mother, Barbara, said earlier this year that there have been …
Discussion: CNN
Telegraph:
Barack Obama opens up about his absent dad on Father's Day  —  US President Barack Obama gives a candid weekly address on Father's Day, saying he wants to be the dad his father never was.  —  In a weekly address wishing Americans a Happy Father's Day, Barack Obama tried to emphasise the importance of involved fathers for children.
NBC News:
June 14: Lindsey Graham, Saxby Chambliss, Mark Udall, Bobby Scott, David Ignatius, James Risen, Andrea Mitchell  —  Below:  —  DAVID GREGORY:  —  This Sunday, are we ramping up for war in Syria?  How far will President Obama go to stop the bloodshed?  A red-line cost by the Assad regime.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bill Schools Barry on Syria  —  WASHINGTON — NOT only is President Obama leading from behind, now he's leading from behind Bill Clinton.  —  After dithering for two years over what to do about the slaughter in Syria, the president was finally shoved into action by the past and perhaps future occupant of his bedroom.
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