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10:30 PM ET, August 4, 2013

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Martha Raddatz / ABC News:
Senior U.S. Official: Intercepted Al Qaeda Communications Indicate Planned Attack ‘Big,’ ‘Strategically Significant’  —  ABC News' Martha Raddatz and Jonathan Karl report:  —  On the day that almost two dozen U.S. embassies and consulates across North Africa and the Middle East are closed following …
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Fox News:
Capitol Hill intelligence committee leaders: Terror threat ‘specific’ and ‘serious,’ included dates  —  Capitol Hill lawmakers, including top-ranking members of intelligence committees, on Sunday described the terror threat that closed 22 U.S. embassies and consulates across the Muslim region …
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Chambliss: NSA spying uncovered threat  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, revealed on Sunday that the National Security Agency's controversial surveillance programs uncovered information about current terrorist threats to the United States.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Intercepted al Qaeda message led to shuttering embassies, consulates
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Graham: Al Qaeda ‘on steroids’ since Benghazi attack
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and Mediaite
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Graham praises Obama administration; trip to Egypt still on
Discussion: Politico
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Debate over NSA programs gets renewed attention amid terror threat
Discussion: Politico
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Members of Congress denied access to basic information about NSA  —  Documents provided by two House members demonstrate how they are blocked from exercising any oversight over domestic surveillance  —  • Morgan Griffith's requests for NSA information  —  • Alan Grayson's requests for NSA information
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
At Fancy Farm, Kentucky Tea Party Guy Has a Good Debut  —  FANCY FARM, Ky. — Let's cut to the chase.  The news from Fancy Farm, the big Kentucky political picnic, is that Matt Bevin — the Tea Party-ish primary challenger to five-term incumbent Sen. Mitch McConnell - does not, at first glance …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:   Kentucky Senate candidates trade barbs at rowdy Fancy Farms picnic
Michael Gartland / New York Post:
Pay-up time for Brawley: '87 rape-hoaxer finally shells out for slander  —  Just $431,000 to go  —  Twenty-five years after accusing an innocent man of rape, Tawana Brawley is finally paying for her lies.  —  Last week, 10 checks totaling $3,764.61 were delivered to ex-prosecutor Steven Pagones …
Jen Psaki / US Department of State:
Statement on Update of Embassy and Consulate Closure  —  Press Statement  —  Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson  —  Washington, DC  —  Given that a number of our embassies and consulates were going to be closed in accordance with local custom and practice for the bulk of the week …
Scott Wong / Politico:
Schumer calls Putin a ‘school-yard bully’  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is nothing more than a “school-yard bully,” and President Barack Obama should cancel their meeting in Moscow next month, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) said Sunday.  —  Last week, Putin granted National Security …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Schumer: Obama should stand up to ‘schoolyard bully,’ cancel Putin meeting
Discussion: Hot Air
Associated Press:
4-year-old Bobby Tufts re-elected mayor of small Minnesota town  —  DORSET, Minn. - Robert “Bobby” Tufts hasn't made it to preschool yet, but he's already been elected twice as mayor of a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota.  —  Mayor Tufts' name was picked Sunday during annual Taste …
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
In Need of a New Hip, but Priced Out of the U.S.  —  WARSAW, Ind. — Michael Shopenn's artificial hip was made by a company based in this remote town, a global center of joint manufacturing.  But he had to fly to Europe to have it installed.  —  Mr. Shopenn, 67, an architectural photographer …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and JustOneMinute
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Michael Savage Questions Terror Alert: ‘First Muslim President’ Trying To ‘Justify Spying On Americans’  —  Radio host Michael Savage recently went from skepticism over this weekend's terror alerts to accusations that Barack Obama was “the first Muslim president.”
Discussion: The Raw Story
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Rick Santorum ‘Open’ To 2016 Presidential Run  —  Former Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is open to running again in 2016, he said Sunday.  —  “I'm open to looking into the presidential race in 2016,” Santorum said on “Meet The Press.”  “But we've got a little ways.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Poor attendance at Obamacare event in Virginia
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Republican No-Shows in the Budget Wars
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Paul Fain / Inside Higher Ed:
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Unknown Republican blocks bill requiring email search warrants
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit