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» Edward Snowden may be the last of the human spies | Christopher Steiner | Comment is free
29/06/13 14:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk. 'Edward Snowden and the teams of analysts at the NSA, CIA and GCHQ who sit in front of our stores of electronic intelligence will hardly be necessar..

» PRISM NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s gross miscalculation | Washington Times Communities
29/06/13 14:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Latest entries for Intelligence and World Affairs. WEST PALM BEACH , FL, June 29, 2013 – When Edward Snowden elected to release classified information to the world, he apparently saw himself as a Lone ..

» Latin America is ready to defy the US over Snowden and other issues | Stephen Kinzer | Comment is free
29/06/13 13:59 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk. An automobile of the embassy of Equador appears at Sheremetyevo Airport where an Aeroflot flight from Hong Kong carrying Edward Snowden arrived on S..

» Edward Snowden has not weakened president, says Susan Rice | World news
29/06/13 13:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk. Susan Rice said Edward Snowden's NSA leaks were something 'we will get through, as we've gotten through all the issues like this in the past'. Photo..

» Contra George Mitchell, NSA Surveillance Is Not a Minor Issue - Conor Friedersdorf
29/06/13 13:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Master Feed : The Atlantic. The former Senate majority leader suggested that controversies over surveillance, the IRS and Benghazi are distractions. Reuters In an item yesterday, I praised the considerable a..

» Review & Outlook: The President and the 'Hacker'
29/06/13 13:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Keith Alexander, the general in charge of the National Security Agency, told ABC News on Sunday that intelligence revelations by fugitive contractor Edward Snowden had "caused irreversible and significant damag..

» Review & Outlook: The President and the 'Hacker'
29/06/13 13:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Keith Alexander, the general in charge of the National Security Agency, told ABC News on Sunday that intelligence revelations by fugitive contractor Edward Snowden had "caused irreversible and significant damag..

» U.S. Backs Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Choice
29/06/13 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. T he United States has welcomed the decision by the international consortium developing Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz gas field to choose the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline to del..

» Iran, Russia plan joint naval exercise in Caspian Sea: Russian cmdr.
29/06/13 13:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from PRESS TV RSS News. Iran, Russia plan joint naval exercise in Caspian Sea: Russian cmdr. A top Russian Navy commander says his country and Iran are examining a plan to conduct a join naval exercise in the Cas..

» Russia won the long battle of pipeline politics, but now what does it do?
29/06/13 13:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Quartz. Russia has won a big round in an almost two-decade battle with the West over the flow of natural gas from the Caspian Sea. But the June 28 victory is a mixed one for Moscow, for it helps undermine th..

» Russian pro-, anti-gay activists clash, police detain dozens
29/06/13 13:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . ST PETERSBURG, Russia | Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:38am EDT ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of people when pro- and anti-gay activists clashed in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Saturday,..

» U.S. bugged EU offices, computer networks: German magazine
29/06/13 13:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States bugged European Union offices and gained access to EU internal computer networks, according to secret documents cited in a German magazine on Saturday, the latest in a serie..

» Putin Triumphant at the G-8
29/06/13 11:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Putin Triumphant at the G-8 29 June 2013 The meeting between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland left an impression that the White House is ready to cooperate ..

» Russia's Crackdown On 'Gay Propaganda' And Popular Illiberalism
29/06/13 11:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Over at The Nation, Alec Luhn recently wrote a quite good summary of the recently-passed ban on “gay propaganda” and the generally perilous state of gay rights in Russia. I encourage everyone to rea..

» Is search for Edward Snowden turning into sideshow? | Detroit Free Press
29/06/13 10:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Whisked out of a luxury Hong Kong hotel, vanishing into the mysterious wing of a Moscow airport, Edward Snowden’s continent-jumping, hide-and-seek game seems like the stuff of a pulp thriller — a de..

» While N.S.A. Leaker Stays in Hiding, Russian TV Builds a Pedestal for Him
28/06/13 22:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW — While Edward J. Snowden has remained mysteriously hidden from sight during his visit to Russia this week, Russian television has been making him a hero. On programs that were hastily arranged and..

» The Service of Snowden - NYTimes.com
28/06/13 22:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . LONDON — Edward J. Snowden, the whistleblower on global U.S. surveillance, has been called all kinds of things by members of Congress over the past couple of weeks — including a “defector̶..

» Op-Ed Columnist: The Service of Snowden
28/06/13 21:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Global Opinion. Deluded geek endangering his country or brave American? History will judge Snowden kindly.         

» Letters: For Gays, a Very Personal, Emotional Moment
28/06/13 21:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Global Opinion. Two readers describe their feelings upon hearing about the Supreme Court decisions.         

» Opinionator: The Up-in-the-Air President
28/06/13 21:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Global Opinion. Obama’s policies are sound and have majority support. It’s his fear of taking the fight to Republicans that is so maddening.         

» Op-Ed Columnist: A Nation of Mutts
28/06/13 21:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Global Opinion. There’s a fluid, hybrid New America before us. What is this really going to look like? What does it mean?         

» Op-Ed Contributors: The Criminal N.S.A.
28/06/13 21:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Global Opinion. The N.S.A.’s mass surveillance violates the Constitution and has never been authorized by Congress or the courts.         

» The Same-Sex Marriage Rulings
28/06/13 21:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Editorials. Two decisions by the Supreme Court are huge victories for the gay rights movement, but we still have a long way to go.

» Immigration Reform, Finally
28/06/13 21:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Editorials. The success of an ambitious bipartisan bill in the Senate puts pressure on the House, where prospects of passage are long.

» Russia debates letting Snowden in from the cold (+video) - Christian Science Monitor
28/06/13 21:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Christian Science Monitor Russia debates letting Snowden in from the cold (+video) Christian Science Monitor Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who Russian offic..