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Experts Doubt NSA Leaker's Claim About Wiretaps
June 12, 2013 Edward Snowden has said he had the authority to "wiretap anyone." National security experts say that's not plausible. Meanwhile, Snowden remains out of sight. But there are reports that authorities believe he's still in Hong Kong.
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As NSA Leaker Disappears, Talk Of More To Come And Charges
June 11, 2013 Edward Snowden, who says he's behind the revelations about National Security Agency surveillance programs, has dropped out of sight. He was last seen in Hong Kong. The journalist who broke his story says there are more revelations to come. And CBS News says officials are prepping criminal charges.
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For Bobby Fischer, WikiLeaks & NSA Leaker, Iceland Is Haven
June 10, 2013 Edward Snowden has said he may seek asylum in Iceland. Getting there from Hong Kong, to which he has fled, may not be possible. But Iceland has intervened before to offer safe haven to someone wanted in the U.S. Chess champion Bobby Fischer spent his last years there.
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Who Is Edward Snowden, The Self-Styled NSA Leaker?
June 10, 2013 Snowden, 29, says he was a mediocre student but that his computer skills landed him a job with the CIA. It was there, he says, that he became convinced that surveillance programs are violating Americans' rights to privacy. Now, he's stepped forward to say he leaked secrets about those programs.
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Newspaper Reveals Source For NSA Surveillance Stories
June 9, 2013 The Guardian says a former technical adviser for the CIA who now works for a defense and technology consultancy is responsible for the leaks.
It's All Politics
On National Security, Obama Follows Bush's Lead
June 6, 2013 There are days when that photo you can find on the Web of President Obama's and President George W. Bush's faces morphed into each other seems awfully apt.
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Obama Names Susan Rice As New National Security Adviser
June 5, 2013 President Obama has announced his choice of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as the next national security adviser, an appointment that does not require Senate confirmation. Congressional Republicans have sharply criticized Rice for erroneous statements she made after the attacks on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, last September.
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Shakeup: Susan Rice To Be Obama's National Security Adviser
June 5, 2013 Rice, now the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., has been a lightning rod for Republican critics of how the administration responded to last September's attack on a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya. She will replace Tom Donilon, who is resigning. Her new post does not require Senate confirmation.
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Obama Nominates Hagel For Defense, Brennan For CIA
January 7, 2013 The president is moving to fill two key posts on his national security team. If confirmed, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (a Republican) would lead the Pentagon. John Brennan, the president's counterterrorism adviser, would be at the Central Intelligence Agency.
