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Obama criticizes ‘sensational’ exposure of spying

Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama tightens reins on surveillance programs

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has political aspirations in Australia. Will voters Down Under see through the WikiLeaks Party's facade and vote against Mr. Assange? It's hard to say.
(Associated Press)

Wikileaks’ Assange: Obama’s snooping speech ‘embarrassing’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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HARPER: A 1971 heist sheds light on Snowden dilemma for media

By Christopher Harper

Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, is concerned about President Obama's announcement outlining his national security policies. "If the speech is anything like what is being reported, the president will go down in history for having retained and defended George W. Bush's surveillance programs," he said. (Associated Press)

ACLU bashes Obama on NSA surveillance

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden says his "mission's already accomplished" after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies. Snowden told The Washington Post in a story published online Monday night, Dec. 23, 2013, he has "already won" because journalists have been able to tell the story of the government's collection of bulk Internet and phone records. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Edward Snowden deserves clemency: New York Times

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Snowden adviser says he would love to return to U.S. if conditions are right

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - This June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden says his "mission's already accomplished" after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies. Snowden told The Washington Post in a story published online Monday night, Dec. 23, 2013, he has "already won" because journalists have been able to tell the story of the government's collection of bulk Internet and phone records. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Snowden’s legal adviser says leaker would ‘love’ to return to America

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow in this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo)

Snowden: ‘Mission’s already accomplished, I already won’

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**FILE** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (Associated Press)

GOP lawmaker: NSA spying in U.S. could have prevented 9/11

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., right, shakes hands with members of the Northeast Regional Troopers Coalition, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013 in Concord, N.H. King is considered a possible presidential candidate for 2016. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

NSA snooping may have stopped 9/11 attack: Rep. Peter King

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows Maj. Gen. Michael J. Carey. Investigators say the Air Force general, fired in October as commander of the U.S. land-based nuclear missile force, engaged in "inappropriate behavior" while in Russia, including heavy drinking and rudeness to his hosts. (AP Photo/US Air Force)

U.S. nuclear general boozed it up, chased ‘hot women’ in Russia: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

ORSI: No greater act of loyalty to the Constitution

By Michael P. Orsi

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Legal gadfly in NSA surveillance case can sting even his own mother in pursuit of principles

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times