Transcript: DNI General Counsel Robert Litt on the leaked NSA surveillance programs before the House Intelligence Committee on June 18, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Partial transcript of the testimony of Robert Litt, Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on “How Disclosed…

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Testimony: NSA Deputy Director Chris English on the leaked NSA surveillance programs before the House Intelligence Committee on June 18, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Partial transcript of testimony of National Security Agency Deputy Director Chris English before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on “How Disclosed NSA Programs Protect Americans and…

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Transcript: FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce on the leaked NSA surveillance programs before the House Intelligence Committee on June 18, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Partial transcript of testimony of Sean Joyce, Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on “How Disclosed NSA Programs…

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Transcript: Testimony of Deputy Attorney James Cole on the leaked NSA surveillance programs before the House Intelligence Committee on June 18, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Partial transcript of testimony of Deputy Attorney General James Cole before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on “How Disclosed NSA Programs Protect Americans and Why Disclosure…

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Transcript: Testimony of NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander before the House Intelligence Committee on June 18, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Partial transcript of the testimony of National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on “How Disclosed NSA Programs Protect Americans…

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House Republicans approve 20-week abortion ban

Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.). SOURCE: Franks.House.gov

The Republican-majority House yesterday passed a ban on aborting fetuses older than 20 weeks after conservative lawmakers claimed there is “substantial medical evidence” that a fetus can feel…

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Justice Department expands investigation of abuses of mentally ill prisoners placed in solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Source: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Hundreds of prisoners with serious mental illness and intellectual disabilities have been inappropriately held in extreme solitary confinement at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Cresson, where the…

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Manning’s supporters denounce “aiding the enemy” charge, accuse government of waging war against whistleblowers & journalists

Monday, June 17, 2013
Protestors holding signs calling for the release of PFC Bradley Manning at the front entrance of Fort Meade, Maryland on June 3, 2013. PHOTO CREDIT: Jenny Jiang

Supporters of PFC Bradley Manning, including several high-profile government whistleblowers, denounced the Obama administration’s decision to seek a life sentence against the 25-year-old former Army intelligence analyst for…

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Transcript: Panel Q&A on Bradley Manning and the media on June 2, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Partial transcript of remarks by at the “Manning and the Media” panel held at All Soul’s Church Unitarian in Washington, D.C. on Sunday June 2, 2013. The panelists…

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Transcript: Remarks by Ethan McCord on Bradley Manning and the media on June 2, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Partial transcript of remarks by Ethan McCord, the soldier seen in the “collateral murder” video rescuing two Iraqi children from a van shot up by an American Apache…

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