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US: No plans to end broad surveillance program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration considered whether to charge a government contractor with leaking classified surveillance secrets while it defended the broad U.S. spy program that it says keeps America safe from terrorists. Facing a...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Business Enterprises, WikiLeaks, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC
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Dems, GOP raise concerns over subpoenas to AP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a House panel told Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at The Associated Press. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Terrorism, Media Industry, Eric Holder, Taxation
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Senate committee approves gun trafficking bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday making gun trafficking a federal crime as lawmakers cast the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December's horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary...
Tags: Mark Kelly, Washington, DC, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Chuck Grassley
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Area legislators aren't specific, but urge new talks on guns
South Bend TribuneLast week's tragic shooting at a Connecticut elementary school has stirred up memories of other rampages from recent years and led some lawmakers to call for more control on firearms and ammunition. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Sunday...Tags: Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Elections, Assault
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School resumes for Newtown students as new details surface in investigation
(CNN) -- Across this devastated town, students returned to schools Tuesday, marking the beginning of a new reality. With their sense of normalcy shattered after last week's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, students at other schools are seeing more...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Teaching and Learning, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Interior Policy, Rick Perry
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NRA says Congress will not pass weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality. Senators plan to introduce a...
Tags: Television Industry, Weaponry, Washington, DC, This Week (tv program), John McCain
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Obama 'actively supportive' of assault weapons ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is "actively supportive" of efforts on Capitol Hill to reinstate an assault weapons ban. Obama has long backed the ban, but has failed to push for it throughout his first term. Sen....
Tags: Joe Manchin III, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Washington, DC, White House
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Democrats push repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The Democrats may satisfy their gay marriage supporters, but the bill won't get...Tags: Washington, DC, Bill Clinton, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Lawyers
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Edward Snowden's not the first to make claims about NSA
WASHINGTON — Mathematician William Binney worked for the National Security Agency for four decades, and in the late 1990s he helped design a system to sort through the digital data the agency was sucking up in the exploding universe of bits and...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Terrorism, PRISM (surveillance program), Planned Parenthood, Jarmes R. Clapper
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Column: Head-in-the-sand Congress
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is hopping mad. Sensenbrenner considers himself the father of the Patriot Act, the 2001 law that gave the federal government new powers to investigate potential...Tags: F James Jr Sensenbrenner, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Jane Harman, Mark Udall
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WRAPUP 1-FBI says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible for NSA leaks
Reuters* Mueller says "all necessary steps" being taken against Snowden * Tells Congress surveillance reports hurt national security * Rand Paul urges Americans to join class-action lawsuit By David Ingram and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters)...Tags: Newspapers, Washington, DC, John Conyers, Jr., Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mike J. Rogers
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FBI says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible for NSA leaks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that authorities would move aggressively to track down Edward Snowden and hold him accountable for leaking the details of extensive and top-secret U.S. surveillance efforts. Mueller...Tags: Robert Mueller, John Conyers, Jr., FBI, National Security Agency, Facebook
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