Thursday, June 27, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 27, 2013



Get Snowden -- New York Daily News

With the fugitive leaker in Moscow, a new report reveals how much damage he's done to U.S. counterterrorism operations

As the United States scrambles, and thus far fails, to bring confessed criminal leaker Edward Snowden to justice, a new report reveals just how much damage his disclosures about classified National Security Agency surveillance programs have done.

Increasingly a man without a country, Snowden has refuge for the moment in the international transit area of a Moscow airport. Russian President Vladimir Putin professes not to want Snowden while giving the back of his hand to President Obama’s request for extradition.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Why Ecuador would be an ideal refuge for Edward Snowden -- Mark Weisbrot, The Guardian

Edward Snowden adds to U.S., Russia chill -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

Behind the abdication of Qatar’s emir -- Shibley Talhami, Reuters

Can change in Qatar bring reforms? -- Washington Post editorial

Obama’s Ominous Silence on Egypt Chaos -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Is a Second Revolution Really What Egypt Needs? -- Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic

In Africa, Obama’s Hot on Xi’s Trail -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat

When good intentions go bad in Somalia and Afghanistan -- Rob Crilly, The Telegraph

Here’s the Real Crisis in Australia -- William Pesek, Bloomberg

Out Of The Haze, A Singapore Spring? -- Eric Ellis, The Global Mail

Norway's premier on the outs, despite healthy economy -- Valeria Criscione, Christian Science Monitor

How Mexico Became So Corrupt -- Lawrence Weiner, The Atlantic

Does Obama really want to catch Edward Snowden? -- Janet Daley, The Telegraph

Ecuador to US: Take your trade and shove it -- Ed Morrissey, Hot Air

The Damage Snowden Has Done -- Max Boot, Commentary

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