Obama's Deceptions On Snowden -- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune
It's no surprise that Barack Obama thinks Edward Snowden was out of line in disclosing the secret surveillance programs carried out under him and George W. Bush. But his criticism today of the man behind the NSA leaks was deceptive and inaccurate.
Obama says even before the leaks, he proposed "a thorough review of our surveillance operations." Is he serious? I asked Laura Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington legislative office, what he was referring to. "I have no idea," she said. "And I work on these things."
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Syrian War Offers Bargaining Chip in Iran Conflict -- Omid Nouripour, Spiegel Online
Iran’s Plan B for the Bomb -- Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov, New York Times
Israel and the Gulf states: It’s complicated -- Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel
Is China Doomed? -- Rajan Menon, National Interest
The Enduring Gullibility of Chinese State Media -- Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic
Why Are Foreigners Fleeing India's Economy? -- Jason Overdorf, Global Post
In an Airport Fire, Flames of Discord in Kenya -- Murithi Mutiga, New York Times
The deep roots of the U.S.-Russia crisis -- Mikhail Kasyanov, Washington Post
WWII Explosives Scuttle Windfarm Opening -- Spiegel Online
Haiti: Different faces, same corruption -- Frandley Julien, Miami Herald
Brazil’s “currency war” era is over, but its problems may be just beginning -- Tim Fernholz, Quartz
Little al-Qaedas Loom Large -- Fareed Zakaria, Time
How the Arab Spring turned out to be a win for al Qaeda. -- Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy
Double talk from the spymasters. The feds hound Snowden for deeds like their own -- Andrew P. Napolitano, Washington Times
Global Primacy Denied? Why American Primacy Is Not Assured -- James R. Holmes, The Diplomat
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