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  • Leak of NSA programs tests US, China ties

    06/10/13 12:03 PM

    BEIJING (AP) — A day after the presidents of China and the United States ended their first summit, pledges of cooperation by the two leaders faced an early test from an unexpected quarter -- an American intelligence contractor was leaking highly sensitive U.S. surveillance programs from his...

  • NSA contractor risks steep jail time for data leak

    06/10/13 11:33 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping U.S. surveillance programs and touching off a national debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risked decades in jail for the disclosures — if the U.S. can extradite...

  • Gun control advocates mark 6 months since shooting

    06/10/13 10:47 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Six months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, some of the victims' families are heading to Capitol Hill to remind lawmakers they are painfully waiting for action, while some of the president's allies are asking him to do more without any new prospects of...

  • What to look for in Senate immigration debate

    06/10/13 06:02 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Memo to supporters of bipartisan legislation moving to the Senate floor: Make sure you stress that immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally would have to work, learn English, pass a background check and, especially, pay taxes before they could gain citizenship. Emphasize...

  • NSA claims know-how to ensure no illegal spying

    06/10/13 05:46 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The supersecret agency with the power and legal authority to gather electronic communications worldwide to hunt U.S. adversaries says it has the technical know-how to ensure it's not illegally spying on Americans. But mistakes do happen in data-sifting conducted mostly by...

  • Obama, Xi signal new start with walk in the desert

    06/10/13 05:32 AM

    PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — It may not have been Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev's Cold War walk by a frozen lake in Switzerland. But President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's 50-minute stroll through an estate in the California desert could mark a notable moment in the...

  • Report: NSA contract worker is surveillance source

    06/10/13 01:46 AM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old intelligence contractor who claims to have worked at the National Security Agency and the CIA allowed himself to be revealed Sunday as the source of disclosures about the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, risking prosecution by the U.S. government....

  • AP sources: US close to OK on arming Syrian rebels

    06/09/13 11:33 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Moved by the Assad regime's rapid advance, the Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for the beleaguered Syrian rebels and will weigh the merits of a less likely move to send in U.S. airpower to enforce a no-fly zone over the civil war-wracked...

  • Source's employer: Reports of NSA leak 'shocking'

    06/09/13 11:02 PM

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The employer of a 29-year-old man who says he is behind the leaks of sensitive National Security Agency programs is calling the disclosure "shocking" and is pledging to work with authorities. Consulting giant Booz Allen on Sunday confirmed Edward Snowden is an employee...

  • Obama says US, China must develop cyber rules

    06/08/13 02:00 AM

    RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Treading carefully, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping avoided a direct public confrontation on cybersecurity Friday as they opened a two-day summit aimed at forging closer personal ties between the leaders of the world's largest economies....


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