Vindication for Snowden? Obama Panel Backs Major Curbs on NSA Surveillance, Phone Record Data Mining; NSA Whistleblower Kirk Wiebe Details Gov’t Retaliation After Helping Expose “Gross Mismanagement; Morsi Charged With Terrorism As Egyptian Military Widens Crackdown on Journalists, Activists.
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December 19, 2013
White House Panel Calls for Reform of NSA Surveillance
Greenwald: NSA Seeks “Elimination of Individual Privacy Worldwide”
U.N. Assembly Approves Landmark Privacy Resolution
U.S. Releases 2 Sudanese Prisoners; Bill Would Free Up to Half of Remaining Guantánamo Detainees
Senate Approves 2-Year Budget Deal Without Jobless Benefits
Fed to Scale Back Monthly Bond Purchases
South Sudan Violence Fears of Civil War
Amnesty: Both Sides Committing War Crimes in CAR
Russian Lawmakers Approve Mass Amnesty Bill; Pussy Riot Members Set for Release
LGBT Athletes Among U.S. Delegates to Russia Olympics
India Asks U.S. to Drop Charges Against Diplomat; Kerry Voices “Regret”
Report: Widespread Abuses in Secret Prisons of Assad Regime, Islamist Rebels