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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations — The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows — • Q&A with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden …
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Barton Gellman / The Washington Post:
Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks — He called me BRASSBANNER, a code name in the double-barreled style of the National Security Agency, where he worked in the signals intelligence directorate. Verax was the name he chose for himself, “truth teller” in Latin.
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Post Politics, Firedoglake, The Daily Caller, The Fix, @kashhill, UPROXX, @bartongellman, The Huffington Post, @bartongellman, Business Insider and The Lede
Daniel Ellsberg / Guardian:
Edward Snowden: saving us from the United Stasi of America — Snowden's whistleblowing gives us a chance to roll back what is tantamount to an ‘executive coup’ against the US constitution — In my estimation, there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden's release …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Guardian US Editor: National Security Coverage Lacking In Skepticism — NEW YORK — Edward Snowden revealed himself Sunday as The Guardian's National Security Agency source, capping a frenetic five days of blockbuster stories detailing vast U.S. government surveillance of phone and Internet activity at home and abroad.
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USA Today, Capital New York, Quartz, Business Insider, Guardian, Mediaite, AllThingsD and Firedoglake
Evan Osnos / The New Yorker:
Can Edward Snowden Stay in Hong Kong? — In choosing to go to Hong Kong, Edward Snowden, the former C.I.A. tech, who leaked news of the U.S. government's collection of private Internet and telephone data, put himself at the intersection of forces more powerful than what he called that city's …
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Guardian, Forbes, China Real Time Report, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Mashable, Infowars, Mother Jones and Softpedia News
Timothy B. Lee / Wonkblog:
Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum? — The whistleblower who disclosed classified documents regarding NSA surveillance to The Washington Post and the Guardian has gone public. He is Edward Snowden, 29, an employee of defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.
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Ed Bott / ZDNet:
The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse of journalism
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Poynter, ABCNEWS, Politico, Technology Liberation Front, Marketing Land, BREITBART.COM, emptywheel, Reuters, Reuters, Mashable, Lawfare, Post Politics, CNET, @dangillmor, The Next Web and The Verge
David Carr / New York Times:
Despite Report of Her Firing, Nikki Finke Is Still Standing — Nikki Finke of Deadline Hollywood, feared in the industry for having the best gossip, was said by a longtime competitor to have been fired — a blog report that turned out to be false.
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LA Observed, @jswatz, @mattgarrahan and @jeffjohnroberts
Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Nonprofit news sites are growing, but the search for a reliable business model continues — Even as the number of nonprofit news outlets continues to grow, many organizations are still struggling to find a model for long-term success. — A new study from the Pew Research Center found …
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Mediashift, Reflections of a Newsosaur, Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter and Associated Press
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Jeff John Roberts / paidContent:
BuzzFeed hires Guardian bureau chief in latest push for influence — BuzzFeed is in the process of a rapid-fire evolution from banal list site to serious news player. Its hiring of a senior Guardian journalist also reflects its enviable financial position.
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Fishbowl NY and @lheron
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
CNN Rehires Kelly Wallace, Primarily as Digital Reporter — CNN said it will announce on Monday the rehiring of Kelly Wallace, a former correspondent there, as it continues on a talent recruitment effort led by Jeff Zucker, who took over the cable news channel at the beginning of the year.
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The newsonomics of the Kochs: The impact on the L.A. news landscape — For more background on a potential Koch purchase of Tribune Company newspapers, see Part 1 of this piece. — Let's say that Charles and David Koch are successful in their now-announced quest ("The newsonomics of the Kochs rising …
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