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Which comes first: California's egg rule, or everyone else's?
WASHINGTON — Congress this year will deal with a host of profound issues: A confrontation over raising the nation's debt limit. Budget battles that will determine whether more cuts are made in government services. And the most ambitious attempt to...
Tags: Justice System, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Farms, Laws
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NSA contractor risks steep jail time for data leak
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...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Bradley Manning, Unrest, Conflicts and War, International Law
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Lawmakers advance pathway for immigration reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee recently did something that few thought would be possible: they approved incredibly controversial legislation aimed at comprehensive immigration reform. The bill could provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of...Tags: Labor Legislation, Harry Reid, Justice System, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Illegal Immigrants
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The government knows who you're calling in Chicago.
WASHINGTON - The government knows who you're calling. Every day. Every call. Here's what you need to know about the secret program and how it works: Q. What happened and why is it a big deal? A. The Guardian newspaper published a highly classified...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Harry Reid, Justice System, Judges, Politics
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NSA, Verizon surveillance program: What you need to know
The government has secretly amassed an enormous database of telephone call records. Here are the answers to some questions about the program: Q: What information does the government have? A: It has collected the equivalent of phone logs showing...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Security Agency, Justice System, Ron Wyden, Judges
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Not just Verizon? Secret NSA effort to gather phone data is years old
WASHINGTON -- The massive National Security Agency collection of telephone records disclosed Wednesday was part of a continuing program that has been in effect nonstop since 2006, according to the two top leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee....
Tags: Terrorism, Justice System, Judges, Politics, Eric Holder
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Fight cyberattacks, not privacy
A Defense Science Board report made public last week contained shocking allegations about the extent of Chinese military hacking of American defense technologies. Though China's government denies it — huffily insisting that it has no need for...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, China, Politics, Mike J. Rogers, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Premium Rush' on Starz
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES In the Flesh This three-part tale about...
Tags: China, Keith Ellison, Sonia Sotomayor, Dwayne Johnson, Rand Paul
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Government is tracking all U.S. phone calls
WASHINGTON — The federal government has amassed a database for at least seven years containing details on virtually every telephone call made within the United States or between this country and telephones abroad, officials said Thursday,...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saxby Chambliss, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI
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White House defends collection of private phone records
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON President Barack Obama's administration on Thursday defended a newly disclosed National Security Agency program that gathers telephone records of tens of millions of Verizon customers, authorized under a secret court order. In an unusual move,...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barbara A. Mikulski
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COLUMN - Obama's overdue reckoning on secrecy
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde June 7 (Reuters) - All day Thursday, Washington officials from across the political spectrum scrambled to explain reports in the Guardian and Washington Post of...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Politics, Entertainment Events, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saxby Chambliss
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Privacy advocates outraged, but lawmakers defend collection of phone records
Privacy advocates expressed outrage Thursday over revelations that the National Security Agency has been collecting telephone records of virtually every phone call made in the United States for seven years, but the Obama administration and a bipartisan...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Politics, The Wall Street Journal, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barbara A. Mikulski
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