Top Headline Comments 6-17-13

Happy Monday.

Can we call Ed Snowden a traitorous crapweasel now? In addition to confirming some of our programs against the Chinese, he spilled the beans on specific operations targeting Russia.

BenK was appropriately skeptical of CNET's report (that was stealth-edited on Sunday, two days after initial publication) on Rep. Nadler's hearsay that he was informed (by Unnamed Official) that NSA listened to the content of phone calls at any analyst's whim. That report has been denied by NSA and walked-back by Nadler.

Some of the companies involved with PRISM have released statistics on their involvement providing governments with information.

There was a punchy op-ed in the NYTimes over the weekend disputing claims that the U.S. has fallen behind Europe in broadband internet tech.

"For the first time in Obama's presidency, half of the public says they don't believe he is honest and trustworthy." His approval rating fell 8 points in the past month to 45%. "The drop in Obama's support is fueled by a dramatic 17-point decline over the past month among people under 30."

Speaker Boehner says he won't bring an immigration bill to the floor if it doesn't have majority support from Republicans.

posted by Gabriel Malor at 06:49 AM

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