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U.S. Top News: NSA official says no one fired, or offered to resign, over Snowden

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07/31/2013
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NSA official says no one fired, or offered to resign, over Snowden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deputy director of the U.S. National Security Agency said on Wednesday that no one had been fired and no one had offered to resign over former security contractor Edward Snowden's ability to take large amounts of classified data from agency computers.
U.S. releases some documents on phone surveillance programs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Director of National Intelligence released three declassified documents on Wednesday that authorized the bulk collection of telephone data, one of the surveillance programs revealed by former security contractor Edward Snowden.
Changing Florida's Stand Your Ground law a tough hill to climb
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Every night for the last three weeks about 50 young protesters have slept on the stone floor of Florida's state Capitol building in a bid to change the state's Stand Your Ground self-defense law.
Texas due to execute man who killed truckers
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas was scheduled to execute on Wednesday a man convicted of killing two truck drivers in a fit of road rage after one of the drivers pulled a semi truck in front of his motorcycle on the highway, missing him by inches.
Analysis: Manning damage has fallen well short of worst U.S. fears
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused of the nation's biggest-ever security leak, U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was vilified by the government for causing irreparable damage to American national interests. In retrospect, the harm he caused seems to have been overplayed.
Michigan attorney general sees no conflict in defending Detroit retirees
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he sees no conflict in representing the state's governor, who approved Detroit's bankruptcy filing, while at the same time representing Detroit's retirees, who assert that the filing is illegal.
Snowden's father says willing to fly to Moscow on FBI request
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The father of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Wednesday he was willing to agree to a request by the FBI to fly to Moscow to see his son, but first needed to know what the security services wanted.
U.S. military judge to hear arguments in Manning sentencing
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The trial of Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier found guilty on 19 counts of handing over classified data to WikiLeaks, is scheduled to move into the sentencing phase on Wednesday.
San Diego sues its own mayor in sex harassment case
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The city of San Diego sued its embattled mayor on Tuesday, seeking to recover from him any damages it might face in a lawsuit filed by his former press secretary, one of eight women to publicly accuse him of unwanted sexual advances.
Amnesty International weighs in on California prisons hunger strike
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amnesty International weighed in on a 22-day-old hunger strike in California prisons on Tuesday, calling solitary confinement conditions faced by protesting inmates an "affront to human rights" and urging an impartial probe into the death of a prisoner.
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