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PBC News & Comment: Latest Snowden Leak Plays Differently in London and Washington

In London, Guardian focuses on GCHQ lawbreaking in supporting US drone strikes, while NY Times talks about targets, jihadi plots….

 

--Guardian presents case that GCHQ has broken British laws, while NY Times offers new details of AQAP plots, with no evidence

--new Wikileaks disclosure shows NSA spied on last 3 French presidents

--think tank report shows that homegrown radicals are much greater threat than Islamic terrorists

--Jason Leopold reveals police state response to Baltimore riots, 400 federal officers were deployed

--Ayatollah Khamenei backs move by Iran’s parliament limiting inspections, reducing prospects for nuke deal

--Dzhokhar Tsarnaev speaks for first time in public, apologizes to victims at sentencing hearing

--NY Times spins poll results that show Hillary leads Bernie by large margin, especially with black voters

--federal judge in Wyoming sides with frackers, puts new fracking rules on hold

--British study raises doubts about medical benefits of marijuana, more research is clearly needed