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Secrecy, Diplomacy and Edward Snowden
Reports the US bugged embassies of friendly nations are threatening a massive US-EU trade deal. How much secret intelligence is too much to protect the nation’s security?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenReports that the US bugged the embassies of friendly nations are threatening a massive trade deal between the US and the European Union. We hear about Edward Snowden's latest revelations. When it comes to secret intelligence, how much is too much to protect the nation's security? Also, a year after Mohammed Morsi became Egypt's first elected president, millions are back in the streets demanding that he step down, and the Army has issued an ultimatum of its own.
Banner image: A television screens the image of former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden during a news bulletin at a cafe at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport June 26, 2013. Photo: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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2 storiesEgyptian Army Issues Ultimatum as Protests Continue
Two years ago, millions of street protesters forced Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak to step down, and the Army seized governmental control. A year later, Mohammed Morsi became Egypt's first elected president, but now millions are back in the streets demanding that he step down, and the Army has issued an ultimatum of its own. We hear from Cairo.
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Edward Snowden says he went to work for a defense contractor so he could inform the American public about the government's secret surveillance of telephone and Internet conversations. Having fled from Hong Kong, he's still thought to be in the Moscow airport.
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