- HRC Statement on Reintroduction of the Respect for Marriage Act—"RMA would fully remove DOMA from the books and establish a clear rule for the federal government that all married same-sex couples – regardless of what state they currently live in – have access to equal rights, benefits, and protections under federal law."
- Boehner spent $2.3 million of taxpayers' money defending DOMA Salon
- Conservatives Take Gay Marriage Rulings In Stride, Just Kidding
- Top 10 Rage Quotes From Scalia's Dissent On DOMA
- Rand Paul Backtracks After Likening Gay Marriage To Bestiality
- DOJ Official Who Destroyed Evidence Of Sexual Orientation Discrimination Gets 1 Day In Jail
- France: Gay couple sue mayor over wedding refusal—"A gay couple in south-west France pressed charges for discrimination on Wednesday against a combative mayor who has repeatedly and publicly refused to officiate at their wedding, despite risking years in prison and a hefty fine."
- Ireland: Student (21) was beaten to death over gay pass at farmer, trial told
- Texas GOP Just Revived Its Abortion Bill. Wendy Davis Won't Be Able to Stop It a Second Time.
- When Twitter does what journalism can't—Cable channels slept through it. Salon
- The Daily Show: Talker Texas Senator—"They simply believe that late one night when you're swept away by your emotions you make a stupid mistake, you should always have a chance to fix it later and not have to live with the consequences."
- Mystery of Snowden's whereabouts deepens as he's nowhere to be seen at Moscow airport
- Why U.S. is being humiliated by the hunt for Snowden
- Obama: US will not engage in 'wheeling and dealing' over Edward Snowden
- Ecuador president blasts coverage of Snowden case—"They've managed to focus attention on Snowden and on the 'wicked' countries that 'support' him, making us forget the terrible things against the U.S. people and the whole world that he denounced."
- Chris Hedges Defends Snowden's Heroism in the Face of a Growing Smear Campaign—"If there are no Snowdens, if there are no Mannings, if there are no Assanges, there will be no free press."
- The personal side of taking on the NSA: emerging smears—"Distractions about my past and personal life have emerged – an inevitable side effect for those who challenge the US government."
- "He did this because he hates America"
- Frank Rich Shreds David Gregory Over Glenn Greenwald
- WikiLeaks staffer helping Edward Snowden flee U.S. authorities
- Icelandic minister asked "8 or 9" FBI agents to leave country over WikiLeaks—"Agents said they were there to stop hackers, were really investigating leakers."
- WikiLeaks Volunteer Was a Paid Informant for the FBI
- Whistleblowers will continue to leak state secrets, warns AP chief—"President of global news agency says Obama administration cannot control flow of leaks in wake of Edward Snowden case."
- CIA cracks down on its own to stop leaks—"CIA Director John Brennan is launching a new campaign aimed at pressuring CIA officers to keep the intelligence agency's secrets secret, after a series of leaks to the media."
- Australia: New whistleblower bill exposes old inadequacy
- Google Says It Has A First Amendment Right To Release NSA Data Request Numbers
- FTC wants to let Internet users see the data that the NSA can get
- Students cite EU data protection laws, challenge firms over NSA data transfers
- C.I.A. Report Finds Concerns With Ties to New York Police—"Four agency officers were embedded with the New York Police Department in the decade after 9/11, including one who helped conduct surveillance operations in the United States, according to a C.I.A. review." NYT
- EFF Sues FBI For Access to Facial-Recognition Records
- License plate readers tracking cars
- EU court says Google doesn't have to delete sensitive data from search results—"In some cases, protecting freedom of speech might overrule rights to privacy."
- Sweden Makes It Illegal To Take Photos In 'Private Environments' Without Permission
- Anger mounts after Facebook's 'shadow profiles' leak in bug—"Facebook said Friday it fixed a bug that exposed contact info for over six million accounts. The admission revealed its 'shadow profile' data collection activities, and users are furious." And apparently non-users were also affected.
- LinkedIn Has A Stalker Problem
- Tim Berners-Lee: internet freedom must be safeguarded—"Web inventor warns against companies or governments 'trying to get total control' as his pioneering work is recognised with award."
- The PRISM: Privacy in an age of publicity—And is keen on targetting average citizens rather than terrorists.
- A simple SSL tweak could protect you from GCHQ/NSA snooping—"It might slow you down, but hey, you can't have everything."
- Firefox Web browser to move ahead plan to block tracking
- Mandatory Data Retention Defeated in Australia, For Now
