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Washinton Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis and Edward Snowden (TWT Photo Illustration)

FILE - This June 9, 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, in Hong Kong. Snowden says his "mission's already accomplished" after leaking NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies. Snowden told The Washington Post in a story published online Monday night, Dec. 23, 2013, he has "already won" because journalists have been able to tell the story of the government's collection of bulk Internet and phone records. (AP Photo/The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, File)

Justice Department: Firm that vetted Snowden, Navy Yard shooter cheated government

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

This photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, on Sunday, June 9, 2013, in Hong Kong. USIS, the company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up when the government suspected what was going on. (AP Photo/The Guardian)

Background check company hit by gov’t complaint

By PETE YOST - Associated Press

ROWAN: Why this radical appointment matters

By Carl Rowan Jr.

In this image made from video released by WikiLeaks on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks during a presentation ceremony for the Sam Adams Award in Moscow, Russia. Should Snowden ever return to the U.S., he would face criminal charges for leaking information about NSA surveillance programs. But legal experts say a trial could expose more classified information as his lawyers try to build a case in an open court that the operations he exposed were illegal. (AP Photo)

Snowden trial could be awkward for US

By KIMBERLY DOZIER - Associated Press

Kevin Ring

Prosecutors fight release of deal talks with Abramoff ally

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

"We have carefully reviewed this program and have found it to be legal and effective," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, and Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican, said in a joint statement after Mr. Obama's speech.

Congress split over NSA’s domestic spying program, could just let laws expire

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks at Justice Department headquarters in D.C. on Friday.

Obama calls for immediate checks, long-term changes to NSA snooping

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Judge Erika Hadlock, left, Presiding Judge David Schuman, center, and Judge Joel DeVore, right, listen to arguments from attorney Tanya Sanerib as the Oregon Court of Appeals hears the case of Cherniak v. Kitzhaber at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The lawsuit was filed against Governor Kitzhaber and the State of Oregon for failing to protect essential natural resources, including state waters, coast lines and the atmosphere as required under the Public Trust Doctrine. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies)

Ore. teens press case for climate change action

By GREG BOLT - Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks about National Security Agency (NSA)surveillance, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at the Justice Department in Washington.Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, the president called for ending the government's control of phone data from -hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing the records. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama tightens reins on surveillance programs

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, is concerned about President Obama's announcement outlining his national security policies. "If the speech is anything like what is being reported, the president will go down in history for having retained and defended George W. Bush's surveillance programs," he said. (Associated Press)

ACLU bashes Obama on NSA surveillance

By Stephen Dinan and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The House of Representatives has already voted to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt for withholding Fast and Furious documents. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

EDITORIAL: Outrage as Eric Holder taps Obama donor to investigate IRS targeting conservatives

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, Chris Serrano, left, and Clifton Webb embrace after being married, as people wait in line to get licenses outside of the marriage division of the Salt Lake County Clerk's Office in Salt Lake City. The Supreme Court on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, put same-sex marriages on hold in Utah, at least while a federal appeals court more fully considers the issue. (AP Photo/Kim Raff, File)

Feds recognize same-sex couples in Utah

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"I think these investigations need to be done by independent people outside of the administration," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, says of the IRS inquiry. (Associated Press)

FBI contacts tea party groups targeted by IRS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Tea party members gather for "Audit the IRS," a rally against the Internal Revenue Service, on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

JUSTICE: Feds pick Obama supporter to lead probe into IRS tea party targeting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Judge Sonia Sotomayor (Associated Press)

White House urges Supreme Court to reject nuns’ appeal for birth control exemption

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Feds’ ‘knockout’ case unjustified

By our readers

An American Airlines jetliner and a US Airways plane are pictured on the apron at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

SHUGHART and THOMAS: Antitrust busybodies

By William F. Shughart II and Diana W. Thomas