December 1 2013 first day of winter and notable birthdays
Today marks the first day of winter and the 355th day of 2013. Notable birthdays include Benjamin Disraeli, Josh Gibson, Joe Paterno, Jane Fonda, Frank Zappa, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evert, Ray Romano, Florence Griffith Joyner, Julie Delpy, and Philip Humber among others. Disney’s Snow White production costs reached about 1.5 million with Walt Disney mortgaging his home. The 2010 UConn women’s team set a 89 game Division I winning streak. Forty one Mayflower signers left Plymouth on the Mayflower Compact. Moon phase sits between full moon on December 17 and last quarter on December 25.
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Benjamin Disraeli
Josh Gibson
Joe Paterno
Jane Fonda
Frank Zappa
Samuel L. Jackson
Chris Evert
Ray Romano
Disney Studios
Walt Disney
University of Connecticut Huskies
Plymouth Rock
Panel report urges curbs on NSA and calls for legal guardrails
The Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies urges ending blanket phone data collection, with targeted warrants for specific searches. It favors keeping metadata with providers, creating a Public Interest Advocate, adversarial FISA hearings, and designating the NSA as a foreign intelligence agency with clear limits.
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Obama
National Security Agency
NSA
Pentagon
Edward Snowden
United States
Richard Clarke
National Security Council
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Michael Morell
CIA
Geoffrey Stone
University of Chicago
Cass Sunstein
Harvard Law
Peter Swire
Georgia Tech
Office of Management and Budget
Clinton
Congress
Angela Merkel
Washington’s disappointing political year review
A year-end take on Washington’s failures from the stalled health law rollout to gun background checks, the budget deal, and the partisan stalemate. It highlights Obama’s low poll standing vs Republicans, the sequester fallout, and hopes tied to a new immigration adviser while noting limited long-term fiscal progress.
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Newtown
Obama
White House
Ington Post-Abc News
Congress
Sandy Hook
Senate
House
Paul Ryan
John Boehner
Boehner
Rebecca Tallent
Arizona
John McCain
Mark Krikorian
Anti-Reform Center
Kelly Ayotte
New Hampshire
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Roger Wicker
Mississippi
Balancing snooping and freedom in the surveillance era
Cal Thomas weighs privacy against security as the NSA program prompts court rulings and editorials. He notes Judge Richard Leon condemns indiscriminate data collection while Obama administration panels tilt toward privacy, urging nonpartisan hearings and a careful balance between liberty and safety.
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George Orwell
Oceania
Orwell
National Security Agency
NSA
U.S
Richard Leon
Leon
Obama
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Washington
Keith Alexander
Alexander
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Ruth Marcus
Ruthmarcus
Kathleen
Parker
Cal Thomas
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Tribune.com
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