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21 People Besides Kanye Hailed as the Steve Jobs of, Well, Everything

businessweek.com — Kanye West, whose new album Yeezus leaked onto file-sharing portals late last week before making its official debut last night, sees himself a visionary and world-changing figure-but it's not as if his greatness is incomparable. "I think what Kanye West is going to mean," he told the New York Times

National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander: Edward Snowden got call-tracking order during training

politico.com — The National Security Agency contractor who disclosed the spy agency's collection of data on billions of telephone calls made by Americans apparently obtained a highly-classified court order about the program during a training stint at NSA's headquarters in Maryland, NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander said Tuesday. Alexander told reporters after...

FBI Looks for Leaks at Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

thedailybeast.com — The FBI is investigating whether the highly protected and segregated computer systems that store the secret court warrants authorizing electronic surveillance inside the United States have been breached, according to current and former U.S. intelligence officials.

Surveillance helped stop plots against NYSE and New York subway, official says

usnews.nbcnews.com — National Security Agency surveillance programs helped disrupt plots to bomb the New York Stock Exchange and the New York subway system, an FBI official told Congress on Tuesday. The official, Deputy Director Sean Joyce, said that the programs also linked an American citizen in C ...

For top U.S. lawyers, case in Guam is rare prize

newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com — By Joan Biskupic HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - Steven Levin lives alone on a boat docked off the coast of the Pacific island of Guam, about as far away from the U.S. mainland as an American resident can get. He has no wife or kids, no job, no phone or Internet service.

N.Y.U. Gives Its Stars Loans for Summer Homes

nytimes.com — Follow one of Fire Island's quaint footpaths away from the ferry dock, past modest cottages and better-appointed vacation homes, to an elegant modern beach house that extends across three lots. A composition in bold, unadorned planes, it has a perimeter of green and two separate entrances, each outfitted with the long ramps that are the local custom.

Majority of Supreme Court members millionaires

publicintegrity.org — At least five and as many as eight of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices are millionaires, filings show.

The Washington Post

washingtonpost.com — News of treasury secretary's possible departure comes as economy remains in trouble. FIX | In echo of the national debate, Democrats and Republicans could not agree on how to fix the deficit. Prosecutor deepens inquiry into CIA's harsh interrogation practices during Bush administration. Employees grew concerned that his extravagant purchases would hurt his chances for the presidency.

‘Bridge-Builder’ Lawyer Picked to Spearhead Guantanamo Closing

abcnews.go.com — Cliff Sloan, a top Washington lawyer, has been chosen as the State Department's special envoy to close Guantanamo Bay, marking a step forward in what has been an arduous effort to fulfill President Obama's campaign promise to close the prison.

Judge Learned Hand, American Idol?

youtube.com — June 17 (Bloomberg) -- Judge Learned Hand was an esteemed jurist and had perhaps the best name of any judge ever. But did you know he could also rock the mic? Professor Ross Davies, of the George Mason University School of Law, has unearthed the story of how the great judge, who died in 1961, came to make a recording for the Library of Congress.