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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks
May 17, 2013 | NPR · His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security.
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Weighing Freedom Of The Press Against Public Safety
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The Justice Department has been scrutinized this week for secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors while investigating the disclosure of a CIA operation to thwart a terrorist attack. Steve Inskeep talks to Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer, about how the Constitution and the law treat press freedom.
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Select Young Afghans Chosen As Commandoes In Training
May 17, 2013 | NPR · From the Afghan capital Kabul, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks to Gen, Joseph Dunford, the commander of all U.S. and international forces there. They discuss the challenges of the current situation on the ground, and look ahead to the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014.
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Outgoing Acting IRS Director Grilled By House Lawmakers
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The House Ways and Means Committee became the first oversight panel in Congress to weigh in on the IRS tax-exempt group controversy on Friday morning.
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Week In Politics: IRS, Benghazi Emails, AP Phone Logs
May 17, 2013 | NPR · Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss controversial IRS audits, the release of White House emails on Benghazi talking points and the Justice Department's seizure of AP phone logs.
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Scientists Agree On Climate Change, Why Doesn't The Public?
May 17, 2013 | NPR · A new study confirms that the vast majority of scientists who research the climate accept that the planet is warming and human beings are largely responsible. Yet a large slice of the American public believes that scientists are deeply split about global warming.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
 

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C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
May 12, 2013 | NPR · Brazil's economic boom has driven the demand for births by caesarean section. Some 80 to 90 percent of women in private hospitals deliver this way. Proponents say it allows mothers and doctors to better organize their time. Critics say the procedure drives up costs and may cause complications.
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Updated: Military Judge Accepts Bradley Manning Guilty Plea
Feb 28, 2013 — Manning pleaded guilty to 10 smaller charges. He is still expected to be tried for the charge of aiding the enemy. During the hearing, the Army private also provided the first detailed explanation of why he perpetrated the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
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Bradley Manning Says He Leaked Classified Info To 'Spark A Domestic Debate'
Feb 27, 2013 — The Army private is accused of leaking an unprecedented amount of classified materials. He was arrested in 2010 and is awaiting trial.
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Alleged Leaker Manning Subjected To Illegal Pretrial Punishment, Judge Rules
Jan 8, 2013 — At a pretrial hearing Tuesday at Fort Meade, a military judge said some of the punishment given to Pvt. Bradley Manning while he was in solitary confinement was "more rigorous than necessary." He is accused of sending a mass of classified documents to the website WikiLeaks.
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Lawyer For WikiLeaks Suspect Says Client Was Treated As 'Zoo Animal'
Dec 11, 2012 — The pretrial hearing for Wikileaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning ended on Tuesday, but the massive amounts of documents he is accused of leaking were hardly mentioned in the 10-day hearing. Instead, the focus was Manning's treatment at the hands of the military.
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On Second Day On Stand, WikiLeaks Suspect Manning Admits He Made Noose
Nov 30, 2012 — The U.S. government argued Manning was held under near solitary confinement for his safety. But Manning, facing his prosecutor for the first time, challenged many aspects of the government's narrative.
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WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning: 'I Thought I Was Going To Die In That Cage'
Nov 29, 2012 — Manning, who has offered to plead guilty to lesser charges, is asking for case to be dismissed, because he says his pre-trial punishment was so severe.
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Bradley Manning Offers To Plead Guilty To Lesser Charges
Nov 8, 2012 — It's the first indication that the Army private will acknowledge that he leaked classified information to the whistle-blowing website Wikieaks. The government could still try him on the 22 counts with which he is charged, including aiding the enemy. He faces life in prison.
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Bradley Manning's Trial Set To Begin In February In WikiLeaks Case
Aug 30, 2012 — The trial of Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private accused of passing hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, is now scheduled to begin in early February.
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Treatment Of Bradley Manning Was Cruel And Inhuman, Says U.N. Official
Mar 12, 2012 — The U.N.'s top torture official said Manning's solitary confinement violated the convention against torture.
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Court-Martial Recommended For Bradley Manning In WikiLeaks Case
Jan 12, 2012 — If he does face a court martial and is convicted, Pvt. Manning could be sentenced to life in prison.
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