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The White House’s commissioned report on surveillance is stronger than anything that’s come from the Administration so far. But it still doesn’t go far enough.

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Bring Edward Snowden Homeby Amy Davidson

Whether or not you approve of Snowden leaking N.S.A. secrets, there is a good case for giving him amnesty.

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The Faces of Moneyby Hendrik Hertzberg

The bad news, the alarming news, about Britain’s new currency, is not what the money is made of. It’s who’s on it.

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