Where Tech Giants Protect Privacy
Date: 14 December 2014
By MARK SCOTT
Mark SCOTT
News analysis; major American tech companies like Google and Facebook have run up against privacy rules abroad that go far beyond those in American law; right to privacy is taken more seriously abroad, most notably in Europe, and many other countries are following Europe's privacy playbook in order to protect users' privacy.
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Struggle Over Government Funding Points to the Decline of Compromise
Date: 13 December 2014
By CARL HULSE and JEREMY W. PETERS
Carl HULSE
News analysis; fight in Congress over $1.1 trillion spending underscores lawmakers' inability to compromise; ultimately, measure passed, but only after a fierce push that played on fears of potential government shutdown.
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Eric Holder Faces Another Bid for a Journalist to Testify
Date: 13 December 2014
By MATT APUZZO
Matt APUZZO
United States Atty Preet Bharara recommends that Atty Gen Eric H Holder Jr approve subpoena for CBS reporter Richard Bonin to testify at terrorism trial over bombings by Al Qaeda in 1998; Holder already faces deadline over whether to force New York Times reporter James Risen to testify in leak trial of former Central Intelligence Agency officer.
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Michel du Cille, 58, Photographer Who Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes, Dies
Date: 13 December 2014
By ASHLEY SOUTHALL and BRUCE WEBER
Ashley SOUTHALL
Michel du Cille, a Washington Post photographer who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his images capturing people in dire circumstances, dies on assignment in Liberia at age 58.
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Reporter May Still Face Questions About Source
Date: 14 December 2014
By SCOTT SHANE
Scott SHANE
Justice Dept indicates it will not force New York Times reporter James Risen to divulge confidential source; official says department might still subpoena him to testify at trial of Jeffrey A Sterling, former CIA officer accused of disclosing classified information that appeared in Risen's 2006 book State of War.
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