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Prism Used By GCHQ To Gather UK Information From Internet Companies www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Public Documents Contradict Claim Email Spying Foiled Terror Plot
Defenders of “PRISM” say it stopped subway bombings. But British and American court documents suggest old-fashioned police work nabbed Zazi.
Ben Smith www.buzzfeed.com

Prism: ministers challenged over GCHQ's access to covert US operation
Government rounded on after disclosure that highly-classified system supplied eavesdropping headquarters with information www.guardian.co.uk

Obama is like Apple, Google and Facebook: a once hip brand tainted by Prism
The president and the web giants are disgraced by this scandal. But we made it possible – by becoming informants on ourselves
Jonathan Freedland www.guardian.co.uk

Google says the government has 'no access' to servers BBC

The Guardian Makes Splash In US With NSA Scoops www.huffingtonpost.com

The west is moving towards China in its quest for mass surveillance
The future of our free society demands that we seek the truth from the government about internet snooping
Henry Porter www.guardian.co.uk

Hague: Law-abiding Britons have nothing to fear from GCHQ BBC

Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data
Revealed: The NSA's powerful tool for cataloguing data – including figures on US collection www.guardian.co.uk

Edward Snowden was NSA Prism leak source - Guardian BBC

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: 'I do not expect to see home again'
Source for the Guardian's NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next
Ewen MacAskill www.guardian.co.uk

David Cameron: Intelligence agencies work within law BBC

NSA Leak Highlights Key Role Of Private Contractors
By JONATHAN FAHEY and ADAM GOLDMAN www.huffingtonpost.com

Home Office presses ahead with 'snooper's charter'
Conservatives to press ahead with lobbying to introduce the snooper's charter, despite revelations about US internet surveillance
Alan Travis www.guardian.co.uk

RUPERT CORNWELL www.independent.co.uk
Edward Snowden is a modern American hero
This was a precious public service. Governments do have a right to secrecy, but not an unfettered one