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1.		HKSAR Government issues statement on Edward Snowden (info.gov.hk)
		305 points by adulau on June 23, 2013 \| 135 comments
2.		Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong (wikileaks.org)
		287 points by waawal on June 23, 2013 \| 131 comments
3.		Bitcoin Foundation Receives Cease And Desist Order From California (forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis)
		287 points by pelle on June 23, 2013 \| 105 comments
4.		The Physics Behind Traffic Jams (smartmotorist.com)
		256 points by netvarun on June 23, 2013 \| 102 comments
5.		Obama’s crackdown views leaks as aiding enemies of U.S. (mcclatchydc.com)
		224 points by gagan2020 on June 23, 2013 \| 217 comments
6.		Eigengrau (wikipedia.org)
		217 points by ekpyrotic on June 23, 2013 \| 68 comments
7.		Bitcoins Seized by DEA (letstalkbitcoin.com)
		213 points by ferdo on June 23, 2013 \| 121 comments
8.		Let's deploy via Git (coderwall.com)
		211 points by mnazim on June 23, 2013 \| 111 comments
9.		Chinese students and families fight for the right to cheat their exams (smh.com.au)
		207 points by DanielRibeiro on June 23, 2013 \| 122 comments
10.		U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying (newyorker.com)
		192 points by urlwolf on June 23, 2013 \| 36 comments
11.		[dupe] This Really is Big Brother: The Leak Nobody's Noticed (digbysblog.blogspot.com.br)
		187 points by kelnos on June 23, 2013 \| 52 comments
12.		Facebook's Former Security Chief Now Works for the NSA (theatlanticwire.com)
		191 points by tippytop on June 23, 2013 \| 40 comments
13.		Google handed over years of e-mails belonging to WikiLeaks chatroom admin (arstechnica.com)
		179 points by gcb0 on June 23, 2013 \| 81 comments
14.		Snowden's destination is Venezuela through Havana (interfax.com)
		170 points by pitiburi on June 23, 2013 \| 131 comments
15.		The World of Black-Ops Reputation Management (nymag.com)
		153 points by hackerlass on June 23, 2013 \| 36 comments
16.		Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden (rt.com)
		128 points by teawithcarl on June 23, 2013 \| 78 comments
17.		Chomsky: spying does not protect you (commondreams.org)
		129 points by wslh on June 23, 2013 \| 66 comments
18.		You can donate to WikiLeaks until July 1 (wikileaks.org)
		124 points by goldfeld on June 23, 2013 \| 28 comments
19.		How secure is HTTPS today? How often is it attacked? (2011) (eff.org)
		127 points by MikeCapone on June 23, 2013 \| 20 comments
20.		Quickmeme banned from Reddit for alleged vote manipulation (dailydot.com)
		121 points by OTRAustin on June 23, 2013 \| 80 comments
21.		Announcing pqR: A faster version of R (radfordneal.wordpress.com)
		113 points by tmoertel on June 23, 2013 \| 37 comments
22.		Birgitta Jonsdottir on why Iceland is not a good destination for Snowden (twitlonger.com)
		98 points by teawithcarl on June 23, 2013 \| 30 comments
23.		Map of Botched Paramilitary Police Raids (cato.org)
		95 points by maxwell on June 23, 2013 \| 26 comments
24.		Do you really read? (jasonevanish.com)
		95 points by jevanish on June 23, 2013 \| 42 comments
25.		Snowden arrives at Moscow airport from Hong Kong (bbc.co.uk)
		93 points by haven on June 23, 2013 \| 5 comments
26.		For secretive surveillance court, rare scrutiny in wake of NSA leaks (washingtonpost.com)
		93 points by Libertatea on June 23, 2013 \| 6 comments
27.		Convert Twitter Boostrap to a "flat" design (gist.github.com)
		92 points by nodesocket on June 23, 2013 \| 46 comments
28.		This is a regular text file. People will read it. Maybe. (slopjong.de)
		88 points by blinry on June 23, 2013 \| 68 comments
29.		Booz Allen, the World's Most Profitable Spy Organization (businessweek.com)
		93 points by stanley on June 23, 2013 \| 11 comments
30.		Why You Won’t Be the Person You Expect to Be (nytimes.com)
		89 points by lhh on June 23, 2013 \| 33 comments
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