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Edward Snowden's leaks have prompted many questions about government surveillance activity in the US, including this one: How often do tech firms turn over user data to the feds? In recent years, companies including Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have released data on this front—but it's been incomplete, because the government has prohibited them from revealing the full extent of the requests they've received.

Read more: Charts: Here's How Often Google and Facebook Say Yes to Government Snoops

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Published: 16 June 2013

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Throughout the years-long debate about fate of the Guantánamo prison, there's always been one unanswered question: how many detainees are in permanent limbo? That is, how many of them are considered unquestionably too dangerous to release, but just as unquestionably not prosecutable.

Read more: There are 46 Guantánamo Detainees Who Will Never Be Tried and Never Be Released

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A new Pew poll tells a remarkable story: not only does the American public not want to get more involved in Syria, the American public doesn't even want to send arms to the rebels.

Read more: Poll of the Day: Nobody Wants to Get Involved in Syria

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The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that required people to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote. The case, Arizona v.

Read more: Supreme Court: Arizona Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Register to Vote Is Unconstitutional