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New York Times:

How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly — WASHINGTON — When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails and other data piling up as digital communications exploded over the past decade, they turned …

More: Mashable, GigaOM and Beyond Search

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Washington Post:

U.S., company officials: Internet surveillance does not indiscriminately mine data — The director of national intelligence on Saturday stepped up his public defense of a top-secret government data surveillance program as technology companies began privately explaining the mechanics of its use.

More: The Huffington Post, The Verge, The Technology Chronicles and www.idigitaltimes.co.uk. Tweets: @kurtopsahl

Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia:

Analyzing Yahoo's PRISM non-denial — Today, Yahoo's General Counsel posted a carefully worded denial regarding the company's alleged participation in the NSA PRISM program. To the casual observer, it might seem like a categorical denial. I do not believe that Yahoo's denial is as straightforward as it seems.

More: emptywheel and The Verge. Tweets: @csoghoian

Ron Bell / Yahoo!:

Setting the Record Straight — We want to set the record straight about stories that Yahoo! has joined a program called PRISM through which we purportedly volunteer information about our users to the U.S. government and give federal agencies access to our user databases. These claims are false.

More: Business Insider, The Verge and VentureBeat. Tweets: @marissamayer

Reuters:

Spy agency seeks criminal probe into leaks — (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence agency requested a criminal probe on Saturday into the leak of highly classified information about secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency, a spokesman for the intelligence chief's office said.

More: Post Politics

Guardian:

Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data — Revealed: The NSA's powerful tool for cataloguing global surveillance data - including figures on US collection — • Boundless Informant: mission outlined in four slides — • Read the NSA's frequently asked questions document

More: Zero Hedge, CNET, PhoneArena, Engadget, Boing Boing, ZDNet, Mashable, Business Insider, Marketing Land, The Verge, Gizmodo, Reuters, The Next Web, TechCrunch and The Raw Story

Tweets: @guardianus, @samfbiddle, @dannysullivan and @ggreenwald

Reuters:

US surveillance revelations deepen European fears — * European Commission says must enact new law speedily — * Security expert says solution is European dot.com industry — Europeans reacted angrily on Friday to revelations that U.S. authorities had tapped the servers of internet companies …

More: GigaOM, Forbes, The Daily Caller, David Talbot and New York Times

Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

US Gov't: PRISM Isn't Data Mining System, Doesn't Pull Data Off Servers

More: New York Times, Office of the Director …, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Agence France Presse, The Verge, Hillicon Valley, USA Today, CNET, Engadget, Politico, PC World, Mashable, Gizmodo, The Week and CNET

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