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Articles by Douglas Ernst

** FILE ** In this Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London, shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the U.S. National Security Agency, in Hong Kong. Two Norwegian lawmakers said Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 that they have jointly nominated former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/The Guardian, File)

NSA leaker Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel peace prize

Two Norwegian politicians have nominated Edward Snowden, the man Director of National Intelligence James Clapper accused of causing "profound damage" to U.S. national security, for the 2014 Nobel peace prize.

January 29, 2014
A Russian police officer searches a driver as his vehicle is also screened at an entrance to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games park, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics begin on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Russia to FBI: You’re just Sochi’s security ‘window dressing’

White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. has offered Russia “any assistance they might need to counter that threat." The unspoken response that came back: “You can show up, but you’re just going to be window dressing," according to David Rubincam, the FBI’s legal attache in Moscow.

January 24, 2014
A U.S. Army cultural support team member with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force scans the terrain while sitting in a Humvee in Sarobi district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 6, 2013. Team members traveled to multiple villages in order to speak with women and children about issues within their community and to address their medical needs. (DoD photo by Spc. Sara Wakai, U.S. Army/Released)

Army opening 33,000 positions previously off-limits to women

Female U.S. Army recruits will have 33,000 positions open to them that were previously off limits, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The change in policy will open up slots in combat units below the brigade level.

January 24, 2014