A.M. Links: Snowden Says NSA Ruling “the First of Many” Victories, Japan Approves Plan For Increased Defense Spending, Support For Obamacare Falling

• NSA whistleblower
  Edward Snowden has said that yesterday’s ruling that the NSA’s
  metadata collection program is likely unconstitutional is “the
  first of many” victories.
• Former Massachusetts Senator
  Scott Brown is moving to New Hampshire, where he may seek the
  Senate seat currently occupied by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in
  2014.
• Opposition to
  Obamacare has dropped. A new ABC News/Washington Post poll
  shows that 49 percent of Americans now oppose the law, down
  from 57 percent last month. 
• Researchers claim that there is evidence
  Neanderthals may have practiced intentional burials.
• 
  North Koreans are marking the second anniversary of Kim
  Jong-il’s death.
• It is unlikely that the
  Yemeni parliament’s vote banning drone strikes will change U.S.
  policy. Shocker.
• Japan has approved a plan for
  increased defense spending.

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