A.M. Links: Obamacare “Hardship Exemptions” for Cancelled Plans, Former CIA Director: Hang Edward Snowden, “Duck Dynasty” Family: Not Coming Back Without Phil Robertson

• The Obama administration will give a
  “hardship exemption” from Obamacare to millions of
  Americans who received health-insurance plan cancellation notices
  this year.
• Edward Snowden
  should be hanged, said former CIA director James Woolsey when
  asked whether Snowden should be granted amnesty. What a
  charmer.
• The “Duck Dynasty” family issued
  a statement Thursday evening
  supporting patriarch Phil Robertson, stating that not one of
  them would return to the show without him.
• California legislators will consider a bill that would require
  
  kill-switch technology be a mandatory component of smartphones
  in order to help law enforcement retrieve lost and stolen phones.
  What could go wrong?
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has joined several of
  his congressional colleagues who have
  denounced the Washington “Redskins” and called on the team’s
  owner to change the name. A bit late to the game, Harry, we’re all
  indignant about ducks these days.
• The United Nations sent four helicopters to evacuate staff from
  a base in South Sudan’s Jonglei state where three peacekeepers were
  killed yesterday in
  violence gripping the world’s newest nation.

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