A.M. Links: New NSA Leak ‘Imminent’ from Snowden, V.A. Scandal Grows, Iraq Falls Apart

  • IRS chief John Koskinen faced sharp questioning on Capitol Hill
    yesterday over the Lois Lerner email scandal. “We have a problem
    with you and you have a problem with credibility,”
    declared
    House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa
    (R-Calif.).
  • ISIS fighters claim to have seized
    control
    of Iraq’s largest oil refinery.
  • According to a whistle-blower, Veterans Affairs officials in
    Phoenix conspired to
    cover up the deaths
    of at least seven veterans who died before
    receiving care. “My hands were tied. I tried to scream, and did the
    best with what I had. But the vets who were upset and deceased—I
    can’t shake that feeling,” V.A. scheduling clerk Pauline DeWenter

    told
    The Arizona Republic.

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